Rule over Ming Dynasty

Chapter 206 Rehabilitation by conferring the number, three hundred beauties

In the evening, the Forbidden City in the twilight reveals the most outstanding architectural craftsmanship of this era.

The red wall of the Forbidden City is a rare wall color in this era, and the yellow glazed tiles pave the way for each palace. The palace surrounded by the city wall is like an independent kingdom.

A group of people came out of the imperial garden with lakes and mountains, and walked towards the Xihua Gate of the Forbidden City. The Imperial Forest Army and Jin Yiwei had already been on guard here.

Zhu Youtang rode out from the Xiyuan Gate on a dragon chariot, and saw the Xihua Gate on the opposite side. He had already adapted to the current life of "going out early and returning late".

It's just that the mood at the moment is actually a bit depressed. I just finally met a super big fish, but my fishing line broke again.

As a qualified fisherman, naturally, he should not only be satisfied with "not air force", but must continue to challenge himself and catch some "giants" that can shock the world.

Unfortunately, the fishing line collapsed again.This feeling is like having a sexual dream in the previous life, only to be woken up suddenly by your roommate, how discouraged do you think?

Zhu Youtang knew that in order to prevent this kind of thing from happening again, it might not be reliable to rely solely on Bai Ang, the left servant of the Ministry of Industry. He had to work hard to find better natural fibers, or make major breakthroughs in chemical experiments.

Zhu Ji seemed to be conscientiously guarding the narrow lane, but today was different, he suddenly knelt down in the lane and handed over the memorial: "Your Majesty, I have a request, please read it yourself!"

"Commander Zhu, didn't you intentionally disturb His Majesty's rest?" Liu Jin couldn't help scolding Zhu Ji when he saw that Zhu Ji was handing the melody to his face.

Zhu Youtang gently raised his hand towards Liu Jin, then looked at Zhu Ji who was kneeling on the ground and said indifferently: "Submit it!"

Liu Jin actually knew that His Majesty didn't like the commander of Jinyiwei, but when he heard that Zhu Youtang had spoken, he hurriedly shut his mouth, and went forward to forward the memorial.

The dragon chariot just stopped, but didn't let it go.

Zhu Ji saw that his memorial had been handed over to Zhu Youtang, so he made a request: "My father-in-law, Shaobao Yuqian, was rehabilitated by the late emperor. Now, I ask your majesty to confer a posthumous title, a plaque, and sacrifice to the country!"

In the defense of Beijing City, Yu Qian and Shi Heng made great contributions.

After the change of Tumubao, Yu Qian, the left servant of the Ministry of War, became the supreme commander of the capital defense battle. Since he knew that he would come first, he also made full preparations for the battle in Beijing.

He asked the imperial court to issue an order to transfer the northern and southern capitals, the Henan Beicao Army, the Shandong and Nanjing Coastal Beiwa Army, the Jiangbei and the grain transport troops of the prefectures of Beijing. At the same time, the northern prefectures sent more than [-] troops to Shuntian Prefecture, and The rice and grain from the Tongzhou granary were brought back to the capital, and now it can be said that there are more soldiers and enough food.

In addition, Ma Shun, the commander of Jinyiwei whom Yingzong relied heavily on, was beaten to death by civil officials, and Zhao Rong, the admiral of the [-] Battalion, was imprisoned. All those who had military power and were loyal to Yingzong were all suppressed.

The nine guards in Beijing were no longer Wu Xun or eunuchs, but were replaced by frontier generals such as Shi Heng, Liu Ju, and Tang Jie, or local generals such as Sun Tong and Tao Jin.

On October [-]th, he first led a large army to Beijing and asked the Ming court for a huge reward in exchange for Yingzong.

In the face of it, he asked for a huge reward first, but Yu Qian refused, but he was already intending to give up Yingzong.

As for the generals guarding the gate, they have always been hostile to Mongolia, and even their ancestors died under the knife of Mongolia. Now, thanks to the favor of the civil servants, it is naturally impossible to open the city gate.

Yexian was a foreigner after all, and seeing the benefits of not being able to exchange large sums of money through Yingzong, he wanted to take Beijing City as his own, and immediately sent his younger brother Polo and the general Pingzhangqing to attack Xizhimen.

