In fact, this statement is not the most "surprising", there is a follow-up version 2.0, indicating that Chengzu Zhu Di is actually the son of Emperor Yuanshun, after the destruction of the capital of Yuan, Zhu Yuanzhang forcibly occupied the concubines of the former dynasty, and later gave birth to Zhu Di in a vacuum. To calculate it this way, the old Zhu family is busy, and the Daming River and Mountains have gone around, or the old Zhao family.
Of course, this legend of Zhu Di is logically unreliable, Zhu Di was born in 1360, Xu Da's Northern Expeditionary Army entered the Yuan Dadu in 1368, an 8-year-old child, how to take back the mother's belly?
However, the unsolved case of Emperor Yuanshun is not contradictory in terms of time.
Mandarin ducks are lined up in double nights, and a tree of pear blossoms presses begonias
The southern Song Dynasty king Zhao Yu (Yin Xian) died in 1323, at the age of 52, the Yuan Shun Emperor Tuhuan Timur was born in 1320, the old man "a tree of pear blossoms pressed begonias", at the age of 48, it is not impossible to conceive a cub.
So what could have been impossible in history?
<h1>01 Family Dog Blood Ethics Drama</h1>
The first person to question the origin of Emperor Yuanshun was his uncle, Yuan Wenzong, who was clearly written in black and white in the History of Yuan:
When Emperor Mingzong was in Shuo Desert, he was not his own son
Here Mingzong was the former emperor of Emperor Wenzong of Yuan, and he was also the eldest brother of Emperor Wenzong. This means that everyone listens well, Emperor Mingzong often said when he was in the Great Northwest, this child (Emperor Yuanshun) is not my own child!
YuanWenzong Tu Timuer
However, also in the "History of Yuan", Emperor Yuanshun came to power for a few years and rehabilitated himself:
Emperor Wenzong is not evil... He is not the son of Emperor Mingzong... The great cause of the ancestors is almost unsustainable.
稔 (音忍) evil is not (voice circle), that is, the meaning of long-term evil and unrepentant -- this kind of person who says that I am not born of my father (Yuan Mingzong), is not trying to prevent me from inheriting the great cause of my ancestors, can he believe this?
Unfortunately, the most important party in the whole incident: The mother of Emperor Yuanshun and the empress of Emperor Yuanmingzong, Babusha, was forced to die by this little uncle as early as the year of Emperor Wenzong's succession, leaving no justification or evidence.
In fact, this section of the family dog blood ethics drama is not true, which is just a microcosm of the cruel and bloody political struggle within the Yuan court for many years.
<h1>02 Flesh and blood fight each other for life and death</h1>
At that time, Emperor Wenzong's father Haishan and his uncle Aiyu Li Bali Bada seized power through a palace coup, and the brothers agreed that the imperial brother would eventually be the younger brother, but after the younger brother's death, he would return the throne to the eldest brother's son.
But when it comes to the fat in their mouth, who wants to spit it out?
Yuan Dynasty Emperor Genealogy Figure 1
After the death of his elder brother Emperor Yuanwuzong, his younger brother Emperor Yuanrenzong came to power and forcefully suppressed and persecuted the eldest brother's son, and in the future, he did not unexpectedly violate the agreement and passed the throne to his own son Yuan Yingzong. The brothers Yuan Mingzong and Yuan Wenzong were the eldest brothers of the previous generation: the sons of Yuan Wuzong. The so-called "when Emperor Mingzong was in Shuo Desert" mentioned above is actually the difficult years when Emperor Mingzong was forced to flee to the Western Regions and defect to the Chagatai Khanate.
Many years later, Emperor Wuzong's old department rose up again to do things, and after a fierce civil war, seized power, at this time Emperor Wuzong's eldest son was far away in the western region, so he set up his youngest son as emperor nearby, for Emperor Wenzong. But the eldest brother always had to come back, and soon Emperor Wenzong of Yuan announced his abdication and asked someone to take Yuxi to pick up the eldest brother.
This is another round of fat meat to the mouth.
