Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, Zhu Youzhen closed his mouth with interest.

This old ancestor didn't dare to disobey.

"Grandpa Tai, how can I say that I am also your descendant."

"How can you speak for an outsider?" Zhu Youzhen muttered dissatisfiedly.

Obviously, Zhu Yuanzhang helped Li Xiao speak and accused Zhu Youzhen, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.

Hearing Zhu Youzhen's words, Zhu Yuanzhang became even more angry.

"Are you embarrassed to say that you are our descendant?"

"We really didn't expect that our descendants would have such an indisputable thing as you."

After speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang sighed again: "Is Li Xiao wrong?" ”

"What did he say wrong?"

"When the Ming Dynasty was upright, you actually killed the general on the edge of the town without authorization because of your suspicions?"

"If you can stabilize the situation, it's fine, but you don't have the ability to do it, but you only have this suspicion."

"You can't even suppress the soldiers under Yuan Chonghuan, tell me why you killed him."

"Can't you wait for the situation on the frontier to stabilize before you do it?"

"It's really not enough to succeed and more to lose."

If Li Xiao said this, Zhu Youzhen would definitely refute it and defend himself.

But now that Zhu Yuanzhang said this, then he didn't dare to say anything.

At this time, Li Xiao on the side also chimed in: "Big brother is right. ”

"No matter how arrogant and inflated Yuan Chonghuan is, as long as he is still an official of the Ming Dynasty, you can't touch him."

"Even if you want to move him, you have to wait until the war at the border is stable, or you have conclusive evidence in hand."

"But what about you?"

"Just a few messages in Beijing and the impeachment of some officials in the court have characterized him as a traitor."

"Can your move not chill the soldiers on the front line?"

After speaking, Li Xiao sighed deeply.

Although Yuan Chonghuan's "five-year resumption of Liao" is a bit of a braggart, and he was also a little inflated later.

But it is undeniable that as long as Yuan Chonghuan sits in Liaodong, he can effectively contain Huang Taiji.

After all, during Yuan Chonghuan's reign in Liaodong, Huang Taiji has not been able to go further.

Even if Yuan Chonghuan could not subdue Liaodong in the end, and could not defeat Huang Taiji, at least for a long time, he could maintain a military balance.

At this time, the Ming court was able to spare time and energy to deal with the peasant rebels in the northwest.

After all the problems within the Ming court were solved, Zhu Youzhen brightened his eyes a little more and used a few capable people with real talents and learning.

Spend a few more years recuperating and surviving the Xiaoice period.

After slowly accumulating strength, and then turn your head to deal with Houjin, then you will have the power to fight.

Maybe we can completely destroy the Houjin and solve this problem from the source.

Even if you take 10,000 steps back.

Even if Yuan Chonghuan can't calm the Houjin, with the vast territory and population of the Ming Dynasty, there should be no problem with a long-term confrontation.

The formation of a confrontation situation is even more unfavorable for Houjin.

Compared with the Central Plains, the land of Houjin is barren in resources and more bitter and cold.

After a long time, whether it was men or food, they couldn't keep up.

On the Ming side, as long as there are no major problems within the Ming Dynasty, it will be able to continuously support the border gates.

At that time, even if it is dragged, Huang Taiji can be dragged to death.

But Zhu Youzhen didn't do this, he made an extremely ridiculous decision instead.

Not only did he not extinguish the peasant rebel army in the northwest of the interior, but he also gave Ling Chi, the chief general of Liaodong, Yuan Chonghuan.

The pit in the northwest has not been filled, and he has dug another pit in Liaodong.

Isn't this pure and innocent, and the Ming Dynasty didn't die fast enough.

The killing of Yuan Chonghuan is almost the same as the killing of Wei Zhongxian.

It's all because Zhu Youzhen's political ability is not good, and he didn't choose to do the right thing at the right time.

It's not that these two people can't be killed.

It was Zhu Youzhen who killed these two people when he shouldn't have killed them.

This led to the worst possible outcome.

There could have been a bad result, but Zhu Youzhen chose the worst result.

The Donglin Party is the dominant family in the court.

The officials of the Manchu Dynasty couldn't pick out a person who could do practical things, they were all a group of hypocrites who filled their own pockets.

In addition to fighting in the court and pitting his own people, he has no ability.

And Zhu Youzhen killed Wei Zhongxian, who was able to check and balance the Donglin Party.

It's also ironic to say.

