Who can talk about Emperor Chongzhen?

First, Chongzhen's own ability is limited. Many emperors in history wanted to revive Chaogang, but few really succeeded. One of the important reasons is the emperor's personal ability. Chongzhen does have the desire to save the country, but he is headstrong and lacks the vision of employing people. He is either a mediocrity or a traitor. He always regards the peasant uprising army as a rabble, and if he doesn't accept it, he has no mind to use it, and so on.

Second, the special historical conditions at that time. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were successive droughts and peasant uprisings. In the north, after the prosperous times, the gold is eyeing up, which can be described as internal troubles and foreign invasion. Under such harsh conditions, it is very difficult for an emperor to restore national luck by his own strength.

Third, it is the special ruling mode of the Ming Dynasty. Since Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the spy system has been widely developed and eunuchs have been reused. The eunuch's authoritarian power has exceeded any period in history. The Ming Dynasty didn't believe in officials, but only trusted eunuchs who were abnormal, which led ministers to be afraid of protecting themselves, and no one wanted to work for the imperial court. Give two examples to prove it: First, after Li Zicheng entered Beijing, Emperor Chongzhen rang the emergency bell of Qin Wang, but no minister arrived, only a few eunuchs "loyally protected the Lord"; First of all, Chongzhen asked ministers to pay silver to fight against the latter. After waiting for half a year, no one found it. Li Zicheng's army tortured for less than three days and found more than 200,000 pieces of silver.

The demise of the Ming Dynasty was inseparable from its brutal rule. If Chongzhen had been born in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, he might have achieved several great things. It's a pity that when he was born, the mountains and rivers were already broken, and the wind and rain were mixed, and Daming's vitality was exhausted. No matter who he is, there is nothing he can do.