Zhu Qiyu, who has always been quiet and far-reaching, and Zhu Qiyu, the pampered king of the Ming Dynasty, did not expect that he would one day become a key figure in determining the life and death of the Ming Dynasty, and it was in an extremely funny situation.
That was in the fourteenth year of Orthodoxy, in 1449 AD.
According to the year of the dry branch, it is the year of its own year, and it belongs to the snake.
Early in the morning of August 15 of this year, an urgent document sent from Hebei Prefecture was forwarded to the cabinet of the Beijing Division.
The cover of the document was a little wrinkled, and it still smelled of saltpeter characteristic of the battlefield, and the blood that had not yet dried up.
The minister on duty in the cabinet opened the paperwork, only looked at it for a long time, but his whole body began to tremble uncontrollably, and then he stumbled and fell to the ground with a "clang".
The two thin pieces of letter paper slowly fell from the minister's hand, drawing a very elegant arc in the air.
The content on the letter is very simple, so simple that it can be summed up in one sentence:
The Ming army was defeated and almost completely annihilated, and the monarch was unyielding, so much so that he was captured by Wara.
Warat) is one of the Mongol tribes.
Since Emperor Taizu Gao established the Ming Dynasty and the Yuan regime was defeated and retreated to Mobei, Mongolia began to **.
We know that before the end of the unified power of the Yuan Dynasty, the last emperor was called Por Jin Tu Timur. (Emperor Yuan Shun).
Properly Timur, translated from Chinese, means an iron pot.
And Mongolia at that time was a big iron pot full of holes.
How majestic and heroic Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan and others were when they swept across Eurasia, and now the Northern Yuan regime is fleeing in a hurry, how embarrassed it is.
The mighty nomadic dynasty is gone, and now only the backs of the fishermen fleeing in the sea of fishers are left.
It turns out that in the history of China, it is very difficult to build a dynasty, but it is easy to destroy a dynasty.
The so-called "the wall fell down and everyone pushed it, and the drum was beaten by 10,000 people", which is not unreasonable.
Under such a tragic situation, ** soon appeared within Mongolia, and gradually evolved into three major nomadic groups of Tatar, Uliangha, and Warat.
During the reign of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, he sent famous generals to expedition to Tatar many times, and when Chengzu Zhu Di was in power, he made five expeditions to Mobei, and he fought Wuliangha with his head scurry.
The Tatars and Uliangha who have been cleaned up know very well the truth of Mingzhe to protect themselves, they would rather nest in Mobei and eat sand all day long, rather than touch the mold of the Ming Dynasty again, leaving this Warat Department alone, the ambition is obvious, there are many nuisances in the border areas at ordinary times, to the fourteenth year of orthodoxy, the Warat Department under the command of its Taishi Yexian, actually rode deep into the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, it is really rampant.
The Wara Department floated, and Zhu Qizhen, who was the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty at the time, was very angry.
Zhu Qizhen was angry, but the young little emperor was also very excited.
He ascended the throne at the age of nine, the lord is suspicious, everything depends on the cabinet and ministers, this emperor is really no card.
The cabinet scholars treat themselves as young masters, and treat themselves like children all day long, and most of the ** of the six departments have relied on officials for many years, and they have never put themselves in their eyes.
As an emperor, Zhu Qizhen doesn't like this feeling of being looked down upon, wrapped up and protected by others.
He wanted to prove himself to his ministers, to prove that although he was young, he was no less a good emperor.
And the emperor of this dynasty usually has only one way to prove himself, and that is to establish military merit in the north.
Chengzu Zhu Di and Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji both inspected the north and established the emperor's exploits on the northern battlefield, so why don't they want to create their own fame?
The emperor also wants face, and the emperor also loves to appear, the emperor has no military merits, and he can't raise his head in front of the ministers.
And now, here's the opportunity.
The arrogant and arrogant Warat people invaded the territory of my Ming Dynasty, and as the Son of Heaven, I should personally conquer the army, defend my subjects, and raise the prestige of my Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Qizhen excitedly told the ministers that he wanted to lead the troops north and drive the expedition in person, but the ministers only said three words to him:
I want to eat fart. Ministers strongly disagreed, because it sounded exciting, but at the same time, it often meant taking a high risk.
The little emperor grew up in the palace since he was a child, and he learned all the imperial etiquette and royal norms, and he didn't know anything about leading soldiers to fight. Who can be responsible?
No, no, no, resolutely.
The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty resolutely opposed the emperor's personal conquest, and only one person, holding his hands high, expressed his approval.
