Preface
In the pages of history, people often have a strong interest in some seemingly contradictory situations. For example, after Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen was captured by Wara, he actually had unexpected popularity.
Can you imagine a mediocre and incompetent emperor who was captured by the enemy and treated like a "VIP"? Not only was he not abused, but he lived a free life of eating, drinking, and having fun.
Even the leader of the enemy wants to marry his sister to him as a wife! Isn't that a strange thing? Let's find out what happened to Yingzong Zhu Qizhen after he was captured by Wara.
1. The Battle of Tumubao
In 1449, the fourteenth year of orthodoxy, the Warat people in the frontier repeatedly harassed the border of the Ming Dynasty, seriously threatening national security. Zhu Qizhen, instigated by the favored eunuch Wang Zhen, made a shocking decision - to personally lead an army of 500,000 to fight against Wara.
For a while, the government and the opposition were in an uproar, after all, Zhu Qizhen had lived in a simple place since he was a child, and he didn't know anything about military affairs, and he was really a little brave and too brave to personally supervise the war.
For Zhu Qizhen, who was born as a scholar, this is undoubtedly a major decision-making mistake. Although he was an emperor, he was obsessed with those Hoover poems since he was a child, appreciating ancient and modern literature and history, and had never set foot in military affairs and lacked actual combat experience.
Although he is also accustomed to riding archery horses and other martial arts on weekdays, after all, he is just a royal nobleman with fine clothes and fine food, and if he really wants to go to the battlefield, I am afraid that it will be an axe. Although the ministers of the Chinese military forces of the DPRK had dissuaded them, looking at Zhu Qizhen's determined expression, they could only sigh secretly and passively follow.
Second, the Ming army was annihilated
In this expedition, Zhu Qizhen did not go into battle in person, but acted as a "mascot" in the warm curtain of the army, and was responsible for supervising the army's encouragement.
It's a pity that he has never been familiar with military affairs, and he doesn't know anything about the command and dispatch of the army, and he only tries to dominate the rivers and lakes with a heroic spirit. At that time, he was still secretly glad in his heart, as long as he sat in the Chinese army, he would be free from worrying if he didn't charge into battle.
However, the reality is far more brutal than imagined. The Ming army was attacked by the Warats like a sniper attack at Tumubao, and the formation was in chaos. Just as the army's morale was gradually rising, there was a loud noise suddenly from Zhu Qizhen's side, and it turned out that artillery fire fell from mid-air, almost causing a catastrophe.
Since then, Zhu Qizhen's prestige has gradually lost in the army, and his morale has plummeted. Many people fought to the death to protect Zhu Qizhen, and the Ming army was defeated and retreated, and was almost wiped out in the end. Even Wang Zhen died tragically in the war, and Zhu Qizhen himself was captured alive and reduced to a prisoner.
3. Captive life
The capture of Zhu Qizhen meant a powerful bargaining chip for the Warats. They will naturally serve well to avoid any accidents to Zhu Qizhen. The leader of Warat can also be said to be Zhu Qizhen's "nanny" during his captive career.
At the beginning, Zhu Qizhen was naturally nervous, for fear of being tortured and tortured. But when he saw Yexian's flattering attitude, he breathed a sigh of relief and lifted his spirits.
Not only did he provide warm clothes for Zhu Qizhen, but he even specially sent cooks to cook big fish and meat for Zhu Qizhen, and slaughtered a fat sheep and a cow every two or three days as a delicacy. As nomads and from a poor background, they value their ingredients far more than the Han Chinese. This was already a luxury in Warat's eyes.
What's even more surprising is that the Warat people are willing to slaughter the sacred horses in their hearts, just to let Zhu Qizhen taste this supreme delicacy! Although Zhu Qizhen was tired of eating, he was also a little unhappy in his heart.
Fourth, he is allowed to marry his sister as his wife
In addition to the generous material life, he also calculated cleverly and wanted to solve the "physiological" needs of Zhu Qizhen. He is not unselfishly planning to marry his peerless sister Xu to Zhu Qizhen to be his "temporary wife". This is undoubtedly the highest courtesy to Zhu Qizhen, and he even deliberately took out the gold jewelry that he had treasured for many years, so as to create a grand wedding for the two.
It's a pity that although Zhu Qizhen was tempted, he finally maintained the reserve of a Ming emperor and politely refused this family business. When he took the beautiful woman that he had presented with both hands first, Zhu Qizhen suddenly had a dry mouth, and after several hesitations, he refused hard.