When Li Zicheng entered the city of Beijing, it was those eunuchs who lived and died with the Ming Dynasty.

And those officials of the Ming court stood at the gate of the city early and surrendered.

None of them lived or died with the Ming Dynasty.

Even the last guards of the palace were organized spontaneously by the eunuchs.

And when Zhu Youzhen hanged himself, the only one who accompanied him was also a eunuch.

In the matter of Wei Zhongxian, Zhu Youzhen really made a mistake.

At least until the Donglin Party was completely broken up, Wei Zhongxian could not be killed.

In the external Liaodong war, he killed Yuan Chonghuan at the most critical time.

It's so late.

Who is this going to kill? Kill those Ming soldiers on the front line?

Yuan Chonghuan didn't say how much he contributed to Liaodong of the Ming Dynasty, at least he contributed.

But everyone saw Yuan Chonghuan's fate and was Ling Chi.

Then what do the soldiers on the edge of the town in the Ming Dynasty think, can they still have fighting spirit?

Can you still work for the Ming court?

Does anyone dare to sit in Liaodong?

made political achievements, but was given Ling Chi by Zhu Youzhen.

Originally, Yuan Chonghuan could have been used as an example and let the soldiers at the border pass study hard.

And in the DPRK, you can also publicize it, and let some people with lofty ideals go to Liaodong to help the Ming court change the situation in Liaodong.

But Zhu Youzhen didn't do it.

But because of his suspicions, he directly gave Yuan Chonghuan to Ling Chi.

This move undoubtedly broke the hearts of the border soldiers and discouraged the courtiers' enthusiasm for Liaodong.

Therefore, in Wei Zhongxian and Yuan Chonghuan, Zhu Youzhen is two fatal mistakes.

If the Donglin Party is not allowed to govern the Ming Dynasty, then the Ming Dynasty will definitely not rot so quickly.

If Yuan Chonghuan didn't die, then Huang Taiji would definitely not be able to fight in, and the border pass of the Ming Dynasty would not have been lost so quickly, and in the end he was reduced to fighting on two fronts and suffered a lot.

On the other side, the Northwest Peasant Army revolted, and it was even more Zhu Youzhen's own demon.

is obviously ruthless, and it is the best thing to strangle Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong by thunderous means.

insisted on giving them two chances, let the two of them escape, and finally overthrew the Ming court.

If Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong could be killed directly at that time, then the situation in Liaodong would also be alleviated.

Because internal problems are eliminated, it can be consistent with the outside.

Although it is true that there were many problems at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and it was full of difficulties.

But it's not like there's no chance.

There are still many opportunities to change the situation, but they have all been given up by Zhu Youzhen.

Zhu Youzhen not only missed the best opportunity again and again, but also made many of the most wrong decisions in the worst situation.

Due to Zhu Youzhen's inability, it also accelerated the fall of the Ming Dynasty in disguise.

If Zhu Youzhen is a capable, courageous, and persevering emperor, then not to mention that the Ming Dynasty will not be extinguished, it will not be a problem to continue his life for at least 30 years.

And in the past 30 years, it is impossible to say how many talents can appear in the Ming court who can change the situation.

To put it bluntly, the most lacking thing at the end of the Ming Dynasty was time.

As long as the Ming Dynasty is given a period of time, there will definitely be people who will stand up to change the decline of the Ming Dynasty.

But Zhu Youzhen didn't buy time.

There was a chance to buy time, but he gave up on his own.

did not give the Ming court time to save itself, this is the most regrettable place in the Ming Dynasty.

could have changed the fate of the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty collapsed like this.

After Li Xiao finished speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang mended the knife on the side.

"What Li Xiao said is very good."

"There have been several opportunities in front of you, but you didn't cherish them."

"Not only do you not cherish it, but you also feel that you have done nothing wrong."

"If we were in your position at the time, the Ming Dynasty would definitely not perish."

Zhu Yuanzhang said this with full confidence.

He started the game with a bowl and won the world from south to north.

Even among all the emperors in history, it can be ranked.

If Zhu Yuanzhang sat in Zhu Youzhen's position, not to mention, the Ming Dynasty would really not perish.

At least in the hands of Zhu Yuanzhang, it will not perish.

Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Zhu Youzhen didn't dare to say anything.

At this point, Li Xiao has finished talking about several fatal mistakes of Zhu Youzhen.

No matter how hard Zhu Youzhen is, this is also a fact.

"Zhu Youzhen, these fatal mistakes of yours led to the fall of the Ming Dynasty."

