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

"Why is Tianmu dragging my Great Jin Dynasty into this when he's just randomly criticizing the Qing Dynasty?!"

Sima Yan was somewhat unconvinced. Why was it said that his Jin Dynasty was the worst dynasty?

Even the Qing Dynasty was superior to his Great Jin Dynasty.

After all, the Jin Dynasty was a Han Chinese dynasty, wasn't it?

Could it be that their Sima family's emperor came to power illegitimately?

But weren't Li Shimin and Zhu Di also illegitimate successors to the throne?

Or was it because of the Five Barbarian Invasions?!

Sima Yan pondered, based on Tianmu's deduction, the Five Barbarian Invasions could only have occurred during the Jin Dynasty.

He frowned, pondering what could be done to solve the problem.

Kill them all?

No, the Hu people will directly rebel!

I've got it!!!

Sima Yan quickly came up with an idea.

All these nomadic peoples were relocated to the interior, cutting off their connection with the grasslands, and then troops were stationed near their settlements.

How can the barbarians possibly wreak havoc on my Great Jin Dynasty now?!

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Meanwhile, during the Qing Dynasty, the minds of the anti-Qing patriots were in complete disarray.

"So...do we still want to overthrow the Qing and restore the Ming?"

"Were the Qing Dynasty emperors actually descendants of Han Chinese?"

"Smack!!!"

The man's superior slapped him across the face, sending him sprawling to the ground, seeing stars.

"Would you believe me if I said I'm your father?"

"Don't look at what he says, look at what he does."

"Weren't all those peasant uprisings against emperors Han Chinese? Does that stop you from starting an uprising?!"

This slap seemed to clear the blockage in this person's mind.

Similar situations occurred repeatedly among those who resisted the Qing dynasty.

Some used dialogue, others used force.

Through the celestial pronouncements, something rudimentary and nascent gradually became clearer in people's minds.

They seemed to understand why they had to resist the Qing.

Ever since Tianmu claimed that Emperor Kangxi was a Han Chinese figure in unofficial history, the resistance against the Qing dynasty stalled, leaving some uneasy and wondering whether they should continue resisting the Qing.

But in the end, the anti-Qing struggle was like a candle being blown by the wind; after the flame briefly dwindled, it actually burned even more fiercely.

Even the final words spoken on the sky blocked the Qing emperor's last escape route!

"This is bad! Even if I pretend to be Han Chinese, those people won't believe me!"

Xuan Ye felt a pang of sorrow in his heart. He had originally planned that if things went wrong...

Once the Manchu princes forced him to abdicate, he announced that he had returned to his ancestral lineage and changed his name to Hong Xuanye.

Relying on the Han people, we can suppress all those damned Manchu barbarians.

It's just a matter of tying up one's hair; isn't that part of Chinese cultural heritage?

My bottom line is flexible; I can also be a wise ruler for the Han people!

But now, all my fantasies have been shattered by the words on the sky!

In the early years of Chongzhen's reign,

Zhu Youjian had already mentioned the famous ministers mentioned on the celestial screen.

Figures such as Cao Bianjiao, Lu Xiangshan, and Shi Kefa were all summoned to the capital.

He understood a principle deeply: some of these people might lack ability, but their loyalty had been recognized by later generations.

They all sacrificed their lives for their country, how could I doubt them?

I am not Emperor Xuanzong of Tang!

However, Zhu Youjian is now facing a very serious problem.

"I have no money!!!!"

Zhu Youjian looked up at the sky and sighed deeply, letting out a mournful cry.

Even a skilled cook can't cook without rice; without money, how can one build an army and defeat the Jurchens?

We can't keep raising taxes, or make life even harder for ordinary people.

Li Zicheng might launch an uprising ahead of schedule!

Could you please explain how to obtain silver coins?!

I'm so poor!!!

Speaking of the Qing Dynasty, its rise to power was so bizarre and coincidental that if any one link in the chain had gone wrong, the Qing Dynasty would not have been able to swallow up an elephant and seize the throne.

