Ming Dynasty: Traveling through the harem, Zhu Yuanzhang was dumbfounded

Chapter 2: The Ming Dynasty was actually persecuted to its demise by His Majesty

The legendary invincible Mongol cavalry was killed by the Ming army and dared not approach the Ming border.

Let them return to the grassland and live a life of eating raw meat and blood.

Even the powerful Ming Dynasty was said to have been destroyed long ago by the other side.

"Your Highness Prince of Yan, please don't slander me. I am a Han Chinese. According to tradition, my ancestors were also the people of the Ming Dynasty. How could I curse the Ming Dynasty?

According to the records in history books, the Ming Dynasty came to the throne in the most legitimate way. Your father, as the founding emperor, was at least in the top five among the emperors of all dynasties, if not in the top three.

As the last feudal dynasty of the Han people, although the Ming Dynasty had many shortcomings, it was at least a prosperous dynasty. During its existence, it not only spread the reputation of the Han people throughout the world, but also created many excellent literary and artistic works.

Its strength is recognized by many people.

It’s just that I traveled through time from six hundred years in the future to the present day. Six hundred years, do you know what this means?

How many dynasties before the Ming Dynasty could survive for six hundred years?

During this period, the demise of the Ming Dynasty was a natural and normal thing.

If you think what I said is wrong, just think about the Qin Dynasty.

After Emperor Qin Shi Huang conquered the six kingdoms, he established a powerful and unified Qin dynasty. Wasn’t that great?

The result was still the death of the second generation.

The Han Dynasty was great, wasn't it? But it was abruptly interrupted and separated by Wang Mang's Xin Dynasty, becoming the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty. Even if the two dynasties were added together, they only lasted for more than 400 years.

The Tang Dynasty was also very powerful, but it still ended up perishing after only 290 years.

So think about it, isn't it normal that the Ming Dynasty was destroyed after 600 years?"

After hearing what Yang Chen said, the two brothers, who were originally furious, suddenly became like deflated balloons, and wilted one after the other.

Thinking carefully about what Yang Chen said, it seems to make sense.

Zhu Di, in particular, wanted to refute for a moment, but didn't know where to start.

Because the Qin, Han and Tang dynasties mentioned by the other party were all very powerful in history, but even so, they all turned to dust in history.

As for the Ming Dynasty's Zhu Di, he no longer had the courage to refute what Yang Chen said.

But Zhu Biao was different. He loved reading since he was a child and had a deep understanding of history.

"No! There are dynasties that lasted more than 600 years. The Shang Dynasty lasted 500 years, and the Zhou Dynasty lasted 800 years."

The reason why he brought up these two dynasties was that he was dissatisfied with Yang Chen's statement that it was normal for the Ming Dynasty to be destroyed within 600 years.

But Yang Chen still shook his head, his face calm and composed:
“How can the Shang and Zhou dynasties be compared with the Qin, Han and Tang dynasties I just mentioned?

The two dynasties you mentioned both ruled the world through feudal fiefdoms. Don’t you understand how the emperor’s power was dispersed, Crown Prince?
Before the deadline, the feudal states pretended not to see the emperor's orders.

For example, in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the feudal states did not even pay tribute to the Zhou emperor in the last years. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Zhou emperor even asked other vassal states not to attack him. The emperor's existence was just a mascot."

He thought he had reasons and evidence, but Yang Chen's rebuttal made Zhu Biao feel helpless.

He was a little anxious and wanted to find evidence to refute the other party's words, but when he searched in his mind, he found that there was no way.

The land of China has experienced many years of conflict, with many powerful dynasties rising and then quickly falling with the passage of time.

The centralization of power in the dynasty did indeed begin with the Qin Dynasty, just as Yang Chen said.

The Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties were very different from the subsequent dynasties, not only in terms of civilization but also in terms of system.

The concept of Central Plains Han people only gradually emerged after the establishment of the Han Dynasty.

"Mother! This guy is full of nonsense. It is extremely detrimental to the Ming Dynasty. I think it is better to hand him over to father for handling right now!"

Zhu Di made up his mind and immediately asked Queen Ma for his suggestion, but he did not receive the approval he had imagined.

Queen Ma raised her hand expressionlessly and told him not to speak for the time being.

Then he looked at Yang Chen seriously.

"According to what you mean, can the Ming Dynasty last for 600 years?"

After saying this, Zhu Biao also looked at Yang Chen, expecting the other party's answer.

But the response I got was that the other party shook his head.

"Not even six hundred years! Could it be five hundred years?"

Thinking that the Ming Dynasty lasted less than 600 years, Zhu Biao didn't know whether he should cry or laugh.

As the heir recognized by everyone, Zhu Biao had served as the regent prince for many years. In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang gave him power, so it can be said that he was in power except for not sitting on the dragon throne.

The remaining power is basically no different from that of the emperor.

However, when he asked whether the country would last 500 years, the answer he got was still a shake of the head.

This time, not only did he look unhappy, but Zhu Di was also more nervous.

He was a vassal king of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty fell, which means that his descendants would definitely not have a good ending.

"Could it be possible that the Ming Dynasty didn't even last 400 years?"

Zhu Biao said this with gritted teeth, and it was obvious that he was quite unconvinced.

