When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he knew that there were loyal people in Baoding. He was immediately happy and asked quickly: "Sir, please tell me!"
Zhang Mingwei knew what he was thinking, so he introduced: "There is a family in Baoding, headed by Zhang Luoyan, with six brothers. His brother Zhang Luojun will be a Jinshi in Chinese next year, and his younger brother Zhang Luofu will also be a Jinshi in Zhongwu in the same year. In addition, his younger brothers Zhang Luoshan and Zhang Luozhe are scholars..."
This time, there is no description like Jiang Yin's, so there is no sense of heroism. It is just an introduction. However, Emperor Chongzhen knew that this family must be loyal and loyal, so he nodded appreciatively and said: "What a talented person!"
After hearing this, Zhang Mingwei showed admiration and continued to introduce: "In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, the capital was besieged. Ma Dai, the commander-in-chief of Baoding, entrusted the defense of Baoding to Zhang Luoyan, and then killed the young family to rescue the capital. It's a pity that the capital opened its doors to welcome the thieves. It fell too early. When Zhang Luoyan heard about it, he cried and worshiped, hung Chongzhen coins to show his ambition, and dispersed all his family wealth for city defense. However, the governor Li Jiantai's personal troops acted as internal agents for the thieves, and Baoding fell..."
When he heard this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but feel extremely angry. This kind of scum appeared again in the Ming Dynasty, and he was a high-ranking official, and he had no integrity.
"...Zhang Luojun killed the thief and died, Zhang Luoyan hanged himself, and his two sons also threw themselves into the well." Zhang Mingwei continued to introduce in a somewhat serious tone, "When the city was about to fall, the two brothers warned Zhang Luoshan not to Go to death to preserve the incense of the Zhang family. But Zhang Luoshan said that ministers with a sense of death must not be scholars without a sense of death. Then he and his wife, Gao, took their three daughters and threw themselves into a well. Zhang Luo was very good at shooting, and he died of exhaustion in killing thieves. . All the women and children of Zhang Luoyan’s family threw themselves into a well or hanged themselves, a total of twenty-three people died.”
I don't know why, although Zhang Mingwei has a good memory, he clearly feels that his memory seems to be better after time travel. I can clearly remember all the information I have read before.
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen was speechless for a long time. Even though he, as an emperor, had never experienced the suffering of the people, he could still feel and imagine the tragedy of life and death described by Zhang Mingwei. These things are really not something that ordinary people can face and choose calmly.
After a long time, he sighed emotionally: "There are still loyal and martyrs in our Ming Dynasty!"
Most of the things he had heard before were about surrendering thieves or surrendering captives, which made him feel very bad. Nowadays, there are many loyal people in the family who use their lives to practice their integrity. Naturally, he feels emotional.
In fact, in the history of the late Ming Dynasty, there were many loyal men like this. It's just that there are many officials who have no integrity, and they are more famous. Coupled with the deliberate propaganda of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it gave people the impression that all officials at the beginning were spineless.
At this time, hearing Emperor Chongzhen's emotion, Zhang Mingwei said seriously: "Your Majesty, there are actually many loyal and loyal people like this. At that time, the family of Jin Yudong, the censor of Li Jiantai's army, was also loyal and loyal to the country. Be loyal."
Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but be delighted and said repeatedly: "Okay, okay, okay!"
Only when there are more people who are honest and loyal to the Ming Dynasty can we hope to revive the Ming Dynasty!
Therefore, at Zhang Mingwei's request, Emperor Chongzhen added a request to Fang Zhenghua to bring Zhang Luofu and Jin Zhensun to Beijing.
Emperor Chongzhen was relatively silent. After a while, he smiled wryly and laughed at himself: "It seems that I am really blind, and I am trying to promote those weaklings!"
As he spoke, he felt a little depressed. It was obvious that he had been hit.
Zhu Cixiang looked at his father, with an expression of approval on his face, but luckily Emperor Chongzhen didn't notice.
