Ranking Pass History: Inventory of the Top Ten Great Players in History

[In the Ming Dynasty, there were a total of sixteen unified emperors.

There are bright emperors, there are also foolish emperors, and there are also strange emperors who love to do carpentry and play with crickets.There is also a man called the emperor who can compete with Zhao's three sons for the number one bad guy in history.

But generally speaking, the quality of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty was not better than that of the previous dynasty, nor was it worse than that of the later dynasty. 】

[When Emperor Chongzhen succeeded to the throne, the Ming Dynasty had already become a bedridden patient with serious illness.It was the two emperors, Emperor Jiajing and Emperor Wanli, who dragged the Ming Dynasty into the quagmire.

The situation in the world that Emperor Chongzhen faced when he succeeded to the throne was as follows: the eastern captive Nurhachi captured the entire Liaodong region, with strong troops and strong horses, but the Ming army was unable to fight in the field and could only defend the city.

There is a nine-thousand-year-old Wei Zhongxian who controls the government.Outside, there is Donglin forming a party for private interests, and the same party is cutting down differences.Officials from all over the country are mostly vegetarians.

Later, although Emperor Chongzhen cut off Wei Zhongxian, because his political skills were not delicate enough, he forgot the most basic way of checks and balances of power, so he let the civil official group take over completely. 】

[Compared with the subjugated kings of all dynasties, Emperor Chongzhen can be said to be the luckiest.During his 17 years as the emperor, Emperor Chongzhen killed more than ten scholars and officials at the level of ministers, and the cabinet's chief assistant was changed like a lantern. During the 17 years in power, 54 scholars were replaced.Although these things showed that Emperor Chongzhen was impatient and suspicious, it also showed that he was in power, unlike Emperor Han Xian who had no real power like a puppet emperor. 】

[Compared with the subjugated kings of all dynasties, Emperor Chongzhen is the most unfortunate.Because what really defeated the Ming Dynasty was not the Eastern Captives, the Peasant Army, or the bureaucrats at all levels who were eating vegetarian meals, but a little ice age that lasted for decades. 】

[The ancients did not understand science, and believed that the drought and locust disasters were all caused by the emperor's lack of morality.In fact, these have nothing to do with the personal character of the emperor himself.

Even if Song Renzong came to the end of the Ming Dynasty, Shaanxi, Gansu and other places would still experience severe droughts every year. 】

[Shaanxi, Gansu and other places have experienced severe drought for several years, and farmers have no harvest, but they still have to pay taxes and pay food.The people who had no money and food could only sell their sons and daughters at first to offset taxes and food.In the end, when they couldn't even sell their children, some violent people couldn't bear it anymore and brazenly rose up. 】

[As the natural disasters continue, the scale of the bandits is getting bigger and bigger.In the end, millions of large-scale rogues were formed, subverting the entire world. 】

[And Li Zicheng, who captured Beijing and forced Emperor Chongzhen to death, was a bandit from Shaanxi. 】

[Li Zicheng, formerly known as Hongji, also known as Huang Lai'er.A native of Mizhi County, Shaanxi.It is said that Li Zicheng is a descendant of Li Jiqian, a member of the party. 】

[Li Zicheng was a postman in the Ming Dynasty. In 1628, because the military situation in Liaodong was getting tighter, in order to save money, Emperor Chongzhen cut down a large number of postmen.

Li Zicheng also became an honorable laid-off worker because he lost his official documents. 】

[In the winter of the same year, Li Zicheng was sued by Ai Juren to the county government because he failed to pay back his debts.Yan Zibin, the county magistrate, put him in shackles and paraded him through the streets, almost torturing Li Zicheng to death.

Later, he was rescued by his nephew Li Guo, who killed Ai Juren and fled to Shangluo Mountain.

Because Li Zicheng was not at home, his wife Han Jin'er committed adultery with a man in the village.After Li Zicheng learned about it, he sneaked back home and killed his wife Han Jin'er. 】

[Li Zicheng, who had two lives on his shoulders, had nowhere to go. In the spring of 1629, he and Li Guo went to Ganzhou to join the army. 】

[Because of his kung fu with guns and clubs, Li Zicheng, who had just joined the army, was promoted to the general manager by Yuzhong General Wang Guoguo.In Xia, Li Zicheng brazenly killed the kingdom and launched a mutiny because of the lack of payment in the army. 】

[When Li Zicheng raised his troops, there were only a hundred or so of them, obviously they couldn't make any waves.So he moved to Hanzhong and joined Wang Zuogua's peasant army.

