Yu Qian was killed after the change of the gate. This loyal general who fought desperately for the safety of the Ming Dynasty spilled his blood on the land of the city he swore to defend to the death. Speaking of Yu Qian, everyone will think of the song "Lime Yin", "A thousand hammers chiseled out of the mountains, and the fire burns like idleness." The shattered bones are not afraid, and they must remain innocent in the human world. ”
His life was a life of "leaving his innocence in the world." But "too high a man is jealous, and he is jealous of the world." "Honesty and uprightness are good, but it is very inappropriate to do so in the Ming Dynasty, and Yu Qian is very honest and upright, which is equivalent to using his own long form and shortness, so that many officials of the Ming Dynasty look very obscene and ugly in front of him." This is actually very dangerous in the official arena.
During the Xuande years, Yu Qian followed Emperor Xuanzong of Ming to fight against the rebellious Zhu Gaoxu, and was given the title of Imperial History, and once righteously criticized Zhu Gaoxu for surrendering, and Zhu Gaoxu was scolded and lay on the ground and even said that he deserved to die for his sins. Therefore, Yu Qian was valued by Emperor Xuanzong of Ming and began to patrol Jiangxi, rehabilitating hundreds of unjust cases.
This is a great credit, but it also contains great hidden dangers, and the unjust cases in feudal society are all artificially created, and they are all means for the powerful to crack down on dissidents and suppress the masses. In addition, Yu Qian also went to the imperial court to demand the arrest of the official schools in Shanxi that harassed the people. This also offends many people.
During his tenure as the Right Attendant of the Army, Yu Qian played the imperial court and loaned the surplus grain from Henan, Shanxi, and other provinces to poor peasants to develop production, and returned it after the autumn, without asking for return from the old and weak. This measure benefits the poor peasants, but objectively it certainly cuts off the financial resources of some people and is bound to arouse their hatred.
During the period when "Sanyang" presided over the cabinet, Yu Qian's talents were effectively brought into play, and his performances even echoed on the same day. When the grand eunuch Wang Zhen began to take power, Yu Qian still went his own way and refused to pay bribes to Wang Zhen, which led to the disaster of killing, because the officials and people at that time petitioned, Wang Zhen had no choice but to release Yu Qian but degraded his officials. This is the attitude of the bureaucracy and vested interest groups to humility, and they must kill them quickly.
Yu Qian's greatest credit was the defense of Beijing, when Yu Qian resolutely opposed the relocation of the capital and resolutely advocated the War of Resistance, which was very taboo in Chinese history, and the Anti-War faction had always been unable to fight the capitulationists. This time, Yu Qian was victorious on the surface, but he also laid the foundation of the curse. The first is to support the emperor, Zhu Qiyu does not want to be this broken emperor, Yu Qian said that you are not for personal purposes.
Can Zhu Qiyu not be angry? As the saying goes, "soldiers do not cut down and are not even", in order to win, Yu Qian enforced the law like a mountain, and the veteran generals of Xunchen punished him like a law and discipline, which established Yu Qian's prestige and won the victory in the defense war, but he also offended a large number of military leaders such as Shi Heng, the deputy at the time.
Welcoming back the Emperor Taishang made Yu Qian offend a large number of people, including Zhu Qizhen, and Yu Qian supported Zhu Qiyu, which was equivalent to taking away his throne. Zhu Qiyu and his henchmen who he supported also hated Yu Qian, so what should they do when they returned to Zhu Qiyu? And Zhu Qiyu listened to Yu Qian's words very much, and listened to Yu Qian in the appointment and dismissal of personnel, which made many people who were denied by Yu Qian hate Yu Qian. Therefore, when the enemy had just retreated, Du Yushi Luotong impeached Yu Qian.
After the robbery of the door, Yu Qian was immediately arrested and imprisoned and soon taken to the execution ground outside Chongwen Gate to be executed. Yu Qian's death has a character reason, but the more essential reason is that he has always stood on the opposite side of the bureaucratic clique to maintain the long-term peace and stability of the feudal dynasty's rule, and has offended the entire bureaucratic clique, from the emperor Zhu Qizhen and Zhu Qiyu to the corrupt officials at all levels. Once the objective situation allows, Yu Qian will undoubtedly die.