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

The live stream became dark, and the oppressive color scheme made it hard to breathe.

Judy Jun's voice was no longer impassioned; instead, it carried a chilling calm.

"Family members, you might still be able to use the excuse of 'being controlled by others' to defend Zhu Youcheng regarding what I said earlier."

"But what happens next will completely shatter your worldview."

"If the civil service group wants power, then Empress Zhang's two beloved younger brothers want the Zhu family's lives!"

On the screen, the two portraits were enlarged to their maximum size.

Marquis of Shouning, Zhang Heling; Marquis of Jianchang, Zhang Yanling.

These two faces were filled with greed and arrogance.

"In the tenth year of the Hongzhi reign, a seemingly ordinary family banquet was held in the imperial palace."

As Zhu Dijun narrated, the AI-generated images began to flow.

Inside the magnificent palace, there was a lavish feast of wine and meat.

Zhu Youcheng sat in the main seat, his face pale and his eyes unfocused.

Sitting opposite him were his two brothers-in-law.

After a few rounds of drinks, Zhu Youcheng got up to change his clothes and go to the restroom.

Just as the emperor left his seat...

Zhang Heling stood up unsteadily.

He walked toward the dragon throne, which symbolized supreme power.

At this moment, countless eyes across all dimensions were fixed on the screen.

Zhang Heling grabbed the Yishan Crown that Zhu Youcheng had placed on the table.

That gold-embroidered winged crown that only the emperor of the Ming Dynasty could wear!

He put it on his head with a grin and even struck what he thought was a dignified pose in front of the bronze mirror.

"Hey! You know what, this hat actually suits you quite well!"

Zhang Heling's drunken voice echoed in the quiet live broadcast room.

boom!

The era of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty.

The teacup in Zhu Yuanzhang's hand was crushed into powder.

The scalding hot tea mixed with porcelain shards dripped down between his fingers.

He couldn't feel any pain.

He felt the blood in his chest flowing backward.

"That's outrageous..."

"This is rebellion!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's voice was as deep and powerful as a tiger about to go berserk.

"That's my hat! That's a sacred artifact of the Ming Dynasty!"

"That bastard wore my cuckold's hat! What did that good-for-nothing Zhu Youcheng do after he came back?"

The sky provided the answer.

Zhu Youcheng is back.

He saw Zhang Heling wearing his own crown.

He was only stunned for a moment.

Then he smiled.

He spoke gently, as if nothing had happened, "The Imperial Brother-in-law is drunk; please take off your hat."

There is no Thunderous Fury.

They were not dragged out and beheaded.

Not even a harsh word was spoken!

"Ha ha ha ha!"

In the Yongle era, Zhu Di, enraged to the point of laughter, actually laughed.

The laughter was mournful.

"What a benevolent ruler! What a deep bond between brother and sister!"

"They're practically pooping on your neck, and you're worried about their butt getting cold!"

"Zhu Youcheng, you don't deserve the surname Zhu!"

However, Judy Jun's revelations have only just begun.

"Family members, don't rush to scold me."

"What's wrong with wearing a hat?"

"In the eleventh year of the Hongzhi reign, the two brothers did something even more outrageous."

The images on the screen became even more offensive.

That was the inner garden of the deep palace.

The Zhang brothers entered this place as if it were their own territory, even though it should have been a forbidden area.

"They used the pretext of visiting the Empress to stay overnight in the inner palace."

That night, several palace maids who were passing by were brutally murdered.

The heart-wrenching cries were swallowed up by the palace walls.

Afterwards, the two brothers swaggered away as if they had merely stepped on a few ants.

Zhu Dijun slammed his hand on the table, the loud noise causing the microphone to crackle.

"Family members, this is not just rape!"

"This is a shocking conspiracy to confuse the royal bloodline!"

"At that time, Empress Zhang had no children, and Zhu Youcheng was in poor health."

"If these palace maids become pregnant and give birth to boys..."

"Empress Zhang could simply bring the child over and claim it as the Emperor's offspring!"

"At that time, the Ming Dynasty will no longer be ruled by the Zhu family, but by the Zhang family!"

On the screen, eight large, blood-red characters slowly appeared:

[Zhu Ben Zhang Chu, resurrected through borrowing a corpse!]

At that moment, every emperor of the Ming Dynasty felt their scalp tingle.

This is an attempt to eradicate the Zhu family line from its very roots!

"At that moment, someone stepped forward."

