Emperor is a precious profession in China, and in ancient China, a country was inseparable from the emperor. Therefore, in everyone's impression, the emperor is generally safe and complete in the palace to live a stable life, there are eunuchs and palace women to serve in life, every day with the courtiers in the high wall inner courtyard to deal with state affairs, how can not be associated with the two words of prisoners, then which is this alien emperor? He was the orthodox emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen. In Chinese history, he was the only emperor who had been a prisoner, managed to escape, and then continued to do his job.
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In 1449, the Taishi of the Mongol Walla also led a large army to conquer the Border of Daming, entered the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and plundered the territory of the ming Dynasty. Zhu Qizhen, who heard such news, exploded on the spot, at this time the founding of the Ming Dynasty was less than 100 years old, before it had always been Daming's army that took the initiative to go out to the Northern Expedition, the Mongol army generally fled in the wind, but this time it launched an active attack, which made Zhu Qizhen feel very humiliated, at the instigation of the eunuch chief Wang Zhen, Zhu Qizhen decided to lead a large army, like his grandfather Ming Chengzu Zhu Di, to sweep away the invading Mongol army and promote the prestige of our Daming state.
Despite the dissuasion of the chancellor, Zhu Qizhen led Daming's most elite troops and set off from the Beijing Division to the north, but on the way, he listened to Wang Zhen's rumors, fell into the treacherous scheme of Wa La, was ambushed at Tumu Fort, wrapped dumplings, all 500,000 troops were killed, and he himself was captured and reduced to a prisoner of the order.
After Zhu Qizhen was captured, Vala went south and directly surrounded the city of Beijing, the situation was critical, Yu Qian stood up and led the army of Beijing City out of the city to meet the enemy, and in the imperial court at that time, at the suggestion of Empress Sun, Zhu Qizhen's younger brother Zhu Qiyu was made emperor, so that the situation was immediately stabilized, and later Yu Qian successfully defeated the invading enemy army, and the remnants of the Wallachian army retreated to Mongolia.
After returning to Mongolia, the Great Master of The Wallachian Lama also felt that the emperor who had been hard to catch was now useless, and the people were looking for someone to be the emperor in the capital, and this 'Emperor Taishang' on his side still had to manage food and drink every day, and he also looked like a righteous and awe-inspiring, as if he was going to go to the country at any time, so in a few years, he let Zhu Qizhen go back.
Back in the palace, Zhu Qizhen did not get the expected warm welcome, greeted by countless white eyes, his brother Zhu Qiyu in the years he was captured, has fallen in love with the emperor's profession, and now see Zhu Qizhen return, naturally very unhappy, so he put Zhu Qizhen under house arrest in the palace, and once again lived the life of a prisoner.
Later, when Zhu Qiyu was seriously ill, Zhu Qizhen united some ministers and led troops into the imperial palace, successfully restored, and became emperor again.