Chapter 548 Yu Qian’s death is an injustice to the whole world!

{Did Emperor Yingzong really not care about his reputation in the future? Not only did he knock on the door, but he also launched a campaign to seize the throne when it was clear that his son had ascended the throne?}
{Tumubao is already famous enough, so we are not afraid of adding more.}
{The coup was initiated by Shi Heng and his men. If they hadn't forced Nangong open, Zhu Qizhen would not have known about it.}
{Forget it, the so-called lead-filled lock of the Nangong Gate is obviously a fabrication by later scholars.}
{If it was really filled with lead, then did Empress Dowager Sun and the ministers come to visit Emperor Yingzong again and again? Did they use parachutes?}
{When the Golden Knife Case occurred, how did the guards get in to arrest people?}

{Zhu Qizhen was not aware of Shi Heng and others' actions. Without Zhu Qizhen's prior consent, Shi Heng and others would not dare to act at all. What if he turned against you and handed you over to Jingtai?}

{There was also a time when he couldn’t get in at Donghua Gate, but Zhu Qizhen shouted and he was able to get in.}
{He is truly a brave and heroic man. Unfortunately, such jokes are just as unreliable as his various attempts to win people's hearts on the grassland!}
{Obviously, how could the Queen Mother Sun's forces not cooperate in this big move? They must be acting as an insider.}
{The palace guards are probably under their control, otherwise it wouldn't be so smooth.}
{You don’t need to look at what Ming History says, just look at what he does.}
{During the entire coup, Zhu Qizhen seemed harmless, so was Zhu Qiuyu's posthumous title "Li"? Was it Zhu Qizhen who decided it!}
{You have been in the history circle for so long, do you still need to explain the meaning of the word "li"?}

……

Great Qin.

"The probability of success in the door-grabbing incident is actually very small."

Ying Zheng stood up and looked at the sky.

He turned his back to the ministers and said calmly:
"First, Jingtai, who was less than 30 years old and had children, was required to spend more than three years after his son's death, with many concubines in the harem."

"I can't even give birth to a son."

"Secondly, we have to ask that Jingtai, who is still a young man, suddenly became seriously ill and was bedridden, unable to govern normally."

"Again, we must demand that Zhu Qizhen and his coup group remain united, with no one wavering or defecting."

"Finally, we have to ask the officials and others who are in charge of the deployment to do nothing at all, or to be kept in the dark, or to have no intention of interfering."

“These conditions must be met simultaneously, not just one or the other.”

“This was a bloodless coup.”

"It was a plan that was planned long ago."

The people behind him looked at each other.

Liu Bang spoke first:

"It seems that there is a reason for Emperor Jingtai's illness."

Xiao He nodded and continued:
"Maybe from the beginning he just wanted to wait for Emperor Jingtai to die."

"This way, the risk of Zhu Qizhen's restoration is much smaller."

"But Yu Qian and others were eliminated."

Wei Liao stroked his beard and pondered for a moment.

"So, first, Emperor Jingtai will not die for a while. Second, the fate of Yu Qian and others will determine Zhu Jianshen's position as the crown prince."

Feng Quji gave the final summary.

"Once Zhu Qiyu died, Zhu Jianshen would legitimately succeed to the throne."

"Then he will truly become the emperor."

"This word 'violent' is his true thought."

"He is the emperor."

"And Zhu Qiyu is a rebel."

……

The period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty
Wei Zifu looked at her fingers and stretched out her voice.

"Yeah, do I need to explain the violence?"

Liu Che turned his head slightly unnaturally.

That posthumous title was not given to me!
"Hahahaha!"

Liu Che changed the subject.

"And they also tried to win people's hearts. It was only after they had seen the strength of the Ming army under the city of Beijing and realized the embarrassment of continuing the confrontation that they were willing to negotiate with the South."

"When I forced him to knock on the door, it was like putting a knife on his neck."

"Without Yu Qian's success in defending the capital, he would still be bullied every day."

