Whether the "Records of Ming Taizu" has been revised by Zhu Di, the Yongle Emperor of Ming Chengzu, it is estimated that no historian dares to pack a ticket, because the more in-depth the study, the more it can be found that some historical materials are very unreliable, and it is necessary to carefully examine and analyze it, and only then can there be a star and a half to be false and true, and it is almost impossible to know the whole truth.
Even the imperial records and living notes, which are most relied upon by the revisionists of historical books in previous dynasties, sometimes have contradictions, for example, if we look at the last article of the "Records of Ming Taizu", we will find that there are traces of modifications: If Zhu Yuanzhang really ordered the fourth son, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, to be urgently summoned to Beijing, how could he laugh and collapse when he did not get the exact news?
According to Zhu Di's successful ascension to become emperor of the Ming Dynasty after he raised an army to "JingNan", it was said that "in May of the thirty-first leap year, Taizu collapsed, the emperor's grandson took the throne, and the kings were in the kingdom, and they did not have to go to the capital division." The king went to mourning from Beiping, and the edict was stopped. ”
This record in the Ming Shi Vol. 5, Benji No. 5, Chengzu I shows that not allowing the kings, including Zhu Di, the King of Yan, to return to Beijing to administer the funeral was the last will and testament of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and the reason why he did not allow his sons to return to Beijing was also for historical reasons: "When the kings of the time respected their subordinates and supported heavy troops, many were lawless. ”
Zhu Yuanzhang slaughtered the meritorious generals and handed over the military power to his sons, but he did not expect that these sons did not let him worry about it, and his favorite grandson, Zhu Yunjiao, seemed to be a little too benevolent and weak, and could not stop those uncles who had heavy troops.
In order to let the obedient grandson sit firmly in the dragon chair, Zhu Yuanzhang did not let his sons rush back to the capital to make trouble, which seemed to be a natural thing. However, if we look closely at other Ming Dynasty historical materials, we will find that this is not in line with Zhu Yuanzhang's character: Zhu Yuanzhang is ruthless to heroes and corrupt officials, but he is warm to his wife and children, and his relationship with Empress Ma can be used as a model for eternity.
Zhu Yuanzhang had always been deeply fond of his sons, and the crown prince Zhu Biao went out to inspect, and when Zhu Yuanzhang heard the thunder, he immediately sent emissaries to tell him to pay attention to safety; Zhu Zhuzhang, the king of Qin, beat up the cook on the way to Xi'an, and Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly wrote a letter six hundred miles and hurriedly sent it over: "Meals, immediate fate, non-food and other matters must not be refined." Treating the eater as ordinary is not also possible. If you frequently add to the chu, the misfortune of the unexpected, I am afraid that it will be born here. ”
Zhu Yuanzhang did not care whether the cook should be beaten or not, he was worried about the safety of his son's diet: "You always beat the cook, what if he poisons your food?" ”
Zhu Yuanzhang suffered from hunger and cold since childhood, so he was very protective of his son, and many fathers will have the same feeling: "The suffering I have suffered, I can't let my son eat it again!" ”
It is impossible for such an emperor who attaches great importance to the affection of father and son not to want to see the last side of his sons, so we have reason to suspect that the Qing Dynasty spent nearly a hundred years compiling a "History of Ming", and we can say that they were well-intentioned and well-intentioned, or that they made changes to some important historical facts - "History of Ming" and "Ming Shilu" have many contradictions.
The "Records of Ming Taizu" should have been compiled and completed during the Yongle years, because it called Ming Chengzu Zhu Di "Jinshang", that is, "now the emperor and not the emperor at that time", and the "Ming Taizu Shilu" can only call Zhu Yuanzhang "Shang", so the last article of the Ming Taizu Shilu records Zhu Yuanzhang's last moments: "Yi Unitary, collapsed in the Western Palace." Shangsu is less ill, and sick, and the Day Is not tireless as usual. Gradually, it is to burn incense to wish the heavens: "The life expectancy is long, the country is short and long, the descendants are virtuous, but Jane is in the imperial heart, for the blessing of the people." 'That is, to send the envoy to hold the charm and summon the present to return to Beijing. As far as Huai'an is concerned, those who use the matter will pay it back. Unaware of the above, he asked left and right: 'Has the fourth son come?' 'I can't talk to him, I smell the rain falling, I am overjoyed, and I collapse, and I live seventy-one. ”
From this record, we see a competent emperor who is diligent and loves the people, and who is indifferent to life and death--this competent position is for the common people, and the meritorious generals and dignitaries may not think so.
