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How to evaluate the history and status of Li Zicheng?
Li Zicheng, formerly known as Hongji, was the leader of the peasant uprising in the late Ming Dynasty and lived in Liqianji Village, Mizhi, Shaanxi Province. When I was a child, I worked as a shepherd for the landlord and a post servant in Yinchuan. After the 1629 uprising, he was a brave and knowledgeable soldier under King Gao Yingxiang. After Gao Yingxiang's death, he continued to be called the founding king. 1643 was called xinshun King in Xiangyang, and in Ruzhou, Henan, he annihilated the main force of Sun Chuanting, the governor of Mingshan, and seized Xi 'an. In the first month of the following year, the Dashun regime, named Yongchang, was established. Soon, he conquered Beijing and overthrew the Ming Dynasty. In April, Dourgen and Wu Sangui joined forces at Shanhaiguan, and Li Zicheng was defeated, so he withdrew from Beijing and led the troops to Henan and Shaanxi. 1645 On May 17, Yuan Di Temple in Jiugongshan, Tongcheng, Hubei Province was killed by villagers.

Li Zicheng is a great man in the history of peasant revolution.