Chapter 71 The old locust tree on Meishan Mountain
Author: An Jing l
Chapter 71 The old locust tree on Meishan Mountain
In front of Xuan Ye stood Hongli and Cixi, but the three of them were relatively speechless.
Among the ten fatuous emperors, there are only two "emperors" from the Qing Dynasty, and these two actually successfully joined forces among the top four.
Xuan Ye only felt that his face was dull, and there seemed to be countless people behind him poking at the backbone of their Qing Dynasty.
After several attempts to organize the language failed, Xuan Ye sighed and said: "Let's not talk about anything else. Just focus on sharing information for future generations. At least I will prevent the Opium War from happening in my world, and the British and French forces will invade this place."
kind of thing."
"Holy Ancestor." Cixi called softly, but she didn't know how to explain it.
"Grandpa Huang, your grandson will also work hard and will never let history repeat itself!" Hongli felt that his Qing Dynasty might be able to save the country again.
Hongli's attitude was quite good. Xuan Ye nodded expressionlessly when he saw this.
The ten minutes of communication ended quickly. As the light beam fell, the twenty emperors returned to their positions again.
The rewards from Shi Jingtang and Liu Ao appeared in front of Su Qian. He immediately felt that these two people, "I'm afraid the system has given up."
There are three rewards for Shi Jingtang, the sixth-ranked later emperor, with two reward slots. You can choose two from the three.
[1. Reward a "Emperor's Hat" (wearing it can lead to a long life, but there is no guarantee that you will not be beaten to death). 】
[Second, reward a one-day trip to the site where Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian hanged himself (you can experience what integrity and dignity are on the spot)]
[3. Good weather and good weather (you can choose the time of use independently. After use, the good weather and good weather can be maintained for three years, and the probability of a good harvest is greatly increased)]
After Su Qian looked at the options, he did not give Shi Jingtang the right to choose rewards this time.
"Forget the first item, that would really be burying the history of China.
The second item can give you a little feel for what dignity is.
As for the third item, at least it can bring some comfort to the people."
Su Qian directly put the second and third rewards into the reward slot, and then looked at the rewards of Han Cheng Emperor Liu Ao.
There are also three rewards for Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty, and there are still two reward slots.
[1. Reward a Wine Pond and Meat Forest (people staying in the Wine Pond and Meat Forest can easily get a sense of physical pleasure, but will continue to be affected by reduced intelligence and lifespan)]
[2. Reward the Pure Heart and Ascetic Desire Rune*1 (after use, the user becomes pure and ascetic and can dissolve all kinds of desires in his heart)]
[3. Good weather and good weather (you can choose the time of use independently. After use, the good weather and good weather can be maintained for three years, and the probability of a good harvest is greatly increased)]
"I'll go, this is a situation where Liu Ao must die!"
For Liu Ao, wouldn't a life without women and men be forcing him to die?
Forget about the wine pool and the meat forest, instead of letting him continue to harm the people in a stupid way, it is better to live the rest of his life with a pure heart and a few desires. I don't ask him to have merit, just ask him not to harm the people too much.
Su Qian directly stuffed the second and third items into the reward slot, and then issued an order to the system to issue rewards.
Soon, under the curious eyes of the emperors, the reward for Shi Jingtang, the sixth in the list of faint emperors and the founder of the later Jin Dynasty, appeared.
[Reward 1: A one-day trip to the self-hanging site of Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian (you can experience personally what integrity and dignity are)]
[Reward 2: Good weather and good weather (you can choose the time of use independently. After use, it can maintain good weather and good weather for three years under the treatment, and the probability of a good harvest is greatly increased)]
Shi Jingtang was very surprised and said: "Why can't I choose my own reward?"
However, the ten emperors who were the first to participate in the exchange meeting knew that Su Qian made the choice directly for him.
"One-day tour to the site where Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian hanged himself?" Zhu Di grinned and said, "Shangshen Su is killing people and killing people!"
