The Mystery of History (Jianwen Emperor)

The mystery of emperor Jianwen's disappearance

Emperor Jianwen, also known as Emperor Minghui (朱允炆), at dawn on June 13, 1402 (Jianwen 4), zhu Di, the King of Yan, sent heavy troops to attack the outskirts of Nanjing. Emperor Jianwen was besieged inside the city. After a fierce battle, the Yan army poured into the city like a tide and burned down the palace. King Yan then sent people to search for the remains of Emperor Jianwen. But only the scorched corpse of Empress Ma was found. Fearing that Emperor Jianwen would make a comeback, the King of Yan searched around internally on the one hand, and on the other hand, sent Zheng He overseas to look for traces of Emperor Jianwen. When people lost faith in the search for Emperor Jianwen, 37 years later, in 1440 (the fifth year of Emperor Yingzong's orthodoxy), a ninety-year-old monk who lived in a temple in Tianzhou, Guangxi, claimed to be Emperor Jianwen. The King of Yan then took him back to Jingshi and lived in Daxinglong Temple. After seeing the monk, Wu Liang, a eunuch who had served Emperor Jianwen, reminisced about the past and hanged himself after returning home. Then, the Yan King was confident that Emperor Jianwen had not fled, so why did Xingshi move around looking for him? Why would a monk over ninety years old dare to take the risk of meeting the King of Yan? One question after another is still a mystery.