Sky Curtain: The Overlord Charges into Battle, Shocking Emperors of All Dynasties

Yeah, what am I after?

Hong Chengchou's face was filled with sorrow and regret.

Now he's utterly infamous, destined for eternal damnation, and will suffer the same fate as Qin Hui.

In the end, after all my hard work and effort in conquering most of the Qing Dynasty's territory, they still called me a traitor.

It was now the twelfth year of the Shunzhi Emperor's reign, and it was all too late. The future Kangxi Emperor, Xuan Ye, was already a year old.

At this time, Hong Chengchou was already the governor of five provinces mentioned on the sky screen, in charge of many affairs in the south.

He's in a complete mess right now.

After the celestial curtain appeared, the previously stabilized rear area became chaotic again.

The Southern Ming soldiers at the front lines were like they were on drugs, single-mindedly focused on crushing the Qing Dynasty, especially as they chanted:

"Down with the traitor Hong Chengchou!"

"Hong Chengchou is a sinner for all time!"

Even the Green Standard Army soldiers under his command looked at him with a strange expression.

The sky can be seen by one's own ancestors. If one serves the Manchu Tartars, wouldn't one's ancestors be so angry that they would ascend to heaven on the spot?

If it weren't for Hong Chengchou's timely distribution of silver, which temporarily stabilized the morale of the troops,

I'm afraid I'll lose my head!

At this moment, Hong Chengchou was caught in a dilemma, unsure of what to do next.

If one were to immediately rebel against the Qing, raise the banner of rebellion, and ultimately restore the Han people's homeland,

Even if we can't recover all of it, just recovering the South,

Could this be considered a way to salvage some of their reputation?

Compared to Hong Chengchou, who was caught in a dilemma during the Shunzhi era, his choices were much simpler when he was besieged at Songshan.

"Today, I, the commander-in-chief, will break through the encirclement with you all!"

"I'd rather die standing than live on my knees!!"

After saying this, Hong Chengchou took the lead, leading his personal guards and the soldiers who broke through the siege towards the Qing army that was surrounded by layers of troops!

In this timeline, Hong Chengchou truly died in battle at Songshan, sacrificing himself heroically for his country!

"Alas, how many brave men and how many scoundrels does China have?"

The crowd under the canopy continued to lament Hong Chengchou, or rather, the division within the civil service during the Ming Dynasty.

There are traitors like Hong Chengchou, and heroes and martyrs like Xia Wanchun.

Humans are inherently complex; the fear of death is human nature.

The difficulty lies in being able to restrain one's nature and fight against one's instincts.

In this life, there are always things more important than life itself.

"Life is what I desire, and righteousness is also what I desire; if I cannot have both, I will give up life for righteousness!"

Mencius kept repeating this sentence, and although there was a hint of disappointment in his eyes, there was more joy in finding like-minded people.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Xia Wanchun's father, Xia Yunyi, and teacher, Chen Zilong, looked at their son and their student with satisfaction.

The moment they made up their minds to rise up against the Qing Dynasty, they had already disregarded their own lives.

The cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty has successors!

"Wu Meicun!! Is your integrity inferior to that of a teenager?"

Where is Wu Weiye, who once harbored patriotic aspirations?

"Do you want to become the next Hong Chengchou, the next Qian Qianyi?!"

Wu Weiye posed a soul-searching question to the vulnerable side of Wu Meicun deep within his heart.

As a leading figure in the literary world at the end of the Ming Dynasty and an important member of the Fushe Society, Wu Weiye, like Xia Wanchun, was full of ambition to resist the Qing and restore the Ming in his early years. After the national crisis of the Jia Shen year, he once wanted to commit suicide to die for his country, but was stopped by his mother.

After the anti-Qing movement broke out in Jiangnan, Wu Weiye watched as his former colleagues devoted themselves to the cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty. He was filled with fear as the Qing army's swords swept across the land, leaving countless heads rolling. He stayed at home to avoid disaster and never participated in the anti-Qing movement.

Now, with the negative examples of Qian Qianyi and Hong Chengchou preceding them, and the positive example of Xia Wanchun following them,

Surrendering to the Qing Dynasty will bring them eternal infamy; even the Qing rulers themselves looked down on them.

