"Lord Wu, you are here too, please come in." Seeing the scholar Wu Zhenyu walking towards the Enlightenment Hall in the early morning sun, Zhu Ciyu hurriedly greeted him.

"Have Lord Wen and Master Qu arrived?" Wu Zhenyu looked up at the "Enlightenment Hall" plaque and asked.

"I'm here, I'm drinking tea inside, Lord Wu, please." Zhu Cijiao pressed his chest with his left hand and led the way with his right hand.

"Hello Lord Wu, what kind of wind has blown you here today." As soon as Wu Zhenyu stepped into the Enlightenment Hall, Wen Anzhi greeted him.

"Hello two adults! If I don't come again, this head will almost turn into wood. Wu Zhenyu pointed lightly to her temple and said.

Wu Zhenyu and Zhu Cijiao sat down, plus Master Wen and Master Qu, and the four of them sat on one side, and the seats in this Enlightenment Hall could not be divided into the main seat and the second seat.

It is said that three women have one play, and now there are three adults plus one child also have a play.

"Ci Yao, the two adults are here today, what are you talking about?" Among the three adults, Wen Anzhi was the oldest and had the most seniority, and he was the first to speak.

"Hmm......" Zhu Cijiao thought for a while and said.

"The cause of Emperor Chongzhen's death has always been a mystery, and there are all kinds of rumors outside, what do you think?" Zhu Cijiao threw out the topic of discussion.

Although two years have passed since Chongzhen's death, it is impossible for this matter to be erased from people's hearts in a short period of time.

The reason why Zhu Cijiao brought up this matter again was to understand some truth about the decline of the Ming Dynasty.

This topic is very heavy, after all, it was the emperor who hanged himself, and it happened around him, and everyone felt the same way.

"The thief entered the Beijing Division, it was a humiliation of the dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen could not escape the blame, the thief broke the city, he had no ability to turn the tide, and he had no shame to face the subjects, maybe hanging himself was the best choice."

The first time Wu Zhenyu arrived at the Enlightenment Hall, he took the lead in speaking, according to his meaning, he was throwing bricks and leading jade.

"Although what Lord Wu said is reasonable, the minister does not agree with this statement, and the minister believes that the Ming Dynasty is in danger, and it is not all the responsibility of Emperor Chongzhen." Qu Shiyun's mood was a little heavy, and he took a sip of tea to ease his mood.

"Emperor Chongzhen chose to hang himself, because he didn't want to fall into the hands of thieves, and he used his life to maintain the last dignity of the king of the Ming Dynasty." Qu Shiyun swallowed hard as he spoke.

"Emperor Chongzhen is the hardest-working, but also the most dedicated emperor, when he took over the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty was already a broken ship, unable to withstand any wind and rain, he worked day and night, hard for seventeen years, not easy!"

Wen Anzhi, as a scholar of Daming University, in his heart, he especially respected Emperor Chongzhen.

"Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself, it was a helpless move, a hopeless move, and a desperate move." Wen Anzhi used three "zhi" to express his inner feelings, and also expressed his views on the cause of the emperor's death.

"Ci Yao, the three of us have all expressed our own opinions, what do you feel when you hear it?" Wu Zhenyu glanced at Zhu Ciyu and asked casually.

Until this time, Wu Zhenyu still thought that Zhu Cijiao was just a child, and this question was just a question, what could his two-year-old child feel.

"What do you think?" Zhu Cijiao looked at the three ministers present one by one, and all three nodded one by one.

"Cijiao believes that the fundamental reason why Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself—" Zhu Cijiao said word by word.

"Contains"

"Hate"

"And"

"Dead"

"Where did Emperor Chongzhen's hatred come from, from the officials of the Ming Dynasty."

"From the first ten days of Emperor Chongzhen's self-hanging, it can be seen that the unreasonable things that happened to the officials can be seen."

On the sixth day of the first month of March, the thieves were still fifty miles away from Xuanfu, and the eunuch Du Xun couldn't wait to open the city gate, and he traveled dozens of miles to personally welcome the thieves into the city. With such traitors around, why doesn't the emperor hate it? ”

"On March 15, Emperor Chongzhen gave the scholar Li Jiantai Shangfang the sword and told him to mediate with the thieves.

