Video spoilers history, starting with the blitzkrieg on Poland

And the sky continues.

[By the 15th year of Chongzhen, most of Henan had been occupied by Li Zicheng.]

[When Li Zicheng first attacked the prefectures and counties of Henan, he only had 3 hungry people. ]

[A year later, Li Zicheng claimed to have an army of 200 million.]

[This speed of development has left the entire Ming Dynasty court dumbfounded.]

[Faced with the rapidly collapsing situation in the Central Plains, Chongzhen could only rescue the famous general Sun Chuanting from prison, hoping that this last pillar of the Ming Dynasty could wipe out the rebels. ]

【But times are different now.】

[After spending several years in prison, Sun Chuanting made a desperate discovery.]

[At this time, the power balance between Ming Dynasty and Li Zicheng had already reversed. ]

[Let alone destroying Li Zicheng, the Ming army even had difficulty protecting itself.]

[Sun Chuanting knew that he could not defeat Li Zicheng in a short time.]

[I want to accumulate strength, slow down, train, and wait for an opportunity. ]

[However, under Chongzhen's desperate urging, Sun Chuanting had no choice but to leave Tongguan and fight against Li Zicheng without adequate preparation.]

[In the end, they were defeated miserably, and Sun Chuanting himself disappeared on the battlefield. ]

【When Chuan Ting dies, the Ming Dynasty will perish! 】

【As Sun Chuanting's army was annihilated. 】

【The Ming Dynasty lost its last living force.】

【The country’s demise is inevitable.】

【At this time, after years of war, natural disasters, and the cruel and inhumane rule of the Ming Dynasty. 】

【The Ming Dynasty's society also ushered in a total collapse. 】

[In the 16th year of Chongzhen, a minister came to the capital from Jianghuai and reported to Chongzhen that he had not seen a single farmer working the land on his way from Jianghuai to Beijing for thousands of miles.]

【Anhui is a vast expanse of barren land.】

[Human flesh is openly sold in restaurants in Shandong.]

[As for Sichuan and Huguang regions, they were devastated by the government troops and Zhang Xianzhong.]

【It is already deserted.】

【Tigers have become social animals, and there is a tiger disaster in the city.】

[During the period of the total collapse of the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng was forced to speed up his steady progress.]

[In the first month of the 17th year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng established his capital in Xi'an, named it Xijing, named his country Dashun, changed the era name to Yongchang, and officially became the Emperor of Yongchang.]

【At this time, the Ming Dynasty no longer had any power that could stop Li Zicheng. 】

[After a brief preparation, Li Zicheng led his troops to the east and began his journey to destroy the Ming Dynasty. ]

【It stands to reason that the attack on Beijing should start from Shaanxi.】

【It won’t be easy along the way.】

[Chongzhen also hoped that Shanxi, as a strategically located place in the world, could use its geographical advantages to block the Shun army from going eastward to Hebei.]

[On the 26th day of the first lunar month, Li Jiantai, a cabinet minister, was personally seen off by Chongzhen and led the army on behalf of the emperor.]

【He left Beijing with 1500 soldiers.】

【The emperor personally saw them off, representing the troops from the capital who were leading the army in person. 】

[This expeditionary force received no support from the local government.]

[Fearing looting by government troops, counties and prefectures refused to open their doors to Li Jiantai.]

[On the 29th day of the first lunar month, Li Jiantai's army was refused entry by local officials outside Guangzong City, which made Li Jiantai so angry that he ordered a direct attack on the city.]

[This resulted in the only victory of the commander-in-chief's expedition.]

[It can be said that the Ming government, which was already unpopular, was under the power of Li Zicheng. ]

[The ability to rule has completely collapsed.]

[The imperial envoy was on a business trip and passed by a commoner's house and wanted to have a meal. The commoner asked him whether he was from the Ming Dynasty or the Dashun Dynasty.]

[The envoy did not dare to say that he was from the imperial court, and lied that he was a messenger from Dashun.]

