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

The Battle of Beiping... was it a hoax?!

This statement is ten thousand times more impactful than "Yu Qian is a traitor"!

This is no less than someone telling you that Qin Shi Huang did not unify the six kingdoms, and Emperor Wu of Han never attacked the Xiongnu in the north!

This is shaking the very foundation of the nation! This is subverting the historical memory of the entire people!

Throughout the myriad realms and timelines, everyone was stunned by this conclusion, their minds buzzing and almost losing their ability to think.

How could it be fake?!

Doesn't the history book say that when Esen's army besieged the city, Yu Qian personally donned armor and led the soldiers and civilians in a bloody battle at the nine gates, ultimately turning the tide of the battle?

How could that moving and inspiring history be fake?!

"I don't believe it! This is absolutely impossible! Brother Jun, aren't you going a bit too far? This is the Battle of Beiping!"

"That's right! This was a great victory at a time of national crisis! You're saying it's fake? Where's the evidence?!"

"Although I also think Yu Qian is no good, you can't deny the authenticity of this war just because of his character!"

"Calm down! Everyone, calm down! Let Jun-ge continue! If he dares to say that, he must have his evidence!"

Despite the doubts and chaos in the live stream chat, Zhu Dijun's expression remained unchanged.

This is exactly the effect he wanted.

First, shatter everyone's common sense completely!

Then, using cold historical facts, they reconstruct a bloody, real world for them!

"Family members, I know you don't believe me."

"Then I'll give you the evidence."

"The most direct and irrefutable evidence!"

The scene shifted, revealing several passages from the "History of Ming" and the "Veritable Records of Ming".

However, these records are details that have been intentionally or unintentionally ignored by everyone in the past.

"First, Esen's true intentions."

Zhu Dijun pointed to the first paragraph.

The History of Ming, in the biography of Esen, records that Esen "daily entertained the Emperor Emeritus (Zhu Qizhen) in his tent, kneeling and bowing as he offered him wine, showing great respect."

It is also recorded that Esen repeatedly sent envoys to the Ming court to express his desire to send the emperor back, but feared that he would be punished by the world.

Zhu Dijun's voice, like a heavy hammer, struck everyone's heart.

"Family members, look carefully!"

"After Esen captured Zhu Qizhen, he not only did not mistreat him, but instead 'invited him to meals every day and knelt down to offer him wine,' treating him with utmost respect!"

"He repeatedly sent people to Beiping to say, 'I want to send your emperor back, but I'm afraid you won't agree, and then I'll be caught in the middle!'"

"Is this the attitude one should have towards an enemy who intends to conquer your capital and destroy your country?"

"He's not a kidnapper, he's clearly invited a tyrant home!"

"He was more eager than anyone to get rid of Zhu Qizhen, who was both his 'protective talisman' and his 'death warrant'!"

silence.

All of space and time fell into a deathly silence.

Many people have read this account, but no one has ever interpreted it from this perspective!

Yes!

If Esen really wanted to destroy the Ming Dynasty, why did he treat Zhu Qizhen like a father?

Wouldn't it be better if he just killed Zhu Qizhen and shook the morale of the Ming army?

The only explanation is that he never intended to attack Beiping from the very beginning!

His capture of Zhu Qizhen was merely an unexpected gain from the "military operation" at Tumu Fortress. His real purpose was to use this emperor to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty and demand a ransom!

"The second, and most crucial, piece of evidence—"

"What was the first major event that occurred in the imperial court of Beiping after the Tumu Crisis?"

Zhu Dijun didn't keep them in suspense and gave the answer directly.

"It's not preparing for war, nor is it about coming to the aid of the emperor."

"Instead, it's about cleaning!"

Above the sky, a line of large, blood-red characters appeared.

"In the first month of the first year of the Jingtai reign, Grand Secretary Chen Xun, Minister of War Yu Qian, and others petitioned the Empress Dowager to execute the core members of the Emperor's faction who survived the Tumu Crisis: Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard Ma Shun, eunuch Mao Gui, Wang Changsui, and others, and to 'display their corpses in the marketplace!'"

"Look, family!"

Judy Jun's voice became incredibly sinister!

"At the so-called 'imminent enemy,' the first thing Yu Qian and Chen Xun did was to kill all the emperor's trusted confidants left in the capital! And they dragged them to the execution ground and displayed their corpses to the public!"

"What's this called?"

"That's called murder to silence a witness!"

"That's called eliminating dissidents!"

"They want to ensure that even if Zhu Qizhen manages to return by some miracle, he will have no one left to rely on in the court! He will become a completely isolated figure!"

"Third, and most ridiculous, evidence—"

"They have installed a new emperor!"

"Under the strong remonstrance of Yu Qian, Chen Xun and others, Empress Dowager Sun finally agreed to establish Zhu Qizhen's younger brother, Prince Cheng Zhu Qiyu, as emperor, who became Emperor Jingtai of the Ming Dynasty."

"Family members, think about it."

"If they really wanted to welcome back Zhu Qizhen, would they have installed a new emperor so quickly?"

"It's true that a country cannot be without a ruler for a day. But acting as regent and declaring oneself emperor are two completely different concepts!"

"Once they establish a new emperor, they will have legally and completely severed any possibility of Zhu Qizhen's return!"

"Because a country cannot have two suns!"

"Once Zhu Qizhen returns, what will become of Zhu Qiyu, the new emperor? And how will Yu Qian, Chen Xun, and other 'meritorious officials' who supported the new emperor conduct themselves?"

"Therefore, they have only one purpose in supporting a new ruler!"

"That is, to change Zhu Qizhen's status from 'the captured emperor' to a worthless 'retired emperor of the former dynasty'!"

"In this way, Esen's 'trump card' instantly became a 'useless card'!"

"And they, under the banner of 'protecting the new emperor and protecting the Ming Dynasty,' could legitimately refuse all of Esen's demands to return Zhu Qizhen!"

boom--!!!

At this moment, all the logic forms a perfect closed loop!

The truth is now crystal clear!

The so-called "Battle of Beiping" was not a war against a foreign enemy from beginning to end!

Instead, it was a political strangulation campaign launched by the new Ming Dynasty against the former emperor Zhu Qizhen!

They didn't fight Esen!

They were guarding against Zhu Qizhen!

What they are protecting is not the Ming Dynasty!

What they are protecting is the power they have acquired, and the unspeakable, heinous crime of regicide!

In a certain timeline of the fourteenth year of the Zhengtong era, before the Tumu Crisis, inside the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Qizhen was no longer trembling, nor was he angry.

His face was now devoid of any expression, a deathly stillness born of utter betrayal.

He looked up at his younger brother, Zhu Qiyu, whom he had just regarded as his savior, on the sky.

He looked at Yu Qian, whom he regarded as a pillar of the nation.

original……

They are the ones who most want him dead.