At least those who resisted the Qing dynasty and served their country could leave behind a good reputation.

Faced with the choice between life and lasting fame, they resolutely chose to be remembered in history.

The only hardship throughout the ages is death.

Wu Weiye and other scholars and military officers who had previously wavered in their resistance against the Qing dynasty now held an unwavering belief in resisting the Qing.

They too could be like the aristocratic families of the Tang Dynasty, willing to sacrifice their wealth to alleviate the nation's suffering!

That night, the spring breeze did not reach Yumen Pass.

Follow-up comment: Da Yu'er forced Hong Chengchou to surrender!

Follow-up comment: Alas, Hong Chengchou's loyalty and righteousness flowed away like water at Yumen Pass.

Do you know why Hong Chengchou worked so hard after surrendering to the Qing? Because Xuan Ye was Hong Chengchou and Da Yu'er's biological son!

Follow-up comment: Dayuer was Bumbutai, the future Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang.

Follow-up comment: I used to scoff at it, but now I study it word by word!

Follow-up comment: No wonder Hong Chengchou worked so hard; it turns out he was fighting for his own son's sake!

"puff!!!"

Liu Che spat out the wine he had just poured into his mouth. Due to the violent movement, he coughed incessantly, clearly choking.

Under the canopy of the sky, the sounds of "ah" rising and falling across different times and spaces sounded like a large flock of ducks having a meeting.

"Have the descendants gone mad? How can they say such things?"

"This kind of unofficial history has absolutely no credibility!"

"How could the royal bloodline be tainted?"

At this moment, everyone's attention was drawn to this anecdote; the information was simply too explosive.

Throughout history, royal rumors have always been the most captivating, especially those concerning the Qing Dynasty.

This made everyone even happier.

The timeline of the Qing Dynasty seems to have exploded.

These two people were Hong Jinglue, who made the greatest contribution to the founding of the nation, and Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, whose "virtuous reputation" spread far and wide.

Both of them were considered top figures in the Qing Dynasty, but what happened to them?

"absurd!!!"

"Sky Curtain has gone mad!!"

"Xuan Ye, immediately issue an order prohibiting everyone from watching the Heavenly Curtain. Anyone who dares to speak of anything related to the Heavenly Curtain will have their entire family executed!!!"

Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, Bumbutai, was furious, a far cry from her previous calm and composed demeanor.

They were already addressing Kangxi by his given name, which showed their eagerness.

Watching Bumbutai repeatedly poking the ground with his cane, almost poking a hole in it.

At that moment, the Manchu and Han civil and military officials in the hall all had the same question in mind.

What's your rush?

Could it be that they really hit a nerve?

The current emperor should not be called Aisin Gioro Xuanye, but Hong Xuanye?

But looking at the emperor's thin face on the steps, that face shape seemed somewhat familiar.

At this moment, Emperor Kangxi was stunned, first shocked, then angry, and finally bewildered.

My own maternal grandmother has become my imperial mother?

If you say that, wouldn't you become a Han Chinese?

At this moment, Emperor Kangxi somewhat understood how Kublai Khan had felt back then.

I am a descendant of the noble Aisin Gioro clan, how could I be a lowly Han Chinese?

[Da Yu'er is truly shrewd; she managed to keep both Dorgon and Hong Chengchou, two capable men, firmly in her position as Empress Dowager.]

Postscript: Hong Chengchou became the military governor of five provinces in the tenth year of the Shunzhi reign, marking the peak of the Qing court's power. Emperor Xuan Ye was born in the eleventh year of the Shunzhi reign.

Follow-up comment: Ten months of pregnancy, just right!

Follow-up comment: Stop talking nonsense. Hong Chengchou was 61 years old at that time, and Da Yu'er was 40. How could the two of them have a child?

That's right! We won't believe it without more conclusive evidence!

The Qing Dynasty emperors were completely distraught, each starting to compare their faces to their own.

He ordered his trusted eunuchs to find the portraits left behind by Hong Chengchou and compare them personally.

Emperor Kangxi was the Holy Ancestor Emperor, so could it be that his bloodline was fundamentally flawed?