In this battle, Shi Heng performed the best.

Shi Heng inherited the command of Kuanhewei in the ninth year of Xuande. Because of his tall body, he was good at riding and archery, which resembled the bravery of Guan Gong, he quickly stood out in the Datong army and served as the general of Datong to assist the general of Datong Wu Jinbo Zhu Mianshi Yu Nian.

Because of his wisdom and bravery, and his bravery and skill in fighting, people at the time called "Although Heng is a partial general, the court regards him as a general".

In the 14th year of Zhengtong, he also led the army to invade first. Datong's general Wu Jinbo Zhu Mian and Xining Hou Songying were killed in Yanghekou, and the general Shi Heng fled back alone.

Although the imperial court retained his position as a general in Datong, the governor was reduced to the commander of the capital, and the imperial court required him to recruit troops locally to make meritorious service and atone for his crimes.

Although Shi Heng was condemned by the imperial court, the imperial court also knew that Shi Heng was not responsible, and judging from Shi Heng's military exploits in Datong for more than ten years, it can be said that he was the number one brave general in Ming Dynasty.

Shi Heng, together with other frontier generals, was recalled to the capital as the "King of Qin". Zhu Qiyu, the supervisor of the state, promoted Shi Heng to the right governor, took charge of the five army camps, and was granted the title of Uncle Wu Qing.

In this battle, Xizhimen, Deshengmen and Zhangyimen were attacked, and Deshengmen was the most violent.

Shi Heng was stationed at Deshengmen, and Shi Heng led Shi Biao, Fan Guang and other generals to charge forward and successfully resisted Oala's attack. When Zhangyimen was attacked, Shi Heng personally led the army to support.

On October [-]th, Wala saw that the Ming court did not agree to a huge reward, and did not even bargain with himself, and it was impossible for him to capture Beijing, so he finally chose to loot the capital and return.

From October [-]th when the Oirat army approached the West Zhimen of Beijing to October [-]th when the Oirat army was defeated at Zhangyimen, the battle lasted for three days and nights and ended with the Ming army successfully defending Beijing.

Whether it was Yu Qian who stood up to abandon Zhu Qizhen and embraced Zhu Qiyu, or Shi Heng who performed bravely in the defense of Beijing City, they did not end well in the end.

After the restoration of Yingzong, Emperor Jingtai was abolished from the throne, and Yu Qian was sentenced to death because he was impeached by the Kodao speaker and planned to welcome the son of King Xiang.

Although Shi Heng was the beneficiary of Yingzong's capture, after all, he served as a general of Datong in the Yingzong Dynasty for more than ten years, and finally became an important participant in the change of seizing the gate, thus he was awarded the title of Duke of Zhongguo.

It's just that Shi Heng's military power is too heavy. Whether it is Yingzong who considers the throne, or the civil servant group who considers status, such a powerful figure is not allowed to exist.

However, Shi Heng's nephew Shi Biao and others were domineering and unrestrained. Because Shi Biao was found to have privately owned embroidered python dragon clothes, he was accused of conspiracy. Shi Heng was confiscated and sent to prison, where he died of illness.

That's why Yu Qian and Shi Heng were originally the two most outstanding heroes in the defense of Beijing. As a result, Yu Qian still has no posthumous title, and Shi Heng is still a guilty minister.

"Yu Shaobao's posthumous title has a lot to do with it. I have to think carefully about this matter. You should step down!" Zhu Youtang heard that it was Yu Qian's posthumous title, so he decided to drag it down the tunnel.

Zhu Ji hesitated for a while, but directly petitioned: "Your Majesty, when the Ming Dynasty was in danger, Shaobao Yuqian, the father-in-law of the minister, made great contributions to the internal disputes in the court and the invasion of powerful enemies from the outside! The posthumous title should be Wen Zheng, and he deserves to be named Wen Zheng. Heng Tai Temple!"

Wenzheng?With the Taimiao?
Liu Jin was originally angry at Zhu Ji for pestering her, but after hearing this request, she swallowed secretly.

