Zhu Youzhen is in a parallel world.

The moment the wordless stele fell from the sky, it was surrounded by the troops of the imperial court.

Since Wei Zhongxian's matter has only passed recently, the nerves of the Ming court are still relatively tight.

[When Zhu Youzhen succeeded to the throne as emperor, the most powerful person in the court at that time was the great eunuch Wei Zhongxian.

What he wants is an easy-to-control baby to be the emperor, not the old and difficult to manipulate Zhu Youzhen.

At this time, Wei Zhongxian was already actually in charge of the control of the imperial court's spy agency, and even most of the officials also served Wei Zhongxian.

On the other hand, Zhu Youzhen only had the support of the Empress Dowager and a few loyal ministers who were dissatisfied with Wei Zhongxian. 】

[The difference in strength between the two sides is too great, so much so that Zhu Youzhen is always on guard against Wei Zhongxian's possible unfavorable actions against him. He even brought his own meals to eat, and tried to stay with a large group of people on weekdays, just to avoid being assassinated by Wei Zhongxian's people. 】

[When guarding against the possibility of Wei Zhongxian's assassination of him, Zhu Youzhen also pretended to be polite, extremely obedient, and very respectful of Wei Zhongxian, just like his brother Zhu Youxiao. 】

[Zhu Youzhen spent a month winning the trust of Wei Zhongxian, and at the same time secretly contacting the forces opposing Wei Zhongxian.

After Zhu Youzhen found out the overall situation of the Qing Dynasty in three months, he decisively took the initiative to attack and successfully eliminated the forces of Wei Zhongxian's lineage.

Wei Zhongxian committed suicide, and more than 200 officials serving him were either executed or expelled.

At this point, the most powerful and evil minister of the Ming Dynasty was finally completely destroyed by this young Emperor Chongzhen. 】

Liu Xiu was a little puzzled and said: "From here, this Zhu Youzhen is not stupid!" ”

The corners of Liu Che's mouth curled slightly, and said: "Pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger is the true inheritance of my ancestor. So why is this emperor a faint king? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang had a coldness in his eyes, and said to himself: "Eunuch? ”

Zhu Di fell into deep thought, and secretly said in his heart: "Is it wrong for me to reuse eunuchs?" ”

[But history sometimes makes some bad jokes.]

Although Wei Zhongxian's crimes are extremely heinous, he is really a very capable and discerning eunuch.

After Wei Zhongxian's death, only seventeen years later, the Ming Dynasty perished! 】

"Why ???" Zhu Youzhen couldn't believe it, he couldn't figure out why he got rid of the biggest tumor in the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty died!

[When Wei Zhongxian was there, although he caused chaos in the dynasty and wantonly plundered the people's fat and ointment for his own use, he was able to carry it clearly, and also used part of the money for national finances and military expenditures, and gave priority to ensuring the materials and soldiers' salaries in Liaodong at that time. 】

[After Wei Zhongxian's death, the Donglin Party slowly took control of the government.

In fact, most of the Donglin Party members were born in the class of Southeast Scholars, and most of the money that Wei Zhongxian looted was also scavenged from the families of these Southeast Scholars.

After these people returned to the court, what they did was even more desperate than Wei Zhongxian, and they were even more stupid!

They not only monopolized the court and interests, but also cut off the people's livelihood.

In addition to internal friction, they did not have the clever means and vision of Wei Zhongxian, which caused the frontier to be eroded, and their reputation was boring. 】

[In short, with Wei Zhongxian being killed by Emperor Chongzhen, Wei Zhongxian's henchmen were severely attacked, and the Donglin Party rose rapidly after losing its constraints.

They caused chaos in the dynasty, led to the rapid decline of the Ming Dynasty's national strength, and triggered a large number of peasant uprisings in the country.

Ming Sizong, in the seventeenth year of Emperor Chongzhen, Li Zicheng invaded Beijing, Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself on the coal mountain, and the Ming Empire was declared extinct. 】

Zhu Youzhen's heart and expression were collapsed at the moment.

He really couldn't understand why the Donglin Party, a group of literati who seemed to be upright and gentlemen, ended up harming the entire Ming Dynasty!

"We know that none of these readers have a good thing!"

Zhu Yuanzhang killed a lot of scholars, maybe he really saw the filthiness of these people a long time ago?

Zhu Di took a deep breath and muttered, "I'd better continue to use eunuchs, this group of scholars, I really need a force that is enough to compete with them." ”

In Zhu Youzhen's world, those Donglin Party members were collectively silent.

They seemed to sense a storm hidden beneath the calm, and they began to exchange glances with each other, ready to meet the thunderous wrath of the emperor next.

But they didn't know that Zhu Youzhen was fainting alone in the imperial study at the moment.

[After talking about external causes, let's take a look at internal causes. 】

[In addition to external factors such as natural disasters, the Donglin Party, the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and peasant uprisings, the other biggest factor that led to the fall of the Ming Dynasty was actually Zhu Youzhen himself. 】

[He is stubborn, suspicious, and good at killing ministers, and he makes mistakes and insists on going his own way.

He made almost all the mistakes that an emperor could make, and at the same time messed up both the "relationship with the people" and the "relationship with the bureaucracy". The key is that he is still very industrious, which accelerates the demise of the Ming Dynasty even more. 】

The expression on Liu Xiu's face was a little embarrassed, and he said, "I take back what I said before."

"Sure enough, what Su Shangshen said is right, he is a very hardworking fool!"

"I have such an emperor in the Ming Dynasty, it's really the will of heaven, right?!"

[Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen, he has the ambition of Zhongxing Daming, but he has no talent to support the society! ]

His efforts, everything he did hastened the demise of Daming, it can really be said that God played an extremely absurd joke on Daming. 】

[But even if the country is ruined and the family is destroyed, Emperor Chongzhen still remembers the ancestral motto of the old ancestor - "The Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king dies!" 】

[After Li Zicheng broke through Beiping City, Zhu Youzhen ended his family's lives with his own hands, and then he also ended his life with a white silk on a crooked neck tree in Coal Mountain! ] 】

[Although some people despise Zhu Youzhen's behavior of attacking his family, compared to Song Huizong's end, the whole family of women has become the playthings of the Jurchens, and perhaps dying immediately is another relief. 】

Seeing this, Song Huizong Zhao Ji's face turned green, and even the hair on his head became green.

Xuan Ye sighed: "One bowl at the beginning, one rope at the end, this is the Ming Dynasty." But I have to admit that Lao Zhu and Zhu Lao Si are both awesome masters of Zhongxing! ”

Seeing his tragic end, Zhu Youzhen had an unwilling and struggling look on his face,

"Nope! I will never end up like this, and I will never let the country passed down by my ancestors be lost in my hands!! Su Qian! Su Shenxian! Please help me!! ”

[Zhu Youzhen is ambitious, works hard, eats and wears clothes, and must bow to everything, and he is very hard at governance; However, he had no plan to govern the country, had no way to employ people, and was suspicious, suspicious, strict, and cruel, resulting in constant party strife and chaos in the government and government. 】

[There is a poem that sums him up very vividly:]

[If the heart is not benevolent, it will be poor, and there will be many things to reduce the husband and pay him. Pity three hundred years later, and the worries and diligence are gone. 】

[Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen was an aspiring but talentless emperor, and he made many efforts in governing the country.

However, his political measures were either too radical or simply against the sky; Moreover, he used unknown people, oppressed the people, and unjustly killed ministers and famous generals, which eventually led to the decline and collapse of the Ming Dynasty. 】

[Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen ranks ninth among the top ten mediocre emperors in history, and he deserves his name! ] 】

(End of chapter)