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The peasant rebel armies of successive dynasties have almost gone through a bloody storm if they succeed, and only those who laugh to the end can enjoy the support of the people of the world. For the losers, that day was absolutely miserable, and Xu Zhen did not dare to relax, but most of the former emperors could not escape the fate of being killed in the end.
This directly led to the rapid decline in the combat effectiveness of the Ming army, resulting in the bitter fruit of officers and soldiers who were even more bandits. At that time, Daming could be said to be precarious, with a group of parasites raised inside the imperial court, and the outside was full of smoke, rebel armies were rampant, and there was Houjin in the north.
Of course, the most powerful of these peasant rebel armies was Li Zicheng's army. Since the army of the king of the invaders claimed not to pay grain and not to plunder, they soon established a mass base. Although it was difficult to survive for a while, he survived and survived tenaciously. In the end, Li Zicheng's army successfully captured the city of Beijing, completely destroying the three-hundred-year-old Daming.
As we all know, after Li Zicheng's army entered the city of Beijing, the Chongzhen Emperor was disheartened and went to the coal mountain to hang himself. Today, the old crooked neck tree he hanged is still on the coal mountain, and although Chongzhen chose to martyr the country with his body, the imperial family of Daming has not been broken. In fact, according to historical records, at the time of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, some members of the imperial family, such as the crown prince Zhu Cixuan, the third son of Chongzhen, Zhu Cijiong, the third son of Chongzhen, zhu Cijiong, the fourth son of Yongwang, Zhu Cunshu the King of Qin, Zhu Qiugui the King of Jin, and Zhu Chuan, the Daiwang, were first captured by Li Zicheng's peasant army and sent to Beijing.
After the Qing Dynasty attacked Beijing, this part of the captured imperial family disappeared in the chaos of the war, life and death, and its whereabouts were unknown, which has always become a historical mystery. In later history, Zhu Cijiong, the third son of Chongzhen who luckily escaped, also disappeared. So, where did this heavenly noble man end up? Why is there no news of him again?
This is a question that no one has been able to answer. In fact, there are also many opinions in the historical circles about the whereabouts of Crown Prince Zhu Cijiong, and there is no unified statement.
However, the discovery of a village in Shandong has brought us a whole new possibility. There is an unknown small village in Shandong, called Xia Gezhuang, which currently has more than 200 households and more than 1,000 people. This small village is not found in any history books, and there seems to be no famous historical figure, but the seemingly ordinary village hides huge secrets.
The villagers in this village are basically surnamed Zhang, but many of them claim to be descendants of Zhu Cijiong, and the people in the village also have a detailed genealogy and a gold medal for avoiding death, and, from the family tree, it is shown that this genealogy was handed down from Chongzhen's third son, Zhu Cijiong.
So, how was this thing discovered?
It turned out that Zhao Laohan was 75 years old, and because the family was too dilapidated, the younger son planned to renovate his old house. However, while removing the old furniture, they stumbled upon a wooden box that had hardly been opened in the house, and the wooden box was rotten at this time. So, they were going to throw it away, but at this moment, they found that there seemed to be something inside, and when they split it, they appeared the "Danshu Iron Scroll" we mentioned earlier.
The Ming Dynasty royal family was obviously surnamed Zhu, so why were they surnamed Zhang?
This question is well explained. The "Qing Barnyard Banknotes and Names" records that after the death of the Ming Dynasty, "the heavens and the nobles, the exiles, all changed their surnames to obscurity." It turned out that after the death of the Ming Dynasty, most of the members of the royal family were anonymous and did not dare to expose the identity of their royal descendants. Moreover, at that time, Li Zicheng wantonly arrested Zhu Cijiong, and they could only change their surnames in order to escape. However, Li Zicheng eventually acted perversely, which caused the people's rebellious psychology, so he finally failed to sit firmly in the dragon chair, and the soldiers were defeated and disappeared.
After the Qing army entered the customs, the lives of the people were destroyed, and the blood stained the country, and they wantonly slaughtered the people of the Central Plains, hoping to stop the killing with killing. In such a terrible atmosphere, the people of the Central Plains chose to give in in order to survive. However, after all, the land of China is vast and vast, and even if the Qing army is strong, it took them twenty years to completely consolidate their rule. During these twenty years, Zhu Cijiong and his descendants have found his hiding place, and they have settled and multiplied in Xia Gezhuang.
In order to prove his identity, the old man in the village also took out a family tree, which clearly stated that this village was a direct descendant of the Ming royal family. Moreover, the village also kept a Ming Dynasty "Danshu Iron Coupon", which was later confirmed to be an antique belonging to the Ming Dynasty. It is also commonly known as the "deathless gold medal". Although this deathless gold medal is somewhat corroded, the words on it are still clearly visible, and the royal prestige of the past can still be seen. As a result, this deepened the possibility that the villagers of Xia Gezhuang were descendants of Zhu Cijiong. Now, the iron scroll has been placed in the custody of the government and placed in the museum.
Of course, whether they are really the descendants of the royal family still needs to be verified by historians, and we are just telling you today as a strange thing to satisfy the curiosity of the princes.