The second emperor of the Ming Dynasty in history, Emperor Jianwen, for this emperor, can be described as very mysterious, about his whereabouts, there is still no accurate statement, we may wish to understand this "mysterious" emperor today.
Zhu Yunjiao (5 December 1377 – ?) Male, Han Chinese, born in Yingtianfu (present-day Nanjing, Jiangsu Province), the second emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang, the grandson of Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, the second son of Zhu Biao, the Prince of Yiwen, reigned for four years (1398-1402), the era name Jianwen, known as Jianwen Emperor.
In the twenty-fifth year of Ming Hongwu (1392), his father Zhu Biao died of illness, and Zhu Yunjiao was made the emperor's grandson by Zhu Yuanzhang; Hongwu took the throne in May of the thirty-first year (1398), and changed his name to Yuan Jianwen the following year. After Zhu Yunzhang ascended the throne, he pursued a policy of cutting off the domain, deposing the King of Zhou, the King of Dai, the King of Qi, and the King of Min one after another for his crimes, and the King of Xiang set himself on fire and died; in July of the first year of Jianwen (1399), Zhu Di, the King of Yan, took the opportunity to rebel, known in history as the "Battle of Jingnan"; in June of the fourth year of Jianwen, Zhu Di invaded Nanjing, and Zhu Yunjiao's whereabouts were unknown after the Battle of Jingnan.
During Zhu Yunjiao's reign, he was a scribe, commuted sentences to provincial prisons, reduced taxes, cut redundant palace staff, and changed some of the harsh policies of his grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang, known in history as the "New Deal of Jianwen". However, the Jianwen New Deal has a strong retro color, with unrealistic idealism, and some changes in official names, hall names, and door names have no practical significance and add to the confusion.
In July of the first year of the Southern Ming Dynasty (1645), the temple name Huizong, the title of Emperor Huizong, emperor of the Temple of Heaven Zhangdao Cheng, Yi Yuangong Guan Wen Yang Wu Ke Ren Du Xiao Rang Emperor, and the first year of the Qianlong Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty was called Emperor Gong Min Hui, referred to as Emperor Gong Min and Emperor Hui.
According to historical records, it is not difficult for us to find that although Emperor Wen was young and young, he was also a considerable figure with political skills, especially in the face of the feudal policy left by his grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang, which was extremely targeted and properly handled, laying a certain foundation for stabilizing the interior and exterior and stabilizing the rule of Daming.
However, it is also because of his young and soft heart, he let go of Zhu Di, the Yan King, who was pretending to be crazy and stupid at that time, and was also his uncle, but he did not expect that this uncle secretly hoarded his strength, and finally engaged in a vigorous "Qingjun side" counterattack.
At the end of the historical record of him, the King of Yan attacked the city gate and did not attack it for a day, I don't know if it was for any reason, but it was after this time that Emperor Jianwen disappeared from the records of the history books and disappeared.
So where did he go? Let's take a joke and analyze it.
Regarding the whereabouts of Emperor Jianwen, the Records of Emperor Taizong of Ming recorded that shangwang saw smoke rising in the palace and sent envoys to rescue him in a hurry. It's too late. In the middle of the fire, his body was put on fire, and it was white. He cried, "Surely if you are foolish?" I came to help Er for good, but Er did not forgive, and so far? ”...... Nongshen, prepared to bury Jianwenjun. Officials were sent to make sacrifices and quit the dynasty for three days.
However, the matter of "burying And building Wenjun" is only seen in official texts, not in private notes, and there is no physical object to examine.
That is to say, no one has seen the funeral ceremony of Emperor Jianwen, and no one can say where Emperor Jianwen's tomb is.
In the history of the Ming Dynasty for more than 260 years, folk legends have been circulating about the whereabouts of Emperor Jianwen.
In the "History of Ming" compiled by the Qing Dynasty more than three hundred years later, the ending of Emperor Jianwen can only be written like this: Gu Wang and Li Jinglong rebelled, Na Yan bing, and the capital fell. The palace was on fire, and the emperor did not know the end. The King of Yan sent the empress dowager's body into the fire, and yue eight days to bury it. Or Emperor Yun died by the tunnel.
It is said that Zhu Di sent Zheng He to the West, on the one hand, although to spread his own rule and culture, on the other hand, to find his nephew, Emperor Jianwen.
It is also said that after escaping from the tunnel, Emperor Jianwen ran to the temple to become a monk, which can also be regarded as a re-operation of his grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang's "old rice bowl", and the guidance behind this is Zhu Di's military Yao Guangxiao.
This Yao Guangxiao was well aware of Zhu Di's character, and fearing that the Lord gao zhen had resigned early and returned to the temple to continue to be his own monk, so it was said that behind the disappearance of Emperor Jianwen was Yao Guangxiao's impetus, as for why, it may be that the conscience cannot pass? No one knows.
It has forever become a mystery, haunting history for more than six hundred years, so much so that it has become our after-dinner rhetoric.
So what do you think about the mystery of Emperor Jianwen's disappearance and whereabouts? Feel free to leave a comment and say your insights and analysis.