Hearing this, Chongzhen sighed: "Of course I have thought about it - throughout the seventeen years that I have been in charge of the country, I have always been diligent, thrifty, and worked hard and long for the affairs of the country.

Maybe I am not smart and do not have the skills of my ancestors to govern the country, but I am definitely not a king who will subjugate the country.

But among my ministers, there are not many good ones, and most of them are ministers who have subjugated their country!

As our Ming Dynasty has come to this day, those corrupt officials and ministers who have failed to repay the divine grace should be the chief culprits!"

Hao Guangming wanted to laugh when he heard this.

But he finally remembered that his father-in-law-to-be was now Chongzhen, and he might die in a few days, so he finally endured it.

But he still couldn't help complaining in his heart: Chongzhen, as expected of you, you are still blaming the blame at this time.

Chongzhen was staring at Hao Guangming on his mobile phone. Although Hao Guangming didn't speak, Chongzhen could see that Hao Guangming's expression was different.

So he frowned and asked, "Why, isn't what I said correct?"

Hao Guangming said: "I can't say it's completely wrong, but it's just a little bit close to the correct statement."

"how do I say this?"

Hao Guangming recalled the various theories he had seen about the causes of the country's subjugation. He pondered for a moment and said: "The main reason why the Ming Dynasty has come to this day is that when the Ming Dynasty was founded, it did not consider breaking out of China's thousands-year cycle of chaos.

Weird circle.

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty was destined to perish after its establishment. If the subsequent emperors only repaired things and did not carry out earth-shaking changes, they could at most allow the Ming Dynasty to continue for a few decades.

In the eyes of future generations, there is not much difference between whether the country has been subjugated for more than 200 years or whether it has been subjugated for more than 300 years.

As for why we haven't broken out of the cycle of chaos and chaos, and how to break out of it, this is a huge problem that I can't explain clearly at the moment.

The second reason is that from the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the rights of the country began to be slowly stolen by the gentry and landlord class.

As early as after Zhengde, the world actually changed hands secretly. Rather than belonging to your Zhu Ming royal family, it belongs to the gentry and landlords.

By the time you arrive, it can be said that the world has already lost control and is no longer under the control of the imperial power.

Most of the gentry and landlords are short-sighted and can only see their own interests.

Therefore, after occupying most of the official positions in the court, they only focused on fighting for power, excluding dissidents, and seeking personal gain. They did not care whether the world was corrupted or not.

Because many of these people have clearly seen that even if Zhu Ming is replaced by Li Shun, or another dynasty, they will still use their gentry and landlords to maintain their rule.

Perhaps in the early days, it would be like the Ming Dynasty when Taizu and Chengzu were emperors. The emperor was tyrannical and the gentry and landlords were suppressed and could not hold their heads up. But after a few generations, they will still have the final say in the affairs of the world.

Therefore, when bandits are raging, slaves are entering the customs, and natural disasters occur one after another, as long as it does not affect their interests, they will not deal with it sincerely, and will even take advantage of every opportunity to seek personal gain.

As the emperor, you stand at the top of the world, while the common people are at the bottom.

The gentry and landlords in the middle oppressed the superiors and the inferiors, and the common people had to rebel in order to survive.

At this time, you are emptied of power by the gentry and landlord class, and you are unable to communicate with the common people at the bottom, so you are dealt with by these two groups together. Can the Ming Dynasty survive?"

Chongzhen seemed to have some realization after hearing this, but his brows furrowed even more.

At this time, I heard Hao Guangming say: "There are different opinions on this third issue, but for me, you still have to blame yourself.

As I said before, you neither know people well nor employ them properly.

So you have been in power for more than ten years, and many of the loyal ministers and generals of the Ming Dynasty have been wiped out by you. In the end, most of the civil and military officials in the dynasty were either treacherous, sycophantic, or useless."

"I'm not convinced!" Chongzhen suddenly interrupted Hao Guangming angrily, "Even though my skills in governing the country are not as good as those of my ancestors, I'm not as miserable as you said!"

Fortunately, Hao Guangming is in another world now. If he were in front of him, Chongzhen would want to draw his sword and kill someone.

"Not convinced?" Hao Guangming smiled and no longer cared about the face of his father-in-law-to-be, "Forget it, how did you use Sun Chuanting? Moving forward, how did you use Lu Xiangsheng? These two people

How did he die?

If you hadn't mistakenly believed in Yang Sichang, how could someone like Gao Qiqian, who had no ability and only suppressed dissidents, sought personal gain, and ignored the overall situation, let pillars like Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting die unjustly?

