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

The stench of blood and the oppressive atmosphere in Fengtian Hall have not yet dissipated.

Zhu Di's ruthless methods in deposing the crown prince still resonate with everyone.

Amidst this solemn atmosphere, above the sky, Judy Jun's slightly weary yet still sharp voice rang out once more.

"Phew... I've been cursing for so long, my mouth is a little dry."

"Family members, let's stop criticizing that good-for-nothing for a moment."

"Because next, we're going to talk about the son he harmed the most, my great Ming Dynasty's beloved grandson—Emperor Xuanzong, Zhu Zhanji!"

As soon as the words fell, everyone's eyes in the Yongle Hall instantly focused on the young man kneeling on the ground, his body tense.

Zhu Di's gaze was particularly complex, containing both scrutiny and a hint of barely perceptible expectation.

Zhu Zhanji's heart was in his throat.

He knew that this was the final judgment that would determine his fate, and even the future of the Ming Dynasty!

On the sky, Zhu Dijun's voice became solemn.

"First of all, I must give Zhu Zhanji a fair evaluation!"

"Compared to his good-for-nothing father, Zhu Gaochi, who only knew how to smooth things over, Zhu Zhanji was ten thousand times better!"

"He was raised and personally taught by Emperor Yongle (Zhu Di) from a young age! Under his influence, his governing style and temperament were exactly like his grandfather Zhu Di's!"

"He was martial, decisive, and possessed the absolute authority and ambition of an emperor!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Di, during the Yongle era, noticeably softened his gaze.

He remembered the small figure that followed behind him, crawling and learning to ride and shoot in the military camp.

This grandson of mine looks just like me!

Zhu Yuanzhang, during the Hongwu era, nodded in satisfaction.

"That's more like it! This is how a member of the Zhu family should be! Decisive and ruthless, leaving no room for those pedantic scholars to criticize!"

However, Zhu Dijun changed the subject, his tone filled with regret.

"However! Precisely because he resembles Zhu Di so much, from the moment he ascended the throne, he was destined not to be favored by the vast civil service group left by his father!"

"Family members, you must understand one thing!"

"A strong monarch may be a great thing for the country and its people! But for those civil officials who want to usurp imperial power and 'rule the world together with the scholar-officials,' it is a great disaster!"

Therefore, Zhu Zhanji's ten-year reign as emperor was a thrilling and bloody history of wits and courage in his battles against the entire civil service!

"evidence?"

Zhu Dijun sneered and dropped a bombshell that shocked audiences across all timelines, especially modern ones!

"Family members, I have a question for you: After my father, the Yongle Emperor, moved the capital, what was the capital of our Great Ming Dynasty?"

"Isn't that obvious? It's Beiping!"

"Yes, Beiping, the emperor guards the nation's gate!"

"History books clearly state in black and white that the capital was moved to Beiping in the nineteenth year of the Yongle reign!"

Looking at the replies in the live chat, Judy Jun let out a sneer.

"Is that so? Then I'll tell you a truth that has been deliberately obscured and covered up by countless so-called 'historians' and 'academic bullies'!"

"From the time my ancestor Zhu Di moved the capital, to the death of my Ming Dynasty's Xuanzong Emperor Zhu Zhanji, and even to the sixth year of his son Zhu Qizhen's Zhengtong reign!"

"During the reigns of Emperor Chengzu, Emperor Hongxi, and Emperor Xuande, spanning several decades, the official name of this imperial capital beneath our feet was not 'capital' at all!"

"Rather, it is [the realm of action]!"

"What does 'xingzai' mean? It's the emperor's temporary residence when he travels! To put it bluntly, it's a temporary office!"

boom!!!

These two words, like a thunderclap, resounded in the minds of all time and space!

Modern time and space.

Countless people watching the live broadcast on the Sky Screen were completely stunned!

The students opened their history textbooks, pointed to the line "Yongle moved the capital to Beiping," and looked on incredulously.

"Is this for real? The book clearly says it's the capital!"

"A temporary residence? How is that possible! Zhu Di, such a powerful emperor, moved the capital decades ago, yet he doesn't even have a formal title?"

"Holy crap! I feel like my understanding of history has been turned upside down! Those damn academic cliques, just how many things have they lied to us about?!"

The internet was instantly abuzz with excitement! The phrase "行在" (Xingzai) surged to the top of the trending searches on all platforms at an alarming speed!

Countless people began frantically searching for information, only to be shocked to discover that in the earliest Ming Dynasty historical records, Beiping was indeed called "Xingzai" at that time! And Nanjing was called "Jingshi"!

The truth is so absurd!

Above the sky, Zhu Dijun's voice, filled with endless coldness, revealed the cruel truth behind this absurdity.

"Family members, now savor it carefully!"

Why was a capital city personally chosen by the iron-fisted emperor Zhu Di only "temporary" for decades?

"Behind this lies a ten-year-long life-or-death struggle between Zhu Zhanji and the entire civil service!"

"As I said before, his useless father, Zhu Gaochi, wanted to move the capital back to Nanjing as soon as he came to power! Because that was the stronghold of the southern civil service group, their comfortable nest!"

"Zhu Gaochi is dead, but his ideology of 'benevolent governance' and the cabinet he supported, headed by the Three Yangs, hang like a giant ghost over Zhu Zhanji's head!"

"Zhu Zhanji doesn't want to leave! He wants to carry on his grandfather's legacy: the emperor must guard the nation's gates!"

"Meanwhile, the civil officials, including the Three Yangs, used every possible means of feigning compliance while secretly opposing him, trying to force him back to Nanjing!"

"One of their most important tactics was to keep Beiping's status as the 'capital' unresolved and consistently define it as a 'temporary capital'!"

"This is a silent threat, a political tug-of-war! They are telling Zhu Zhanji: Stop arguing, this place is only temporary, Nanjing is the legitimate capital, come back with us!"

At this moment, Zhu Zhanji, the first emperor of the Xuande reign, was trembling violently!

He looked down at the court officials below, those old ministers who kept saying they were "for the sake of the country," yet on the matter of "establishing the capital," they made all sorts of excuses and delayed the process...

That's it!

That's it!

He always thought it was just a difference in political views, a conflict between the North and the South!

Only now was he awakened by Tianmu's words!

This is not a political dispute, but a struggle for the very foundation of the nation! It is a life-or-death battle between imperial power and the power of the ministers!

They didn't want the "Ming Dynasty" to return to Nanjing; they wanted the title of "Emperor" to become a mere puppet that their civil service group could manipulate at will!

"Family members, can you imagine this!"

Zhu Dijun's voice was filled with lingering fear.

"Even in Beiping, far from their stronghold, Zhu Zhanji was driven to exhaustion, and in the end, he could only escape reality by indulging in cricket fighting, which led them to slander him as the 'Cricket Emperor'!"

"What would happen if Zhu Zhanji were really forced back to Jinling, that gentle and wealthy place, that cage managed by the civil official group as solid as an iron barrel?"

"I dare say that!"

"As soon as Zhu Zhanji dies, his eight-year-old son, Zhu Qizhen, will immediately become the next Zhu Yunwen!"

"Opposed and kept in captivity by a group of 'loyal' and 'benevolent ministers,' he was ultimately devoured whole by this pack of hungry wolves!"

"The Ming Dynasty would have already existed in name only by that time!"