During the Chongzhen period, the late Jin ministers were divided into main battle, main battle and two factions. Chongzhen used the hawkish Yuan Chonghuan in employing people. The civilian clique made the military generals return to their families, and several large-scale military activities against the late Jin Dynasty failed, weakening the military strength of the Ming Dynasty, and finally failing to suppress the peasant army uprising, which indirectly accelerated the demise of the Ming Dynasty.
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The Administrative Measures of Emperor Chongzhen
After Emperor Chongzhen acceded to the throne, Wei Zhongxian dared not openly harm Emperor Chongzhen. On the day Emperor Chongzhen entered the palace, he stayed up all night, holding the eunuch's sword for self-defense. He also kept in mind the warning of his wife, Queen Zhang, not to eat food in the palace, but to eat wheat cakes hidden in his sleeves.
Like the Emperor of the Apocalypse, Chongzhen gave preferential treatment to Wei Zhongxian and Hakkas, and gradually brought eunuchs and ladies-in-waiting in the letter palace to ensure their own safety. Wei Zhongxian could never fathom Zhu Youjian's mind, so he sent some beautiful women to see Emperor Chongzhen.
Emperor Chongzhen was lewd and had no interest in beauty. But Emperor Chongzhen was afraid of arousing Wei Zhongxian's suspicion, so he left all the four women he sent. After careful search, he found that there was a tiny pill tied to the top of the four women's nepotism, which was called "ecstasy" in the palace. It was actually an aphrodisiac that could naturally volatilize. ?
After the plan failed, Wei Zhongxian gave birth to another plan, so he sent a little eunuch to sit on the wall of the palace compound, holding "ecstasy" in his hand, so that the room naturally smelled a strange fragrance to achieve the effect of aphrodisiac. This move was also seen through by Emperor Chongzhen.
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