Regarding some general events during the Chongzhen period, Li Xiao said it briefly.

Of course, there are still some things he hasn't elaborated on.

Regarding Yuan Chonghuan and Mao Wenlong, Li Xiao did not say much.

These two men were quite controversial even in later generations.

Some people think that they are national heroes, while others think that they are traitors who collaborate with the enemy and betray the country.

In short, whether it is Yuan Chonghuan or Mao Wenlong, everyone has their own opinions.

After listening to Li Xiao's words, Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned and said, "Our Daming is over like this?" ”

"Isn't it possible to find a few people who can fight?"

After speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Youzhen: "How did you become an emperor?" ”

"You can't resist a foreign invasion, and you can't quell the internal civil uprising."

"Tell me what it is that you are not the king of the dead country?"

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang was very annoyed.

Before hearing this, he still had a good impression of Zhu Youzhen.

But I didn't expect Zhu Youzhen to lose the country like this in the end, which made Zhu Yuanzhang, a person with explosive force value, very despised.

Lao Zhu is a country that has been beaten down with one hand and one foot.

didn't expect that in the end, Jiangshan was beaten back by others.

Zhu Youzhen, who was on the side, heard Zhu Yuanzhang's words, and felt very aggrieved in his heart.

He was also very helpless.

The Daming he took over from Zhu Youxiao was already crumbling.

That's it, and there have been natural disasters for many years, which caused the people to not have enough to eat, and jumped out to rebel.

Zhu Youzhen didn't want to see this situation.

But when internal and external troubles came together, Zhu Youzhen was also powerless.

Zhu Youzhen never thought of himself as the king of the fallen country.

He once said that he is not the king of the dead country, but everything has the appearance of the dead country, and he has no choice.

He even told the officials of the Ming Dynasty that he was not the king of the dead country, and the ministers of the court and the central government were all the ministers of the dead country.

Yes, Zhu Youzhen didn't want others to put the hat of the king of the dead country on his head.

He is an ambitious and idealistic person, how could he accept such an evaluation.

Immediately, Zhu Youzhen looked up at Zhu Yuanzhang: "Grandpa, I was also forced to be helpless." ”

"When the court reaches such a situation, I can't go back to heaven."

"The Daming I took over is already rotten to the bones."

"When I took over Daming from my eldest brother, it was already almost like this."

"I also want to be a good emperor, and I also want to stabilize the Ming Dynasty, but the sky is going to die in the Ming Dynasty, and I don't have the slightest way."

In Zhu Youzhen's view, everything that happened during the Chongzhen period was a sign that the sky was about to die.

He's tried so hard, but he can't change anything.

All kinds of natural and man-made disasters have happened to him.

Hearing Zhu Youzhen's words, Zhu Yuanzhang fell silent.

Indeed, what Zhu Youzhen encountered was indeed very tricky.

No one can guarantee that they will be able to save Da Ming in the same situation.

However, the Ming Empire did fall at the hands of Zhu Youzhen, which is undeniable.

And Li Xiao also said before that the evaluation of Zhu Youzhen by later generations is not high, and Zhu Youzhen can be said to be the king of the Ming Dynasty.

Immediately, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Li Xiao: "Li Xiao, do you have anything else to say?" ”

Hearing this, Li Xiao nodded.

Then, Li Xiao turned his head to look at Zhu Youzhen: "You don't have to explain, what the eldest brother said is right." ”

"You are the fallen king of the Ming Empire."

Hearing this, Zhu Youzhen immediately retorted: "I'm not!" ”

"Why do you say that I am the king of the dead country?"

"When I ascended the throne, there were eunuchs like Wei Zhongxian in the court."

"There is a miasma of smoke and corruption above the court, and outside the court, the people are complaining of misery."

"There are also Houjin's troops on the border."

"What do you tell me to do with all this?"

"Am I the cause of this?"

"Isn't that the Daming Jiangshan I took over like this? How can I be the king of the dead country? ”

Zhu Youzhen is very sensitive to the four words of the king of the dead country.

No matter who it is, even if Zhu Yuanzhang says him, he will not accept the title of the king of the dead country.

This bit of face is Zhu Youzhen's last stubbornness.

Looking at Zhu Youzhen, who kept defending himself, Li Xiao said lightly: "Zhu Youzhen, you don't have to say so much. ”

"The Ming Empire is going to perish, and you can't escape the blame."

"Today, I'm going to tell you what your faults are in the eyes of future generations."

Hearing Li Xiao's words, Zhu Youzhen was stunned.

But he resisted the urge to defend himself.

didn't expect that under the judgment of future generations, he would still be wrong.

