The six-dimensional pictures of emperors of all dynasties were exposed, and the ancestors panicked

Chapter 686: Eighty-one Days in Jiangyin

{Shunzhi...Nanming...Nanming had three emperors in succession in Jiangnan, trying to stop the Qing Dynasty from moving forward. Unfortunately, it was impossible to pick out good apples from a pile of rotten apples, as they were all wine-drinking and meat-eating emperors, and could not succeed.}
{Speaking of which, when Emperor Yongli Zhu Youlang was captured by Wu Sangui and taken back to Yunnan, the common people along the way wept and cried when they saw him. Even some of the Manchurian Eight Banners officers and soldiers believed that Zhu Youlang was the true emperor and wanted to support him in raising an army to restore the throne.}
{Ah, is this... true or false?}
……

Big man.

"Just take this seriously and listen to it."

Liu Bang took a bite of the barbecue in his hand, puffed up his cheeks and muttered:

"Just look at it, sir. From the beginning, the Jurchens never thought they would destroy the Ming Dynasty, let alone become the masters of the Central Plains."

"But there was a reason why they were able to move the capital to Beijing and march southward, like a storm blowing away a pile of fallen leaves, and were invincible."

"The Ming army was extremely corrupt, and the Han people were extremely exhausted."

“Changes in the ruling class no longer stimulate strong reactions.”

"In the eyes of the common people, the Eight Banners of Manchuria, the Ming Dynasty's official army, the local army, and the righteous army are all the same."

"Add to that the hatred for the Ming Dynasty and the Zhu emperors, and apart from a few scholars and gentry, few people were willing to seriously sacrifice for it."

"External forces are part of the reason, but not the main reason."

Liu Bang threw away the bones in his hand and said sadly:

"Anything, no matter how powerful."

"In the end, it must first perish from within, and then adapt to changes in external forces."

"It was like this during the Qin Dynasty, it was like this during Xiang Yu's reign, and it was like this during the Han Dynasty."

Lu Zhi snorted softly.

The key point still lies in the two words "Xiang Yu"!
man!

……

On the canopy.

At the city gate, countless men were driven to the barbers by officers and soldiers.

The scarf was untied and the hair fell down in disarray.

The barber rinsed the razor in his hand with cold water and began to shave the man in front of him.

First, shave the hair around the top of the head, leaving only a tuft of hair in the middle of the head, and then tie it into a braid.

……

【Institutional construction: Hair-shaving order.】

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The period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty
Liu Che took a deep breath and slowly closed his eyes.

"The body and hair are inherited from parents."

"Not daring to cause harm is the beginning of filial piety."

Are you angry?
of course.

and then?
Powerless.

Liu Che was really powerless.

Sometimes he felt that instead of prolonging his life, it would be better to give him the ability to travel like Li Shimin and Zhu Yuanzhang.

After all, there were some things he just couldn't stand.

But the fact is, it can’t.

He could only bear it and accept it.

No matter how painful it is.

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[The Jurchens previously established the Jin Dynasty and ruled northern China, but were defeated in 119.]

[More than 400 years later, the Jurchens who remained in the northeast were beaten back to a fishing and hunting civilization by the Mongols. They became barbaric again in the bitter cold land and were joined by other ethnic groups. Their composition was a bit complicated, but they still considered themselves to be the Jurchens, and later changed their name to Manchus.]

【This time when they regained control of China, they learned lessons from history and accepted a lot of advice from Han Chinese officials, strengthening their ruling skills and methods.】

[The first thing they did in their ruling technique was to force the Han people to shave their heads and change their clothes. That is, they had to make all Han people wear Manchu clothes and have Manchu hairstyles. From then on, the Han people in the Qing Dynasty took off their own clothes and wore Manchu clothes.]

