Chapter 53 Chapter 52: The Rise and Fall of Nanming

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the Liaodong soldiers started the rebellion, but during the Wanli period of Shenzong, the Fu was added many times, with a total of 5.2 million taels successively.During Yizong's reign, another 1.65 million taels was added, which was called Liao's salary.Later, 2.8 million taels of extortion and 7.3 million taels of training were added.A total of 16.95 million taels was added successively.But before the orthodox year, the world expropriated only 2.43 million taels, but now it has increased by seven or eight times. As a result, the people are exhausted and the sources of chaos such as bandits arise.

And it was a time of famine at that time, and the people of Yan'an, Shaanxi, ate elm bark and stones, and even fathers and sons, and couples exchanged children for food.As a result, rebels, postmen, and hungry people ganged up, causing chaos.At first there were Gao Yingxiang who harassed the four provinces of Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and Hubei. Then Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong disturbed Gansu.After Gao Yingxiang was executed, Li Zicheng succeeded him as King Chuang.These rebellious parties abduct civilians between the ages of fifteen and forty everywhere as soldiers, and they order laws.

Examining the reasons why the above-mentioned rogue bandits could not be quickly pacified, it was because the local system of dividing provinces was improper, and because the Yuan people completely abolished the system of the Tang and Song Dynasties and established a separate province by themselves.In short, the three dynasties of the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties had no worries about autocratic towns, so that they were unprepared on weekdays and could not suppress the rise of the disorderly people. In the Ming Dynasty, the northern part fell, and the southern kings competed for support. For example, King Fu was in Nanjing, King Tang was in Fuzhou, King Lu was in Zhejiang, and King Gui was in Zhaoqing.But in less than twenty years, the above-mentioned kings have been shattered one after another.

The Qing army entered the customs and was able to quickly destroy Nanming. Thanks to the help of the traitors, the Qing people rewarded them for their merits: Wu Sangui was granted the title of Pingxi King and lived in Yunnan. Feng Shang Kexi was named Pingnan King, living in Guangdong. Feng Geng Jingzhong was named King of Jingnan and lived in Fujian. The "San Francisco" could not be at ease, so in the twelfth year of Kangxi's reign, they asked themselves to withdraw their clans, but got permission, so they rebelled.At that time, Geng and Shang each had 8,000 Fan soldiers, Wu Sangui led 12,000 Green Banner soldiers, and Yu Ding added 4,000, making a total of 16,000.At that time, the Qing court had to pay a heavy military salary.The Qing government had already decided to withdraw the feudal domain, but San Francisco was really unwilling to withdraw, so Wu Sangui first launched an anti-Qing campaign, and six provinces including Yunnan, Shu, Hunan, and Guangxi responded. Wu Sangui died in the seventeenth year of Kangxi, and soon San Francisco was in chaos.

The failure of the San Francisco was mainly due to Wu Sangui's unbelief and the inconsistency within the San Francisco.Sangui's strength declined in his later years, and he lost his vigor.In addition, Xuanye, the lord of the Qing Dynasty, was young and strong, and he used the power of the Han people to quell the chaos, and then turned from the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty.