Ming Dynasty: A mere unruly commoner is rebelling against the heaven?

Chapter 226: You are afraid that Yu Shen will kill your whole family, but aren't you afraid that I will exterminate your entire clan? !

The anger in Zhu Youtang's heart grew stronger and stronger since he started reading history books!
What these historians recorded in history books is simply unforgivable!
According to historical records, in March of the second year of the Hongzhi reign, the Oirat Mongols invaded the Ming Dynasty and carried out large-scale border raids.

The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty led an army of 50,000 and 200,000 civilians to personally lead the army into battle.

However, the emperor was attacked by the Oirat Mongols at Tumu Fort and was captured by the Oirat Mongols and hunted north.

The Oirat people and the emperor knocked on the gate of Xuanfu Datong together, trying to use the emperor to trick the city gate open.

However, Yang Tong, the general commander of Xuanfu, saw through the Oirat's trick and refused to open the city gate.

Yu Shen, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of War, was ordered to defend the capital against all odds in the midst of danger.

Empress Dowager Zhou, taking the overall situation into consideration, established Prince Xing as the new emperor and respected the emperor as the Supreme Emperor from afar.

After King Xing ascended the throne, he and Yu Shen had a close relationship and the king and his subject had a deep affection for each other. He appointed Yu Shen as the Minister of War, giving him full responsibility for the defense of the capital.

Seeing that the gates of Xuanfu were not opened by the enemy, the Oirat people brought the retired emperor to the capital, attempting to use him to occupy the capital.

The Minister of War Yu Shen turned the tide, dispatched troops to the capital, and vowed to resist the Oirat army to the death, and to live and die with the capital.

The events recorded in history books have all happened, but through the description in the Spring and Autumn style, it seems that it is completely different!

The highest level of lying is not how perfect the lie is.

Instead, it tells the whole truth, but reverses the order and cause and effect, and uses montage techniques to reorganize, edit and sort it to tell a conclusion that does not exist at all.

Zhu Youtang did lead the army in person, and he was indeed attacked at Tumu Fort!
But the people who attacked him were not the Oirat army, but the Xuanfu rebels who mutinied!
And he was not captured by the Oirat people.

Zhu Youtang did encounter the Oirat people, but there were only two thousand of them who came to the capital to pay tribute!
Zhu Youtang did knock on the door of Xuanfu together with the Oirat people, and Yang Tong, the general of Xuanfu, did not open the door.

But that was because of the mutiny in Xuanfu, and Yang Tong did not dare to open the door for Zhu Youtang!
The Zhou family did make Prince Xing Zhu Youlang the emperor, but they were forced by Yu Shen. It was Yu Shen who seized the Zhou family's power!
After Zhu Youlang ascended the throne, he indeed valued Yu Shen very much and handed over the defense power of the capital to Yu Shen.

But that was because Yu Shen had the military power. Even if Zhu Youlang didn't want Yu Shen to be responsible, who else could he put in charge?

Zhu Youtang did indeed return to the capital with a large army and fought a battle to defend the capital with Yu Shen.

But that was because after Yu Shen seized power, he was determined to prevent Zhu Youtang from returning to Beijing.

If Zhu Youtang didn't fight this battle, he would never be able to return to the capital!

The history books completely concealed the fact that Yang Tong, the general of Xuanfu, and Yu Shen, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War, secretly colluded.

It also covered up the fact that Yang Tong launched a mutiny in the border town and Yu Shen launched a coup in the capital.

At the same time, the military strength of the Oirat was seriously exaggerated, making the historical truth shrouded in layers of fog.

The overall plot is that Zhu Youtang was extremely stupid.

Even though he led an army of hundreds of thousands to the battle, he was defeated and captured by the Oirat Mongols only 200 miles away from the capital!

As for how the Oirat Mongols crossed the defense lines of Xuanfu and Datong and appeared in Tumu Fort like a divine force descending from the sky.

They can't make it up, so they're too lazy to do it.

Anyway, during the Tumu Incident during the Zhengtong period, the historians of the time did not make up the story of how Yesen and his tens of thousands of Oirat troops suddenly appeared in Tumu.

After Zhu Youtang was captured by the Oirat people, he was taken to Xuanfu and knocked on the gate in an attempt to trick the city into opening it.

Zhu Youtang was the emperor, but he was extremely cowardly and cowardly. Not only did he not voluntarily go to die, but he also asked Yang Tong, the general of Xuanfu, to open the city gate.

The brave and resourceful General Yang Tong of Xuanfu defended Xuanfu and refused to open the city gates, thus thwarting the Oirat people's scheme.

The Oirat people were so furious that they suddenly brought Zhu Youtang to the capital more than a month later, attempting to use Zhu Youtang to occupy the capital.

As for why the Oirat people waited another month before attacking the capital.

Don’t ask me about this. The reason I’m asking is that it hasn’t been compiled yet, so it’s left blank for now.

The history books ended when they wrote about the second defense of the capital.

Because they will no longer have the opportunity to continue compiling the history books of this dynasty.

Zhu Youtang threw the history book in his hand into the faces of the historians.

Zhu Youtang was so angry at the history they recorded that he sneered: "Is this the record you compiled for me?"

If these records were passed down to later generations, his reputation as a fool would be comparable to that of Emperor Yingzong.

The nine historians were so frightened that they trembled all over. They knelt in front of Zhu Youtang and kowtowed continuously.

"Your Majesty, spare your life! Your Majesty, spare your life!"

"Yu Shen forced us to write these! We actually didn't want to write them this way!"

"But Yu Shen said that if we don't write it this way, he will kill our whole family!"