"Tell me, are you the king of the dead country?" Li Xiao looked at Zhu Youzhen and asked in a deep voice.

At this moment, Zhu Youzhen was already a little distracted.

In the face of the double reprimand of Li Xiao and Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Youzhen has already begun to reflect on himself deeply.

He recalled all the things he had done since he ascended the throne.

Don't say it, it seems like I've done a lot of things wrong.

What Li Xiao said was the truth, and he was powerless to refute it.

But the dignity and persistence of being the emperor made Zhu Youzhen unwilling to admit that he was the king of the fallen country from the bottom of his heart.

What the king of the dead country represents, Zhu Youzhen knows very well.

It represents incompetence, waste, mediocrity, immorality, and immorality.

This is to be nailed to the pillar of shame in history.

When future generations revise history, their own Ming Dynasty will appear on the label of the king of the dead country.

No matter thousands of years later, when everyone sees his name Zhu Youzhen, they will only think that he is the king of the Ming Dynasty.

And nothing else is remembered.

This is something that Zhu Youzhen cannot accept.

Originally, the demise of the Ming Dynasty at his hands was already very sad, but he didn't expect that he would be scolded for being martyred.

The point is, to be scolded like this all the time.

Life after life, never summary.

Zhu Youzhen didn't want to bear such an infamy.

Although he couldn't hear his descendants scolding him, he felt uncomfortable when he thought of this whole person.

Anyway, no matter what, whether it is a scoundrel or pretending to have amnesia, he Zhu Youzhen will definitely not accept the title of the king of the dead country.

Hearing Li Xiao's words, Zhu Youzhen replied in a low voice: "I'm not." ”

"I'm not the king of the dead country!"

Obviously, Zhu Youzhen had no confidence in what he said, his voice was not loud, and he said it with his head down.

Hearing this, Li Xiao was stunned.

Unexpectedly, at this time, Zhu Youzhen was still stubborn, and he still refused to admit his mistake.

"Zhu Youzhen, you have made so many fatal mistakes."

"If it weren't for your fatal mistakes, there is a good chance that Daming would not perish."

"But you turned over those mistakes, which led to the destruction of Daming."

"You're not the king of the dead country, what are you?"

Li Xiao looked at Zhu Youzhen and asked again.

Zhu Youzhen seems to be regulating his emotions.

I saw him take a few deep breaths and then replied loudly: "I admit that I made a mistake. ”

"I did make some fatal mistakes, but the demise of Daming has nothing to do with me."

"I'm not the king of the dead country!"

"There are many traitors in the court, the treasury is empty, and natural disasters have been occurring year after year."

"It is those traitors in the DPRK who have killed me, and it is the Donglin Party!"

"It's the corrupt officials in the world."

"It's God who has sent natural disasters for many years!"

"It's not me Zhu Youzhen!"

Zhu Youzhen looked at Li Xiao and defended himself loudly.

He was talking about his difficulties and the difficulties he encountered when he took over the Daming River.

The Daming River that Zhu Youzhen took over was already full of holes, and some of his own actions were just the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen did not feel that he was the one who caused the fall of the Ming Dynasty.

Although the fall of the Ming Dynasty had something to do with him, it was not directly caused by him.

He is not the king of the dead country, and he does not want to be the king of the dead country.

Hearing Zhu Youzhen's words, Li Xiao and Zhu Yuanzhang were silent.

Obviously, Zhu Youzhen is very resistant to the charge of the king of the dead country.

Even now, he would rather admit that he has made many fatal mistakes than admit that he is the king of the fallen country.

Zhu Youzhen's mood, as the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang must be able to understand.

As an emperor, he was originally a person who stood at the pinnacle of this world.

Neither power, nor money, nor women have any interest.

Compared with these, they care more about what future generations will say about them after they die.

That is, fame.

There is hardly a single emperor in history who did not care about his reputation.

They are very concerned about what future generations will say about them.

This can be regarded as a recognition of their life.

Seeing that Zhu Youzhen was so persistent, Zhu Yuanzhang sighed softly.

"Zhu Youzhen, we understand your mood."

"But our Da Ming is dead, and you are indeed responsible."

Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Zhu Youzhen looked over: "Grandpa, if you don't kill your descendants, Zhu Youzhen really didn't have the ability to keep the Ming Dynasty." ”

"But I'm not the king of the Ming Dynasty."

"The Ming Dynasty can already be said to be dead in the year of the Apocalypse."

(End of chapter)