In May 2006, an ancient tomb was found on a construction site in Shijingshan, Beijing, and after the excavation of archaeological staff, a dried corpse was unearthed, which was the first time that a dry corpse was found in Beijing, and the dried corpse began to be exhibited in 2009.
After the dried corpse was exhibited, it caused a great sensation, in addition to the fact that the dried corpse itself was well-preserved and elastic, the reason for the sensation was the identity of the dry corpse.
According to the investigation, the coffin of the burial coffin of the "dragon robe dry corpse" contained the following words: "The coffin of Huang Gong, the emperor of the emperor and the emperor of the constitution."
This Zhongxian doctor is an official position in the Qing Dynasty, ranking in the fourth grade, which is a civil official position, and the coffin records that the owner of the tomb is "Huang Shuwu", indicating that the name of the civil official Zhongxian doctor of the four products is Huang Shuwu.
But looking through the history books, there is no one named Huang Zhuowu who held this official position in the Qing Dynasty, this person does not seem to exist, and there is no identity information.
This is only one of the suspicions, and the bigger suspicion is the costume of this dried corpse.
The dry corpse hairstyle is a unique shaved hair braid of the Qing Dynasty, but there is a bun on the top, just like the traditional image of the Taoist priest, and it is also somewhat similar to the hairstyle of the Ming Dynasty scholars.
In addition to the hairstyle, there is also the dress on the body of the dry corpse, the dry corpse wears a unicorn supplement, which is a dress that can only be worn as a military attache in ancient times, and it must also be a military attache of a first-class officer.
Not only that, in the coffin, there is also a set of five-clawed golden dragon to accompany the burial, it is strange enough for civil officials to wear a military attaché's supplementary uniform, and there is also a set of dragon robes to accompany the burial, all kinds of contradictions, so that more and more people have speculated, what is the identity of this person?
There are many different sayings about this problem, from the dress, this person's identity is definitely not ordinary, otherwise he would not be buried in a dragon robe, and the name Huang Zhuowu, read it upside down: I, clumsy, Huang, meaning "I am the deposed emperor", which shows that this person must have a certain relationship with the royal family.
There are several theories about the identity of this person:
1. Emperor Shunzhi's saying
Some people believe that the dry corpse is the Shunzhi Emperor whose whereabouts are unknown, and the reason is that the past can be said from the clothing, and Shunzhi believes in Buddhism, and the past can be said with a bun in his hair, which can also stand.
However, I personally believe that this statement is not valid, Emperor Shunzhi is also a genuine emperor no matter what, even if he is a monk, he will either be buried in a monk's robe after his death, or buried directly in a dragon robe, and there is no need to wear an official's unicorn supplement.
At the same time, if the Shunzhi Emperor was buried, it would certainly have been presided over by the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang herself, and as her mother, how could the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang bury Shun'an in Shijingshan? Even if the imperial mausoleum that was buried in Beijing was buried in Shenyang, it would have been buried in Shengjing in Shenyang, and it was impossible for her to be buried in Shijingshan alone.
Therefore, the statement that the dry corpse is Shunzhi can be judged to be untenable.
2, the third prince of Zhu said
The reason for agreeing with the statement of the third prince of Zhu is that the dry corpse can wear a dragon robe, and the third prince of Zhu is the son of Emperor Chongzhen, born in the royal family, and is fully qualified to wear a dragon robe for burial.
As for the Qing style hairstyle, those who agree with the statement of the third prince of Zhu believe that the third prince of Zhu must survive in order to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, and when necessary, in order not to attract the attention of the Qing court, he can only change his hairstyle in order to protect himself.
So after his death, he changed his hairstyle back to prove his identity.
But this statement is not completely true, the third prince of Zhu repeatedly broke up during the Kangxi period, and the people used his name to hold actions against the Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty one after another, and in fact, the real third prince of Zhu, that is, the third son of Emperor Chongzhen, Zhu Cizhi, was killed by Kangxi a long time ago, and it is impossible to be buried so ceremoniously after death.
Therefore, the theory of the third prince of Zhu can be ruled out.
3, Kangxi abolished the prince Yinrenzhi said
This statement is even more impossible, although Yinren was abolished by Kangxi, but he was once the respect of the prince, and no matter what, he was also Kangxi's own son, and Kangxi was angry when he was alive, but no one is there, Kangxi has to think about the relationship between father and son.
Therefore, after Yinren's death, Kangxi's burial specifications will not be too low, Shijingshan's tomb specifications are too small, not to mention the abolished prince, not even a prince-level specification is not enough, Kangxi is no matter how stingy he is, he will not do this to his son.
4. Dolgon's Sayings
Personally, I think that the identity of the person in the tomb will most likely be the former regent Dorgon, and the reasons are as follows:
(1) In the early Qing Dynasty, Shijingshan was the territory of Dolgon and had the conditions for implementation
Shijingshan in the early Qing Dynasty was under the jurisdiction of Shuntianfu, and the relationship between Shuntianfu and Dolgon was extraordinary, and there were many convenient conditions for burying Dolgon in this place, firstly, you can choose a place at will, which is not noticeable, and secondly, you can also protect Dolgon's cemetery from being destroyed to the greatest extent.
(2), wearing a dragon robe, Dolgon can afford it
As we all know, Dolgon's power in the early Qing Dynasty was so great that he was basically the emperor, and at the same time, the dry corpse was still wearing the clothes of a first-class military attaché, at least a person above the general level could become a first-class military attaché, and those who met these two conditions were no one else except Dolgon.
(3), Huang Zhuowu, my humble emperor can also be reasonable
Dolgon's invisible emperor, if it weren't for a series of events that happened later, Dolgon would have ascended the throne long ago.
That is, Dorgon himself abdicated the throne. It is equivalent to deposing oneself by oneself.
But in history, Dolgon's grave was dug up by Emperor Shunzhi, and at the same time, Dolgon was "whipped" to vent Emperor Shunzhi's hatred for him, so how does this make sense?
We might as well make a guess that after Shunzhi ascended the throne, the hatred for the once high-flying and domineering Dolgon became stronger and stronger, but Dolgon is dead, and he can't vent his anger in front of him, and he can't harm his descendants for no reason, but the hatred is getting bigger and bigger.
It is very likely that Dolgon's family heard some rumors, and feared that Shunzhi, who was hit by hatred, would dig out Dolgon, so on a dark and windy night, they secretly took Dolgon's corpse to the sky.
As expected, Dolgon was "whipped corpse", but the real corpse had already been transferred to a hidden place in the Shijingshan area, and Shijingshan was chosen because Shijingshan was the most reassuring place for Dolgon's family, so as not to leak the news.
Why is it covered up with a four-grade official's supplementary uniform, it is because if you use a first-grade official or a dragon robe to be buried, it will inevitably attract attention, which is an important task, and it will attract the peep of an investigation or tomb robber, and a negligible four-grade civil official, in this place in the capital, really can't attract people's attention, even if someone asks, just make up a provincial official to return to the roots here can prevaricate the past.
Therefore, a bun will be left on the head, just to hide its true identity from being suspected and discovered.