【The people then took out wine and food to entertain them. 】

[On February 17, the 2th year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng arrived in Taiyuan, and the garrison opened the gate and surrendered. Shanxi Governor Cai Maode committed suicide.]

[On March 3, Shun’s army arrived at Datong, a major military town of the Ming Dynasty.]

[Datong General Jiang Xiang surrendered without a fight, and the governor committed suicide for his country.]

[On March 3, the Shun army arrived in Xuanfu. The local governor wanted to resist, but the soldiers did not listen to his orders at all, and the governor was forced to commit suicide.]

[The eunuchs sent by Emperor Chongzhen to supervise the army took the lead and walked 30 miles out of the city, kneeling down to welcome Li Zicheng.]

[In this way, the Xuanda Army, which Chongzhen had originally placed high hopes on to resist Li Zicheng's eastward advance, was established.]

【They surrendered without a fight.】

Outside the sky.

During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat there in a daze, staring at the screen with his eyes wide open. His originally resolute face was now filled with confusion.

He seemed to want to say something, but was speechless.

There is no anger, only endless sighs.

Zhu Yuanzhang murmured in confusion: "Chuan Ting, lost."

"How did this come to this?"

"The Ming army in Shanxi surrendered at the first sight of the enemy. The nine important border towns surrendered even faster than Chen Youliang did."

"Looking at this situation, the demise of the Ming Dynasty is probably a foregone conclusion."

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed deeply, his eyes full of helplessness.

"The kingdom that was snatched from a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood eventually rotted in the hands of the Zhu family themselves."

"The Ming Dynasty is going to fall. I can see that clearly."

"Let me see how the Ming Dynasty finally came to an end."

I don't want to say much.

I don’t know what to do to avoid the fate of the dynasty’s collapse.

Zhu Yuanzhang could only continue looking at the sky indifferently, as if he was thinking about something.

The sky continues.

【Seeing that Li Zicheng's troops were heading straight for Beijing, Chongzhen was extremely anxious and discussed countermeasures every day. 】

【But there is no solution at all. 】

[All officials remained silent.]

【What about the defense force of Beijing? 】

[The defenders of Beijing were basically all new soldiers, poor civilians who were temporarily recruited without any training and had little combat effectiveness.]

[Besides, they had no salary and no food, so they had no fighting spirit at all.] [The city guards reported that the soldiers were lying on the ground. When one was whipped, he got up, and another lay down again.]

[It can be said that there is no fighting power at all. 】

[On March 3, the vanguard of the Shun army arrived near Beijing.]

【The court was helpless.】

【Chongzhen scolded the Minister of War for ruining the country.】

[As a result, the Minister of War threw his official hat to the ground and quit his job.]

[At this time, Chongzhen, the emperor whose country was about to be destroyed, no longer had any dignity.]

[His men were no longer afraid of him and were just waiting for Li Zicheng to enter the city.]

[On March 3, Tang Tong, the defender of Juyong Pass, surrendered.]

[On March 3, Shun’s army arrived in Changping.]

[Officials in the capital opened the gates to welcome the invaders.]

[On March 3, Shun’s army arrived at Xizhimen, and all three camps in the capital surrendered.]

[On this day, Chongzhen attended the morning court as usual, and all the civil and military officials in the court wept together.]

【Chongzhen wrote 12 words on the imperial desk.】

[The specific content is controversial, but it is said that one of the passages says: Civil officials can be killed by anyone.]

[On March 3, the outer city of Beijing fell.]

[Chongzhen first asked the Empress Dowager to commit suicide, and then ordered Empress Zhou and other concubines to commit suicide.]

[He ordered his men to bring his three sons, dressed them in civilian clothes, and let them escape.]

[At dawn on March 3, Chongzhen and his trusted eunuch Wang Chengen arrived on Coal Hill.]

