A knife in love

At that time, Li Qiufeng listened to Chen Ping's words, and thought that the fourteen ancestors worshiped by the family of nine surnames must have a lot of background, and the portrait of the child hanging on the highest place was probably Chen Youliang's son Chen Li.At that time, Chen Youliang led an army of 60 to march eastward and fought against Zhu Yuanzhang in Poyang Lake. In the end, Zhu Yuanzhang defeated Chen Youliang's army with less, and Chen Youliang himself died in the chaos.Later, Chen Youliang's general Zhang Dingbian and others supported his son Chen Li as emperor, and he ascended the throne in Wuchang City.At that time, Chen Li was only eleven or twelve years old, how could he know how to deal with state affairs?Although Zhang Dingbian was brave and tough, he didn't know how to govern the country. Most of the civil servants who assisted Chen Youliang died in the Poyang Lake War. The few civil servants who escaped by chance saw that Chen Youliang was dead, and the 60 troops disappeared. They were definitely not Zhu Yuanzhang's opponent. Therefore, some civil servants found another Gao Zhi and defected to Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Shicheng, and some civil servants were discouraged and fled to the deep mountains and old forests to live in seclusion.Without the assistance of civil servants, Chen Li was at a loss in advance and retreat. The cities under his jurisdiction were continuously captured by Zhu Yuanzhang's soldiers and horses. Finally, he had no choice but to surrender to Zhu Yuanzhang.

After Zhu Yuanzhang forced Chen Li to surrender, he was exiled to Koryo, where Chen Li finally died, and his body was unknown.According to folklore, Zhu Yuanzhang sent people to poison Chen Li and burn his body to ashes. Many people complained about Chen Li and made up many bizarre stories to ridicule Zhu Yuanzhang.If the family of the nine surnames were the descendants of the general under Chen Youliang's account, it would not be surprising to hang up Chen Li's portrait when offering sacrifices to their ancestors.As for who were painted in the other three portraits, Li Qiufeng, Murong Danyan, and Ye Fengchun hadn't guessed, and it was presumed that these people were civil servants and generals under Chen Youliang's command.For example, the famous general Zhang Dingbian is brave and invincible, and he is as famous as Chang Yuchun, the number one under Zhu Yuanzhang's account.After Chen Li surrendered to Emperor Taizu, Zhang Dingbian disappeared. Some people said that he became a monk, while others said that he fled overseas.This person is regarded as the number one loyal minister under Chen Youliang, and it is not unusual for the descendants of the Nine surnames to offer sacrifices to him and Chen Li together.

When Li Qiufeng was reading the documents in the Fusi Archives Library in Nanzhen, Jinyiwei, he once read a record of when Zhu Yuanzhang sent two generals, Xu Da and Chang Yuchun, to march north.At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang told Chang Yuchun not to underestimate the enemy when confronting the Tartars. He specifically mentioned that after the Battle of Poyang Lake, all the generals thought that Chen Youliang died in the rebellion, and the 60 army was wiped out. According to the defense, they have already become frightened birds. If the army surrounds Wuchang City, Chen Li, Zhang Dingbian and others will definitely surrender.Unexpectedly, Zhu Yuanzhang's soldiers and horses attacked Wuchang City, and Zhang Dingbian led the soldiers to defend Wuchang City, not intending to surrender at all.If Zhu Yuanzhang hadn't sent people to buy off the favorites around Chen Li, coaxing, coaxing, threatening and intimidating, forcing Chen Li to surrender, it would not have been easy to defeat Zhang Dingbian and seize Wuchang City.Once the army is trapped under the fortified city, Zhang Shicheng is eyeing him, and he may attack from the direction of Jiangsu and Zhejiang at any time. When the Chen family and the Zhang family join forces, Zhu Yuanzhang's soldiers and horses will be attacked by the enemy, and they must be defeated.Zhu Yuanzhang's mention of Zhang Dingbian's defense of Wuchang City was to remind Chang Yuchun not to think that since the Tartars were defeated, the capital city would be vulnerable, and he had to be careful not to repeat the mistakes of the Wuchang City War.Emperor Taizu valued Zhang Dingbian so much, he must have extraordinary abilities.He is an important minister of Chen Youliang Tuogu, and the Nine Surnames put his portrait side by side with Chen Li, but it makes sense.As for who the other two were, none of the three could guess.At this moment, Li Qiufeng suddenly realized after hearing what Songshan Yilu said. It turns out that the family of the nine surnames had nothing to do with Chen Youliang at all.And Wen Tianxiang was loyal to the Great Song Dynasty. After the defeat and capture, Yuan Chief Kublai Khan personally persuaded him to surrender, but he still would rather die than surrender. He is a famous loyal minister and righteous man in the world.It is not unusual for a family of nine surnames to sacrifice Wen Tianxiang, Zhao Bing, Lu Xiufu, and Zhang Shijie together.

While Li Qiufeng was thinking about it, he only heard Songshan Yilu go on to say: "More than a hundred years later, the Tatars have been driven out of the Great Wall by the Ming Dynasty, and upon hearing the news that the Han people took back the Central Plains, the family of the nine surnames also thought about returning to the Central Plains. It's just that the population has multiplied for more than a hundred years, and the Nine Surnames have nearly ten thousand people. It is definitely not an easy task to bring all these people back to the Middle Earth. It is said that the leader of the Nine Surnames once sent people to the Middle Earth to ask to see Daming The emperor, I beg the emperor to allow them to return to China. At that time, Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty was in power, and he admired the unyieldingness of the nine family members. He promised to let them return to the middle land, and they will never be displaced again. The nine family members were ecstatic when they heard the news. , busy packing his bags, thinking of returning to China as soon as possible, without having to live under the hedge of Fusang.

"Seeing that things are about to be done, I didn't expect that Ming Xuanzong died of a serious illness, and the new king ascended the throne. The assistant ministers wanted to stabilize the political situation and didn't want to make extra troubles. Therefore, the return of the nine surnames to Ming Dynasty had to be put on hold. Wait. After the political situation stabilized, the new emperor dismissed most of the old ministers left by Emperor Xuanzong, favored the eunuch Wang Zhen, and handed over most of the government affairs to Wang Zhen."

Songshan Yilu said this, took a look at Li Qiufeng, and then continued: "Your Excellency is from Daming, so you naturally know who the new emperor is?"

Li Qiufeng nodded, and said in his mouth: "The new emperor mentioned by the old man is supposed to be the Emperor Yingzong. In fact, the Emperor Yingzong was not stupid at first, but he was just a child when he succeeded to the throne, and everything was done by the Queen Mother and the auxiliary government. The ministers are the masters. Apart from sitting on the dragon chair and pretending to be in the court, they hang out with the eunuchs and maids when they return to the harem. They lose their discipline and finally lead to the catastrophe of the civil fortress. If Emperor Xuanzong could live a few more years Let Emperor Yingzong follow him to learn how to deal with government affairs, and when he is enthroned, he may be able to inherit the great cause of Emperor Ren and Emperor Xuan, and eventually become a generation of Mingjun."

After listening to Li Qiufeng's words, Songshan Yilu nodded and said, "Your Excellency is very knowledgeable, what you say is very true, I really admire it. The Emperor Yingzong favors and trusts Wang Zhen, the eunuch, and Wang Zhen makes up his mind for everything. All officials know Wang Zhen Monopolizing the power, so they have to curry favor with Wang Zhen. Wang Zhen is extremely greedy, and he was born as an eunuch. Not only is he ignorant, but also very stupid. In his eyes, silver is more important than anything. If you ask him to do something, you have to show real gold Baiyin came to give gifts, otherwise nothing will be discussed. Those traitors who wanted to be high officials gave Wang Zhen a lot of silver. After becoming officials, they cruelly oppressed the people, corrupted the law and accepted bribes, and did all sorts of evil. Wang Zhen brought chaos to the court, and the decline of Ming Dynasty was inevitable. "