This person is called Wang Zhen.
Wang Zhen) Wang Zhen, a native of Wei County, Hebei Province, entered the palace as a eunuch during the Yongle period, and was the most relied on and trusted chamberlain of Emperor Yingzong.
The eunuch won the favor of the emperor, and was very powerful, which can be called the hands and eyes of the sky, and was the first eunuch of the Ming Dynasty.
At that time, the Ming Dynasty can be said to be a monarch without monarchy, and a minister without a minister.
Emperor Yingzong only obeyed Wang Zhen's orders, Wang Zhen asked him to go east, he would never go west, Wang Zhen asked him to eat apples, he definitely did not eat Ya pears.
The emperor was so prestigious, and in order to protect themselves, the courtiers threw themselves into Wang Zhenmen, colluded with each other, and formed a powerful "royal party".
So even if many ministers oppose the pro-conscription, as long as Wang Zhen votes in favor, this matter will be completed.
The great event was over, the emperor was very happy, and immediately set off with an army of 200,000 led by Wang Zhen.
As a result, the army arrived on the battlefield, because the emperor did not understand the art of war, Wang Zhen commanded indiscriminately, the Ming army was scattered, the Wara army seized the opportunity and charged with all its might, the Ming army was unable to parry, the army was defeated like a mountain, and soon the whole army was destroyed, Wang Zhen died, and the young little emperor was like a lamb to be slaughtered, and was actually captured by the Warat people.
The young Zhu Qizhen regarded himself as Zhu Di who swept through Mobei, but at this time, the Warat Taishi was also the first, but he was not the Mahamu who was beaten by Zhu Di and had a blue nose and swollen face.
We will discuss the story of Zhu Qizhen's study in Warat later, and now, the news of the emperor's capture has been transmitted back to Beijing, and the ministers have exploded.
The Change of Civil Fort).
The emperor was captured, and this was the first time since the Ming Dynasty.
The ministers met overnight to discuss the next steps.
For the courtiers, the emperor's capture was a great shame, but at this moment they had to endure the humiliation and agree on the next deployment as soon as possible.
Because the Warat Division, which defeated the Ming Dynasty army, did not stop, tens of thousands of troops had already crossed Hebei and went straight to Beijing.
Since the meeting is to be held, there must be someone presiding over the meeting, and the ministers temporarily crammed and pulled out Emperor Yingzong's younger brother, Zhu Qiyu, the king of the servants, and temporarily presided over this emergency meeting.
At the beginning of the meeting, the ministers were quickly divided into two factions, one fleeing and the other fighting.
The main escapee, such as Xu Hui, the waiter of Hanlin, said such a sentence:
"History of the Ming Dynasty": The astrological signs, the calendar of the calendar, the mandate of heaven has gone, but the southward migration can alleviate the difficulties.Xu Shijiao said that he watched the sky yesterday night and found that the white tiger star was moving and Ziwei was moving south, which was really a bad omen, and I am afraid that it was a sign that my destiny to heaven had ended, and now only by giving up the Beijing division and retreating to Nanjing can we survive this catastrophe.
And the main battle faction, such as Yu Qian, the squire of the military department, said such a sentence with a new and new voice, and said such a sentence:
"History of the Ming Dynasty": The Beijing division is the foundation of the world, and if you move, you will go to a big event, and you can't see Song Nandu!Jingshi is the foundation of the world, is the core of the dynasty, if you give up the Jingshi, then our Ming Dynasty is finished, not to mention the doom of the Song Dynasty Nandu is still vivid, how can my dynasty repeat the responsibility?
Xu Huo talked nonsense and engaged in feudal superstition, while Yu Qian bitterly stated the pros and cons, and said impassionedly, so the opinions of the main battle faction were quickly supported, and the ministers agreed to fight to the death and not retreat, and swore to defend the Ming Dynasty.
The question of whether to fight or flee has been decided, but the meeting is not over, because the ministers still have one important matter to do, and this matter is to liquidate Wang Zhenyu's party.
Everyone knows very well that the army was annihilated, the emperor was captured, and the eunuch Wang Zhen was the culprit, although he went out with the army and was not in Beijing, but there were still many remnants of Wang Zhen in the court.
These people who are willing to be lowly and devote themselves to Wang Zhen's subordinates are willing to be Wang Zhen's minions, colluding with each other, and there are many illegal things, which is very hateful.
