The Storm of the Late Ming Dynasty

In 1627 AD, Chongzhen ascended the throne at the age of 17 and took over the riddled Ming Dynasty from the hands of Emperor Xizong of Ming Dynasty. Wei Zhongxian single-handedly controlled the affairs of the powerful ministers. In essence, Chongzhen was a puppet emperor, and all government orders came from Wei Zhongxian. However, he was not an incompetent person. He adopted the strategy of keeping a low profile, using defense to attack, and being gentle and paralyzing Wei Zhongxian, secretly cultivating capable talents. After the foundation of the political power was firmly established, he worked step by step, fought steadily, and finally solved the Kewei (Hakka and Wei Zhongxian) group with beautiful and capable methods. His political skills and administrative mobilization ability were comparable to the methods used by Kangxi, the ancestor of the Qing Dynasty, to overthrow Quan Aobai. But the energy of the Ming Dynasty has been exhausted, and the irresistible order of dynasty change has been caught on Chongzhen's head like lots. His tragic fate is that not only can he not stop the subversion of the country with his own body, but also the time and space that history can give him are destined to fail him to become the master of the ZTE. In 1644, Li Zicheng led a peasant army to capture Beijing. Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself in Meishan, and the Ming Dynasty was overthrown. After Li Zicheng entered Beijing, he sent Tang Tong, a surrendered general, with 50,000 taels of silver and a letter from Wu Sangui's father, Wu Xiang. Go and recruit Wu San