In the same year, the Hou Jin army entered the customs and plundered several states in Hebei.Yuan Chonghuan was executed by Ling Chi. 】

[In 1630, Wang Zuogua was recruited by the imperial court.Li Zicheng was unwilling to descend to Ming Dynasty, so he switched to Buyumu. In 1631, Buzhanmu also surrendered to the Ming army.In October, Hong Chengchou, known as "Hong Shaved the Head", took over as the governor of the three sides and was responsible for exterminating the Shaanxi-Gansu bandits.

The rogues couldn't resist Hong's military pressure to shave their heads, so they had to find another way out. 】

[In 1633, Li Zicheng led more than a thousand people to cross the Yellow River eastward, and took refuge in Gao Yingxiang, his uncle who was now the "king of Chuang" in Shanxi, and was appointed "general of Chuang".At the end of the same year, the fierce general Cao Wenzhao led more than a thousand officers and soldiers to defeat tens of thousands of bandits led by Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Cao Cao and others. 】

[The rogue bandits broke into Henan, and were surrounded by Cao Wenzhao Zuo Liangyu and other Ming army regiments in the mountainous area of ​​western Henan. 】

[In 1634, the Hou Jin army entered the customs for the second time to plunder.Cao Wenzhao was transferred to Datong to fight against Jin.The rogues narrowly escaped death, and then broke out from the Ming general Wang Pu's troops. 】

[In June, Chen Qiyu, governor of the five provinces, led tens of thousands of officers and soldiers to encircle and suppress the bandits in Shaanxi.Unable to resist, the peasant army entered the Chexiang Gorge and was flanked by the officers and soldiers. They had no choice but to surrender to the officers and soldiers.

For some unknown reason, Chen Qiyu neither killed nor arrested these rogue generals who surrendered. Instead, he sent more than 50 pacifiers to escort these rogue generals back to their hometowns.

Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others escaped from Chexiang Gorge, killed the appeasement officer immediately, and raised their troops to rebel again. 】

[In 1635, Hong Chengchou became the governor of the five provinces and encircled and suppressed the bandits.The civilian army retreated to Luoyang.Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong, Laohuihui, Luo Rucai, Ge Liyan, Zuojinwang, Gaishiwang, Shetatian, Hengtianwang, Hunshiwan, Guotianxing, Jiutiaolong, Shuntianwang and other thirteen rebels from the 72nd Battalion in Xingyang The Xingyang Conference was held.At the meeting, Li Zicheng proposed the strategy of "dividing troops and targeting, and attacking from four directions".

After the Xingyang Conference, Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong, and Li Zicheng led a peasant army to the south, captured Fengyang City, the central capital, dug Lao Zhu's ancestral grave, burned down the "Huangjue Temple" where Lao Zhu became a monk, and killed more than 60 eunuchs.

Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong forged a grudge because of the competition for the captive eunuchs and advocacy instruments in Fengyang Palace.Zhang Xianzhong went straight to Hubei.Li Zicheng went west to Gansu. 】

[In March 1636, Lu Xiangsheng led a surprise attack on Xunyang with [-] elite cavalry, defeating tens of thousands of bandits led by Gao Yingxiang.

In April, Hou Jin changed the name of the country and established the Qing Dynasty.

In June, Qing soldiers entered the pass again.

Lu Xiangsheng led the Tianxiong Army to the north to fight against the Qing Dynasty.

Gao Yingxiang broke through the encirclement and led tens of thousands of bandits to the Ziwu Valley in an attempt to attack Xi'an.

But he was blocked by Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi.

Gao Yingxiang was captured and killed. 】

[After Gao Yingxiang died, his remnants went to Gansu and joined Li Zicheng.Li Zi became the new "Chuang Wang". 】

[In 1637, Yang Sichang adopted the strategy of spreading the net on ten sides to restrict the movement of the peasant army.The move was extremely effective.

At the beginning of 1638, Zhang Xianzhong, who had nowhere to go, came to the Ming Dynasty again.Li Zicheng was completely defeated by Sun Chuanting in Weinan.He only led 17 cavalry to break out of the siege and fled into Shangluo Mountain. 】

[In August 1638, the Qing soldiers launched the fourth entry operation.

In order to implement his strategy of "safety inside the country, we can fight against the outside world", Yang Sichang advocated peace talks with the Qing Dynasty, but he was strongly opposed by Lu Xiangsheng and others.Chongzhen and war are uncertain.Lu Xiangsheng died in battle in Julu, Hebei.

After the Qing soldiers retreated, Sun Chuanting, Hong Chengchou and others were all transferred to Liaodong, and Li Zicheng was able to reorganize his troops in the mountains. 】