Ping An Biography

At the beginning of this year, Alutai, the leader of the Mongolian Tatars, thought that the Ming Dynasty had been negligent, so he led his people to harass the border.Emperor Yong Le decided to lead his troops to march north again after getting information about the border army.At this time, the Jingshi Jingying and the Nanjing Jingying were the two most powerful main forces of the Ming army, and Emperor Yongle immediately led the Jingshi Jingying to go out.Wang Jinzhong, the prince Zhongyong who surrendered last year, repeatedly asked to send troops to attack Arutai, willing to serve as a forward. Zhu Di approved his request, so he took Jin Zhong as the forward, led an army of 30, and then launched a large-scale northern expedition.

Another matter that was on Emperor Yong Le's heart was confessed to Hu Ying when he left Beijing, and he said that he hoped that the victory team would make progress when they returned to the court.

Hu Ying asked the captain of Jinyiwei to torture Miao Ge, and it was found that this person was indeed related to the rebellious party, so he took it as a clue.But in the past ten years or so, he has obtained many clues, but he failed to find all of them, and they disappeared after searching. This time he is not too optimistic, it can only be better than having no clue.

The female prisoner was finally recruited. In fact, she had no contact with the rebellious party in Nanzhili, including Taohuashanzhuang.This person was not deliberately secretly investigated so far to Nanzhili, but because of an official relationship, he arrived at Biyuan by accident.

It is unlikely that Jianwen is hiding there in the mountainous area of ​​North Sichuan and Dongdong, where Hu Ying had previously sent people to secretly investigate. However, Hu Ying judged that the stronghold in Wushan County might be a gateway for them to contact the Central Plains.Assuming that the remnants of Jianwen are located in a remote mountainous area in the southwest, the transportation is extremely inconvenient and it is not easy to communicate with the outside world, so setting up a base in Wushan, a place where several counties meet, can achieve the purpose of contact.

After Hu Ying deduced, she directly sent her cronies to Wushan County to collect evidence on the spot, led by Yan Ruofei herself.Yan Ruofei is Hu Ying's confidant, and has been around for a long time. This time, he attaches great importance to the clue of Wushan County.

Two months later, Yan Ruofei rushed back from Wushan County on a fast horse. No one was caught, but some physical evidence clues were retrieved.Everything was within Hu Ying's expectation. Of course, it is not easy to catch people in such a hurry, as long as they can get some clues, it will be good.

Hu Ying immediately drew up a memorial, devised a new hunting plan, and rushed to Beijiang to meet Emperor Yongle, hoping to get approval to start the layout as soon as possible.At this time, Hu Ying heard that the main force of the Ming army had won the victory and was at Yumuchuan, so she rushed to Yumuchuan with her followers.

…Unexpectedly, when he arrived at the army to report that he would not see the emperor for a few days, Hu Ying felt bad. Logically, as a member of the Ministry of Rites and the court, he should not be left alone, let alone his special relationship with Emperor Yongle. The imperial court officials still have special privileges.A few days later, the university scholars Yang Rong and Jin Youzi who accompanied the army finally met Hu Ying. After Hu Ying entered the Chinese army's tent, he found that the imperial army blocked it immediately.

Yang Rong said with tears in his eyes: "The emperor has..."

Hu Ying's heart suddenly "thumped", and she fell to the ground with a plop. Jin Youzi immediately said: "Hu Butang, don't worry about crying, the news should not be leaked now, beware of any changes!"

When Hu Ying raised her head, she knelt on the ground with tears streaming down her face, choked with sobs, and said, "A few months ago, the emperor was in the capital and urged the veterans to concentrate on their official duties. His voice and appearance are right in front of his eyes. If he doesn't want to leave, it will be a farewell forever, Your Majesty!"

Yang Rong stepped forward to help him: "Everyone is very sad, but the most important thing right now is not mourning. We are in danger, and we must ensure the safe transition of the empire so that we can live up to the emperor's kindness."

Hu Ying nodded with tears in her eyes, thinking that it happened to be a coincidence that she came back and was involved in the central decision-making process, so she might be able to gain support in front of the new king.So he carefully asked the two assistant ministers what to do, but Yang Rong said immediately, "It's fine for Hu Butang to stay in the camp of the Chinese Army and follow us back."

It was clear that Hu Ying was one of his own, and the reason why he was let in was because Hu Ying's wandering around outside was too suspicious. Normally, it was very easy for Hu Ying to meet the emperor... It is reported that the spies of the King of Han outside the camp come and go frequently , have to guard against.Now it's easy to let it in, but it's useless for Hu Ying to go out.

Hu Ying tasted it, but there was nothing wrong with it, they had the final say here, no matter how favored Hu Ying was in front of the emperor before, it was useless.He had no choice but to sacrifice the last bitter scene, and said with tears and tears: "The old minister has spent his life on the saddle in front of the emperor, can he have one last look at the emperor?"

Yang Rong and Jin Youzi avoided discussing a few words, agreed to Hu Ying's request, and brought him into the mourning hall to worship and put him under house arrest.Hu Ying entered the mourning hall and knelt and shed a lot of tears. Half of it was suppressed and the other half was really sad. Once the emperor and the courtiers, the old emperor kicked his feet and the new emperor came to power and he didn't know how he would be treated. Can you not be sad?

