The Book of Songs says, "Under the world, is it the land of kings?" Is leading the land king? "Describe king China's domineering and minister's style. However, "the way of a gentleman, the way of a gentleman, the way of a gentleman, the way of a gentleman, must be done" is a big game played by the regime change and the change of owners. "Once every emperor is a courtier, every time," clean up the old mountains and rivers ",a group of new dignitaries proudly come out and a group of old dignitaries quit. Yue longmen, the new dignitary, begged for rain, but the old dignitary fell to Pingyang and was never recovered. From this point of view, the fate of dignitaries is indeed closely related to the court. Naturally, in order to keep the vested interests, the rich and powerful people want most are the present and future generations, so that they can be bathed in the favor of the emperor for a long time or even forever. In this sense, the dignitaries should be the most supportive, supportive and fond of wearing the imperial court. Once the court is in trouble, these vested interests, who are deeply interested in the interests of the dynasty, should stand up and serve and support the court wholeheartedly! This is true, isn't it? Let history speak for itself. In March of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen (AD 1644), Li Zicheng led a million troops to attack Beijing. At this time, the capital of serenade was short of food and grass and weak in defense, and it was already in an embarrassing state. There was nothing Chongzhen could do, so he gave up Ningyuan and urgently transferred Wu Sangui troops to Beijing. But fighting is a business of "the soldiers and horses have not moved, and the food and grass come first". Wu Sangui needs about one million taels of silver to enter Beijing. At this time, the court's financial resources have reached the end of their tether, and the treasury is only 402,000. Therefore, whether we can raise money in time is a matter of life and death. However, there is not enough time and space to scrape it from the people. Chongzhen was helpless and had to turn to the donations of civil and military officials. He hoped that his relatives could take the lead in times of crisis, so Zhou Kui, the father of the Secret Order Queen, took the lead in accepting122,000 silver. When the eunuch in charge of fund-raising went to Zhou Fu's office and cried for a long time to persuade him to donate, as the father-in-law of Chongzhen, Uncle Guo, one of the richest men at that time, was unmoved. Even Xu said angrily: "The old emperor is so stingy that the court was caught off guard. Great things must be done." Even if it is widely stored and productive, what benefits will it have in the future? "Chongzhen know this matter, just step down and let him donate hundreds. Zhou Kui is still crying, saying that even if he tightens his belt, he can only donate 12 thousand. Chongzhen thought that1.2000 yuan was not interesting enough, so he donated at least 22000 yuan and said that he would investigate whether his father-in-law was "greedy and illegal". Zhou Kui was in a hurry and went to the palace to ask her daughter for help. Empress Zhou gave him 5,200 yuan, carrying Chongzhen behind her back, but even though the 5,200 yuan came from Chongzhen, Zhou Kui only took out 2,200 yuan and received 3,200 yuan. In other words, Zhou nominally donated 12200 yuan, but actually only took out 7200 yuan. The eunuchs in the palace are all the richest in the king's heart, but they only offer 10 thousand gold. Wei Zaode, who has lived under one person for many years and recorded ten thousand people, knows that he can't say a little money, and donated five hundred and twenty pieces of silver with tears. In addition, some officials also donated some. However, although most of them are rich, most of them pretend to be poor and cry. They even put a note on their door, saying that their house was in urgent need of sale, indicating that their family was too poor to live without selling it. Some people put some worthless utensils and things on the market to show their ruin. Chongzhen has no choice but to apportion, for example, Zhejiang gives six jobs, Shandong gives four thousand jobs, and so on. The maximum personal limit is 30 thousand, but no one in Manchuria meets the standard. The people were in poverty, so Chongzhen had to change the way, call for efforts, let people supply grain and grass loyalists, or support soldiers' wives and children, so that the garrison troops had no worries, but the response was indifferent and had to give up. In contrast, an old man in his sixties donated all his life savings of 420 taels of silver to the court. The poor old man donated money and walked in the street. When he heard the rumbling guns of Li Zicheng's siege, he couldn't help crying-he knew very well that the Chongzhen Dynasty was powerless. Chongzhen died suddenly, and the old man was specially named as a thousand households. However, the loyal old man only spent one day in luxury. Because the next day, the great rafters of history put an end to the Ming Dynasty. In addition, many people cried and donated money, ranging from three or four hundred gold to all copper coins. On the morning of March 19th, eunuch Wang Xiangyao was at Xuanwu Gate, Ministry of War Minister Zhang Jinyan was at Zhengyangmen, Duke of Zhu Qi Chen Chunzai was at Chaoyangmen to meet them, Beijing fell, and Chongzhen hanged himself in Meishan, with only one personal eunuch around him. After Li Zicheng invaded Beijing, he plundered the property of dignitaries, and was beaten, imprisoned, tied, killed and copied. In Zhou Kuifu, there are 522,000 taels of silver, rare treasures and silk worth hundreds of thousands. In Wang Zhixin's home, he recovered150,000 taels of silver and many top-grade gold and silver objects. All the property that Wei Zaode plundered for decades became the trophy of Liu Zongmin, and he himself was killed with a stick, which was extremely painful. ..... Beauty, of course, was not spared, and Wu Sangui's concubine Chen Yuanyuan was also occupied, which led to Wu Sangui's "rushing to the crown and getting angry", which led to the Qing Dynasty's entry into the customs, thus changing the historical process. After reading this, I sighed but was a little angry: what happened to these dignitaries? When the imperial court is in danger, which is closely related to their life and death, they need support and help most; When the scene that best showed their loyalty and love to the imperial court came, the dignitaries retreated one after another and collectively staged a clumsy farce that made people laugh and cry. They will not take those yellow flowers given to them by the court with them, no matter whether they live or die, which is much more important than the life and death of the court! " The wind knows the grass, and the board swings to know the loyal minister. "Their loyalty and love for the imperial court are far less sincere and hearty than those in their sixties and many ordinary people. History has given the answer to which is better or worse. The dynasty that once gave them infinite wealth suddenly collapsed in their indifferent eyes, but what the dignitaries did not expect was that all their wealth, including beauty and even their own lives, was plundered by the "new dignitaries". Their selfishness, narrowness, indifference and lack of love finally paid off-not only destroyed the Chongzhen dynasty, but also completely destroyed themselves! Maybe it's time for them to "wake up", but it's too late. Why now? Of course, it is unforgivable for Chongzhen to be held accountable. He is a miser and refuses to pay his salary with all his private money. He was really confused and deserved it. But this cannot be used as a basis for the powerful to excuse their actions. After all, you are the dignitaries attached to the Great Bird's Nest of Chongzhen Dynasty and fully enjoy the benefits given by the court. How can you not know that there are no eggs under the nest? Of course, this also truly reflects the thoughts of dignitaries. If you really love this court, will you still be heartbroken for a few dollars? Look at the rich officials who keep mistresses and mistresses, how responsive and generous they are to the women they like! So I have some doubts about some powerful people who often clap their chests and shout slogans such as "loyalty to the monarch, patriotism and selflessness". How many copies are credible? I remember someone once said: when the country is in trouble, it is often not the meat eaters who stand up, but those who are extremely far away from the country and politics.