Zhu Dijun pulled up a portrait.

He was a thin-faced eunuch named He Ding.

"He was Zhu Youcheng's close attendant, and also the only man in this vast palace who still had 'testicles'!"

"Although he has a physical disability, he is more of a man than Zhu Youcheng!"

on the screen.

He Ding knelt before Zhu Youcheng, kowtowing repeatedly, his blood staining the gold bricks.

"Your Majesty! The Zhang brothers have committed adultery with palace maids; their crime is tantamount to treason!"

"If this is not severely punished, and an illegitimate child is left behind, the Ming Dynasty will be in grave danger!"

"Your Majesty, please issue an order to kill these two beasts!"

Zhu Youcheng hesitated.

He looked at the loyal He Ding, and then thought of Empress Zhang's tearful face.

He was silent.

Just as he was silent, Empress Zhang arrived.

This woman, who claimed to be virtuous and kind, now looked as ferocious as a demon.

"You audacious servant! How dare you sow discord among our royal family!"

"Guards! Where are the Embroidered Uniform Guards?!"

The Imperial Guards, who were supposed to obey the emperor, rushed in like servants of the Zhang family.

They dragged He Ding away.

In front of Zhu Youcheng!

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty, save me!"

"This servant did it for the Ming Dynasty!"

He Ding's screams faded into the distance.

Zhu Youcheng sat on the dragon throne, his lips moved, but in the end, he didn't utter a single word.

"And then?"

Zhu Dijun gave a cold laugh.

"There was no 'later'."

"He Ding was dragged to the Imperial Guard prison and beaten to death."

"Use the golden mace to smash every bone in your body, inch by inch."

"Our wise and benevolent ruler Zhu Youcheng, upon learning of He Ding's death, merely sighed and said, 'What a pity.'"

[Modern Live Streaming Room]

The comments section is unreadable.

All of them are censored words.

"Even the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles couldn't endure as much as him!"

"This is what you call a benevolent ruler? This is called a wise and benevolent ruler!"

"He Ding is a true man! Zhu Youcheng is a true eunuch!"

"I'm so angry! It's simply outrageous that this kind of emperor didn't bring about the downfall of his country!"

Zhu Dijun looked at the screen full of "Ming Guizong" but did not stop it.

"Family members, this is the truth about the Hongzhi era."

"A eunuch was beaten to death for trying to protect the royal bloodline, while the emperor was cleaning up the mess left by his brother-in-law, who was a rapist."

"Whose Ming Dynasty is this, really?"

This question stumped the onlookers across countless worlds, but it also blew the minds of the Ming Dynasty's ancestors.

In a parallel timeline of the eleventh year of the Chenghua era.

Zhu Jianshen was even more frantic at this moment than when he learned of his father's death.

His eyes were so red they looked like they were about to bleed.

He didn't care how future generations would criticize him for being incompetent, nor did he care how civil officials would smear him for practicing alchemy.

But he couldn't tolerate that his grandson had almost become someone else's child!

"Zhang Luan... Zhang Qi..."

Zhu Jianshen kept repeating these two names; they were Empress Zhang's father and uncle.

During the eleventh year of the Chenghua reign, these two people were just minor figures who could not be found without careful investigation.

"Wang Zhi!"

Zhu Jianshen roared, his voice piercing through the dome of the Qianqing Palace.

"Yes, sir!"

Wang Zhi, dressed in a flying fish robe, knelt before the hall with his hand on his embroidered spring knife.

He could sense the devastating killing intent emanating from the emperor.

"go!"

"Investigate for me!"

"Those Zhang Luan and Zhang Qi, whether they are studying at the Imperial Academy or holding minor official positions in some remote corner."

"Arrest their entire clan!"

Zhu Jianshen rushed down from the dragon throne and grabbed Wang Zhi by the collar.

"The screen in the sky said where they were from and what their names were."

"I care neither for laws nor for benevolence!"

"That damned Empress Zhang of later generations dared to cut off my family line and let my grandson be a cuckold."

"Then I'll prevent her from even being born!"

"All the men, castrate them all and kill them for me!"

"As for the women..."

A ruthless glint flashed in Zhu Jianshen's eyes.

"Send them all to the brothels!"

"I will ensure that the Zhang family will never be able to rise again!"

"As you command!"

Wang Zhi accepted the order and left.

On this day, in the eleventh year of the Chenghua reign, the imperial guards of the Western Depot were out in all directions in the capital.

