In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, what was left to Emperor Chongzhen was a mess that looked rotten on the surface and couldn't be worse.
The Manchu forces were aggressive outside, and the peasant uprisings inside continued one after another. The "one after another" of pressing the gourd and lifting the scoop made Emperor Chongzhen tired and exhausted.
Chongzhen felt that he was powerless to return to the sky, and the Ming Dynasty was in a desperate situation.
The Ming Dynasty is about to fall, the city of Beijing is broken, how can I hand over my life to the enemy and let the enemy slaughter it!Even if the enemy spared my life and let me survive as a slave to the country, he would be humiliated in the new dynasty. I survived, and I didn't have the shame to see the ancestors and ancestors under the nine springs. That's it, that's it!Let me decide the fault I brewed.
Thinking of this, Chongzhen's heart was horizontal and he hanged himself.
There is a solution to any dilemma. In fact, Emperor Chongzhen doesn't need to be so pessimistic, if he is trapped in the bureau and can't see the way out, just go out.
It seems that "the mountains and rivers are exhausted", but in fact, "the willows and flowers are bright".
The northern part of the Ming Dynasty was devastated by the war, but the south was relatively peaceful and was not affected by the war.
The human, material, and financial resources of the south were always controlled by the Ming Dynasty and could be used immediately.
Nanjing, as the capital of the Ming Dynasty, has always had a complete administrative system, which can be used as the capital.
Chongzhen also has the most incomparable advantage: he has always been the undoubted regular emperor of the Ming Dynasty, recognized by the people of the Ming Dynasty.
Under the whole world, it is not the king's land;On the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister. If the emperor is here, the Ming Dynasty will not perish, even if the Ming Dynasty only has an inch of land and a single person left, he will have to fight the invaders to the end under the command of Emperor Chongzhen.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Japanese army was never able to effectively rule China, and it was an important reason why Chiang Kai-shek, the head of state, insisted on fighting in the end.
Chiang Kai-shek was the recognized supreme ruler of the Chinese people at that time, and China ** was the only legitimate ** in China. If China is not destroyed and Chiang Kai-shek does not give in, the Japanese army will not be able to completely occupy China.
Even as the second-in-command of China, Wang Jingwei still cannot represent China. Wang Jingwei surrendered, the Chinese people regarded Wang Jingwei as a traitor, and the Japanese army still could not completely occupy China.
In order to destroy China, the Japanese army was forced to fight from Nanjing to Wuhan, and from Wuhan to Chongqing, and finally exhausted all the country's war resources and went to extinction.
As long as Chongzhen can escape to Jiangnan, he can quickly integrate Jiangnan's resources and establish stable rule in the south. As a foreign race, whether the Qing Dynasty can succeed in conquering the Central Plains and ruling Middle-earth will be very uncertain.
In fact, even if Chongzhen died, the new ruler of the Ming Dynasty would not be able to gain widespread recognition and could not carry out unification.
1. Organized large-scale resistance, the resistance faced by the Qing Dynasty was still very fierce.
The Qing Dynasty attacked Guangzhou, and the Ming Dynasty was already dying, and the land was lost. The overall situation has been decided, but the resistance has not stopped, and the people of the Ming Dynasty have united as one and fought bloodily, resulting in a large number of Qing soldiers.
The people of the city also defend themselves;The men went up to the city, and the women were paid. The Qing soldiers surrounded the outside of the city.The Qing Dynasty slaughtered the city again and again, but it did not eliminate the will of the Ming people to resist. If Chongzhen is here, at least Nanming will not perish prematurely. There is a precedent for the success of Emperor Hongwu's Northern Expedition, Chongzhen resisted the offensive of the Qing Dynasty, and fought a defensive counterattack to drive away the invaders, so that the Ming Dynasty was "reborn".
But everything ceased to exist with Emperor Chongzhen's self-hanging. The ministers are about to fight to the death, why did Your Majesty leave first?Chongzhen's death certainly preserved the integrity of the Ming Dynasty emperor, but it made the Ming Dynasty fall step by step.
In this world, there is no dilemma of forcing people to die, and some are just people who can't get out. As long as people are still there, there will always be a day when they will make a comeback!
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