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

Chapter 224 If You Are Chongzhen

"Mei Zhihuan used to defend against Mongolia in Gansu Province. He had a lot of military exploits and had a lot of prestige in the army. He also knew the suffering of the soldiers, but he couldn't do without suppressing them. So he planned to kill four soldiers who organized the mutiny, and announced that the others were innocent. crime."

"Mei Zhihuan came up with a strategy: throw a sesame seed cake on the ground, and the mutinous soldier Wang Jincai lowered his head to pick up the cake because he was hungry, so the officers and soldiers took the opportunity to hack him to death. The officers and soldiers did not find any money from Wang Jincai , even the clothes and trousers Wang Jincai was wearing were the ones he had just ripped off from the corpse of General Zhou who was killed by him."

"According to the deadline set by Chongzhen, Gansu soldiers had to walk [-] kilometers a day. It is true that they are dead. In winter, they walk [-] kilometers a day with weapons and equipment. They lack food, clothes and sleep in the open. The most hateful thing is No money yet."

"These soldiers were able to insist on walking 600 kilometers from Zhangye to Dingxi before mutiny, and after the mutiny, some people were willing to serve the king. What kind of blessing must this be to have such good soldiers?"

"It's no longer a question of not treating soldiers as human beings, or even treating soldiers as animals. Which farmer is willing to use his own animals like this?"

"After Mei Zhihuan arrived in the capital with the Gansu soldiers through untold hardships, Chongzhen was furious because he was late and dismissed him. Many Gansu soldiers dispersed, and many of them joined the peasant army."

The crowd fell silent after hearing the story told by Qin Yu.

Chongzhen's meanness and lack of kindness can be seen.

"To sum it up, Chongzhen made five major operational mistakes." Qin Yudao, "One is to kill Wei Zhongxian, the other is to kill Yuan Chonghuan, the third is to kill Li Zicheng halfway, and the fourth is to deal with the foreign aggression Huang Taiji. The fifth is to kill many generals by being mean and unkind. , self-destroy the Great Wall."

"However, these are just appearances."

"Sir, since these are all appearances, what are the deep-seated reasons?" Zhu Biao asked.

"It's still the feudal aristocracy I told you about before." Qin Yu said.

"There is no feudal aristocracy to confuse the court, and a treacherous minister Wei Zhongxian is needed to balance them? There is no feudal aristocrat who grabs a lot of wealth. The court can recruit millions of elite soldiers with money and food. Need to rely on Yuan Chonghuan alone?"

"With enough money, grain and military pay, Wu Sangui can block Jurchen. If he has money, Daming can easily find dozens of people who can turn the tide."

"The imperial court has money, and the eradication of Li Zicheng will not be done halfway, and even the uprising will not happen."

"In addition, in terms of foreign aggression, if the imperial court has money, the foolish emperor knows that it is enough to just destroy them, and he will not hesitate to make a peace."

"As for Chongzhen's killing of many generals, it was also because they were disadvantaged in the war due to the lack of food and pay."

"In other words, Chongzhen's messy operations are all because the court has no money. It makes him look stupid. Of course, he can't wash away the fact that he is mean and ungrateful."

"He is not stupid, it is just a routine operation, which cannot save the Ming Dynasty at that time."

"In a word, if the feudal nobles hadn't seized a lot of wealth in their private pockets. If the court had money, nothing would have happened."

"As for the Little Ice Age, it is all external causes and cannot play a decisive role."

……

"In all dynasties, the courts that have been bullied by foreigners are not because the foreigners are too strong, but because they are too bad." Qin Yu said.

"When the Manchus entered the customs, they had only [-] soldiers. The Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded with only [-]. At that time, the major warlords along the way had enough equipment and numbers to compete with them. However, they all sat idly by."

"The equipment of the Beiyang Navy is even better than Xiaori. However, when they fired the shells, they found that they were full of sand."

"Later, less than 30 troops attacked the Northeast in Xiaotian, while the defensive army at that time was a full [-]."

"These ridiculous and sad histories happened because we were rotten to the bone first."

"If I hadn't died first, I would never have been humiliated and bullied in China. Even if the Qing Dynasty closed the country and lagged behind in science and technology, if we didn't die ourselves, we would soon be able to catch up in technology."

"Not bad, not bad." The crowd suddenly realized.

"All the disasters were caused by the feudal aristocrats seizing a lot of social wealth. The feudal aristocrats made the court rotten to the bone, causing the hearts of the whole country to disperse. If the hearts of the people were disperse, no one would work for the court."

"Even some common people will lead the way for foreigners."

"The eyes of the masses are discerning. They look like rotten officials in the court. Not only the common people, but people from all walks of life in the whole country will consider the same question. Is such a court worthy of their protection?"

……

"Since you all understand, then the teacher will test you." Qin Yu said, "If you travel back and become Emperor Chongzhen, how will you solve the problems in front of him?"

"Didn't the teacher just write it to you? Chongzhen's heartfelt voice is: This question is too difficult, I can't do it! Now the teacher will give you this difficult question to see if you can do it."

"This question is an advanced function for Chongzhen, but it is an elementary question for you. Because the teacher has pointed out the essence of the problem to you, and you are still doing the question from the perspective of God."

"God's perspective is equivalent to opening the whole picture."

"So this question, anyone who has received nine years of compulsory education can do well."

What if we were Chongzhen?When Zhu Yuanzhang and a group of princes heard the words, they felt dumbfounded: We are his ancestors.

But still think about it seriously.

If we were Chongzhen, how should we turn the tide?

Immediately, the crowd fell into deep thought.

"You have already understood the root cause, and the answer is already obvious." Seeing that the crowd did not answer for a long time, Qin Yu said, "As the saying goes, you can see the essence through the phenomenon, and the teacher has already told you the essence."

"Teacher, the students feel that we should not kill Wei Zhongxian first." Zhu Biao would reply when he stood up, "For an emperor, the art of balance is very important, and he must be reserved to contain the Donglin Party."

"After the court has reached a balance, it will be gradually planned."

"That's right, not only Wei Zhongxian can't be killed, but Yuan Chonghuan can't be killed either." Zhu Xi stood up and replied, "The generals who can recruit and fight well must be kept, at least until the overall situation is settled before liquidation."

"Alas!" Qin Yu sighed upon hearing the words, "Please think about the essence of the question first, and then answer the question."

"The standard answer is that both Wei Zhongxian and Yuan Chonghuan can be killed." Qin Yudao, "Wei Zhongxian is a treacherous minister. He is nine thousand years old and only one thousand years younger than the emperor. If he doesn't kill him, he will save it for the New Year?"

(End of this chapter)