The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang collapsed with a smile was that he heard that it was finally raining.
Readers know that Zhu Yuanzhang died on the tenth day of the first month of the 31st leap year of Hongwu (June 24, 1398), when the south encountered a drought, and Zhu Yuanzhang's heart was longing for whether the people's crops could be harvested. Judging from this record, the old fourth Zhu Di did not come to see him for the last time, which did not seem to be a very important thing, in contrast, it was still important to relieve the drought when it rained.
So without seeing Zhu Di, Zhu Yuanzhang left with the hope of a bumper harvest, and his departure also left us with an unsolved mystery: If Zhu Yuanzhang really wanted Zhu Di, the King of Yan, to succeed to the throne, how could he care about the weather before the successor arrived, and ride the dragon to Bintian without regret?
The Taizu Benji and Chengzu Benji in the History of Ming both say that Zhu Yuanzhang's will ordered the kings not to enter the capital, but the Ming Taizu Shilu said that Zhu Yuanzhang had sent someone to urgently summon Zhu Di, and the eunuch who passed on the message had just run to Huai'an and was called back by the supporters of the Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunjiao, which made Zhu Di lose the opportunity to legitimately succeed to the throne.
After the records of the two official revision historical materials have been displayed, it is time for the readers to discern clearly: If it is true that someone in the DPRK has corrected the edict not to allow Zhu Di to enter Beijing, this problem is very serious, at least there must be a group of big men (users) in the DPRK who hold great power to be exterminated, but it seems that Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng, Fang Xiaoru, and others are not condemned by the clan for falsely passing on the holy will, what is the purpose of this?
Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng, and Fang Xiaoru were the three confidants of Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunjiao, but they were not competent generals—these people could talk about it on paper, and they really wanted to do things, and they didn't seem to have much ability. The "charges" and endings of these three people are recorded in the Ming Shi Vol. 141 Liechuan Xxix.
Qi Tai's original name was Qi De, and this Thai character was given by Zhu Yuanzhang. Qi Tai, the left attendant of the army at the end of Hongwu, was a thorn in the eyes of the kings: "When the kings are in the kingdom, there is no mourning, and the officials of the kingdom listen to the restraint of the imperial court." The kings called the Emperor of Taijiao, and they were displeased. First, when Emperor Jianwen (Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunjiao) was a grandson, the kings had many subordinates, and they had heavy troops. ”
Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng, and Fang Xiaoru were all killed by the Yongle Emperor Zhu Di, but none of the public charges were "corrections", and Zhu Di also once did the ideological work of Huang Zicheng and Fang Xiaoru, saying that as long as they obeyed, not only could they survive, but they could also continue to be officials, which was not like the attitude towards "correction and adultery".
In fact, including Fang Xiaoru, none of the "Jianwen traitors" were exterminated, and the theory of "Jie Shi Clan" was even more nonsense--if Fang Xiaoru's friends and protégés were exterminated as the tenth clan, no one would bury him: "Cheng zu was angry, and he was killed in the cities, and Xiao Xiaoru died in anger, at the age of forty and six." His protégé, Liao Yongzhong, the Marquis of Deqing, and his brother Ming inspected the remains on the mountain outside the Treasure Gate. ”
Looking through the historical materials of the Ming Dynasty, no one was punished for forbidding Zhu Di to enter the capital by the CorrectionAlties, and the so-called "eunuch (envoy)" did not leave a trace in other historical materials, which may be that there are not enough historical materials consulted by half a pot of old wine, and the analysis of this matter is not accurate enough, so finally we have to ask the readers: In your opinion, is it possible that Zhu Yuanzhang, after having already announced the world to establish Zhu Yunjiao as the emperor's grandson, he summoned Zhu Di, the king of Yan, to the capital to succeed to the throne? If Zhu Yuanzhang was anxiously waiting for his fourth son to enter Beijing to inherit the unification, how could he leave with joy after learning that the drought had eased?
In the view of half a pot of old wine, whether Zhu Yuanzhang wants to let the King of Yan replace the emperor's grandson, this is not important, what is important is that Zhu Di is more capable than Zhu Yunjiao, as long as he can govern the world well, Zhu Yuanzhang's sons and grandsons who become emperors, what loss does it have to the people? Perhaps in Zhu Yuanzhang's view, children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, who becomes the emperor will look at their skills, the most important thing at the moment is to come to a timely rain, so as not to make the people hungry this year...