I open a history tutorial class in Daming

Chapter 155 is over, and I can’t finish the paper again

Yinzhen was a little panicked.

Of course, he doesn't think he is a good person. The blood of Aisin-Gioro runs in his veins, but he believes that he has never done such a thing.

He was the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, the most honorable person in the world. Except for him, everyone else was equally inferior to him. He was too lazy to target the Han people.

In fact, besides Aixinjuelu's blood, he also has the blood of his mother Wuya. Wuya was not a real Manchu, but a baoyi, which means that several generations ago, his mother's family were all Han people who escaped from Liaodong and joined the Eight Banners.

But this Han Chinese is not a real Han Chinese... Never mind.

Yinzhen put aside the irrelevant things in his mind and started brainstorming about the issue of Li Shimin.

He has been studying and working diligently every day from his childhood to now. How could he not know what the Qing Dynasty did when it first entered the Pass?

How should I answer this?

Put all the blame on your ancestors?
So unfilial.

Then take the pot down?

Li Shimin had just introduced the people here, and they had called each other's names during the argument. Anyone with ears and brains knew who was sitting here. Regardless of whether they were human, ghost, or something else, if they said something wrong, Yinzhen doubted whether he could survive today.

Facing the increasingly murderous gazes from the crowd, Yinzhen gritted his teeth and said:

"I can't answer your question."

Li Shimin's already dark face turned into the bottom of a pot on the spot.

Without hesitation, he reached out and grabbed Yinzhen's collar. He showed no fear towards this emperor who was more than ten years older than him.

"What do you mean? If yes, yes, if no, no. What do you mean you can't answer that?"

Li Shimin had just lost face and now urgently needed to get it back from this new exchange student.

He said angrily:

"Don't you know whether you have done it or not? Speak!"

After being grabbed by the collar and yelled at, Yinzhen became calmer than before.

He calmly asked back:

“You have never killed Han people?”

Li Shimin's face froze.

There is not a single person here who has not had blood on his hands, directly or indirectly.

The Emperor Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of Han ordered countless wars, and Li Shimin and Zhu Yuanzhang even conquered the world on horseback.

Zhang Liang was once the leader of an assassin gang, and Fang Xuanling and Zhangsun Wuji were important participants in the Xuanwu Gate Incident.

Even useless people like Zhu Qizhen and Zhu Youjian, the former killed Yu Qian, and the latter killed ministers when he was unhappy.

How do you ask this?!
Li Shimin suppressed his anger and said in a deep voice:

"You know that's not what I'm asking."

"I am talking about the deliberate killing, confusing bloodlines, and treating the Han people as non-humans! Don't you understand me?"

Yinzhen patted Li Er's hand that was grabbing his collar, and his tone became more stable:

"Since you are all emperors and generals from past dynasties, then haven't there been rebellious people under your rule?"

"I and my ancestors have never done such things as the Yuan Dynasty's forced mixing of Han people's bloodlines, but many Han people tried their best to become bannermen. There are also Han army banners among the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty. The bloodlines were indeed mixed, but did we, the Qing Dynasty, force them to do so? No."

"I admit that there was brutal slaughter. The Qing dynasty entered the Central Plains from the north. They were originally a foreign race, and the northerners were already scared out of their wits. But the southerners were stubborn and they still wanted to fight the Eight Banners with the so-called Ming Dynasty royal family who fled to the south. If you were in their place, wouldn't you kill them all?"

"After pacifying the country, at least until now, the imperial court has not killed Han people on a large scale again."

"I am the fifth emperor of the Qing Dynasty. Most of the things that make people have a bad reputation have been done by my ancestors. I ask myself if I have ever treated the Han people as animals, nor have I ever deliberately tortured and slaughtered them. But I can guess that my reputation in history will never be very good in the future."

"Because I have killed many corrupt officials. Last year, I raided so many houses and killed so many officials that I can't even count them all."

“But was it the wrong killing?”

Perhaps because Yinzhen's tone was too calm and too steady, Li Shimin began to doubt his life for a moment.

He looked back at the others and noticed that their expressions were all different.

Ying Zheng and Liu Che returned to their lazy look of watching the show, while Meng Tian, ​​Zhang Liang and the other four ministers of the Tang Dynasty fell into deep thought.

The anger of Zhu Yuanzhang and his two sons eased slightly, but their hostility still did not subside.

Zhu Qizhen's eyes were gloomy, while Zhu Youjian's face was pale and filled with anger, but neither of them said anything.

