My Pen Pal Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 18: When China is in danger, there will always be brave people who stand up
shame!

What a shame!
It is even worse than the Jingkang Shame!

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang was not only angry but also depressed, and his faith in Taoism was severely tested.

Throughout his life, he was either fighting or on his way to fight, and he had both victories and failures.

But failure did not knock him down. Instead, he got up from where he fell and continued to struggle.

But in his eyes, Zhu Qizhen's personal expedition was nothing but cowardice and shame!

It's an insult to the four words "the emperor leads the army in person"!

How could his Zhu family give birth to such cowardly descendants?
Fortunately, the person who is now going to succeed to the throne is Zhu Biao, and Zhu Di's lineage will no longer have a chance of becoming emperor.

However, Zhu Biao's son Zhu Yunwen was also a headache.

The education of children is really a matter of great worry for fathers and grandfathers.

"Old Zhu, after seeing this, you must be so angry that you can't even describe it. You have to be careful with your heart. Zhu Qizhen's outrageous actions will definitely not stop here.

Do you know why he is called the Emperor of Gates? "

My God, please consider that Old Zhu is over fifty years old and please don’t torment me.

Zhu Yuanzhang was so sad that he could not even cry.

"After capturing Zhu Qizhen alive, the Oirat Grand Master Yesen was naturally overjoyed. This is the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, a great treasure!
How can you call your big baby a baby if you don’t need to get up?
Therefore, Yesen ordered Zhu Qizhen to lead the way and ordered the defenders of Xuanfu and Datong to open the city gates and let the Wala cavalry enter the city.

Zhu Qizhen was afraid of death and wanted to survive. He shouted at the guard at the gate and ordered him to open the gate.

What a bastard!
Zhu Yuanzhang was furious again, extremely furious. If you, Zhu Qizhen, are able to die for your country after being captured, then I, Zhu, will still respect you as a man!
I didn't expect that you, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, would actually open the city gates for the enemy and become a traitor?
You, Zhu Qizhen, are probably the number one throughout history!

You are not even as good as the last emperor of Southern Song Dynasty!
At least he jumped off the cliff with Lu Xiufu and committed suicide for his country. He died with dignity. What about you?
Even if you are the descendant of me, Zhu, I will make sure you die without a burial place!

"Fortunately, General Guo Deng and his men were loyal to the Ming Dynasty and refused to open the city gates for them. They were even prepared for a fight to the death!"

"Good! You are indeed a good man of the Ming Dynasty!"

Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't bear it any longer, he stood up suddenly and couldn't help clapping and cheering!
Ever since Zhu Qizhen led the army in person, his emotions had been suppressed, and now they were finally released.

"Yesen saw that Zhu Qizhen's treasure had no effect, and the Ming generals were so loyal and brave, so he had no choice but to bypass Xuanfu and divide his troops into three groups to attack the capital directly!
At this time, the news of Zhu Qizhen's capture had reached the capital, causing shock to the court and the public. The capital was in chaos, people were panic-stricken, and everyone was in danger.

The Oirat army advanced all the way to the capital, and the city was about to be captured. The Ming Dynasty finally reached its most dangerous moment!
At this time, many ministers advocated moving the capital, evacuating the court from Beijing, avoiding the Oirat army, and negotiating peace with the Oirat.

How stupid! Moving the capital southward will mean handing over Shuntian Prefecture to others?

If we lose Beijing, we will lose control of the entire north. Do you want to be the second Shi Jingtang?
Don’t you, the court officials who are well-read in classics, know that after the loss of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, the entire Song Dynasty was suppressed by the northern barbarians for hundreds of years?

Do you think that if you compromise with the Oirat Mongols, they will let you go?

What a bunch of pedantic, despicable and cowardly sycophants!

Zhu Yuanzhang's blood boiled and he wanted to curse loudly. His eyes were fixed on the letter and he didn't even notice his trembling hands.

