"Mei Zhihuan was in Gansu to resist the Mongols before, and he had quite a lot of military achievements, and he was more authoritative in the army. He also knew the suffering of the soldiers, but he couldn't do it if he didn't suppress it, so he designed to kill the four soldiers who organized the mutiny and declared the others innocent. ”

Mei Zhihuan came up with a plan: throw a baked cake to the ground, and the mutinous soldier Wang Jincai was hungry, so he lowered his head to pick up the cake to eat, so the officers and soldiers took the opportunity to hack him to death. The officers and soldiers did not find a penny from Wang Jincai, and even the clothes and pants worn by Wang Jincai were just taken from the body of Zhou Jiang, who was killed by him. ”

"According to the deadline set by Chongzhen, the Gansu soldiers have to walk 50 kilometers every day, and it is not false at all that they are dead. In the middle of winter, they walk 50 kilometers a day with weapons and equipment, lack food, lack of clothes, and sleep in the open, and the most hateful thing is that they don't pay money. ”

"These soldiers were able to insist on walking 600 kilometers from Zhangye to Dingxi before mutiny, and after the mutiny, there were still people who were willing to go to King Qin. What kind of blessing does this have to be to have such a good soldier? ”

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

After Mei Zhihuan arrived in the capital with the Gansu soldiers after all the hardships, Chongzhen was furious because he was late and dismissed him. Many Gansu soldiers scattered in a hurry, and many joined the peasant army. ”

The crowd listened to the story told by Qin Yu and fell silent.

Chongzhen's meanness and unkindness can be seen.

"To sum it up. Chongzhen has five major operational errors. Qin Yu said, "One is to kill Wei Zhongxian, the second is to kill Yuan Chonghuan, the third is to exterminate Li Zicheng and give up halfway, and the fourth is to deal with the foreign Emperor Taiji. Fifth, he was mean and unkind, killed many generals, and self-destroyed the Great Wall. ”

"But these are all appearances."

"Sir, since these are all appearances, what are the underlying 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 dynasty, and a big traitor Wei Zhongxian is needed to balance them? Without the feudal aristocracy grabbing a lot of wealth, the imperial court can casually recruit millions of elite soldiers if they have money and food, and they need to rely on a single Yuan Chonghuan? ”

"The money, food, and military salary are enough, and Wu Sangui can block the Jurchens. If you have money, you can find dozens of people who have the ability to turn the tide. ”

"The imperial court has money, and the extermination of Li Zicheng will not give up halfway, and even an uprising will not happen."

"In addition, in terms of external troubles, if the court is rich, the foolish emperor knows that he can just destroy them directly, and he will not hesitate to fight and make peace at all."

"As for Chongzhen's killing of many generals, it was also because of the lack of food and salary, and their war was unfavorable."

In other words, Chongzhen's operations were all because the court had no money. Makes him look mediocre. Of course, he can't wash away the meanness. ”

"He is not mediocre, he is just a routine operation, and he can't save the Ming Dynasty at that time."

In a word, if it weren't for the feudal aristocracy looting a lot of wealth in their private pockets. The court has money, and everything will not happen. ”

"As for the Xiaoice period, they are all external factors and cannot play a decisive role."

……

"In all dynasties, the court that has been bullied by foreigners is not because foreigners are too strong. It's because I'm so bad. Qin Yu said.

"When the Manchus entered the customs, they only had 60,000 soldiers and horses. The invasion of the Eight-Nation Coalition was only 50,000, and the major warlords along the way at that time were fully equipped and outnumbered enough to compete with them, but they all sat idly by. ”

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

"Later, Xiaori attacked the northeast with less than 20,000 troops, while the defending army at that time was 300,000."

"The reason why these ridiculous and sad histories happened is because we ourselves rotted to the bone first."

"If I hadn't rotten first, I would never have been bullied by external insults. Even if the Qing Dynasty closed itself off from the country and backward science and technology with the West, if we don't rot ourselves, we will soon be able to catch up in science and technology. ”

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

"The cause of all disasters is the feudal aristocracy's seizure of a great deal of social wealth. The feudal aristocracy made the court rotten to the bones, causing the people of the whole country to be scattered. The hearts of the people are scattered, and no one will die for the court. ”

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

"The eyes of the masses are bright, and the court is rotten like that. Not only the common people, but all walks of life in the whole country will consider the same question, whether such a court is worth protecting. ”

……

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

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

"This problem is an advanced function for Chongzhen, but it is an elementary school problem for you. Because the teacher has already pointed out the essence of the problem to you, and he is still doing it from God's point of view. ”

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

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

What if we were Chongzhen? When Zhu Yuanzhang and the prince heard this, they had a feeling of crying and laughing: We are his ancestors.

But I still think about it.

If we are Chongzhen, how can we turn the tide?

Immediately, the crowd fell into deep thought.

"You've understood the root cause, and it's obvious why." Seeing that the crowd didn't 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 they can't kill Wei Zhongxian in the first place." Zhu Biao stood up and replied, "For an emperor, the art of balance is very important, and he must be kept to contain the Donglin Party." ”

"After the court reaches a balance, then slowly figure it out."

"Yes, not only Wei Zhongxian can't be killed, but Yuan Chonghuan can't be killed either." Zhu Fan stood up and replied, "The generals who can fight well should still be kept, at least until the overall situation has been decided, and then liquidate." ”

"Alas!" Qin Yu sighed when he heard this, "Please think about the essence of the question first, and then answer the question." ”

"The standard answer is that Wei Zhongxian and Yuan Chonghuan can both be killed." Qin Yu said, "Wei Zhongxian is a big traitor, he is nine thousand years old, only one thousand years younger than the emperor, don't kill and keep it for the New Year?" ”