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Chapter 183 Preservation Policy
"As I said just now, because of Chongzhen's character flaws, the relationship between him and the ministers cannot be coordinated. This incoordination will result in the monarch and his ministers turning against each other."

"Then you should have understood by now? When Chongzhen was short of money, hey, few ministers were willing to pay him."

"Even the ministers would rather rot their silver in the cellar and be snatched by Li Zicheng than take it out and give it to Chongzhen."

"So, as long as it is something that Chongzhen wants to do, the ministers will oppose him, because as long as he does something for Chongzhen, if something goes wrong, the responsibility is not Chongzhen's, but the ministers'."

"There is a saying that is very good. A person's tragic fate is often the tragedy of his character. After seeing the example of Chongzhen, do you think it is reasonable for him to hang himself in Meishan?"

"Actually, even if Chongzhen doesn't move south to the capital, he still has a chance to save his life and make a comeback. Hey, this is not alarmist talk, it is based on real evidence!"

"But it's a pity that the chances of saving his life and making a comeback were due to Chongzhen's flaws in character, and the few opportunities that appeared in the end all slipped away from him."

"However, when it comes to Chongzhen's character flaws, besides the ones mentioned just now, Chongzhen actually has another huge personality flaw, but I forgot to mention it just now."

"What? It's Chongzhen, who likes to act emotionally!"

"It is said that if someone makes Chongzhen feel bad, he is just sulking. Even if Chongzhen didn't get angry on the spot, he will definitely get you back with other excuses or things in a few days!"

"Sometimes Chongzhen even acted recklessly, and this huge flaw of his allowed him to let go of his last two chances to save himself and the Ming Dynasty."

"That's right, the world belongs to the Zhu family. The ministers do things for the Zhu family. If they do well, it will do no good at all. If they do something wrong, they will be blamed and beheaded."

"Tell me, in this situation, how many ministers in the court are willing to work hard for Chongzhen?"

"However, as a teacher, I discovered a detail, that is, there were a lot of ministers who took the blame, especially in the Ming Dynasty! Especially in the Jiajing and Chongzhen dynasties!"

"You said that Emperor Jiajing hadn't been in court for decades, and Yan Song and Yan Shifan and his son were taking care of all major and minor matters."

"But, although Jiajing didn't go to court, he managed the country in an orderly manner, so it wouldn't... fall apart, right?"

"And Jiajing also saves face. Let me give you an example. It is said that Jiajing wanted to build a Taoist temple for a while, because in the later period of Jiajing, he liked to make alchemy and elixir."

"Hey, so he told Yan Song about this idea. When Yan Song heard it, he immediately understood. He immediately asked the Ministry of Households to allocate 100 million taels of silver to the Ministry of Industry, and gave it to the Ministry of Industry to build a Taoist temple in Jiajing."

"As for the Ministry of Industry, after receiving the money, they didn't dare to neglect it and immediately started building a Taoist temple in Jiajing."

"Soon after, hey, the Taoist temple was built, and Jiajing happily moved in. He felt good after living there for a few days, so he returned to Qianqing Palace and planned to move everything to the Taoist temple."

"However, while he was away, the Taoist temple caught fire inexplicably, and the fire destroyed the newly built Taoist temple in Jiajing!"

"Jiajing was very angry at the time! He said that he hadn't lived there for two days, how could he burn it down!?"

"So he found Yan Song and asked Yan Song, look, what's going on? Is that piece of scorched earth the Taoist temple you built for me!?"

"Yan Song was also an old fritter at the time. Without saying a word, he directly took the responsibility on himself, and even wrote a special letter of apology, hoping that Jiajing would punish him."

"Because the relationship between Jiajing and Yan Song can be said to be very delicate, Jiajing can't do without Yan Song, because without Yan Song, he would have no one to shirk his responsibility."

"So in the end Jiajing didn't do anything to Yan Song, but after Yan Song returned, he killed several officials of the Ministry of Industry one after another."

"It's not that he killed people at will, because in this matter, someone must die to eliminate responsibility."

"We can't let the 100 million taels of silver go to waste, right? Since it's in vain, someone has to take responsibility, so those from the Ministry of Industry are very wronged."

"They are not the ones who want to build Taoist temples, nor are they the ones who allocate funds. They just build Taoist temples according to the instructions from above."

"Hey, after the Taoist temple was built, Jiajing also lived in it for a few days, and it felt pretty good. Although it was burned down by the fire, they can't be blamed."

"It's not that the quality is not good. At that time, the Taoist temples were built with high-quality wood, but as long as it is wood, if it encounters fire, it will still have to be finished."

"That's why, Jiajing also likes to shirk responsibility. After a long time, some people will not accept it. Who is it? Hai Rui! It's the one who wrote "Public Security".

"Well, the emperors of Jiajing's lineage seem to have learned some of his skills. For example, Wanli, like him, doesn't like going to court."

"The other one is Zhu Youjian. It's a good face, and he doesn't want to take any responsibility!"

"So, Zhu Youjian inherited this glorious tradition of Jiajing, which caused ministers to generally distrust him."

"Of course, with Zhu Youjian alone, how could the country be governed in an orderly manner?"

"That's why it's Zhu Youjian's tragic personality that caused him to let go of the last two chances of Ming Dynasty and himself to save their lives!"

"Then what are the two opportunities? Let's talk about the first one. At that time, after Li Zicheng surrounded BJ City, he was not in a hurry to attack."

"Instead, they sent a surrender eunuch named Du Xun into BJ City to negotiate with Chongzhen. So what are they going to talk about?"

"Du Xun said at this time, he said, Li Zicheng has a few conditions now, if His Majesty can agree to all of them, then he will not fight BJ City, and even help His Majesty go to the northeast to fight Huang Taiji!"

"Chongzhen was very happy when he heard it. He thought that such a good thing could happen. So he asked Du Xun to tell Li Zicheng's conditions quickly."

"Hey, so Du Xun started to say, first, Li Zicheng can retreat, he can retreat to Shanxi and Shaanxi, but His Majesty will give him that piece of land, and then make him the Northwest King! Then Li Zicheng admits Your Majesty, you are still the orthodox emperor of Ming Dynasty!"

"After Chongzhen heard about this condition, he didn't rush to object, but he didn't agree to it either. After all, this is a security measure."

(End of this chapter)