jdhmnovel Chapter 226
Chapter 226
Ma Qingye's death did not bring the war to an end.
For Beijing, the urgent problem still exists.
The nonexistent eight hundred prisoners, the nonexistent fierce battle, the nonexistent feint attack...
Ma Qingye's past was all maintained by Zhang Zhiwei's hard work in puppetry, which he had practiced for most of his life in the Ming Dynasty.
If she knew about this in the afterlife, would she be even more furious?
Zhang Zhiwei wanted to laugh.
"So because he is an evil cultivator, because he became a 犼 first, he has this kind of vengeful personality?"
Then she is becoming more and more patient, doing things more and more steadily, and more and more fond of taking root and developing horizontally. Is it also because of the "wood" quality in her after cultivating immortality?
It seems that one must be very cautious when choosing a method of cultivating immortality in the future.
The more interests and traits you have, the more trouble you will have.
Zhang Zhiwei thought that she and Ma Qing would meet again.
In the near future.
I hope Ma Qing will still be as bad by then. She hates opponents of equal strength the most.
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A few days passed quickly and the situation was decided.
Encirclement and annexation are like shepherding and migration from a bird's-eye view.
The battle situation changes rapidly. Under the leadership of Zhang Zhiwei, the role played by 800 light cavalry is no less than that of thousands of infantry.
The plan to return to the city of Peking to reunite in a few days had to be transformed into guerrilla warfare and encirclement and suppression.
It is said that Zhu Gaochi also put on armor and served as the army commander, Daoyan was in charge of the defense of the city, and all the people in Beiping were soldiers.
Thirteen days later.
"Open the city gate——"
As a member of the light cavalry that rushed all the way from Peking to Baoding Prefecture, Zhang Zhiwei's return was the last.
The city gate slowly opened, and Zhu Gaochi came forward riding a strong horse.
The outcome had been decided two and a half days ago, but even so, Zhu Gaochi still couldn't get over the ecstasy of victory.
"Annexure an army of 110,000!"
If he wasn't on a horse, he would have wanted to lift Zhang Zhiwei up high and spin around in circles.
"Zhiwei!! I did it!!!"
Zhang Zhiwei's face showed some necessary fatigue, but she still responded with a smile,
"Yeah, that's great, thanks to you."
"Hurry, get off the horse and get in the car."
Behind Zhu Gaochi, there was a carriage waiting for a long time.
"With the foundation you have laid, we are now on par with Zhu Yunwen. You don't need to take any more risks. Just stay in the mansion and take care of your pregnancy."
"Okay, it's all up to you.
But this is not my credit, it is yours and everyone’s.”
Zhang Zhiwei and Zhu Gaochi did not avoid others during their conversation.
Surrounded by civilians from the city and soldiers who had followed her all the way, their eyes were already filled with tears as they listened to the two people's pretending to be talking in low voices.
Soldiers and civilians have always protected their monarchs with their lives, but now there has been a sudden reversal. The feeling of being overwhelmed in my heart is indescribable.
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Zhang Zhiwei returned to her mansion to rest and take care of her pregnancy, no longer participating in the fights among the mortals.
The improvement of weapons, the research and development of war weapons, the cleverness of deploying troops, the combination of Chinese and Western military forces that combined the strengths of hundreds of schools... etc., coupled with Zhu Di's own talent as a general, Zhang Zhiwei did everything he could, and he sat in the rear to observe the results of the battle.
The progress of events, coupled with the passage of time, makes one feel like they are listening to a global briefing.
Since the death of Zhu Yuanzhang on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in the 30th year of Hongwu, chaos began.
On the 21st day of the twelfth lunar month in the 30th year of Hongwu, the Prince of Yan, Zhu Gaochi, led the city guards and, in coordination with the Prince of Yan, Zhu Di, who made a feint and turned to ambush, annexed Zhu Yunwen's entire 110,000-man army and captured the general.
The following year was supposed to be the first year of Jianwen, but in all the military newspapers, civilian newspapers, and even casual conversations in the sphere of influence of Prince Yan, it was the thirty-first year of Hongwu.
On January 30th of the 31st year of Hongwu, the army of Prince of Yan captured Zhending Prefecture.
On the fourth day of March in the thirty-first year of Hongwu, Prince Yan passed through Linqing Prefecture and entered Dongchang Prefecture, Daming Prefecture, and Jinan Prefecture.
On the first day of May in the 31st year of Hongwu, the army of Prince of Yan crossed the Donghe River in three batches and entered Dongpingzhou.
On June 18, the 31st year of Hongwu, the army of Prince Yan captured Jining in one day.
On the seventh day of the seventh month in the thirty-first year of Hongwu, Prince Yan divided his army and rushed into Xuzhou from three sides. The veteran general Geng Bingwen was killed in the battle, and Gu Cheng and Guo Ying were seriously injured and died two days and seven days later respectively.
In the eighth and ninth months of the 31st year of Hongwu, fierce fighting took place at Feishui. Yu Tongyuan and his son, Qu Neng and his son, and Teng Ju refused to retreat, and some died in captivity or in battle. The Prince of Yan stopped his troops for seven days to mourn for the loyal generals of the Ming Dynasty.
On September 29, the 31st year of Hongwu, the Yan army was unstoppable and captured Lingbi in one fell swoop.
On the first day of October in the 31st year of Hongwu, Linhuai and Sizhou were occupied.
On the third day of October in the thirty-first year of Hongwu, Prince Yan broke through the city of Nanjing and entered the Daming Palace!
Zhu Yunwen burned down the Ming Palace and attempted to take advantage of the chaos to shave his head and escape among the monks, but to no avail.
He hid in the palace, closed the doors and windows and refused to come out. He, his wife Ma, and his children were burned to death.
