Daming Super Dimension Company, President Zhu Yuanzhang!

Now Zhu Youjian has completely lost his self-confidence, and even in front of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, he no longer dares to call himself "I".

The reason is very simple. This emperor has not acted well and really does not have that face.

Xiao Ran can understand Zhu Youjian's current mentality and thoughts very well.

Although the last emperor was not a very powerful king who could create a prosperous age, if he had not caused so many natural and man-made disasters at the end of the Ming Dynasty, he would not have been able to simply be a conservative king. questionable.

"What you said about Emperor Chongzhen actually has nothing to do with you. It's just your bad luck." Xiao Ran added silently, looking at him full of self-blame and apology.

Now that he is able to persevere without breaking things or breaking things, his mentality is actually very good.

However, the Ming Dynasty eventually perished at the hands of Emperor Chongzhen, and he had to bear some infamy in later generations.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ran also had a headache: "However, Li Zicheng is also a serious problem that has to be dealt with now. He will continue to harass Kaifeng until there is no peace."

"There is one more important thing now. It is already October, but in December, Li Zicheng and Luo Ru will attack Kaifeng again. In the historical trajectory, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian promoted Shaanxi Governor Wang Qiaonian to Shaanxi Trilateral Governor and rushed to help. Kaifeng.”

"But this time, there was no way to completely eliminate Li Zicheng's power. In February of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng captured and killed Wang Qiaonian again in Xiangcheng. Zhu Youjian was forced to release Sun Chuanting from prison and worship him as the Third Shaanxi Emperor. Governor of the Border.”

Hearing that Li Zicheng had sent troops to harass Kaifeng twice in just three months, Zhu Yuanzhang's face became extremely ugly.

As the emperor of Ma Ma, Zhu Di felt that his uncle could bear it, but his aunt couldn't bear it!

"Damn it, you have challenged the authority of the imperial court again and again, but it still can't be solved. Zhu Youjian, where are the troops and horses he maintains? What do those people do for food?" Zhu Di couldn't help scolding Zhu Youjian. With.

It was understandable before that Zhu Youjian was really unlucky and encountered one after another natural disasters.

But even if there are natural disasters, the training of the army cannot be neglected.

However, if Xiao Ran knew what Zhu Di was thinking, he could only say that when Zhu Yuanzhang was fighting, Zhu Biao was guarding the rear, and when Zhu Di was fighting, he also had a good son at home to manage food and logistics.

As a result, these two emperors did not personally experience the pain of insufficient food, grass and armaments.

It's really because they both have such big children!

Xiao Ran added silently, as if a knife cut off the last rope: "Actually, it's not just those two times, there will be more later."

"In the summer of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng besieged Kaifeng for the third time. In the Battle of Zhuxian Town, he annihilated the reinforcements led by Governor Ding Qirui, Governor of Baoding Yang Wenyue and others. At that time, Emperor Chongzhen urged Sun Chuanting to send troops to rescue, but it didn't work. , until September, when the Yellow River embankment collapsed and the city of Kaifeng was destroyed, Li Zicheng stopped attacking Kaifeng."

"In October, Sun Chuanting left Tongguan, defeated Jiaxian, and returned to the pass. In the eleventh month of the leap year, Li Zicheng captured Runing, killed Yang Wenyue, controlled most of Henan, and then moved to Huguang."

"Zhang Xianzhong, who was once suppressed by Ding Qirui and others, was also active in southern Zhili again. He captured Luzhou in May, defeated the Yellow Emperor in July, and Liu Liangzuo's troops were in Lu'an. He transferred to Huguang in the early 16th year of Chongzhen."

Zhu Yuanzhang was full of anger and reached out to slap the table: "Okay, okay, the preparations we made before have come in handy now."

"Fourth! Bring us all the troops, horses, food and fodder we prepared before, and arrange the weapons as well. When the time comes, if you don't show some color to rebellious officials and traitors like Li Zicheng, I will not be Zhu Yuanzhang!"

"Dad! My son must beat these people until they know it hurts and they know they are wrong!"

Xiao Ran silently wiped the non-existent sweat on his forehead. The father and son were really full of martial virtue.

"It's just that there are still two months left to deal with Li Zicheng. I think the most important thing now is to clean up the corrupt officials in the court."

"Today's Donglin Party is a dominant one, and the Ming Dynasty has entered a negative cycle. These people really have contributed a lot."

Xiao Ran really couldn't stand those people.

It's not that he favors Wei Zhongxian in his historical views and doesn't like these aristocratic families, but what the Donglin Party does is really not human affairs. In their hearts, they are a flowing court and an iron-clad aristocratic family.

They don't care who is in charge of the court. Anyway, as long as they have the power and power in their hands, no matter whether the person on the throne is named Zhu, Li or Wang, their status will always be stable.

There are also some public officials who have heard rumors and are as annoying as some of the unscrupulous media in modern times.

Anyway, in Xiao Ran's view, Ming's death was due to many reasons. The first party was constantly fighting and internal personnel were trying to undermine each other, and the second emperor's abilities were limited.

Chongzhen's character is suspicious, suspicious and irresponsible, which only accounts for a small part.

The third is the continuous natural disasters. The end of the Ming Dynasty coincided with the Little Ice Age, which is a rare event in a thousand years. You must know that the Bohai Sea froze at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

The main thing is that there are many corrupt officials in the court. It can even be said that by the end of the Ming Dynasty, corruption had become a matter of course, which was completely different from the period when Zhu Yuanzhang controlled the government.

At this point, Xiao Ran really had to complain to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Uncle, in the Chongzhen period, corruption has reached the point where even the emperor has no way to deal with it." Xiao Ran looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and complained silently, "The regulations you formulated to prevent officials from taking bribes gradually gradually As time goes by, the effect becomes less significant.”

"It stands to reason that under normal circumstances, when the word "corrupt officials" was mentioned in ancient times, not only the common people would gnash their teeth with hatred, but the emperor would also be extremely angry and punish the corrupt officials."

"However, there are exceptions to everything. When corruption reaches a certain level, even if the emperor personally calls for honesty and self-discipline, he will still be pushed back."

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard the beginning of Xiao Ran's words, his expression became extremely ugly.

However, he did not interrupt Xiao Ran's words.

Zhu Di was also slightly silent, understanding that once the power of ministers became strong and all these ministers in the court formed a community of interests, the emperor would be equivalent to a decoration.

Xiao Ran continued: "This problem has arisen a long time ago. In 1628 AD, Emperor Chongzhen, who had just ascended the throne, was determined to make a difference. So he issued an edict, calling on the ministers to carry forward 'Civil officials do not love money. With the military attache’s spirit of not risking his own life, we will create a peaceful and prosperous age with him.”

"However, what Chongzhen didn't expect was that not long after his call was made, a household officer named Han Yiliang wrote a memorial to him about the incident."

With that said, Xiao Ran glanced in the direction of Zhu Yuanzhang and said to him: "What I'm going to say next is a bit exciting. Uncle, old man, you two should be mentally prepared."

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di looked at each other and nodded.