The first one: It's about whether Emperor Wanli is a bad king.
Emperor Wanli has always been rated as a bad king, mainly because he did not go to court, so the world thinks that Emperor Wanli is fatuous, lazy and neglects management in court affairs. But in fact, although Emperor Wanli did not go to court, he still dealt with court affairs every day. Ministers' memorials were sent to the palace, and the emperor reviewed them every day. Therefore, Emperor Wanli did not neglect the political affairs, but was very diligent.
But why didn't Emperor Wanli go to court? This is because in the Wanli period, the cabinet system has developed to a mature stage, officials were assigned to suitable positions, and the mechanism operated smoothly. The emperor's failure to go to court does not affect the ruling and handling of state affairs. It is really unreasonable for the Qing people to say that Emperor Wanli was a bad king. After all, Emperor Wanli had three great achievements.
The second question is whether Emperor Chongzhen loves money as much as his life.
According to the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen loved money as much as his life and hid it before he died. In fact, because of the national turmoil in the late Ming Dynasty, natural disasters and man-made disasters followed. In order to save money, even Emperor Chongzhen's own clothes were patched, so there was no private money. Although Emperor Chongzhen did have some money in his treasury, it was all raised through hard work, not for his own use. Later, Emperor Chongzhen committed suicide, leaving a bloody book, hoping that the rebels who invaded Beijing would not hurt the innocent. This shows that Emperor Chongzhen is not a bad man or a fatuous emperor. Since he knows that his country is going to die, he naturally won't hide money any more. After all, he will never use it again.
The third is whether the Ming Dynasty was ruled by eunuchs.
The Qing dynasty said that the eunuchs of the Ming dynasty ruled the country, and there was some truth. After all, according to the Ming history, there were indeed many eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty, perhaps tens of thousands, which is also a number in history. Moreover, there were several famous eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty, such as Wei Zhongxian and Wang Tigan. Although there are many eunuchs, they have not brought trouble to the world. Most of them just took on the intelligence gathering of officials seriously, which played an excellent role in controlling the court atmosphere and the small group of officials. Therefore, it cannot be said that the Ming Dynasty was ruled by eunuchs.
The fourth question is whether the maritime ban in the Ming Dynasty was really serious.
According to the Qing Dynasty, the responsibility of the maritime ban was attributed to the Ming Dynasty, because the comprehensive maritime ban in the Ming Dynasty made China closed to the outside world and was abandoned by the world. Although there was indeed a maritime ban in the Ming Dynasty, it was in the early days of the founding of Zhu Yuanzhang, and the maritime ban was to resist the enemies at sea. When the sea was calm, the Ming dynasty opened the sea ban. According to A Brief History of the Ming Dynasty, 1566, the maritime trade of the Ming Dynasty was extremely developed.
In the Qing Dynasty, the Qing government imposed a comprehensive sea ban in order to achieve the political goal of preventing the Han people from controlling foreigners and at the same time attacking the forces of eliminating anti-Qing and regaining sight. Therefore, the responsibility of the maritime ban is still in the Ming Dynasty, not in the Qing Dynasty.