They even subconsciously thought that Yang Chen was deceiving them.

Soon, Yang Chen still shook his head.

At this moment, the three of them felt very depressed until Queen Ma asked.

"Yang Chen, how long the Ming Dynasty lasted? You might as well tell me directly."

As her son repeatedly got wrong answers from the other party, Empress Ma had already realized that the Ming Dynasty's national destiny might be far shorter than they had guessed.

So I wanted Yang Chen to speak frankly.

Seeing this, Yang Chen raised three fingers.

When Zhu Biao saw these three fingers, his eyes widened in disbelief and he couldn't speak clearly.

"Three, three hundred years! You said the Ming Dynasty only lasted three hundred years!"

Zhu Biao couldn't help but twitch the corners of his eyes. He didn't expect that the Ming Dynasty that he would take over in the future would only last for three hundred years. You know, his father was in very strong health, and he might be able to be the emperor for more than ten or twenty years in the future.

If the Ming Dynasty really only lasted three hundred years.

When he inherits the throne of the Ming Dynasty in the future and passes the family line to his son, doesn't that mean that the Ming Dynasty is not far from its demise?
His father is in very good health now, and so is he. The three generations together live almost a hundred years.

In less than ten generations, the life of the Ming Dynasty was almost over.

This was Zhu Biao’s inner thought.

Thinking of this, Zhu Biao felt as if his heart was pulled. Waves of pain came over him, causing him to subconsciously cover his chest.

Yang Chen looked at Zhu Biao and thought about what he said. He subconsciously felt that these people were too optimistic.

So he spoke directly and gave the answer in a calm tone.

"Prince, you just said that the Ming Dynasty lasted for 300 years, but that is actually a wrong answer, because the exact answer is 276 years.

But don't be too sad. The Ming dynasty has lasted for 276 years, which is quite long. It is not the last among all the dynasties in history."

It would have been fine if Yang Chen didn't say anything. As soon as he opened his mouth, not only Zhu Biao felt uncomfortable, but Zhu Di's eyes also twitched uncontrollably.

Although the two had only met for less than an hour, Yang Chen's every word and action struck on their nerves.

Although the words are cold and heartless, they can still make people feel chilled.

Even Queen Ma felt a ripple in her heart.

She felt fortunate at this moment, fortunately that Zhu Yuanzhang was not present. If her husband was here, he would probably have been furious and pointed at Yang Chen and cursed him in his hometown dialect.

In the end, the scolding will inevitably lead to violence.

By then, she will also need some time to persuade the other party.

"Yang Chen, how did the Ming Dynasty fall? Was it destroyed by your court?"

Compared with the two young men, Zhu Biao and Zhu Di, Empress Ma seemed much calmer, and she did not need to ask for too much proof of Yang Chen's identity.

She had never seen the other person's clothing, appearance, speech, or behavior before.

Every year, many overseas foreign countries sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty court to pay tribute.

Without exception, once these foreign nations knew her identity or the identities of other princes, they all behaved in a humble manner, either kneeling down and kowtowed or kneeling on one knee.

But only Yang Chen was different, even the process of his appearance was very strange.

All the evidence has proved that Yang Chen is indeed from the future as he said.

Since she had already learned from the other party that the Ming Dynasty would only last for 276 years, Empress Ma naturally wanted to know who destroyed the Ming Dynasty.

When Zhu Biao and Zhu Di heard their mother's question, they both stared at Yang Chen with slightly murderous eyes.

The Ming Dynasty was destroyed, and the other party came from the future. These two factors combined were enough to make them hostile towards Yang Chen.

This is a major matter concerning the destruction of the country, not a simple trivial matter.

Yang Chen was not nervous, but remained calm.

“Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty was not destroyed by the dynasty I belonged to, but by another feudal dynasty.

In the era I live in, there is rarely the concept of dynasty, only "country".

On the contrary, the dynasty that replaced the Ming Dynasty was, to a certain extent, destroyed by the era I lived in, which can be regarded as revenge for the Ming Dynasty. "

There was nothing wrong with what Yang Chen said.

On the day the Republic of China was founded, a group of elders went to the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum to pay homage to the portrait of Zhu Yuanzhang, in order to inform the other party that the Han people had regained control of the Central Plains.

When Zhu Biao and Zhu Di heard these words, the murderous intent in their eyes disappeared instantly. Not only that, Zhu Biao also felt guilty for his actions just now.

It turned out that he actually had bad intentions towards his benefactor, which was contrary to what he had learned.

Queen Ma knew the whole story and felt relieved.

What if Yang Chen was a commoner of the dynasty that destroyed the Ming Dynasty? She really didn't know how to face this "enemy" for a while.

"Well, since the Ming Dynasty was not destroyed by the great country you are in, then who caused the Ming Dynasty to fall, and why the country only lasted for 276 years?"

The issues that Queen Ma cared about never changed. As the mother of the country, she believed that she was qualified to know the truth.

Yang Chen thought about it and answered the other party's question.

"Subjectively speaking, the Ming Dynasty was destroyed by internal and external troubles, because the people in the Ming Dynasty revolted, and powerful enemies outside the Ming Dynasty kept launching wars, which eventually led to its demise.

But objectively speaking, the true decline of the Ming Dynasty began with His Majesty.”

(End of this chapter)