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Chapter 83 Why was Zhu Jianshen slandered so badly! The great eunuch Wang Zhi appears!

As Tianmu tells the story, many great emperors such as Zulong, Emperor Wu of Han, Emperor Guangwu of Han, who had performed the Fengshan ceremony on Mount Tai, as well as many princes, ministers, and common people of all generations, finally understand why Zhu Yuanzhang did not perform the Fengshan ceremony on this precious place, Mount Tai.

The reason is obvious, and Tianmu has already explained it very clearly before - because a bastard named Song Zhenzong seriously lowered the value of the Fengshan ceremony at Mount Tai!
In the past, who were qualified to go to Mount Tai to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth?

Which one of Qin Shi Huang and Han Wudi is not a top emperor?

Even if she is not as good as Wu Zetian, she is at least a ruler who can maintain the status quo. But who are you, Emperor Zhenzong of Song?
The territory of your Song Dynasty is not even as big as the base opened up by Emperor Qin Shi Huang!
Not only did he not apologize to his ancestors, but he even dared to offer sacrifices to the gods. Where is his shame?
What's even more outrageous is that even though they had won the battle, they had to submit to the enemy instead. Looking through history books, this is quite unique, right?
Duke Huan of Qi was such a talented and wise man, but he was scolded by Guan Zhong when he wanted to offer sacrifices to the gods. How dare you, Emperor Zhenzong of Song, go to Mount Tai to offer sacrifices to the gods with your low level of ability? Where is the face for that!

Don’t you have any idea at all?
There was a hint of disdain in Ying Zheng's eyes.

Is this kind of person worthy of being enthroned on Mount Tai?

Emperor Wu of Han also felt a little angry because of people like Emperor Zhenzong of Song when he was offering sacrifices to the gods at Mount Tai.

I don't understand why this guy is so shameless.

The person involved, Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng, felt offended and his face turned red.

"envy!"

"You must be jealous of me!"

"Why am I not qualified to be a celestial being on Mount Tai?"

Zhao Heng felt that God was full of malice towards him.

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【Why was Ming Xianzong Zhu Jianshen slandered so badly? 】

As the new title appeared, the picture slowly appeared on the sky curtain.

[Ming Xianzong Zhu Jianshen, a Ming emperor who was badly blackened by literary works. To this day, many people's impression of Zhu Jianshen may still remain on the mature woman Wan Guifei and Yu Huatian's Western Factory. ]

[In fact, from the perspective of real history, the Ming Dynasty was hit to the bottom by the Oirat in the Battle of Tumu, and then gradually recovered under Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty. There was a gap of about 23 years in between. During these critical 23 years, the contribution of Zhu Jianshen and Wang Zhi, the prototype of Yuhuatian, was second only to Zhu Qiyu and Yu Qian before. ]

[The battle to defend the capital between Yu Shaobao and Emperor Jingtai did pull the Ming Dynasty back from the brink of death, but the damage caused by the Battle of Tumu was too great. Hundreds of thousands of elite troops were destroyed in one battle. The international status of the Ming Dynasty plummeted. Not only did the Mongols take away the control of the Hetao region, but even the Jurchen forces in the northeast began to make a move.]

[History did not give Yu Qian and Zhu Qiyu much time. Before these problems could be solved, Zhu Qizhen, who was sent back, relied on the coup to regain the throne. ]

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Hongwu period.

Lao Zhu's face turned dark again.

Every time Tianmu mentioned this matter, he had a vague urge to break through.

The only contribution of the evil Zhu Qizhen to the Ming Dynasty was that he gave birth to a good son.

If Zhu Jianshen had not helped to clean up the mess, the Ming Dynasty would have been in danger, even in danger of destruction!
"Hmph, needless to say, it must be those Manchu barbarians who are responsible!" Old Zhu snorted coldly.

Generally speaking, the current dynasty does not write its own history. Needless to say, the history books of the Ming Dynasty were most likely written by the Manchus who later usurped the Han dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang knew all the details here.

Judging from the nature of those barbarians, Zhu Yuanzhang estimated that this group of people would discredit his Ming Dynasty completely.

At the same time, he was a little curious why Tianmu only mentioned Zhu Jianshen.

"Could it be that our grandson did something to offend these shameless Manchus?"