[In the early Qing Dynasty, the Manchus kept a "money rat tail" hairstyle for the convenience of fighting. ]

[The commonly seen "yin-yang head" is a later hairstyle. 】

【The Han people have always been proud of the beauty of their clothing and the great etiquette. The forced shaving of hair and changing of clothing caused dissatisfaction among the Han people. Resistance broke out in various parts of the country, especially in Jiangyin, Jiangsu. The Qing army besieged Jiangyin for three months, and after the city was captured, they massacred the people for three days, "killing everyone in the city, and then putting down their weapons." 】

……

{Woohoo! I see Jiangyin here!}

{Jiangyin spirit: "People are united, people are strong, dare to climb, and create first-class"! }

{I heard about Min Xinggang from my father’s college friend. One of his uncle’s friends lived in Jiangyin Town. His ancestor was probably the only survivor in the town when the town was massacred.}
{The people in their town resisted fiercely. They had no weapons, so they used household tools. Anyway, no one surrendered, and in the end, only his ancestor was left alive.}
{According to him, Jiangyin people look down on Wuxi people, and this may be the reason, that is, Jiangyin people will never surrender, and Wuxi is not as good as Jiangyin in this respect. But this is what he heard from others.}
{…You really don’t want to live anymore, you dare to say anything stupid.}
……

Datang.

Li Shimin frowned and endured it again and again.

Finally, unable to bear it any longer, he slammed the table and said angrily:
"Just say it!"

"You dare to do it but you don't dare to let others tell you?!"

"My Xuanwu Gate is also standing there!"

"Say!"

Empress Changsun pulled his sleeve and whispered:

"That does make some sense. We can't generalize to an entire county based on the actions of one individual."

“Everyone is different.”

"If we really use this point to represent the whole, then there have been traitors in every dynasty. If we cover this up, then wouldn't it mean that the entire world and history is filled with two-faced people?"

Li Shimin looked at Empress Changsun strangely.

"When did Guanyin like to read Yang Zhu's teachings?"

Empress Changsun rolled her eyes at him.

"What is Yang Zhu's teaching? It's just speaking one's mind to one's heart."

Li Shimin nodded and sighed:
"What Guanyin said makes sense."

"How can you despise an entire county because of the actions of one person?"

"If a county is despised because of one person, then the whole prefecture will be despised because of the county."

"If you despise a county because of a county, you will also despise the whole country because of a county."

"If we replace them like this, the whole world will be filled with people we despise."

"You think too highly of yourself, and you can't even think of yourself that way."

"If it cannot be planned, then it will be ruined."

"Confucius said: When three people walk together, there must be one person who can be my teacher"

"Guanyin maid is my teacher."

……

{I checked and found that the Jiangyin Massacre lasted for three days because "you can either keep your head or your hair, or keep your hair or your head." Under the leadership of Dianshi Yan Yingyuan, Chen Mingyu, Feng Houdun and others, the people of Jiangyin waged a vigorous anti-Qing struggle.}
{At that time, Yan Yingyuan was just a retired prefect of Jiangyin, but with the unanimous recommendation of the people of Jiangyin, he led more than 100,000 insurgents to fight against 240,000 Qing cavalry.}
{The people of Jiangyin, with their extremely tenacious fighting spirit, managed to resist the attack of 240,000 Qing troops and more than 200 cannons for 81 days.}
{Although there were more than 100,000 volunteers, they were not regular troops after all, and there were many old, young, women and children among them, so their fighting power was not strong. In addition, they did not have good weapons and equipment and city defense equipment, so after holding out for 81 days, Jiangyin City was captured by the Qing army.}
{During the siege, the Qing army repeatedly urged the people of Jiangyin to surrender and promised to save their lives and homes, but the people of Jiangyin would rather die than surrender and were willing to die for their country.}
{At that time, there was an unknown woman in Jiangyin City. When the city was broken, she wrote a magnificent poem:
The battlefield is littered with exposed corpses and bones, but the lone loyal man refuses to surrender.

I would like to tell passers-by not to cover their noses, for the living are not as fragrant as the dead.
{When the city was captured, Yan Yingyuan angrily wrote on the city gate:

On the 80th day, he pledged his allegiance to the emperor, representing the figures of Taizu's seventeenth dynasty.

One hundred thousand people died for their cause, leaving behind three hundred miles of territory for the Ming Dynasty.

