I watched Er Chuang’s short video, and everything went numb!

【What's more fatal is that the behavior of Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and others set an example for other Ming army troops】

【At that time, the Ming court was caught in the dilemma of fighting on the east and west fronts. 】

【Many generals were either suddenly transferred to the anti-Qing front while fighting the peasant army, or were suddenly asked to encircle and suppress the peasant army while exchanging opinions with the Eight Banners. 】

【During the frequent transfers, some people who saw the devastation of the interior simply joined Huang Taiji in the border. 】

【After these people told Huang Taiji about the situation in the Ming Dynasty, Huang Taiji, who was full of evil, suddenly had an idea. 】

【The Ming Dynasty is not a broken house that will not collapse if you kick it hard, but the Ming Dynasty is a big tree that will fall one day if you chop it down. 】

【So. 】

[In addition to the raid on Shuntian Prefecture in 1627, the Jurchens entered the pass four times to plunder in 1634, 1636, 1638, and 1642. 】

[The ambition of the Jurchens became inflated after repeated raids. 】

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The plane of Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Di's face was calm, but there was a strong murderous intent in his eyes.

In this life, these Jurchens have no chance.

He would not allow this tribe to live for hundreds of years.

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[So, facing such a crisis of internal and external troubles, what did Chongzhen do? 】

[In 1637, Yang Sichang, the Minister of War, proposed that "to resist foreign aggression, we must first stabilize the country." He advocated peace talks with the Later Jin, and then concentrate firepower to eliminate the peasant army. 】

【At this time, with the help of some civil officials and eunuchs, Chongzhen gradually suppressed the Donglin Party. 】

【So, this plan of training 120,000 soldiers and increasing the salary by 2.8 million vehicles was adopted, and this plan soon became successful at a visible speed. 】

【In early 1638, Zhang Xianzhong surrendered. 】

【At the end of 1638, Li Zicheng led the remnants of 17 people to escape into Shangluo Mountain, and it was once rumored that Li Zicheng died. 】

【But in fact, the victory of the Ming army had important external reasons. 】

【Pu Taoya opened the route from Manila to Ao Island, and the Tulip Kingdom resold the silver of Japan to China, which slightly increased the silver flowing into the Ming Dynasty. 】

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See here.

Many ancient political elites in the past dynasties felt that although there were external reasons, the Ming Dynasty's response strategy was indeed very reasonable.

When internal conflicts are extremely intense and external threats do not pose a fatal threat for the time being, the internal peasant army threat must be resolved first.

According to people in later generations, this is called walking on the right path.

Or, it is called walking on the right path temporarily.

Because compared with the many conflicts in the late Ming Dynasty, this is only a temporary solution, not a fundamental solution.

At the same time.

These ancients were still very curious, it sounded like the Ming Dynasty was about to wipe out the peasant uprising army.

WhyThen the situation took a sharp turn for the worse?

They remembered that the previous video mentioned that it was this man named Li Zicheng who led the army to break through the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

At this moment, this man had been beaten to the point that there were only 17 people left around him. How did he make a comeback?

Many ancient people were quite curious.

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[The Red Master said that the country is a tool of the ruling class. ]

[The Ming Dynasty, which represented the interests of the landlord class, did not extend its sickle to the royal family and local gentry. ]

[On the contrary, the bureaucrats distributed the suppression funds to the poor. ]

[This is equivalent to a dying strong man. You see him suddenly stand up, but in fact he has been given a shot of cardiotonic. ]

[The most important thing is that the unresolved mines will eventually explode on the day when the contradictions intensify. 】

The bullet screen flew out:

"That's right! The country is a tool of the ruling class, so even if it is a so-called wise monarch, it must prioritize the interests of this class!"

"Reply-Yes, it goes without saying that a foolish monarch will definitely oppress the people, and the so-called wise monarch who loves the people like his own children knows that the people cannot be oppressed too much, but will never give up the interests of his class."

"Reply-A wise monarch is also a landlord class and a vested interest. He will definitely not completely give up the interests of his class. To put it bluntly, the class contradiction between the emperor and the people is irreconcilable."

"Reply-class struggle is cruel. Many peasant uprisings failed because they did not realize this."

"..."

The emperors of all dynasties looked at the giant screen in the sky and were all angry.

"What nonsense!"

"Evil words confuse the people!"

In many dynasties, many emperors shouted angrily.

They felt that this was to sow discord and incite the people.

They didn't like this.

At the same time.

On the other side.

In the eyes of many common people in all dynasties, there was a gleam of light.

In the high-altitude giant screen videos, their ideas and concepts are constantly evolving.

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[A government with executive power must not allow two voices to exist within the system. ]

[Because this will cause the executive officials to be indecisive and not resolutely implement the line. ]

[Since the Donglin Party still exists in the court, the censors immediately turned into moral role models and criticized Yang Sichang's peace policy. ]

[This led to the failure of the peace talks between the Ming court and Huang Taiji. ]

[The stimulated Huang Taiji immediately ordered Dorgon to lead the Qing army into the pass in 1638. 】

【This directly led to Sun Chuanting and others who were suppressing Li Zicheng being forced to go to Beijing to defend the king, which gave Li Zicheng a chance to come back to life. 】

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The Hongwu plane of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang's face became even uglier.

"This Donglin Party is a disaster to the country and the people, they really deserve to die!"

Zhu Yuanzhang felt very sorry for the Donglin Party.Lin's party's disgust was simply extreme.

Of course, at the same time, he couldn't help but curse Chongzhen as a fool.

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[You know, the Ming court's tax increase is only a temporary solution. Although it can wipe out the peasant army, it can't get rid of the soil that gave birth to the peasant army. ]

[As long as the spark of resistance returns to this more dry firewood field, it will definitely break out a more shocking prairie fire. ]

……

Many ancient people in the past dynasties nodded.

If the problem of the people's lack of food is not solved, the people who are desperate will have to rebel.

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[In 1637, Japan issued the fifth national isolation order, and the silver flowing from Japan to China was suddenly cut off. 】

【In 1639, as the Banya Kingdom gradually fell into a disadvantage in the Thirty Years' War and the silver mining volume in South America declined, the Governor of the Banya Kingdom of the Philippine Army set his sights on the wealthy Chinese merchants in Manila to solve the economic problems caused by corruption. 】

【Immediately, a massacre of Chinese merchants broke out in Manila, and the remaining silver trade between the Ming Dynasty and the Banya Kingdom was interrupted. 】

【Also in 1642, the Portuguese people in Ao Island also interrupted the trade from Manila to severely hit the Banya Kingdom. 】

【But this move also led to the interruption of the inflow of silver from the Manila-Ao Island line. 】

【In short, at this time, all the silver routes leading to the Ming Dynasty were cut off, and the status of silver in the Ming Dynasty rose sharply. 】

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The plane of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin shook his head slightly, feeling quite emotional.

As a silver-poor country, it is really troublesome, too vulnerable to external fluctuations.

Therefore, without controlling a large number of silver mines, silver is indeed not suitable to be the official currency of China.

However.

This problem is no longer a problem at this moment.

Whether it is Japan or America, there are many silver mines with huge amounts of silver.

Those will belong to the Tang Dynasty in the future.

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[Out of instinct, the dignitaries stepped up to use their power to earn silver for themselves, and then hoarded and stored the silver to wait for appreciation. 】

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"What's the point of keeping a group of people who disregard the interests of the court?"

In the plane of Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di snorted in his heart.

If he were to sit in Chongzhen's position, he would never be polite to these dignitaries.

The country has no money, and these people are still greedy for property and don't care about the country. They are traitors!

And traitors should be confiscated and exterminated! The property should be confiscated! (To read the exciting novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

If necessary.

