Lin Sheng suddenly sighed and said: "Many years have passed since this happened, so there is no harm in talking about it. Emperor Rui is extremely smart and brave. Although he suffered from hunting in the north, he returned to the Ming Dynasty and worked hard to govern. That's right. First of all, there is no place for death. There is always a right way in reincarnation."
Yin Yiyi laughed and said: "I am not attacking you, brother. In the past, two hundred thousand soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were buried in Tumu Fort, and all the ministers in the dynasty were empty. It can be said that it was an unprecedented defeat. It can be traced back to the shame of Jingkang. Worse than that! Even though he returned to the Ming Dynasty, he was under house arrest for eight years. He was not as happy as he was in Mongolia. We often say that people outside the Great Wall are barbarians, but what we do is barbarian things!"
This is exactly what we are taboo about, but Yin Zhou said it. Batu's face lit up after hearing this. We were all a little uneasy. Lin Sheng glanced at everyone and said, "Yes, Mr. Yin is right. The Ming Dynasty has always had the emperor guarding the country, and he has always been strong-blooded. When foreign enemies invaded, Emperor Rui personally went to fight. Although he was captured , but did not surrender. Regardless of life and death, or beautiful women and delicacies, Emperor Rui is worthy of being the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. As for returning home, that is a family matter, and we, as ministers, have no right to interfere. "
Yin Zhou picked up the wine glass, toasted Lin Sheng, and then said: "It's just that this emperor, after his restoration, killed Yu Your Excellency, a pillar of the Ming Dynasty, and also built a loyalty temple for that king Zhen. Haha, it's a pity that the Ming Dynasty had 200,000 people. The soldiers were buried in the earth and wood castle, but they were not as good as a eunuch who brought disaster to the country and the people. It’s a shame, it’s a shame! |”
After hearing this, Lin Sheng still calmly drank a glass of wine and said, "Mr. Yin has always claimed to be knowledgeable and talented, but does he know what's behind this civil engineering change?" Yin Zhou laughed and said, "I know, brother. You are an internal official, but you hate evil as much as hatred and never sugarcoat the peace. Could it be that you want to tell us the real story today?"
Everyone was attracted by Yin Zhou's words, and then all their eyes fell on Lin Sheng. He seemed to have made a lot of determination and said: "Being here tonight is also a kind of fate. What our family said is also left by our ancestors." , as for right or wrong, just listen and don’t make any rash comments.”
The Ming Dynasty has always been full of vigor. From the beginning of Xu Da's Northern Expedition to Emperor Taizong's personal expedition and his death in Yumuchuan, the Mongols were beaten to flight. After not sending troops for a long time, the world gradually became peaceful, especially after the capital was moved to Beijing. The efforts of three generations of emperors created a powerful empire, and the prosperity of the world gradually gave rise to a situation of singing and dancing. It can be said that Xuanzong worked hard to govern, and the Ming Dynasty became unprecedentedly strong, but it was a pity that the year did not stop. However, Xuanzong still left behind a strong cabinet to ensure that the Ming Dynasty moved forward steadily. However, as Emperor Yingzong grew up, Sanyang Kaitai after the Xuande Dynasty slowly broke down and was gradually transferred to the hands of the internal supervisors headed by Wang Zhen. The power of the Ming Dynasty has always been in the hands of three people, one is the civil servant, one is the eunuch, and the other is the emperor. In every dynasty and every generation, either the civil servants surpassed the eunuchs, or the eunuchs surpassed the civil servants. The emperor often made choices based on his likes and dislikes. Wang Zhen was Yingzong's teacher. Yingzong always respected this teacher and always called him sir. Wang Zhen was a eunuch in charge of rituals. Almost all foreign ministers were groveling in front of him. Everyone said that Wang Zhen was monopolistic, and even destroyed the iron plate left by Emperor Taizu that internal servants were not allowed to participate in politics. Wang Zhen's domineering attitude and the civil servants' waiting for the opportunity to counterattack led to the irreversible situation of the Ming Dynasty!
After the Oara unified Mongolia and slaughtered the Golden Family, their eyes turned to the Ming Dynasty in the south. Ye Xian is definitely a tycoon of the generation, he dreams of restoring the rule of Yuan Dynasty. Under the rule of Renxuan, the Ming Dynasty was peaceful and peaceful. Behind the prosperity of singing and dancing is the lack of military equipment, lack of pay and food, many years without hearing the sound of trumpets, and it is difficult to find people who can control the bow. The Beijing army, which was said to be 500,000, was actually less than 200,000, and most of them were the sons of officials, using their weapons to make up the numbers and in name only.
