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

When the hypocritical facade of the "Battle of Beiping" was completely torn off, revealing the dirtiest and most selfish political secrets beneath,

In various timelines, the evaluation of Qian has completely shifted from "suspected of having problems" to "an irrefutable hypocrite."

He is no longer the hero who turned the tide.

Instead, he was a political opportunist who trampled on the emperor's dignity, the nation's crisis, and the corpses of countless soldiers to seize supreme power for himself and the interest groups behind him!

All his "achievements" have become "evidence of his crimes".

All his "righteous indignation" turned into "shamelessness".

"I'm disgusted! I really am! I used to admire Yu Qian so much, but now I'm just as disgusted by him!"

"'Pitying one's own flesh and blood at the ends of the earth'? Bah! He'd love for Zhu Qizhen to die out there! If he truly had even a shred of loyalty to his ruler, would he have so quickly installed a new emperor?"

"These civil officials have truly taken the word 'shameless' to the extreme! They created this mess, killed the emperor's confidant, switched to a new master, and then transformed themselves into national heroes? Who would dare write a script like this?!"

"I finally understand. The Tumu Crisis was a grand power transfer ceremony orchestrated by this group of civil officials! The noble generals who died were sacrifices! The captured Zhu Qizhen was a pledge of loyalty! And Yu Qian, Chen Xun, and their ilk were the biggest winners!"

"What's most hateful is that they packaged themselves as so noble! They shifted all the blame onto Zhu Qizhen and Wang Zhen! They've deceived us for centuries!"

The audience in the live stream was outraged.

The anger of being deceived for hundreds of years almost burst out of the screen.

However, Judy Jun seemed to feel that this was not enough.

What he wanted to do was not just expose Yu Qian's political crimes.

He also wanted to completely shatter the last moral pillar upon which this person relied for his life!

"Family members, I know that even now, there may still be people who defend Yu Qian."

"They would say that even if Yu Qian had political flaws, his character and integrity are beyond question."

"After all, the poem 'Ode to Limestone,' with its lines 'Hammered and chiseled from the deep mountains, burned by raging fire as if nothing. I fear not being shattered to pieces, but only wish to leave my purity in the world,' is truly deeply ingrained in people's hearts."

Zhu Dijun's voice carried a hint of amusement.

"This poem has almost become the highest symbol of Yu Qian's personal character."

"It represents the great spirit of integrity, purity, and fearlessness in the face of sacrifice."

"but……"

He abruptly changed the subject, a cold smile playing on his lips.

"What if I told you that this timeless masterpiece, which represents Yu Qian's highest moral character, wasn't written by him at all?"

"What if I told you that Yu Qian is a shameless plagiarist?"

What?!

"Ode to Limestone"...was it plagiarized?!

This news is even more absurd and unbelievable than the claim that "the Battle of Beiping was a hoax"!

This is practically like saying that Li Bai's "Quiet Night Thoughts" was plagiarized and Du Fu's "The country is broken, but the mountains and rivers remain" was stolen!

This is no longer just about exposing dark history!

This is digging up someone's ancestral grave!

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! Brother Jun, you're joking! This joke isn't funny at all!"

"That's right! 'Ode to Limestone' is synonymous with Yu Qian! How could it be plagiarized?!"

"Evidence! We need evidence! If you can't produce irrefutable proof, I'll be the first to object!"

Faced with a barrage of questions in the live stream, Zhu Dijun simply calmly displayed another poem on the screen.

That was a poem, also themed around "stone".

Below the poem are the author's name and the year.

【Ode to Limestone】

[Wang Kekuan (Yuan Dynasty)]

"Leaving the mountain, it was not pure; touching water, it suddenly turned to ash. Do not say that its pure intention refuses to be tainted by dust."

Then, Zhu Dijun placed the well-known poem "Ode to Limestone" next to him.

【Ode to Limestone】

Yu Qian (Ming Dynasty)

"Carved and hammered from the deep mountains, it faces the raging fire with equanimity. Though its body is shattered to pieces, it fears not, for it desires to leave behind its purity in the world."

Two poems, side by side, are displayed on the sky.

In an instant, everyone realized the problem!

The poem by Wang Kekuan of the Yuan Dynasty comes first.

The poem by Yu Qian of the Ming Dynasty is listed below.

The two poems are strikingly similar in their themes, imagery, and even the logic of their word choice and sentence structure!

They all describe limestone, which is mined from the mountains, burned in a raging fire, and eventually turns into limestone, yet still retains its pure nature.

Wang Kekuan's line, "Leaving the mountain, it was not white; touching water, it suddenly turned to ash," describes the process.

Yu Qian's "Hammered and chiseled from the deep mountains, burned by raging fire as if it were nothing" also describes the process, but in a more specific and exaggerated way.

Wang Kekuan's "Don't say you have a pure heart, you refuse to be mixed with the dust" speaks of character.

Yu Qian's "I fear not being crushed to pieces, but only wish to leave my integrity in the world" also speaks of character, only expressed in a more resolute and resounding way.

This……

This is hardly a coincidence.

This is clearly an "expansion" and "refinement" based on a core idea!

This is blatant plagiarism!

"Family members, did you all see that?"

Zhu Dijun's voice, like a death knell, tolled on Yu Qian's last moral high ground.

"Wang Kekuan, a poet of the Yuan Dynasty, lived more than a hundred years earlier than Yu Qian."

"His poem 'Ode to Limestone,' both in terms of time and creativity, is the progenitor of 'Ode to Limestone'!"

"Yu Qian, this 'national hero' and 'moral exemplar' who was praised to the skies by later generations of scholars, his most widely circulated work, which best represents his 'noble character,' is nothing more than a forgery that stole the wisdom of his predecessors!"

"How noble can you expect from someone who even plagiarizes poetry?"

"Do you still believe every word a person says if even their motto, the very foundation of their life, is stolen?"

"His 'innocence' was tainted from the very beginning!"

Dead silence.

Utter silence.

If the previous political accusations only destroyed Yu Qian's "heroic" image...

At this moment, the irrefutable evidence of "plagiarism" has completely shattered his image as a "person"!

A cultural thief who spouts righteousness and morality but secretly engages in petty theft and thievery!

This image is even more despicable than that of a political opportunist!

The first year of the Tianshun reign of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Qizhen, who had just been reinstated, looked at the two poems on the sky and was first taken aback, then let out a low and suppressed sneer.

He recalled how Yu Qian had righteously and eloquently impeached those corrupt officials in the imperial court.

He recalled how Yu Qian had passionately declared his determination to defend his country back then.

In retrospect, it was all just a spectacular performance.

How much truth can be found in the words of someone who even copies poems?

"Oh……"

In Zhu Qizhen's eyes, the last trace of complex feelings for this "hero who saved the country" also disappeared.

All that remained was a chilling, bone-chilling disgust.