Why did the emperor's father, who had lived in the deep palace for a long time, succeed in restoration? Why did a minister of war with real power become a victim of this incident? It all started eight years ago.
How did Zhu Qizhen become the father of the emperor? After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Northern Yuan Dynasty was divided into two parts, the eastern part was called Tatar and the western part was called Vara. The leader of Walla surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, used the power of the Ming Dynasty to deal with the Tatars and unified the east and west. The leader of Valla took off and accepted the reward of the Ming Dynasty and became a great teacher.
Vala paid tribute to horses to the Ming Dynasty every year, and the Ming Dynasty also gave them rewards. The property given is not only far higher than the value of the horse, but also everyone who pays tribute is rewarded. Master Valla was also the first to discover this loophole, so he pretended to be a good horse with a bad horse, and also expanded the scale of the mission to defraud the property of the Ming Dynasty.
1449, Master Valla also paid tribute again. Because he was cheated by Mongolia for many years, Wang Zhen, the eunuch chief, refused to pay more this time, and paid Valla at the price of the inferior horse. As a result, the Ming dynasty also sent troops to attack the border.
The eunuch named Wang Zhen was a scholar when he was young, but he especially yearned for military life. Maybe he saw The Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties or The Biography of Yue Quan, and he even encouraged Ming Yingzong to make a personal expedition on the platform.
Zhu Qizhen, 23, is also a restless master. He grew up listening to the heroic deeds of Zhu Yuanzhang and Judy, and he has great yearning for establishing meritorious deeds. In his eyes, the Ming army can go deep into the desert for three thousand miles, and he thinks that the Walla army is not worth mentioning.
There was a stir next to Wang Zhen, and Zhu Qizhen was stirring. So, within three days, the two men hurriedly called 10 Maneba, claiming to be an army of 500,000, and headed for Datong with the military and civilian troops in Manzhouli.
After a bumpy journey and seeing beaten soldiers from time to time, Wang Zhen and Zhu Qizhen began to retreat and wanted to retreat. They ordered people to design a route back to Beijing, that is, from Amethyst to the Great Wall and then back to the capital.
But when Wang Zhen wanted to pass through his hometown Yuzhou, he was afraid that a large number of soldiers would damage the crops in his hometown. So, after driving for 40 miles, Wang Zhen ordered the army to drive eastward and take the first line of Xuanhua House.
This will take hundreds of miles more than the previous route. When they arrived at the civil fort in Zhu Qizhen, Wang Zhenqiang forced the troops to repair it temporarily, because it didn't keep up with the gold, silver and jewels it searched along the way.
The civil fort is only more than 20 miles away from Huailai City. Huailai city wall is thick, which is conducive to defense, and the civil fort is only a temporary earth enclosure. At this time, the Walla army is only 1 day away from the civil fort.
Wang Zhen didn't look for his own treasure, nor did he let Zhu Qizhen go, and the minister of civil and military affairs was even more afraid to go. In this way, the night was delayed, Zhu Qizhen was surrounded by the Walla army, and finally he was defeated and captured.
I don't know who gave me the idea first, and asked him to hold Zhu Qizhen hostage and coerce the Ming generals to turn it off. At this time, King Zhu Qiyu of Xi, who was in charge of state affairs in Beijing, that is, Zhu Qizhen's younger brother, acceded to the throne in a hurry under Yu Qian's proposition that "mountains and rivers are more important than kings, and monarchical power is more important than oneself", that is, Jingtai Emperor.
After the turmoil in Zhu Qiyu, Zhu Qiyu ascended the throne, honoring Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen as the emperor's father. But Zhu Qiyu was an illegitimate child, and the Queen Mother ordered the prince to continue Zhu Jianshen, the son of Zhu Qizhen.
The Ming Dynasty decided to let Wang succeed to the throne, which dashed the hope of using Yingzong to blackmail the Ming Dynasty. First of all, we attacked the border of the Ming Dynasty on a large scale, quickly broke through the Amethyst Pass and matched the capital.
