For the change of Tumu Fort, the Ming army was defeated by The Wallachians, many Ming fans have always been very sad about this, with the thriving Daming at that time, how could it not be able to defeat such a small Walla?
And defeat is defeat, the key is that the defeat is very humiliating, even Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen himself was worried, and the Ming elite accumulated during the Yongle period was also lost, which was really too hurtful and too humiliating.
Therefore, posterity poured all their resentment on Zhu Qizhen, the Ming Emperor, and constantly ridiculed and accused. However, to tell the truth, did Zhu Qizhen's performance in the change of Tumu Fort really reach the level of evil that Wan Fu pointed out? Is it appropriate to put such a contemptuous title as "Daming God of War" on his head?
Since the Yongle Emperor's five conquests of Mongolia, the border defense in the north of the Ming Dynasty has gradually stabilized, and in the next two emperors, renxuan and the two emperors have focused on developing the domestic economy and alleviating the pressure of the people, and they have not interfered in the slightest with the defense of Mongolia in the north, and do not intervene in major events such as coups within Mongolia. Taking a lower posture, when dealing with the Mongol mission, it also adhered to the principle of thin and thick exchanges, in exchange for the tributary system between Ming and Mongolia.
At the same time, the Mongol tribes gradually unified under the command of The Wallachia, forming a relatively powerful and non-negligible force, and began to constantly harass the ming borders, and the Second Emperor Renxuan was able to tolerate this.
During the period of The Second Emperor Renxuan, the most obvious consequence of the continuous shrinking of the border was the abolition of the border reserves, and the large number of encroachments and losses of military land. There were also many soldiers who were occupied by various other servants, and there was no time left to cultivate, resulting in the abandonment of these military fields.
Similarly, in terms of famous generals, since becoming ancestors, the world has been at peace, the old generation of military generals have died, the old and the old, and the new generation of generals who grew up in peacetime are very corrupt and weak, corrupt and cruel, eating, drinking and having fun.
Under such circumstances, Emperor Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen wanted to make a mighty crusade against the Mongols and recreate the glory of emperor Taizu and Emperor Chengzu, wasn't this a disturbance, he thought that the combat effectiveness of the Ming generals was still as heroic and good at fighting as Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di?
Therefore, the fiasco of Tumu Fort should be blamed on The Ming Yingzong Zhu QiZhen, who did not fully realize that the border defense system and the combat ability of the soldiers were not as good as before, coupled with his careless command, who did not understand the military, resulted in the defeat of this battle from the point of view, too outrageous and too unsightly.
In fact, if it was just that the command was too bad, coupled with blind self-confidence, it would not allow Zhu Qizhen to obtain such a contemptuous title as "Daming God of War".
Assuming that Zhu Qizhen could have died on the battlefield in a higher posture at that time, instead of becoming a prisoner, and later closing the door for Valakou, the evaluation of him in later generations would never have been as bad as it is now, at most criticizing him for being overzealous and being forced by the eunuch Wang Zhen.
But it was because he was still alive and became a prisoner, did a series of things that insulted the dignity of the royal family, and more importantly, after the restoration, he also killed Yu Qian, who had contributed to saving the country, and almost did not see any shining points during the entire period of government, all of which finally led to his winning the title of "Great Ming God of War"!