Chapter 49 9. Brokenback Prisoner of War Camp

Only after falling into Yexian's hands and becoming a captive at the mercy of others, Zhu Qizhen's life began. Before that, many specious principles of life could not form a clear impression in Zhu Qizhen's mind.Because there have never been twists and turns in his life, there has never been ups and downs, the so-called growth in life is unnecessary for him.He is always the little boy put on his father Zhu Zhanji's lap, innocent, romantic, happy, and without scheming. Only after being put on the neck with a scimitar by the Vala knight, Zhu Qizhen suddenly realized that this is the real life, and only when you are under the knife can you feel the fragility and panic of life.Nothing is more conducive to his thinking about life than the betrayal of his confidant Xining.This Xi Ning was like a pug before, if he kicked him himself, he would tear up with happiness.However, when Xining suddenly showed a ferocious face and wanted to completely destroy the Ming Empire, Zhu Qizhen realized that the submission and respect of others to him before was nothing but helplessness under the power, and their hearts were full of hatred. He Zhu Qizhen's boundless hatred and anger.

He finally saw humanity, but after paying such a tragic price.He finally understood the ways of the world, but when he lost everything. Zhu Qizhen's relatives were all arrested first, leaving only two people behind.One is Yuan Bin, who is the captain of Jinyiwei; the other is Ha Ming, a Mongolian. His father was originally a subordinate official of Ming Dynasty, but he was detained first because he was on an envoy outside the Great Wall, so he and Yuan Yuan were also sent first. Bin came to take care of Zhu Qizhen together. What moved Zhu Qizhen was that Yuan Bin and Ha Ming were really loyal to the empire and him. No matter where they went, Yuan Bin and Ha Ming would never leave him.In case of danger, Yuan Bin leads the horse in front, while Ha Ming closely protects Zhu Qizhen.When sleeping at night, Zhu Qizhen was shivering from the cold. At this time, Yuan Bin hugged him and used his body to keep Zhu Qizhen warm—it was the first time in Zhu Qizhen's life that he was held in the arms of a man. What I am sure of is that what Zhu Qizhen feels in his heart at this time is a kind of strange father's love, not other messy things.

All in all, the three depended on each other for their lives and lived in exile.But at this time, the little eunuch Xining kept using his brains, thinking of a better way to completely kill the Ming Empire. Suddenly, with a flash of inspiration, Xi Ning jumped up wildly, and there was a way.He ran wildly to look for Yexian: "Report, I came up with a brilliant idea. Let's go to Ningxia first, grab a lot of horses, and then change all the troops to cavalry. With a whistling sound, we will take Zhu Qizhen and fight to Nanjing, After capturing Nanjing, we will use a knife to force Zhu Qizhen to ascend the throne in Nanjing, what do you think of this idea?"

He was shocked when he heard it first, and said: "This strategy is a repeat of the history of Zhu Di's attack on Nanjing in the past. You dead eunuch, how did you come up with such a vicious strategy?" Xining smiled and said, "Do you think this strategy is poisonous? If someone stabs your balls, you will use this strategy to repay him." He also nodded again and again: "That's right, so what, call the emperor over to me, let's have a small meeting, and add up." Zhu Qizhen came to attend the meeting, and after hearing Ye Xian's words, he said: "Your idea...is pretty good, it's very technical. I'll give you an answer when I go back to discuss it."

"Discuss? Who do you want to discuss with?" Ye Xian asked suspiciously. "Then don't worry about it." Zhu Qizhen came out and discussed with Yuan Bin and Ha Ming. Although these two people don't understand politics, they knew something bad when they heard about it, and immediately said anxiously: "No, Your Majesty must absolutely No, no matter what you can’t agree to, let’s do this first. Well, yes, Your Majesty, you go back and tell him so... so..." Zhu Qizhen came back again and said: "First of all, your suggestion is very good and very creative. I am here to express my support for you. I hope you will continue to work hard and come up with a better way. Because my body is not so good. Tough, I don’t tell you, you know it. My dad died at the age of 38, and I feel like I’m going too soon. If you get me on a horse, I’ll run to Nanjing. I’ll bet you that I won’t wait until Nanjing , I’m as dead as my father... Even if I’m still alive, who do those magistrates in Nanjing know who I am? Don’t you think so?”

"It's your size!" I was also anxious: "Who taught you these words, how can you be so good at it?" Xining reminded: "It's Yuan Bin and Ha Ming beside him. I suggest that we kill them immediately." He also said first: "Fuyi, let's kill them both." The Vala knights dispatched and rushed into the prisoner-of-war camp with a murderous look, intending to kill Yuan Bin and Ha Ming together. At this time, Zhu Qizhen rushed out, shielded Yuan Bin and Ha Ming with his body, and said, "First of all, let me explain clearly to you, I have fallen to the point where I am today, and there is no one around me anymore. Only these two people, they are not my courtiers, not my subordinates, they are my friends. I must not watch you kill my friends, if you insist on doing it, well, come here and kill me together Lose."

