Chapter 32 Chapter 31 Martyrdom, Doubt, Cruelty, Weakness

The so-called integrity is talked about by many people on weekdays, and it is often used as a big stick to beat others, but the real integrity is always shown in critical moments.At this time, the end of sticking to integrity is often not flowers and applause. Only those true heroes can show their integrity when facing the butcher's knife. This integrity is true courage. Zhu Yunwen sat in the palace blankly, he did not expect this day to come, but when it finally came, it still seemed so cruel, the emperor couldn't do it, and the common people couldn't do it either.Once on this road, there is really no turning back.

At this time, the counselors around him had disappeared, and those nerds who usually talked about it finally understood that there was a gap between theory and reality.At this last moment, even Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng were nowhere to be seen.Zhu Yunqi thoroughly understood what it means to be betrayed by others, and he shouted angrily to the empty hall: "It was you who gave me the idea, but each of you ran for your own life when it came to an end!" The minister responded, and the only response to him was the echo from the Shenshen Hall. By this time, it was meaningless to blame anyone. He looked back at this palace, where he spent his childhood. What an honor!

He is very familiar with every plant and tree here, but as a prince, he doesn't like this place. As the heir to the throne, he has always been under too much pressure.In his view, everyone here is a monster. They are desperate and use all kinds of conspiracy methods to frame, slander, and mutilate others, just for one goal-power. Is the scenery at the top really that good?Zhu Yunwen smiled wryly, he has a deep understanding, the heights are extremely cold, but what is dramatic is that everyone seems to know the meaning of this sentence, but everyone ignores it.They still keep climbing towards the top.

Burn this palace, destroy it utterly! Zhu Yunwen's complaints and anger were justified, but he underestimated the integrity of his advisers. Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng and many others did not escape, and they were saving the court from peril with their own efforts. Qi Tai recruited soldiers in Guangde, Huang Zicheng recruited soldiers in Suzhou, Lian Zining and Huang Guan recruited soldiers in Hangzhou.Although the actions of these nerds can't really save the country, they have tried their best and fulfilled their promises after all, so today, we can say that they are a group of brave and upright people.

Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng were arrested and executed successively, preferring death to surrender. Huang Guan, we mentioned this person before, he is another Lianzhong Sanyuan in the Ming Dynasty, and his position at that time was the right servant. His recruiting didn't have much effect, but after hearing the news that the capital was about to fall, he still insisted on going to the capital, although he also knew that it would be senseless to go there.But for him, the meaning of fulfilling his promise and fulfilling his duties is far greater than just surviving. When he walked to Anqing, news came: the capital had fallen and the new emperor had ascended the throne.Huang Guan understood that the general situation was over, but he did not panic as people imagined. He just lamented and cried: "My wife is a man of integrity, she must be dead."

After that, he summoned the soul of his wife, and after completing the necessary ceremonies, he took a boat down the river.When he arrived at Luochaji, he dressed neatly, bowed eastward, and threw himself into the river. Huang Guan was right. Before him, his wife had thrown two daughters and ten relatives into the river on the Huaiqing Bridge and died.In any case, the couple finally reunited. As Zhu Yunqi's confidant and martyr, Huang Guan was envied by Zhu Di. He crossed Huang Guan's name off the admission list, so the history of the Ming Dynasty only left a record of a Lianzhong Sanyuan.Although we have mentioned this matter before, I still want to justify the name of this brave man again:

Huang Guan, in the Hongwu period of Lianzhong Sanyuan, was named Zhu Di, the usurper, and died loyally. I believe that the truth can never be hidden. The above-mentioned people are not the only ones with integrity. After hearing the news that Qi Tai was arrested, Huang Yan and Wang Shuying, who were recruiting soldiers in the Imperial Academy together with Qi Tai, knew that the situation was over, so they bathed and changed their clothes and wrote their Last words of life: Life is over, there is nothing to make up for at that time Death is also in vain, I have no shame in future generations

Then they both committed suicide.For these two scholars, they have done enough. As stated in their last words, they lived their lives in a bright and aboveboard manner, and they have no shame in future generations. Facts have proved that integrity does not only belong to those scholar-bureaucrats, ordinary people also have integrity. A woodcutter in Taizhou is a man of integrity. He is a person who has not left his name in history. This is also normal, because at that time, he was just an ordinary person. Pick them up and sell them in the city.He never sells firewood at a second price, and never cheats.Many people bought his firewood, but no matter from which point of view, he should have nothing to do with Jing Nan.However, a person like him threw himself into the East Lake to die after hearing that the capital had fallen.