"However, in times of crisis, there will always be brave people who stand up in our great China!"

it is good!
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't bear it any longer, he slammed the table and stood up, his chest suddenly filled with heroic spirit, at this moment his blood was boiling!

We all know that how dare you, Wala, bully us, the Ming Dynasty, because we have no one?

"This person is Yu Qian!"

Yu Qian? Is that the name of this hero? I remember this name!

"The then Vice Minister of War Yu Qian and Minister of Personnel Wang Wen rejected all objections to moving the capital and advocated defending Beijing to the death!
A country cannot be without a ruler for a day. In order to stabilize the situation, Yu Qian and a group of pro-war factions supported Zhu Qizhen's younger brother Zhu Qiyu as the new emperor.

Zhu Qiyu was also a courageous and decisive person. He made sufficient political preparations for Yu Qian and others, and let them fight boldly!

Yu Qian turned the tide and used Beijing's terrain advantage to hold back the Wala army for a month!

During this period, he transferred back more than 200,000 troops from other places to strengthen the defense of the capital.

After the army was ready, Yu Qian organized the Ming army to counterattack. After five days and five nights of fierce fighting, the Wala army was finally repelled!

At this point, Beijing was protected, and the crisis of the Ming Dynasty's destruction was also resolved by Yu Qian and others.

After the defeat, the Oirat retreated to the northern desert with Zhu Qizhen, and used Zhu Qizhen to fight with the Ming Dynasty many times. However, after the Battle of Tumu, the Ming Dynasty was united from top to bottom and did not give the Oirat any chance.

Seeing that Zhu Qizhen was no longer useful, they placed him under house arrest for a year. Then, the Oirat Mongols came up with a sinister plan and released Zhu Qizhen in an attempt to alienate the Ming Dynasty.

This time, the Oirat succeeded.

Zhu Qizhen returned to the capital and successfully restored the throne. He imprisoned the heroes who participated in the defense of the capital and forced Qian to death. Zhu Qiuyu also died mysteriously and did not even have a temple name after his death.

Admirable and lamentable!

After the Tumu Incident, Yu Qian vowed not to coexist with the Oirat Mongols.

He often lived in the place where he was on duty and did not go home. Zhu Qiyu sent eunuchs to visit him in turn. When he heard that his clothes and utensils were too simple, he issued an imperial decree to make them for him, which even included pickled vegetables.

Yu Qian lived a simple life and was an upright official. After his death, his family had no wealth left, only the dragon robe and sword given by Zhu Qiyu.

On the day of his death, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and the people of the Ming Dynasty believed that he was wronged.

Even Zhu Qizhen regretted it after forcing Yu Qian to death.

Chen Kui, the then deputy governor, was moved by Yu Qian's loyalty and collected his body.

Defending the country while alive, leaving nothing behind after death; loyal and righteous, bringing glory to the sun and the moon!

However, Yu Qian also left valuable wealth to the Ming Dynasty!
The Battle of Beijing dealt a heavy blow to the Oirat Mongols, which prevented them from recovering for many years. This may be the last fortune that Yu Qian left for the Ming Dynasty. "

Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were already wet.

Yu Qian, sir, you are righteous!
The Ming Dynasty has such a loyal minister, what more could it ask for!
How great it would be if Yu Qian was a minister during the Hongwu period?

At this moment, he felt both angry and moved.

He was angry at Zhu Qizhen for killing his meritorious officials and was moved by the loyalty and courage of Yu Qian and others.

The letter contained a lot of ups and downs and dramatic events that made him unable to calm down for a long time.

Even when just reading the text, Zhu Yuanzhang could feel the danger as if he was there himself.

How fortunate it is that the Ming Dynasty can have people like Qian. It is truly God’s blessing for China!

It’s a pity that the hero didn’t have a good ending.

The sky is sad and the sky is lamentable!

Yu Qian, Zhu Qiyu, Wang Wen, Guo Deng... You are all great. I would like to say a few words to you in the future. Thank you very much!
During the Tumu Fortress Incident, Yu Qian was not the Shangshu, but this has been corrected
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