"But the king of the world, won the name of the deceased.". Since ancient times, China has had many loyal servants and heroes, some of whom have bowed down and tried their best, only to seek to flow for a hundred years, and some have paid silently, as long as they have a clear conscience. But it was not these loyal men who were often close to the king, and some of them could not even die well.
The Shang Dynasty was more patriotic than Gan Zhongjun, but because of repeated advice, he was dissected by the faint king of Shang, and died; Shang Martin made great contributions to the monarch's governance of the Qin state, but because he was said to be a high-ranking lord, he ended up with five horses and a corpse; the anti-Jin general Yue Fei, who was loyal to the country, was killed by the villains after the Song Dynasty saddled up, wrongfully plotted a rebellion, and finally died unjustly.
In the Ming Dynasty, there was also a loyal minister who was unjustly killed, and the people at that time heard the sadness of the people and wept when they saw it, he was the first loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty - Yu Qian.
Humble Man: Lofty ambitions
Hongwu thirty-one years, Yu Qian was born in Qiantang County, Hangzhou. His great-grandfather, Gaozu, and great-grandfather were all former court officials. He has been an official for generations and is also a scholarly monk, so Yu Qian has had lofty ambitions since he was a child.
He studied very hard, and wanted to take the meritorious examination and become an official in the DPRK and serve the country. He has always revered Wen Tianxiang. Since he was a child, he hung the portrait of his idol in the room, reminding himself every day to be as firm and ambitious as Wen Tianxiang.
"Don't be afraid of shattering your bones, and leave your innocence in the human world." This "Lime Yin" was written by Yu Qian when he was 12 years old. It expresses his ambition not to conform to the world, but to clean himself up.
In the nineteenth year of Yongle, he entered the priesthood in the Qian Examination and embarked on a career path since then. Yu Qian is an official, as he said in his poem, he is just and upright, and his style is simple.
The Ming Dynasty was a famous chaotic dynasty in history, with eunuchs in power and foreign relatives in power. Because of the chaotic management system, the imperial court pulled the party up and down, and the corruption was extremely serious.
As Yu Qian's official position continued to rise, more and more people threw olive branches at him. But Yu Qiandu did not hear and turned a blind eye. He has a scale in his heart, the safety of the country, the suffering of the people is what he cares about most.
But by refusing to associate with these traitors, he has pushed himself against them. In addition, all the cases that have passed through his hands, there are no unjust, false or wrongly decided cases, and the finances that have passed through his hands are clearly distinguished.
It is difficult for the adulterous people to get oil and water from it, to obtain profits, and to be worried all day long, so as not to be stolen by the humble people and get it. Over time, the court was expecting his death to be numerous.
But Yu Qian was fearless. The emperor has made mistakes and bluntly speaks out, and the people have difficulties in helping each other to the end; when they encounter corruption and pervert the law, they will immediately go to the court to deal with it, and they will never tolerate unjust, false and wrongly decided cases. He put into practice what he said in his poem, "Leave only innocence in the world."
Yu Qian's merits, great achievements
Every time a famous loyalist in history is mentioned, nine times out of ten people will think of Yu Qian. First, because he was loyal to the country in the imperial court, and second, because his contribution to the country was indeed very rich.
At the beginning of his reign as an official, during Zhu Gaoxu's rebellion, Yu Qian accompanied Emperor Xuanzong of Ming on his personal expedition. Zhu Gaoxu was defeated and appointed to surrender. Emperor Xuanzong then let Yu Qian count Zhu Gaoxu's charges. Yu Qian's voice was fierce, and he threw his voice on the ground, only to hear Zhu Gaoxu shivering and falling to the ground.
Emperor Xuanzong immediately dispatched Yu Qian to inspect Jiangxi, and during the period of his patrol, Yu Qian rehabilitated hundreds of unjust prisons for the people in Jiangxi, and everywhere he went, the people welcomed him.
After this incident, Emperor Xuanzong saw that Yu Qian was a person who could shoulder heavy responsibilities, so he promoted him to the position of Right Attendant of the Army, and entrusted him with the task of patrolling Henan and Jiangxi.
After Yu Qian arrived in office, he personally went to various places to investigate, talk with the people, and understand the local harvest and weather conditions. In the event of a disaster, he immediately wrote to the imperial court asking for assistance.
In the sixth year of orthodoxy, when the embankment along the Yellow River in Henan collapsed, Yu Qian led local officials to build the embankment and set up a pavilion chief to regularly inspect and maintain each section of the embankment. At the same time, he encouraged the people to plant trees and dig wells. Under the leadership of Yu Qian, the Yellow River no longer broke its banks, and the local people also solved the problem of draft. Yu Qian's prestige was so great that the nearby mountain bandits did not dare to enter the city to plunder again.
In the tenth year of Xuande, Emperor Mingying succeeded Zhu Qizhen. This emperor is also a figure who changed Yu Qian's life.
From the beginning of the Orthodox years, the Wala forces gradually became stronger, and began to harass the frontier areas of the Ming Dynasty from time to time. Later, they were not satisfied with harassing the people of the frontier, so they defrauded the Ming court of rewards on the grounds of offering. This caused great dissatisfaction among the entire imperial court.
The young and vigorous new emperor Zhu Qizhen was unwilling to bear this breath, and under the influence of the eunuch Wang Zhen, he did not listen to the dissuasion of the courtiers and decided to march in person. In the absence of a foolproof plan, the army of 200,000 people was hastily assembled.
