Chongzhen sacrificed to Zhu Yuanzhang, why did the sacrifice only have three pieces of meat and a bo

It's not that Chongzhen didn't pay attention to Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but that it was time to arrange sacrifices. Zhang Dai once recorded, "The sacrifices were extremely simple. Vermilion wood jars, wooden pots, and wooden wine bottles are very rude.

There are three slices of meat in the soup, and there is only one ou of winter melon soup. "It can be said that these pitiful sacrifices and utensils are very incompatible with the identity of Ming Taizu. There are two main reasons for this tragic scene:

1. The treasury is in deficit and cannot afford to hold grand festivals.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen was facing a serious financial crisis. The protracted wars and famines made the people's livelihood miserable, and the economic foundation of the Ming Dynasty was completely destroyed. The state treasury has long been impoverished and unable to make ends meet.

Even for soldiers who fought on the front line of the border pass, it was extremely common for them to be owed military salaries, so the imperial court really couldn't take out too much silver to hold a grand sacrifice ceremony.

When Wu Xiang said that the transfer of Wu Sangui into Beijing required a military salary of one million, Sizong once said that "there are only 70,000 taels of silver in the inner treasury, and it is only 200,000 taels to collect all the gold and silver sundries to make up." You can see how empty the treasury was at that time, so things like sacrifices could be saved.

Second, the return to heaven is weak, and the civil and military people of the Manchu Dynasty are disheartened.

At that time, the Ming Dynasty had reached the point where it was powerless. On one side is the rebel army of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong in the Northwest Central Plains, and on the other side is the Qing army in Liaodong outside the Guan, and the Ming Dynasty army is vulnerable, and everyone can see that the fall of the Ming Dynasty is imminent. It is precisely because of this that everyone in the court feels that it is difficult to protect themselves.

Everyone in front of Chongzhen in the court is just a false story, not to mention that no one cares about things like the sacrificial ceremony, so they deal with it hastily and fool the past.

It is precisely because of these two reasons that even if it is the festival of the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, Chongzhen can only take out this meager sacrifice.

At that time, the Ming Dynasty had reached the end of the temple, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong's rebel army in the northwest Central Plains turned upside down, the Qing army in Liaodong outside the gate was eyeing the tiger, the Ming Dynasty army was vulnerable to a defeat and even suffered defeat, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Ming Dynasty was about to fall, and it could not pass this pass.

First, the Ming Dynasty at that time was already in turmoil, the rebel army was in turmoil, the Qing army was eyeing the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty was about to perish, the Manchu Dynasty lost confidence in the civil and military forces, and coped with the matter, and no one cared about the sacrificial ceremony at this time. Second, the country's finances were in short supply due to years of wars and famines, and military salaries were in arrears even for wars, so there was no financial resources to hold grand sacrifice ceremonies.

This is because at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the treasury of the Ming Dynasty was already empty, Chongzhen was facing a deep financial crisis, and more than ten years of war and famine had completely destroyed the economic foundation of the Ming Dynasty, and there was really no money.

At that time, the Ming Dynasty had come to an end, with internal and external troubles and a serious financial crisis, and there was no way to prepare sacrifices for Zhu Yuanzhang.

Because the Ming Dynasty was on the verge of dissolution at that time, at this time, the civil and military capitals of the Manchu Dynasty were already panicked, and they did not have that leisure.

Because at that time, seeing that the Ming Dynasty was about to die, who still had the spare time to prepare a rich sacrifice for him.

Because the treasury of the Ming Dynasty was already in serious losses at that time, and even the military salary could not be paid for the war for many years, it was already good to have a bowl of winter melon soup.

During the Chongzhen period, the finances were tight, the country was facing various natural and man-made disasters, and Emperor Chongzhen was relatively frugal and simple.

The first point is that because Chongzhen no longer had any rights at that time, and the people below were not very concerned about this kind of thing, so they dealt with it hastily, and the second point was because the imperial court at that time was facing an economic crisis and did not have so much money.

