What are some of the more absurd historical events in ancient history?

The Tumu Fort incident should be ridiculous enough, right?

The Tumu Fort Incident was a catastrophe in the mid-Ming Dynasty. This incident itself is a joke. Its appearance was largely due to an eunuch. We will introduce this incident below.

This eunuch is called Wang Zhen, and the whole ridiculous thing started from him. This man was a teacher at the time, but later he lost his job because his skills were not good enough. As a result, this person decisively left the palace to seek development for the sake of his future development. As a result, this man was very lucky, and he was assigned to serve in the East Palace of Yingzong. Although his own cultural level is not very high, he is a bit remarkable among the officials.

Yingzong was a relatively honest person, so Wang Zhen seized this opportunity to play with his master and get out all the knowledge in his stomach. For a while, Yingzong felt that he could not live without him. Later, Yingzong succeeded to the throne, and this minister also had great power.

After finishing the story of Wang Zhen’s fortune, the next step is the war between him and Wala. There are Oara groups in the Mongolian region. In the early Ming Dynasty, these people belonged to the Central Plains. Every year they would have envoys come to pay tribute. When Wang Zhen came to power, in order to show that he was dignified enough, he would reward these foreign tribes greatly. These ethnic groups brought back a lot of things every time they came to pay tribute, so the size of the mission also increased, and in the end it reached more than 2,000 people.

But Wang Zhen himself did not have any rules for life. After more than two thousand people arrived, he sent them back as if they were beggars. At this time, the people in Wala were also angry at first. This nation After a period of development, I have long been willing to fight with my "big brother". Now that the other party has given a reason, I have decisively declared war.

The Ming Dynasty has not fought a war for a long time since Zhu Di. Many people were a little nervous when they heard that the Mongols were coming to fight, but Wang Zhen was very happy after hearing the news. The reason is that he has dreamed of becoming a general since he was a child, and now that he has such an opportunity, he cannot let it go. This was not over yet, he also persuaded Yingzong to go together. Although the ministers were opposed to this matter, Yingzong trusted him very much after all. In addition, the monarch at this time was also in his twenties, so he also had the idea of ????going to the battlefield.

After Wang Zhen saw the objections of the ministers, he made another suggestion, asking all the ministers to go with him, so that no one could object to this matter/In his opinion, this time This is a rare travel opportunity. He wants everyone to follow him and benefit from it. If he wins in the future, he can leave a good reputation. Fortunately, in the end, the monarch felt it was unsafe and did not let all the ministers go, leaving half of the ministers and his younger brother to sit in the rear.

Wang Zhen then spent three days mobilizing 500,000 troops, and went straight ahead without sufficient preparation. In ancient times, a lot of supplies had to be prepared for war, but the absurd Wang Zhen did not consider these, so the army was relatively unstable throughout its journey. In the end, it could not even supply food and grass. Such a farce was destined to end in failure.

After the battle of Tumubao, all the accompanying ministers were killed. They also used 30,000 people to attack and kill 500,000 Ming troops. The entire Ming Dynasty was weakened after this war. In the end, Yingzong was captured, and the fortune of the entire dynasty also began to decline.