Unexpectedly, the large army marched to Tumu Fort, encountered a strong attack by Vala, the town of Zhuqi was trapped, and reinforcements were delayed, and the battle was greatly defeated. The Ming dynasty army was completely destroyed, and even Zhu Qizhen himself was captured by Wa Lai.
The emperor was captured, and the elite troops of the Ming Dynasty were completely destroyed with this battle, and the Beijing Division was no longer heavily guarded, and for a time the people of the imperial court were panicked. Yu Qian asked the king to dispatch the cao army, the prepared army, and the grain transportation army to the Shuntianfu, and then carefully arranged it, and kan could save the capital, and the people's hearts were slightly settled.
The emperor was captured, and the responsibility of the eunuch Wang Zhen and his henchmen could not be shirked. The chancellor wrote to Wang Zhen and his henchmen. The overseer Zhu Qiyu was reluctant to discuss the matter, but unexpectedly the courtiers clashed with Wang Zhen's henchman Ma Shun, and the group of courtiers besieged and Ma Shun's blood splashed on the court.
Zhu Qiyu was frightened and retreated. Yu Qian held him and raised his arm and said, "Ma Shun and others should be condemned to death for their sins, and it is not to be said that they should be killed." Under Yu Qian's investigation, the matter was closed, and the adulterer was finally severely punished.
Yu Qian's death: Beheaded with injustice
After Emperor Mingying's Zhu Qizhen was captured, he was not killed by Wa Lai. Wa Lai had planned to use him to ask the Ming Dynasty for benefits, but the Ming Dynasty did not eat this set at all.
A nation cannot be left without a monarch for a day. Although Zhu Qizhen was alive, he was no longer able to govern the imperial government, the crown prince was still young, and the most suitable successor to the throne was Zhu Qiyu. Therefore, under the persuasion of Yu Qian and others, Zhu Qiyu ascended the throne as emperor, changed the name of the country to Jingtai, and made Zhu Qizhen the Emperor Taishang.
Seeing that the plan was useless, Wa La became angry and led his troops to attack the Ming Dynasty again, but he did not expect that this battle was a great defeat for Wa Lai, and he had no choice but to seek peace, and wanted to exchange the town of Zhu Qi, the Emperor of Taishang, for peace.
After being captured for more than a year, Zhu Qizhen finally set foot on his homeland again. But his return caused dissatisfaction among Emperor Jingtai. He had just sat on the throne of the emperor, how could he give it to others? So he put Zhu Qizhen and his wife under house arrest for eight years.
During the eight years of the reign of The Jingtai Emperor, he was heavily used as a loyal servant such as Qian, and the country was stable and politically clear. But during these eight years, Zhu Qizhen lived a life of not seeing the light of day, and hatred continued to sprout in his chest.
In the eighth year of Jingtai, Zhu Qiyu fell seriously ill and died soon after. With the help of Shi Heng, Cao Jixiang and other xiaoxiao, Zhu Qizhen broke through the gate of the Southern Palace and re-ascended the throne.
The first thing he did after he ascended the throne was to listen to the rumors of Shi Heng and others, and arrest Shangshu Yuqian of the Bingbu and Shangshu Wangwen of the official. A few days later, Yu Qian and Wang Wen were executed for treason, and the officials who had always been good friends with him could not escape the fate.
After Yu Qian's death, Cao Jixiang and others, who had always had a vendetta against him, were still displeased, so they sent someone to raid Yu Qian's home. Originally, Yu Qian, who thought that the official was a pin, should be full of gold and silver, but he did not think that there would be nothing else in Yu Qian's house except for the necessary daily necessities. At that time, the Jinyi guards who raided the house could not bear to be sad and wept unceasingly.
Legend has it that on the day of Qian's burial, the sky was dark, and the people spontaneously sent off this loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty. Hearing that Zhu Qizhen had beheaded Yu Qian, the empress dowager was also greatly stunned, and for several days in a row, she did not enter the water and rice, and scolded Zhu Qizhen for having no eyes and no pearls, and did not distinguish between loyalty and adultery.
After Yu Qian's death, Shi Heng, Cao Jixiang and other xiaoxiao acted even more arrogantly, and less than a year later, their viciousness was exposed. When raiding the house, Zhu Qizhen personally came and looked at the Shi Heng family's wealth, gold and silver on the ground, and could not help but wonder,
Yu Qian was highly valued by the two emperors, but there was no surplus family property in the family, why was Xiao Shiheng so rich.
With the fall of Shi Heng, Cao Jixiang was killed for rebellion, and his henchmen were uprooted, and the truth of Yu Qian's affair was revealed.
In the early years of Emperor Mingxian's chenghua, Yu Qian's son was pardoned, and he wrote to his father to seek revenge, and finally Yu Qian was reinstated to his post and given sacrifices; in the second year of Emperor Ming's reign, Yu Qian was posthumously awarded the title of Special Guanglu Doctor and Taifu; in the sixteenth year of Qianlong, when the Qianlong Emperor toured the south, he personally inscribed a plaque for him "Danxin Resistance Festival".
brief summary
Yu Qian had been erudite and wise all his life, so how could he not have imagined that his plan to establish a new emperor would offend Zhu Qizhen? Of course he knew, but he knew even more the truth that if there was no king, the world would be in chaos. In the face of the great righteousness of the family and the country, personal grievances are insignificant. What he sought in this life was nothing more than innocence, and what he did was as Wen Tianxiang said in his poem: "Who has not died since ancient times?" Leave Dan in his heart. ”