Chapter 94 7. Strike is the power of the emperor

If we understand Zhu Yijun's psychology, then we can know why he held a general strike that lasted for 26 years. The so-called twenty-six-year general strike means that during Zhu Yijun's tenure, he did not leave the deep palace for a full twenty-six years, did not deal with government affairs, and did not meet with courtiers.Some courtiers are old and do not handle the retirement procedures.Some courtiers killed people, set fire to them, and kidnapped colleagues' wives, but no one came to deal with them.Some courtiers were on business, fell to the ground with a bang, died, and did not fill the vacant positions left by him with new officials.Some courtiers simply brought their wives and children to the yamen to eat, and no one paid any attention to the yamen.

In short, the country has fallen into a state of complete paralysis. According to historical records, Emperor Shenzong Zhu Yijun did not respect court, worship ancestors, or worship heaven, and hid under Zheng Guifei's skirt every day and did not come out.As a result, the Ministry of War has no minister for fifteen years, which means there is no minister of defense.The Ministry of Rites has had no top leader for 19 years, the Ministry of Industry has had no management for 16 years, the Ministry of Punishment is doing well, and there has been no Minister of Justice for just six years.All in all, the reports submitted from all over the country piled up like hills in various departments, covered with thick dust, and rats burrowing holes scurrying around underneath.

On the one hand, there is a lack of court officials and the number is insufficient. On the other hand, a large number of scholars are stranded in the capital, and scholars starve to death every day.Why do they starve to death?Because they followed the old habit and rushed to Beijing to wait for the appointment of officials. After they came, they waited and there was no news.The vast majority of them could not wait for twenty-six years. They ran out of money, lived on the streets, starved to death, or became beggars.During those years, the mouths of beggars were all chanting Ziri Shiyun. It's normal for a scholar to starve to death.In the twenty-ninth year of Wanli, Ma Yongqing, the governor and censor, was inspecting the border. When he arrived near Mashui Fort in Zijingguan, he suddenly smelled a foul smell, which made people sick.Ma Yongqing felt that the smell was strange, so he searched for it, and when he went to the front, he saw a miserable scene of weeping ghosts and gods.

Just ahead, two unkempt, skinny veterans were squatting by the edge of a ditch eating a barbecue—the meat they ate was from a human corpse, rotting and smelly, and it was covered with flies.It wasn't until this time that Ma Yongqing knew that because Zhu Yijun held a general strike, the economic operation of the entire country was stagnated. Whether it was officials or soldiers, their salaries were suspended for 26 years, and there was no one to transport food and grass for the frontline soldiers.Some of the soldiers guarding the pass starved to death, and some were eating the flesh of their comrades who died of starvation... It's too miserable to bear to watch.

It was against this background that the Battle of Sarhu broke out.Hou Jinnurhachi, leading 70,000 Banners soldiers, easily defeated the four forces of the Ming Dynasty. From then on, the Ming Empire began to go downhill in great strides, and there was no chance to cheer up again. We have analyzed before that there is a kind of hatred deeply rooted in Zhu Yijun's genes, which is hatred for the whole world and the external society. The hatred comes from the despair and fear in his father Zhu Zaihou's heart.The same hatred secreted a terrible venom that eroded Zhu Yijun's brain and made his intelligence stagnate before the state of a four-year-old child, unable to develop any further.

This stagnation of intelligence is not an absolute decline in IQ, but is manifested in Zhu Yijun's inability to think logically.For example, he couldn't think about his actions in connection with the enlarged belly of the Queen of the Palace, and he couldn't understand the relationship between Zhu Changluo and himself.It's just because of a habit that he can only helplessly submit to things that others force him to do. Similarly, he did not go to court for 26 years. Of course, there were factors of anger with the officials, but the most important thing was that he could not understand the matter itself.

His thinking and cognitive ability is limited by lack of logic, and it is difficult to understand what is happening around him.For example, taking the matter between him and the Queen of the Palace as an example, he couldn't understand that the little palace lady's belly was getting bigger, which was directly related to what he had done before, so he only had two different views on everything: like and dislike. mature emotions.But it's useless to put this kind of emotion in the court, and it still needs a little brains to deal with the state's government affairs.But for Zhu Yijun, the place above the imperial court is the place he hates the most - if he hates it, then he won't go, and no one can control him anyway.

This is the truth of his twenty-six-year general strike. He doesn't like it, simple as that. The government was paralyzed, and bandits were rampant all over the world.The worst time was when there was a team of over 10,000 refugees, all of them armed with long sticks, and rushed towards the city of Beijing aggressively. The guards were so frightened that they hurriedly closed the gate and waited for two days. To eat, had to retreat. But it was a large group of people who retreated, while the small commando had already sneaked into the capital. A gang of more than a dozen robbers ransacked the Bei'anmen Wine and Vinegar Bureau with open fire, looting all the silver, and no one dared to stop them.

What's even more bizarre is that Emperor Shenzong Zhu Yijun looted more than a dozen carts of gold, silver and jewels from Jiangnan. When he arrived at Lugou Bridge, he suddenly whistled, and saw countless brothers from the rivers and lakes flashing out by the roadside. Since no Jianghu organization stood up and claimed responsibility for this matter, the case has never been solved.The reason why the case was not solved was because the manpower in the yamen had been insufficient for a long time. Finally one day, when Emperor Shenzong woke up, he suddenly felt unwell, so he hurriedly called for the imperial physician. After the imperial physician made a diagnosis, he said, "Your Majesty, you must be mentally prepared. Humans are inherently mortal. Yu Taishan.

Your Majesty, what's wrong with you, Your Majesty?Don't be afraid to be like this, I said that to someone else..." At the beginning of February in the 30th year of Wanli, His Majesty was critically ill.