Chapter 11 Giving you a chance to do it all over again

Cheng Hao listened to it with relish on the side, as a senior otaku, he likes to listen to stories very much, especially the story of a person like Chongzhen who has too many regrets on his body, which makes him even more interested.

"When I succeeded to the throne, I was in a dangerous moment, when the traitorous eunuch Wei Zhongxian was in power and opposition, and his minions were all over the court, and the Manchu dynasty called these people "eunuchs". ”

"Before my brother died, he specially instructed me to reuse Wei Zhongxian, if the eunuch party does not fall, the Donglin Party and others will not be able to turn the sky, and the big ship of Daming, which is full of devastation, can continue to be maintained. ”

"Actually, when I was young, I always naively thought that the emperor was so powerful that he could do anything, and that it was as easy as pinching an ant to death if he wanted to get rid of a person.

I was only seventeen years old at the time, although I grew up in the palace since I was a child, and I knew a lot of tricks, but after all, I had never really been an emperor, and I took the art of imperial weighing a little too seriously. ”

"I also thought about following my brother's instructions, and I didn't want to kill Wei Zhongxian directly. But later, I realized that I was wrong, the position of emperor was not as simple as I imagined, and Wei Zhongxian at this time was no longer the submissive dog that his brother was alive, but had already become a wolf. ”

"I can allow hungry wolves to forage outside, but Wei Zhongxian, a hungry wolf, whether in the palace or outside the court, has long been full of minions, maybe even I myself may become his prey, for him at that time, it was not difficult to secretly manipulate and change the emperor!"

"In order to protect myself, I can only reach an agreement with the Donglin Party and others to exterminate the eunuch forces! The process of eliminating traitors is very difficult, just like playing chess, if you miss a single move, you will lose all the games, and even threaten my life. ”

Hearing this, Cheng Hao interrupted Chongzhen's words and asked with interest: "After killing Wei Zhongxian, have you ever regretted it?"

"The world says that Wei Zhongxian is immortal, and the Ming Dynasty is immortal. I basically figured out this truth later, but even if I did, I had no choice, Wei Zhongxian would not die, my imperial power would not be guaranteed, and his existence would make me feel unhappy like a fish in my throat! I have never regretted killing him!"

"The only thing I regret is that I killed him a little too hastily, and I didn't handle the follow-up handover properly, so I couldn't effectively restrain the later Donglin Party, and most importantly, I didn't get the money that Wei Zhongxian had looted in those years!"

Speaking of the word money, the remorse on Chongzhen's face became more and more intense.

"In fact, although Daming has been in turmoil, it is not hopeless, what is lacking at that time is just a money word!"

"If Wei Zhongxian's batch of money can be collected by me into the inner treasury, and I have enough wealth to support it, I will not have to cry poor and beg officials to donate in the court for hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in the future!"

"Without money, I can't build a strong army!"

"Without money, I can't help disasters and quell chaos in time when natural and man-made disasters occur!"

"I don't have any money, and I don't have any confidence in my heart to completely tear my face with the people of the Donglin Party!"

"Actually, my people in Daming are really very simple and easy to manage, as long as they can give them a bite to eat, as long as they don't starve to death, even if there is a little hope of survival, they will not rebel. ”

"What I lack is just some money, some money that can ensure that the people can survive and not starve to death and rebel at a critical moment, even if it is only one million taels of silver, I can continue to support the entire Ming Dynasty!"

"With money, strong soldiers, and time, I have the opportunity to rectify the rule of officials, rectify land annexation, and rectify the landlords and squires who are satisfied with the oil under the protection of those people in the Donglin Party. ”

Cheng Hao quietly listened to Chongzhen complaining about the word money, in fact, speaking of which, the king of the Ming Dynasty, who was indeed a little bitter, reigned for 17 years, he was always depressed, and he had to think of ways everywhere for the word money all his life.

In fact, the end of the Ming Dynasty was also an era of famous generals.

Sun Chengzong's wisdom, Yuan Chonghuan's persistence, Cao Wenzhao's might, Zuo Liangyu's bravery, Lu Xiangsheng's firmness, Sun Chuanting's strategy, and Yang Sichang's taxi died as a confidant, building the last solid city wall at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that Chongzhen, who lives in the deep palace all the year round and has never walked out of the Forbidden City, has extremely serious flaws in his personality.

Suspicious, extremely suspicious!

When the imperial Taiji soldiers came to the city of Beijing, he could take off his coat and drape it on Yuan Chonghuan with his own hands, just hoping that Yuan Chonghuan could work harder, but soon after, he ordered him to be executed.

When the peasant rebel army burned and plundered the Ming Emperor's mausoleum in Fengyang, he resolutely issued the "Edict of Guilt", reviewed his own mistakes, and carried the black pot for the ministers, he just hoped that they could work harder.

However, his suspicious personality led him to execute some of his ministers to vent his anger before long.

He was frugal and his clothes were patched.

He worked very hard, going to court during the day and working overtime at night, working seven or eight hours a day.

He was very determined, even though he knew his end, he still did his best, worked hard, and did not give up until the end. In the past 17 years, he has issued the "Edict of Guilt" six times to review his own mistakes.

But these, still useless, he works hard, he really wants to be a Ming Jun, but his intelligence is limited, his personality is suspicious, one moment, he is still appreciating the military generals, but the next moment, he may depose the court members because of suspicion.

His character flaws made him lack loyal courtiers to follow. The court's embarrassment and lack of finances made him unable to control the world, and his will could not even leave the Forbidden City.

During the Xiaoice River period, land annexation was serious, the imperial court was seriously unable to make ends meet, peasant uprisings continued in various places, the Donglin Party people were content with pleasure and busy with internal fighting, and inside and outside the imperial court, it completely became a mess that could not be supported.

"'Er Ming Dynasty, the number of qi has been exhausted!' This is the eight words in a text issued by Li Zicheng when I reigned for 16 years, before Li Zicheng gathered all his troops in Xi'an and prepared to set off for the capital, God, your old man is a high God, can you tell me that my Ming Dynasty is dead, and it is really exhausted and cannot be changed?"

Although Chongzhen has become the king of the dead country, he is still very unwilling to the demise of the Ming Dynasty in his heart, and he has a deep reluctance for the Ming Dynasty.

"Qi number?" Cheng Hao smiled, "I won't say that Da Ming's qi is exhausted, but since you can meet me, it means that your Chongzhen's qi is not exhausted!"

"After experiencing the life of an emperor, you must have become a qualified emperor in terms of power and scheming. ”

Cheng Hao stood up and looked at Chongzhen condescendingly, his expression gradually becoming serious.

"Then Chongzhen, if you let your master and servant return to the moment you ascended the throne with memories, do you have the confidence to let Daming rise again?"

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