Some people may think he is stupid, no matter which emperor ascends the throne, you still chop your firewood and live your life, but I think his behavior has told us that justice is at ease. Although he is an ordinary woodcutter, he cares about the world. As an ordinary person, he has no way to express his anger and protest. Throwing himself into a lake is his only way of expression. Ordinary people can also become heroes, as long as you have the courage. Apart from literati and ordinary people, a general also showed his loyalty. This person is Zhang Lun, a general under Sheng Yong. After Sheng Yong was defeated and surrendered, the Northern Army also wanted to recruit him. Zhang Lun said with a smile: " Do you think I'm someone who would betray myself?"

After speaking, he resolutely went to die. Zhang Lun is an inconspicuous general. We have not mentioned him before. Although he has no military exploits, he is a remarkable person. On the contrary, professional generals such as Sheng Yong and Pingan all surrendered. Zhu Di. Sheng Yong and Pingan are talented, well-versed in strategy, and have gone through hundreds of battles, but they are not as good as their subordinates and an ordinary woodcutter!Regrettably. Of course Zhu Yunqi didn't know about these righteous deeds of his ministers. He burned down his palace, and then disappeared, so one of the biggest mysteries in history was born.But in fact, this mystery did not start with Zhu Yunqi's disappearance. As early as when Zhu Di invaded the capital, the Northern Army received a strange order not to enter the imperial city, but to retreat to Longjiang Station.Obviously, Zhu Di didn't want to be charged with killing his nephew. He besieged the imperial city to give Zhu Yunwen time to commit suicide or abdicate.