Posthumous titles began in the Western Zhou Dynasty, which means that after the death of a person with a relatively high social status, later generations will evaluate them according to their life deeds, and give words of praise or derogation, ranging from one to more than twenty words.

It was not until the Han Dynasty that Sangong and Marquis were eligible for posthumous titles.In the Tang Dynasty, the scope had been expanded to: official officials of the third rank or above and casual officials of the second rank or above.

In the Ming Dynasty, due to the proliferation of posthumous titles among the literati, there is no longer a threshold for posthumous titles, and it depends entirely on the wishes of the emperor or the court.

The highest posthumous title in the Song Dynasty was Zhongxian, which was the posthumous title of Zhao Pu, the first hero of the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty, so the posthumous title pursued by civil officials was "literature".

It's just that there was a useless thing in the civil official group-Qin Hui. Although Qin Hui's posthumous title was later changed to "Absurd and Chou", it was still "stolen" after all.

In this dynasty, the highest posthumous title for military commanders is still Zhongwu, but the highest posthumous title for civil servants is Wenzheng. Therefore, the ideal of many literati is "the posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous title of Jin Taifu at birth, and posthumous posthumous title of Wenzheng at death".

Wenzhengshi is Wenzhen. In Song Dynasty, it was changed to "Wenzheng" in order to avoid the name taboo of Song Renzong Zhao Zhen, and the reason why this posthumous title can replace the high position in the literature is that the person who contributed the most is "worry about the world first, and worry about the world later." Fan Zhongyan who is happy and happy.

In the eyes of current historians, "Fan Zhongyan is the first when Confucians discuss the characters of the Song Dynasty", but they believe that the downfall of the Song Dynasty was due to the emperor's refusal to allow Fan Zhongyan to carry out the New Deal.

It's just that Song Lian and Li Shanchang, the two most important civil servants in the founding of the Ming Dynasty, were both implicated in the Hu Weiyong case. Song Lian was exiled and Li Shanchang was beheaded, so they didn't even have a posthumous title.

Since neither of the first two had the posthumous title of Wenzheng, it was not easy for the latter civil servants to use this posthumous title. Even Yang Shiqi got the posthumous title of "Wenzhen".

As for why Wenzhen can be used again?You can't really use the Shangfang sword of the Song Dynasty to kill the officials of the Ming Dynasty!

It's just that Zhu Ji asked for the posthumous title "Wenzheng" for Yu Qian, and he also deserved to enjoy the Taimiao.It's not that Yu Qian is not worthy of "Wenzheng", but it's not appropriate for this request to come from Zhu Ji's mouth.

Not to mention that Ming Jianguo has never had such a high posthumous title, and this matter should not be brought up by Zhu Ji, his son-in-law, as it will easily deteriorate the matter.

"What kind of posthumous title should be given to Yu Shaobao, I will think about it, you don't need to worry about this matter!" Zhu Youtang was too lazy to open the memorial, looking displeased.

Zhu Ji knew that he had offended Zhu Youtang, and immediately prostrated himself on the ground and explained: "I just want to express my wishes, and please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

Zhu Youtang didn't want to get angry because of such a trivial matter, so he moved his fingers lightly.

Seeing that Zhu Youtang meant to leave, Liu Jin immediately urged the team to enter towards the Xihua Gate.

"Your Majesty, please reward the meritorious officials generously!" Zhu Ji watched Zhu Youtang leave, and immediately petitioned again.

Zhu Youtang frowned slightly, and suddenly felt a kind of unhappiness in his heart, and at the same time secretly had a headache.

In fact, what he has to face is not only the issue of Yu Qian's posthumous title, but also Shi Heng's vindication.

Unlike Yu Qian, who was backed by the civil service group, Shi Heng was a military general, but he had no background after all, but he was a military general who relied on military merits from the local government.

Shi Biao's treason case is undoubtedly planted by someone with a heart to bring down Shi Heng.

Although he couldn't fully fit into the thinking of generals in this era, if he really wanted to rebel, he would think more about how to implement it and how to train his own selection team, rather than preparing a useless dragon robe early on.

Judging from the fact that Shi Biao's son was only demoted to a commoner in the end, it is enough to show that Shi Biao's rebellion was not true. At least Yingzong did not think it was a rebellion.