Zhu Qiyu handed over all the military forces in the capital to Yu Qian for unified command. The Ming army held out for five days, first heard that reinforcements were coming, and was forced to retreat for fear that the back road would be broken, thus winning the battle of the capital.
Zhu Qizhen was also held hostage and threatened the Ming Dynasty, but now Zhu Qizhen's role is very weak, and he wants to put Zhu Qizhen back in exchange for the opportunity of peace talks with the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Qiyu dragged on, and finally had to send someone to welcome him back to Zhu Qizhen, and then he was imprisoned in the harem. Zhu Qiyu, who has won the throne, hopes that the throne will be passed on to his descendants, so he changed his son Zhu Jianji into a prince. At this time, Zhu was only three years old and died in less than two years. On the other hand, Zhu Qiyu is the only son. In the next few years, he has been in a state without a prince.
It is a terrible thing that there is no prince in North Korea. Once the emperor changes, the battle for the throne will inevitably occur. Historically, because Chu Jun was unknown, there were many people who fought. The turmoil in the dynasty was largely due to the problems of the Chu army.
Jingtai Emperor is like sitting on a powder keg. From the moment he was seriously ill, the flame of this crisis was lit, but I was not sure when it would break out.
Since Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the post of prime minister, the central power of the Ming Dynasty has been circulating among the emperor, six cabinets and later eunuchs. Whoever has the power can control state affairs.
The powers of the six ministries have always been "officials, households and soldiers." As the minister of war, Yu Qian is in charge of the military power in the world. In the battle of defending Beijing, he gained great fame and was in the limelight for a while. Coupled with the acquiescence of Xu Xun, Wang Zhi and others in the cabinet at that time, there were many reasons why Emperor Zhu Qiyu of Mingjing had no real power, which made Yu Qian the first of all officials.
But high positions are bound to be envied, especially people like Yu Qian, who are not deeply rooted and are known for their integrity in the DPRK, are more likely to offend villains.
Shi Heng, Xu Youzhen and Jili Cao, the three most important characters in The Change of Doom, are all villains who are dissatisfied with modesty.
Shi Heng is a military commander, subject to modesty everywhere. Yu Qian is an honest official. He has a grudge against money, but he is a subordinate and dares to speak out.
Xu Youzhen was originally named Xu Kun. While defending the capital, Xu Kun suggested running south, but was severely rejected by Yu Qian. Since then, Xu Kun, who advocated escape, was laughed at by ministers and forced to change his name. Xu Youzhen is proficient in the art of Yin and Yang gossip, and he has a little trick in his heart. When Zhu Qiyu was seriously ill, he felt his chance came. He teamed up with Shi Heng, the prefect of the palace gate, to try to promote the restoration of Ming Yingzong. He is the strategist of this operation.
Eunuch Jili Cao is a person around Zhu Qiyu. His heart yearns for his Wang Zhen, who is calling on his ministers. He also wants to set up another emperor to rise again from the works of the dragon.
So, the three hit it off. On the fifteenth day of the first month, three people discussed the plan. On the 16th day of the first month, ministers invited Zhu Jianshen to be re-elected as the Prince. The three of them couldn't sit still, so they acted quickly and called dinking to the palace gate that night. Shi Heng opened the door and welcomed Zhu Qizhen back to the hall. Early the next morning, the cabinet announced the imperial edict, and the restoration of Ming Yingzong and Zhu Qizhen was successful.
Yu Qian was killed because he was deeply branded with the mark of Emperor Jingtai. In addition, his remarks of "regarding the monarch as light" were also resented by Zhu Qizhen. At the same time, Yu Qian was too good and jealous of too many villains, so he had to die.
In fact, in people's minds at that time, Zhu Qizhen was the emperor and Zhu Qiyu was like Judy. People still sympathize with Zhu Qizhen, so his restoration did not cause much controversy. However, in people's minds, Yu Qian is still a good official. After his death, people in the capital cried to express their nostalgia.