But Zhu Yunqi's choice was beyond his expectation. The burning of the palace showed that Zhu Yunqi did not want to give up his throne, but this nephew with some backbone did not commit suicide, because after entering the palace, Zhu Di did not find Zhu Yunqi's body.If he neither abdicates nor commits suicide, the only thing left is to escape. Zhu Yunwen's whereabouts have since become an eternal mystery. Of course, there is an answer. Zhu Di finally sat on his throne, and he thought he deserved it, because he had paid too much for it.How many times were life hanging by a thread, how many times were failures, in exchange for today's victory and success. After a short period of excitement, Zhu Di immediately realized that he had more important things to do, which was to eliminate those who opposed him as the emperor.And so a scene of atrocities rarely seen in history began. The first thing Zhu Di found was Fang Xiaoru, he knew that Fang Xiaoru was famous all over the world, and Dao Yan had said to him long before he captured the capital: "After His Highness captures the capital, Fang Xiaoru will definitely not surrender, but you must not kill him! If you kill him, the seeds of reading in the world will be extinct!" With this military advisor's warning, Zhu Di naturally did not dare to neglect. He expected that Fang Xiaoru would not surrender easily, but he also did not expect that the matter would turn into a tragedy that broke the historical record. Zhu Di met Fang Xiaoru in the main hall. He hoped that Fang Xiaoru could draft the edict for him. In fact, it is okay to ask other people to draft the edict, but if Fang Xiaoru wrote it himself, it would have a better effect on appeasing the people of the world.Therefore, Fang Xiaoru had to write this edict. But Zhu Di would never have imagined that Fang Xiaoru came here not to write an edict to him, but to use his skills as a speech officer to have a legal debate with Zhu Di on the right of succession. Fang Xiaoru cried and entered the hall, ignored Zhu Di, and did not salute. Zhu Di was very embarrassed, and persuaded: "Sir, don't do this, I am just assisting the government by imitating Duke Zhou." This sentence aroused Fang Xiaoru's anger, and he asked in response, "Where is King Cheng?!" "Self-immolated to death." "Where is King Cheng's son?!" "The country wants an older monarch." "What about King Cheng's younger brother?!" "This is my family business." Zhu Di, a young man in society, finally learned how powerful Fang Xiaoru is, the best debater and expert in inheritance law. He didn't have that much patience, so he asked Fang Xiaoru to take out paper and pen and force him to write. Fang Xiaoru did not write. Keep pushing. Fang Xiaoru wrote down the words "the swallow thief usurped the throne". Zhu Di was so angry that he lost his mind: "If you don't write, aren't you afraid that I will destroy your nine clans?!" "So what if I kill my ten clans!" Looking at it from the facts, Fang Xiaoru did not necessarily want Zhu Di to kill his own clan when he said this, but he did not understand Zhu Di. Zhu Di is not the kind of person who keeps threatening to prevent you from seeing the sun tomorrow. , but he can guarantee that the sun will shine on your grave next year. And he is very proficient in the law of violence, and will use him at the right time, at least his use skills have surpassed that of Chen Youliang back then, because he understands an important rule: Violence can't solve everything, but it can solve you. He asked someone to pull Fang Xiaoru out. Fang Xiaoru's final outcome is: Ling Chi, destroying the ten clans. There have always been only nine races in history, but human beings once again showed his amazing creativity.The extra clan should thank Zhu Di for his invention. To make up the numbers, he added Fang Xiaoru's friends and students to the massacre list. Fang Xiaoru was a man who dared to resist rape. Although he died a tragic death, he was very valuable. His behavior should become a model for scholars and be missed by us. From the perspective of criminal psychology, it is the most difficult for a murderer to kill the first person, but as long as a precedent is set, it is very easy to kill. So Zhu Di started his massacre. Since the following content is too bloody and brutal, I will try to express it in short classical Chinese, and those with poor psychological endurance can be exempted from watching it. Tie Xuan cut off his ears and nose, boiled it, and stuffed it into his own mouth. Zhu Di asked, "Would you like it?" Huang Zicheng, Ling Chi, destroy the three clans. Qi Qin, Ling Chi, destroy the three clans. Lian Zining, Ling Chi, and extermination. Zhuo Jing, Ling Chi, exterminate the clan. Chen Di, Ling Chi, killed his son. In addition, Tiexuan's wife and daughter, Fang Xiaoru's daughter, Qi Tai's wife, and Huang Zicheng's sister were not included in the Jiaofang Division as prostitutes. Nothing to say, nothing to comment. When many people read this, they often sigh that Zhu Di is a perverted murderer, but this may not be the case. As we said earlier, Zhu Di is a man with two faces. His cruelty is only aimed at those who oppose him, and these atrocities of massacring opponents do not show his strength. On the contrary, it shows his strength. guilty conscience. Caesar in ancient Rome didn't get angry when he learned that his wife had committed adultery with a politician, although he was in a position of power to punish that person.He divorced his wife and later reused the man who had committed adultery with his wife. Caesar is not a fool, nor is he Wu Dalang. He is a person with a strong desire for power. The reason why he can ignore his wife's betrayal is because he has strong confidence in his status and prestige. The world, I believe that what belongs to him will always be his. Yes, we know from history that tolerance is never about weakness. Zhu Di is a weak person. Because of the wrong origin of his throne, he worries day and night that another person will follow him and take away his position. history.But it turns out that opponents have always existed, and history has left his brutal mark. Beyond the fog of history, what we see is not a strong and confident Zhu Di, on the contrary, sitting on that glorious throne is a pale middle-aged man, looking at the people around him with vigilant eyes, and constantly and said to them: "This is my throne, don't come here." I believe this is the truth of history. The matter finally came to an end, and Zhu Di fell into deep thought as always. After experiencing such ups and downs, no one knew what he was thinking at the moment.Usually at this time, no one dared to disturb him, but Zhu Neng was an exception. He had outstanding military exploits and was Zhu Di's number one confidant.In order to report the news of the arrest of Jianwen's remnant party, he walked to Zhu Di's side as usual, and broke the silence: "Your Highness,..." Zhu Di raised his head abruptly, and stared at Zhu Neng with extremely cold eyes. Zhu Neng was terrified, the terrifying gaze made him shudder, even the fighting on the battlefield had never made him so terrified, he knew that he had made a serious mistake, so he corrected it. "emperor." Zhu Di finally walked into the hall representing the highest power. He was no stranger to this hall. In the past, he often came to kowtow to worship, or pay tribute to pray for mercy.But this time is different, he has become the master here.He was sitting on the emperor's throne, looking down at the courtiers.Although this position belonged to his nephew Zhu Yunqi not long ago, and although his ascension to the throne was not normal in terms of the substantive and procedural aspects of the law, there is a rule that can ensure that he occupies this position reasonably but not legally. The name of this rule is winner and loser. Zhu Di finally won, he accepted the worship of the officials, he deserved it, he worked hard, now is the time to be rewarded.The figure of his father seemed to appear in front of his eyes again. Although you didn't hand over the throne to me, I still won it, with my own efforts.I will use my actions to prove that I am the most suitable successor to this empire.I will not let you down, this huge empire will become stronger in my hands!I will spread your brilliance and let all people look up to us and our great country! Ming dynasty!