Tie Xuan was born in 1366, and Deng (now Dengzhou, Henan Province) was a descendant of Semu people in Yuan Dynasty. During the Hongwu period, Tie Xuan studied in imperial academy. Because he was familiar with the history of classics and made outstanding achievements, he was directly awarded the post of does by Zhu Yuanzhang. Since then, he has been transferred to the governor's office to adjudicate affairs. When trying an unsolved case, he quickly made a fair judgment. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy and wrote an inscription "Shi Ding" for him, hoping that he would become the Shi Ding of Daming. 1398 After Wen Jian ascended the throne, Tie Xuan was promoted to Shandong to participate in politics. 1July 399, Judy, the prince of Yan, rose up against the imperial court in the name of "Jingnan" and defeated the army of veteran Geng Bingwen. In August of the same year, Wen Jian sent Cao Guogong and Li Jinglong to lead a crusade with 500,000 troops, and Tie Xuan was responsible for supervising the transportation of food and salaries. Although there are many Ming armies, Tiexuan is not short of money. However, general Li Jinglong, who is an idiot, is very weak. He lost one after another in the battle with Judy and fled in panic. 1400 in June, Judy took the opportunity to lead the army south, and the soldiers pointed directly at Jinan City, a major town in the north. At this time, Jinan's troops were thin, but there was no morale at all. However, Tie Xuan, who was born as a scholar, resolutely decided to defend Jinan, and made an alliance with Shoujiang Sheng Yong and others to "worry about drinking, gather and die, defend Jinan, sob generously and swear allegiance to the death".
After arriving at the gate of Jinan, Judy thought that Jinan could surrender without fighting, so she ordered people to shoot the surrender book into the city with arrows. Soon, Judy received a reply entitled "On how the Duke of Zhou was king", asking Judy to withdraw her troops. Judy saw the other side's heart of stone and ordered the siege. Because Judy's troops are mainly cavalry, they are good at fighting and not good at tackling key problems, and Tie Xuan is well defended, so they have not been able to capture and the war situation is in a stalemate. This stalemate lasted for three months. At this time, Judy had a plan and ordered the army to prepare water to fill the city. At that time, everyone in the city panicked. The soldiers guarding the city cried day and night, "Jinan is full of fish and dies every day!" "And took away the defensive tools. The people in the city went out of the city to ask Judy to bow down. " Treacherous court officials are unfaithful, which makes you feel ashamed of your country and people. Who is not the high emperor? Who is not a subject of Emperor Gao? Its decline is also. However, the people in the East China Sea did not carry out military reform, but were absorbed and annihilated when they saw the great army under siege and did not know the meaning of the king's world peace and his son's Yuan Yuan. Please retreat ten miles and ride into the city alone. I'll bring a pot of pulp to meet you. "
Judy is naturally very happy. He figured that if Jinan fell, even if Jinling could not be obtained, he could cut off the north and south and delimit the Central Plains for self-control, so he ordered the army to retreat. Judy herself rode a fine horse, with an umbrella cover and several guards, ready to go into town to surrender. At this time, the gate of Jinan was wide open, and Judy had just entered the gate. The foot soldiers in the city shouted "Chitose arrives", and the iron gate placed on the arch of the door collapsed, immediately smashing Judy's horse's head. Knowing that Judy in the trap was going to change horses, he hurried back. Judy, who was almost smashed into a meat pie, was so angry that she ordered the whole army to attack the city and called the artillery. The city with brick and wood structure is hard to resist the attack of artillery fire, and Jinan is about to fall. At this time, Tie Xuan took out a secret weapon, and he ordered the memorial tablet of Zhu Yuanzhang to be hung high in the city. Judy, who claimed to be Mao's dutiful son, naturally dared not order an attack on his father's memorial tablet. While the Yanjun was at a loss, Tie Xuan sent commandos to sneak up on the Yanjun. "The prince was so angry that there was nothing he could do." . Finally, the suggestion of withdrawing troops from Yao was adopted.
In this way, Judy, who was once rampant and victorious, stumbled in front of a scholar, but he never imagined that she would be planted on him. When Wen Jian learned that Tie Xuan had made contributions to guarding the city, he was named the Minister of War, praised General Tie Xuan's military, and led a great army to the north with Sheng Yong. In June+February, 5438, the Ming army and Judy's Yan army fought in Dongchang. As a result, the Yan army was defeated, killing more than 10,000 people, and Zhang Yu, the first valiant soldier, died in battle. After this war, Judy never dared to pass through Shandong again. Since then, Emperor Chu saw that Shandong could not be occupied, so he took risks and crossed the Huaihe River to the south. As a result, the Ming army was caught off guard, and Nanjing finally fell in June 1402. At this time, Tie Xuan led the troops to camp in the Huaihe River Basin, and when he heard that the capital had fallen, the army broke up and Tie Xuan was arrested. When the scholar who hated Judy was taken to Nanjing, Judy decided to interrogate and handle the matter herself. On the court, Tiexuan turned his back and stood indomitable. Judy wants him to turn around and have a look, but he can't. Seeing that he wouldn't give in, Judy ordered Tie Xuan's ears and nose to be cut off. Although Tie Xuan was a scholar, he was a strong-willed man, but he still didn't give in to Judy and "refused to care".
Judy became angry from embarrassment and ordered someone to put Tie Xuan's cut ears and nose in Tie Xuan's mouth for him to eat, and asked him, "Will you?"? (Is it delicious? ) "Tie Xuan sharply replied:" What are the loyal ministers and dutiful sons unwilling to do! " Judy was speechless and ordered Tiexuan to be executed. Tiexuan kept cursing. "Until I die, I will keep mumbling and cursing." Judy is very angry He felt that Tiexuan could not give in to himself when he was alive, but he had to give in when he died. So he asked the eunuchs around him to set up a large frying pan and put Tiexuan's body in it. Suddenly, the hall was filled with burnt gas. Judy told people to "guide his body upward and outward, but it didn't happen in the end." So Judy ordered the eunuch to lift Tie Xuan's bones with iron bars and face him. Judy laughed loudly: "You are facing me now!" " The words sound just fell and there was a bang in the oil pan. "The oil was boiling, the attendants abandoned the stick and left, and the body remained." At this time, even Judy, who killed people without blinking an eye, was frightened. He ordered Tiexuan's bones to be buried.
Tie Xuan died at the age of 37. Since then, his 80-year-old parents have been sent to Hainan, his eldest son, Tie Fuan, has been sent to Hechi, and his wife, Yang, and two daughters have been sent to the company (a government-run brothel). Yang died of illness soon, but Tiexuan's two daughters were never insulted. Later, Tie Xuan's former colleague reported this to Judy, and Judy said, "Is the canal unyielding?" So they were pardoned and betrothed to a scholar. Tie Xuan, a loyal minister, died miserably, but later generations did not forget him. Nowadays, there are still many "Tiegong" temples built in the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Shandong, and Jinan area regards them as the gods of protecting the country.