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Zhu Yuanzhang died in 1398, and in the same year a boy was born in Zhejiang, and 51 years later he was a 200-year-old man for Daming.
In history, the Ming Dynasty can be said to be a very peculiar country. Before it, it was the Yuan Dynasty, and speaking of the Yuan Dynasty, everyone knows that Genghis Khan led his army all the way to the area of the current Rhine.
After the Ming Dynasty, it was the Qing Dynasty. Who founded the Qing Dynasty naturally goes without saying much here. All in all, the Ming Dynasty is sandwiched between these two dynasties, which can be said to be very maverick. More than half a century after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, who had gone from beggar to emperor, died peacefully in his hospital bed.
In this year, many boys were born in Zhejiang, but no one expected that after half a century, one of the boys named Yu Qian would become the mainstay of Daming. He continued his life for Daming for nearly 200 years, but he died at the hands of the Ming Emperor, is what he did worth it?
When Yu Qian was young, he did prove his ambition, in order to be able to enter the imperial court and complete his ideals. Only 20 years old, he took the exam for the first time and got the qualification of a jinshi. Soon after he entered the dynasty, Ming Yingzong succeeded to the throne, and as a new emperor, he naturally favored the eunuch Wang Zhen around him. Therefore, at that time, if people wanted to be promoted, they had to please Wang Zhen. But for Qian, bowing to Wang Zhen was like losing his life, something that was impossible to do.
However, such a Yu Qian was naturally not welcomed by Wang Zhenyi's party, who was in control of the government at that time. They believed that it was very likely that Yu Qianhui would become a stumbling block to his own camp after that. So he forced Yu Qian away, and later told Ming Yingzong that Yu Qian had a grudge against the emperor before resigning himself. The emperor, who had listened to the rumors, was angry before Yu Qian was imprisoned and prepared to be executed.
It is a pity that Yu Qian's deeds are naturally in the eyes of the people. No one wanted a clean official to be killed in vain, so the people in his jurisdiction rushed to the capital to visit Yu Qian, and even some people planned to storm the prison. Seeing this situation, even Ming Yingzong became suspicious of Wang Zhen, so he ordered Yu Qianguan to be demoted a few levels and released.
Unfortunately, although Ming Yingzong had a passion for blood, he was deceived by Wang Zhen. After Wa Lai entered the northern Ming Dynasty, in order to show his majesty, at the instigation of Wang Zhen, Ming Yingzong decided to personally go to the front line and inspire the soldiers. But before that, Yu Qian once again stood up, saying that the emperor could not leave, and once he left, once an accident occurred, the capital would definitely be in turmoil.
But Ming Yingzong did not listen, and even felt that this was Yu Qian's revenge on himself and refuting his own face. So Yu Qian was thrown into prison and waited for his triumphant return before picking him up. Unexpectedly, in Tumu Fort, Ming Yingzong did not wait for the triumphant singing, but ushered in the fate of the prisoners.
At that time, the Ming Dynasty was in chaos, and Ming Yingzong's uncle began to take charge of affairs as an acting emperor. So there were only two paths in front of them:
One was to learn from the Song Dynasty, move the capital to Nanjing, and abandon the northern position; the second was to defend the capital with all its strength, and later draw troops to defeat Vala.
After seeing the difference in the number of soldiers in the capital and the soldiers in Vala, many people feel that only the first way is the only way out. At this time, Yu Qian stood up and reprimanded the ministers who wanted to escape, believing that only by fighting could the Ming Dynasty's life be saved. According to the records of the "History of Ming", at the imperial court at that time, many capable people responded to Yu Qian and demanded that Wang Zhen's entire clan be killed and stay in the capital.
After arresting all of Wang Zhen's Yu Dang, Ming Yingzong's uncle also took his hand and said that the hope of the country now is Yu Qianyou. The whole court also attached great importance to modesty. After that, under the command of Yu Qian, the capital began to draw nearby guards, and strengthened the city defenses, using the terrain and traps to completely defeat the Wallachian army and successfully defend the capital.
In addition, it also restored the strength lost by the Ming Dynasty in the Battle of Tumu fort, so that the Ming Dynasty gradually moved towards ZTE. Finally, under the command of Qian, most of the Ming territory seized by the Wallachian army was recovered by the Ming army, and the captured Ming Yingzong was rescued in battle a few years later, and once again returned to the capital and became an honorary emperor.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, and although the acting emperor was wise, he had a short life. Soon after, he fell seriously ill, so after his death, it was the turn of Emperor Natural to be rescued by Emperor Mingyingzong. However, after Ming Yingzong restored the throne, because many of the people who supported his return were deeply resentful of humility, they demanded that Ming Yingzong be executed behind his back.
Under persecution, in order to stabilize the situation, the helpless Ming Yingzong had to execute Yu Qian and let Yu Qian die in the capital he was desperately guarding. At that time, the people all felt sorry for it, and even many ministers within the imperial court chose to die or resign their official duties and go home because of this incident, so that the Ming Dynasty, which had signs of ZTE, once again went downhill.
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In the author's opinion, Yu Qian has been the continuation of Daming's life for nearly 200 years, although he died at the hands of the Ming Emperor, but what he did was still worthwhile, after all, this made him a generation of famous subjects and national heroes.
Resources
1. History of the Ming Dynasty
2. "Entering Beijing"