The air was quiet again.

I don’t know how long it took.

The class bell rang, the door of the classroom was pushed open, and Song Shen's voice was heard.

"Hey, you guys are chatting first? I thought I needed to introduce myself before we start, but now it seems that you already know most of it."

Except for Li Shimin and Yinzhen who were confronting each other, everyone quickly returned to their positions.

Li Shimin reflexively let go of his hand and turned to look at Song Shen on the podium.

He hesitated for a second, then asked:
"Sir, you still want to review the papers for everyone to discuss today, right?"

"But... before that, can you tell us what the newly arrived Emperor Yongzheng did and how he was evaluated by later generations?"

Song Shen raised his eyebrows in surprise:

"What about the other students? Do you have any objections?"

Those who usually don't like to talk, such as Ying Zheng and Liu Che, did not comment.

Zhu Yuanzhang was impatient and stood up directly:

"Sir, please tell me more. I also want to know why the Qing Dynasty was able to maintain its rule over the Han people."

"If Emperor Yongzheng is a tyrant, you wouldn't mind if we beat him up, right?"

After all, when Zhu Qizhen and Li Longji came in, Song Shen even took the lead in bullying these two people. Now everyone believes in Song Shen's evaluation of historical figures.

Song Shen glanced at the newcomer, and seeing his braided hair and dragon robe, he was certain that this was the Emperor Yongzheng.

As all kinds of short video clips are popular, in his previous life, the image of Yongzheng has always been the big orange in the TV series "X Huan Zhuan". Now that he has seen the real person, his perception has been refreshed.

Unlike his image in movies and TV shows, the Yongzheng standing in front of him was very thin, with little flesh on his face. He looked to be in his forties or fifties, with some gray hair on his short beard and the top of his head. His eyes were slightly narrowed, and he could not tell much emotion from them.

After looking at it for a while, Song Shen nodded and said:
"Okay, I'll give you a brief overview then."

"Um - classmate Zhu Yuanzhang, you are very hostile to him, right?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, but nodded readily:

"That's right. We don't like foreigners. The Yuan Dynasty only ruled for a few years and the people were already living in misery. Isn't it normal that we don't trust the so-called Qing Emperor?"

He is quite single.

Song Shen smiled:
"The Qing Dynasty is a long story. I have to start from the beginning and talk about Emperor Yongzheng. I don't need to talk about the other students' papers later." "But if you just ask what Emperor Yongzheng is like, my personal opinion and evaluation of him is that he is the only emperor of all the people in the world. The others are all emperors of the Manchus."

“How’s that for the review?”

This time, not only Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned, but everyone below was stunned, including Yinzhen himself.

After a moment, Yinzhen took two steps forward and got closer to Song Shen.

Just now, while Song Shen was looking at him, he was also looking at Song Shen.

Yinzhen heard what Li Shimin and Zhu Yuanzhang said. He heard these people call this young man "sir" and their attitude was very respectful. During the conversation, they also mentioned classes, papers, etc. Even though he was shocked, Yinzhen realized that -

This is a place similar to a private school. The young man in his twenties in front of you is the teacher who teaches the group of emperors and generals around him.

And his current situation of being surrounded by enemies on all sides can be easily resolved with just a word or a comment from the other party. It seems that as long as this person says something good about him, everyone here will stop targeting him.

Even a tyrannical person like Zhu Yuanzhang, and even the Zhu family who had the deepest hatred for the Qing Dynasty, was the same.

Why does this young man do this?
Li Shimin’s words flashed through Yinzhen’s mind.

Li Shimin asked how future generations would evaluate him as an emperor...

Could this young man in front of me know how he will be judged in the future? !

He was extremely shocked and had a thousand doubts in his mind, but he pressed it hard.

"This...Mr."

Yinzhen carefully considered his words and asked hesitantly:
"What do you mean by that?"

"I am not questioning, I just want to know who is the emperor of the people and who is the emperor of the Manchus."

"Speaking of civil and military achievements... To be honest, I don't think I can compare to my father. He pacified the Three Feudatories, conquered Taiwan, conquered Galdan three times, and created a prosperous era. I don't think there is any emperor in the Qing Dynasty who can be more powerful than him."

Song Shen laughed out loud:

"I didn't expect you to admire Kangxi so much."

"Indeed, you are not only inferior to your father in fighting, but also to your son. However, when it comes to being an emperor, the evaluation criteria are certainly not just based on fighting."