Old Zhu narrowed his eyes and said, "Let us see how these Manchus are slandering our descendants!"

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【Zhu Qizhen was a complete bastard. He used fragrant wood to make a statue of Wang Zhen, the eunuch who had murdered him, to bury him and call back his soul. Yu Qian, who had saved the day, was thrown into prison and sentenced to death. So according to Zhu Qizhen's way of playing, even if the Ming Dynasty was saved, it would only be a lingering death.】

...Seeing Zhu Qizhen's amazing moves again, not only Zhu was broken, but in the Yongle era, Zhu Di, Zhu Gaochi, and Zhu Zhanji were also collectively broken.

It feels like eating a fly.

Zhu Zhanji had no words to express his grievances.

The father is so heroic, why is the son such a coward!

If the Crown Prince's Concubine had not indeed had her blood that night, Zhu Zhanji would have suspected that this idiot was not his own child!
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[In 1464, Zhu Qizhen, whose crime could not be cleared even by the gods, finally died, and the 17-year-old Zhu Jianshen succeeded him. Fortunately, Zhu Jianshen did not inherit his father's evil ways. The first thing he did after taking office was to restore order and redress Yu Qian's eternal injustice.]

[He re-employed many officials implicated in the Yu Qian case, and repaid his uncle Zhu Qiyu, who had abolished his position as crown prince, with kindness, restoring his title of emperor and repairing his mausoleum, fully demonstrating his generosity and benevolence.]

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Behind the scenes, after eight years of troubles led by Zhu Qizhen, the Ming Dynasty was in chaos.

However, as soon as Zhu Jianshen came to power, he made drastic changes to the court. He dismissed all the incompetent people and promoted knowledgeable people. The court suddenly became brand new.

Seeing the emperors of all dynasties makes me feel enlightened.

It is rare in history books to have such courage at the age of 17.

With this comparison, people are also very curious, why was Zhu Jianshen criticized? What were the reasons for his criticism?
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[In addition, Zhu Jianshen's martial virtue was second only to that of Hongwu Zhu Yuanzhang and Yongle Zhu Di. Zhu Jianshen never forgot the Hetao area of ​​Shi County and the Jurchens who repeatedly invaded the border.]

[He used his superb ability to judge people to train two generals, one of whom was the prototype of the supervisor of the Western Factory in Dragon Gate Flying Armor, the great eunuch Wang Zhi.]

[Execute first and report later, special permission granted by the emperor, this is the Western Factory. ]

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eunuch?

Throughout the dynasties, many scholars frowned secretly.

There is no way around it. Eunuchs have always been discriminated against because of their physical disabilities.

Secondly, there are too many cases in history where eunuchs caused chaos in the government. In the distant past, there was the Ten Attendants of the Han Dynasty who caused chaos in the government. More recently, there was the great eunuch Wang Zhen who harmed the 300,000 troops of the Ming Dynasty. These are bloody lessons.

Old Zhu also frowned, feeling a little uncomfortable in his heart.

I have clearly issued orders not to favor eunuchs and not to allow eunuchs to interfere in government affairs, but these young men have turned a deaf ear to my words?

But judging from the situation, this eunuch named Wang Zhi seems to have made considerable contributions to the Ming Dynasty... Old Zhu thought to himself and decided to observe first.

As for Emperor Yongle Zhu Di, he did not have to consider as many things as his father because of the existence of Ma Bao, also known as Zheng He.

In his opinion, no matter what kind of official, as long as he is loyal, talented and capable of great use, as a wise emperor, he should use him according to his ability and there is no need to discriminate against him because of his identity.

Besides, those civil officials and military generals were not that good either.

This group of people pretend to obey orders for their own interests, and many of them are corrupt.

We are all human beings, so who is nobler than who? Just because I have that thing, I am nobler than others?
Not necessarily?

On the other hand, eunuchs, due to their physical defects, were naturally looked down upon by those self-righteous scholars and officials. They could only rely on the emperor, so they were more loyal and willing to work conscientiously for the emperor.

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[If we were to rank the eunuchs of all dynasties in terms of contribution, the top two would be Cai Lun, who invented papermaking in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Zheng He, the navigator during the Yongle period. The third would be Wang Zhi.]

(End of this chapter)