Ye Xian was greatly surprised by Zhu Qizhen's awe-inspiring righteousness.He said: "Your Majesty, I really can't see it. You are so serious about being a buddy. You are not even willing to take your own life for the sake of your friends. Okay, let's just look at your face today, let's forget about it. But I Let me put it in front of you, if these two guys fall into my hands again, then don't blame me for being rude to you." (10) The fat ticket in the hand Zhu Qizhen sacrificed his life to save his friends, and the Wala people were very moved. Yuan Bin and Ha Ming were even more moved.But the one who was most moved was Zhu Qizhen himself.

At this time, Zhu Qizhen finally understood himself: "Well, I'm not a bad person, and I also have a soft heart. It's just that the green tiles on the palace walls obscured my sight, but that beautiful Cai'e, It delayed my growth. Well, but this matter, I also touched Yexian's bottom line. Although that guy is fierce, he still respects me as the emperor in his heart. Well, I have to consider strengthening my influence in his heart force……" Just as he was thinking about it, suddenly Ha Ming rushed in: "Your Majesty, it's terrible. As soon as Lao Yuan went out just now, he was dragged away by two Wala people covering him with a cloth bag..."

"What!" Zhu Qizhen was shocked, and immediately rushed out, followed Ha Bin into the wilderness, and Zheng Jian was there first, commanding a few Vala knights to drag Yuan Bin out of the bag, ready to kill him. Zhu Qizhen became anxious: "First of all, do you still see me as the emperor? If you don't recognize me as the emperor, you might as well kill me." Also first said awkwardly: "Your Majesty, look at you, I was just joking with Lao Yuan, why are you in such a hurry? Then go back quickly..." When the three of them came back, Yuan Bin wept and complained: "Your Majesty, this is all Xining's idea. He wants to kill me and Lao Ha. Your Majesty, you are at your wits end and let him manipulate you."

Zhu Qizhen said: "Old Yuan, Lao Ha, don't worry, you two, as long as I am here, I will never allow them to hurt you. The three of us will never leave, life and death will never change, longevity will never fade, mountains have no edges, The river is exhausted, and the winter thunder shakes the summer rain and snow, so I dare to say goodbye to you two brothers." Yuan Bin shook his head: "Your Majesty, I have to think of a way to get rid of Xining, otherwise, sooner or later, this guy will..." How to get rid of Xining? The three sat together, murmured for a long time, and finally came up with a good idea.After a few days, Zhu Qizhen went to see Ye Xian and said, "Ye Xian, we can't procrastinate like this, we must seize the opportunity to negotiate peace with Beijing as soon as possible, the people you sent out before didn't understand the situation in Beijing, It can't be done. Let me recommend a candidate for you. What do you think of Xining? You should know that he is a eunuch who came out of the palace and knows the situation there best. I dare say that Xining will be the leader, and one is worth two. What do you think? "

He was also a simple and honest person first, and after listening to it, he said: "Well, Xiao Zhu, you have a good idea, so let's do it this way." When Xining was sent to Beijing to negotiate peace, Zhu Qizhen recommended another soldier named Gao Qing to go with Xining, but secretly wrote a secret letter and asked Gao Qing to hide it on his body.So Xining and Gao Qing arrived at the Xuan Mansion. The guard Yang Jun set up a banquet and invited the two of them to drink. After Gao Qing drank a few glasses, he suddenly jumped up, hugged Xining by the waist, and shouted: "Catch him, hurry up!" Grab him..." Without knowing it, the crowd rushed in and rushed forward, grabbing Gao Qing and Xi Ning together.Then Gao Qing took out Zhu Qizhen's letter, and Yang Jun suddenly realized.Immediately ordered people to tie Xining into a rice dumpling and escort him to the capital. After eradicating Xining, the mortal enemy, Zhu Qizhen's situation immediately improved.After letting out a long sigh of relief, I saw a condolence team sent by Beijing. The head of the condolence team were two low-level officials, one was Li Shi, the Minister of Rites, and the other was Luo Yi, the prime minister of Dali Temple.Of these two people, one is responsible for the construction of spiritual civilization, and the other is responsible for the management of criminal files, and they are actually sent outside the Great Wall—this is the current attitude of the court towards Zhu Qizhen. Seeing these two small officials, Zhu Qizhen burst into tears, and the two small officials also cried.After everyone cried, the two petty officials went back, and before they left, they asked: "Hey, do you still want the emperor?" The two petty officials looked at me and I looked at you, without saying a word. , turned around and left. "You... this..." I was immediately anxious: "Is there anyone who handles things like this? Throwing the emperor to me, oh, let me be honest