"You can't blame your Majesty for this!" Zhang Mingwei saw it and comforted him: "Your Majesty lives deep in the palace, and the factory guards have no ears and eyes. They don't understand the situation outside and can only listen to what the court says. And those in the court Most people have money to clear the way and work together to deceive His Majesty. But despite this, there are still loyal ministers among the people promoted by Your Majesty."
Emperor Chongzhen felt a little better after hearing these words, and his eyes looked at Zhang Mingwei with a look of expectation. Although he said nothing, his expression was clear: he wanted to hear who among the people he promoted were loyal ministers?
Zhang Mingwei was naturally satisfied with him and told him: "In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, Zhou Yuji stationed in Ningwu and almost repelled Li Zicheng's invasion. In the end, he was killed by dozens of arrows. His wife Gao was also brave and led the attack. Ten women took up the office on the top of the mountain and shot arrows at the thieves to prevent them from entering. In the end, they were burned by the thieves and no one surrendered."
Huang Degong, Sun Yingyuan and Zhou Yuji were all generals of the Yongwei camp, under the jurisdiction of the Royal Horse Supervisor, and were the personal troops of Emperor Chongzhen. It's just a pity that there are too few troops, and at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were wars everywhere. In the end, the Yongwei Battalion was split up to fight the fires. In the end, they all fought alone and died for the country.
This was directly under Emperor Chongzhen and was promoted by him. After hearing this, his expression finally felt better. However, after hesitating for a while, he asked again: "What about the civil servants? Do they have any loyal ministers?"
Zhang Mingwei listened, nodded, and immediately introduced him to Emperor Chongzhen.
Fan Jingwen, a great scholar, left his last words: As a minister, I cannot destroy the thieves and avenge their shame, and I will die with lingering regrets. Then, he threw himself into an ancient well next to Shuangta Temple and died.
Ni Yuanlu, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, also left a suicide note: Nandu can still do something, death is my duty, don't use clothes and quilts to restrain me, expose my body, remember my grief. Then, he committed suicide.
Li Banghua, the censor of Zuodu, made his final words in front of the statue of Wen Tianxiang and committed suicide by throwing himself into a bamboo basket. Like him, there is Wang Jiayan, the right minister of the Ministry of Rongzheng and Military Affairs.
Meng Zhaoxiang, the right minister of the Ministry of Punishment, allowed his son to escape before he died for his country. But his son Meng Zhangming, who had just become a Jinshi, replied to his father: "You are dead and my father is dead, what else do I have to live for?" He also hanged himself next to his father.
Chengde, a doctor in the Ministry of War, was not afraid of the sharp swords of the thieves and soldiers. He worshiped in front of the emperor's coffin, then returned home and hanged himself with his mother, wife and children to die for the country.
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To be honest, when the capital fell, a lot of Ming officials died directly. However, more officials lived in secret and turned traitor, so that future generations have the impression that there was no one with integrity among the civil servants in the late Ming Dynasty!
The memory in Zhang Mingwei's mind was particularly clear, and he recounted the information he had found. Although there are many mismatches in official positions, after all, there are still two years to go, so it is not surprising that the official positions are not right.
Emperor Chongzhen's face finally looked better after hearing about these unfaithful civil servants. After Zhang Mingwei finished speaking, he immediately asked: "What about the royal relatives and nobles? Are there any?"
After hearing this, Zhang Mingwei nodded and said: "Among the nobles, the loyal ones were headed by Xinlehou Liu Wenbing, and a total of forty-two people died in the same family; the prince-in-law Gong Yonggu and Hui'an Bo Zhang Qingzhen were all burned to death; Seventeen members of Bowei Shichun's family in Xuancheng threw themselves into a well and died..."
Zhu Cixiang, who was standing next to him, listened with his ears pricked up and waited until Zhang Mingwei finished speaking. Before he heard what he wanted to hear, he couldn't help but asked quickly: "Sir, what about my grandpa and the others?"
While he was asking, he was wondering if Zhang Mingwei would single out the Death Gang's deeds as being more prominent.
After hearing his question, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but look at Zhang Mingwei with more concern and listen to what he said.
