The twenty-first round of the Criminal Department Prison Twenty-one

Speaking of the restoration of Ming Yingzong, we have to mention Wang Zhenhe and the "Battle of Tumubao". Wang Zhen was the eunuch of the seal of the Ming Yingzong during the reign of Ming Yingzong, and was not only a close confidant of Ming Yingzong, but also a teacher of Ming Yingzong. The predecessors of the Ming Yingzong called Wang Zhen "sir", and almost obeyed Wang Zhen's words. In order to deter the ministers, Ming Yingzong smashed the iron tablet written by Zhu Di himself, "Eunuchs are not allowed to interfere in politics". From then on, the eunuch officially entered the court and participated in the handling and decision-making of military affairs.

Wang Zhen's own knowledge and ability were actually good, no less than any cabinet minister at that time. But Wang Zhen was a eunuch after all, a eunuch who was looked down upon, so he had to be vicious and arrogant. In order to deter everyone, Wang Zhen encouraged Ming Yingzong to do a lot of things that should not be done, thus embarking on a road of no return. Wang Zhen knew very well that everything he did came from the emperor Ming Yingzong. If Ming Yingzong fell, he would be chopped to death, and his family would be killed. In order to make Ming Yingzong's backstage live comfortably and for a long time, Wang Zhen did almost anything, the purpose was to make Ming Yingzong happy and trust Wang Zhen.

Ming Yingzong is a normal young man, who not only needs countless beauties, but also needs a supreme aura. Ming Yingzong wanted to become an emperor like Zhu Yuanzhang, Hong Wuye, and Zhu Di, Ming Chengzu, who was not only majestic but also spread by future generations. After Wang Zhen found out, he looked for all kinds of beauties for Emperor Ming Yingzong while promoting the merits of Ming Yingzong. All the merits of ministers or ordinary people will be "stolen from the dragon to the phoenix" by Wang Zhen, which has become the personal credit of Ming Yingzong. This made Ming Yingzong very happy, and trusted Wang Zhen more and more, and even handed over all government affairs to Wang Zhen to handle.

When Wang Zhen's power expanded indefinitely, he attacked political opponents who opposed him and framed the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs. forced the ministers of the court not only not to succumb to Wang Zhen's obscenity, but also allowed Wang Zhen to call for wind and rain in the court. Wang Zhen also knew his weakness, and sent people from Jinyiwei and Dongchang to secretly monitor the minister of civil and military affairs and the common people, and strictly forbade everyone to explain bad things about Yingzong and himself. As a result, almost all the people in the entire Ming land hate Wang Zhen, except for Wang Zhen's minions, everyone resents Wang Zhen. In order to live a long life for himself, Wang Zhen even ordered local governments to build a "life shrine" for Wang Zhen and worship a longevity tablet for himself. The eunuch who holds the seal of the celebrant is known as "nine thousand years old", and he is the most powerful person under the emperor, which is a saying that has only existed since Wang Zhen at this time.

Ming Yingzong didn't know what was crazy, and he wanted to open up territory for his country. After Wang Zhen learned about it, he hurriedly inquired about the situation between us and the enemy. The people below not only did not understand military affairs, but also wantonly pandered to their superiors and praised their own army very well. Wang Zhen is not a real politician after all, not only is he conceited but also unwilling to listen to other people's advice, so he subjectively feels that Da Ming is very powerful. For this reason, he instigated Ming Yingzong to wage war against Mengyuan in the north, and encouraged Ming Yingzong to personally conquer Wara.

The ministers of the DPRK and China stopped Ming Yingzong's crazy moves, but due to Wang Zhen's fanning of the flames, Ming Yingzong not only did not listen to everyone's advice, but also deposed several ministers led by him. Because Yu Qian, the squire of the military department, was not only demoted by Ming Yingzong because he told a few truths, but also punished him to stay in the capital and think about it behind closed doors. Yu Qian dared not speak out against Wang Zhen's behavior, but he still did not stop Ming Yingzong's behavior, which led to the failure of the "Battle of Tumubao" and Ming Yingzong was trapped in Wara.

Ming Yingzong believed in Wang Zhen too much, and Wang Zhen was a person who "talked on paper" and did not understand military command at all. As a result, an army of 300,000 was surrounded by 60,000 cavalry of the opposing side. The cavalry of the other side drove the 300,000 Ming troops to flee in all directions like sheep. Only then did Ming Yingzong know the horror of the other party and the weakness of his own army, but unfortunately it was too late.

For the sake of his own glory and wealth, for his own life, Wang Zhen actually contacted Wara in private, trying to betray the Ming army and Ming Yingzong. Wang Zhen's people told the Warat people the actual situation of the Ming army, which caused the Warat people to see through the actual situation of the Ming army and ordered the whole army to attack the commander's camp where Ming Yingzong was located. Wang Zhen didn't wait for the Warat people, and was hacked to death by angry Ming officers and soldiers.