first, let me raise the emperor for you?" At this time, it was full of grief and despair.If you don't regret it, if you don't regret it, you caught an emperor as a meat ticket, but he won't redeem the meat ticket even if you beat him to death, what should you do? In desperation, Shi Potian was shocked, and the strange man Yang Shan was born suddenly, which brought hope and vitality to Yexian. (11) Secret weapons that have never been invented There are many people in the world who have such a kind of pain - they are destined to be just ordinary people in their lives, but they have the dream of an emperor. Jingtai Emperor Zhu Qiyu's pain was just the opposite of others. He had already sat on the dragon chair, but he was still thinking like an ordinary person. In retrospect, Zhu Qiyu did one thing wrong - he was wrong, he had no ambitions since he was a child, and he didn't think about being an emperor.You must know that compared with his elder brother Zhu Qizhen, he has a bad background. His mother is a maid of the rebellious minister Zhu Gaoxu's family, and belongs to the authentic and typical black five categories in the palace.Zhu Qizhen was already established as the prince less than five months after he was born, and since he was born, his mother has been admonishing him, nothing more than to keep his own place, and don't think about anything, so as not to cause disaster to himself.But who would have expected that the situation would change suddenly, the civil fortress would go to war, and the palace would be in chaos, so he ascended the throne as emperor in a daze amidst the chaos. One thing he never thought of was that the emperor's thinking was completely different from that of ordinary people. For example, he is sitting on the dragon chair now, and what he has to do is to yell and make noise, yelling to rescue his elder brother Zhu Qizhen.If he did this, he must have received all the hearts of the world, because this is not his job, and it also seems that he is affectionate and righteous. The most important thing is that if he yells to rescue Zhu Qizhen, it will only lead to one consequence-that is, the Wala people will have rare goods to live in, and they will not release Zhu Qizhen even more. Therefore, from the perspective of an emperor, if he doesn't want Zhu Qizhen to come back, the most correct way is to shout for rescue. The more you shout, the harder it is for Zhu Qizhen to come back.And you can also yell, while expelling Zhu Qizhen's cronies one by one on the grounds that the rescue is not good, and take the opportunity to promote and reuse your cronies. If you do this for ten or eight years, the emperor's foundation will be as stable as Mount Tai. But how does Zhu Qiyu understand this?He still started from the thinking of a commoner, worried that Zhu Qizhen would fight for power with him after he came back, he was passive in rescuing Zhu Qizhen, and even deliberately dragged everyone down.But the more he behaves like this, the easier it is to arouse the rebellious heart of his subordinates - there will always be people who can't stand it and jump out. This person really jumped out. Yang Shan, the censor of the right capital.Yang Shan, an official, is equivalent to the deputy head of the Central Organization Department. He is not in charge of important personnel arrangements. If there is a problem with the appointment of cadres, he will inevitably be troubled by him.Furthermore, ever since Zhu Qiyu sat on the dragon chair by surprise, the important position beside him has already been quickly seized by the famous official Yu Qian and others. Yang Shan was a little slower to react. After that, in the Jingtai Dynasty, he was doomed to be without him. opportunity. So Yang Shan thought that if he wanted to change his own destiny, he had to change the current political structure. Unless the current interest structure was completely overthrown, he would not have his own chance. So, how to overthrow the existing interest structure?There is only one answer - find a way to get Yingzong Zhu Qizhen back. But to welcome Zhu Qizhen back, at least two passes must be passed.In the court, the supreme leader Zhu Qiyu made trouble with you, and he even refused to borrow the travel expenses.On Wala's side, it's not easy to deal with, maybe, not only Yingzong Zhu Qizhen didn't get it back, but he put himself in it. It is precisely because this task is not so easy that others avoid it.But Yang Shan is determined, Zhu Qiyu, aren't you willing to pay for the travel expenses?It's easy to handle, I sold my family property, and fought against the scorched earth—look, Yang Shan is determined to achieve his goal. After selling his property, Yang Shan set off and soon arrived in the Oirat tribe, where he was warmly welcomed by the Oirat leader Yexian, and the two sat down to chat.This was a serious and protracted diplomatic dialogue, the core content of which involved several secret weapons of the Ming Empire. Yang Shan said: "To be honest, we know that if you want to invade the Ming Dynasty, you have to ride horses