In Zhu Youzhen's cognition, as the emperor of the Ming Empire, he is conscientious, diligent and hardworking, and has done the best he thinks he can do.

He is like this, why do future generations still think that he has done wrong.

Zhu Youzhen didn't understand.

He didn't understand what he was doing wrong.

"What did I do wrong?"

"Then tell me what I did wrong." Zhu Youzhen replied in a deep voice.

"Then you'll listen." Li Xiao said lightly.

Subsequently, Li Xiao began to recall in his mind the evaluation of Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen by later generations.

"First of all, you don't have a lot of political experience."

"You shouldn't have killed Wei Zhongxian."

Li Xiao looked at Zhu Youzhen and said lightly.

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Youzhen was completely stunned.

Not only Zhu Youzhen, but even Zhu Yuanzhang and Li Xiongzhi and others on the side were also stunned.

What's going on?

A eunuch like Wei Zhongxian and a eunuch like this can't be killed?

This kind of traitorous villain, let alone killing, even if it is Ling Chi ten times, it is not too much.

But why did Li Xiao say that he couldn't kill it.

One by one, they all fell into deep thought, their faces full of doubt.

Zhu Youzhen looked at Li Xiao with an incredulous expression: "You actually said that Wei Zhongxian, a eunuch, can't be killed, it's really a joke." ”

"Wei Zhongxian arbitrarily ruled the dictatorship, flew high, oppressed the people, and had no dignity."

"Such a person should not be killed, so who should be killed?"

"If even people like Wei Zhongxian can't be killed, then I really don't know who can kill them."

In Zhu Youzhen's view, Li Xiao is talking nonsense.

The whole dynasty is up and down, and anyone can have a reason not to be killed, but Wei Zhongxian must be killed.

"You tell me, why can't Wei Zhongxian be killed?" Zhu Youzhen looked at Li Xiao and asked puzzled.

Seeing this, Li Xiao replied lightly: "You killed Wei Zhongxian to break the balance. ”

"And influencing the political structure of the imperial court and maintaining the existing system of the imperial court is the basic skill of an emperor."

"Only when the court is stabilized can you better give orders and let the officials do things for you."

"And you, directly killed Wei Zhongxian, and made the Donglin Party family bigger."

"The Donglin Party controls the government, and it will be difficult to implement your decree."

Hearing Li Xiao's words, Zhu Youzhen nodded slightly.

Li Xiao was right, as soon as Wei Zhongxian died, the Donglin Party did rise very quickly.

And without Wei Zhongxian's clamp, these Donglin parties are indeed a little difficult to deal with.

But Zhu Youzhen still felt that he was not wrong to kill Wei Zhongxian.

"Li Xiao, that's what I said."

"But Wei Zhongxian is a big traitor, and these civil servants of the Donglin Party at least have the heart of the family and the country."

"Even if the Donglin Party is the dominant family in the court, their harm to the court and the world is much smaller than that of Wei Zhongxian."

"Wei Zhongxian is definitely not wrong to kill, it is not a pity for this traitor villain to die."

"At most, it's just the later Donglin Party, and I didn't suppress it."

Zhu Youzhen looked at Li Xiao and said loudly.

In its opinion, even if the killing of Wei Zhongxian led to the dominance of the Donglin Party, the impact and harm were within a controllable range.

At least it was a lot better than when Wei Zhongxian was there.

Wei Zhongxian is an absolute traitorous villain, not only causing trouble to the court, but also the common people.

When he was still the king of Xin, he had seen Wei Zhongxian and his henchmen corrupt and arrogant.

Even he almost suffered a loss.

Therefore, even if Wei Zhongxian is a quick knife to deal with courtiers, Zhu Youzhen will not have a good impression of Wei Zhongxian finding someone.

But on the side of the Donglin Party, Zhu Youzhen's view is different.

The Donglin Party is all scholars, no matter what, it is still much stronger than Wei Zhongxian.

When Zhu Youzhen was not the emperor, he had seen the Donglin Party persecuted by Wei Zhongxian's henchmen.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen still has a trace of sympathy for the Donglin Party.

Moreover, there are many henchmen of the Donglin Party, all of whom are scholars.

At that time, they almost controlled the trend of public opinion in the capital, which was very important to Zhu Youzhen.

Zhu Youzhen is a person who cherishes feathers and a person who pays attention to fame.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be so obsessed with the title of the King of the Dead Country.

Relying on the Donglin Party's control of public opinion, it is impossible for Zhu Youzhen to offend the Donglin Party to death.

Otherwise, I really don't know what the Donglin Party will arrange him to.

