History is fatalistic, it cannot be copied or repeated. The same is true of the characters who are attached to history. Their every move may only come from their own personal choices, but in terms of the general trend of history, they are like mantis arms. Its cruelty lies in the fact that it is not the end of loyalty that determines the outcome.
Zhu Di sent troops to resist Emperor Dazong, Emperor Jianwen's emperor Zhu Yunjiao,, who was a traitor, but after the victory, he was on the right path.
Write the fire burning if idle Yu Qian, bang the mansion Yu Will, when Emperor Ming Yingzong Zhu Qi town Tumu Fort was captured, he chose to support the Ming Dynasty Emperor Zhu Qiyu, at the moment he made the choice, he was not unaware of his own end, but he was loyal, loyal to the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, when Ming Yingzong's party launched a change to seize the door, he did not know but did not make a move, and finally died in anger.
As for the loyal subjects, the judgment of the Emperor will also be annihilated in the long river of history.
When Zhu Di, the King of Yan, launched the Battle of Jingnan as a traitor, Tie Xuan was at this time participating in the politics of Shandong and was even more a loyal vassal of Emperor Jianwen. In the face of Zhu Di's army, in 1399 Emperor Jianwen sent Li Jinglong to fight, and Tie Xuan was responsible for transporting grain and grass. Helplessly, Li Jinglong was not his father Li Wenzhong, and hundreds of thousands of people were defeated by Zhu Di and returned.
For a time, the northeast of Hebei Province was overwhelmed by the wind, and all fell into the hands of Zhu Di. The city of Jinan was also surrounded by Zhu Di. At that time, in Jinan City, there was only Sheng Yong's troops, and the troops were weak. The situation can be described as precarious, but fortunately, Li Jinglong led his troops to help.
In 1400, Zhu Di sent an army to attack Jinan. In the face of Zhu Di's persuasion, Tie Hyun insisted on not accepting it.
Repeated attacks could not be stopped, and finally exhausted Zhu Di's patience, and finally he decided to dig up the Yellow River and flood Jinan. At the time of life and death, Tie Hyun decided to adopt the strategy of deception, Tie Hyun led the crowd to surrender, and sent strong men to secretly ambush above the city gate just waiting for Zhu Di to enter the city before he could lower the gate and ambush Zhu Di. Under the crying of Tie Xuan and others, Zhu Di did not know what the plan was, but in accordance with Tie Xuan's request, he ordered the army to retreat, and led more than a dozen people into the city himself, Zhu Di just entered the city gate, the crowd put down the gate, helplessly just smashed Zhu Di's riding head, Zhu Di quickly changed horses to survive death.
In a fit of rage, Zhu Di mobilized cannons to bombard the city of Jinan. At the moment of crisis, Tie Hyun once again exerted the unique wisdom of the literati, didn't you Zhu Di use the slogan of Jing Difficulty? Therefore, the portrait of Zhu Yuanzhang, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, was hung outside the city, and the divine spirit tablets were also placed in various places. At this time, Zhu Di was naturally embarrassed, so he had to obey Yao Guangxiao's plan and withdraw to Beiping.
Tie Hyun took the opportunity to join forces with Sheng Yong and recaptured many states and counties. However, between the strength and ingenuity of the individual and the dimwittedness of the Jianwen Emperor, it was impossible to stop Zhu Di's attack on the city, and Zhu Di was the choice of history.
After bypassing Jinan, there was Xu Shouhui as the internal response, and in 1402, Zhu Di successfully attacked Nanjing, and the "righteous" Jianwen Emperor had to burn the palace, and finally ended up with a missing ending.
Tie Xuan, who was far away in Jinan, did not know the current affairs as many people, and finally the city was destroyed and captured. Although he was only a literati, Tie Hyun insisted on his personal choice. In the face of Zhu Di, he scolded, and as a victor, the mentality of the superior made Zhu Di evil to the side of the guts, and even ordered that Tie Xuan's ears and nose be boiled and stuffed into his mouth, asking him how it tasted?
Even so, Tie Hyun scolded loudly, and the meat of the loyal servants was naturally delicious. In desperation, Zhu Di ordered the execution (one of the five punishments, cutting the flesh from the bone, cutting the limbs, and then cutting the throat) to be executed, and even more, Zhu Di even so did not understand the hatred, but also set up the oil pot left and right, and fried his body" "You refuse to kneel and worship alive, and the bones are fried there to make you worship me" But it is not expected that when the eunuchs want to fish up the bones and place them, the oil pot suddenly explodes, and Zhu Di's hope for him to worship has also become a fantasy.
However, poor loyalists ended up like this, and they can be called the most tragic loyalists who died in the Ming Dynasty, and Tie Xuan's parents were all assigned to Hainan, the eldest son was charged with the army, and the second son was abused to death. Both his wife and 4-year-old daughter were enslaved and sent to official prostitutes, where they were brutally humiliated.
The cruelty of history at this moment also seems chilling.
Reference: History of the Ming Dynasty