Zhu Youtang knew that later generations believed that Yu Qian was the number one hero who saved the Ming Dynasty, and he continued his life for the Ming Dynasty for 200 years. With his achievements in the defense of Beijing, he can naturally be awarded the civil and military title and enjoy the Taimiao.

Although Yu Qian's achievements cannot be denied, the real key in the defense of the city in Beijing was a warrior like Shi Heng and those soldiers who were willing to sacrifice.

Promoting Yu Qian now is indeed conducive to the loyalty of the civil official group, but history has already proved that the civil official group is actually a bunch of kneeling ministers, and the reason why they guarded the city of Beijing with all their strength back then was probably out of self-interest.

Although Xu Xuan, Liu Dingzhi and others who had just entered the officialdom proposed to move south, the wealth of a group of important ministers is in the capital, and a group of martial arts has been entrenched in the capital for a hundred years. Even if the family of the Queen Mother Sun is in Shandong, how can these people not Keep the principles of Beijing city?

The reason why Chongzhen could not move the capital back then was related to Chongzhen's indecisive character, but the interests of the civil official group and military general group had already been bound to Beijing.

That's right, even though the Beijing City Defense War lasted the Ming Dynasty for 200 years, it might not be a self-defense action by the civil servants to protect property?
Like Yue Fei's Northern Expedition, although it failed in the end, but their slogan was "Welcome back the two emperors".

They dispatched 10,000+ troops from various places to Beijing, and once wanted to burn the Tongzhou granary. They were more concerned about their own interests, but they had no plan to welcome Yingzong back, and even wanted to refuse to welcome Yingzong back in the end.

Zhu Youtang knew that Yu Qian was a hero of Huaxia, but he was still a step behind Yue Fei.As a suitable emperor, one has to consider the interests of the entire dynasty and what kind of role model China needs.

Although Yu Qian was the greatest hero in the defense of Beijing, after all, he never thought about welcoming Yingzong back, or even preventing the vanguard of Yingzong from welcoming back, so some cold water needs to be poured.What's more, the Ming army doesn't need a civil official like Yu Qian to compete with him for military power, but needs a strong general like Shi Heng, and needs batches of soldiers who are brave enough to sacrifice for the defense of the city.

Zhu Youtang didn't intend to give Yu Qian Wenzheng a posthumous title, and even wanted to attack him a little bit. Instead, he wanted to rehabilitate Shi Heng, and he wanted to commemorate the hundreds of soldiers who died for the defense of the city.

"Your Majesty, I feel that Zhu Ji is a bit abnormal today! Not to mention that this request is too much, and his words and deeds just now are likely to offend His Majesty, he shouldn't be so ignorant!" Liu Jin expressed his judgment after walking away from Xihuamen.

If Zhu Youtang nodded consciously, he actually felt that Yu Qian's behavior today was weird.

Although people in the later generations highly praised Yu Qian, but now everyone in this era clearly knows that Yu Qian still abandoned Yingzong after all, and even the civil official group did not dare to push Yu Qian to such a high level.

Zhu Youtang suddenly realized that he was still holding the memorabilia presented by Zhu Ji in his hand, so he opened the memorandum immediately, and then said with a sullen face, "Tell Tan Conggui! Tell him not to just stare at Zhu Ji, let him Stare down everyone in Zhu Ji's family, I need to know his every move, especially who to contact!"

Liu Jin knew that Zhu Youtang had been investigating Zhu Ji, but there had been no breakthrough, so Dang even quickly said yes.

The dragon chariot passed through Renshou Palace as usual, but the Queen Mother had already sent an eunuch to invite Zhu Youtang here, so he turned into Renshou Palace.

"Your Majesty, I wonder if I can spare some time tomorrow?" The Queen Mother asked softly, still charming.

Now that Zhu Youtang has been in contact with the Queen Mother for a long time, his demeanor seems more casual and authentic: "Queen Mother, what's the matter?"

"Three hundred beautiful girls will enter the palace tomorrow, Aijia wants you to show your face!" The Queen Mother already treated Zhu Youtang like a family member, the corners of her mouth slightly raised.

(End of this chapter)