Short video: Shocking the world

【“Wei Zhongxian was Tianqi’s thug, used to check and balance the civil officials.”】

【“Let’s not talk about Wei Zhongxian’s ability, he was very loyal to Tianqi, otherwise Tianqi would not have told Chongzhen before his death that Wei Zhongxian was self-denying and loyal, and could plan for great things.”】

【“I always feel that Wei Zhongxian’s rise to power was not due to his own political skills, but because Emperor Tianqi strongly promoted him to compete with the dictatorial Donglin Party.”】

【“For Wei Zhongxian, all the dirty and tiring work that offended people was done.”】

【“Emperor Chongzhen was eager to defeat Wei Zhongxian, obviously because Emperor Chongzhen believed that there were two political groups in the empire, one representing evil and the other representing justice. As long as the eunuch party representing evil was cleared out and the Donglin Party representing justice came to power, the empire could be revived immediately.”】

【“The problem was not so simple.”】

The emperors of the Ming Dynasty who had brains were anxious when they learned about Chongzhen’s actions.

"We must not allow civil officials to become too powerful, nor should we allow eunuchs to run rampant. The emperor should use civil officials to check and balance eunuchs, and eunuchs to restrain civil officials, so that the power of both sides is balanced, and there is only competition but no fighting. This is the most brilliant method!"

"Confused! Stupid! The last emperor of my Ming Dynasty was such a fool, how could the Ming Dynasty not perish?!"

"Even if you don't want to use Wei Zhongxian, even if you want to kill him, you must first find someone who can replace him, and you can't let the so-called Donglin Party dominate!"

"Although using eunuchs violates the ancestral system, it is not impossible to use them in special times!"

["I think that after Chongzhen ascended the throne, even if he didn't want to use Wei Zhongxian, he should have let Wei Zhongxian retire and return home, and spared his life, and he shouldn't have been executed."]

["As for some people saying that Wei Zhongxian attacked the literati for the sake of the people, isn't that nonsense?"]

["Did he attack the local tyrants? "" Wei Zhongxian just defeated the local tyrants and put money into his own pockets. What happened? "[What do you think? "When the natural disasters are ended?" "The parties and the Donglin Party are constantly disputed, and the real people outside the Guanzuan are jealous. Where do I wait for the people to go out?" Supporting a similar person up and checking the Donglin Party. [He killed Wei Zhongxian, who would like to follow? It is better to save your life and cooperate with the Donglin Party. So after Wei Zhongxian died, there was no money and no food, so it was better to cooperate with the Donglin Party. ]

[You have to understand one thing. Most people who said that Chongzhen killed Wei Zhongxian did not say that Chongzhen should not have killed him. They said that he killed him too early. ]

[But have you ever thought about another question? If Wei Zhongxian had not been killed, wouldn't the power he had obtained in the Tianqi period be greater during the Chongzhen period? ]

[What is the emperor for? Wei Zhongxian did so many things, Chongzhen could find a crime to weaken his power. ]

[Chongzhen was mean and ungrateful, suspicious and incompetent. ]

[The beginning was a bowl, and the end was a rope. The only thing Chongzhen deserves praise for is that he dared to sacrifice his life for the country! ]

Witnessing the evaluation of Chongzhen by later generations, those capable emperors in history could not help but shake their heads slightly.

Through short videos and comments in later generations, Liu Bang already knew what kind of person Chongzhen was, and directly commented: "Chongzhen, although he had the heart to govern the country, had no ability to govern the country. He was suspicious by nature, stubborn and self-righteous, and finally hanged himself."

"If a more capable emperor had been replaced, the Ming Dynasty could have lasted longer, like the Southern Song Dynasty."

[Indeed, Chongzhen was suspicious, did not know how to use people, and did not know how to play the balancing game. This was the main reason. He killed the generals who worked hard for him and chilled the hearts of the soldiers.

He wanted to negotiate, but he was irresponsible and sold out the ministers who did the dirty work for him, causing people to be scattered and no one was willing to work for his old Zhu family. ]

An official in the middle of the Ming Dynasty whispered in his home: "He does not have the ability of Emperor Taizu, but he is as suspicious as Emperor Taizu. No wonder he is the king of the country!"

"My brother only has his bones left!" Emperor Tianqi stared at the sky for a long time before slowly saying this sentence.

[Wei Zhongxian was a complicated person! On the one hand, he was considered a bastard. He attacked the Donglin Party for his own selfish desires, imposed heavy taxes on merchants in the southeast, and suppressed the interests of the Donglin Party.

But in national affairs, he had a certain overall view. After the Ningjin victory, he rewarded people according to their merits, promoted Man Gui and Zhao Lujiao, who had made contributions in the bloody battle, and dismissed Wei Zhongxian.Yuan Chonghuan, who was afraid of the enemy.

The ministers of war he promoted, such as Zhao Nanxing, Sun Chengzong and Yuan Keli, were all upright and capable ministers, and even opposed him to a certain extent.

Wei Zhongxian still tolerated these people in border affairs. ]

Emperor Chongzhen looked at the sky, with a complicated expression on his face, and said: "I killed him too early? Didn't I find someone to replace Wei Zhongxian? I..."

Emperor Chongzhen had to admit that he did think things were simple.

[Now there is a popular saying: Chongzhen killed Wei Zhongxian too early, and killed Yuan Chonghuan too late. ]

[Why is there this saying? Wasn't Yuan Chonghuan a loyal minister? ]

[I don't know. ]

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[Is the Qing Dynasty imperial tomb the most robbed imperial tomb in history? #History]

Seeing this title, rulers of all dynasties panicked.

Who is not afraid of their own tomb being robbed?

They built the mausoleum so well because they wanted to continue to enjoy wealth and honor after death, instead of receiving the same treatment as Kangxi, Qianlong, and Cixi in the Eastern Qing Tombs.

"The worst imperial mausoleum is definitely not my Qing Dynasty!"

"It shouldn't be my Ming Dynasty mausoleum."

"It's the mausoleum of that dynasty, right?!"

"The worst imperial mausoleum was not only looted, but completely dug out!"

["Are the Qing Dynasty mausoleums the worst dug in history?"]

["In terms of misery, the Qing Dynasty mausoleums are not ranked first. The Song Dynasty mausoleums are really miserable, so miserable that even the archaeological team is unwilling to go there."]

["If you go to the Song Dynasty Mausoleum in Henan today, you will find that the Song Dynasty Mausoleum is not like the emperor's mausoleum at all. You can completely describe it as a wilderness, surrounded by farmland, which is shameless."]

The emperor of the Song Dynasty had a gloomy face.

The emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty dared not think that their mausoleums were even worse than those of the Qing Dynasty. How miserable were they?

【“There are two places for the imperial tombs of the Song Dynasty. One is the Northern Song Dynasty imperial tombs located in Gongyi, Henan, and the other is the Southern Song Dynasty imperial tombs located in Shaoxing, Zhejiang.”】

【“Although the imperial tombs of the Southern and Northern Song dynasties are located in two separate places, they are indeed in the same vein when it comes to being destroyed.”】