Chapter 1 Emperor Chongzhen
"Cover my Chinese people, and heaven will order my Chinese people to be safe, and how can I be governed!" I am afraid that the Middle Earth will be filthy and bloody for a long time, and the people will be disturbed, so he will lead the heroes to fight to clear up, aiming to chase away the Hulu, eliminate the riots, and make the people get their place, the shame of China, and the people's body! ”
This is a passage from the text of Zhu Yuanzhang's Northern Expedition by Ming Taizu. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Time has passed for hundreds of years, and reading it still makes every real Chinese son and daughter enthusiastic!
In the past dynasties of China, there is no one like Zhu Ming. This is Zhu Daming's belief all along, this belief is not something he only had after he came to the Ming Dynasty inexplicably, but it took root and blossomed when later generations read the history of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Daming in later generations is just an ordinary overtime dog, working overtime every day to write various written materials such as leaders' speeches, situation reports, and work summaries, and his work is boring, his life is boring, he has few friends, and he has no other hobbies except reading books.
Zhu Daming likes to read historical books, because his surname is Zhu and Daming, so he especially prefers the wild history miscellaneous historical texts of the Ming history.
Every time he looks at the history of the Ming Dynasty, he sees the traitorous ministers and villains in charge, the loyal ministers and good generals who will die, and the Emperor Chongzhen hangs himself and the Manchu Qing Dynasty slaughters the world, Zhu Daming will empathize with him and feel painful.
In Zhu Daming's eyes, Zhu Yuanzhang defected to the righteous army as a Han Chinese and Huaizuo Buyi, raised troops against the Yuan, and used the banner of expelling the Tartars and restoring China to flatten the heroes, unify the world, and finally establish the Ming Dynasty.
The throne of the Zhu Ming royal family was not usurped by Cao Wei and the Sima clan of the Western Jin Dynasty, nor was it obtained by eating the rice of the Sui Dynasty and smashing the pot of the Sui Dynasty like Li Tang, let alone the Yellow Robe like Zhao Kuangyin of the Northern Song Dynasty.
The legitimacy of the Zhu Ming Dynasty can only be compared with the Han Dynasty established by Liu Bang, but the Han Dynasty established by Liu Bang was based on opposing the tyranny of the Qin Dynasty, and is still slightly inferior to the legitimacy of Zhu Ming's expulsion of the Tatars and the restoration of China.
But then again, since ancient times, the tragedy of losing the world has not been as tragic as Zhu Ming. Emperor Chongzhen would rather die than give in, hanged himself on the day of the city's destruction, the concubine committed suicide, and the heir was killed; Emperor Hongguang was defeated and captured, and was killed soon after; Emperor Longwu was defeated and captured, and then killed; The most miserable Emperor Yongli fled from one to another, and even though he fled to Burma, he was still captured back to Yunnan and hanged by a bowstring.
Zhu Ming's righteousness in winning the world and losing the world's misery are unprecedented. Especially Emperor Chongzhen, who ascended the throne at the age of seventeen and died at the age of thirty-four, his seventeen-year career as an emperor was only an overtime dog for seventeen years, and it was a useless and meaningless overtime dog.
No matter how hard he tried, how he struggled, and how reluctant he was, in the end, the giant ship of the Ming Dynasty, which was built by Zhu Yuanzhang and sailed for more than 280 years, sank.
And the giant ship of the Ming Dynasty sank together, as well as the legal system of the Han Dynasty, as well as the clothing and etiquette of the Chinese nation, as well as the cultural self-confidence of the Chinese nation.
After more than 200 years of smearing by the Manchu Braided Dynasty, to this day, even the Han nation itself is full of unremitting and hostile to the Zhu Ming royal family that expelled the Tartars, restored China, overthrew foreign rule, and established the Han dynasty. This cannot but be said to be the sorrow of the Chinese nation.
Some experts who study the history of the Ming and Qing dynasties say that the demise of the Ming Dynasty has been doomed since the Wanli era, and after seven years of tossing by the Emperor of the Apocalypse, in the Chongzhen period, no matter who becomes the emperor, can not save the fate of the Ming Dynasty. It's a bit like saying that it's the death of the heavens, and it's not a crime of war, and it's not something that can be reversed by manpower. Of course, Zhu Daming scoffed at such a view.
History has both necessity and contingency, and its inevitability is realized through one accident after another. If Emperor Chongzhen was replaced by another person, he might not be able to save the fate of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Daming often fantasizes about what he would do if he was Chongzhen. Of course, this is just a thought, in real history, the Ming Dynasty is dead after all, who can really travel through time and space to save the Ming Dynasty and save China?
In this way, Zhu Daming, as a modern person, worked overtime to earn money to pay off the mortgage, and at the same time took the time to read some idle books to relieve boredom, which somewhat made life a little interesting.
Year after year, mediocre and mean, such days live like a dog, and not yet a pet dog.
However, just half a month ago, after working overnight work again and again, Zhu Daming died suddenly in the office with a myocardial infarction at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve. When he died, he lived with Emperor Chongzhen, who he had always remembered and hated iron but not steel.
The overtime dog, who was unknown before his death, suddenly became an example for all the personnel of the unit to learn and praise, and all kinds of condolences and awards and honorary titles came one after another, which can be regarded as a well-deserved death and quite a sad honor.
