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Zhu Youjian (Chongzhen Emperor)
Last emperor of the Ming Dynasty who ruled diligently for seventeen years before dying at Coal Hill
Mural of the event “Chongzhen's Last Stand”, which this person took part in.
In late Ming, the Little Ice Age climate caused successive years of great famine in the north, yet the court because of the Liaodong war added tax and forced the people, causing the Shaanbei to erupt with sky-overwhelming peasant uprising, with defense lines collapsing in and out.
Also known as Zhu Youjian · Ming Sizong · Chongzhen Di · Chongzhen · Chongzhen Emperor · Ming Yizong · Ming Zhuanglie Di
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- Monarch / Emperor
Last emperor of the Ming Dynasty (Emperor Chongzhen), who eradicated the eunuch faction and ruled diligently. Facing widespread peasant rebellions and Qing incursions, he died by suicide on Coal Hill when Beijing fell to Li Zicheng in 1644.
Life and times
- 1611 CEBorn
Ming
Qing - 1624Purge of the Donglin Faction
In powerage 13Under the Tianqi Emperor the eunuch Wei Zhongxian and Madam Ke dominated the court; after Yang Lian's memorial of twenty-four crimes, Donglin officials were dismissed and died in prison until the Chongzhen Emperor's accession brought Wei's fall and suicide.- Wei Zhongxian Hangs Himself at Fucheng1627age 16After the Chongzhen Emperor's accession, Wei Zhongxian was banished to Fengyang and then ordered arrested, and he hanged himself at Fucheng on the way.
- Chongzhen Court Proclaims the Traitors' Case1629age 18In 1629 the Chongzhen court drew up the Traitors' Case, grading and punishing Wei Zhongxian's partisans and bringing Donglin officials back to office.
- Wei Zhongxian Hangs Himself at Fucheng
- 1644Chongzhen's Last Stand
Took partage 33The tragic end of the Ming under combined pressure of famine, finance, and warfare.- Li Zicheng Takes Beijing; Chongzhen DiesRebel forces breached Beijing, prompting Emperor Chongzhen's fateful climb up Meishan Hill, ending the Ming Dynasty.
- Li Zicheng Takes Beijing; Chongzhen Dies
- 1644 CEDied
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Shared events10Wei Zhongxian, Li Zicheng, Yang Lian …
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