After seeing Zhu Yunwen's body, Zhu Di cried bitterly: Why did it have to come to this!
Officials in Nanjing either cried bitterly or died for their country, but the princes of the royal family sneered at them and said that they deserved the punishment. Burning the uncle finally brought disaster upon themselves.
For a time, rumors spread from Nanjing City to the outside.
In Beiping, gongs and drums were beating, firecrackers were blasting, the common people and the scholars were drinking and chatting happily, and Kongming lanterns were flying over the city for three days without stopping.
Three days later, on the sixth day of October, Zhu Di declined three times and ascended the throne at 1:00 am.
At the same time, in Prince Yan's Mansion, Zhang Zhiwei gave birth to a daughter.
The news was rushed over 800 miles and reached Nanjing city before dusk that day. Zhu Di was overjoyed and personally wrote eight letters to Zhu Gaochi to give him a name.
After all this trouble, they only came up with a nickname:姩姩.
It means natural beauty and stunning beauty, and is pronounced the same as "nian", which symbolizes the renewal of all things and the leaping of the clouds and the sun. It also secretly refers to Zhu Di's ascension to the throne.
The father and son hit it off immediately and were very satisfied.
On the sixth day of October, Zhu Di officially changed the country's name to the 31st year of Hongwu, canceled all reforms during the Jianwen period, abolished various new laws and regulations during the Jianwen period, and all officials who had been demoted during the Jianwen period were reinstated and exempted from punishment.
On October 16, Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng, Fang Xiaoru, Zhuo Jing, Bao Zhao, Lian Zining, Mao Tai, Guo Ren, etc. were beheaded in front of Caishikou.
The blood flowed endlessly that day, and the people either mourned and cried, or clapped and cheered.
Don’t forget your original intention and keep the emperor’s side clear.
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Little-known fact: 99.99% of Fang Xiaoru’s stories are fabricated.
Since Yao Guangxiao said that Fang Xiaoru was a potential literati and should not be killed, he started compiling books.
Yao Guangxiao had been in Beiping since the Jingnan Campaign began, and only came to Nanjing with Zhu Gaochi during the Yongle period (the first year after Zhu Di ascended the throne).
Either WeChat video or Facebook, which are high technologies, appeared in the Ming Dynasty, otherwise the widely circulated version in history books, in which Yao Guangxiao knelt down and begged for forgiveness, would not have appeared.
Moreover, the story of Fang Xiaoru was gradually improved as the Ming Dynasty ruled for a longer time. It was also updated in the Qing Dynasty. The most classic one was the deletion of the line "Flesh and blood kill each other, and the closest relatives become enemies" in a poem by Fang Xiaoru criticizing Zhu Di.
Why was it deleted? Because this sentence also targeted Zhu Yunwen, which was inappropriate.
Before Zhu Di conquered Nanjing, there were clear records of Zhang and Huang recruiting patriots. What about Fang Xiaoru? I don't know.
If it is said that civil servants were not allowed to carry swords, there were countless civil servants, local officials, and even civilians who died in the Jingnan Rebellion, and there are records of all of them.
Fang Xiaoru was the leader of the literati, but he did nothing and was arrested at home. What happened?
To reiterate: Fang Xiaoru was arrested at home, not in the palace. This is controversial, but after more verification, it can be confirmed that Fang Xiaoru was arrested at home. (Don't look at the encyclopedia for this. If you compare the records with timelines in the many volumes of Ming history and other historical books, you can even compare which history is fake.)
After Zhu Di broke into Nanjing City and entered the Ming Palace, Fang Xiaoru's comments were pure fabrication, and asking Fang Xiaoru to write an edict was even more ridiculous.
A simple logic.
Zhu Di clearly wrote in his anti-corruption book "Clearing the Court" that Fang Xiaoru deserved to be killed.
How come after they conquered Nanjing they still asked him to write an edict to prove something?
Isn't this just a slap in the face? No one with a normal brain would do such a thing. Based on Zhu Di's future achievements and skills, it is not difficult to infer that Zhu Di's brain is definitely normal.
The story about Yang flattering Zhu Di and asking him whether he wanted to enter the palace now and become emperor was also made up.
Zhu Di entered Nanjing to "clear out the evil officials". He lived outside the Ming Palace for a while, waiting for the royal family and officials to "ask" him to ascend the throne. He declined, but could not refuse the kindness, so he ascended the throne.
If he became emperor after conquering Nanjing, wouldn't that prove that he was a rebel? ? This is simply a fabrication by ancient people＞＜ (doge)
Moreover, Fang Xiaoru's death was very casual. He was beheaded together with the other 27 people listed by Zhu Di in his anti-China book.
His death was described more and more heroically in the writings of Jiangnan literati, which should be regarded as the political correctness of the literary world in the Ming Dynasty.
The fact that Zhu Di's biological mother was in doubt and the identity of his legitimate son was unknown was a folk history written by Zhu, one of the four great talents of Jiangnan, after he only walked around the Taimiao without even entering it.
This unofficial history was very wild, and gradually it was absorbed by official history, becoming even wilder. The Qing Dynasty editors never expected that someone would add unofficial history to the Ming history.
The old Zhu family was not very popular among the Jiangnan literati, but even though they launched a long history of history, they were not completely blackened, and Leeuwenhoek still found a huge loophole (it may also be that Fang Xiaoru himself had too many loopholes and the holes could not be filled up.)
Great sorrow.
——The last seeds of literati in the Ming Dynasty, who guarded the orthodoxy with dignity, haha.
There are no more literati after the Song Dynasty, outrageous remarks. (This is a bit of a diode, don't spray it, it's a self-deprecating generalization, because Fang Xiaoru has never been a hero)
I'm so overwhelmed. Some of the comments almost drive me to become the king of stacking.
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