vrcanaries Chapter 11 Subsequent Impact
Chapter 11 Subsequent Impact
"On the day of his restoration, Zhu Qizhen ordered the arrest of ministers such as Yu Qian, Wang Wen, and Shang Lu."
"So why did Zhu Qizhen order Yu Qian's arrest and imprisonment after his restoration?"
A spoiled brat from the Ming Dynasty: It's obvious, he's settling a personal score!
Zhu Houzhao, the number one mischievous child of the Ming Dynasty: Oh dear, I finally see! What happened?!
A certain scholar from the Song Dynasty: Stop flooding the screen with comments upstairs!
During the Zhengde period
Zhu Houzhao carefully examined a small square screen, which he had secretly obtained right under the noses of the group of civil officials.
The person in this picture appears to be Emperor Yingzong!
My nickname is "Bear Kid"! Does that mean someone is even more formidable than a bear?! I'll tell you, I'm number one, nobody dares to be number two!
Lin Ke's voice came from the light screen.
"First of all, this involves the ancestral precept left by Zhu Yuanzhang, who started with a bowl: if there is no prince in the court, then the succession must be passed from brother to brother, and the son born to the legitimate wife must be established. The son born to a concubine, no matter how old, cannot be established as the heir. It can be seen that Zhu Yuanzhang attached great importance to the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children."
"This shows that Zhu Qiyu's imperial power was not stable after he ascended the throne. Many court officials were more inclined to support Zhu Qizhen's lineage. So when the court officials saw Zhu Qizhen, who had already been imprisoned, in the Fengtian Hall, no one stood up to object. They directly kowtowed and shouted 'Long live the Emperor!'"
"Zhu Qiyu was put on the throne by Yu Qian. If he wanted to have a legitimate reason to take the throne, establish his own legitimacy, and make Zhu Qiyu's throne seem illegitimate, he had to kill Yu Qian."
According to the "Guo Que", Yu Qian may have known about the conspiracy to seize the throne and restore the monarchy long ago. However, if he stopped it, the country might fall into a crisis. But he could not side with Zhu Qizhen, as that would be too unfair to Zhu Qiyu, who had treated him with great courtesy. So he chose to turn a blind eye.
"But his good intentions did not win Zhu Qizhen's understanding. Perhaps during his seven years of imprisonment, he hated all the Jingtai court officials. So after he came to power, he immediately dealt with a group of important Jingtai officials."
"It is ridiculous that Yu Qian was imprisoned on charges of 'welcoming a foreign prince to the throne,' but everyone knew that there was no evidence to support this charge. So the charge was changed to 'intending to welcome a foreign prince to the throne.' Five days later, Yu Qian was executed, and the subsequent effects of the Coup of the Gate were thus set in motion."
Zhu Bajie of the Ming Dynasty; I'm so angry! Zhu Qiyu, you've become emperor, you can't be any more ruthless!
Zhu Baba of the Ming Dynasty: @Yu Qian, I, the descendants of the Ming Dynasty, am sorry for you!
General Judy (who led the Northern Expedition): @Yu Qian, this time our Great Ming Dynasty has wronged you! @Zhu Zhanji, the great sage of the Ming Dynasty, you dare to make him the crown prince again, just try it!
Zhu Zhanji, the great and virtuous grandson of the Ming Dynasty: Grandpa, don't worry, there won't be another Zhu Qizhen on my side! @Yu Qian, that brat, I'm sorry.
Orthodox period
At this time, Yu Qian was still in Jiangxi. Not long after he received this small square screen, he saw the defeat of our army in the Battle of Tumu Fortress and his own death. He couldn't describe his feelings. He was treated so well by the emperors and remembered by later generations. Yu Qian's life was worthwhile!
Yu Qian: Your Majesties, I am unworthy of such praise!
"Zhu Qizhen demoted Zhu Qiyu to Prince of Cheng on charges of being 'unfilial, disrespectful, unkind, and unjust, whose depravity was widely known and aroused the wrath of both gods and men.' One month after Yu Qian's death, Zhu Qiyu, only thirty years old, died, and the cause of death remains unknown."
"Zhu Qizhen abolished Zhu Qiyu's imperial title, destroyed his imperial tomb, and changed his posthumous title to Li. This was also for an emperor who was not buried in the imperial tomb. It can be seen that he really hated this younger brother."
"If the two mentioned above were merely settling personal scores, then I truly believe that his subsequent actions made him simply evil rather than a foolish ruler."
"Zhu Qizhen not only killed Fan Guang, a meritorious official in the defense of Beijing, but also gave his wife and daughters to the surrendered Oirat barbarians. He also resented Guo Deng, who refused to open the door when he knocked, so he stripped Guo Deng of his title and demoted him to Gansu. This is truly inhuman! It is outrageous!"
"The Tumu Crisis was a continuation of the Tumu Crisis. It was not only the beginning of the decline of the Ming Dynasty, but also a blow to the Ming Dynasty's military capabilities. As a result, the civil official group in the Ming Dynasty became very powerful, and the emperor had to support another faction of eunuchs to counter it."
Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty
Zhu Yuanzhang was furious and beat the young Zhu Di again. He thought, "Won't this end up like the weak Song Dynasty?! I'm so angry! Which bastard helped him get promoted by those eunuchs?!"
"Even though countless generals died in the Battle of Tumu, the emerging generals who appeared in the defense of Beijing were able to fill the void. Not to mention the Yongle era of prosperity, at least the revival should have been maintained."
"The problem is that Zhu Qizhen unjustly killed military generals, and even Shi Heng, who supported him, was discarded after being used. It seems that Zhu Qizhen was only seeking revenge and did not care about the subsequent impact, which made the military group have no say in the court."
"In addition, the three major military camps built by Emperor Yongle in the capital were completely destroyed. Yu Qian once tried to rebuild the three major military camps. Although they were not as good as Emperor Yongle's, they were not bad either. But unfortunately, they were abandoned due to the Coup of the Gate."
"After that, the Ming Dynasty shifted its strategy towards the Mongols from offense to defense. However, due to the weakening of the Oirat Mongols, the Mongols dispersed into smaller units, and the Ming army lost the opportunity for large-scale operations, which resulted in a lack of the ability to coordinate large-scale operations."
"The most profound impact was that the lack of coordination at the end of the Ming Dynasty made it unable to defeat the Qing Dynasty. Coupled with the obstruction of civil officials and the chaos caused by eunuchs, Emperor Chongzhen ended the Ming Dynasty with a single rope. From this, we can see that this was entirely caused by the Tumu Crisis."