across mountains and mountains, so my dynasty has ordered that iron shovels be nailed on the border with small holes for iron cones. step on the horseshoe, hahaha, you know what the consequences will be without telling me. Also, now our cannons can only fire one stone bomb at a time, which is far from lethal. So, we have already The stone bomb has been changed to a small size. The next time you launch it, it will cover the sky and cover the sky, making you unable to eat and walk around. Also, now our arrows have been smeared with the most powerful poison. Die, you will die if you touch it, if you are tired of living, just come here. Also, our muskets have also been improved. The current muskets are double-headed, with one shot and two eyes, killing two birds with one stone. No return... By the way, these are state secrets, why do I tell you these..." In fact, Yang Shan didn't have any of the secret weapons mentioned here. The Ming Empire was not a country that thought about this matter at all, and the Chinese nation was not a nation that liked to study weapons.But Yexian is a real person. Hearing this situation, he was stunned and thought: "The Ming Empire is indeed amazing, so what, let me put Yingzong back quickly and keep it in my hands. Big trouble..." Therefore, he first strongly requested Zhu Qizhen to be released unconditionally.The matter was solved so easily, and the news spread to the court, which surprised Jingtai Emperor Zhu Qiyu so much that he couldn't close his mouth. (12) Mysterious interpersonal rules As usual, Emperor Jingtai's common people's thinking broke out again, and he made troubles for everyone in welcoming Zhu Qizhen back, but in the end, Zhu Qizhen came back safely.As soon as he entered the city of Beijing, Zhu Qiyu put him under house arrest in the Nangong Palace inside Xuanwu Gate. From then on, Zhu Qizhen enjoyed a lonely and lonely life there. Zhu Qiyu asked Ruan Lang, an eunuch he didn't like, to go to Nangong to serve Zhu Qizhen.This Ruan Lang was actually an overseas Chinese from Vietnam, and he was upright. Zhu Qizhen appreciated him very much, so he gave Ruan Lang his embroidered bag and gilded knife.Unexpectedly, Ruan Lang took the leadership as a joke, so he gave these two things to his former subordinate, Wang Yao, who is now the defense envoy of the imperial city. Wang Yao is relatively shallow, and likes to show off in front of others.As a result, colleagues Lu Zhong and Gao Ping were following him, thinking that such a stupid guy was just a ladder that could be stepped on to climb up.So Lu Zhong and Gao Ping got Wang Yao drunk, stole an embroidered bag and a gold-plated knife, and rushed to report the crime, insisting that Yingzong Zhu Qizhen would be restored. In fact, Yingzong had the intention of restoration, but this embroidered bag and knife had nothing to do with his restoration.However, Jingtai Emperor Zhu Qiyu, as if facing a big enemy, arrested Ruan Lang and beat him to death, forcing Ruan Lang to admit that Zhu Qizhen was about to be restored.But Emperor Jingtai would not be an emperor after all, and the criminal officials strictly refused to cooperate with him, and insisted that he could not make a confession.But it doesn't matter if you can't fight, as long as you persist in fighting, you don't have to worry about not being able to fight a reactionary gang. Zhu Qizhen is in danger. Unexpectedly, at this juncture, a strange thing happened suddenly.The informant Lu Zhong, probably because he framed his friend, caused too much psychological pressure, causing his spirit to collapse suddenly.So he went crazy quickly and ran around the street naked-running naked was right.Ninety-nine out of ten mentally ill people who run out naked are trying to show the world—how innocent do you think I am? Lu Zhong suddenly went mad, and the courtiers shouted loudly. They all went up to play, and quarreled with Emperor Jingtai. They all said that the matter was wrong and demanded that the lawsuit be withdrawn immediately.Zhu Qiyu felt that he had failed, so he ordered Ruan Lang and Wang Yao to be killed, and the matter was over. After this incident, Zhu Qiyu had a stronger sense of crisis, so he thought about abolishing Zhu Qizhen's son Zhu Jianshen as the crown prince, and making his own son the crown prince.But the ministers refused, the inner palace did not agree, and the most terrible thing was that even Zhu Qiyu's own wife objected - how did this guy mess up, so that everyone betrayed his relatives? At this time, Guangxi had a major extermination case. Huang Gang, the magistrate of Siming, happened to be sleeping at home, and never thought that a group of people would suddenly rush in from outside the door.Without any explanation, he held down Huang Gang and his son when they came up, forced their bones to be broken, put them in a jar, and buried them in the backyard.When this group of gangsters killed people, they didn't notice that there was a little book boy in Huang Gang's family, named Futong.This little thing hid in the dark and could see clearly. It turned out