After discussing whether to fight or flee, these ministers fell into the big stone in their chests, and their spirits relaxed a little, so they began to denounce Wang Zhen one by one, asking King Yu to deal with Wang Zhenyu's party.
Some ministers looked sad and angry, beating their chests and feet, some ministers secretly hurt themselves and wept, some ministers raised their arms and shouted, tears flowed, and several old ministers hit their heads against the pillar, so that they could hang on the hall and die.
Everyone acted like this for only one purpose, that is, to deal with Wang Zhenyu's party in order to vent the resentment of the ministers against Wang Zhen.
"Ming History Chronicle": Shake up the dangerous sect society, please exterminate the clan to calm people's hearts. If you don't obey the edict, the ministers will not dare to retreat.Through the records of the history books, we can roughly know the mentality of these ministers at that time, the more they made trouble, the more fierce they became, the more they made trouble, and even began to threaten Zhu Qiyu, saying that if you don't deal with it, we will not leave if we die.
Zhu Qiyu, the king of servants, is just a pampered prince on weekdays, where has he seen such a scene, and he is at a loss at the moment, but a Jinyi guard commander next to the emperor, named Ma Shun, is very calm, walked quickly to the palace, and scolded the ministers for being undignified, asking them to disperse quickly.
Friends, logically speaking, the etiquette of the court is in charge of the Ministry of Rites, and a small Jinyi Wei is not qualified to scold the minister in this situation.
And there is only one reason why Ma Shun overstepped the command and behaved so actively at this juncture, that is, he was the Wang Zhenyu party in the mouth of the ministers.
Moreover, Ma Shun can no longer be said to be Wang Zhen's remnant party, but should be said to be Wang Zhen's dead party.
The eunuch Wang was corrupt and perverted the law in the court, the party fought against differences, and brutalized Zhongliang, and most of the horse commanders gave advice and acted as minions.
Seeing such a situation, Ma Shun, who was standing beside the emperor, started a little Jiujiu in his heart.
Forced by the situation, Zhu Qiyu, the king of servants, has no political foundation, and if he can't keep it, he will be instigated by the ministers and agree to suppress Wang Zhenyu's party.
No, no, absolutely not.
Before the situation became more serious, Ma Shun felt that it was necessary for him to stand up and rebuke his ministers to avoid escalation.
I have to say that Ma Shun, the little brother, has nothing else, but he has great courage.
At this time, the ministers were angry, they were eager to eat Wang Zhen's meat raw, drink Wang Zhen's blood, and their resentment against the "Wang Party" had reached the extreme, they were like a dam about to be washed away, and they urgently needed an outlet for catharsis.
And Ma Shun is about to become this outlet.
Wang Hong) took the lead in making trouble, and it was Wang Hong who gave the matter to the household.
Wang Hong is only one step away from Ma Shun's position.
Before Ma Shun left the field, he was crying and complaining about his worries about Emperor Yingzong and his resentment against Wang Zhenyu's party, at this moment he was tearful, wiped his tears with the wide sleeves of his robe, and looked forward to see Ma Shun scolding the minister arrogantly.
Ma Shun, Ma Shun. Wang Hong couldn't stop muttering in his heart.
After a while, he remembered that this Jinyi Guard commander was Wang Zhen's very good comrade, and how many loyal ministers and people were attacked by Wang Zhen**, all of them were arrested by Ma Shun and thrown into prison.
Wang Hong thought of this, his heart was sad and angry, a nameless anger rose from his heart, the more he looked at Ma Shun, the more unpleasant he became, the more he looked at Ma Shun, the more angry he became, he actually clenched his right fist and hit Ma Shun's head fiercely.
Wang Hong suddenly sneak attacked, Ma Shun was defenseless, he only felt that he had been hit hard in the back of his head, and as soon as his eyes were dark, he fell to the ground.
Wang Hong struck a blow, and did not stop, but grabbed Ma Shun's body, rode on his body, used his left and right hands together, and began to attack like raindrops, while hitting Ma Shun, he reprimanded loudly:
"The End of the Ming History Chronicle": Ma Shun used to help revitalize evil, and so far today, he is not afraid!Ma Shun, in the past, you relied on Wang Zhen, for his minions, and continued to do evil, but to this point, you still don't know repentance and fear!
Wang Hong's beating of Ma Shun completely ignited the anger that had been suppressed by the ministers for a long time, and the ministers in the court were not to be outdone, and rolled up their arms and sleeves one after another, and joined the ranks of beating Ma Shun.