The officers and soldiers were worried that Ming Yingzong would target everyone for Wang Zhen's matter, so everyone dispersed in a hurry. This gave the Warat army a chance to easily capture the camp where Ming Yingzong was located and capture Ming Yingzong alive. This is a very rare event in Chinese history, and the emperor should have many guards around him, and it is absolutely impossible for him to be captured alive by the enemy. Under normal circumstances, no matter how strong the enemy is, it is impossible to capture the opponent's commander or emperor. The soldiers will desperately cover the emperor's breakthrough, and will never throw the emperor to the enemy. But Ming Yingzong was different, the eunuchs and ministers around him had escaped, and the soldiers were worried that Ming Yingzong would investigate their killing of Wang Zhen and left, leaving less than a hundred people to protect Ming Yingzong. These guards of the forbidden palace are good at fighting alone, but they are not elite soldiers, and they will not join forces in battle formation. The Varat army had something to do, and the cavalry came quickly, and they didn't give the Ouchi master a one-on-one chance at all. When everyone was ready to fight back, Ming Yingzong's living treasure had been controlled by the Warat soldiers. Worried about the safety of Ming Yingzong, the masters of Ouchi did not dare to fight back, and they were killed by the enemy one by one like chopping melons. If the Ouchi masters resisted, a hundred or so Ouchi masters would be able to die with thousands of enemy soldiers.

The arrest of Ming Yingzong caused confusion among the soldiers at the border gates, and the common people and soldiers fled the border one after another. The Warat army marched almost straight into the city, and within a few days it surrounded the capital. The Warat army thought that if they captured the capital, they would be able to destroy the Ming Dynasty, so the Warat army attacked the capital fiercely.

The news that Ming Yingzong was captured by the Wara army reached the capital, leaving everyone at a loss. Some ministers suggested that everyone move the capital to Nanjing and find a way to deal with the Warat army after gaining a firm foothold. Some people suggested temporarily moving the capital to Kaifeng or Chang'an, and after converging the defenders from all over the country, they would find a way to deal with the Wara army. Yu Qian and others angrily reprimanded these death-fearing ghosts, saying that they could only stick to the capital now, otherwise they would lose their momentum and lose the support of the people. Yu Qian said that now is the most critical time for the Ming Dynasty, and he must make up his mind to live and die with the military and civilians in the capital before he has a chance to live. There were three most important things at that time: first, to elect a royal family member as the new emperor, stabilize the overall situation, and at the same time, let the Warat army lose the reason to blackmail the Ming army and people; second, work together to stick to the capital; Third, send people to inform the troops from all over the country to come to the capital to Qin Wang.

At that time, Ming Yingzong's son, the crown prince Zhu Jianshen, was only two years old and could not let this child become the emperor. Therefore, everyone suggested that Ming Yingzong's own brother ascend the throne as the new emperor, and only the young king could lead everyone to resist foreign enemies together. Yu Qian and others asked to meet the Empress Dowager Sun and asked the Empress Dowager Sun to come forward on behalf of Ming Yingzong and issue an order to pass on the throne. Empress Dowager Sun had no choice but to agree, and named the emperor's younger brother Emperor Jingtai, and Yao respected Ming Yingzong as the Emperor. Yu Qian led the army and people of the capital to resist the attack of the Warat army on the capital. When the Warat army saw that the Ming Dynasty had re-elected a new emperor and were working together to defend the capital, they knew that things were not good. After all, the Warat army was all cavalry, and there were not many of them, so they could not fight for a long time. Besides, the Ming troops in various places have already heard the wind and tried to encircle the Warat army. If the Warat army is surrounded by the Ming army, it will not only be rescued by the Ming army, but will also cause the Warat army to suffer a lot of damage. In order to preserve the strength and consolidate the existing territory, the commander of the Warat army also ordered the withdrawal of troops. The crisis in the capital was over, and Yu Qian became a hero of the Ming Dynasty and a meritorious minister of the country.

A few years later, when the Warat people saw that Ming Yingzong had lost his role as a threat to the Ming army, they simply exchanged Ming Yingzong for a large amount of gold and silver. In order to rescue Ming Yingzong back, Ming Yingzong's biological mother, Empress Dowager Sun, was almost bankrupt, and united with Empress Dowager Sun's maiden family to redeem Ming Yingzong with money. In fact, the Warat people not only like money, but also hope to use this lost Ming Yingzong to contain the Ming army. The reason why the Warat army was able to defeat the Ming army was that the luck factor accounted for a large proportion. If it really fought, the Warat army might not be able to defeat the Ming army. In order to prevent the Ming army from retaliating or counterattacking Warat, they also got along with this method of infighting among the Ming Dynasty's high-level leaders to contain the Ming Dynasty's attack on Warat. If Ming Yingzong goes back, what will Emperor Jingtai do? Is it to return the throne to his brother Ming Yingzong? Or do you dominate the throne and not return it to Ming Yingzong? If the throne is returned, will Ming Yingzong have the face to be the emperor? Will the ministers listen to Ming Yingzong's orders? Will Yu Qian obey Ming Yingzong's orders? If Emperor Jingtai doesn't return the throne, will Ming Yingzong agree? If the two sides fought, the Warat army would have another chance to move south.

After Ming Yingzong returned, Yu Qian gave an idea to Emperor Jingtai. Yu Qian also hoped that Emperor Jingtai would return the throne to Ming Yingzong, which was the best and simplest. But Emperor Jingtai already liked the feeling of being an emperor and was unwilling to return the throne to his brother Ming Yingzong. Yu Qian had no choice but to stand on Emperor Jingtai's side and analyze various situations to Emperor Jingtai. In the first case, if Ming Yingzong recognized the status of his younger brother Emperor Jingtai and was willing to be the emperor, Emperor Jingtai should give Ming Yingzong a reasonable status and treatment. How is Ming Yingzong settled? In the second case, if Ming Yingzong is unwilling to admit his brother's identity, what should Emperor Jingtai do? In the third case, all the ministers and members of the royal family stand on the side of Ming Yingzong and force Emperor Jingtai to step down?