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Chapter 22: The Change of Seizing the Door
"The emperor's love for the eunuchs led to the eunuch's autocratic power. At that time, if the minister wanted to see Zhu Qizhen, he had to give Wang Zhen a gift. If Wang Zhen thought the gift was okay, the minister would be able to see the emperor smoothly. If he Ministers who feel that the gift is not valuable enough, let alone want to see the emperor, will be thrown out directly, because of this gift, some local officials have not seen the emperor once in several years."

When a local official reported that Wala often harassed the people of the Ming Dynasty, the eunuch Wang Zhen found out about this. He ran over to encourage Zhu Qizhen and said to Zhu Qizhen: "Your Majesty, in order to prove your ability as soon as possible, I suggest that you lead the army to conquer Oara yourself."

"At that time, Zhu Qizhen was in his 20s, and it was an era of young blood. After listening to Wang Zhen's suggestion, he ignored the objections of the ministers and wanted to follow his father Zhu Zhanji to make contributions on the battlefield. But this Zhu Qizhen may be When the emperor is inflated, he doesn't know how to fight at all, and he doesn't understand the art of war, but he still wants to fight in person."

"The emperor is determined to personally lead troops to conquer Oara, and the ministers can't stop it. What if they can't stop it? We have to let Zhu Qizhen do it according to his temper."

"In this way, Zhu Qizhen gathered 50 soldiers from the Ming Dynasty and began to march. Later, when the Ming army was unprepared, Wala also decisively led the attack first. When Zhu Qizhen saw this sudden attack, he panicked immediately. , Desperately shouting for protection, resulting in a disastrous defeat of the Ming army, the loss of 20 elites, and dozens of civil and military officials who followed were all martyred. This is known as the Battle of Tumubao in history. The battle of Zhuqi Town turned all the savings accumulated by generations of Ming Dynasty into No, this is why later generations affectionately call him the "Da Ming God of War."

"In this battle, the elite central army of the Ming army who followed Ming Yingzong to the expedition was wiped out, and the loss of the firearms battalion directly affected the future development of firearms in the Ming Dynasty."

"Before the "Tumubao Incident", the Ming Dynasty went through many northern expeditions during the Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang and Ming Chengzu Zhu Di periods, weakening the armed forces of the grassland nomads, and adopted a strategic posture of active defense against the grassland nomads. The Ming Dynasty Relying on the Great Wall and the castles inside and outside the Great Wall, the army formed a strategic defensive zone to defend the capital."

After the "Civil Fortress Change", the Ming Dynasty shrunk the defense line and almost lost all military strongholds outside the Great Wall. The Great Wall became the "front line". , This directly led to the Ming Dynasty becoming conservative and focusing on the inside, directly changing from active defense to passive defense. "

"The "Civil Fortress Change" was a sudden disaster for the Ming Dynasty. Even the emperor was captured by the enemy. The emperor was captured, and Wala used Ming Yingzong to knock down the customs and invade. At a critical juncture, the Ming Dynasty led by Yu Qian. Qizhen's younger brother Zhu Qiyu is the new emperor."

"Originally, Zhu Qiyu was just a vassal king, and the throne was not his turn. The "Tumubao Incident" allowed him to ascend to the throne. However, this man did have great virtues. When Wasi was about to destroy the imperial city, he made great use of talented people. Forcibly restored the Ming Dynasty."

"Originally, the matter came to an end, but who knew that Zhu Qiyu, who succeeded him, was seriously ill, so Zhu Qizhen once again had some thoughts, some officials who were not valued, in order to get the merit of Conglong, they wanted to restore Zhu Qizhen as emperor , launched the "Change of Seizing the Gate"."