that this gang of murderers was none other than Huang Gang's half-brother Huang Xiong. So why did Huang Xiong kill his brother Huang Gang? In fact, there are not too many reasons, that is, Huang Xiong wants his son to take over Huang Gang's class... I understand, in such a small place in Guangxi, there is another round of brotherly battles, and even the kinship is related to the palace. There is no difference between the brothers Zhu Qiyu and Zhu Qizhen in Zhu Qizhen. But all the things in Guangxi were seen by the book boy.After the murderer left, the little book boy rushed to the press office to report the crime.The local quickly reported the case to the imperial court.Huang Xiong realized that he was in serious trouble, so he thought about it, I am a half-brother here, killing people to fight for his son, I bet that the relationship between the imperial court is exactly the same as mine, it is definitely the same Contradictory structure... This secretive little official is really a rare wise man in the world. He relied purely on reasoning, and even grasped the main contradictions within the court better than later historians. So Huang Xiong concluded that the current emperor, Zhu Qiyu, must be the same as himself, wanting his son to succeed him.So nothing else, quickly write a memorial, strongly requesting to change the prince. After the memorial was handed over, Zhu Qiyu opened it and looked at it, burst into tears, and said, "Unexpectedly, unexpectedly, I also said that all loyal ministers of our Ming Dynasty are extinct. It turns out that the real loyal ministers are thousands of miles away." The decree was issued to pardon all of Huang Xiong's crimes, kill anyone he wanted, and then promote Huang Xiong to be the governor according to his mind.Then he summoned a group of ministers to discuss the matter of changing the prince. At this time, the thoughts of the ministers were indescribable pain.Oppose it, if you anger Zhu Qiyu, you will definitely have no good fruit for yourself.Let's sign to express support, not to mention offending Zhu Qizhen, but also losing his reputation for the rest of his life.So everyone simply shut their mouths and kept silent.But it doesn't work if you don't say anything, there will always be a few people who will seize the opportunity and have to perform well.So under the struggle of several people who were eager to show off, the matter of easy storage was finally passed. Finally letting his son become the crown prince, Zhu Qiyu leaned back comfortably on the dragon chair and was about to take a breath when he heard a strange news report: "Report, the crown prince died just now..." It was as if a sap was hit in the head, making Zhu Qiyu crumbling. Why is this son of a bitch so dishonest?I have spent a lot of effort to make you the prince, but how can you say that you will die if you die? It's obvious that Zhu Qiyu's son died on purpose, to make his father go along with him. The sudden death of the new prince, like a butterfly's wings, set off a growing storm in the Ming Dynasty, and finally completely destroyed the era of Emperor Jingtai. (13) The Butterfly Effect of Power The fact that Zhu Qiyu succeeded in storage, but the sudden death of the prince caused violent waves in the hearts of people all over the world. All the people were stunned by this unbelievable strange thing, and then suddenly realized: the fate of the turtle! What is the destiny tortoise? It's like this, whenever a person kills Yingye and wins the world, he always declares: I was chosen by history to be the emperor, and only I can save the empire... This statement, after a long time, has become very literary. It is said that fate returns.Destiny returns, that is, you are destined to be the emperor, no matter how many people stop you. But in Jingtai Emperor Zhu Qiyu's place, what happened was exactly the opposite.What Zhu Qiyu encountered was fate without return. No matter how hard his brother tried, he made it clear that the throne had nothing to do with his blood, but what did the prince do when he died so early? The destiny has no return, so it is also called the destiny tortoise. You are a turtle, everyone is still afraid of your eggs?So some ministers went forward and continued, carrying on the past and ushering in the future, moths flew to the fire, and they took millet from the fire, and wrote letters one after another, demanding that the old prince Zhu Jianshen be restored to the post of prince immediately.Yushi Zhongtong was the first to make a statement, and this guy actually publicly declared in the memorial: "It's just that the prince passed away, and it is enough to know that the destiny is there." The meaning of this sentence is to say - you Zhu Qiyu is destined to be a tortoise, so let's stop eating. Zhong Tong was pointing at Zhu Qiyu's nose and scolding, but the minister Zhang Lun who followed after him was even more rude.Zhu Qiyu's son had just died, and he tried his best to store it, but he just threw a bamboo basket to fetch water. Originally, he was in the midst of grief and indignation, but