“In the Ming Dynasty at that time, the civil servants had achieved an overwhelming victory.
One group after another formed.
Under this situation, the emperor in front wanted to compete with the civil servant group.
So we began to gradually reuse eunuchs..."
Han Cheng spoke out and told some things he knew.
As a result, he was interrupted by Zhu Yuanzhang as soon as he said a little.
"Wait a minute, how did the civilian officials achieve an overwhelming victory?
In order to compete with civil servants, it is necessary to support eunuchs?
Where have all the nobles gone?
Where are our Ming generals? ! "
Zhu Yuanzhang's voice sounded a little anxious.
Han Cheng said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, this matter of a child without a mother is a long story, and we need to start from a long time ago.
This involves another of your descendants. Are you sure you want to listen at this time? "
Hearing Han Cheng's words, Zhu Yuanzhang hesitated for a moment, but suppressed the doubt in his heart.
Compared with how the civil servants achieved an overwhelming victory, he was more concerned about why Chongzhen, a descendant of later generations, allowed the Ming Dynasty to fall in his hands.
Because he really couldn't understand why such an emperor who was hard-working, not dissolute, and not short-lived allowed the Ming Dynasty to perish in his hands.
"Then you can continue talking about Chongzhen."
Han Cheng nodded, and then continued: "After Chongzhen came to power, he was deceived by the so-called Qingliu civil servants and the like.
these people. He kept saying bad things about the eunuchs here in Chongzhen, and made the eunuchs extremely evil.
It has directly risen to the point where the eunuchs and eunuchs are the ones who bring trouble to the world.
If only the eunuchs are dealt with, then the world will be peaceful.
All the difficulties that Ming Dynasty encountered will disappear.
Chongzhen listened to these people's words and took action. A man named Wei Zhongxian took care of it.
Wei Zhongxian is certainly not a good person. He has great power and has done many bad things.
But one thing is very important, he can compete with civilian officials.
Chongzhen not only solved Wei Zhongxian, but also abolished the corresponding institutions..."
Upon hearing Han Cheng's words, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but frown.
I feel that Chongzhen's move is too fatuous.
Although he didn't understand what the specific scene was like at the end of the Ming Dynasty.
However, as a person who is very good at political power, he understands that the most taboo thing in the court is for one family to dominate.
We need to find a few more and balance them, this is the best.
For example, he is gradually gathering the power in the hands of Huaixi Xungui step by step to prevent people like Huaixi Xungui from becoming a dominant family.
As a result, Chongzhen was lucky. As soon as he came to power, he completely wiped out one party.
The most important thing is that the one he killed was an eunuch!
As an emperor, he knew exactly where the eunuch's rights came from.
It comes from the emperor.
It can be said to be an extension of imperial power.
The eunuchs themselves were the emperor's minions.
Compared with civil servants, eunuchs are undoubtedly easier to control.
No matter how powerful the eunuch's power is, he must ultimately obey the emperor.
Their rights themselves came from the emperor, who had the power of life and death over them.
As a result, as soon as Chongzhen came to power, he actually attacked the eunuchs.
If you cut the knife so hard, wouldn't it mean that you had to cut off your own arm? !
"madness!!"
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but cursed.
Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's scolding, Han Cheng couldn't help but take another look at Zhu Yuanzhang.
This Lao Zhu is indeed Lao Zhu, a man who walked out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
You can see the essence of the matter at a glance.
He had just started to say it, but he had already seen that Chongzhen's move was brainless.
"In fact, if I don't tell you what happens next, Your Majesty should have already guessed it.
After he cut off his arm and abolished the eunuch party, many civil servants praised Emperor Chongzhen in all kinds of ways.
The eunuchs who were checking and balancing them have finally disappeared!
They are free!
Then, they wanted more and got more.
They gained a lot, but the emperor of Ming Dynasty lost a lot.
For example, taxes began to fail to be collected, and the national treasury began to run out of money.
In the past, when eunuchs were re-employed, no matter how they behaved, there was no shortage of money in the treasury.
At least the taxes can be collected.
As soon as the eunuchs were abolished, the tax began to decrease rapidly.
The key is that the burden of many people has not been relieved.
So, where does this tax go?
One can imagine..."
"Now that we find that taxes are not coming in, we should immediately recognize our mistakes and correct them, continue to organize eunuchs, collect taxes, and stop losses in a timely manner."
Zhu Yuanzhang's voice rang.
Zhu Yuanzhang is such a person. Sometimes, face is not that important to him.
Especially when it comes to national affairs.
On the surface, he can admit his mistakes, but in fact he is very honest.
There is no shortage of things to do.
Han Cheng shook his head.
"Chongzhen did not do this. This is the biggest and most successful thing he has done since he came to power.
And he received a lot of praise for it. How could he possibly form another eunuch party?
And those civil servants did not want him to form an eunuch party again. "
“What about taxes?
The country has no money and many things will go wrong!
What methods did he adopt to solve the problem of empty treasury? "
Han Chengdao: "He did adopt some methods.
For example, cut back on expenses.
In order to reduce expenses, he canceled some government organizations.
For example, the official inn has laid off many employees.
In many places, they simply abolish it.
As a result, many people who originally belonged to the imperial court were directly unemployed and had no living income.
As a result, many people who could not survive joined the ranks of rebellion.
Originally, the level of the rebels in the Ming Dynasty was not so high.
But with the addition of these people, it suddenly became unusual.
Later, an extremely powerful rebel group appeared in the Ming Dynasty, and the leader was such an unemployed person.
"idiot!!"
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but curse again.
Station! How could he abolish the inns? !
Doesn't he know how important the transmission of news is to the government? !
The inn was actually abolished!
Are you trying to make yourself deaf or blind? !
It is better to recruit troops and streamline administration from other places than to come directly to do this! !
“In addition to cutting costs, of course we also need to increase revenue.
If taxes are not enough, then more taxes will be levied.
It can be said that the Ming Dynasty at that time was full of disasters.
Droughts, plagues, and locust plagues occur frequently.
The climate is very extreme.
In many places, there is no harvest and families are destroyed.
Many people cannot survive.
Because of these disasters, many people died.
But because the government has no money or food, there is basically no disaster relief.
There are basically no policies such as tax exemption.
On the contrary, Chongzhen also stepped up the collection of food and wages.
Collect more taxes from many people.
"Asshole!"
"madness!!"
"Stupid as a pig!!!"
Zhu Yuanzhang cursed loudly.
Chest rises and falls sharply.
He has never seen such a stupid person! !
Lao Zhu's eyes were red and bloodshot.
He rebelled just because he couldn't survive anymore!
Then came the Ming Dynasty.
As a result, future generations began to no longer regard the people at the bottom as human beings! !
When a disaster occurs, it’s okay not to provide relief, not to mention tax reductions or reductions, but even to increase taxes!
This is not alive, do you want to force people to death? ! !