The Ming Dynasty had such a large population and maintained scholars for two to three hundred years. Even though most of them became moths in the country, there were still many talented people who were willing to help the country.

Just like the list of ministers who died for the country as I told you before, not to mention their abilities, there is no doubt about their loyalty to the Ming Dynasty, right?

How many of these people have you trusted and reused before?

Let's talk about Li Banghua. Before the army surrounded the capital, did he recommend you to go south many times or ask the prince to go south to supervise the country? Did you listen?

Not being able to recognize people and not being able to use them, not being able to distinguish between right and wrong advice, being suspicious and repetitive, being eager for quick success, and not being responsible, these are all shortcomings that an emperor should not have, and you have them all.

So you dare to say that as the emperor, you should not bear the main responsibility for the Ming Dynasty to this day?"

Following Hao Guangming's words, Chongzhen became obviously more and more angry.

But when his anger reached the extreme, not only did he not explode, but he became completely silent.

When Hao Guangming finished speaking, Zhu Ainao saw that Chongzhen looked depressed, with a depressed face and white hair on his head. She couldn't help asking: "Father? Father, are you okay? Don't take Mr. Hao's words to heart. After all, what he said

It’s just the opinions of later generations and may not be correct.”

"No," Chongzhen shook his head, with a bitter look on his face, and said with a self-deprecating smile: "He is right, maybe I am really a king who has subjugated the country. Now, the country is indeed going to subjugate."

Seeing this, Zhu Yasuo looked angrily at Hao Guangming on the phone.

After Hao Guangming had finished his talk, he realized that he had talked too much and had gone too far.

But regardless of what modern people know and understand about history, ordinary people sitting in Chongzhen's position may not be able to do much better than him.

After all, the Ming ship was in dilapidated condition and was about to sink.

In addition, being threatened by his wife-to-be's glare, Hao Guangming hurriedly said: "Of course, it is not entirely your responsibility that Daming has reached this point.

As I said before, the first is that there were problems with the system when the Ming Dynasty was founded, and it was not reformed later.

The second reason is to blame the gentry and landlord class for their huge size, greed, short-sightedness and selfishness.

The third is some of your responsibilities.

Finally, there is a very important point, which is also the main reason why you asked before why the Qing Dynasty could survive so many peasant uprisings, but the Ming Dynasty did not."

After hearing this and remembering his previous doubts, Chongzhen finally cheered up and asked: "What's the reason?"

"The Little Ice Age." Hao Guangming said. After talking about it, Zhu A'ao looked puzzled when he saw Chongzhen. He further explained: "It is also a natural disaster. Haven't you noticed that since your grandfather's Wanli period, natural disasters have become more and more serious?

Many times, when you came to power, natural disasters occurred more frequently and spread throughout the country."

Chongzhen nodded and said: "That's true, but the ministers all said that it was my lack of morality that caused me to be punished by natural disasters. Therefore, since I succeeded to the throne, I have issued a total of six edicts to sin against myself. Unfortunately, I still have not received mercy from God."

"It's ridiculous!" Hao Guangming almost yelled, "It's all nonsense that the emperor's misbehavior will lead to natural disasters.

I can tell you clearly that in your era, not only the Ming Dynasty is plagued by disasters, but also all over the world, that is, all places outside the Ming Dynasty.

This was all caused by the arrival of the Little Ice Age—climate changes brought frequent and large-scale natural disasters.

The primary reason why the Qing Dynasty was able to survive so many peasant uprisings was that the Little Ice Age passed in the early years of the Qing Dynasty, natural disasters decreased, and the people naturally lived better.

Therefore, even if those people in the Qing Dynasty were more oppressive than you in the Ming Dynasty, as long as the people can survive, they will not rebel on a large scale.

In addition, during the Qing Dynasty, the introduction and popularization of overseas crops such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn gave the people more food to eat.

This is also the reason why the Qing Dynasty was able to support more people, oppressed the people so hard, and yet persisted for so long.

However, even without the frequency of major natural disasters and abundant food as in the late Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty still spent almost the next hundred years suppressing large-scale peasant uprisings, which shows how ruthlessly it oppressed the people.

It oppresses the people internally and wants to break the bones and suck out the marrow. Externally, it continuously loses power and humiliates the country and cedes territory to pay compensation. It can be said that it has humiliated us Chinese people for hundreds of years!

Now when we mention the Qing Dynasty, we all hate it with itch - if we as people at this time go back to the past, you might still help the Ming Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty, but if it comes to the Qing Dynasty, you must rebel. There is no second way.
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