Father of Emperor Yuanshun: Emperor Mingzong of Yuan
Halfway through, the chancellor Yan Timur, with the acquiescence of Emperor Wenzong of Yuan, poisoned Emperor Yuanmingzong, and after his younger brother Emperor Wenzong cried a lot, he rushed back to Shangdu to restore the throne on the same day. For details here, see Humble Works: The Emperor abdicated as a prince, and then killed the Emperor "Erjin Palace", whether such a fierce man could save the Yuan Dynasty
For Yuan Wenzong, his brother was dead, but he still had two sons, and he was not in the right position, and he had to beat these two nephews again like his uncle Yuan Renzong had suppressed his brothers.
Genealogy figure 2 of the Yuan Dynasty emperors
The idea that Emperor YuanShun was not his own child came from this way at the earliest, and this is just a slogan to suppress political enemies.
Later, there was a fierce calculation and struggle, first his younger brother Yuan Ningzong took the throne, but after a few months he died, Emperor Yuanshun finally came to power, of course, he wanted to issue an edict to clarify the matter, and in retaliation, he also ordered the removal of Yuan Wenzong's god lord from the Taimiao Temple, forcing his widow and son to die.
However, what does this have to do with Emperor Gong of Song?
<h1>03 The old monk who has a son</h1>
In 1276, lin'an city was destroyed, and the Song Gong Emperor Zhao Yu (yin xian) was not yet 6 years old at the time, and the proper "preschooler" was sent to the Yuan capital after his surrender, and he was given the title of "Duke of Yingguo", and he became a "Yu Gong" without worry about food and clothing.
At that time, the rebellion of the remnants of the Southern Song Dynasty was raging, and the former little emperor stayed in his hands, the risk was always not small, so he was raised to 1288, Zhao Yu was 18 years old, Kublai Khan rewarded him with a lot of money - you see you are also an adult, don't be a "dragon breed" in Han China, go to Tubo, practice Buddhism...
Emperor Gong of Song in his youth
So Zhao Changed his name to "Hezun" and went to Sakya Monastery in Tibet to become a monk, and it is said that he later studied Buddhism and became a generation of masters, and also served as the abbot of Sakya Monastery. However, in his later years, he was ostracized by people because he was involved in sectarian disputes, and he fled tibet and went to Ganzhou (present-day Zhangye, Gansu) to garrison. In 1323, it was here that he was given death by Emperor Yuanyingzong.
Knock on the blackboard, draw the point - the stem of the "bastard", it is out here!
The scholars of the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties weighed it up and compiled a wild history, "The History of Gengshen Waishi", which said:
At that time, this "Hezun" old wet, at the Ganzhou Mountain Temple, promoted Buddhism and was respected by a local "King of Zhao". Prince Zhao pitied him for being lonely and bitter, so he gave him a return beauty. The Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism can marry a wife and have children, and after this, the woman will be pregnant and give birth to a son on a certain day of a certain month. It just so happened that the later Yuan Mingzong, who was being persecuted by his uncle, was in exile here, and when he saw that the drapery was now decorated with five-colored dragon patterns, he knew that this boy was extraordinary, so he begged from Master Hezun and accepted it as his son.
Friends who are familiar with Chinese history, when they look at the "five-color dragon pattern" (the original text is "Dragon Wen Wu Cai Qi"), they know that this is another "miracle" such as Han Gaozu's beheading of the white snake and Jia Baoyu's holding of baoyu, which is basically made up by the keyboard man's brain.
However, when it comes to the plot of seeking children, is it real or not? The Ming Dynasty people have made new discoveries...
<h1>04 The Sixteenth Flying Dragon of the Imperial Song Dynasty</h1>
During the reign of Ming Taizu Hongwu, Yu Ying of Zhenghe County, Fujian Province, made a second creation of the "History of Gengshen Waishi" and wrote a long poem:
The sixteenth flying dragon of the Imperial Song Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty was demoted to the title of Duke of Yingguo.
……
Hezun's wife gave birth to a child at night, and Emperor Mingzong heard ShengYong in the next tent.
He was raised as an heir to the palace and was a young boy when the emperor collapsed.
This "Sixteenth Flying Dragon of the Imperial Song Dynasty" refers to Zhao Yu, who is the 16th emperor since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty in 960.
The poem not only retains the main line of Emperor Mingzong's request for a son, but also describes how Emperor Gong of Song was given a princess by Kublai Khan, and he drank drunkenly in the court, and his body showed "dragon claws", so he was suspected by Kublai Khan, and then "the princess wept at night and wet his chest" to intercede for him... And so on.
