Yu Qian, whose real name is Ting Yi, is from Qiantang, Zhejiang. When I was a teenager, I had the ambition to serve my country and admired Wen Tianxiang's patriotic spirit of "sacrificing my life for my country". In the 19th year of Yongle (142 1), Xuande was an imperial minister. On the recommendation of Yang Shiqi, he was promoted to assistant minister of the Ministry of War. Yu Qian is outspoken, not afraid of powerful people, and has a clean hand. He was framed and imprisoned by Wang Zhen. Only after the government and the people petitioned unanimously did he resume his post.
After the news of the fiasco of the civil fort reached Beijing, the court was in a panic. Imperial academy's assistant, Xu Kun, is actually confusing people, preaching destiny and advocating south flight. Yu Qian, the main battle, hit the nail on the head and reprimanded: "Those who advocate moving south should be beheaded!" Convinced officials with the lessons of the Song Dynasty's southward crossing and resolutely shouldered the heavy responsibility of guarding the city. After Yingzong was captured, the Empress Dowager made Zhu Jianshen, the eldest son of Yingzong, a prince, but the prince was only two years old, so he ordered Zhu Qiyu, the younger brother of Yingzong, to supervise the country. However, prison is not a monarch after all. In order to calm people's hearts, smash the plot first. At that time, Yu Qian, then the minister of the Ministry of War, and Wang Wen, then the minister of the official department, held Zhu Qiyu, the younger brother of Yingzong, as emperor, and respected Yingzong as the emperor's father at a distance, which made the dream of land reparations ceded by Yingzong in the Ming Dynasty shattered first. After losing the ace of Yingzong, it also attacked on a large scale. At that time, almost all the elite troops of the Ming Dynasty were buried in civil castles, and there were less than 100,000 troops in the capital. Therefore, Yu humbly asked Jingdi to transfer the troops from Beijing and Henan to Cao, the Japanese troops from Shandong and Nanjing, the grain transport troops from Jiangbei and Beijing, and the Zhejiang soldiers led by Hou of Ningyang, and immediately rushed to the capital to guard. He also ordered the grain accumulated in Tongzhou granary to be transported to Beijing and the residents outside the city moved to the city. Soldiers throughout the city practiced day and night, and craftsmen stepped up their efforts to make weapons and actively prepare for war. Soon, troops from all over the country arrived one after another, and the grain reserves were sufficient, and the people in Beijing gradually stabilized.
In October of the 14th year of Orthodox (1499), the First Army captured the gates of Beijing. Zhu Qiyu ordered Yu Qian to be the prefect of each camp. Yu Qian led 220,000 troops to line up outside the nine gates of Beijing. After arranging his troops, he closed all the city gates to show his determination to fight to the death. He also ordered that when he got cold feet, all generals who fled regardless of the soldiers would be beheaded; The soldiers fled first, and the rear team intercepted the front team. Yu Qian himself took the lead, wearing armor, patrolling and commanding, inspiring soldiers to bravely kill the enemy and defend the capital. 10 10, Walla army attacked Deshengmen, and Yu Qian ordered Shi Heng to lead troops to ambush in the house and let several cavalry lure him in. After the Valla army entered the ambush circle, the gun rang, and the Valla army went belly-up. The younger brother was shot and died first, which greatly boosted the morale of the Ming army. The Walla army attacked Xizhimen and Zhangyimen successively, and both of them were loyally resisted by the Ming army. At first, I thought the Ming army was vulnerable, but it was defeated after five days of fighting. Residents of the capital also rose to support the Ming army, climbed onto the roofs and threw bricks and stones at the enemy with overwhelming force. At the same time, the commander-in-chief of Juyongguan, Luo Tong, took advantage of the freezing weather and ordered the water in the city to freeze, which prevented the attacking 50,000 Walla troops from advancing and was repelled after seven days of fighting. First, we should lead the Walla army to retreat to the west, plunder along the way, and burn the tombs of Chang, Xian and Jing of the Ming Dynasty in Changping. On the eighth day of November, the Walla army withdrew from the Great Wall, and Beijing won a brilliant victory in defending the war.
The first military attack failed to achieve its goal. Under Yu Qian's rectification, the defense forces in the border areas and the capital of the Ming Dynasty were strengthened and could not be reused. The Ming Dynasty established a new monarch, and Yingzong lost the value of imported goods. In order to resume trade with Ming Dynasty, Yingzong was sent back to Beijing in August of the first year of Jingtai (1450). Jingdi was worried that his throne would be threatened, and he didn't want Yingzong to return to the south. However, most of the ministers in the DPRK were old ministers of Yingzong, and the voice of welcoming Yingzong was very high. Jingdi was helpless and sent envoys to welcome Yingzong back to the DPRK, but the greeting etiquette was simple. Zhu Qizhen was immediately sent to the Nangong after the ceremony of conferring the throne in Dong 'anmen. Although Yingzong was revered as the emperor's father, he was actually under house arrest.
