Li Zicheng likes dancing with guns since he was a teenager. He used to be a post-courier, taking care of horses, but he was dismissed because of the loss of official documents. He was sued by Zhao Ai to the yamen because he could not pay the debt of Juren Zhao Ai. After being rescued by relatives and friends, he killed his creditor Zhao Ai. Later, it was discovered that his wife Han Jiner had committed adultery with Gaihu in the village, and Li Zicheng killed her. Li Zicheng began to flee. 1629 February, Li Zicheng and his nephew Lee Guo went to Ganzhou, Gansu Province to join the army. Soon after, Li Zicheng was promoted to the commander-in-chief of the army by the warring Ganzhou Kingdom. 1629, Li Zicheng killed the general kingdom and the local county magistrate of Yuzhong county because of the problem of unpaid wages, and launched a mutiny.
Li Zicheng moved to Hanzhong after Yuzhong and joined the peasant uprising army in Wang Zuo. After Wang Zuo was surrendered by the imperial court, he defected to Zhang Cunxu. In April of the fifth year of Chongzhen, Zhang Cunmeng was defeated and surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. Chongzhen defected to his uncle in Shanxi for six years? King? Gao Yingxiang, who is it? Brave? . 1635, thirteen insurgents from the 72nd battalion held a meeting in Xingyang, Henan. Li Zicheng proposed? Split up and attack the war on four fronts? Strategic plans approved by various ministries. 1636, Gao Yingxiang was defeated by the new Shaanxi Governor Zhang Chuanting. The remnants of Gao Yingxiang defected to Li Zicheng, and Li Zicheng was elected as the new leader? King? He led the Ministry to continue the campaign in Shaanxi, Gansu and Sichuan.
164 1 year, Li Zicheng conquered Luoyang and killed Zhu, the son of Emperor Wanli. 1643, that is, in the first month of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng said in Xiangyang? Xinshun Wang? . In A.D. 1644 1 month, Li Zicheng proclaimed himself emperor in An, respected Li as Mao, and People's Republic of China (PRC) was founded? Dashun? The year number is Yongchang. Later, Li Zicheng changed his name from Sheng to An as Xijing.
After Li Zicheng entered Beijing, what did he take? Appoint officials, select scholars and select intellectuals, and all government officials are authorized to be bound by generals; Immediately release the prisoners in the Ming Dynasty Royal Guards Prison? And other major measures to strengthen the construction of Dashun regime. Economically, Li Zicheng proposed zero? Are you equal? System, order coins to be minted? Yongchang Bao Tong? Stabilize prices to promote commodity trading. Ordered the protection of farmland production and appealed to the poor peasants in exile. Culturally, Li Zicheng abolished the old stereotyped writing style and changed it to prose.
Due to the limitations of the peasant class, the Li Zicheng Uprising finally failed. Due to the lack of attention to the construction of base areas in the early stage, the army was lax in the later stage, the discipline of the military department was slack, and the combat effectiveness gradually weakened, which quickly overthrew the Dashun regime.