[The Ming Dynasty, which had been established for 276 years, also came to an end on this day. ]

【About Chongzhen's last words. 】

[There are also multiple versions of historical records. ]

【We adopt the most widely circulated version. 】

[I have been on the throne for seventeen years, and the rebels have been approaching the capital. Although I am a person of low moral character and have offended the heaven, which has led to the rebels approaching the capital, it is all the fault of my ministers. When I die, I will have no face to see my ancestors in the underworld. I will take off my crown and cover my face with my hair. Let the rebels dismember my body, but do not hurt any of the people! ]

……

The sky screen video ended here, and barrages of comments flew out one after another.

《Farewell to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty!》

《Smart Tears.》

《Good death! Open the champagne!》

"My Ming Dynasty is invincible!"

"Chongzhen was really unlucky. Natural disasters were rampant, and finally the plague destroyed the three major camps in the capital."

Why don’t you feel pity at all?

"Emperor Chongzhen still had some dignity, but he was not a white lotus either. He died a worthy death."

"Don't hurt any civilians? Who is hurting the civilians in Bengbu? It turns out that he didn't figure it out until the end. "

"Why don't you mention the people when you raise taxes?"

"It's all the fault of the civil servants!"

"Blame the civil servants? How many civil servants did Chongzhen kill himself?"

"During his 17 years in office, he killed 7 governors-general, 11 provincial governors, replaced 14 military ministers, 18 prime ministers, and put Chongzhen's Han Xin, Zhang Liang, and Zhuge Liang in jail!"

"Are civil officials killable? Are royal family members killable?"

"I would rather die than touch the royal family."

"Chongzhen had a histrionic personality. He actually didn't care about the lives of the people. He just didn't want to be blamed for the loss of his country."

"Forget it. Chongzhen's luck is really bad. He took over a super mess and encountered Little Ice River. Plus, he himself is also very weak..."

"Will there be a spirited landlord who angrily scolds Li Zicheng for not just starving to death?"

"Li Zicheng was eventually blinded by the glamorous world, and he also had a weak sense of the overall situation. He conquered the world but could not keep it. What a pity."

"It took only three years for them to enter Beijing, but they did not have enough foundation and did not have time to transform, so they were eventually taken over by the Tartars."

"When I was a kid, I watched this episode and had a feast. "

And outside the sky.

Ancient people of all dynasties had different thoughts when they saw the story of the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

Han Dynasty.

After watching the video, Liu Bang couldn't help but complain:

"How could the emperor of the Ming Dynasty be so confused?"

"Wanli, that guy, didn't attend court for decades. How could the country not be in chaos?"

"Land annexation is serious and ordinary people have no way to survive. Isn't this forcing people to rebel?"

"Li Zicheng was able to enter Beijing, and Chongzhen committed suicide. Ultimately, it was all the fault of the Ming emperor himself."

"It is now certain that the average level of Ming Dynasty emperors was very poor."

"I wonder what level the emperors of the Han Dynasty were at?"

Sui Dynasty.

Yang Guang saw how the Ming Dynasty was in such a state of decline.

It was simply a grin.

"Hahahaha, the emperor ended up being hanged."

"What a waste!"

"And this Wanli, who couldn't even handle the civil service group, is just giving up?"

"Same garbage!"

"If I were allowed to go to the Ming Dynasty, I would let them know what a diligent and capable emperor is!"

Tang Dynasty.

After watching the video, Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, looked solemn and said slowly:

"The reason why the Tang Dynasty can enjoy its current prosperity is that it values ​​the people, appoints talented people, and has a clean government."

"In the Ming Dynasty, Wanli took the lead in being corrupt, squandering the people's wealth, and officials followed suit in being corrupt. It would be strange if this country could be good!"

"If Wei Zheng were alive, he would scold this tyrant until he abdicated!"

"Li Zicheng was able to succeed largely because the Ming dynasty had lost the support of the people."

"Chongzhen never understood until the end that he who wins the hearts of the people will win the world."

For a while, emperors of all dynasties just needed to be a little bit normal.

They are also seriously analyzing the lessons learned from the Ming Dynasty. (End of this chapter)