"If Jingtai listened to that person and retreated to Nanjing, his fate would be the same as that of Emperors Huizong and Qinzong."

……

[On the 1457st day of the first lunar month in , Zhu Qizhen issued an edict of enthronement drafted by Xu Youzhen, changing the current year to the first year of Tianshun, and claiming that he would "grant amnesty to the whole world and support reform." ]

[Xu Youzhen was a loyal and upright civil official and a military officer. He was also a Grand Secretary of the Huagai Palace and was in charge of Wenyuan Pavilion affairs. He was granted an imperial decree and his descendants inherited the title of commander of the Jinyiwei.]

【Shi Heng was promoted to Duke Zhongguo, with an annual salary of 1,500 dan. 】

【Cao Jixiang was appointed as the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department and the governor of the three major camps.】

【Three hundred and thirty-one soldiers from the official residence and banner army seized the gate. 】

[Da Han, 100 households, 69 people. ]

[There are 1,492 guardsmen protecting the emperor.]

[There are 1,319 soldiers guarding the gate.]

[Anyone who participated in the coup will be promoted three levels. ]

[Those who participate in escorting and guarding the gate will be promoted one level. ]

……

Ming dynasty.

"Ha! Hahaha!"

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed in anger.

"Good! Good! Good!"

"No wonder this bastard dared to take such a risk with you!"

"Duke? Lord?"

"How dare you spend so much money!"

Old Zhu stood up suddenly, but then fell down again as his eyes went dark.

"Chongpachi!"

Queen Ma hurried forward.

"Chongba, why are you so angry?"

Zhu Yuanzhang closed his eyes and gritted his teeth.

The cramp-like pain in my brain gradually subsided.

He slowly opened his eyes.

"Yu Qian was not even awarded the title of Duke despite his great achievements."

"They helped him seize power and achieve success overnight."

"Sister, when someone laughs, someone else cries."

"Why did all the civil and military officials unanimously request that Zhu Jianshen be made the crown prince?"

"Because they clearly despise this bastard."

“But he has now succeeded in his coup.”

"Tell me, how will he treat those ministers who agreed to depose him but would rather support his son than pay any attention to him."

Queen Ma was silent.

Zhu Yuanzhang held his forehead with a look of pain.

"We only ask for one thing now."

"Please don't kill Yu Qian..."

"Don't kill me..."

……

[Just after the imperial edict was announced to the world. ]

【Zhu Qizhen immediately ordered the arrest of Yu Qian, the Grand Tutor, and Wang Wen, the Left Censor-in-Chief.】

……

On the canopy.

"Snapped!"

The gavel shook!
The official wearing a black hat pointed his sword at the two people in the hall.

He said angrily:
"You are harboring evil intentions and have ulterior motives!"

"You want to summon a foreign vassal to succeed to the throne! Is that right?" One of the men in the hall was covered in bruises.

He lay on the ground, inexplicably sad and angry:

"To summon the prince to the capital, we must mobilize the golden token!"

"To send an envoy, you must have a horse badge issued by the Ministry of War!"

"Have you checked with the Imperial Household and the Ministry of War? How can you slander others?!"

The minister choked.

Then he said sternly:

"Although it's just a rumor, the truth is obvious!"

The injured person still wants to argue.

Stand beside him.

Yu Qian, wearing only a single layer of clothing and covered with scars, squatted down and patted the injured man's shoulder.

He glanced at the ministers in front of him.

Said softly:
"Qianzhi, don't say anything."

"He just wants me to die. What's the point of arguing?"

The official in the hall blushed and threw the sign card away!
"Yu Qian, Wang Wen and others are plotting rebellion!"

"Death penalty!"

"Execute immediately!"

……

【Xu Youzhen, Shi Heng and others had their accomplices falsely accuse Yu Qian, Wang Wen and others of plotting to welcome the son of Prince Xiang Zhu Zhanji as emperor.】

[During the court trial, Wang Wen argued that summoning a prince requires a golden token, and sending someone must have a horse token.]