"Your historical evaluation did not improve until many years after the fall of the Qing Dynasty. You should know the reason yourself, right? Which year of the Yongzheng era were you born in?"

Yinzhen was silent for a moment and said:
"The third year of Yongzheng's reign."

"You are right. I know in my heart that as soon as I die, people all over the world will curse me in a few years. Even now, many people are making up rumors that I came to power illegally... But I can't do anything about them. It is impossible and unnecessary to please them."

The group of emperors and generals below, whose combined ages were unknown, sat up straight in an instant, leaned forward, and tried to hear more clearly.

They smell gossip.

It was not because of what Song Shen and Emperor Yongzheng said about "being scolded". After all, Yinzhen had already said it before Song Shen's class. He killed many corrupt officials, and emperors who offended literati always had a bad reputation. This was completely expected.

But the position is not right...

Li Shimin and Zhu Di temporarily put the previous events behind them, and both pairs of eyes were shining:
Come on! Say more!
Song Shen understood very well and shrugged:

"Are you talking about the rumor that the throne was passed to the fourteenth son in the accession edict and was changed to the fourth son?"

This is a brainless rumor that has been widely circulated in later generations. Song Shen heard it when he was a child.

But he didn't expect that Yinzhen would suddenly become excited:

"Nonsense! When did this rumor come from? Does the person who spread it know how to read? How can the word '十' be changed to '于'?!"

Song Shen was stunned by Yinzhen's sudden excitement.

Yinzhen is still saying:
"I know that when I first ascended the throne, many people were talking about how I came to the throne illegitimately, but they all said privately that it was because the Emperor's father did not leave a will, and that the later wills were all forged by me. The real will was not written by me at all."

"But how can I forge it? When the emperor passed away, Longkodo was by his side. He was the only one who died suddenly. Would Longkodo dare to risk losing his head and tamper with the emperor's will?"

"The will was indeed written later, but that was only because..."

Song Shen was having a headache and interrupted:

"Okay, okay, I understand what you mean. You mean, the crown prince was deposed a long time ago, and the Eighth Prince was rejected by Kangxi a long time ago. The only competitor for the throne besides you was the Fourteenth Prince, but when Kangxi died, he still chose you. He had already chosen you, right?"

"That's not the point."

"Now let's get back to the point—"

"Later generations will judge you as a wise ruler. I personally rate you higher because you are actually quite similar to one of the people present here."

Yinzhen was about to argue something, but when he heard this, his brain was split and he asked blankly:

"Who?"

He also expressed the thoughts of all the students present.

All the emperors and generals looked at each other, wondering what these were. How could an emperor of a foreign race look like any of them?
Could it be those two useless guys Zhu Qizhen and Zhu Youjian?

No, if it were them, Mr. Song’s evaluation of Yongzheng would not be so high.

Facing a group of people's puzzled gazes, Song Shen pointed his hand at the person who had just stood up and never sat down - Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang was confused and shocked, his face looked as if he had eaten a fly, and he pointed his finger at his own face:

"What?"

"This Yongzheng, does he look like us?"

"Sir, you can eat whatever you want but you can't say whatever you want. If you want to say this, you have to be clear about it, otherwise I won't admit it!"

Song Shen spread his hands:

"if not?"

"This is why I say that Yongzheng was the only emperor in the Qing Dynasty who was loyal to all the people in the world."

"What he did was not only to kill corrupt officials and rectify the bad behavior of officials, the most important reason why he was criticized was that he affected the interests of all landlords and gentry in the world."

"The tax burden was distributed among the land, the fire consumption was returned to the public, and officials and gentry all paid taxes on duty. If any of these three things were to happen to any emperor, he would be slandered by sarcasm, not to mention that Yongzheng did all three."

"In fact, I mentioned before that Zhang Juzheng, the Prime Minister during the Wanli period, also tried to implement the tax system, which was called the Single Whip System at the time. However, due to various factors, it was not successful until the reign of Emperor Yongzheng, who was a tyrant and did not recognize his relatives. From then on, the population of the Qing Dynasty began to soar."

The scene fell silent for a moment.

Finally, it was Zhu Yuanzhang who spoke with a grunt.

"Sir, what is the tax-sharing system and what is the one-whip system?"

Song Shen: ...

It’s over. It seems that I can’t discuss the test paper in this class today.

Why do these people have so many questions one after another? !

If we were to break down and explain all the reform policies during the Yongzheng period, would it take two hours? !

(End of this chapter)