When the Oriental Army attacked the border of the Ming Dynasty, the blood of the young emperor boiled. The story of Emperor Yongle's sweep of Beiting has been told for many years, and his ambition to make great achievements has never faded. Wang Zhen even added fuel to the flames, encouraging him to lead the expedition himself. Before that, the young emperor had, at least on the surface, put down the rebellion in the southwest, although it was just a trivial matter. He felt that the declarations of his ancestors in the past to drive out the Tartars and restore China were still extremely powerful, and pacifying the Mongols was nothing more than what happened yesterday. Therefore, he decided to go on a personal expedition. This is what a heroic emperor should do.
The civil servants initially showed strong opposition to the emperor's impulses. There had been no major war for many years, and they were more or less aware of the decay of the Ming army, and they could not let the emperor take this risk. The emperor resolutely went there, and Wang Zhen showed his usual majesty: the emperor personally led the expedition, and all the chief officials in the court accompanied him.
The civil servants no longer objected, and the chief officer left for the place of right and wrong. The adjutants who stayed behind had many things on their minds.
This was destined to be a failed imperial expedition. The various Beijing armies only stayed in the capital for two days, and left Deshengmen without even preparing weapons, food and grass.
The Mid-Autumn Festival in August had just passed at that time. The happiness of family reunion made the emperor high-spirited and galloping, but almost everyone had a bad premonition. Although the undercurrent was surging, they did not expect that the emperor's hasty expedition would end. Never return.
Above the court, the civil servants and the eunuchs were fighting endlessly. Although Wang Zhen seemed to be the winner, the resistance behind the scenes never stopped for a day. In fact, both sides are looking for help from a third party. This third party is not the emperor, but the generals!
No matter who leads the army, it is always the general's job to go into battle. Most of the Ming Dynasty's generals who are capable of fighting are the descendants of Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong. The British Duke Zhang Fu has just put down the rebellion in Jiaozhi. The Duke of Cheng, Zhu Yong, is the son of the famous Zhu Neng. They are all hereditary honors. They all have unparalleled martial arts skills, but these people are naturally arrogant and disdain the courtesy of civil officials and internal eunuchs. The young emperor is no longer as decisive as Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong. He treats his heroes with too much respect and kindness, so they can live a leisurely life.
Therefore, when Ye Xian's army continued to attack the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty, the defeats everywhere were reduced to major and trivial matters by the generals. The emperor almost did not know what was happening outside. The strange thing is that the civil servants didn’t say much either!
All this stems from the emperor's distrust of his ministers. The reason for the distrust is naturally the result of Wang Zhen's domineering power. Wang Zhen, who was born in a private school, had insight and courage that ordinary eunuchs did not have. After entering the palace, he became the playmate of the prince (Yingzong). Whether studying or playing, the prince became dependent on Wang Zhen subtly, and even A relationship similar to that of father and son.
Emperor Xuande, the good grandson sent by Zhu Yuanzhang in Zhu Di's dream, could have created a peaceful and prosperous age, but it was a pity that he died young. The nine-year-old prince ascended the throne. Just think about the royal etiquette itself, which makes the relationship between father and son not as close as that in ordinary people's homes. The prince was surrounded by either eunuchs or maids. After getting along day and night, Wang Zhen naturally became the dependence of Emperor Yingzong. Just after he came to the throne, Wang Zhen was the eunuch Bingbi, the Supervisor of Rites. The Ming Dynasty's troika consisted of the inner court, civil servants, and the emperor. For the first time, there was collaboration between the inner court and the emperor. Naturally, the civil servants became the opposite.
No matter what Wang Zhen did, the emperor acquiesced and respected him as his sir. With the emperor like this, it is conceivable that those adults who were just like grass on the wall naturally showed great enthusiasm for Wang Zhen. Wang Zhen was no longer a teacher talking to students in a private school, nor was he reprimanding in the palace courtyard. The little eunuch's prince and father-in-law stood in the majestic hall, despising the bowing bureaucrats and the eunuchs who gave orders. In an era full of flattery, there must be upright people if there are flatterers. The three ministers of Gu Ming left over from the previous dynasty, Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, and Yang Pu, the so-called "Three Yang Kaitai" still firmly control the Ming Dynasty. Their sharp eyes saw the signs that Wang Zhen wanted to monopolize power, and they joined forces with the Queen Mother. , put pressure on the emperor and punished Wang Zhen. The exclusive power of internal officials cannot be questioned, and Taizu's ancestral precepts can be directly questioned. Everyone originally thought that they could get rid of the subconscious scourge of Ming Dynasty with one hit, but the young emperor begged the queen mother and ministers so hard that they even ignored the emperor's dignity and interceded for Wang Zhen in front of the queen mother and ministers, even kneeling down. .
Whether it was Wang Zhen's monopoly on power or corruption and bribery, in the sunset of the Renxuan rule, the Ming Dynasty was still effective. Officials of the Ming Dynasty all had the habit of working hard, and at the same time, they also had the drive to refuse to admit defeat. The officials were humble and obedient, and the disturbances in various places were put down one after another. Wang Zhen won. Although it was only a superficial victory, he and the emperor tasted the happiness of the ruler.