【After checking, the gold medal and the token are all in the inner palace.】

【But Xu Youzhen said: "Although there is no obvious sign, the intention is there."】

[The chief judge, Xiao Weizhen, supported Xu Youzhen and Shi Heng and “convicted them with the word ‘intention’”]

……

Datang.

"What a false accusation!"

"What a desire!"

Li Shimin sneered.

What a great Spring and Autumn style of writing.

The emperor has disappeared in this matter again.

He could guess it.

There must be a record of the emperor's hesitation and the slander of treacherous ministers!
If this is true...

"It's nothing more than trying to cover up one's mistakes and hiding the truth from the venerable one!"

……

Song Dynasty Xiaozong Period
Zhao Shen looked up to the sky and sighed.

"If the emperor doesn't want to kill."

"Who can kill him?"

"It's all the fault of the treacherous ministers."

"It was the treacherous ministers who deceived the emperor..."

……

Ming Dynasty Yongle Period
Zhu Di sat on a stone pier with his horse and sword in hand.

He stared at the sky.

The back garden was filled with murderous intent.

……

Ming Dynasty and Xuande period
Zhu Zhanji stared at the sky silently.

He kept rubbing the ring on his hand.

Empress Sun hugged little Zhu Qizhen and shed tears secretly.

……

On the canopy.

The capital was covered with dark clouds and the wind was howling.

A magnificent archway stands tall in the West Market.

There is also a wooden pole that is taller than the archway.

This is used to hang the heads of the dead.

Yu Qian was tied up and kneeled on the execution platform.

Countless people around were looking at him.

Cry loudly.

Yu Qian's expression remained calm throughout.

He glanced at the people.

Look up at the sky again.

He seemed to see Wenshan Gongzheng greeting him.

Father Yu Ren was nodding to him.

His wife, Mrs. Dong, was also waving at him vigorously.

Do not know why.

I usually love writing poetry.

But at this moment I don't want to leave any suicide poem.

"puff!"

The executioner sprayed the wine on the sword.

Yu Qian suddenly understood.

'Because of Wenshan Gong's noble character.'

'Only holding the fearless spirit of China.'

'I did it myself.'

'No regrets, no regrets, no entanglements.'

"Shh!"

Accompanied by the howling north wind.

Accompanied by deafening crying and wailing all around.

Accompanied by a sudden spurt of blood.

The hero's head fell to the ground.

'That's all. '

……

【The twenty-second day of the first lunar month in 1457. 】

[Yu Qian and Wang Wen were taken to the West Market of the capital and beheaded.]

【The world feels wronged. 】

……

{Recorded in "The Complete History of Ming Dynasty: The Restoration of Nangong".}
{The emperor hesitated and said, "Yu Qian has made great contributions." Youzhen stepped forward and said, "If Yu Qian is not killed, today's incident will be meaningless."}
{The emperor made up his mind and beheaded Wang Wen, the eunuchs Shu Liang, Wang Cheng, Zhang Yong, and Wang Qin in Dongshi, while his wife and children were sent to guard the border.}
{However, there is no relevant statement in the History of Ming Dynasty and the Veritable Records of Emperor Yingzong.}
{The above description seems to be another attempt by later generations of literati to whitewash this emperor and put the blame on Xu Youzhen and others.}
{And this logic itself is not valid.}
{Yu Qian neither welcomed the foreign vassal nor persuaded Jingtai not to reinstate Zhu Jianshen.}
{The one who really prevented Zhu Jianshen from restoring his throne and even made it possible for him to establish a foreign vassal state was, of course, Jingtai himself.}
{Where does the saying "If Yu Qian had not been killed, today's events would have been unknown" come from?}

{The Ming Dynasty did not openly advocate "not killing scholars and officials or those who wrote letters to express their opinions" as the Song Dynasty did.}
{However, during the Ming Dynasty, not many high-ranking officials were publicly beheaded at the Xishi Archway, and the treatment of civil servants was generally good.}
{Yu Qian’s death was the most unjust and the one most criticized by later generations.}
(End of this chapter)

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