<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="1" > preface</h1>
The "History of Ming" records: "The fire in the palace was raised, and the emperor did not know the end." "After Zhu Di entered the capital with the Yan army, the palace compound suddenly went into the water, and the palace people did not know where Emperor Jianwen had gone. Zhu Di then sent someone to break into the fire and transport the bodies of Emperor Jianwen and Empress Jianwen, and buried them eight days later in the autumn season. In the Ming Shilu, Zhu Di's edict to the King of Joseon also said that he did not expect emperor Jianwen to be coerced by the traitors and had to set himself on fire with the palace people. Neither historical record denies that Zhu Yunjiao set himself on fire and died in the fire, but some people pointed out that Zhu Di did not actually believe this statement, and secretly looked for Zhu Yunjiao on official grounds, if Zhu Yunjiao really did not die, then where did he go?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > with the heart of "benevolent government", once did a lot of practical things for the people</h1>
Zhu Yunjiao actually did a lot of good things for the people during his reign, and when Zhu Yunzhang was still the crown prince, he felt that Zhu Yuanzhang was too decisive and decisive, and many people only made small mistakes, and the crime did not lead to death, but Zhu Yuanzhang unceremoniously gave these people the death penalty. Zhu Yunjiao was like his father, Zhu Biao had been familiar with The Confucian classics since childhood, advocating kindness with others, and he often interceded with Empress Ma for the wrongdoers, asking Zhu Yuanzhang to be light. Under the influence of Zhu Biao, Zhu Yunzhuo was also very lenient, and after taking the throne, he repeatedly improved the policies and decrees promulgated by Zhu Yuanzhang, weakening their implementation and making them more acceptable to the people; not only that, he also exempted some harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, reduced some unnecessary taxes, and explicitly prohibited monks from seizing civilian land, which to a certain extent alleviated sharp social contradictions. However, emperor Jianwen's measures did not have much effect, because emperor Jianwen stepped down not long after the implementation of the policy.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="5" > anecdotal rumors: Is it credible that Emperor Jianwen became a monk? </h1>
Perhaps out of pity and sympathy for Ming Jun, many folk histories say that in fact, Emperor Jianwen did not die, but became a monk. In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang had long expected that there would be today's situation, so he left a hand and prepared a secret passage for Zhu Yunjiao at the palace for escape in times of crisis. At that time, Zhu Di had already hit the door of the house, Zhu Yunjiao, in order to hide his eyes and ears, he set a fire, and then escaped from the secret passage with some gold and silver, and Zhu Di later ordered people to break into the fire and find the body in fact wearing a dragon robe and pretending to be a palace person who was burned to death by Emperor Jianwen.
In the "Chronicle of Dongming Temple", there is a clear record of Zhu Yunjiao's renunciation as a monk, but in this zhi, Zhu Yunjiao was revered as "should be able to smell the old Buddha", and it is recorded in the book that Zhu Laofo learned that his life had been exhausted by measuring the Mandate of Heaven, so he shaved his hair as a monk, lived under the Dongming Mountain, and waited until the world thought he was a monk, and then passed away. In the "Records of the MingShen Sect", Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the cabinet, also made a statement on this matter, saying that there is no record of this incident in the zhengshi, but the folk men, women and children are spreading, and it is rumored that Emperor Wen of Jianwen shaved his hair as a monk and escaped from the path, but no one knows whether this incident is true or false. Zhang Juzheng's statement is more euphemistic, mainly because he is not a witness and cannot restore the truth to us. Some historical records indicate that at the end of the period, there was a monk who claimed to be a descendant of Zhu Yunjiao, although this monk was later proved to be a liar, but it also showed that Zhu Yunjiao's renunciation was not an empty thing.
There is a large reason why the public speculates that Zhu Yunjiao did not actually die, that is, zhu Di has been sending people to find Zhu Yunjiao's whereabouts since he ascended the throne. Zhu Di always had reservations about Zhu Yunjiao's self-immolation, until someone told him that the body found from the fire was actually Empress Ma's, and Zhu Di began to magically believe that Zhu Yunjiao was not dead, and even captured Zhu Yunjiao's chief monk Pu Qia, and severely tortured Zhu Yunjiao's whereabouts. In order to find Zhu Yunjiao, Zhu Di even sent people to carpet search all over the country for sixteen years, until one night a year before Zhu Di's death, someone came back and said that he was looking for him, and Zhu Di hurriedly dressed and summoned this person.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="9" > put forward strong evidence: the initiator may be Zhu Di himself</h1>
But some people also said that Zhu Yunjiao did die in that fire, and this fire was also put by Zhu Di. Zhu Di's desire to be emperor is already well known, and Zhu Yunjiao is the biggest obstacle on his imperial road. If Zhu Yunjiao is a tyrant, it is easy to deal with, but the difficulty is that Zhu Yunjiao is not only not, but also quite popular with the people, if Zhu Di revealed his own bottom at this time, the most unsancivable must be the people, so Zhu Yunjiao must die, but also must be his own death, so Zhu Di planned this fire. Moreover, Zhu Di had already led the army to the palace gate at that time, plus there were so many people in the Yan army, how easy it was to extinguish the fire, even if the fire had already burned, was it still necessary for Zhu Di to hit the palace gate? Without the Yan army coming to the city, the Ming army had already panicked.
Historical records record that when Zhu Di arrived at the city gate, Zhu Xi, the king of Gu, and Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao, opened the city gate to meet the landing, which confirmed this speculation. Just imagine if the two of them resisted desperately, maybe Zhu Di wouldn't have reached the palace gate so quickly, or even just happened to run into the palace walking water. Therefore, these two people had already decided to defect when Zhu Di was plotting a rebellion, so that Zhu Di could lead the Yan army all the way unimpeded and smoothly set fires.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="13" > conclusion</h1>
What kind of ending Emperor Jianwen was left to posterity to speculate.