In order to further consolidate his position, Zhu Qiyu, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, then planned to establish more princes. Because the Crown Prince is Zhu Jianshen, the eldest son of Yingzong. This means that Zhu Qiyu will still be the heir of Yingzong after a hundred years, so Zhu Qiyu is eager to "save the easy" and let his son Zhu Jianji be the prince. In order to achieve his goal, Emperor Jingdi first wooed important ministers with promotion and generous rewards. He added Wang Wen, Yang Shan and others as princes of Taibao, and gave cabinet college students 520 taels of gold and 0/20 taels of silver. Although the return is not much, it is a test for Zhu Qiyu, and the acceptance of several ministers shows their support. Just at this time, Huang Zan, a local official in Guangxi, neglected "easy storage". Huang Hong, a former garrison commander in Zhou Xun, Guangxi, was arrested and imprisoned for killing the county magistrate of Siming, Guangxi. In order to save himself, he sent his men to Beijing to play in Yidong Palace to please the emperor. Jingdi was very happy to see this letter. He ordered the release of Huang Biao and sent it to the courtiers for discussion. The minister and the governor have reached this point, and no one can object. Wang Wen and others have signed it. In May of the third year of Jingtai (1452), Jingdi conferred the title of Crown Prince on his son Zhu Jianji and changed Zhu Jianshen to release the king.
However, people are not as good as heaven. Just one year later, Zhu Jianji suddenly died of illness. Jingdi had no other sons at this time, so "rebuilding the Crown Prince" became a sensitive topic at that time. In May of the 5th year of Jingtai (1454), Lu Bu's doctors, Zhang Lun and Yu Shizhong, invited Zhu Jianshen to be re-established as a prince, and affirmed the status of Yingzong in the memorial, hoping that Jingdi could change his practice towards Yingzong. Emperor Jing was furious and sent Zhong Tong and Zhang Lun to the Royal Guards Prison. Zhong Tong was soon killed in prison. In the first month of the eighth year of Jingtai (1457), Jingdi was also seriously ill. Yu Qian and most people tend to re-establish Zhu Jianshen, while Wang Chengmou, the eunuch in Li Si prison, established princes. However, Jingdi refused to give up the throne even after his death, arguing that he just had a cold and would be able to go to court in a few days. However, no one expected that this time, the storm of the establishment and restoration of the storage of the Prince of Yue triggered an insidious palace coup.
The general directors of this "Nangong Restoration" are Xu Youzhen and Shi Heng. Seeing that Jingdi was seriously ill, they took the opportunity to secretly plan and decided to support the restoration of the British Sect trapped in the Nangong. Xu Youzhen is Xu Kun, and he suggested going south before defending Beijing. Because the discussion of moving south was denied and ridiculed, it didn't go well in officialdom. He acted in collusion for promotion, and later attached himself to Cabinet Minister Chen Xun. Chen Xun suggested that he change his name, so he changed Xu Kun to Xu Youzhen. Shi Heng was originally demoted for his crimes, but later he was reused on the recommendation of Yu Qian. In order to please Yu Qian, Shi Heng likes to humble himself and recommends Yu Mian, the son of Yu Qian, to thousands of households, but Yu Qian flatly refused. Therefore, Shi Heng became angry from embarrassment, complaining that Yu Qian was too strict, but holding a grudge against him. Eunuch Cao Jixiang also hated Yu Qian's impeachment. The three men colluded with each other because of their common hatred and launched this conspiracy.
In the eighth year of Jingtai (1457), in the first month of Izayoi, Xu Youzhen, Shi Heng, Cao Jixiang and others led the troops to the Nangong and broke into houses. Xu Youzhen led the crowd to bow down in front of the frightened Yingzong, asking Yingzong to restore to its original state. With the help of Xu Youzhen and others, Yingzong entered Donghuamen and Fengtian Temple, which was nearly early in the morning. Ministers are waiting for King Jing to appear in court. When they heard the voice in the temple, they felt that something important had happened. At this time, the door of the temple was opened, and Xu Youzhen came out of the temple and loudly said to everyone, "The emperor's father has been restored." Ministers were surprised at first, and then went into the temple to congratulate them. This is the famous "restoration of Nangong" in history, or "the change of seizing the door". After the restoration of Yingzong, the country name was changed to "Tianshun" and King Jing was abolished. Xu Youzhen, Shi Heng and others were knighted, but the loyal Yu Qian was put in prison. Yingzong originally thought that Yu Qian was meritorious and could not bear to kill him, but Xu Youzhen urged him to say, "If you don't kill Yu Qian, what happened today is unknown." In the name of "rebellion", he killed Yu Qian and sent his family to the frontier to exile the army. When the property was stolen, Yu Qian's family was too poor to copy. After the news of Yu Qian's murder came out, passers-by lamented that this was the first unjust case in the world.
Yu Qian was buried in Hangzhou. Yuqian Ancestral Temple and Yuefei Temple are both built on the beautiful West Lake. Today, many people still come here to mourn these two national heroes who are not afraid of death, but want to leave their innocence in the world.