20demayo Chapter 350: This Heart is Bright, What Else Can I Say?
Chapter 350: This Heart is Bright, What Else Can I Say?
[After the tens of thousands of troops led by Prince Ning successively captured Jiujiang and Nankang, they besieged Anqing. Wang Yangming attacked Nanchang with the strategy of "encircling Wei to save Zhao". The troops attacking Nanchang were only half of the troops of Prince Ning.
After learning that Nanchang had fallen, Prince Ning abandoned Anqing and returned to Poyang Lake from the Yangtze River.
Wang Yangming and Prince Ning had a decisive battle at Poyang Lake.
To use the words of Feng Menglong, a novelist in the late Ming Dynasty, to describe the scene at that time: On Poyang Lake, thick smoke and purple flames were everywhere, the three armies were in a panic, and the generals were panicking. It was like meeting Zhou Yu at Chibi or Xiang Yu at Xianyang. The fire, driven by the wind, quickly burned down the rebels' fleet.
Wang Yangming captured Prince Ning alive and presented the captives to Emperor Zhengde who was on his way to the capital. He also stopped the eunuchs from letting Prince Ning and others go, and allowing the emperor to catch the thieves again in Poyang Lake.
There is no doubt that his move offended the eunuch group, and even if he gave up the credit, he was still framed.
But Wang Yangming was not afraid of this! He spoke out frankly and was not afraid of being murdered by the powerful!
Suffering unjustly.
"Establish virtue, establish merit, and establish words"
This is the true three immortals. 】
＜Poyang Lake Decisive Battle?! DNA Moves!＞
＜Didn’t Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang defeat Chen Youliang here? The decisive battle with Chen Youliang in the south!＞
＜“Meet Zhou Yu at Red Cliff, meet Xiang Yu at Xianyang” Wow, one burned Red Cliff, the other burned Xianyang, both were fire attacks. ＞
＜When I read the Secret History of Zhengde before, Zhu Houzhao really loved to play. He was a great general, and he would go out of the palace to catch cats and play with dogs. It was hard for his officials to indulge him [covering his face]＞
＜I guess it was because they didn’t want to be tortured by Zhu Houzhao anymore, so when he fell into the water, they deliberately didn’t let the imperial doctors cure him, nor did they invite doctors from the public, just to let him die.＞
＜Although it is a conspiracy theory, I feel that the meaning is probably similar. After experiencing the Hongzhi Emperor, the civil officials wanted another puppet emperor, an emperor who listened to the civil officials, but Zhu Houzhao was not his father, and he was unwilling to be a puppet of the civil officials. However, the civil officials still lost. They did not expect that after Zhu Houzhao was removed, it would be even more difficult to fool Zhu Houcong, the new beggar in the capital.＞
＜There are too many inconsistencies in the history of Ming Dynasty. As to what kind of person Emperor Zhengde really was, no answer is given in this book.＞
＜Wang Yangming was a man of both civil and military talents! I remember he prayed for the wind, hoping it would be a north wind, and it turned out to be a north wind!＞
＜If the Romance of the Three Kingdoms was not written in the early Ming Dynasty, I would have suspected that Luo Guanzhong's Battle of Red Cliffs was copied from Poyang Lake [covering face]＞
＜It doesn't matter, he copied Poyang Lake anyway, it's just the Poyang Lake decisive battle version of Zhu Yuanzhang vs. Chen Youliang [dog head]＞
[Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of Han: This is the bad thing about Xiang Yu. He always likes to massacre people and burn people. I don't learn from him, so the people are on my side!]
[Su Shi in the fourth year of Song Xining: Zhou Yu of Chibi is extremely charming! I really want to revisit the old place and feel the charm of Zhou Yu of Chibi back then! ]
[Emperor Cao Cao of Wei: Humph!]
[Sun Ce, the sixth year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty: Don't be too envious. We, the Wu Kingdom, defeated you at Red Cliff! We defeated the enemy with fewer troops! We used fire attack!]
[Emperor Zhengde of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Houzhao: People of the Qing Dynasty, please tell me how I was evaluated in Ming history?!]
[Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, Aisin-Gioro Hongli: Oh? Do you really want to hear it? Then I will just pick up some neutral words to say...]
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"Tsk, what would happen if everyone had my abilities?" Zhu Yuanzhang saw that many people in the comments on the screen were explaining the decisive battle between him and Chen Youliang at Poyang Lake. Even though they didn't say it, anyone with a discerning eye could see that his majesty looked much more relaxed and happy.
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"Hmph." Emperor Zhengde Zhu Houzhao sat in his seat without saying a word. He became more and more annoyed as he looked at the civil servants below!
"We are absolutely loyal to Your Majesty!"
"It's all said on the screen that it's just speculation, just various unofficial histories."
"Unofficial history is also history. There must be some points that are correct in it." Zhu Houzhao had been emperor for three years and was able to better grasp his position.