Such a hasty sacrifice also reflects that the Ming Dynasty was already in decline at that time, the end of the road, and the lack of skills to return to heaven, and it was a matter of time before it would perish.

At that time, the country had no money, the imperial treasury had lost money, and no one was willing to bother to do the sacrifice. Although Chongzhen is the emperor, he doesn't have much power, so he can only sacrifice Zhu Yuanzhang with such a simple thing.

Because Zhu Yuanzhang liked to eat this thing the most in the past, he used these things to worship Zhu Yuanzhang.

Because Chongzhen has faced a deep financial crisis, more than ten consecutive years of war and famine have completely destroyed the economic foundation of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty has long been in the treasury and cannot make ends meet.

Because Chongzhen was already at the end of the dynasty at that time, the treasury was empty at that time, and he himself could not protect himself, so it was like this.

Zhu Yuanzhang seems to be born as a beggar, he used to be very poor, the Yuan Dynasty was violent, and the people couldn't survive, Zhu Yuanzhang later joined the army, and he was also very thrifty, including after he became the emperor, he stipulated that the people below were thrifty and not allowed to waste.

Chongzhen still respected Zhu Yuanzhang very much in his heart, but at that time, the country's economic situation was already very poor, the treasury was empty and there was no extra money to do a good sacrifice for Zhu Yuanzhang, and at that time, the people in the court were also panicked, and no one handled this matter.

First, Zhu Yuanzhang was more frugal, so when Emperor Chongzhen paid tribute to him, he also paid tribute to him in accordance with the etiquette of frugality.

In addition, the ritual of memorial is the ideological attitude is greater than some external things, as long as the etiquette is in place, not necessarily the more luxurious, the better.

Zhu Yuanzhang wants to eat, and he likes to eat, and he also stipulates that waste is not allowed, and he must be saved.

Zhu Yuanzhang was a beggar before he became the emperor, which was a sarcastic act against Zhu Yuanzhang.

Because the rule of the Qing Dynasty was relatively stable at that time, even if it was possible to worship Zhu Yuanzhang at that time, it would not use good etiquette, because after all, it was the emperor in front.

That's good! After all, it is a tribute to the emperor of the previous dynasty. There is a feud!

This should have some special meaning for Zhu Yuanzhang.

Because of the sacrificial etiquette prescribed by Zhu Yuanzhang.

At that time, the state was very tense, the Manchus in the north were eyeing each other, and the rebel army in the west was constantly tossing. Years of war have caused serious overruns in military spending, and the problem of corruption is also very serious. At the same time, there are many potential crises that are spreading widely.

Droughts, plagues, and locust plagues, for example.

According to the record of Ming Zhang Dai's "Dream Memories of Tao'an", because Chongzhen was required to sacrifice Zhu Yuanzhang with three pieces of meat and a bowl of winter melon soup in winter.

He wanted to express his situation, and it was the custom of the time to do so.

This was because he was in a state of mind and felt like he wanted to do it at the time.

The Ming Dynasty has reached the end of the temple, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong's rebel army in the Northwest Central Plains turned upside down, the Qing army in Liaodong outside the pass is eyeing the tiger, the Ming Dynasty army is vulnerable to a blow and even eats defeat, and people with a discerning eye can see that the Ming Dynasty is about to fall, and it will not be able to pass this pass.

The eight volumes of "Dream Memories of Tao'an" are the most famous of Zhang Dai's works. Most of the records are miscellaneous events that the author has personally experienced.

"I can't imagine there will be someone like you in the lake! "[They] dragged me to drink with me. I drank three glasses of wine as best I could, and then said goodbye to them.

I carried a small boat, wore a fur coat, and carried a stove, and went to the lake pavilion alone to see the snow.

According to the records of Zhang Dai's "Dream Memories of Tao'an" by the Ming dynasty, Chongzhen sacrificed Zhu Yuanzhang with three pieces of meat and a bowl of winter melon soup because of other historical allusions.