can't blame the shopping guide for seeing it wrong, at this time, Tang Chen is indeed a bit of a "rich kid", and spending money like dirt is not counted, but Tang Chen really doesn't care much about this 10,000 yuan.

Well, that's it. When you know that you have the ability to make a lot of money, it must be different from before, not to mention clothing, food, housing and transportation, this is the most basic need, and the purchase of luxury goods alone is also a lot more arrogant. This is also why it is said that "the poor are suddenly rich, and their eyes are plucked out", which means that people who are used to living a poor life cannot live a rich life, and when they live a rich life at first glance, they do not know what to do, and they will even go from being rich to miserable.

There are indeed many such examples, and people who have speculated in stocks know that if the stock market keeps falling, people always hold on to their stocks, reluctant to cut meat and reluctant to sell, and always hope that the stock will rise one day. But once the stock really rises, there are many people who can't hold their breath and immediately throw away the stock as long as they have enough capital. If the stock keeps rising, there will be many people who regret it and cry.

This is the stock speculator who can withstand poverty but cannot withstand wealth. In fact, from the emperor who is the monarch of the country to the ordinary people, there are really many people who can't stand the test of getting rich. Take Li Zicheng, the most typical example in history, as a typical example of "the poor get rich".

As we all know, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng rose up (in fact, he fought to fill his stomach), and after 16 years of brutal war, he overthrew the rule of the Ming Dynasty and established the Dashun government. At that time, Emperor Chongzhen at the end of the Ming Dynasty inherited a mess, and Li Zicheng still inherited this mess. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the treasury was empty, and the finances could not make ends meet. In order to better raise military salaries to solve the financial problems, Li Zicheng made an emotional decision out of extreme disgust for the Ming Dynasty ministers, he concentrated the captured Ming Dynasty officials and allowed the officers and soldiers to "help recover the stolen goods".

I can't help but say that this is a completely disorderly bastard decision, and it reveals Li Zicheng's dark mentality and excessive emotions. On the surface, he embodied the following sentiment: In the past, the peasants represented by Li Zicheng suffered greatly from the hardships of the subsidy, but today the world has been turned upside down and generous, and we will again liquidate the corrupt government of the Ming Dynasty! However, in the end, it reflects the incompetence of the new rulers of the empire in the construction of the system, and the level is not as good as that of the old ruler in the past.

This is the limitation of Li Zi's own personal level. He had used this method several times when he was attacking cities and plundering land, and this time, he still wanted to use this quick method. Li Zicheng's hostility to the emperor's relatives, high-ranking officials and nobles is certainly hateful because of its hatred, but from today's point of view, it can also be summed up as another kind of psychology: "hatred of the rich." This kind of hatred of the rich has developed to the extreme, and it is very terrifying. Unfortunately, most of the peasant rebels were people who had lived in poverty for many years, and the vast majority of them had this mentality, and once the floodgates were opened, it would inevitably be flooded.

In fact, looking at history, after a truly far-sighted politician has conquered a city, he is anxious to buy people's hearts, stabilize the situation, and consolidate the political power he has won. After dominating the world, he will not let the army and his emotions get out of control. But Li Zicheng is not a politician, nor does he have a higher strategic vision, on the contrary, from the first day he entered Beijing, his own nature and limitations as a homeless person were fully reflected, and he fell into a kind of blind joy and revenge-like pleasure of a victor, which is also reflected in his daily life, he was originally a person who was "not good at drinking", but he also began to accumulate beautiful women, indulged in lust, and drank all day for pleasure, and the pursuit of money was the product of this mood.

Li Zicheng did not realize that for the army that had been living in misery for a long time, the pursuit of money was also a blind move with a sense of revenge, in fact, it was promoting madness, irrationality and greed. The good military style and harmonious environment were completely destroyed.

As the most important military leader under Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin corrupted extremely quickly. As soon as Liu Zongmin arrived in Beijing, he began to "coerce prostitutes" for fun, and in the process of chasing money, he must have a deep sense of pleasure, for this poor person who has been poor all his life, he can arbitrarily capture and beat those powerful people who used to make his mountains look up, and he can also squeeze money from them, which is a much more fun thing than fighting.

In addition to Li Zicheng's residence in the palace, the generals and commanders were "separated from the hundred officials", such as Liu Zongmin occupied the capital governor Tian Hongyu Mansion, Li Guo occupied the Governor Yuan You's Mansion, Gu Kecheng occupied the Wan Juma Mansion, Tian Jianxiu according to Cao Juma Mansion, Li Yan occupied the Jiading Bo Mansion and so on.

And at this time, the ministers who were supposed to correct Li Zicheng's thinking also performed unsatisfactorily. Niu Jinxing, the head of Wenchen, dreamed of being the prime minister of peace, and was busy preparing for the grand ceremony, recruiting protégés, opening elections, and reveling in the atmosphere of being embraced by people and rolling words. Other ministers also thought that the general trend had been decided, and began to reward meritorious deeds, including Gu Junen, a strategist who once had outstanding talent and high strategic vision, also began to become corrupt, and only knew how to take prostitutes for fun every day, and did not want to make progress. And they forgot that occupying Beijing did not occupy the world, nor did they occupy the hearts of the people, because the most fundamental land problem and financial problem have not been solved, and there are still great threats, the Ming Dynasty still has half of the country not been defeated, there is a Qing army outside the Guan, Wu Sangui's army is on the way to the Guan, there is still Zuo Liangyu Gaojie's army in the south of the Yangtze River, and the remnants of the Ming Dynasty are still there. The monarch only knew that he was intoxicated by the pleasure of the avengers, and he did not realize the problem from top to bottom.

Among the ministers under Li Zicheng, the most sober-minded person was Li Yan. At the moment when everyone was drunk, with rare sobriety and rationality, he gave Li Zicheng an "untimely" recital, called "Four Things to Punish General Li Yanshang and Thieves", which criticized this phenomenon.

But it is a pity that this piece was not adopted by Li Zicheng.

Just imagine, if Li Zicheng had accepted this piece at that time, overcorrected it in time, and then started the great cause of unification, history would probably have been rewritten.

But alas, history has no ifs.

Tang Chen knew Li Zicheng's story, so he was relatively self-controlled about spending money, and he didn't let loose and be unscrupulous just because he suddenly had money. Nor will he be anxious about who will covet his money. Tang Chen behaved very naturally, he had to spend money when he made money, but he would not be extravagant, perhaps this is also the concept of money of the new generation of young people. Of course, this is also inseparable from family education. Although the older generation does not have a broader horizon, the truth is passed down from generation to generation, and it is inherited in the same vein, Tang Chen has accepted this kind of education, and naturally he has also accepted this view of money. To put it bluntly, just a few words - "wealth is not exposed"!

(End of chapter)