After the book was uploaded, there were a few questions that were relatively focused on the comments, and I always wanted to respond to them. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info recently read the comments, and found that the existing readers had just read a few chapters, and they proposed that Emperor Chongzhen should not kill Wei Zhongxian, should not kill the eunuchs, and that the first thing that Emperor Chongzhen should kill after ascending the throne was the Donglin Party group, and so on.

For the questions raised by some readers, here is a unified explanation.

1. On the issue of the elimination of eunuchs. It's strange that there are always people who want to overturn the case for Wei Zhongxian and his eunuchs. Some people think that the eunuch party can't be killed, especially Wei Zhongxian, if he kills him, Emperor Chongzhen is self-abolishing martial arts, and the Ming Dynasty is doomed. I can't agree with that.

Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne at the age of seventeen or eighteen, and in the face of unprecedented chaos in the history of the Ming Dynasty, the first thing he should do was to consolidate his throne. Therefore, after coming to power, we must establish our authority and win the trust of the world. However, how to establish authority, how to win the trust of the world? Killing Wei Zhongxian and eliminating the eunuchs is the fastest and most effective way.

The reason why the Ming Dynasty died in the end in history was not because Chongzhen got rid of the eunuchs, but because Emperor Chongzhen was not ruthless enough and killed too little.

If you want to get rid of the eunuchs, you must kill them cleanly, kill them thoroughly, not only kill people, but most importantly, confiscate all your property.

The problem of Emperor Chongzhen is not whether he should kill the eunuch party, but whether he should kill the eunuch party completely, and he still has the strength to make a party dispute later.

In history, Emperor Chongzhen himself also chose to kill the eunuchs, why?

Because when Emperor Chongzhen was still the king of Xin, he was not on good terms with Wei Zhongxian, and later the Emperor of the Apocalypse died, and Wei Zhongxian did a lot of small actions to obstruct Zhu Youzhen's accession to the throne.

Besides, once a son of heaven and a courtier, if he doesn't kill Wei Zhongxian, how can he install his cronies in the palace? How can I keep myself safe in the palace?

More importantly, the Empress of the Apocalypse, Empress Yi'an Zhang, played an important role in Zhu Youzhen's entry into the palace and enthronement, while Empress Yi'an Zhang, Wei Zhongxian, and Mrs. Fengsheng are simply incompatible. Based on this alone, Zhu Youzhen, who inherited the throne, had to kill Wei Zhongxian.

2. On the question of the Donglin Party. Not only can the Donglin Party not be reused, but most of them should be killed. I definitely agree with this.

The Donglin Party was a group of super "public knowledge" in the society of the late Ming Dynasty at that time, especially in the Jiangnan Shilin.

But at that time, most of the scholars in the world, even if they were not all sympathizers of the Donglin Party. And the most terrifying thing is that they have the will of the people, and a large number of readers are their loyal "fans".

Before their hypocrites were exposed, they were not like the eunuchs who shouted for killing, and everyone was angry and resentful.

Especially since Emperor Chongzhen decided to kill the eunuch party when he came up, and chose to consolidate the inner court first, then he must unite one side and eliminate the other.

Besides, at that time, the Manchu Dynasty was civil and military, either the eunuch party, or Donglin. Even as an emperor, it is impossible to kill the eunuchs on one side and kill Donglin on the other. If you really want to do this, does Emperor Chongzhen still want to be an emperor?

Even as an emperor, it is impossible to easily dismantle the foundation of his rule. As long as he is a normal person, he will make a wise choice among the objects that should be killed.

In the setting of this book, the Donglin Party will definitely not be reused. The fact that the first assistant of the cabinet has always been Li Guohao, who is suspected of being a eunuch, illustrates this point. Although Li Guowei was considered a eunuch in history, he quickly stepped down and went home, but he was not included in the eunuch rebellion case appointed by Emperor Chongzhen two years later. This shows that although he is suspicious, he is not the kind of person with a particularly bad reputation.

As for Sun Chengzong and Li Banghua, they are also considered to be members of the Donglin Party in history, but they are not the kind of hypocrites who talk about misleading the country, they are real national warriors and must be reused. Besides, at the beginning of Chongzhen, the power of the Donglin Party was not as big as before, because after the party struggle in the Apocalypse, the main bigwigs in the court had been eliminated by the eunuchs. Therefore, purging the Donglin Party members was not a top priority after Emperor Chongzhen came to power.

3. On the issue of finance. Many people think that Wei Zhongxian can't be killed, one of the reasons is that when Wei Zhongxian was in power, the army could still pay military salaries, and there was no chaos in the world. There is some truth to this, but it is not entirely true. The reason why Wei Zhongxian was able to stand firm during the Apocalypse was that of course there was the kind of proximity that Zhu Youxiao had for him, but the more important reason was that he could get money, he dared to collect taxes, and looted money ruthlessly, without him, the finances of the Emperor of the Apocalypse would collapse. This is where he is better than the Donglin Party.

But Wei Zhongxian's looting methods are not a long-term plan for governing the country and securing the country. Moreover, in the setting of this book, the purpose of Emperor Chongzhen to kill Wei Zhongxian and kill the eunuch party is to quickly win the trust of the people of the world, and the other is to quickly solve the financial problem.

In fact, this point has been made clear in the previous chapters.

If the emperor can get money by killing the eunuchs, then why leave the eunuchs as his white gloves? What's more, this white glove is already indignant and infamous?

Friends who have read the historical materials at the end of the Ming Dynasty should know that in the year of the Apocalypse, until the beginning of Chongzhen, the reputation of Wei Zhongxian and his eunuchs was really ten miles away, whether it was in the south of the Yangtze River, even in the north of Zhili, it had reached the level of anger and resentment of the heavens and people, and the anger of people and gods. Even if Emperor Chongzhen was unavailable, it was impossible to reuse Wei Zhongxian's group of disciples.

If you kill them, you will gain fame and profit, so why can't you do it?

4. On the issue of taxation. The issue of taxation involves a wide range of issues, especially the issue of commercial taxation. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the commercial tax rate was about 30 taxes, and tax evasion was serious. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, commerce and trade were developed, but the commercial tax was never collected, mainly because most of the Donglin Party members who were born in the southeast had the background of giant businessmen in the southeast, or they were rich businessmen. Therefore, since the Wanli period, he has always opposed the imperial court's collection of commercial and mining taxes and other industrial and commercial taxes.

Although this problem is very serious, it is not the most important thing to solve in the early days of Chongzhen, this thing is a big minefield, before Emperor Chongzhen established absolute authority through the war in the north, he could only copy some of the giant businessmen who defected to the enemy or violated the law and discipline, and took the lead in rectifying the salt affairs This is what it means.

In this book, when Chongzhen has a firm foothold, he will definitely open up the sea trade, reform the tax system, especially raise the tax rate of commercial tax, and strive to disintegrate the social foundation of the Donglin Party and change the atmosphere and habits of the entire Shilin. But these initiatives will take their time.

Finally, the writing of this book will not be too obscene, all the stories, all the plots, all the characters' words and deeds, will be combined with the social and historical conditions at the time and the basic logic of most people seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, will respect the basic historical facts of the late Ming Dynasty, respect the basic intellectual level of civil and military officials at that time, and the level of human science and technology at that time, will not open too big golden fingers, will not engage in too much black technology.

The last sentence is the author's first web novel, so no matter what the score of this book is, the author will write it according to his own ideas and write it until the end of the book.