Countless civil officials trembled with fear at the sight of those fierce-looking foreign guards.

They didn't know what had happened; all they knew was that the emperor had gone mad.

He's completely gone mad.

In the earlier Tian Shun era.

Zhu Qizhen, the "God of War of the Ming Dynasty," displayed rare political acumen at this moment.

He sat on the throne in the Fengtian Hall, toying with a jade thumb ring in his hand.

The Minister of Personnel was kneeling below.

"That Zhang Luan family, and that Zhang Qi."

Zhu Qizhen said casually.

"I have heard that this family has an improper moral character, and I fear that trouble may arise from this in the future."

The Minister of Personnel was completely bewildered.

Your Majesty, these two are not even scholars yet. How do you know their family traditions are flawed? Is it just because of Zhu Dijun's words on the sky?

But he didn't dare ask.

"Pass down the imperial decree."

Zhu Qizhen slammed the jade thumb ring heavily onto the table.

"In the grand scheme of the capital inspection, make a note of this family."

"All members of the Zhang family, within three generations, are barred from taking the imperial examinations and holding official positions!"

"besides."

Zhu Qizhen gave a cold laugh.

"Send the Imperial Guards to their hometown to 'take care' of them."

"If those Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling are still in their mother's womb, then don't let them come out."

"If she's not pregnant yet, then let's get Zhang Luan sterilized."

"I call this taking precautions before problems arise."

"My great-grandson Zhu Youcheng is a good-for-nothing; he dares not kill anyone."

"As his great-grandfather, I'll take the trouble to clean up these troubles for him ahead of time!"

"To avoid sullying my Great Ming History Book in the future!"

[Modern Live Streaming Room]

As Zhu Dijun used AI video simulation, he showed the actions of Emperor Chenghua and Emperor Tianshun from a celestial perspective to the present day, including the Hongzhi era.

The barrage of comments instantly shifted from anger to jubilation.

"Holy crap! It has to be the Chenghua Emperor! Physically castrating men, then beheading their entire families! That's ruthless!"

["Zhu Jianshen: Dare to cuckold my son? I'll castrate your father first!"]

"The God of War is even more ruthless; he directly severed their birthplace."

"This is what a satisfying read should be! That good-for-nothing Zhu Youcheng gave me breast hyperplasia, and I even needed my ancestors to help me breathe!"

"Empress Zhang was probably forcibly taken offline while still in the fertilized egg stage, hahaha!"

Hongzhi Era.

Zhu Youcheng watched the thunderous methods of his ancestors displayed on the sky.

He was completely stunned.

He turned to look at Empress Zhang beside him.

Empress Zhang was now limp on the ground, her face ashen.

She knew it was over.

Although it was a parallel universe, this was enough to prove that in the eyes of the Zhu family's ancestors, the Zhang family was already dead.

They are not like Zhu Youcheng; they have plenty of ways to deal with the entire Zhang family.

And in this Hongzhi era.

Those civil officials who had originally wanted to curry favor with the Zhang family now retreated as if avoiding a plague.

It's obvious to everyone.

After this incident, the Zhang family's reputation was completely ruined.

It's already a miracle that Zhu Youcheng didn't jump up and stomp on him.

Judy Jun watched this scene and nodded in satisfaction.

"Family members, this is exactly the effect I wanted from the AI ​​simulation."

History cannot be changed, but justice resides in the hearts of the people.

"Since Zhu Youcheng cannot give He Ding justice, nor can he give the Ming Dynasty justice."

"Then let AI simulations allow his ancestors to carry out this belated justice for him!"

"Alright, now that we've delved into the politics and harem of the Hongzhi era, I believe everyone has a new understanding of this 'benevolent ruler'."

"But do you think that's the end of it?"

"No, no, no."

Zhu Dijun shook his finger, a mysterious smile on his face.

"Political corruption and interference in politics by the imperial harem are merely symptoms of the Ming Dynasty's decline."

"But these are not the only things that truly led the Ming Dynasty into the abyss."

"In fact, it was an economic nuclear bomb planted during the Hongzhi reign!"

"In the next episode, we'll talk about how the much-hyped 'Hongzhi Restoration' actually emptied the last copper coin from the Ming Dynasty's treasury!"

"That was a lavish feast for the civil service, and also the beginning of the Ming Dynasty's financial collapse!"

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Alas, history always repeats itself in an astonishing way, over and over again. As you read this, are you thinking of a certain period or stage?