Generally speaking, people actively praise national heroes who resist foreign aggression. If these people do not end up in a good way, people generally think that the emperor is stupid and the villain repeatedly slandered.

Generally speaking, people actively praise national heroes who resist foreign aggression. If these people do not end up in the end, people generally think that the emperor is stupid and the villain repeatedly slandered.

However, in fact, things are much more complicated. For example, the famous anti-Japanese general Hu Zongxian , he did resist Japanese pirates and made great contributions to the country. Why did he end up committing suicide?

was an official in his early years

Hu Zongxian, whose courtesy name was Ruzhen, was affiliated with the Jixi Hu family and was the most prosperous branch of the Hu family. When Hu Zongxian was a teenager, his academic performance was very good, and Hu Zongxian was very strong. He was the best in every exam. Sometimes he would be very depressed once or twice. What's even more difficult is that Hu Zongxian is also a civil and military practitioner. He is also in good health and is very good at archery. Jiajing In the 17th year, Hu Zongxian officially embarked on the journey of becoming an official. At first, he worked as an intern at the Ministry of Justice and later went to Shandong to work as a magistrate. Hu Zongxian was very familiar with the sufferings of the people, so Hu Zongxian ignored any of the people who were persuaded to be compatible with him.

The natural disaster comes, and Hu Zongxian will always appear in the most serious places. When he encounters a bandit, he will also check in detail to see if the other party is guilty or has to do it. He resolutely wiped out the former, and he gave a glimmer of hope to the latter. As long as they are willing to surrender, they will be given a way out. In this way, the bandits will naturally not be troubled.

Later, Hu Zongxian went to Yuyao, Zhejiang again. At this time, Hu Zongxian continued to be generous and kind-hearted. Because he was a good official, Jiajing once again promoted him to become the censor of , Huguang . At that time, the border defense of the Jiajing Dynasty was in chaos, and ethnic minorities often messed up in the northern region, along the southeast coast, Japanese pirates relied on familiar naval warfare to invade the territory of the Ming Dynasty every day.

Because the Ming Dynasty army was not skilled in naval battles, and the group of Japanese pirates ran away after fighting, the Ming Dynasty court had no way to deal with them. Hu Zongxian saw this situation and his blood was ignited again. He asked to inspect the borders himself. The court met his request. On the way, Hu Zongxian encountered a mutiny from the soldiers. In the end, he rode alone to negotiate with the soldiers and comforted the emotional soldiers.

The court did not realize until this time that Hu Zongxian's military talents were also very good. After he returned to Huguang, he helped to quell the rebellion again. From then on, Hu Zongxian completely embarked on the path of military officers.

famous anti-Japanese general

Later, Hu Zongxian was transferred to the Zhejiang Inspector Censor and officially started his anti-Japanese journey. Before this, Hu Zongxian was a good official for the country and the people, and his evaluation was very good among the people. But after coming to Zhejiang, Hu Zongxian changed.

When he first came to Zhejiang, Hu Zongxian was full of confidence and vowed to defend his territory for the country and to suppress the Japanese pirates. But as soon as he arrived in Zhejiang, Hu Zongxian was stunned. Because he discovered one thing, that is, just having force alone can't beat Japanese pirates.

At that time, Yan Song was very powerful in the court, and his party members were spread throughout the court. Emperor Jiajing practiced alchemy every day and pursued immortality. Yan Song seemed to regard himself as the "two emperors". Those who obey me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish. Although famous generals such as Zhu Wan , Zhang Jing made outstanding contributions on the battlefield, they did not end up well.

At this time, Hu Zongxian faced a choice, whether to risk being unable to do anything or even end up in a miserable situation, or to become Yan Dang , and then get the opportunity to let go of a big fight in the southeast coastal area.

Hu Zongxian chose the latter, and since then, he has gone against a good man in the traditional sense. requires a lot of money and property to please Yan Song and other Yan Party members. Hu Zongxian’s own salary is not enough, so he began to make money wildly, and the people complained and hated Hu Zongxian.

Yan Song was naturally very happy to see Hu Zongxian surrendering to him. Through the previous incidents, Yan Song knew that Hu Zongxian was very talented, so his official position began to rise like a rocket.Just one year later, he became the governor and also served as the Left Minister of the Ministry of War and the Assistant Censor of the Censorate of and the Assistant Censor of . He also has the power to do freely.

