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

Weeds and roots.

When those four words came out of Zhu Dijun's mouth, everyone understood how utterly Zhu Qizhen had lost.

He has not only lost the present, but also the future.

All his wings were brutally plucked, leaving only a bare imperial title.

"Now that the enemy has been wiped out, the next step is naturally to reward those who have made contributions."

Zhu Dijun's tone was full of undisguised sarcasm.

Above the sky, a golden list of rewards slowly unfolded, stinging everyone's eyes.

"Sun Tang, the Earl of Huaining, has made outstanding contributions in this 'suppression of the rebellion,' and has been promoted from Earl to Marquis of Huaining!"

"Marquis Huichang, Sun Jizong, is praised for his skillful administration and is hereby granted the title of Grand Protector, a rank equivalent to the Three Dukes!"

"Minister of War Ma Ang, for his 'effective assistance,' is hereby promoted to Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent!"

"Grand Secretary Li Xian, known for his strategic brilliance, is also granted the title of Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent!"

"Family members, do you see clearly now?"

"Who is the biggest beneficiary of this coup?"

"The Sun family, relatives of the emperor! And the civil service group led by Grand Secretary Li Xian!"

"They joined forces to orchestrate this bloody spectacle, legitimately seizing the emperor's last military power, slaughtering his last loyal ministers, and then crowning themselves with the most glorious laurels!"

In March of the same year, Emperor Yingzong's third maternal uncle, Sun Shaozong, naturally took over the Jinyiwei Zhenfu Division.

"Sun Jizong then reorganized the Five Armies Battalion, the Three Thousand Battalion, and other Beijing garrison troops, turning them into the 'Twelve Regiments Battalion' under his sole control!"

"At this point, Zhu Qizhen was completely reduced to a prisoner who had been sidelined!"

Zhu Dijun's voice was like a heavy hammer, shattering the last glimmer of hope in everyone's hearts.

"You might ask, why isn't it written this way in history books?"

"It's very simple."

Zhu Dijun gave a cold laugh.

"Because the chief compiler of the Veritable Records for Emperor Yingzong was none other than Li Xian, the Grand Secretary who was granted the title of Junior Guardian of the Crown Prince, and Sun Jizong, the Emperor's brother-in-law who was granted the title of Grand Guardian!"

"If they were writing their own history, would they portray themselves as traitors and rebels?"

"Of course not!"

"They'll just pin all the blame on the dead! They'll make Sun Tang, the executor, take the biggest blame! And they'll make Cao Qin and Cao Jixiang, these lackeys, bear the eternal infamy of treason!"

"And they themselves, in a dramatic twist, became 'loyal ministers' who saved the Ming Dynasty from peril!"

"This is of course learning from Confucius and the Duke of Zhou, two of the patriarchs of Confucianism."

boom!

An invisible thunderclap resounds in every time and space!

Shameless!

despicable!

This is not just falsifying history, it is raping history!

"For two years after the coup, Zhu Qizhen was effectively under house arrest."

"That wicked woman, Sun Ruowei, even forced her 'disobedient' son to visit the Southern Palace in November and December of the seventh year of the Tianshun reign in order to warn him."

"The place where he was imprisoned for seven years!"

"This isn't a warning; this is blatant humiliation!"

"It's telling him that I can release you from Nangong, and I can send you back! You better behave yourself!"

"Perhaps it was this endless humiliation and grief that exhausted the emperor's last bit of energy."

"Two years later, in the first month of the eighth year of the Tianshun reign, Emperor Yingzong of Ming, Zhu Qizhen, died suddenly in the Qianqing Palace at the young age of thirty-seven."

An emperor's reign has come to an end.

His life was a rollercoaster of highs and lows, filled with absurdity and tragedy.

He trusted the wrong person and lost a battle he shouldn't have fought.

But when he suddenly realized what was happening and wanted to take back everything that belonged to him, he discovered that the whole world had become his enemy.

He fought, he shouted, he charged forward.

In the end, he fell before dawn.

"Family members, I know that many people still feel that Zhu Qizhen is not worthy of sympathy."

Zhu Dijun's voice suddenly became incredibly deep.

"Well then, finally, I'll show my family something."

The imagery on the sky changes again.

This time, there was neither swordplay nor intrigue.

It is a simple table.

Rice prices in the Ming Dynasty (per shi/tael of silver)

[Hongwu Reign: 1.5-2 taels]

[Yongle Reign: 1-1.5 taels]

[Xuande Reign: 0.8-1 tael]

[During the Zhengtong Reign: 0.3-0.5 taels]

[Jingtai Reign: 0.8-1.2 taels]

[Tian Shun Dynasty: 0.3-0.5 taels]

[Chenghua Reign: 1-1.5 taels]

[Hongzhi Reign: 0.8-1 tael]

……

A series of numbers, crystal clear.

Zhu Dijun's fingers landed heavily on the two lowest values.

orthodox!

Tian Shun!

"Family members, I don't want to preach too much."

"All I know is that real historical data doesn't lie."

"During the two reigns of Emperor Yingzong of Ming (Zhu Qizhen), the price of rice in the Ming Dynasty was the lowest in the nearly three hundred years of the dynasty!"

"What does this mean?"

"This means that people all over the world will be able to have enough to eat!"

"This emperor, whom the civil service criticized as a 'tyrant' and who was manipulated by the maternal relatives, may not have understood political maneuvering, and he may have had personality flaws, but he genuinely wanted to give the common people a way to survive!"

"All his struggles were perhaps not just for himself, but also to prevent this country from falling into the hands of those treacherous officials who only know how to fight for power and treat the people like dirt!"

At this moment, all was silent.

The next second, however, it erupted like a tsunami!

In a certain time period, the fifth year of the Tianshun reign, on the first day of the seventh month, in the capital city.

The people who had been keeping their doors closed due to the "Cao Qin rebellion" went completely mad after seeing the rice price chart on the sky!

They may not understand what a palace coup is, or what it means for a powerful maternal relative to seize power.

But they know the price of rice!

They knew that when that emperor in the heavens was in power, they could buy the most rice with the least amount of money! Their families would not go hungry!

And now, this group of treacherous officials who framed loyal ministers and imprisoned the emperor are going to destroy all of this!

"We can't let them succeed!"

A blacksmith with a full beard suddenly pushed open his door, rushed into the street, and roared at the neighborhood watchman:

"My brother is in the Fifth Army Camp! Tell him! If he dares to help those treacherous officials, I don't consider him a brother!"

"My husband is in the Three Thousand Camp! Quick! Go tell him! The Emperor is the one who feeds us! We can't let good people be wronged!"

A woman, holding her child, rushed towards the street corner, crying and screaming.

"Help! Help!"

"Purge the court of corrupt officials and punish the traitors!"

"Anyone who dares to touch His Majesty is going against all the people of this city!"

In an instant, public opinion in the entire capital was in an uproar!

Countless people rushed out of their homes and flooded the streets.

They rushed towards the Beijing garrison soldiers who were "suppressing the rebellion," and cried out the most heart-wrenching cries to their husbands, sons, and brothers inside!

"Your swords are for protecting your homes and country, not for pointing at the emperor who feeds us!"

"Open your eyes and see! Who is loyal? Who is treacherous!"

Sun Tang and Sun Jizong, who were directing their troops to suppress the remaining forces, were instantly stunned.

They never imagined that a palace coup that seemed certain to succeed would be turned upside down by a rice price chart from the future!

The people's hearts have turned against them!