After five years of teaching support, Daming became an empire on which the sun never sets.

Chapter 222 Should Wei Zhongxian be Killed?
"If the imperial court is not rich enough, it will not be able to pass the hurdle of the Little Ice Age." Qin Yu said, "Even the rule of Zhenguan, the rule of Wenjing and other prosperous times did not have that kind of national power, let alone the last years of the Ming Dynasty."

"Excuse me, sir, how many years does this Little Ice Age usually last?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"Around thirty to forty years." Qin Yu said.

Thirty to forty years?

The crowd was speechless when they heard the words. No wonder Chongzhen was in power for 17 years, and there were natural disasters every year.

The Little Ice Age, which lasted for three to 40 years, was terrible.

Indeed, as Mr. Qin said, a natural disaster that lasted for 40 to [-] years is really not something that an ordinary court can bear.It is estimated that even the previous rule of Zhenguan and the rule of Wenjing could not do it.

I don't know if we start to work hard now, will Daming be able to handle it in the future?Zhu Yuanzhang thought to himself, we are now beginning to follow the instructions of the husband, and the implementation of the sharing of the land into the mu.

"The Southwest has become prosperous, the treasury has more taxes, and the grain depots have surplus."

"In addition to improving the status of merchants, opening up overseas trade, plundering gold and silver from overseas, and expanding the territory..."

"Da Ming has entered the prosperous age ahead of schedule."

"But to resist the 40-[-]-year Little Ice Age, the current national strength may not be enough."

"It seems that we have to step up our efforts to plunder gold and silver from overseas. Daming's current gold and silver reserves are too small. To cope with the upcoming 40-[-]-year Little Ice Age, the treasury's current reserves are completely useless."

"There is no need to plunder food. No food can be stored for hundreds of years, but gold and silver can."

"Mr. Qin is cryptically pointing us to make preparations in advance!"

"And also pointed out our methods, that is, dividing the land into acres, making public land, opening up overseas trade, plundering overseas gold and silver, and a series of measures."

"Sir, indeed, he was sent by the heavens to save me, Daming."

"As for the Jianzhou Jurchen who invaded from abroad, after we go back, let's destroy them first."

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"All in all, plagues, natural disasters, peasant uprisings, and Jurchen's eyesight, these all make it difficult for Chongzhen to do anything." At this time, Qin Yu on the podium continued to talk.

"Although Chongzhen has worked very hard to restore the situation, 'a good woman can't cook without rice'. The court had no money or food, so the situation at that time could not be reversed."

"Of course, Daming's subjugation is not only the fault of God and his father, brother and grandparents."

"As the king of a country, Chongzhen is still responsible."

"The teacher has said before that this person is only suitable to be a prince of pleasure, not to be an emperor. He has neither received the teaching of the emperor's art, nor has the old ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang practiced the true knowledge."

"Although he tried his best and was unassuming, he didn't do anything beautiful."

"When doing advanced math problems at the elementary school level, I scratched my scalp, the paper was full, and the answers were all written on the back of the paper, and the results were all wrong."

"In 1627, the 17-year-old emperor Zhu Youjian first came to the throne. As soon as he came to power, he ignored his elder brother's pleadings, killed Wei Zhongxian, and wiped out the eunuchs. Clearing up the imperial court, he was really high-spirited."

"Who is Wei Zhongxian? When he was young, because he couldn't afford to eat, he had no choice but to brandish a knife at himself, so he entered the palace and became a eunuch. Because the master who had been serving him all the time became the emperor, his status has risen with the tide."

"Later, as the carpenter emperor favored carpentry and neglected the government, Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch who held the pen, decided the state affairs arbitrarily. The power was monopolized, the position was extremely high, and people in the world called him nine thousand years old. Later, there was a situation in the court that only knew that there was nine thousand years old, but did not know that there was an emperor. situation."

"Emperor Chongzhen's operation is a bit like Kangxi's capture and killing of Obai at the age of 16."

"It's good to kill such a powerful minister!" Zhu Yuanzhang blurted out when he heard the words.

"Emperor Chongzhen, he did a beautiful thing as soon as he came up!" Zhu Biao and other princes said, there was no lack of approval in their tone.

"Only 17 years old can do such a great thing, and take back the power of the government from the hands of powerful officials, it can be regarded as a feat." Queen Ma said, "But why did you say that he didn't do anything beautiful?"

"It's not beautiful that he killed Wei Zhongxian, it was even a mistake." However, Qin Yu shook his head and said.

"Why?" The crowd was shocked.

"When Emperor Chongzhen was hanged to death, there was only one eunuch who never left him. That eunuch was Wang Chengen who regarded Chongzhen as his own. Wang Chengen held Chongzhen's body and cried: If Zhongxian is here, the world will not be like this."

"But why?" asked the crowd.

"Although Wei Zhongxian is a heinous and treacherous official, he is extremely capable." Qin Yu said.

"He was born poor and humble without the support of his family and clan, but he was able to suppress the feudal aristocrats at that time by his own means. Although it would not save the Ming Dynasty from danger, it could at least continue the Ming dynasty."

"As soon as Wei Zhongxian died, the balance between the Eunuch Party and the Donglin Party was immediately broken."

"But Chongzhen was young and immature at the time, coupled with his lack of ability, he simply couldn't cope with the unfavorable situation that broke out next. The Donglin Party was more harmful to the country than the Eunuch Party, making it difficult for him to deal with it."

"Yes, Chongzhen did something wrong." Zhu Yuanzhang immediately came back to his senses when he heard the words, and said, "Chongzhen did not learn the balance of the emperor. Sometimes the emperor knows that someone is a traitor, but still keeps it. It's about balance."

In fact, he himself did the same thing. Qin Yu had already inadvertently revealed the Hu Weiyong case before.Zhu Yuanzhang knew that Hu Weiyong would rebel in the future, but he didn't kill him.

"En, um." Qin Yu nodded, "That's the truth."

"Do you think that Kangxi didn't know about the corruption of the Cao family in Jiangnan? Do you think that Qianlong didn't know that He Shen was a treacherous minister? Oh, I almost forgot, you don't know the history of the Qing Dynasty. Teacher, I will not use the history of the Qing Dynasty as an example in the future."

"How should I put it, the wise emperors of all dynasties probably kept a few treacherous officials by their side to contain other forces. When the water is clear, there are no fish. In a place as complicated as the court, it is impossible for all of them to be loyal and good generals."

"After Wei Zhongxian was killed, he could no longer suppress the power of the Donglin Party. As a result, the Donglin Party became dominant, and the literati misled the country. The wind of corruption is even stronger than before. The Donglin Party is the Jiangnan scholar-bureaucrat class wearing the hat of a scholar. That is, the feudal aristocracy."

"That's right, that's right, we were reckless just now." Several princes said, "Emperor Chongzhen really shouldn't have killed Wei Zhongxian."

"In short, both Wei Zhongxian and the Donglin Party are not good people, and both are cancers of the imperial court." Qin Yu said, "Both of them are alive, forming a delicate balance, allowing the imperial court to be stable for the time being."

"In contrast, the Donglin Party is more harmful to the imperial court, and it is also more difficult to deal with."

(End of this chapter)