During this period, he promoted a large number of generals such as Qi Jiguang , Yu Dayou , and maintained the stability of the southeast coast. Hu Zongxian worked hard and made great contributions in resisting Japanese Japanese. However, this still cannot escape the fact that he plundered a large amount of money and misappropriated military funds and bribed Yan Song.

The famous general who was implicated in political struggle

has said that "Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, the political struggle is turbulent. Xu Jie is Yan Song's political enemy. He hates Yan Song very much, but Xu Jie does not have the ability to directly defeat Yan Song, so he chose to lie dormant and standby.

Later, the opportunity came, Emperor Jiajing wanted to build a palace, and Yan Song was not even I know what happened, but I just don't let Jiajing cultivate. This made Jiajing very angry. He looked up and found that the entire court was Yan Song's minions. He felt that Yan Song was too arrogant and needed to be suppressed.

Xu Jie noticed Jiajing's thoughts, and he immediately agreed to the idea of building a palace and used the money from the treasury to repair the palace. After this incident, Jiajing became more and more satisfied with Xu Jie and gradually alienated Yan Song.

At that time, Xu Jie was clearly in harmony with Yan Song's side, so Yan Song did not feel the threat. Later, Xu Jie replaced Yan Song and became the chief assistant. Yan Song still believed that Xu Jie was his gang and had no reaction. When Xu Jie revealed his true face, Yan Song was powerless to fight back and could only step down in disgrace.

After Yan Song stepped down, his gang members were naturally liquidated. As a backbone of the Yan Party, Hu Zongxian naturally had no good ending. He was arrested and imprisoned. He stayed in prison for a long time, and repeatedly wrote memorials to defend himself. Zong Xian felt that he could not escape death. After writing the poem "The sword buried the injustice and the loyal soul surrounds the white clouds", Hu Zongxian resolutely committed suicide at the age of 54.

Hu Zongxian was eventually forced to commit suicide, and there were also external reasons. First of all, let's talk about his own reasons.

First: Hu Zongxian did make a big mistake during his official career. Although he did not want to rely on Yan Song in essence, he became a backbone member of the Yan Party after all, and he embezzled the army Fee, plundering people's fat and bribing Yan Song, such behavior is of course a serious crime, and it also laid the groundwork for his suicide in the future.

The second is that Hu Zongxian is relatively popular. When this kind of person has a big backer behind him, there is naturally no problem with him. But once the backer behind him falls, the people he offended will naturally attack him. Hu Zongxian will fall into a very unfavorable situation.

However, the reason why Hu Zongxian was forced to commit suicide is actually mainly external Because, first of all, the political environment in which the dynasty was added was very bad. If he had not attached to Yan Song, he would not have done anything at all, and he would have a catastrophe at any time.

Hu Zongxian shivered after seeing the fate of his ex-girlfriend Zhu Wan. She felt that Yan Song's party was too strong and she could not compete with him. In order to do something, he had to join Yan Song's camp.

The second point was that he was against Hu at that time. Zong Xian's handling was too hasty, and it was very meaningful to only look at the party and not the facts. According to Hu Zongxian's achievements, even if he made a big mistake, he would not have lost his life. After all, merit is merit, and fault is fault, and the matter should be made clear.

But at that time, Xu Jie only thought that Hu Zongxian was a member of the Yan Party and completely forgot that Hu Zongxian was also a famous anti-Japanese general. So political struggles are sometimes so cruel. Once they fail, there is no way to go back.

Hu Zongxian has always been very controversial. Some people think that he is a famous general who fights against Japanese devils and serves the country and the people, while others think that his party is subordinate to Yan Song and has to bear the country. No matter what evaluation he has on Hu Zongxian, he has to admit that the reason why the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty has been stable for so many years has been stable.

I think if I do it again, Hu Zongxian should have made the same choice. He does not regret it, but he just feels regretful that he has not lived longer and saw the scene of the Japanese pirates being completely driven out of China.

people are always complicated, and so is Hu Zongxian. He has made contributions and faults, and he also believes that future generations will give him a fair evaluation.