Although I was a little disappointed, I was reluctant to do so, so I had to give up. Zhu Qizhen recalled that if he really married that beauty at that time, maybe he would have settled down in Warat, changed his surname and changed his name to be a grassland hero husband.
5. The worship of the younger brother
However, Yexian's younger brother Boyan Timur worshipped Zhu Qizhen. When he saw Zhu Qizhen for the first time, Boyan Timur was like seeing another "father", and he was respectful and flattering. Zhu Qizhen also saw the flattery and flattery of Boyan Timur at this time, and secretly laughed in his heart, but he was also happy to accept this "anointed beam".
Boyan Timur even arranged for Zhu Qizhen to live in his own tent, for fear that Zhu Qizhen would be hurt a little. He also specially dispatched his own personal maids to serve him, and as long as Zhu Qizhen had a slight need, he would be quickly satisfied.
Every time he talked to Zhu Qizhen, Boyan Timur was even more numb and told such wishful words as "As long as you give an order, I will lead a million Warat army to surrender". In his eyes, Zhu Qizhen is simply a god to worship.
Sixth, the good story of the monarch and the minister
During his captivity, Zhu Qizhen's life was more comfortable than in the Ming Dynasty, which surprised him himself. In addition to the affluence of material life, the Warat people were even more respectful to him.
When he saw Zhu Qizhen, he would kneel down and salute like the emperor, for fear of being punished for the slightest neglect. Although Zhu Qizhen was not born in extreme arrogance, under the stammering of the Warat people, he gradually became a little arrogant and did not know the blessings.
Zhu Qizhen was not only not abused, but was praised as a "guest of honor" and received courtesy without class. Even the ordinary women of Warat would nod slightly when they saw Zhu Qizhen, for fear that they would offend "Your Majesty" by something disrespectful.
Zhu Qizhen's prestige in front of the Warat people really surpassed the status of a first-class prisoner, and sometimes even made him a little embarrassed. But thinking that he is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he is relieved to enjoy these.
7. The reckoning of Warat
In fact, all these preferential treatment did not come from sincerity, but from Warat's calculations. First of all, Zhu Qizhen's life is related to whether the Ming Dynasty can pay a large ransom. Secondly, Warat was in the predicament of internal division, and he first wanted to make a living for himself in the Ming Dynasty by winning over Zhu Qizhen.
He was not a master of martial arts, and he was able to achieve the position of Warat Taishi only by virtue of his good strategy. Therefore, it is necessary to make full use of Zhu Qizhen, a heavyweight hostage. However, Ye Xian's intentions were indeed very conspiratorial, he not only calculated the tribute of the Ming Dynasty, but also calculated that he would be able to support himself in the Ming Dynasty after Zhu Qizhen was restored in the future.
Therefore, he took out the most extravagant materials in Warat to supply Zhu Qizhen, and even wanted to use his sister as a temptation to draw Zhu Qizhen under his command. In the end, after receiving a heavy amount of money from the Ming Dynasty, it was decided to release the hostage Zhu Qizhen to return to China. On the way to escort him, he first told Boyan Timur to serve Zhu Qizhen all the way.
8. Tales of the ages
Zhu Qizhen and his entourage finally returned to the capital safely. But at this time, it was eight years later, and the throne had already been inherited by his younger brother Zhu Qiyu. Only then did Zhu Qizhen realize that the Ming Dynasty thought that he had died, so he hurriedly drew the ground as a prison and put him under house arrest.
Zhu Qizhen shouted grievances, but no one paid attention to him, so he could only swallow his anger secretly. Fortunately, after eight years of lonely waiting, Zhu Qizhen finally restored the Ming Dynasty. Not long after the restoration of Zhu Qizhen, Yexian and Boyan Timur's family were taken to the capital.
Zhu Qizhen was naturally grateful for the courteous care of the two of them back then, and not only gave them generous rewards, but also built a temple in the Ming Dynasty for the first time, which was highly respected. As for the minister Yu Qian and others who defeated him and humiliated him back then, they were categorically executed to shame. This scene can be called a good story for the ages, and it is still widely circulated for hundreds of years.
epilogue
It seems that Zhu Qizhen, who is incompetent, although he was defeated in the battle of Tumubao, won unprecedented preferential treatment in his captive career. And all of this stems from Warat's calculation and use of him.
However, in the end, Zhu Qizhen still had the East Window Incident, and re-restored the Ming Dynasty with the power of Wara. This historical anecdote reflects the entanglement of interests in the power game, and makes people think deeply about the paranoia and distortion of human nature in Vanity Fair, which is really thought-provoking.