Zhu Qiyu succeeded to the throne unexpectedly due to the "Tumu Fort Change". After the Seizing the Gate Change, Zhu Qizhen became the emperor again. The two abnormal changes of the emperor directly affected the stability of the court and caused turmoil in the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty had a profound impact. The various consequences caused by the "Civil Castle Change" turned the Ming Dynasty from prosperity to decline. "

"After Zhu Qizhen became emperor again, he started to act outrageously. First, he erected a monument and built a temple for Wang Zhen, the absurd "general". Zuo's Yu Qian."

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes darkened, what?Did he hear wrong and killed Yu Qian?
Cao Cao: A "castrate dog" is called a general, and he really knows how to play.

Kangxi: Yu Qian is a talented person. He went through four dynasties without incident. When he came to Emperor Mingying, he was killed directly. Such a talented person should be suppressed, not killed, even if his merits are higher than the master.

Ying Zheng: This is on par with the one from the Song Dynasty. Another one captured by foreigners. This is the third one.

Zhu Yuanzhang: The fourth child is all to blame!

Zhu Di: What do you care about me?
Zhu Yuanzhang: These are not your descendants. If you hadn't seized the throne, Daming would have produced such a thing.

Zhu Di: Huh, if I hadn't succeeded to the throne, the Ming Dynasty would have died like the Qin Dynasty.

Zhu Houzhao: Emperor Yongle is right.

Zhu Youjian: I also think it is right.

Kangxi: Indeed, if Emperor Yongle had not seized the throne, the Ming Dynasty would have been destroyed in the hands of Zhu Yunwen.

"The series of coups caused by Emperor Mingying led to the weakening of the Ming Dynasty. Although there were a few Ming emperors who tried to turn the tide, there was some improvement, but the prosperity of the early Ming Dynasty was hard to recover."

"When it came to the last generation of emperor Zhu Youjian, let's not talk about the early stage, just talk about the later measures. He is considered a "benevolent monarch". After Zhu Youjian succeeded to the throne, he vigorously eradicated the eunuchs. Shu, or imprisoned for life, dealt a fatal blow to the arrogant eunuchs. Rehabilitated unjust prisons, and re-used officials who were deposed during the Tianqi period. Appointed Yuan Chonghuan as Minister of the Ministry of War, bestowed Shang Fang with a sword, and entrusted him with the important task of recovering the entire Liao Dynasty. "

"Diligent in political affairs, frugal in life, he has committed six crimes against himself, he is a young and promising emperor, but during his reign, a peasant uprising broke out, and the post-Golden regime outside the customs was eyeing him. The Ming Dynasty was already in a situation of internal and external troubles."

"Hannan Xujun Chronicle" once recorded, "In the first year of Chongzhen, the sky in Shaanxi was as red as blood."There was great famine in the fifth year, floods in the sixth year, locusts and great famine in autumn in the seventh year, drought in Xixiang in September of the eighth year, floods in Lueyang, and all the houses were destroyed.There was a drought of locusts in nine years, there was no autumn crop in ten years, locusts covered the sky in the summer of 11 years... there was a severe drought in 13 years... there was a drought in 14 years." Since the Chongzhen Dynasty, Shaanxi has suffered from severe drought every year, and many people have been displaced.

"In the third year of Chongzhen, there was a great hunger in Shaanxi. Ma Maocai, the inspector of Shaanxi, said in "The Great Hunger of Chen Chen" that the people scrambled to eat the grass in the mountains. After eating the grass, they peeled the bark and ate it. After eating the bark, they could only eat Guanyin. Soil, and finally died of abdominal distension.”

"In the sixth year of Chongzhen, drought locusts spread all over Shaanxi. More than half of the people in Yaozhou and Chengcheng counties died."

"In the 13th year of Chongzhen, Shunde Mansion, Hejian Mansion, and Daming Mansion all had major epidemics, and severe infectious diseases were prevalent. "The plague spread, and people died eight or nine times." The epidemic spread for more than a year, and the plague appeared again, almost every day Hundreds of people died, and many families died. From the plague to the plague, the epidemic lasted for three years, and almost killed more than half of the cities."

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