when he saw the provocation of the two, he was furious, and immediately ordered someone to take him out and beat him violently. The ministers were overjoyed when they saw that there was a butt to spank, and they rushed forward in a swarm. The leader was Yang Ji, a new Jinshi, followed by Liao Zhuang, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple in Nanjing.These people made their attitude clear, I just want to make things difficult for you, Zhu Qiyu, do you have the ability to beat me to death? Hit and hit, who is afraid of who... Zhu Qiyu was ordering to execute, suddenly felt black in front of his eyes, fell down, got up again, but felt weak in limbs, cold sweat dripping, it turned out that he was out of breath, and suddenly became seriously ill . Emperor Jingtai was seriously ill, and the battle to restore the position of the old prince Zhu Jianshen caused another disturbance among the officials.At this time, the attitude of the famous minister Yu Qian played a decisive role. However, Yu Qian did not support Zhu Jianshen.why?Because Yu Qian took the lead in supporting Zhu Qiyu at the beginning, and also supported Zhu Qiyu's son as the prince. He has paid so much for Zhu Qiyu's family, and it is impossible to have any other choice. So Yu Qian discussed with his cabinet colleagues and agreed that: since Zhu Jianshen has been abolished, he should not be restored—even if he is unlucky.If you must establish a crown prince, everyone, look elsewhere, maybe you can find one or two... Zhu Qiyu was very grateful for Qian's loyalty. But the great general Shi Heng, who was the most feared Grandpa Shi by the Wala people, didn't feel any comfort at all.He watched these civil servants tossing left and right with cold eyes, no matter how much they tossed, Shi Heng was not in his place.Oh, no matter who you co-author, it's all your credit. I was born and died, so I only deserve to be on the sidelines to lift your shoes and wipe your butts? In anger, Shi Heng approached the governor Zhang Wu, the eunuch Cao Jixiang and others, and discussed, "Instead of letting them mess around, it's better for us to do it ourselves. I suggest that Yingzong Zhu Qizhen be restored, and those who agree will raise their hands. "Everyone agrees, but this small conspiracy group only includes the military and the inner palace, and lacks civilian supporters.So everyone went to Dachang Qing Xu Bin to discuss.Xu Bin said: "I'm old and I can't do what I want, but I can recommend someone to you, you go to Xu Youzhen, and it will happen." Then who is Xu Youzhen? It's interesting that this person said it.In fact, Xu Youzhen's name is not Xu Youzhen, but Xu Kou.When Yingzong Zhu Qizhen was hijacked by Oirat terrorists, he advocated moving the capital, was ridiculed by everyone, and was dismissed from all positions, and ordered not to be an official again. But cymbal is a scholar, how can he not become an official?So he had an idea, changed his name to Xu Youzhen, and then joined the cadre team again, continuing to make trouble.Seeing that Shi Heng and others came here this time, Xu Youzhen was overjoyed, and said: "Okay, you guys came at the right time, let's do this matter, and you listen to me when the time comes, and this matter will definitely be done." On the appointed day, Shi Heng brought his soldiers to rendezvous with eunuchs Cao Jixiang, Xu Youzhen and others. Just as he was about to set off, he suddenly saw a puff of black air filling the southwest night sky.In an instant, the black air swept over, covering the stars and the moon, and the surroundings were completely dark, and you couldn't see your fingers. What's going on here? Destiny has changed! Some of the people involved in the conspiracy became terrified, and Shi Heng was also overwhelmed with fright—it seems...God seems to have voted against it, why don't we forget it? (14) The change of seizing the door In the middle of the night, the black wind suddenly rose, which frightened all the conspirators. Almost everyone retreated, and some even fled secretly.At this time, only Xu Youzhen remained calm and said: "The matter has already happened, and there is no way for us to retreat. Come with me!" Everyone followed Xu Youzhen fearfully to the gate of Nangong. The cracks in this door were poured with copper juice and welded to death, even if Zhu Qizhen turned into a mouse, he would not be able to get through. This shows how worthless Zhu Qiyu is.Doesn't he know that no matter how strong a door is, it can be knocked open from the outside?Xu Youzhen ordered: "Bring up the giant tree and knock the door open!" The giant tree was lifted, and after a few bang bang bang, there was a loud "boom", and the palace gate was knocked down.Everyone rushed in and saw Zhu Qizhen looking at the moon in the yard - he had known for a long time that someone was going to help him restore the restoration, so he asked, "My dear friends, what's the matter here?" Your Majesty, please ascend to the palace to comfort the wishes of the people of the world." After kneeling and worshiping, Xu Youzhen