The history of the Ming Dynasty is chaotic and complex, the historical materials and historical books are very chaotic, and the collation and examination work is very complicated. It can be seen that the early Ming Dynasty did not yet have the conditions to compile a high-quality canonical history. In addition, the Qing Emperor opened the Ming History Museum only for political purposes, and did not have the determination to cultivate the correct history, nor did he have a rigorous sense of historiography.
For example, in the "History of Ming", when recording the "death of Zhu Yihai, the king of Minglu", it is written that "success makes people sink in the sea". The meaning is that "Zhu Yihai was drowned by Zheng Chenggong". But in real history, is that really the case?
Zheng Chenggong stills
Zhu Yihai's regime has neither a wise ruler nor a virtuous subject
As we all know, the "Eastern Zhejiang Rebels Anti-Qing Movement" was an important part of the history of the Southern Ming Dynasty. The main reason for the failure of this movement was the corruption of the Lu king Zhu Yihai's regime.
Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, was very faint, and although he had the name of "supervising the country", he had no will to resist the Qing. In the situation where the enemy was in the court and precarious, Zhu Yihai still ignored state affairs, and the song and dance banquet was as usual. The civil and military officials of the "supervision of the country" did not intend to serve the country and forge ahead, and they conspired with future generations to collude and be insatiable. In this regard, Zhu Yihai not only did not dare to refuse, but also asked for the seal to be given, please ascend to the throne.
It can be seen from this that the "overseer" has neither a wise monarch nor a virtuous subject. This is the root cause of the demise of the "Lu Jianguo" regime.
The tang and Lu regimes were like fire and water
At the same time, the Tang emperor Zhu Yujian, with the support of Su Guansheng and others, ascended the throne in Fuzhou in the second year of Shunzhi as Emperor Longwu. At this time, the Tang And Lu regimes confronted each other, like water and fire.
Zhu Yihai's situation was even more passive. As we all know, Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, and Zhu Yujian, the king of Tang, were both descendants of Zhu Yuanzhang, the ming emperor, and from the perspective of the time of their establishment, the Tang king was slightly earlier than the king of Lu; from the perspective of the territory he ruled, Zhu Yihai's regime was limited to a corner of eastern Zhejiang, while Zhu Yujian was generally recognized by the Southern Ming forces in various places except eastern Zhejiang.
Because of this, this situation caused half of the people in king Lu's regime to defect to the tang king - "in the middle of the dynasty and on the river, the big rate is half with those who are not with each other." The generals of various ministries even openly proposed to lead the army to part ways, and abolished the system of grain and military expenses in the court of king Lu. Zhu Yihai had no choice but to allow it.
In the end, Zhu Yihai, escorted by Zhang Mingzhen and others, had no choice but to leave Shaoxing, and then fled to the sea by boat through Taizhou and defected to Zheng Chenggong in Xiamen.
Zheng Chenggong maintained a courteous attitude towards Zhu Yihai
We all know that Zheng Chenggong was a distant worshipper of Yongli Zhengshuo and called him a grand marshal. When he saw Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, coming to his aid, he asked king Lu to "go to the prison state." In fact, Zheng Chenggong's behavior has a basis in the orthodox aspects of his etiquette.
Zheng Chenggong maintained a courteous attitude toward Zhu Yihai, who came to rely on him, -- "Fengjian Guolu King Residence Kinmen". Then, why did Zheng Chenggong still treat Zhu Yihai with courtesy?
The reason for this is that Zhang Huangyan, a minister close to King Lu, played a certain role in regulating the relationship between King Lu and Zheng Chenggong.
The army led by Zhang Huangyan in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions was an important force for Zheng Chenggong to prepare for the north. Zhang Huangyan once said: "King Lu went to supervise the country... (Zhang Huangyan) Pray for life on the same day as success", zheng chenggong values this point. Later, Zheng successfully carried out the Northern Expedition, and Zhang Huangyan did play an important role in connecting the north.
In the end, King Lu was stripped of the title of "Jianguo", but Zheng Chenggong was still not at ease, so he moved him to Nan'ao Island, farther from Xiamen.
Ming Dynasty tombs were unearthed, and the inscriptions subverted our cognition
In the late 1950s, after an army exploded in Kinmen to quarry, soldiers discovered an ancient tomb. The excavated tombstone is "Zhu Yihai Yuanzhi, King of Lu of the Jianguo", which is now in the collection of the Museum of History of Taiwan Province of China.
The content of the "Chronicle of Zhu Yihai, the King of The Prison of The State of Lu", subverts our cognition, and the inscription records: "(King Lu) has phlegm and xue", which shows that Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, was not drowned by Zheng Chenggong. The record of "success in making people sink in the sea" in the History of Ming is not a fact, it is just a lie of the rulers of the Qing Dynasty. As many scholars have said, the Manchus once again slandered Zheng Chenggong.