"Hahahaha! Let us, Emperor Ming, teach your son the emperor what 'dignity' is, what 'integrity' means, and what 'the emperor guards the gate of the country, and the king dies in the country'!!"
When mentioning the locust tree where Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian hanged himself, Emperor Kangxi Xuan Ye felt a trace of nostalgia.
"I wonder if the iron locks my father ordered to put on the locust tree are still there. When I go back, why don't I go and take a look?"
At that time, Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, led a peasant army to capture the capital of the Ming Dynasty, which frightened the people and caused the officials and people in the city to flee.
Emperor Chongzhen in the Forbidden City was still resisting tenaciously, and even went to court personally beating drums. This was a rare situation among emperors in the past.
It's a pity that the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty had long since been scared away, and no one came to court at all.
Seeing this scene, Chongzhen felt guilty and deeply frustrated. In despair, he sent someone to escort the prince out of the palace to escape. As for the remaining concubines and maids, Chongzhen did not want them to fall into the hands of Li Zicheng's peasant army.
, so he ordered them all to be killed and buried with him.
After everything was arranged, Chongzhen came to the Meishan Mountain opposite the Forbidden City with guilt for his ancestors and great hatred for the rebels.
After taking one last look at the great rivers and mountains of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youjian hanged himself under an old locust tree.
The news that Chongzhen hanged himself under a tree quickly spread throughout the world.
Li Zicheng, who broke into Beijing, thought he had received a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and began to plot to seize the Ming Dynasty.
But he never expected that the mantis stalked the cicada and the oriole followed behind.
Those Qing soldiers who broke through Shanhaiguan and came here actually attacked the city of Beijing with the slogan "Go to Beijing to serve the king" and drove away Li Zicheng's rebel army with powerful troops.
Later, in order to comfort the panicked Han people, the Manchus gave Emperor Chongzhen's body a grand burial and gave him the posthumous title of Emperor Zhuang Liemin.
In terms of questioning the crime, the Manchus designated the old locust tree where Chongzhen hanged himself as the "murderer", and then asked the Qing soldiers to tie up the tree with large iron chains and named it "Guilty Locust Tree". At the same time, they also passed part of the crime on Li Zicheng
, this approach is used to appease the hearts of the Han people.
Not only that, Emperor Shunzhi also ordered that when officials in the DPRK and central government pass by this tree, they should dismount their horses to pay homage and reflect on themselves. He tried to make the old locust tree a symbol and constantly sound the alarm in the hearts of officials, so as to prevent the Qing Dynasty from also leaving.
Follow the same path of the Ming Dynasty's demise.
Unfortunately, the corruption and greed of Qing officials did not change because of this tree.
Starting from the Kangxi period, the Qing Dynasty began to gradually decay.
After the outbreak of the Opium War, the Qing government, which once claimed to be the supreme power of heaven, was completely disgraced. They even had to use unequal treaties that humiliated the country in order to survive.
In 1900, the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded the capital and took away the chains locked on the old locust tree.
More than ten years later, the Qing government was forced to announce its abdication, and the feudal dynasty was officially destroyed!
From Shi Jingtang's reward, he thought of the chained old locust tree, and Kangxi suddenly remembered the inventory of himself in the video.
Su Qian affirmed his actions, but at the same time pointed out many of his problems.
The biggest problem was that it was stuck in its own way and failed to take advantage of the east wind of the Industrial Revolution. Later emperors sealed themselves even more based on their policies, leading to the end of seclusion and being beaten up by others as primitive people.
Emperor Kangxi Xuan Ye straightened his demeanor and murmured: "I haven't gone to Meishan for a long time. Why don't I go up and have a look when I go back this time?"
"Su Shangshen gave me Xuan Ye and the opportunity to mend the situation of the Qing Dynasty. I absolutely can't waste it like this!"
"Let this locked locust tree bear witness to my determination, Xuan Ye!"