Moreover, Zhu Youzhen also wanted to use the reputation of the Donglin Party to better command the ministers.

So in Zhu Youzhen's opinion, it's just that he didn't balance the court, not that he killed Wei Zhongxian by mistake.

Wei Zhongxian, a eunuch who wields power, no matter who it is, no matter which dynasty it is placed in, is a person who must be killed, and everyone will be punished.

How can there be such a thing as a wrongful killing?

Hearing Zhu Youzhen's words, Zhu Yuanzhang also nodded slightly.

Zhu Yuanzhang seems to agree with Zhu Youzhen's words.

After all, Wei Zhongxian is a eunuch, with monstrous power and domineering, so he will definitely not be able to stay.

Just like Zhu Youzhen said, at most, he failed to suppress the Donglin Party later.

Anyway, Zhu Yuanzhang also felt that Wei Zhongxian was not wrong.

Hearing Zhu Youzhen's words, Li Xiao replied indifferently: "Wei Zhongxian is indeed the one who should be killed. ”

"But instead of killing him at the best time, you chose the wrong time to kill him."

"That's why later people said that you killed Wei Zhongxian by mistake."

Hearing this, Zhu Youzhen muttered dissatisfiedly: "Since both horizontal and vertical are damned people." ”

"Then when to kill, and what is the difference."

After saying that, he seemed to think of something again, and continued to add:

"Besides, I had just ascended the throne at that time, and I needed to kill some people to establish my prestige."

"And Wei Zhongxian is the best candidate."

"Wei Zhongxian, whether it is a hundred officials in the court or the common people, they all hate him very much, and they can't wait to eat his flesh and drink his blood."

"If I kill Wei Zhongxian, it will be in line with the people's will and the prestige I have established for myself, and I will win the praise of the ministers and the people in the court."

"Why wouldn't I do that?"

After Zhu Youzhen said this, everyone fell into deep thought.

Even Li Xiao didn't speak.

Because what Zhu Youzhen said seems to be very reasonable, from his standpoint, there is no problem at all.

It was as if he did it, and it was the best thing for him at the time.

But in the eyes of descendants like Li Xiao, this is not the case.

After all, the authorities are obsessed.

Who can guarantee that sitting in Zhu Youzhen's position will not do this.

The killing of Wei Zhongxian won the hearts and prestige of the people for himself who had just ascended the throne, and it could also play a role in killing a hundred people and deterring court officials at all levels.

Zhu Youzhen is understandable in doing so.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded silently on the side, and he seemed to agree with Zhu Youzhen's statement.

The so-called not in his position, not in his own politics.

If you don't sit in that position, if things don't happen to you, you'll never be able to understand the difficulties of the current situation.

In this world, there is no such thing as empathy.

In all fairness, Zhu Yuanzhang thought that even if he sat in Zhu Youzhen's position at that time, he might also kill Wei Zhongxian.

At most, Zhu Yuanzhang has tougher means for the follow-up Donglin Party.

But everyone's ability is different, and we can't expect everyone to be as capable and hard as Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Youzhen was ordered to take over the throne when the Ming court was in turmoil.

Presiding over the overall situation under internal and external troubles, he was able to think of so much and do this.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's opinion, it has been done well.

Zhu Youzhen's words just now can be regarded as winning some understanding from Zhu Yuanzhang.

Not only Zhu Yuanzhang, but even Li Xiongzhi and Tian Zhiwei, who have always said that Zhu Youzhen is a madman, are also silent.

Like Zhu Yuanzhang, some of them understand Zhu Youzhen's difficult situation and powerless situation.

It seemed that only Li Xiao was not moved by Zhu Youzhen's words.

In Li Xiao's view, it was still because of Zhu Youzhen's personal ability that led to the later situation of the Ming Dynasty.

As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youzhen did not think about it, did not consider the subsequent operation of the dynasty, and did not wait for the right time.

just cared about the situation and situation in front of him, killed Wei Zhongxian directly, and single-handedly pushed the Donglin Party up.

Zhu Youzhen is the main person in charge of all this.

Li Xiao, who was silent for a while, replied lightly: "Zhu Youzhen, you naturally have your reasons. ”

"In that situation, from your standpoint, it makes sense to kill Wei Zhongxian."

"But you're still miscalculated."

"That's how much you deter the other officials in the court."

"After you get rid of Wei Zhongxian, can you suppress the Donglin Party?"

"The reason why later generations say that you killed Wei Zhongxian by mistake is because of the existence of the Donglin Party."

"In the Hereafter, there is even such a saying."

"Wei Zhongxian is immortal, and the Ming Dynasty is immortal!"

(End of chapter)