Zhu Di even thought that even the vassal kings could die.

Zhu Di felt that Chongzhen's behavior of asking ministers for donations was both weak and naive.

How could these selfish people be obedient without using iron-blooded means?

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[Against this background, Li ZichengOut of the mountains. 】

【In 1640, Li Zicheng led thousands of troops into Henan. 】

【At this time, Henan was full of hungry people, and the class contradictions between the hungry people and the landlords were extremely serious. The uprising army developed in a short time like a dragon entering the sea. 】

【At that time, Li Zicheng's army invented a policy called "torture and salary". 】

【The specific practice was: wherever the peasant army went, they united the lower-class vagrants and local bandits to criticize and struggle against the local gentry, and then imprisoned the bureaucrats and landlords and forced them to pay silver. 】

【This practice of torturing landlords to get a lot of silver quickly spread among the uprising army. 】

【Out of the past class oppression and hatred, the uprising army began to treat the landlords and gentry in a retaliatory manner, forcing them to hand over the silver they had saved in their lifetime. 】

The barrage flew out:

"Well done! The knife was placed on the landlord's neck, and they became obedient."

"Class struggle requires strategy, and Li Zicheng's approach is too radical."

"It's gratifying, but to be honest, it's not the most appropriate approach for Li Zicheng who wants to be the emperor."

"..."

The Chongzhen plane of the Ming Dynasty.

Li Zicheng's heart was shocked, and his eyes were full of thought:

"Is it inappropriate?"[]

Behind Li Zicheng, Niu Jinxing, who was wearing a scholar's suit, had a flickering look in his eyes, thinking about how to take this opportunity to persuade Li Zicheng.

He had told Li Zicheng long ago that if he wanted to achieve great things, he couldn't just fight and kill.

...

[In order to attract more people to join, Li Zicheng launched the slogan of "three years of tax exemption". 】

【This approach helped the rebels to obtain a large amount of money and expand rapidly. 】

【However, in this rapid expansion of overnight wealth, the rebels obviously neglected the construction of base areas. 】

【Because the royal family and landlords of the Ming Dynasty were so rich, as long as they captured a royal palace or a landlord's old house, they could obtain a large amount of silver. 】

【Then why do we have to work hard to build base areas? 】

【In fact, Li Zicheng's adviser Niu Jinxing once suggested that the peasant army should strive for some good literati and landlords. 】

【For example, officials in Henan, Shaanxi, and Shanxi who were squeezed out by the Donglin Party in the south, and northern scholars who failed the imperial examination. 】

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【These people can be used by the rebels. 】

The bullet screen flew out:

"That's right. The economic base determines the superstructure. Under the productivity conditions at that time, it was impossible to completely eliminate the landlord class."

"Robbing the rich to help the poor is a trick used by mountain kings. If you want to change the dynasty, you can't do it this way."

"Politics is about making more friends and fewer enemies. We must unite all the forces that can be united. Li Zicheng lacks a copy of our "Treasure Book" for slaying dragons. He doesn't understand the strategy of struggle."

"..."

The Chongzhen plane of the Ming Dynasty.

Not yet enteredLi Zicheng in Shuntian Prefecture looked at the huge screen in the sky and suddenly asked Niu Jinxing:

"Juming, tell me your suggestion again."

Hearing this, Niu Jinxing was delighted and quickly replied:

"Yes."

Niu Jinxing felt that it was undoubtedly a good thing that Li Zicheng began to have this understanding.

At the same time.

He was still very emotional in his heart.

The "treasure book" in later generations was really concise and profound. Just a few sentences made him perfect his original idea.

...