Most of these literati and doctors are over half a hundred years old, thin and weak, and have read sage books all their lives, but at this time, they don't care about any etiquette, and they all end up, you punch me and kick me, and you actually beat Ma Shun to death.
Ma Shun, although you are an inglorious villain, your death is earth-shattering.
This unknown Jinyi guard in the history books commanded the use of his death, creating a magical record in Chinese history.
He was the first and only one in history to be beaten to death by the courtiers.
The Ma Shun waist plaque in the museum).
At this point, there was a great chaos, blood was splashed in the court, the sound was raging, and the court etiquette suddenly ceased to exist.
Ma Shun died, and the ministers woke up like a dream - they killed themselves.
Moreover, what they killed was not an ordinary person, but an official of the imperial court, a middle-level leader of the Jinyi Guard.
At this moment, there are Jinyi guards inside and outside the hall, and among these people, there is no lack of Wang Zhenyu party, at this moment, they saw the commander being killed, their faces were heavy, and they wanted to have the posture of revenge for Ma Shun.
And Zhu Qiyu, the king of servants who presided over the meeting in the main hall, was also frightened by this sudden and terrifying scene, and stood up and was about to flee.
But as soon as Zhu Qiyu got up, the sleeves of his wide and gorgeous vassal robe were pulled by a strong hand, making him have to sit back in the chair.
As soon as Zhu Qiyu turned around, the person who pulled him was none other than Yu Qian, the squire of the military department.
This brave and insightful ** understands that at this moment, anyone can leave, but Zhu Qiyu, the king of servants, can't leave.
Emperor Yingzong was captured, so Zhu Qiyu, the king of servants, was the temporary supreme leader of the Ming Dynasty, and the changes at this moment could only be pacified by Zhu Qiyu, who had the right to temporarily manage.
Although Ma Shun deserves to die, he should not die like this, but should be brought to justice.
A group of ministers killed people, if they don't explain that they beat Ma Shunwei to death, then they stepped out of this hall, and they all became murderers who violated the "Da Ming Law".
And, at this moment, there are not a few Jinyi guards inside and outside the palace gate, most of them are Wang Zhen's henchmen, Ma Shun's colleagues, at this moment, Ma Shun died tragically, will they launch a palace mutiny, slaughter the minister, and avenge Ma Shun?
All of this needs Zhu Qiyu to settle down.
Yu Qian) Yu Qian looked at Zhu Qiyu, and his right hand had already loosened the sleeve of his robe.
Outside the Taihe Gate, the smoke waves are vast, the mountains are undulating, the green trees are shady, and it is magnificent and quiet.
This scenery is so intoxicating, it makes people feel that the country is beautiful, the four seas are peaceful, and it seems that these troubles in front of them and the war of the family and country do not exist.
At this moment, Zhu Qiyu seemed to suddenly understand something, he immediately tidied up his appearance, sat down on the chair, and then said in an extremely majestic and unquestionable tone:
"The End of the Ming History Chronicle": Ma Shun's crime should be dead, don't talk about it.Ma Shun deserves his crimes, his crimes should be punished, and he will die when he dies, so this matter is settled, and it is not allowed to be discussed in the future.
This sentence is very short, but it is a sentence of four or two.
This sentence not only perfectly helped the ministers clear their charges, but also conveyed a message to those Jinyi guards with bad intentions in a very timely manner, that is:
Ma Shun should die, the minister is not guilty, since the minister is not guilty, if you dare to act rashly, then you are the one who is guilty.
A shocking change, at this moment, finally came to an end.
And Yu Qian, who played a key role in this change, had already torn the sleeves of his official uniform into several strips after the crowding of the courtiers just now and the tearing process with Zhu Qiyu, which shows how dangerous the scene was at that time.
This tense day is finally coming to an end, the Forbidden City is back to tranquility, the sun is setting, the clouds are red and brown like blood, the sunset is molten gold in the distance, and a few lines of egrets are flying, adding a bit of life.
The courtiers have dispersed, but only Zhu Qiyu and Yu Qian have not left.
Zhu Qiyu sat on the chair and looked at the sky, while Yu Qian stood within the threshold of the Taihe Hall for a long time, silent.
The two monarchs and ministers were speechless for each other, but they knew each other.
They know that this is the calm before the storm, and in the near future, the Ming Dynasty will usher in a catastrophe.
However, what they don't know is that no matter what the calamity is, whether the dynasty rises or falls or not, the fate of their monarchs and ministers will be implicated and inseparable at this moment, and even become the most inseparable bond in each other's lives.