Chapter 18: The Death of the Great Ming
"Humph!" Zhu Yuanzhang snorted sullenly. Undoubtedly, Zhu Su's assertion of "powerlessness to return to heaven" made him completely break his defense.
"That's the case, if there are loyal ministers and good generals in the court, it will not come to the end of the country!"
"So many generals who lead the troops, aren't they all rebellious ministers and thieves?"
"By the way, what about the nobles, we founded the country and sealed so many nobles who are related to the country, why didn't anyone stand up to help protect the country?"
"Could it be that they have all lost their children and grandchildren!"
Zhu Su raised his eyes and glanced at Lao Zhu, and said in his heart that they are not cut off from their children and grandchildren, but in a few years, they will be almost troubled by your own hands.
Few incense sticks can last until the end of the Ming Dynasty.
However, at this time, Lao Zhu was running wild, and Zhu Su did not dare to mention this stubble. He avoided the important and said lightly: "At that time, there were not many good generals in the Ming Dynasty. β
At that time, civilian officials had already held heavy power and constantly suppressed the status of military generals. Da Ming is noble and martial, and children know it. The atmosphere of martial arts and light literature has intensified. So much so that in the late Ming Dynasty, when a six-rank military general saw a seven-rank magistrate, he had to bow down, but the magistrate was arrogant and disdained to return the courtesy. β
"When a military general leads his troops to an expedition, he will be heavily restrained by civilian officials. The literati supervising army who did not know the soldiers crossed the commander's command indiscriminately, and the generals did not dare to disobey. However, if this caused a defeat, it was received by the generals who were military attachΓ©s, and the overseers were reprimanded at most, and the board was raised high and gently lowered. β
"In the Chongzhen period, I can't even find a few generals who can lead the army. The commander of the army is often a civilian official. Even so, the senior officials of the DPRK and China are extremely jealous. In order to exclude dissidents, civil officials disregarded the major affairs of the imperial court and reversed black and white at will. The party is the same and unscrupulous! β
Zhu Yuanzhang was dumbfounded. He never thought that his Daming would become the appearance of Zhu Su's mouth after more than two hundred years!
"What about the guards? Let's set up a guard station and demarcate military households, so that we can raise millions of soldiers and horses for the Ming Dynasty from generation to generation! Even if half of the military households died in successive disaster years, and the remaining half, sending a pig as the commander was enough to completely wipe out the likes of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, right? β
Zhu Su shook his head. "Huh...... The military system of the guard. β
"Li Zicheng, but he was born in a military household in the post house."
"The post house?" Lao Zhu's eyes widened angrily. "Military households have land and industry, as long as I am in the Ming Dynasty, they will have iron rice bowls for generations. Why do you want to do it? β
"Ziming Taizu...... That's your ...... After that, the military discipline of the guard station was lax, and the non-commissioned officers unscrupulously annexed the land of military households and gradually became landlords. Military households that have lost their land are limited to their household registration status, and can only serve as military households for generations, unable to find another way to make a living, and gradually become non-commissioned officers and slaves, and will never have a future. β
As a result, more and more military households prefer to flee and become displaced people rather than be slaves for generations. There is a serious shortage of personnel in the health center, and there is not one in ten. β
"Moreover, by that time, the military households will no longer be the bravery of their ancestors. They have been farming for generations, and their training is wasted, where do they know how to march and fight? Its combat power is so low that it can often defeat thousands of guards. β
"There are also natural disasters for many years, and the military households of the guard are hungry, and they also have deep resentment against the imperial court. Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and other anti-thieves climbed to the top and shouted, and the displaced people and military households were all in ......"
At these words, Zhu Yuanzhang's pupils shook violently, he took two steps back, and sat on the ground with his buttocks.
The disadvantages of the guard are so bad!
This is one of his proudest national policies! He once thought with joy that as long as the guard system was implemented, the Ming Dynasty would never have any troubles, which was enough to keep the Ming Dynasty forever......
Unexpectedly, Li Zicheng, who was born in a military household, became a sharp knife that stabbed Daming to death!
remembered that he once made a bold statement at the court meeting, saying, "I raise millions of soldiers, and it doesn't cost the people a grain of rice." Lao Zhu felt that he was panicked!
raised millions of soldiers, but they were raised for anti-thieves!
"So, that military household, Li Zicheng, is the countless military households and displaced people who led me to the Ming Dynasty, buried the foundation of my Ming Dynasty, and took away my Zhu family's country, right?" Lao Zhu's voice couldn't hide the exhaustion.
The national policy that I am most proud of is actually wrong...... This was a deep blow to his self-confidence.
"Yes and no." Zhu Su shook his head.
"The one who died in Daming was indeed Li Zicheng. But in the end, it was not him who sat on the throne. β
"Not him?" Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked again. What he had heard today was so bizarre that he leaned over the handrail.
"You don't mean that the Ming Dynasty died in internal and external difficulties, and there are Li, Zhang and others ...... inside"
Speaking of this, the fierce light in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes skyrocketed.
"So, the one who won this country died by a foreign enemy?"
"Could it be Meng Yuan?"
Lao Zhu's hands were bruised. The killing intent in my heart could no longer be suppressed. Meng Yuan! Meng Yuan! Could it be that in our lifetime, we didn't eradicate the scourge of Meng Yuan, and let it make a comeback?
"It's not Meng Yuan." saw Zhu Su shake his head again.
"It's the Jianzhou Jurchen."
"Jianzhou Jurchen?"
Old Zhu was stunned.
"What kind of Rausch thing is this?"
"The Jianzhou Jurchens are an ethnic minority living in eastern Liaodong. Fishing and hunting for a living. Zhu Su replied
"It's just a small tribe, and I'm still very kind to it. However, after its rise, it has attacked the northern border of our Ming Dynasty several times. β
"In the end, I took advantage of the chaos in my China, and a yellow finch came behind, stole the artifact, and took away my Han people!"
Old Zhu's eyes were about to fall off. He asked anxiously, "What about Li Zicheng?" What about Zhang Xianzhong? β
"They defeated my Da Ming, but they were picked by a small tribe of peaches?"
Li Zicheng and his entourage...... After all, it's just a rogue. β
After they captured the capital, they felt that the overall situation had been decided, so they enjoyed themselves extensively. 'torture' to the officials and the people, and get 70 million taels of silver. β
"But after forty-two days, they lost the capital and fled in panic."
"Waste, waste!" Lao Zhu was heartbroken, but he hated Li Zicheng. Immediately, he thought of something again, and said hatefully: "It's such a waste, the Ming court is helpless!" β
Zhu Yuanzhang took a few breaths. Zhu Su looked at him worriedly, afraid that he would be too angry and die directly in this Qianqing Palace.
Fortunately, Lao Zhu was still in the prime of life at this time, and he could stand it for the time being. He covered his chest and raised his eyes to look at Zhu Su: "So, the Jianzhou Jurchen has become the master of our country?" β
"Yes." Zhu Su nodded. Thinking of the ten days of Yangzhou, the three massacres of Jiading, Shenzhou has been swinging since then. Huaxia can no longer keep up with the pace of the world, but the Jurchen Emperor boasted of the "prosperous Kangqian era" and "perfect old man" in the flesh and blood of the people......
Until the Western Jianchuan bombarded the country, the old witch still wanted to trample all the Chinese people under her feet, and shamelessly declared: "I would rather be with friends than with domestic slaves", "measure China's material resources, and form a friendship with the country"......
Thinking of this, Zhu Su couldn't help but clench his fists!