After finishing writing, he continued to raise his sword and mount his horse, charging at the Qing army. He died a heroic death.
{After closing the government office, Chen Mingyu engaged the Qing army in hand-to-hand combat with a knife. He was seriously wounded, but he stood stiffly against the wall, holding the knife tightly, and never fell down.}
{Feng Houdun, wearing his official uniform, hanged himself in Minglun Hall. His wife and sister also jumped into a well and died.}
{After the Qing army entered the city, they began to massacre the civilians on a large scale. However, despite this, the people of Jiangyin would rather die than surrender, and they fought to the death until the last man.}
{After 81 days of arduous fighting, the people of Jiangyin paid the price of more than 90,000 lives and killed more than 75,000 Qing soldiers, including three princes and 18 generals.}
{After the "81 Days of Jiangyin", the city was littered with corpses and blood flowed like a river. Of the more than 100,000 people who originally lived in the city, only 53 elderly and weak people were left.}
{Qing Dynasty history expert Ji Lianhai once said:
"I think stories like the 81 days in Jiangyin have permeated our thoughts and ideas. Under the circumstances at that time, these people (Jiangyin people) were the backbone of the nation."
{Yan Yingyuan, Chen Mingyu, and Feng Houdun are also known as the "Three Lords of Jiangyin who resisted the Qing Dynasty"}
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Ming Dynasty Yongle Period
Kunning Palace. Zhu Di sighed and wiped Empress Xu's tears.

"Look, you, we're not crying, why are you crying?"

Empress Xu blew her nose with a handkerchief and said unhappily:

"Is it okay if I'm emotional?"

"Tell me, how can Chongzhen be worth these people's efforts?"

Zhu Di sighed again.

"Didn't I say it? For the sake of the nation."

Empress Xu looked up at Zhu Di and said with a nasal voice:
“What is a nation?”

Zhu Di blinked.

Yes, what is nationality?
"It could be Huayi."

Empress Xu frowned slightly.

"Then Emperor Wen of Sui was not a Han Chinese."

Zhu Di looked at her.

Okay, she's recovered now.

"You said, after a few hundred years, will the Jurchens also become Han people?"

Zhu Di was acting in a playful manner and was stunned when he heard this.

Empress Xu looked at the stunned Zhu Di and sighed.

"Forget it, just keep watching."

Empress Xu looked up at the sky.

The words of that expert have already revealed a lot.

She didn't understand, but she could only accept not understanding.

After all, if we really want to trace the past, every family in this world is an enemy.

But if we don’t pursue it, wouldn’t those people have died in vain?
Empress Xu couldn't figure out the account.

No one can figure it out.

Can only look forward.

……

【After their rule became stable, the Manchus implemented two sets of ruling methods on the Manchus and the Han people. 】

[The Manchus owned a large amount of banner land, Han people were not allowed to serve in the Manchu army, Han merchants were not allowed to enter cities where the Eight Banners were stationed, Manchu cities were built in the center of prosperous cities, and Han people were not allowed to learn Manchu, etc.]

【However, the Manchus made concessions to the Han nobles and promoted the so-called "unity of Manchus and Han" to facilitate their rule.】

[The Manchu nobles respected Confucianism and literature, offered sacrifices to Confucius, built the Confucius Temple, held imperial examinations to recruit scholars, and actively studied Han Chinese classics and worked hard to learn Chinese.]

……

{Another price that the literati paid for their wealth and glory was absolute and unconditional obedience to Manchu rule.}
{From Shunzhi to Qianlong, the seemingly benevolent Qing emperors would turn murderous and kill entire families at any time if they saw any ambiguity in Chinese writing that expressed dissatisfaction with Manchu rule.}
{Zhuang Tinglong, who wrote the "Brief History of Ming Dynasty", used the name of the Southern Ming Dynasty. Seventy members of his family were sentenced, and eighteen of them were tortured to death.}
{Qianlong compiled the Sikuquanshu, destroying more than 170 books and 13,600 volumes that were unfavorable to the Qing Dynasty. Countless Ming Dynasty archives were completely destroyed, and the remaining parts were tampered with in large quantities, bringing a historic disaster to Ming history research.}
{The imperial court used both soft and hard tactics. Han people with achievements could either enjoy wealth and glory and rule the country together, or they could doubt the Manchu rule and have their entire family killed in a matter of minutes.}
{The strategy of promoting the wealth of the Han scholar-officials and striking down the small ones has always been pursued.}
{There were six cases of literary inquisition during the Shunzhi reign, ten during the Kangxi reign, twenty-five during the Yongzheng reign, and one hundred and thirty-five during the Qianlong reign. The successive emperors were more successful in dealing with Han literati than the previous ones.}
{So, did you notice that the Ming emperors didn’t kill these people that easily? Not many historical records dared to compile historical records about the Qing emperors.}
{Selective screening: how can we trust the history books of Ming and Qing dynasties, and how much can we trust?}
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Qing Dynasty and Qianlong period
The old emperor's face turned black.

This thing in the sky is severely humiliating the Qing Dynasty!

"Humph."

After being angry for a while, Qianlong calmly looked at the sky again.

Again.

There's no way to turn the world upside down.

Because the highest means of countermeasure have always been in the hands of the royal family.

The Industrial Revolution, the French Revolution, mechanics and the steam engine.

The basic situation of Western Europe has been clear to us since Emperor Shunzhi.

But these powerful productive forces cannot enter China.

Because once the Han people learned these skills, the rule of the Manchus would be threatened.

Technology and knowledge.

It is the highest countermeasure.

……

[In the 1658th year of Shunzhi's reign (), Emperor Shunzhi adjusted the official system to make the ranks of Manchu and Han officials equal.]

[The four ministers of the cabinet were Manchu and Han, accounting for two each, and the twelve ministers of the six ministries also accounted for half each.]

[Although the military power and the highest political orders were still firmly in the hands of the Manchus, most of the most trusted officials were Han Chinese.]

[Shunzhi changed the previous discrimination of the Manchus against Han officials, raised the status of Han officials in the palace, and further integrated the two opposing ethnic groups.]

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Northern Qi Dynasty: Cultural and Propaganda Period
Gao Yang lay on Li Zu'e's right side, looking at the sky.

"You're so cut off."

He was full of energy and could see the dilemma of the Qing emperor at a glance.

They also wanted to use Han officials because of their large numbers.

I don't dare to really use them because of the large quantity.

"I ate so much that I became fat. I started to have trouble digesting food."

Li Zu'e cleared his ears and whispered softly:
"So what should they do?"

Gao Yang said lazily:
"What else can I do? I'll just keep going till the end."

"As long as the shaving order is in place, the principle of using the few to defeat the many will not change."

“The path of the Qing dynasty is clear.”

"Either we continue to suppress the vast Han people, or we integrate into the vast Han people."

"The suppression of the Han Chinese will eventually hit rock bottom."

"The Manchu nobles will not agree to integrate into the vast Han population."

"The Qing dynasty system is exactly the same as the Ming dynasty system in that there is only one person who has the power to issue orders to local governments, and that is the emperor who sits high on the top of the pagoda."

"In the end, it all depends on the emperor's decision."

"But no matter which path you choose in the end."

Gao Yang rubbed his face against Li Zu'e's legs.

"The Qing dynasty would eventually consider itself a native Chinese."

"If we don't do this, we will end up like the Mongols."

……

【After Shunzhi took power, he began to rectify the administration of officials. 】

【It is stipulated that officials of all ranks in various places should be inspected every three years to comprehensively evaluate the officials, which is called "Jingcha" and "Daji".】

[This method worked very well and was adopted by subsequent emperors, becoming an important system for the Qing Dynasty to examine and appoint and dismiss officials.]

[In order to prevent eunuchs from disrupting government affairs, Shunzhi followed the example of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty and ordered the Ministry of Works to establish the Thirteen Yamen Iron Plate in June of the 1655th year of Shunzhi () to prevent eunuchs from colluding with officials.]

[Evaluation level A, score 4 points]

……

{Yes, that's right. The eunuch organization in the Ming Dynasty had 42 institutions.}
{After Shunzhi entered the Pass, he indulged in this kind of luxury for a while, and then reorganized the 42 institutions into 13 institutions, called the "Thirteen Yamen"}
{However, the power of the eunuchs expanded almost as much as that of the Ming Dynasty, so it did not take long for the eunuch leader, the eunuch Wu Liangfu, to become close friends with the Han Chinese Prime Minister Liu Zhengzong and buy and sell official positions and titles.}
{It really opened the eyes of those Manchu nobles. It was all from the Central Plains!}
(End of this chapter)