Let's turn back the clock to the Wanli era and see how the Manchu Qing Dynasty rose to power step by step.

When discussing the rise of the Qing Dynasty, one cannot ignore Li Chengliang, the Liaodong General during the Wanli era of the Ming Dynasty.

Li Chengliang: ...?

Li Chengliang's heart skipped a beat; he seemed to have guessed why Tianmu had mentioned him.

Nurhaci,

Could he really be Nurhaci, the founder of the Qing Dynasty?

In that case, wouldn't I be...?

Li Chengliang closed his eyes, somewhat resigned to his fate.

My entire family, this time I've ruined you all!!!

Li Chengliang, also known as Emperor Gaozu of Qing, was a native of Tieling, Liaodong. He served under three emperors: Jiajing, Longqing, and Wanli. He distinguished himself during the Jiajing era and guarded Liaodong for more than 30 years.

During his tenure in Liaodong, the northeastern border of the Ming Dynasty was very stable. His Liaodong cavalry was extremely powerful and suppressed the Mongols and Jurchens completely.

After Zhang Juzheng's death, Li Chengliang witnessed the fierce power struggles in the court. The fates of Zhang Juzheng and Qi Jiguang served as a warning to him, making him even more unwilling to relinquish power. To this end, he adopted a measure that had been used by frontier generals throughout history: nurturing bandits to maintain his own importance.

[The Jurchens dealt with the Mongol tribes in Liaodong by targeting the major ones and letting the minor ones go; whoever stood out was attacked, and whoever was the strongest was attacked. As a result, although there were no major disturbances in Liaodong, the region was never truly pacified.]

Before the sky,

As the numerous court officials watched Li Chengliang's familiar maneuvers, their gazes swept over the military officers in the court.

Isn't this a common tactic used by their military generals?

When the cunning rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked.

If the border is secure, what use are their military generals?

Only when you have a firm grip on the army can you feel at ease.

During the Wanli era,

Zhang Juzheng's expression changed slightly; he had long anticipated his fate.

After his death, those ministers would not let him off the hook.

As long as the reform policies can continue, he is willing to be Shang Yang of the Ming Dynasty.

However, he could not accept that the Qing Dynasty had actually risen to power during the Wanli era, and even under the leadership of Li Chengliang, a border general whom he had personally promoted and protected.

Does that mean the Ming Dynasty actually perished in the Wanli era?

Nurhaci, the founding emperor of the Qing dynasty, or Nurhaci, was a member of the Jianzhou Jurchen tribe. His father was the commander of the Jianzhou Left Guard of the Ming dynasty. When Li Chengliang attacked the Jianzhou Jurchen tribe, his grandfather and father were mistakenly killed.

Nurhaci himself was a hostage in Li Chengliang's army, which can also be considered as a slave. This is why the Ming Dynasty referred to the Later Jin and the Qing Dynasty as the Jiannu. The name Nurhaci means "wild boar skin" in Manchu.

No wonder, it turns out the Qing Dynasty was originally a slave to the Ming Dynasty.

The servant eventually usurped his master's throne.

"The founding emperor of a dynasty was actually someone else's servant?"

"Moreover, his father was an official of the Ming Dynasty, so logically he would inherit his father's position and become an official of the Ming Dynasty as well."

"So he's an ungrateful wretch!"

Many people spat, expressing their utter contempt for Nurhaci.

At first, they thought the Qing Dynasty was a normally rising minority dynasty, or like the Jin Dynasty, a rebellion against the oppression of the Liao Dynasty.

It turns out that the ancestors of the Qing dynasty were officials of the Ming dynasty, who received favors from the Ming, but ultimately rebelled.

It's absolutely ridiculous!

The Qing emperor's face turned ashen; what he had been concealing had been brutally torn apart by the heavens.

Why would later generations know that they've already deleted and modified so much, yet they still can't finish deleting it all?!