Why was such an upright man killed? This has something to do with his decision not to do it. It was this decision that made Ying Zong, the former emperor of the Ming Dynasty, deeply hate modesty. During the reign of Emperor Yingzong in the Ming Dynasty, Mongolian nobles also sent a large number of military forces to try to invade the Central Plains. At that time, Yingzong felt good about himself and accepted the proposal of courtier Wang Zhen's "personal expedition".
"Personal expedition" means that the emperor needs to personally go to the front to direct the army to fight the enemy. This is extremely dangerous behavior. Yingzong, who overestimated his ability, was attacked by Mongolian enemy in Tongbao and was wiped out. He was arrested by the Mongols, and the courtiers were leaderless and losing ground, even planning to make peace and surrender with the enemy first.
Only Yu Qian doesn't think so. He used his original prestige, mobilized the military forces of the whole country, built the army to store grain, punished the culprit Wang Zhen, made Yingzong's younger brother Daizong the new emperor, fought with tears (regardless of the life and death of the former Yingzong emperor who was also taken hostage outside the city gate), armored himself, fought hard to kill the enemy, and finally defeated the first army.
First, I realized that it was useless to take the former emperor hostage, so I had to let Yingzong go. Yingzong, who returned to Beijing, wanted to be emperor again, but he had been deadlocked with his brother. It was not until the younger brother Daizong fell ill that a group of eunuchs staged a coup and restored the throne of the former emperor. In order to get back at Yu Qian, Yingzong, who reigned again and could not tolerate others, forced him to behead no matter how much the people loved him.