Li Zicheng trusted Niu Jinxing and made him prime minister, but why did he betray Li Zicheng?

Because Li Zicheng is not fit to be an emperor, he has no good talent and ability, and he is not fit to be an emperor. Besides, the timing of his accession to the throne was very bad. Niu Jinxing watched Beijing lose his life, let Li Zicheng kill his loyal minister, and finally betrayed Li Zicheng to protect himself. At the end of Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng led peasant soldiers into Beijing, and Emperor Chongzhen committed suicide. From then on, the Ming Dynasty perished and the Dashun regime was established. Tossing and turning, he continued to organize troops to compete with the Qing army, but the tide was gone. In the second year of Shunzhi, he claimed that he was killed by a farmer on his way to escape, and the Dashun Rebel Army was destroyed.

After Li Zicheng's defeat, two of his most important ministers, Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance, disappeared one after another. Niu Jinxing and Song proposed that they were the most respected military strategists in Li Zicheng and had a high position in the Dashun Uprising Army. One is the prime minister, and the other is the founding strategist. Let's talk about how they rebelled with Li Zicheng. Niu Jinxing has a well-off family and a good education. His father was the general manager of Lu, and many of his ancestors were officials in the county. At the age of 20, he was a scholar in the exam, and in his early 30 s, he won a huge prize.

However, when he was in his forties, she offended the powerful nobles. After being framed for many crimes, she was stripped of her status as a juror and sent to help officials. Later, she was recommended to Li Zicheng to advise Li Zicheng. Song Xiance was well-read and proficient in Taoism since childhood, and once made a living by fortune telling. On the recommendation of Jinxin Liu, he joined the Dashun Army. When they first met, Song Xiance's erudition left a deep impression on Li Zicheng. Song Xiance attached great importance to propaganda, and often used mysterious and superstitious slogans to incite the masses to start businesses, which played an important role in strengthening the rebel army.

Moreover, he was very talented in the military and put forward many effective strategies in the war with the People's Army. Later, the Dashun regime was established, and he showed his talents in internal affairs, which can be said to be all-rounder. After Dashun was destroyed, as Li Zicheng's right-hand man, did they end up miserable? Niu Jinxing ended up surrendering to the Qing Dynasty with his son and didn't die until the ninth year of Shunzhi.