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

Above the sky, Zhu Dijun's playful remark, like a pebble thrown into a calm lake, stirred up ripples across countless worlds and timelines.

After a brief moment of surprise, the barrage of comments in the [Modern Live Room] exploded instantly!

"Damn! I get it! What Jun-ge means is that Zhu Jianshen wants to continue what his father couldn't do, reopening the sea, which threatens the interests of the civil official group and the Jiangnan maritime merchants, so he's being smeared to death!"

"Absolutely! These bastards use the exact same tactics! If they can't deal with your people, they'll ruin your reputation! They'll portray you as a foolish ruler who only knows how to indulge in romance, so naturally no one will believe in your achievements!"

["Now I understand why the man who killed the Tunguska wild boar is so hateful! The host will definitely talk about what this guy did to severely damage the Tunguska wild boar!"]

"The most pitiful one is Consort Wan! She's been unfairly burdened with this blame for hundreds of years! I always said, Emperor Jiajing's father was also Zhu Jianshen's son, and his mother was just a palace maid. If Consort Wan was really as vicious as the history books describe, constantly causing abortions in the harem, would there even be an Emperor Jiajing?"

"Brother Jun! Stop keeping me in suspense! Tell me in detail! What exactly happened?"

The audience's speculations accurately hit the nail on the head regarding the key aspects of history.

Orthodoxy and the natural order of time and space.

Having just experienced the pain of losing his son and witnessed his own tragic end, Zhu Qizhen was unusually clear-headed at this moment.

He stared intently at the sky, at his son Zhu Jianshen, who was about to inherit his throne.

"Opening of the fishing season..."

"My son, must you also walk the path I didn't finish?"

He muttered to himself, his eyes filled with both relief and endless worry.

He has already proven with his own life just how tragic the consequences can be for those who oppose the entire civil service!

The Chenghua Era.

Inside the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Jianshen looked at the sky, his body trembling slightly.

He wasn't afraid, he was excited!

From the time he was old enough to understand, Sister Wan was inextricably linked to him.

People across the land condemned him as a tyrant, saying he was obsessed with old women and neglected his duties.

When the ministers in the court mentioned that name, they always wore expressions of deep sorrow and remorse, urging the emperor to "put the country first."

He doesn't care what others think of him.

But he hated it!

He hated these people for defaming the woman who had been the only one to give him warmth during his darkest and most helpless years, as a vicious and venomous woman!

"Sister Wan..."

Zhu Jianshen turned his head and looked at the woman beside him who, though nearing forty, still retained her charm.

That woman was none other than Wan Zhen'er.

At this moment, she also looked up at the sky, her eyes filled with tears, and tightly held Zhu Jianshen's hand.

She didn't care about the world's condemnation; she only cared whether the man she had risked her life to protect would believe her.

Now, the sky has given them the answer.

In later generations, some people will understand them!

Zhu Dijun's voice rang out again amidst the anticipation of the crowd, carrying a sharpness that seemed to pierce through everything.

"Family members, you guessed right."

"The most ruthless tactic the civil service used to deal with an emperor was never weapons, but rather the pen in their hands!"

"To kill one's ruler with weapons is treason, punishable by death and eternal infamy."

"But the pen is different."

"They can use this pen to define your merits and demerits, distort your image, and even fabricate charges against you out of thin air!"

"I'll make your life worse than death, and after you die, you'll be nailed to the pillar of shame, never to rise again!"

Zhu Dijun's tone suddenly turned cold.

"And Emperor Ming Xianzong Zhu Jianshen and Consort Wan were among the biggest victims depicted in this writing!"

"To understand them, one must first understand the hellish childhood Zhu Jianshen experienced!"

Screen switch.

A small figure appeared on the sky; it was none other than the two-year-old Crown Prince Zhu Jianshen.

During the Tumu Crisis, his father was captured.

When his uncle Zhu Qiyu ascended the throne, he went from being the crown prince to the "Prince of Yi".

What kind of life is it for a deposed crown prince to live under the nose of an extremely suspicious emperor?

These were days when even the palace eunuchs and maids dared to scold and beat them at will!

Those were days when we didn't know where our next meal would come from, and in winter we didn't even have a thick quilt!

These are days when you could "accidentally" fall into the water, "accidentally" get sick, and then disappear without a trace!

"Family members, during those darkest years, everyone avoided him like the plague."

"Only one woman, a palace maid seventeen years his senior, Wan Zhen'er, stood guard over him like a mother wolf protecting her cubs!"

In the video, little Zhu Jianshen is pushed to the ground, and his forehead bleeds.

Wan Zhen'er rushed over and hugged him tightly, using her body to shield him from the contemptuous and malicious gazes.

Someone poisoned the food.

Wan Zhen'er personally tasted every meal to confirm that it was non-toxic before daring to let him eat it.

On countless cold nights, Wan Zhen'er held him in her arms, warming his icy little hands and feet with her own body heat.

"For Zhu Jianshen in his childhood, Wan Zhen'er was neither a palace maid nor a lover."

"She is his mother, his sister, his teacher; she is his only pillar of support and hope for survival!"

"This feeling is not about romantic love, but rather two lonely souls finding warmth in each other's despair; it's a reliance and trust etched into their very bones!"

These scenes brought tears to the eyes of countless people across all realms and timelines.

Zhu Zhanji, in the Xuande era, looked at his grandson, who should have been living a life of luxury but was worse off than a beggar, and felt an overwhelming pang of heartache, his tears flowing freely once again.

"You beast! Sun Ruowei, you beast!"

"And those opportunistic lackeys! They all deserve to die! They all deserve to die!"

Zhu Dijun's voice became increasingly impassioned.

"Therefore, when Zhu Jianshen finally regained his throne after many hardships, the first thing he did was to make this woman a Noble Consort, giving her a title second only to the Empress and unparalleled favor!"

"This is a man's most simple and sincere way of repaying his savior!"

"But in the hands of the civil service, all of this has been distorted!"

"They remained silent about Wan Zhen'er's kindness and about Zhu Jianshen's childhood suffering."

They only wrote:

Above the sky, lines of slanderous words from historical records are shocking!

Emperor Xianzong favored Consort Wan and deposed Empress Wu!

Consort Wan, relying on the emperor's favor, became arrogant and persecuted palace servants, leading to the death of a prince!

The emperor, infatuated with women, neglected state affairs, and the nation deteriorated day by day!

"Did you see that, family?"

Zhu Dijun's voice was like a resounding bell, making everyone's eardrums buzz.

"They twisted an emperor's act of repaying a debt of gratitude into 'obsession with women'!"

"They twisted the normal power struggles within the harem into the 'vicious heart' of Consort Wan alone!"

"They completely erased all of Zhu Jianshen's measures to enrich the country and strengthen its military, simply labeling him a 'tyrant'!"

"Why?!"

Zhu Dijun shouted out the most crucial answer, word by word!

"Because after Zhu Jianshen ascended the throne, he did many things that made the civil service group hate him to the core!"

Let's explain them one by one.