Sky Curtain: The opening scene explains the four major cases of the Ming Dynasty plus the early Ming

The sky is falling!

For Zhao Kuangyin, the first year of the Kaibao era of the Song Dynasty, the sky had truly fallen!

It wasn't that our country's borders were breached by an enemy, but that our own dearest, most trusted, and most beloved people stabbed us in the heart from behind in the most vicious way!

Brother murder!

Kill your nephew!

Colluding with the Empress Dowager!

Colluding with the prime minister!

On the sky, every word Zhu Dijun uttered was like a red-hot branding iron, branding it deep into his soul!

He spent half his life on the battlefield, fighting his way out of a hail of swords and arrows to end the chaos of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. He believed he had done right by the people and had never mistreated his family!

But what did he get in return?

In return, he gained his younger brother's covetousness, his mother's favoritism, and the betrayal of his trusted confidant!

"puff--"

A mouthful of blood suddenly spurted from Zhao Kuangyin's mouth, splattering all over the dragon table in front of him.

That wasn't anger or resentment, but a profound sense of desolation and heartbreak, a feeling of being betrayed by the whole world!

"Your Majesty!"

The eunuchs serving inside the palace were terrified and knelt down on the ground.

But Zhao Kuangyin simply waved his hand, and those tiger eyes that were once full of heroic spirit were now filled with endless bloodshot veins and madness!

He stared intently at the sky, determined to see what kind of beast his beloved younger brother truly was!

Meanwhile, the live stream room was in complete chaos!

"The Shadow of the Candle and the Sound of the Axe" and "The Golden Chest Alliance" are among the most famous unsolved mysteries in Chinese history.

Countless history enthusiasts have debated this endlessly, but there has never been a definitive conclusion.

But now, Brother Jun, this god-like man, has actually given us solid evidence!

"Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap! It really was Zhao Guangyi who did it?! Brother Jun has already handed down the verdict!"

"I knew it! Zhao Er is definitely no good! His brother Zhao Kuangyin died under mysterious circumstances, and none of his sons had a good ending. After he took the throne, what he did was nothing like a normal emperor."

[“Upstairs, can someone explain what Zhao Er did?”]

"He did countless things! The most famous was the Battle of Gaoliang River, where he claimed to have personally led the army, only to be utterly defeated by the Liao Kingdom. He was even shot in the buttocks and fled overnight in a donkey cart! That's why he earned the nicknames 'God of the Gaoliang River Cart' and 'God of the Donkey Cart'! It's known in history as 'The Shame of Emperor Taizong'!"

"And there's something even more disgusting! He forcibly took Xiao Zhouhou, the wife of Li Yu, the last ruler of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and even had an artist paint a picture of it. That's the origin of the 'patriarch of the sex scandal'! His character is utterly rotten to the core!"

[“Two hundred li by donkey cart in one night, I will not let down the Song Dynasty, nor you! Hahaha, who came up with this comment? So talented!”]

["I feel sorry for Zhao Da for a second. He was a great founding emperor, but he had such a bastard as his younger brother, and then Zhao Da tricked him to death. He's a truly historically unfortunate child!"]

The live stream chat was filled with mockery of Zhao Guangyi and sympathy for Zhao Kuangyin.

These lighthearted and playful words, however, were more hurtful than any sword or blade in the eyes of Zhao Kuangyin in the first year of the Kaibao era!

Donkey cart war god?

The originator of the sex photo scandal?

His younger brother, who always appeared respectful and virtuous in front of him, left behind such an unbearable and eternal infamy in later generations!

How could Zhao Kuangyin, a hero of his time, have such a disgraceful younger brother!

This is not only his personal tragedy, but also a great disgrace to his entire Zhao royal family!

"Zhao... Guang... Yi..."

Zhao Kuangyin spat out the name through gritted teeth, each word dripping with hatred that could freeze the air in the entire palace.

Just then, a flustered sound of footsteps came from outside the hall.

Zhao Guangyi, dressed in the robes of a prince, rushed over after hearing his elder brother's urgent summons.

As soon as he entered the main hall, he saw the bloodstains on the dragon table and his brother's blood-red eyes that seemed to devour people. His heart skipped a beat, and an ominous premonition surged into his mind.

"Your Majesty, I, your humble servant, pay my respects!"

Zhao Guangyi suppressed his surprise and doubt and bowed respectfully.

"Is Your Majesty unwell? Why are you so angry? Have those pedantic scholars in the court angered Your Majesty once again?"

He's still acting!

He also wanted to portray himself as a good younger brother who would share his elder brother's burdens!

Looking at his familiar face and his concerned expression, Zhao Kuangyin felt waves of nausea!

He didn't speak.

He simply raised his hand slowly and pointed to the sky.

Zhao Guangyi looked up in the direction he was pointing, puzzled.

With just one glance, his face turned deathly pale!

On the sky, Zhu Dijun's voice, like that of a judge from hell, continued to read out his crimes!

"If Zhao Kuangyin's emphasis on civil affairs and suppression of military affairs was somewhat of a helpless attempt to 'overcorrect,' it was in order to balance the civil and military order."

"Then his good younger brother, Zhao Guangyi, was the culprit who led him down the crooked path of 'valuing civil over military affairs' relentlessly until his death!"

"Zhao Kuangyin simply spared the scholar-officials from killing them and treated them with preferential treatment."

"And Zhao Guangyi, in order to win over the people and consolidate his illegitimate throne, went so far as to elevate civil officials to the highest rank!"

"He recklessly expanded the scale of the imperial examinations, admitting several times more successful candidates than his brother in a single examination! This led to an extremely bloated bureaucracy and created a huge problem of 'redundant officials'!"

"He further suppressed military officers, bringing all military power under the control of the civil service, making military officers completely subservient to civil officials!"

"The most terrifying thing is that, in order to completely emasculate the martial spirit of the entire nation ideologically, he shouted a slogan that still has a poisonous influence and has caused harm for thousands of years!"

Zhu Dijun's voice became incredibly heavy.

Above the sky, a line of large characters slowly emerged, each one seemingly dripping blood!

Of all professions, only studying is noble!