My Lord, there are some things you can learn without having to learn them specifically.
"I ascended the throne at the age of fifteen. Some of you were my teachers, and some were regents left by my father. You are all the most loyal ministers of my Ming Dynasty." Zhu Houzhao paused.
"I dare not say how good I am to you, but I don't owe you anything, do I? Are you really harboring ill intentions as the light screen says, and are you deliberately using me as a puppet?"
Yang Tinghe kept frowning, he always felt that His Majesty was showing his true intentions...
"Your Majesty, we have no second thoughts, and everything we do is for the Ming Dynasty!"
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In the 16th year of Zhengde, the Ming Dynasty once again saw a change of monarchy, with the new emperor, Emperor Jiajing, ascending the throne.
Fifty-year-old Wang Yangming finally returned to his hometown Yuyao and arrived in time for his father Wang Hua’s 78th birthday.
After Jiajing ascended the throne, Wang Yangming was conferred the title of Xinjian Earl.
During the Ming Dynasty, there were only three civil officials who were awarded titles for their military merits, and Wang Yangming was the last one.
“Pursuing conscience with all one’s heart is enough to make one forget the hardships and obstacles and transcend the test of life and death.”
Wang Yangming stayed in Shaoxing for six years, during which time he gave lectures and devoted himself to making more people understand the importance of conscience.
In the sixth year of Jiajing, Wang Yangming was appointed as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi and went to Guangxi to quell the rebellion. At that time, Wang Yangming had a chronic illness and went to the war despite his illness.
He recruited tens of thousands of people to surrender and put down the Sitian Rebellion in Guangxi, practicing both benevolence and righteousness.
In the seventh year of Jiajing, Wang Yangming's lung disease worsened, and he requested to return home and recommended Xunyang Governor Lin Fu to replace him, but the imperial edict was delayed. So he returned without waiting for the court's approval.
On the way, I visited the Fubo Temple that I had dreamed of when I was young.
On November 29, the seventh year of the Jiajing reign, he died of illness at Qinglonggang, Dayu County, Nan'an Prefecture, Jiangxi Province.
The last eight characters left:
"This heart is bright, so what can I say!"
When the funeral was held in Jiangxi, soldiers and civilians all wore sackcloth and cried to see Yangming off.
＜Emperor Jiajing gave Wang Yangming the title of Xinjian Earl because Wang Yangming supported Emperor Jiajing in recognizing his biological father during the Great Ceremony Controversy [covering face]＞
＜Coincidentally, the other two people also had the surname Wang. Wang Ji was named Jingyuan Earl for his military merits, and Wang Yue was named Weining Earl for his military merits.＞
＜The impression I have of the Ming Dynasty is that it is a waste of time. Although Wang Yangming was granted the title of Earl during his lifetime and was honored after his death, the court really did not care about the health of its officials at all.＞
＜“This heart is bright, what else can I say!” I really like this sentence! ＞
＜If you want to learn more about Wang Yangming, I recommend reading "Chuan Shi Lu", which contains a lot of his thoughts. It really helps you understand some things.＞
[Zhan Ruoshui, the third year of the Ming Dynasty Zhengde era: This is the honor of a civil official.]
[Ma Yuan, 20th year of Jianwu in the Eastern Han Dynasty: Wang Yangming is a man of both civil and military abilities, and his martial arts are unique.]
[Ming Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao: @Ming Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houcong, is this how you treat Mr. Yangming?! He's already sick! And you still let him go to quell the rebellion! What are you thinking?]
[Emperor Jiajing of Ming Dynasty Zhu Houcong: Cousin... I just want to ask you, when you demoted Yangming and sent him out of the country because of slander, why didn't you care about him? Now you ask me how I treated him? I conferred a title on Mr. Yangming! What an honor! ]
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Emperor Jiajing Zhu Houcong was so angry that he laughed, "I really don't know what qualifications he has to blame me!"
"I have allowed Mr. Yangming to fulfill his ambitions and realize his ideals. He can teach throughout his life and I have also given him honor..."
The more Zhu Houcong talked, the more he felt that he was quite good to Wang Yangming.
Although there were selfish motives in conferring the title on him, Wang Yangming was definitely qualified for it based on his achievements and abilities.
"Alas, it's a pity that there is only one Wang Yangming."
It has been seventeen years since Wang Yangming's death.
Is there another Wang Yangming in the Ming Dynasty?
Thinking of this, Zhu Houcong immediately felt annoyed. Why did he forget about Zhang Juzheng!
"Cousin, you must make good use of Mr. Yangming! I wonder what you will do with the Ming Dynasty?"
"I won't lose either!"
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Tang Bohu: “…”
He had previously boasted in front of the light curtain that he wanted his name to appear on it, but now that it really appeared, he felt that it would be better if it didn't appear.
Being related to King Ning...
Fortunately, he pretended to be crazy and ran away in the end.
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