Maybe it was because she wasn't sad enough, Hu Ying wasn't immersed in the sad emotion, when she was distracted, she suddenly smelled a faintly scented fragrance.He has been out of office for a long time in the presence of a high-ranking official for more than ten years, and he is familiar with the world and has a lot of experience, but this smell is very strange and special, and he has never smelled it before.He sniffed it intently for a while, and there was indeed such a special smell, and he was a little puzzled at the moment.

He thought to himself: Your Majesty was fine two or three months ago, if he is in poor health, can he go on a personal expedition?I didn't hear any rumors when leading the troops to fight, and suddenly died suddenly, without any warning, which is really strange.

Coupled with this inexplicable strange fragrance, Hu Ying was full of doubts, and her intuition had twists and turns.

However, it is impossible for the bachelor and the accompanying eunuchs to allow him to move the emperor's body, let alone investigate.People don't even care about how the emperor died, because the emperor would not be able to survive if he took care of it; the most urgent thing right now is to let the prince successfully succeed to the throne, so as to avoid turmoil in the country. No major event can compare to the seriousness of this point .Even if Hu Ying wanted to investigate, now is not the time.

... At this time, the generals of the Northern Expedition, Ningyanghou Chenmao and Yangwuhou Xuelu led [-] elite cavalry to return to the capital, and the heavily armed cavalry rushed into Deshengmen, making the atmosphere inside and outside the capital suddenly tense. A little carelessness may cause a bloody storm.

Yang Shiqi and other bureaucrats of the Eastern Palace united around Prince Zhu Gaochi and actively made suggestions, which played a great role.Soon the emperor's grandson Zhu Zhanji led the guards out of Beijing to welcome the late emperor's body.

When the eldest grandson of the emperor arrived at the barracks of the Northern Expedition Army, a group of close officials announced the news of the emperor's death to the entire army.The ministers immediately announced that Zhu Zhanji was the supreme commander of the Northern Expedition Army, and immediately escorted the body back to Beijing from the camp outside Kaiping.

The eldest grandson of the emperor marched to the capital with an army of 30, which meant that the whole situation was a foregone conclusion.King Khan, who was far away in Yong'an, didn't have time to do anything. When everything was a foregone conclusion, he would seek death for everything he did.

The national funeral began, and Zhu Gaochi presided over the funeral while preparing to ascend the throne. It was a completely legal procedure to sit in the supreme position in front of the late emperor's body.However, there were secret rumors from the palace that the new emperor was messing around with women in the harem without taking off his filial piety clothes... Maybe he can't be blamed, he was trembling for fear of being a little impolite and holding back for too long, suddenly the pressure from above My son disappeared, can I get back the grievances I have suffered all these years?

Yongle Emperor Zhu Di lay quietly and could no longer toss about, an era ended.

Regardless of his merits or demerits, Emperor Yong Le was unquestionably called a strong ruler. He not only left behind many political achievements, but also left behind many national policies.Political achievements can be written in the history books, but the national policy is not as good as that of previous generations, and everything gradually began to change.

First of all, the bureaucrats in the East Palace who followed him through hardships immediately rose to the top and quickly occupied the upper echelons of power. Those who were dismissed from office and imprisoned in the imperial prison were immediately released with fine clothes, and those who died were rehabilitated. It is unfolding; and those who have made the new emperor unhappy are waiting for the sharp sword on their heads with trepidation, not knowing when the liquidation will be settled on their heads.

Feng Shui takes turns, misfortune and fortune fall, and life and death, honor and disgrace are at the fingertips.Of course, this is only for those bureaucrats, and the impact of power change on ordinary people still needs a gradual process.

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Governments at all levels in Nanjing also received an urgent report from the capital soon after the news was made public. The yamen immediately stopped working, the operation of government agencies was suspended, and the halls were all decorated. memorial service.The only decree issued from the yamen is to prohibit the opening of all entertainment venues, prohibit weddings and other festive activities, and the whole country mourns the passing of a generation of great emperors... Of course, it is understandable that some people want to celebrate with lanterns and festoons.

However, for ordinary lower-level officials, apart from feeling unaccustomed to the sudden change of the emperor for more than 20 years, the impact is not very great.In ancient times, the French mourned for three years, but it was a bit unrealistic for a huge empire. Now that "officials in the world, three days are released", the meaning is enough.

Zhang Ning also went to the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing and pretended to cry for three days, but he couldn't say he was truly sad, he had never even seen Emperor Yong Le's face, and he couldn't feel sad even if he wanted to.It's true that Emperor Yong Le is more or less an amazing person in history. He was born in this era and has never seen it, but now he has become history again.

He thought in his heart that Hu Ying would definitely not be able to hold such a high position as Minister of the Ministry of Rites, because Hu Ying is not the new emperor's confidant, so it is strange that he can leave such a good position to him... Hu Ying is unreliable, just looking at Yang Shiqi Can I get another position there and find another job to do; as for the great cause of searching for the survivors of the "rebellious party", whoever cares about it, let it go.

He only remembered the general history, only knew that Emperor Yong Le had been emperor for a long time, so he didn't expect him to die this year, but it seems that Emperor Yong Le's son was a short-lived emperor, he would die again after a long time.It doesn't matter, the relationship between the new emperor Zhu Gaochi and his heirs is not so tense, and those who have done well with Zhu Gaochi are not too bad for the next generation of emperors. Yang Shiqi, Yu Qian and others have a good future.During the national mourning... Zhang Ning's mood has become better.