I watched Er Chuang’s short video, and everything went numb!

【The more taxes are raised, the more people will rebel. This is the domino effect.】

【Moreover, the common people actually have no money. No matter how much they are squeezed, they cannot squeeze out much money. The financial problems during the Chongzhen period cannot be solved. Later, even military pay began to be in arrears.】

【Without military pay, soldiers will naturally not fight hard, so whether it is the Liaodong War or the suppression of peasant uprisings, they continue to fail.】

【In short, lack of money was the core crisis in the late Ming Dynasty.】

【If you have enough money, these problems of Ming Dynasty can be gradually solved】

"The Ming army is well-paid and invincible, right?"

"Indeed, if you have money, you can talk about anything, but if you don’t have money, you can’t do anything."

"If you ask me, Chongzhen should have just ransacked his house. After Li Zicheng invaded the capital, he stole more than 70 million taels of silver from the officials of the Ming Dynasty. Chongzhen begged those people for a long time to get more than 200,000 taels. What a shame"

"There is no way, Chongzhen can't even handle his father-in-law, who will listen to him? His father-in-law donated 13,000 taels to him, and then Li Zicheng ransacked his house and confiscated more than 500,000 taels."

"His father-in-law was also a top-notch man. Empress Zhou secretly used her private money to give him five thousand taels for him to donate. Unexpectedly, he took kickbacks in the process, greedily took 2,000 taels, and only gave Chongzhen three thousand taels."

"Or is Chongzhen himself incapable of being a coward? If he was ruthless enough, who would dare to deal with him like this?"

"It's not that easy. He dares to be so reckless. Believe it or not, he won't be emperor for a few days?"

"What are you afraid of? The country is about to be destroyed. Why not fight for it?"

"That's right, the worst case scenario is that we'll die together."

"……"

Chongzhen plane of Ming Dynasty

"More than 70 million taels?"

"More than 70 million taels!!!"

Chongzhen's eyes turned red when he saw this number.

This huge number really stimulated him.

"Rebellious minister! A bunch of rebels!"

Chongzhen was extremely angry.

The officials all cried out to him about being poor, but they didn't expect to be so rich.

He felt like he was being stabbed in the back.

Gradually, a dangerous light began to dance in his eyes.

【Behind the economic crisis are political issues】

【At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the phenomenon of land annexation was very serious in the late Ming Dynasty. The elite class relied on their own power to plunder and seize land from the lower class peasants.】

【The powerful class can avoid paying taxes to the state through various privileges. However, after farmers lose their land, they have no taxes to pay, so the state's fiscal revenue is significantly reduced.】

【There is also official corruption, and official corruption at all levels is serious. Even the anti-(post-) Jin Dynasty cause has developed into a"business""】

【In addition to the above reasons, another reason is natural disasters】

【In the 14 years from the first year of Chongzhen to the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, there were 10 natural disasters including severe drought and locust plague, and four years of plague. It has to be said that Chongzhen's luck was indeed bad.】

"During the Little Ice Age, hey, Chongzhen was also unlucky"

"There is really nothing we can do about this. Human intervention is beyond our control."

【After analyzing the reasons, let’s return to the question itself. If Zhu Yuanzhang from the Hongwu period traveled through the Chongzhen period, could he save the Ming Dynasty?】

【My personal opinion is that if the time traveled is fifteen years before Chongzhen, it can definitely be saved.】

【At this time, Songshan and Jinzhou were still there, and there was room for both defense and peace negotiation with the Qing army.】

【Moreover, Chongzhen was able to control the army and the court, and his basic foundation was still there. He was not a mascot-like puppet emperor like the late Han Dynasty.】

【Let me tell you my specific reasons below.】

【The first is the military threat. The Qing army in Liaodong and the peasant uprising army, the Ming Dynasty faced the problem of fighting on two fronts.】

【To solve military threats, we mainly look at military capabilities and organizational capabilities. It can be said that Chongzhen did not understand military affairs at all, but Zhu Yuanzhang started his career directly by leading troops. His military quality and ability are absolutely first-class】

【If Zhu Yuanzhang was here, many battles in the late Ming Dynasty might not have failed.】

【Let's talk about organizational ability. Zhu Yuanzhang has so many powerful generals around him, which shows that his ability to recognize and employ people is absolutely top-notch. It's not that there was no talent in the late Ming Dynasty, the key is that they were all used up by Chongzhen.】

【Another point is that Zhu Yuanzhang was very good at assessing the situation. He would not be as tough on both sides as Chongzhen. In order to gain a strategic buffer space for himself, he would definitely negotiate a temporary peace with the Qing Dynasty when necessary.】

【In short, if Zhu Yuanzhang was in power, Li Zicheng would never have a chance to conquer the capital.】

【His comprehensive military ability and commanding ability are many times stronger than Li Zicheng's. He can press Li Zicheng to the ground and rub him repeatedly.】

【After overcoming the short-term military threat, we must solve the core issues of the late Ming Dynasty, including finance and government affairs.】

【Zhu Yuanzhang is not Chongzhen. If the Ming Dynasty is really at the point of life and death, he will definitely be ruthless.】

【Moreover, when Zhu Yuanzhang was ruthless, he must be organized and deployed to prevent the government from getting out of control.】

【After solving the short-term financial problems, it is necessary to solve the fundamental social problems, such as land annexation, official corruption, excessive burden on the vassal and clan, etc.】

【In the Ming Dynasty, no one could do it better than him】

【He was from a lower-class background, ruthless and rich in political means, and he was responsible for all the top-level designs of the Ming Dynasty.】

【Such a person can definitely solve these problems as long as he embezzles money from officials for two years.】

【In this way, the refugee problem is also solved】

【As for natural disasters, as long as the court has enough silver to ensure that disaster relief is carried out in an orderly manner, it can also be dealt with.】

【To sum up, there were many problems during the Chongzhen period, but it was really not the time for the country to fall. So I feel that if Chongzhen was replaced by Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Dynasty would never fall.】

【I don’t know what netizens think?】

"Lao Zhu went over and made a 100% comeback. There is nothing to say. The leader’s decision-making is too critical."

"There should be no problem. Lao Zhu may still think this start is too rich."

"I have thought too much. At that time in the late Ming Dynasty, class solidification and land annexation were serious. No one who could travel through the past could save it. They could only tear it down and start over."

"So do you think Lao Zhu is afraid of having to do it all over again? If I had to do it again, I believe he would still win."

"Seventeen years before Chongzhen, maybe it was okay. But seventeenth year before Chongzhen, it would be better to run to the south."

"……"

The plane of Ming Taizu.

Zhu Biao asked curiously:

"Dad, what do you think?"

"These are just minor issues."

Zhu Yuanzhang replied calmly.

He started from scratch and has never seen any storms. The problems of Chongzhen's dynasty mentioned in the video just now are far from unsolvable in his eyes.

After all, it is still the descendant named Chongzhen. Powerless.

At this time, the screen on the giant high-altitude screen continued to slide, and a new video soon appeared.