It was an extremely miserable scene!
In the scene, disasters occurred frequently, mountains and rivers were shattered, and the people were dying!
It was a burning world!
In the sky, the sun was like a huge fireball, constantly roasting the earth!
The scorching sun extended its tongue and licked every inch of the earth!
Everywhere he looked, there were cracks on the ground!
Countless refugees withered!
They seemed to be willing to risk their lives for a mouthful of water!
And even more people had already died!
He looked around!
Hungry corpses were everywhere!
Looking at this scene!
The emperors at the various historical nodes all narrowed their eyes and were shocked!
"This…"
"Which dynasty?"
" It's actually…so tragic…"
"Why is it like this…"
At the historical juncture of the Great Tang, Emperor Taizong's eyes trembled as he stared at the miserable citizens of China, his heart clenching!
"Droughts and locust plagues are not uncommon…"
" But I've never heard of anything so tragic…"
" It's hard to imagine what the people of Huaxia experienced during this period…"
At the historical juncture of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin's face was filled with grief. Everything he had witnessed made his heart feel like it was being cut by a knife!
"Eh?"
"The background has changed?"
"Finally, it changed!"
" That background earlier made my heart ache…"
At the historical juncture of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Hongwu Zhu Yuanzhang witnessed the change in the background and could not help but heave a sigh of relief!
The miserable scene from before made his heart extremely sour!
Fortunately, the background of the painting had finally changed!
The depressing and tragic scene disappeared!
What replaced it was a thin figure!
As the scene gradually became clearer, the emperors at the various historical nodes saw that figure clearly!
That was an emperor!
Moreover, he was an extraordinary emperor!
The dragon robe he was wearing was actually patched!
Moreover, he actually approved the memorial in the middle of the night when the moon was high in the sky!
Looking at this scene.
The emperors at the various historical nodes all frowned!
"Heavens…did I play the wrong picture?”
"How could such a diligent emperor be the ruler of a subjugated country?”
"The ruler of a fallen country is either extravagant or dissolute, or he doesn't care about the government!”
"However, this emperor is wearing a patched dragon robe. It's obvious that he's not extravagant. It can even be said that he's very thrifty!”
"And in the middle of the night, he didn't go to the harem to have sex. Instead, he was reviewing the memorial!”
"This means that he is neither dissolute nor lazy. Instead, he is very diligent!”
"Such an emperor should be an extremely outstanding emperor!”
"How could it be…the ruler of a fallen country?”
At the historical juncture of the pre-Qin period, Emperor Shi Huang frowned and muttered.
He was also a very hardworking emperor. Therefore, when he saw the diligent emperor in the picture wearing a patched dragon robe with bloodshot eyes, he felt the same way!
He couldn't understand why such an emperor would become the ruler of a fallen nation!
It wasn't just Qin Shi Huang who didn't understand.
Han Gaozu!
Great Emperor Han Wu!
Emperor Guangwu of Han!
Tang Taizong!
Song Taizu!
Emperor Hongwu!
Wait for a group of emperors!
None of them understood!
Just as everyone was puzzled!
Heavens!
That was Meng Yang!
He gave an explanation!
……
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The fifth person to be selected as one of the Ten Great Subjugated Monarchs would be the last Emperor of the Great Ming Empire!
Emperor Chongzhen-Zhu Youjian!
He was the last Han Emperor in the history of China!
He was a diligent ruler that was rarely seen in the thousands of years of history of China!
He reigned for a total of 17 years!
In these 17 years, he had vigorously eradicated the eunuchs and worked hard in government affairs!
He was frugal and simple, studious and diligent!
He woke up early and was strict with himself!
He is not interested in sensuality, and he is working hard to make the country prosperous!
He had become ill from overwork and had fallen ill all over!
But even so, he did not give up on the government affairs in his hands because of this. Instead, he worked even harder day and night!
However!
It was because he was diligent and studious, strict with himself, uninterested in sex, hardworking, woke up early and worked hard for the country!
His Great Ming Empire was walking towards destruction step by step!
Why was this happening?
If other emperors were as diligent as him, then the country would definitely prosper!
But why did his diligence lead the Ming Empire to its destruction step by step?
The reason was simple-he was a fatuous ruler!
He exploited the people!
It was precisely because of his ruthless exploitation of the people that he became known as the 'peasant thief' by the people of Ming Dynasty!
As the people's resentment boiled over, the peasant uprising broke out on a large scale!
The one that truly dealt a fatal blow to the Ming Empire!
The last straw that would truly crush the Ming Empire!
He was not a Manchu, but the leader of the peasant uprising, Roaming King Li Zicheng!
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was a continuous drought! Locust plagues were everywhere! The people were in dire straits!
But Emperor Chongzhen still wanted to exploit the people!
In this way, it would be strange if the people of the world did not rebel against him!
Originally, Li Zicheng, the Roaming King who destroyed the Ming Empire, had no intention of rebelling!
He couldn't afford to eat, so he would rather be a monk than rebel!
He had been tortured and beaten up, but he still refused to rebel!
He was unemployed in his middle age and lost his job because of Chongzhen's chaotic politics, but he still did not rebel!
In the end, he was really forced into a corner by Chongzhen's chaotic politics, so he rose up!
Such an honest person was forced to rebel by Emperor Chongzhen!
One could imagine how much resentment the people had in the Chongzhen period!
Other than exploiting the people!
He was headstrong!
He was extremely stupid!
He was extremely suspicious!
It was precisely because of his headstrong and suspicious personality that he had changed 19 cabinet chiefs in his 17 years as emperor!
One had to know that the Prime Minister was equivalent to the Prime Minister!
Changing the country's top minister so frequently!
Such a sudden change!
How could it not lead to the destruction of the country?
How could it not cause chaos in the country?
Actually, the fatuous emperor was not scary!
Emperors were useless, but they were not scary!
What was terrifying was the combination of fatuous incompetence and diligence!
Once these two traits were combined, it would create an epic level fatuous ruler!
For example, Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian!
He was the most classic example!
He was extremely muddle-headed on one hand, and extremely diligent on the other!
This led to every decree and policy he issued being a blow to his own family! They were all courting death!
His diligence and hard work were all used in the wrong direction, and all of them had the opposite effect!
To say something unpleasant!
Even if he did nothing!
Even if he indulged in debauchery every day!
Even if he placed a pig on the throne!
Even the Ming Empire would not perish so quickly!
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