Chapter 7 Chapter 7 Li Zicheng VS Chongzhen

After the personalities of Li Zicheng and Emperor Chongzhen formed, a fierce conflict unfolded on the stage of the vast Ming Empire.This kind of conflict is manifested in the fact that Li Zicheng fulfills the mission of a destroyer as much as possible. His philosophy of life is that everything is a mirror image and unreliable. Eat what you can eat quickly, drink what you can drink quickly, and use what you can use Use it up quickly, because if you don’t eat or drink today, it will be gone tomorrow.His childhood upbringing told him so honestly.When his character spread to the entire empire, he exercised the complete destruction of the imperial economy.

And what about Emperor Chongzhen?He is fulfilling the responsibility of a restorer and a builder, but his character is doomed that he cannot cooperate with others, and he cannot trust any of his subjects. He has become accustomed to shirking responsibility and evading reality. It is recorded in history books that when Li Zicheng was in trouble in the Central Plains, Nurhachi of Liaodong Houjin rose. At this time, the Ming Empire faced a difficult choice: because it could not wage war on two battlefields at the same time, it had to abandon one.From the perspective of the empire, what can be abandoned must be overseas wars. It must concentrate all military resources to maintain domestic stability and eliminate Li Zicheng.So the Minister of the Ministry of War was ordered to hold talks with Nurhachi, and the two sides discussed peace.Doing so is in the interests of Emperor Chongzhen.

But this news was accidentally leaked, and the ministers of the DPRK and China took the opportunity to make trouble—these courtiers who make trouble are called "patriotic thieves" and opposed the peace talks, criticizing that those who advocate peace talks are traitors and traitors.The ministers came to question Emperor Chongzhen aggressively: How can you betray the country as an emperor?At this time, Emperor Chongzhen could exercise the majesty of the emperor. He just slapped the table and declared: I am the owner of the empire, and I hold the power of the empire. I must choose between two battlefields. Choose the domestic battlefield and give up The foreign battlefield is beneficial to me, I have to choose this way, who of you dare to come out to make trouble for me?But Emperor Chongzhen's performance was not like this. His performance was: discuss peace with Jin Nurhachi?I don't know about this matter, this is the own opinion of the Minister of the Ministry of War.

Pushing out the Ministry of War Minister to take responsibility, Emperor Chongzhen sat on the dragon chair with dignity as a patriotic emperor.However, his character of escaping reality and shirking responsibility caused him to lose an empire.On the other hand, his opponent, Li Zicheng, spared no effort and devoted himself to destruction, completely destroying the empire. What does this portend?This indicates that the imperial power of the Ming Dynasty suffered unprecedented destruction, resulting in a huge power vacuum, and the destroyers did not have the slightest sense of construction, just destroying.When this power vacuum arises, what is needed?What is needed are other powers to fill, where is the power?Only in the north, in the tribes of the Jurchens, in Houjin, and in the hands of Nurhaci, they have a full-fledged military armed group.In this way, the demise of the Ming Empire led to a vacancy in a position of power, and the Qing Empire justifiably moved to this position of power, thus opening the history of the Qing Empire for more than two hundred years!