"Li Jiantai is a bachelor admired by countless scholars, a bachelor who is familiar with the classics of Confucius, and he did such a rebellious thing, do you say that he is hateful?"

"On March 18, Emperor Chongzhen's personal eunuch Cao Huachun actually opened the Changyi Gate to let the rebels enter the outer city, causing the Jingshi to become an isolated island, and then the eunuch Zhang Yin persuaded the emperor to surrender."

"Emperor Chongzhen, gritted his teeth with hatred, he took out his sword and slashed at Zhang Yin's heart."

"The Ming Dynasty is about to collapse, and the actions of the ministers of the court really disappointed the emperor and really pierced the emperor's heart."

"March 19, in the early morning, the army of thieves entered the Beijing Division, and Emperor Chongzhen rang the bell in the front hall to summon hundreds of officials, but no one came to the main hall. The imperial court, civil and military hundred palaces, abandoned the Ming Dynasty. ”

"It's hate, hate, hate. All the hatred has been condensed into the emperor's last blood book, everyone will understand it when you look at it. ”

Emperor Chongzhen's last words read: "In the seventeenth year since I ascended the throne, the traitors have approached the Beijing Division...... Let the thief divide the corpse, and don't hurt a single person. ”

"The words 'all the ministers mistakenly obeyed' show the reason why the emperor hanged himself, and the emperor used this to warn future generations."

"When the thieves invaded the capital, where did the civil and military officials go? Where is Jinyiwei? Where are the guards of the city defenses? The more Zhu Cijiao spoke, the more angry he became, and he couldn't help but shoot the case.

Zhu Cijiao also hated it, hated that he was too late to cross over. But after thinking about it, everything has happened, what is the use of hate, you can only take this as a warning.

Zhu Cijiao also took a few sips of tea, eased his mood and atmosphere, and said slowly.

"From Emperor Chongzhen's self-hanging, I realized that if the court officials are not loyal, the court will die. To save the Ming Dynasty, there must also be a group of loyal ministers. ”

Zhu Cijiao's emotional statement seemed to explain the reason for the decline of the Ming Dynasty.

As soon as he began to express his feelings, he had already spoken amazingly, and the three ministers listened to his speech, their emotions fluctuated, and the final sentence refreshed their cognition.

"Ci Jiao sees the problem too accurately, the simple value is to hit the nail on the head, the minister is deeply inspired, and the enlightened ministers in the future must participate." Wu Zhenyu, a scholar, stood up and shook his hands.

"Ci Ji reasoned with things, taught people with things, said too deeply, and educated himself." The governor Qu Shiyun also admired it.

"The last sentence that Ci Ji said was too subtle, it hit the nail on the head, pointed out the direction, and the old man admired and admired." Wen Anzhi actually stood up and picked up the teapot to add tea to Zhu Cizhi.

Where are the three adults who came to teach Zhu Cijiao to enlighten the Tao, it is simply Zhu Cijiao giving ideological and political lessons to the three adults, not only scolding the disloyal ministers of the previous dynasty, but also taking this opportunity to knock on the side to ring the alarm bell for the three ministers.

The discussion about the cause of Emperor Chongzhen's self-hanging came to an end, and Qu Shiyun said that this way of studying enlightenment was very good, and proposed: "The Enlightenment Hall should persevere, just like going to the court every day, and come here to enlighten the Tao." ”

Wen Anzhi also agreed with Qu Shiyun's point of view, he patted Zhu Ciyi, who was sitting beside him, and said: "Ciyi, the Enlightenment Hall was founded because of you, and you have to come every day, otherwise we old men will not be able to understand any Taoism." ”

"That's a must, with all the adults coming to preach, enlighten, and enlighten, how could Tzu miss this opportunity." Zhu Cijiao is indeed looking forward to realizing the way to save the Ming Dynasty with the three adults as soon as possible, after all, the Ming Dynasty is already in danger.