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In the late Ming Dynasty, the crisis of rulers deepened. What happened?
In the late Ming dynasty, the rule of the royal family encountered many crises. These crises are both internal and external. With the joint efforts of all parties, these crises deepened and were always difficult to alleviate, which eventually led to the collapse of the Ming Dynasty.

First of all, the rise of Lindong School reduced the income of the Ming Dynasty and the royal family's ability to resist the crisis. Lindong School was a powerful group force in the late Ming Dynasty. This force is mainly composed of powerful ministers, gentry, businessmen and literati in Jiangnan area. Jiangnan area was a very rich area in the late Ming Dynasty. Economic affluence has led to the emergence of a powerful group force in this area, which is the Lindong School. A large number of scholars of Lindong School entered the imperial court through the imperial examination, and many of them became court ministers. These dignitaries represent the interests of the gentry and businessmen in the south of the Yangtze River. They are opposed to imposing heavy taxes on the industrial and commercial class in the south of the Yangtze River. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty can only distribute the tax burden to poor farmers equally. This phenomenon directly reduced the income of Ming dynasty, induced a lot of civil strife, and reduced Daming's ability to resist other crises.

Secondly, with the arrival of the Little Ice Age, the agriculture of the Ming Dynasty suffered a continuous blow from bad weather. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, farmers were hit by freezing weather and heavy taxes. The late Ming Dynasty belonged to the Little Ice Age in history, and the overall temperature plummeted. This bad weather has seriously affected the farmers' harvest. Under the interference of Lindong School, the Ming Dynasty not only failed to help farmers, but imposed heavy taxes on them. This practice directly led many farmers to rise up. Li Zicheng was one of the representatives of these farmers in the late Ming Dynasty.

Third, the rise of the late Jin Dynasty made the Ming Dynasty suffer from the pressure of foreign invasion. The decline of internal income made the military equipment of the Ming army slack off, and also made the control of the Ming Dynasty over Liaodong area plummet. The latter Jin forces took this opportunity to develop and strengthen, defeated the Ming army in several wars and firmly controlled the Liaodong area. The rise of the late Jin Dynasty further increased the economic pressure of the Ming Dynasty. In the end, the late Jin forces entered the customs, unified the whole country and established the Qing Dynasty.

To sum up, the crisis of the rulers in the late Ming Dynasty deepened, which eventually led to the collapse of the Ming Dynasty.