——This is not even a wild history, it is simply a literary creation.
Emperor Gong of Song lowered the Yuan
Yet the climax has not yet come.
During the reign of Ming Chengzu Yongle, the jianghu warlock Yuan Zhongche, who had paid homage to the imperial court Shang Baosi Shaoqing, was roughly the confidential secretary of the emperor's side who managed the jade seal and seal, and wrote a memoir in his later years, describing a conversation between himself and the emperor-
Speaking of Yongle for ten years, Zhu Di looked at the portraits of the emperors of the Song Dynasty and said to Yuan Zhongche, this Song Emperor from below the Song Taizu, all of them are Bearded Sheep Nose, looking like our Tai Doctor; the next day, looking at the portraits of the Emperors of the Yuan Dynasty, the Emperor also said, they all eat sheep and mutton, how come this Yuan Shun Emperor alone looks like our Tai Doctor?
Emperor Gong of Song compared with Emperor Yuanshun
Yuan Zhongche did not react at that time, and later found the long poem "The Sixteenth Flying Dragon of the Imperial Song Dynasty" by Yu Ying during the Hongwu Period, and only then did he sigh and write down the notes, in today's words, it is——
astound! The shocking secrets of the world are finally in the sky, and how can the tragic plot of the Golden Family be unbearable: Emperor Yuanshun is actually the flesh and blood of Emperor Gong of Song.
The above is the origin of the so-called mystery of the Yuan Shun Emperor's life.
To summarize:
Except for the "History of Yuan", Yuan Wenzong and Emperor Yuanshun have a verbal battle between you and me, and all the other records are not found in the main history, but through the three dynasties of Emperor Yuanshun - Ming Taizu - Ming Chengzu, all the way was constantly hyped, and the details were more and more substantial.
So is this statement credible or not?
<h1>05 Conclusion</h1>
There are at least two flaws.
The first is the "King of Zhao".
Looking at the "Table of Kings of Yuan Shi", there was indeed a Zhao king in the same era as the Song Gong Emperor Zhao Yu: Aru Bald Horse Ye. It's just that his fiefdom is in the central part of today's Inner Mongolia, so why should he go all the way to Gansu to worship the Buddha? And it takes at least a while to cultivate a "deep friendship" with the Master of Hezun and then give him a beautiful one.
Meta history
And these plots in the historical materials, actually did not write a word, have to make people suspicious.
Moreover, in the middle of the Yuan Dynasty, the chaotic situation and frequent coups d'état were still in place, and you were a zongwang who traveled far away, did not return for a long time, and had such deep friendships with the former Emperor Xun, this Zhao Wang Ye really dared to play!
This is perverse.
The second is time.
According to the Records of the Yuan Dynasty, Emperor Mingzong of Yuan went into exile in the Western Regions in the third year (1316) of Yanyou via the Hexi Corridor. By the time he returned to Zhongyuan to seize the throne, it was already 1329, and at this time, Emperor Gong of Song had already been buried for many years.
Therefore, the only intersection between Emperor Mingzong of Yuan and Emperor Gong of Song in the Ganzhou region could only occur in the year 1316.
The image of the Yuan Shun Emperor in film and television works
According to the "Gengshen Foreign History", the child was born before being taken away, and the Yuan Shun Emperor was born in 1320, during these four years, he would not escape back to his mother's belly to hibernate, right?
Taking a step back, assuming that the huihui beauty was just pregnant with the child of Emperor Gong of Song and then wanted to leave by Emperor Yuanmingzong, then the child had to be born in 1317 at the latest, and could not be pregnant until 1320, right?
As for the so-called family heirloom "Hu Sheep Nose", there were no photos in ancient times, all by the painter's pen, like or not, mainly depending on where the audience's brain hole is opened. Yuan Zhongche was originally a warlock, and writing this in his notes is more like flattering the Yongle Emperor's "wisdom like a torch" and his own "wisdom and wisdom".
In fact, according to modern marriage law, three generations are not considered close relatives, and they can all get married; genetically speaking, five generations are out, and blood relations are almost negligible. This Zhao Kuangyin and his sixteenth generation grandson are almost the relationship between the old king next door, where can it be so similar?