When Li Zicheng's army entered Beijing, the desperate Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty chose to commit suicide, thus withdrawing from the historical struggle. Before Li Zicheng went to Beijing, he had been preaching to his poor subordinates that Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty had a lot of wealth, and all of it was distributed to the soldiers after he went to Beijing. On the first day in Beijing, Li Zicheng couldn't wait to count the silver in the palace, only to find that there were 132000 silver in the palace. This shows the simplicity of Emperor Chongzhen, and no gorgeous costumes and exquisite jewelry were found in the harem, which is very rare in the royal family. Because all the palaces occupied by Li Zicheng along the way, one is richer than the other, and women's costumes are very luxurious, with countless gold and silver jewelry, agates and pearls. This is in sharp contrast with the situation of the imperial palace in the Ming Dynasty.
According to the records of Qing Dynasty, Li Zicheng found 37 million taels of silver in the treasure house of Emperor Chongzhen. This statement also fooled the people at that time, but it turned out that the people did not believe it. Emperor Chongzhen really has so much money, not to mention the internal riots in Li Zicheng, where did the Commissioner Huang Taiji come from? Although this figure cannot be said to raise another million elite soldiers, it is no problem to train hundreds of thousands of elite Ming troops. Moreover, farmers rebelled with Li Zicheng because of hunger and land. If Chongzhen is really rich, he will give a quarter to support the peasants and ensure that Li Zicheng becomes an army. Therefore, it is a fact that the historical records of the Qing Dynasty are not credible enough to discredit the Ming Dynasty.
Second, torture, bone marrow, Li Zicheng got 70 million taels of silver.
Because Li Zicheng didn't get much money in the palace, he couldn't fulfill his promise to the soldiers, so he had to attack the surrendered officials of the Ming Dynasty. He put all the officials of the Ming Dynasty in Beijing in prison clothes and put them in the stables of the camp. According to the rank of officials, it is stipulated that the amount to be paid should be above 1.2 million, otherwise people will starve to death. Some officials are unwilling to pay, and the result is very miserable. Sticks, fire and corporal punishment are refurbished. Not only officials suffer, but also the rich and even ordinary people. The peasant army searched for money everywhere in Beijing, and the gold-plated unicorn in the palace was scraped away by them.
At first, those senior officials took out tens of thousands of silver to cope with the past, but Li Zicheng was not so easy to fool. Since you are so rich, take them out. The lives of the officials of Ducha Academy and Hanlin Academy, which are famous for their Qingming Festival, are simply terrible. These officials really have no money at home, and most of them were abused by the peasant army. Finally, Li Zicheng got more than 70 million taels of silver! This amount is five times that of Ming dynasty172,000. Now that I know, why go early? Even if the Emperor Chongzhen was so poor that he had 6.5438+million taels of silver, the Ming Dynasty would not have fallen to such a level. When Emperor Chongzhen asked the ministers and nobles to pay to pacify Li Zicheng, everyone said that they had no money. Finally, the eunuch received five hundred and two thousand pieces of silver and gave it to Chongzhen. Although eunuchs are greedy for money, they know that if the Ming Dynasty collapses, they will not have a good result. But officials don't think so. They feel that they can continue to work in different courts. Who knows they met Li Zicheng, a pervert.