[But most of the rebels were from the mud, and they could not understand such a complicated conspiracy. ]

[It was in such an expansion that the rebels established the Dashun regime and invaded Shuntian Prefecture in 1644. 】

【After entering Shuntian Prefecture, Li Zicheng was angry at the corruption and selfishness of Ming officials, so he ordered Liu Zongmin to be responsible for "torturing" Ming officials. 】

【For example, notorious corrupt officials were tortured, officials who refused to serve had their property confiscated, and officials with less bad records were asked to make voluntary donations. 】

【At first, the rebels could redeem themselves according to how much money each level of officials voluntarily paid. 】

【But soon the fines and ransoms were confused, and then more than 1,000 scholars were beaten to death. 】

【In this process, the rebels obtained a huge amount of wealth by whipping officials at all levels. 】

【The torture gradually aroused the resentment of the rebels, and then this resentment, stimulated by money, spread to the people of the whole city. 】

【The rebels began to search civilian houses, rob private property, and even began to rob decent women and commit indecent acts. 】

【Instantly, the entire capital was in chaos. 】

【Li Zicheng was shocked, but he did not have a strong deterrent power over his subordinates, which made him unable to restrain his subordinates and win back the hearts of the people. 】

Barrage flew out:

"Li Zicheng is still incompetent. Look at what Liu Bang did when he entered Xianyang? He didn't learn from the ready-made examples."

"He can't even control his own subordinates. Li Zicheng is really a bit lacking."

"This is the disadvantage of not absorbing elite intellectuals. There is no struggle strategy, just reckless."

"..."

The plane of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Bang shook his head.

No wonder Li Zicheng didn't have the last laugh.

Since he has already invaded the capital of the Ming Dynasty, he should stabilize the order, win over the hearts of the people, win over the remnants of the previous dynasty, etc., in order to further strengthen his own power, instead of blindly plundering money.

This person is too narrow-minded and short-sighted to achieve great things.

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[Watching the Dashun regime begin to take over the former Ming regimes in various places, Shanhaiguan garrison commander Wu Sangui decided to surrender to the new regime after contacting the Dashun envoys. ]

[But just as Wu Sangui set out to Yongping, he happened to run into two servants in his home in the capital. ]

[The two immediately informed Wu Sangui of the riots in the capital. ]

【Wu Sangui, who came from the landlord class, immediately realized that the Dashun regime was a pure class enemy. 】

【So he immediately contacted Dorgon to request to surrender to the Qing Dynasty and asked the Qing army to send troops to eliminate Li Zicheng. 】

Barrage flew out:

"Wu Sangui surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, wasn't it because Chen Yuanyuan was robbed and he was furious for her?"

"Reply - No way, this is all made up by TV dramas, do you really believe in the saying that beauty is a disaster?"

"Reply - No matter how beautiful Chen Yuanyuan is, she doesn't have this influence. How could a man like Wu Sangui be so impulsive because of a woman?"

"Reply - What the UP host said is right. The essence is that Li Zicheng's behavior in the capital made Wu Sangui feel that the class contradictions between the two sides were irreconcilable."

"..."

Many ancient political elites in all dynasties did not believe in the saying that "beauty is a disaster."

In the face of a major choice that concerns life and death, a woman will not have much weight.

The ultimate deciding factor is still practical interests.

In the final analysis, it was Li Zicheng's actions that made the landlord gentry class completely lose the desire to cooperate with him.

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[At this time, the Qing Dynasty began to take shape with the assistance of Han scholars and officials, and these Han scholars and officials have always suggested that Dorgon move into the Central Plains and change the dynasty. ]

[These Han officials from the landlord class firmly believed that the Eight Banners Army could defeat the peasant army in the field battle, and that the abuse of the gentry by the Dashun Army had aroused opposition from the entire landlord class. ]

[The scholars and officials firmly believed that the idea of ​​Han cultural unity coincided with Dorgon, who was eager to consolidate his authority at this time. 】

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"Shameless traitors!"

"Han scum!"

Many ancient people in all dynasties despised these Han scholars who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

They felt that these shameless people who forgot their ancestors and surrendered to the barbarians were not worthy of being Han people and should be cut into pieces. .