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

When Zhu Dijun uttered the words "castrated the martial spirit of the entire Chinese nation," an indescribable sense of grief and humiliation instantly swept across all dimensions!

Especially those Han and Tang emperors, ministers, generals and soldiers who once inscribed their names on Yanran Mountain and sealed the wolf's lair!

The Great Han Dynasty, Weiyang Palace.

Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che, slammed his fist on the table, causing the entire palace to tremble!

"You bastard!"

"Our great Han soldiers fought valiantly, expanding our vast territory, thus earning the resounding reputation of 'Those who offend our mighty Han, though far away, shall be punished!'"

"To think that such a despicable ruler would emerge from later generations, using literature to disrupt military affairs and destroying the very foundation of our nation!"

"The spirit of martial prowess is the foundation of our Chinese nation! Without this spirit, what difference is there between us and lambs to the slaughter?!"

Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, who were standing beside him, also had somber expressions, their eyes filled with extreme contempt for the emperor named Zhao Guangyi.

The Great Tang Dynasty, Taiji Hall.

Li Shimin sighed deeply, his handsome face filled with disappointment.

"Using bronze as a mirror, one can straighten one's clothes; using history as a mirror, one can understand the rise and fall of dynasties; using people as a mirror, one can understand one's gains and losses."

"Today, I have truly witnessed just how much harm a ruler with a wicked heart can inflict on a country!"

"The Song Dynasty was rotten to the core."

His assessment was incisive.

After the initial shock, the emperors and generals of other dynasties also had incredibly complex expressions when they looked at the character "Song" in the sky.

There was disdain, contempt, and even more so, a deep sense of vigilance.

They finally understood why so many people in later generations used a mocking and insulting name to refer to that dynasty.

—What a coward!

It is not the "Song" of the Song Dynasty.

It's the "cowardly" in "cowardly bastard"!

This word, like a brand of shame, was deeply engraved on the forehead of the Zhao Song Dynasty!

"I get it! I completely get it! That's why they call them cowards! It's not that they can't win, it's that from top to bottom, from the emperor to the civil officials, nobody wants to fight! They're afraid to fight!"

"Yes! If they win, the military officers will have too much credit, which will threaten the positions of the civil officials! If they lose, they can negotiate peace and pay reparations, since it's not their own money being spent! No matter how you look at it, the civil officials won't lose out!"

"That's why the Treaty of Chanyuan came about. Even though we won, we had to pay annual tribute to the Liao Dynasty! That's why the Jingkang Incident happened, where two emperors were captured like ducks! Could anyone have imagined that in the Han and Tang dynasties?!"

"Ultimately, it was Zhao Da who started it all, and Zhao Er who stepped on the gas! They created a bizarre regime unlike any other in world history—a cowardly dynasty that despised soldiers, worshipped civil officials, took pride in paying reparations, and reveled in ceding territory!"

"The title of 'coward' is truly well-deserved!"

The audience in the live stream was in high spirits.

These scorching comments, each word like a resounding slap across the face of Zhao Kuangyin in the first year of the Kaibao era.

He stood blankly in the center of the hall, looking at his younger brother whom he had personally sent to the imperial prison, at the ministers kneeling on the ground trembling, and then at the glaring words "Great Coward" on the sky.

An unprecedented sense of powerlessness and despair completely overwhelmed him.

My Great Song Dynasty...

The Great Song Dynasty, which I personally established to end the chaos and protect all people...

In the eyes of later generations, this is actually what... he looks like?

He wanted to refute it, but the historical facts, the policies, and the final outcome left him speechless.

It was he who used a cup of wine to release military power.

It was he who established the ancestral precept of "not killing scholar-officials".

It was he who ushered in an era that valued literature over military prowess.

He thought he was doing what was best for the country and for the sake of lasting peace.

Little did he know that he had opened a Pandora's box with his own hands!

His good younger brother, Zhao Guangyi, was the sinner who completely unleashed all the disasters from Pandora's box!

"Haha...hahahaha..."

Zhao Kuangyin suddenly looked up and laughed, his laughter filled with endless sorrow and self-mockery.

"What a coward..."

"What a coward!"

"I...I was actually the founding emperor of a cowardly dynasty..."

As he laughed, two streams of turbid tears, like those of a hero, rolled down his cheeks.

Throughout his military career, he never backed down.

However, the country he created was forever branded as "cowardly" because of his "overcorrection" decision!

What a irony this is!

How tragic!

"My Great Song Dynasty perished at my hands..."

He muttered to himself in a daze, as if he had aged twenty years in an instant.

At that moment, he finally understood the pain Zhu Di felt at being betrayed, overthrown, and fundamentally denied.

It turns out that the judgments of history books and the perspectives of later generations are indeed sharper and more hurtful than any sword!

Above the celestial canopy, Zhu Dijun observed the reactions of the myriad worlds and slowly spoke, offering his final summary.

"Family members, now we've connected the clues."

"Emperor Taizu of Song, Zhao Kuangyin, went to extremes to end the chaos caused by military men in politics, and ushered in an era that valued civil officials over military ones, which provided fertile ground for the rise of the civil official group."

"Emperor Taizong of Song, Zhao Guangyi, in order to consolidate his illegitimate imperial power, maliciously amplified this policy, using the idea that 'only studying is noble' to emasculate the national spirit and completely elevate the civil service group to a pedestal."

"This huge, self-interested rentier group led to the country's 'accumulated poverty and weakness' and repeated humiliations in diplomacy during the Song Dynasty."

"But by the time it came to our Great Ming Dynasty, this group had become more sophisticated, more adept at self-promotion, and more skilled at systematically and comprehensively undermining imperial power through political, economic, and military means!"

"They learned from the Song Dynasty's 'lesson'—merely sidelining the emperor wasn't enough; they also had to completely sever the emperor's last remaining henchmen!"

"That's why the Jingkang Incident in the Song Dynasty, the Nanpo Incident in the Yuan Dynasty, and the Tumu Crisis in the Ming Dynasty broke out in such a tragic and illogical way!"

Zhu Dijun's voice echoes in every time and space.

"It is not an isolated incident."

"It was the inevitable result of the growing ambition of the civil service group during the Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties, spanning several centuries, ultimately leading to regicide and the usurpation of power!"

"Now!"

Zhu Dijun's gaze sharpened once again!

"We have uncovered the truth about Tumubao."

"So, was that captured emperor, Zhu Qizhen, really the foolish, incompetent, and corrupt scoundrel described in history books?"

"The answer is no. He was simply a loser who couldn't defeat the civil service group. Before discussing him, we must also mention Emperor Renzong of Ming, Zhu Gaochi, who dug a pit for later emperors and the people of the Ming Dynasty!"

"The character 'Ren' in the posthumous titles of emperors is unbearable to look at closely. Upon closer inspection, it's filled with images of cannibalism, whether it's Emperor Renzong of Song (Zhao Zhen) or Emperor Renzong of Ming (Zhu Gaochi)! Kangxi Emperor Aisin Gioro Xuanye's posthumous title is 'Ren Emperor'."

"They're all just trying to kill their descendants! What kind of benevolence is that?! Benevolence my foot!"