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Huang Zicheng can be regarded as the number one able man in the Ming Dynasty, and his advanced thinking of cutting the domain can be said to have directly led to the Battle of Jingnan, which changed the development direction of the Ming Dynasty in the next hundred years.
However, the ending after Huang Zicheng's death was very tragic, not only was he dismembered, but even the women in the family ended up being defiled, what is the story in this? Today we will take you to understand.
Huang Zicheng and Zhu Yunjiao's early acquaintance
The king assisted by Huang Zicheng was Zhu Yunjiao, Zhu Yunjiao was a bitter emperor, and his grandfather was the famous Zhu Yuanzhang, but Zhu Yuanzhang's early crown prince died of illness, and it is reasonable to say that Zhu Yuanzhang should have created another prince from the imperial family of the same generation as the prince, but Zhu Yuanzhang chose to pass the throne to his younger grandson Zhu Yunjiao.
At this moment, the other royal families were angry, and their hearts naturally held a fire in their stomachs.
It was at this stage that Huang Zicheng met Zhu Yunjiao and became Zhu Yunjiao's companion. At that time, Zhu Yunjiao actually considered how to face his uncles after he succeeded to the throne, after all, the current Taiping is entirely because Zhu Yuanzhang is still there, others dare not make a mistake, if Zhu Yuanzhang dies one day, the mess left behind will not go to Zhu Yunjiao's own shoulders?
Under such psychological pressure, Huang Zicheng proposed to Zhu Yunjiao to cut the domain and reduce the strength of the clan kings, so that they did not have to fear their rebellion.
Zhu Yunzhao couldn't help but ask Huang Zicheng: His uncles all have very powerful troops, how can they say that they are cut when they are cut? They resist what to do. Huang Zicheng naturally thought of a countermeasure, he told Zhu Yunjiao, the soldiers in the hands of these clan kings are used to protect themselves, and the soldiers under your command are all Wang Shi, and the combat effectiveness is not at one level at all.
The Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms during the Han Dynasty was much stronger than the king of the domain you are facing now, but once the king is out, who can stop it?
Zhu Yunxiong was stunned by Huang Zicheng's remarks, and was determined to start cutting the domain after he took the throne, and in the future, when he saw Huang Zicheng, he would only be called "Mr. Huang".
Operation Slash
After Zhu Yunjiao ascended the throne, in the face of the changing government authorities, he was somewhat unable to start, so he not only found Huang Zicheng, but also found a person named Qi Tai to discuss the great cause of cutting the domain.
Qi Tai believes that if the thief captures the king first, if he is determined to cut the domain, then he must find the target and directly attack Zhu Di, the king of Yan, who is the most powerful and has the purest bloodline. Because among these clan kings, it was this Zhu Di who was most likely to affect Zhu Yunjiao's rule.
However, Huang Zicheng raised an objection: this Zhu Di's strength is too strong, and it is easy to be exploited by other clan kings when directly fighting with him, and there is no good excuse for directly targeting Zhu Di's name.
However, several other small clan kings did a lot of illegal and disorderly acts when Zhu Yuanzhang was still alive, and it was only natural that the clan would be cut to their heads. Moreover, in the process of cutting the domain, you can also increase your own strength, weaken Zhu Di's strength, and finally face Zhu Di with more confidence.
Zhu Yunxiong weighed it up again and again, and decided to listen to Huang Zicheng's suggestion, break the kings of the small clan one by one, and then use the knife on Zhu Di's hard bone.
The Battle of Jing
Zhu Di is a smart man, he saw Zhu Yunjiao, the nephew, began to cut the domain madly, he realized that sooner or later he would find himself, so he called himself sick early, quite a smell of lying down and tasting the guts, even if it was Zhu Yuanzhang's death day, Zhu Di was resolute not to show his face, but only sent his three sons.
Sure enough, the three sons were taken hostage as soon as they entered Beijing, and although Zhu Yunjiao did not attack them in the end, it also proved his determination to cut the domain.
As soon as Zhu Di saw that the situation was irreversible, he rebelled in order to protect himself. He wrote to the imperial court saying that Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai were both traitorous ministers, misleading the country and the people, and his heart was reprehensible.
Zhu Di led a large army to the capital under such an excuse, and Zhu Yunjiao naturally did not do anything, and rushed to send people and horses to block it, but what Zhu Yunjiao did not expect was that his "Wang Shi" did not have the magic of victory, but instead repeatedly lost battles.
Huang Zicheng suggested changing generals, Zhu Yunjiao had no other way, but changing generals did not play any role, but on the contrary, he lost more miserably.
Death of Huang Zicheng
Huang Zicheng and Zhu Yunjiao lost in front of Zhu Di, who used 800 men to reach the city of Beijing, and defeated 50,000 "Wang Shi" with less than 10,000 people, and it did not take long to send the army to the gate of the palace.
The general trend has gone, the people around Zhu Yunzhang should flee for their lives, the defectors who should rebel, but this Huang Zicheng is loyal, and when the great disaster is approaching, he is still gathering an army to protect Zhu Yunzhang. However, this loyalty still could not turn the tide of the war, Zhu Di eventually broke the city, Zhu Yunjiao, the little emperor, mysteriously disappeared, and Huang Zicheng himself was caught, without the ability to fight back.
Under such circumstances, Huang Zicheng still maintained his naïve fantasy, scolding Zhu Di for being unfaithful, unfilial, unkind and unjust. Annoyed, Zhu Di directly ordered Huang Zicheng to be dismembered, and the literati who changed the history of the Ming Dynasty also calmly faced his own death. But he may not have thought that his family would also suffer.
All the men of the Huang family were killed, while the women were sold to the brothel to become the women of the wind moon, the pregnant women who gave birth to men were to be killed, and the girls were sold to the brothel, and they could not turn around for generations.
epilogue
Huang Zicheng is a historical figure that is difficult to evaluate, on the one hand, he can be described as loyal, willing to sacrifice his life for his emperor, and let the entire family accompany him to the funeral. However, his simple literati thinking obviously did not understand the politics of the dynasty, and in front of the scheming Zhu Di, he was like a blank piece of paper, and he was tricked around, which indirectly led to Zhu Yunjiao's failure.
His experience can also be regarded as a warning to future generations: to be a person, you must learn to judge the hour and size up the situation, and you cannot think about what is what it is. Otherwise, there is a real possibility of suffering a catastrophe!