ordered someone to carry the chariot, and asked Zhu Qizhen to get on it, and let the soldiers carry it away.But the soldiers were afraid and couldn't lift it up even if they said anything. Seeing that if they lifted it down, they would overturn the boarding chariot and it was inevitable that Zhu Qizhen would lose two of his front teeth.Xu Youzhen hurriedly greeted Hercules Shi Heng, and the two of them lifted up the chariot, and the group hurried out. After leaving the door, Zhu Qizhen suddenly thought of something: "By the way, who are you all? Hurry up and say your name, or if I don't wait until tomorrow, I'm afraid I will forget everything..." Look at this foolish emperor, even It is not clear who will help him ascend the throne—this is the charm of Zhu Qizhen's personality. His success lies in that he is always telling others: "I need you, I need you." Xu Youzhen and others hurriedly reported their names After Zhu Qizhen wrote down the official position, everyone carried the chariot and rushed to the gate of the palace like flying, and the guards in the palace ordered to stop.At this time Zhu Qizhen stood up and waved to everyone: "The soldiers have worked hard." The guard hurriedly stood at attention and replied: "The chief is working hard!" Zhu Qizhen: "The soldiers are tanned!" The guards: "The chief...you Even darker..." Taking advantage of this time, people rushed into the palace, grabbing the dragon chair. Hearing a cry, the gold melon warriors who were ambushing in the Golden Palace swarmed out, without any explanation, they smashed Xu Youzhen's head with a melon.In a critical moment, Zhu Qizhen yelled: "Hey! Without my Supreme Emperor's imperial order, I don't think who would dare to do it?" When the golden melon warrior was stunned, Zhu Qizhen had already put his butt on the dragon chair like lightning: "All of you...kneel down." The coup was thus successful. Analyzing the reasons for the success of the coup d'état, Xu Youzhen's calmness is indispensable.You must know that the members of this small conspiracy group are all extraordinary people. Shi Heng is the most influential figure in the military, and he can be called the number one general of the Ming Dynasty. .However, outstanding is outstanding. It is the first time for everyone to play a coup d'etat. They lack sufficient experience and their adaptability is obviously lacking.But Xu Youzhen, he seems to be a natural coup talent, more than once when the general Shi Heng was so frightened that his teeth chattered, he was calm and commanding.He was originally recruited by Shi Heng to make up the numbers, but at the critical moment, he became the only backbone of everyone. All in all, the Ming Empire was flooded with talents, and even Xu Youzhen had no shortage of coup-type talents. But said that the next day when the officials entered the palace, they were surprised to find that the emperor sitting on the dragon chair was already Zhu Qizhen, and everyone had no choice but to kowtow to the ground. Zhu Qiyu, the seventh emperor of the Ming Empire, shed tears of sorrow when he heard about this from his sickbed.He was quickly beaten back to his original form, and soon died of depression.But there is also a source saying: "Zhu Qiyu was strangled to death by an eunuch. It's hard to say which news is more accurate." The next step is to massacre the hated political opponents, and Ming Chen Yu Qian bears the brunt.Everyone came forward one after another, strongly demanding that Yu Qian be hacked into pieces, and the charges were easy to find. Just not preventing the old prince Zhu Jianshen from resetting, it would be enough to kill him more than a dozen times. But Zhu Qizhen knew that he was creating an unjust case.He must create this unjust case. Without the unjust case, he would not have enough legitimacy to sit on the dragon chair now.But since it is an unjust case, there is no need to make things so extreme. On February 16, 1457, Yu Qian, the academician Wang Wen, and six eunuchs Wang Cheng, Wang Jin, Zhang Yong and Shu Liang publicly beheaded in a busy city. Many ministers of Emperor Jingtai's period were all sent into exile.The next unlucky one was Xu Youzhen. (15) Rebellion if the brain is not working The ones eyeing Xu Youzhen are the general Shi Heng and the eunuch Cao Jixiang.These two people stared at Xu Youzhen, it was too right, even if others wanted to stare, there was no reason.But these two, in the process of seizing the door, watched Xu Youzhen play the leading role, and felt that they had lost face, so they had opinions on Xu Youzhen. It is not enough just to have an opinion, there must be a way.So, is there any way to kill Xu Youzhen? This method finally made Cao Jixiang think of it. The eunuch's method was absolutely eunuch-like.He ordered the little eunuch in advance to lie in ambush beside Zhu Qizhen, and when Zhu Qizhen spoke with Xu Youzhen, he would overhear them all, and then spread these words around.Zhu Qizhen was very angry when he found out that the secret deliberations in the palace were known to everyone, so he ordered an investigation. After investigation, all the eunuchs testified: "These secrets were spread by Xu Youzhen. He likes to spread state secrets everywhere... " What, Xu Youzhen has such a hobby?Zhu Qizhen was so angry that he never talked to Xu Youzhen again.But Xu Youzhen was ignorant of this, and ran around happily in the cabinet every day. It didn't take long before the cabinet came up and impeached Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang, saying that they had committed many crimes.Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang took the first step and pre-empted the attack, crying and complaining that the cabinet conspired to kill them.Zhu Qizhen didn't know whether he really didn't know or if he didn't know, so he ordered Xu Youzhen, Li Xian and others from the cabinet to be brought in. Li Xian argued that their memorials were all facts, but Zhu Qizhen said: "It's the facts." Why didn't you say it earlier?" After saying this, Xu Youzhen and Li Xian were both sent to prison. Unexpectedly, as soon as the cabinet entered the dungeon, it saw dark clouds billowing in the northeast direction, lightning and thunder, and a gust of wind threatening hail the size of an egg, which could not help but smash down the sky and cover the ground.At that time, Zhu Qizhen stayed for a while, and said: "Does God have any opinions on my handling? If you have any opinions, you can tell me, what are you doing with these violent wind and hail? Forget it, let Xu Youzhen go into exile, and that Li Xian , Promote and reuse!" Obviously, Zhu Qizhen knew everything well, he just used the hands of Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang to drive Xu Youzhen out of the capital.With such a coup genius by his side, who can sleep peacefully? Xu Youzhen was eliminated, and Shi Heng was next. Zhu Qizhen's attitude towards Shi Heng suddenly became cold, which made Shi Heng unspeakably uncomfortable.So he said to his subordinates: "Datong's army is the most elite. My nephew Shi Biao is the defender of Taitong. If we join forces, it will be easy to take over the world." Tong Xian, a subordinate, was very excited when he heard this, and said: " Then what are we waiting for? Hurry up and start working." Shi Heng said: "The time is not ripe yet, we have to wait until all the generals are replaced by my people, then the world will be ours." So Shi Biao secretly sent more than a dozen people to Beijing, intending to conspire with Shi Heng, never thought that Zhu Qizhen had been staring at him for a long time, and immediately arrested all the coming people, handed them over to Jin Yiwei to beat them up, and gave all their confessions, and then ordered Shi to be arrested. Biao. 实际上，石亨说造反，只是图嘴皮子上痛快，他这人虽然作战勇猛，但对于皇室，却是非常恐惧，急忙请罪。朱祁镇趁机先捕石彪，不追究石亨，等过段日子，石亨嘴巴上又在乱说乱讲，却不知锦衣卫就蹲他家的床底下，早把他说过的话，一句也不少地报到朱祁镇这里。 这可就怪不得朱祁镇不客气了。石亨拿下，判处死罪。可还没等到上刑场，石亨就在天牢里郁闷死了。 蹲在石亨床底下，搜集到石亨谋反证据的锦衣卫，名叫逯杲。搞掉大将军石亨，那意味着他人生的巨大成就，但是他并没有因此而骄傲，而是再接再厉，更上一层楼——盯上了大太监曹吉祥。 曹吉祥赶走徐友贞后，眼见石亨死于大牢，情知自己在劫难逃，于是他小心行事，闭门不出，希望能够逃过灾祸。为防万一，他就把侄子曹钦叫来，让曹钦千万要小心，不要落把柄于人。却万万没有想到，正是这个劝告毁灭了曹家满门，原本是平安无事的曹家，就此弄出事来了。 话说曹钦回到自己的家，关起门来一琢磨：“我有没有什么把柄落在别人手里呢？好像没有，好像……”忽然之间他想起一个人来——家人曹福来。 这个曹福来，本是曹钦的家奴，后来光荣地加入了锦衣卫，做了一名百户。因为工作繁忙，经常在外出差，但谁也不知道他在忙些什么。不知道就算了，可是曹钦偏不，凭直觉，他认为曹福来多半是在从事对他不利的事情。 怎么解决这个子虚乌有的问题呢？ 曹钦的脑子一闪，想出一个超级怪异的解决方案。 他叫来曹福来的老婆，让她去衙门报告，说自己的老公患了精神病，离家出走，不知下落——曹钦的这个怪主意，大概是想先给曹福来扣上顶精神病的帽子，万一他指控自己的时候，自己就说对方是精神病，证词不可靠……弯子绕得如此之大，其间的逻辑又是如此地诡异，就算是没事，也非得弄出事来不可。 果然，锦衣卫逯杲听说了这事，大为奇怪，心说老曹家这是搞什么鬼？一定有什么见不得人的勾当。看来，只要我找到失踪的曹福来，一顿暴打，多半就能够弄清楚事情究竟。于是锦衣卫纷纷出动，满世界去抓曹福来。 发现自己无事生非，果然弄出事来了，曹钦后悔得要死，一咬牙一跺脚，又干了一桩蠢事——他自己先把曹福来找来，捉回家中，打了个半死。 锦衣卫逯军越看这事越怪，最要命的是，御史们也听说了这事，也搅和进来上奏章，就连朱祁镇都表态，他对失踪的曹福来表示高度关注。 全乱套了。 曹钦终于发现，自己的脑子真的有问题，明明什么事也没有，现在弄得好像什么事都有一样。怎么跟人家解释呢？如果说自已脑子不灵光，那别人是不会相信的，要不…… 要不干脆就造反吧。 “等造起反来，估计就没人注意到我的脑子有毛病了吧？”曹钦想。 （16）终成帝王大智慧 凌晨时分，曹家大院突然传出一片呐喊之声，只见一群乌合之众，在曹钦的带领之下，杀奔锦衣卫逯军的家中。恰逢逯军穿戴利索，正要出门上班，被这伙人一拥而上，当场砍得稀碎。 杀手团随即冲向几个御史家中，将御史一刀两断，而后杀奔长安门，发现这扇门不好攻打，曹钦下令放火烧，不信烧不开你。正烧之际，后面的官兵数千人杀来，曹钦横刀立马，扭身大战，忽然想起不如去攻打朝阳门——他这人脑子是真的有问题，这节骨眼上，朝阳门会大敞四开吗？可曹钦不管这么多，杀到朝阳门，发现门不开，就又杀向安定门，见这扇门也关着，就又转向东直门、齐化门……不长工夫，内城九门，被这厮攻打个遍。发现哪扇门也打不开，曹钦很生气，就回家了。 官兵尾随追来，曹钦愤满地说：“都说我脑子进水，我今天就多灌一点水进去……”“扑通”一声，投井自尽了。 老太监曹吉祥可倒了血霉，明明没他什么事，却要承担全部的刑事责任，被推出去千刀万剐了。 搞掉了夺门之变中的所有功臣，而且手上居然没有沾到一点血腥，朱祁镇对自己的佩服，已经到了极点。不服不行啊，全都是对手自寻死路，只有自己是明君——这个就叫帝王大智慧。 朱祁镇彻底成熟了。 下一个目标：袁彬。袁彬是哪个？就是朱祁镇沦为也先的俘虏时，他身边的人——另一个是蒙古人哈铭。袁彬不仅是帮助他度过了人生最艰难的时刻，而且在朱祁镇寒冷的时候，甚至用自己的身体来替他取暖。如此恩德，理应干掉。 不干掉还怎么办？难道把万里江山送给他吗？一碗米养个恩人，一斗米养个仇人。无法回报的情义，就只能跟你不客气了。 怎么个干掉法呢？思路决定出路，办法总比困难多。于是有锦衣卫跳了出来，强烈控告袁彬犯罪，对此，英宗表示了最大程度的愤慨，不予理睬，可是锦衣卫太欢实了，告个没完没了，于是英宗流下了眼睛，说：“你们必须还我一个活的袁彬。” 说出这句话，最深刻地表明了当时的密探政治，凡人诏狱者，有死而无生，锦衣卫考虑的不是你有什么罪，而是用什么法子弄死你。对此，朱祁镇比谁都清楚，所以他才有这样一句话。 袁彬人诏狱，果然又半死不活地回来了，朱祁镇将他调到南京锦衣卫——这厮也当上了锦衣卫了。 终于没事了，朱祁镇总算是可以做他的明君了。 传令释放关押在冷宫中的建庶人。建庶人是大明帝国第二任皇帝朱允汶的儿子，朱棣推翻建文帝的时候，这孩子刚刚两岁，眨眼工夫已经被关押了足足五十四年。奇怪的是居然有许多大臣坚决反对释放建庶人，也不知这些人是怎么念的书，书都念到狗肚子里去了？ 建庶人释放，实际上这个人放不放出来，对他来说都没什么意义，他生命中的全部记忆，就是冷宫中的囚禁生活。突然来到外部世界，心理的冲击空前之强烈，结果大脑受刺激过度，还不到两年就死掉了。 朱祁镇让自己跻身于明君之列的，是他坚决地废除了活人殉葬制度——从朱元璋的时候起，一个皇帝死掉，就会拖着一大群年少貌美的妃子进坟墓，这个制度比较原始，而且像这种恶习，一旦开始就很难终止。而朱祁镇明确表态，他死后，不要任何一个女人殉葬，仅此一项功德，就不枉他活上这一遭。 做完了这件事情之后，朱祁镇心满意足地坐下来，左看看，右看看，还有事没有？没事我死也……他死于1464年正月，亨年三十八岁。