"We were all forced by Yu Shen!"

"Yu Shen has done so many evil things that he is truly the most treacherous minister in the Ming Dynasty. Your Majesty, please kill him!"

"But we are innocent! Please, Your Majesty, spare our lives!"

"..."

The historians wept bitterly and regretted deeply.

As historians and compilers of the Hanlin Academy, this proves that these people were all first-class Jinshi.

What does it mean to be a first-class Jinshi?
There are only three people who pass the first-class Jinshi examination in every imperial examination, and they are called the top scholar, the second scholar and the third scholar respectively.

The imperial examination was held every three years, and only three people would pass the first-class Jinshi examination.

In other words, only one first-class Jinshi is produced once a year.

Moreover, the first-class Jinshi were all selected by the emperor during the palace examination and were called the emperor's disciples. In other words, these nine Hanlin editors were all the emperor's disciples of the previous emperor!

These nine Hanlin editors were the essence of the Ming Dynasty's nine years of nurturing scholars.

With this identity, it is a foregone conclusion that they will leave the Hanlin Academy and become powerful local officials in the future.

It is not impossible for him to rise rapidly and become the Shangshu Ge Laor afterwards.

Their future is bright, they really don't want to die!
In order to survive, these nine Hanlin editors desperately pushed the responsibility onto Yu Shen, who had been defeated and captured.

After Yu Shen's failure, all the heinous acts in the capital were attributed to Yu Shen.

As to whether Yu Shen actually forced historians to change history, only God knows.

Zhu Youtang was no longer in the mood to investigate these details.

Because it doesn’t matter at all whether Yu Shen forced the historians to write this.

What is important is that such records appeared in history books.

As the historian who compiled the Veritable Records, he cannot escape blame!
Zhu Youtang's eyes were icy cold: "You are afraid that Yu Shen will kill your whole family, but aren't you afraid that I will exterminate your entire clan?!"

"what?!"

The nine Hanlin editors opened their eyes wide in horror, and their bodies collapsed to the ground as if they had no bones.

Their whole bodies were shaking, their teeth were chattering and making noises, and their hearts were falling into an endless abyss.

At this moment, all their years of hard work came to naught.

The goal they had been striving for for so many years had become a vain one.

Zhu Youtang's face was as gloomy as water and he gave the order coldly.

"Mou Bin, take them all away and exterminate all three tribes!"

"Investigate the Imperial Academy. All officials responsible for compiling the Veritable Records, regardless of rank, will be exterminated along with their entire clans!"

"And the ministers who plotted treason will be executed together with those found out later!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Mou Bin waved his hand, and the Jinyiwei arrested the nine historians again and sent them to the imperial prison to await execution.

When they were taken away by the Embroidered Uniform Guards, these nine historians were so desperate that they could not even utter a word to beg for mercy.

In addition to these nine historians, the Hanlin academicians who were kneeling on the Fengtian Gate Square were also dragged away by the Embroidered Uniform Guards!
He is the chief official of the Hanlin Academy. He is primarily responsible for the historians' tampering with history and discrediting the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He deserves to be killed!

At the same time, the Jinyiwei's spies stationed in various parts of the Ming Dynasty also had to take action.

They must arrest the three clans of the nine historians who compiled the history as quickly as possible and bring them to the capital for execution!

After this order was issued, everyone in Fengtianmen Square felt insecure.

From an ordinary scholar, to passing the examinations to become a tongsheng, then a xiucai, then a juren, and finally a jinshi, he was finally noticed by the emperor in the palace examination and was designated as a jinshi.

How much effort does it take to get to this point?

And now, Zhu Youtang's words not only negated all their efforts in the first half of their lives, but also brought disaster to their entire family!

This is not only their own loss, but also the loss of the entire Ming Dynasty!
The Ming Dynasty spent so much time, financial resources and material resources to cultivate these nine promising officials.

Zhu Youtang killed them all without blinking an eye!

Zhu Youtang's cruelty made all officials feel deeply frightened!
But for Zhu Youtang, the Ming Dynasty never lacked officials.

Such wanton fabrication of history books and smearing of the Ming Emperor cannot be tolerated in the slightest!
If we don't take ruthless action, these historians will really treat history books as their own toilet paper and delete and modify them at will!
After dealing with pseudo-history, the next step is to record real history.

Zhu Youtang looked around the court and finally set his eyes on Li Dongyang in the corner.

"Mr. Li, please come forward and I will serve you with your writing brush and ink."

When Li Dongyang heard Zhu Youtang calling him "Grand Master", he was surprised at first, and then he smiled happily.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Li Dongyang walked quickly to Zhu Youtang and knelt down. The eunuchs from the Imperial Household Department brought a few tables and placed them in front of Li Dongyang.

On the desk, there are all kinds of things, including pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

Zhu Youtang looked at Li Dongyang expressionlessly: "I read it, you write it."

"After recording, it will be handed over to the Hanlin Academy to compile it into a record."

Everyone at Fengtian Gate was shocked after hearing this.

The emperor personally stepped in and ordered officials to compile history...

This is a royal taboo!
By doing this, isn't Zhu Youtang afraid of violating a taboo in the world? !

Even though they were shocked and knew that this should never happen, no one in Fengtianmen Square dared to speak out to stop Zhu Youtang.

The reason is very simple, Zhu Youtang really has the military power in his hands!
When it comes to killing officials, he is truly unscrupulous and has no scruples!

If they dare to oppose, Zhu Youtang will really dare to kill them!
Li Dongyang also took a breath of cold air, and then his expression became extremely serious.

"Yes! Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty, I will obey your command!"

(End of this chapter)