While the leaders and colleagues of the unit were busy mourning Zhu Daming and learning Zhu Daming's spirit, Zhu Daming, who was not as good as a pet dog in his previous life, got his wish in another time and space, from an obscure and insignificant small role like an ant, he suddenly became an emperor who was carried by heaven and respected by himself.
Needless to say, the first feeling of arrival was first, then surprise, and then persistent deep fear.
Of course, Zhu Daming has been to the Forbidden City, and more than once, especially the difference between the Beijing Forbidden City in the Ming Dynasty and the Beijing Forbidden City in the Qing Dynasty, he also has a certain understanding, and he is particularly disgusted by the Manchu Emperor's later indiscriminate transformation of the Forbidden City, but as a pure modern person in the 10s of the 21st century, he suddenly woke up from sudden death, and what he heard in his ears was exclamations such as "Emperor" and "Your Majesty", and what he saw in his eyes were gloomy palaces, retro furniture and a group of people in Ming Dynasty costumes kneeling on the ground outside. Even if he had fantasized about such a scene countless times, he was still confused for a while, staring at his surroundings, but unable to say anything, completely unaware of where he was and where he was.
Thinking about it, I was working overtime in the office all night to write materials a moment ago, and suddenly my heart ached, and my consciousness immediately fell into darkness, and then I woke up to a completely different world, and I was stunned for a while.
Half a month has passed, and every time I think about the scene when I first arrived, Zhu Daming, who has adapted to his new identity, still smiles.
Thinking about it at that time, as far as the traveler was concerned, his reaction was quite fast, but he was stunned for a while, and then he heard the shout of "the emperor", so he said "um".
At that time, when he woke up for the first time, Leng Leng looked at the woman in palace clothes who was sitting on the edge of the bed and looked at him with concern, he felt very kind and familiar, but he couldn't remember his name, he couldn't say his identity, he just looked at her with a slight embarrassment, and the hand held by the woman in palace clothes also moved, which was regarded as a response.
When the palace woman saw Zhu Ming's response, she shook his hand excitedly, and said with tears in her eyes: "Your Majesty, it's good that you're awake." You are related to the safety of the Ming Dynasty, and you must not be overworked in the future. No matter how busy the government is, there are ministers here, why do you treat yourself so harshly. ”
As the woman in the palace costume spoke, tears flowed down her eyes. At this time, a group of people kneeling outside also said in unison: "Please take care of the dragon body and wish the emperor a healthy dragon body!" ”
Zhu Daming probably didn't listen to what the palace woman said behind, including the words of the group of people kneeling on the ground in the distance, because he was still in a state of confusion at this moment, but he really heard the two key words "Daming" and "Emperor".
This made him suddenly understand his situation, he actually wore his soul, and became the emperor, and he was also the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, which made him suddenly change from dazed to ecstatic! If you become the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, you will have the opportunity to save the Ming Dynasty from peril and change the tragic fate of the Chinese nation. This is a dream that he has been buried deep in his heart, once he has the opportunity to make his dream come true, who will not be excited.
However, the euphoria did not last long, and was replaced by fear and worry. Because just as he had just figured out that he had become the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he heard the woman in palace clothes turn her head and say to a person kneeling outside: "Wang Chengen, you quickly go to see the minister outside the noon gate, just say that the emperor has woken up and needs to recuperate, please come to see the emperor again tomorrow!" ”
Zhu Daming, who was wondering which emperor of the Ming Dynasty was, was stunned when he heard this, and silently recited the three words "Wang Chengen" several times in his heart, and suddenly completely figured out his exact identity, he turned out to be Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty.
And this "Wang Chengen" is the loyal eunuch who hanged himself on the coal mountain with him in the end, so the woman in palace clothes in front of him is undoubtedly a dignified and virtuous lady, and finally the queen Zhou who was ordered to commit suicide by herself.
After figuring out his identity, Zhu Daming has been in worry and contemplation, sometimes in high spirits, determined to come to peace, he is familiar with the history of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and has every chance to change the fate of the Ming Dynasty's demise, sometimes depressed, deeply feel a kind of powerlessness, feel a kind of fear, and always appear in his mind to the scene of the rebellion and separation, the city full of soldiers, and the hanging of the coal mountain.
In the past half a month, Zhu Daming has been adjusting himself, trying to adapt to the reality of becoming Emperor Chongzhen, recuperating and conditioning his body under the guidance of the imperial doctors, understanding all kinds of details inside and outside the palace in the gossip of the harem women such as the imperial sister-in-law Zhang, Empress Zhou, Concubine Tian, and Concubine Yuan, reading the chapter and judging the situation with the help of Wang Chengen and other eunuchs, and of course meeting with the ministers once, but most of the current cabinet ministers are Wei Zhongxian's cronies, and there is really nothing to say to them.
But no matter what, taking advantage of the half a month of recuperation, Zhu Daming, or the new Chongzhen Emperor, who is reincarnated, finally has a comprehensive and accurate understanding of his situation, after all, there are still seventeen years before the demise of the Ming Dynasty in history, and he still has a lot of opportunities to change his final fate.