How Guangzong Zhu Changluo was buried in Qingling

In the history of the Ming Dynasty, there were two emperors who did not die, that is, Wanli and his son Zhu Changluo. Emperor Mingguangzong Zhu Changluo, an emperor who could be described as having a rough life, did not have a satisfactory burial place even after his death. Why? Through his back, we can peek into the little-known secrets of the Ming Dynasty?

Located at the southern foot of the Erling Mountains of Huangshan Temple in the Tianshou Mountain Mausoleum in Changping, Beijing, the Qingling Tomb is the joint burial mausoleum of Zhu Changluo, the fourteenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and empresses Guo, Wang, and Liu.

Emperor Mingguangzong Zhu Changluo, the eldest son of Emperor Mingshenzong, ascended the throne on the first day of August in the forty-eighth year of the Wanli Calendar (1620). He died in the Qianqing Palace on September 1, at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve nine. In the first year of the Apocalypse (1621 AD), he was buried in Qingling on September 4. After Emperor Xizong ascended the throne, it was changed to the first year of Taichang after August of the 48th year of the Wanli calendar.

Looking at the life of Guangzong Zhu Changluo, it can be said that he has experienced ups and downs. Why? First of all, Zhu Changluo was born as an undesirable person, and Wanli accidentally gave birth to Zhu Changluo by the little palace girl surnamed Wang who was close to the empress dowager. Wan Li didn't like the little palace girl with the surname Of Wang, so naturally he didn't like Zhu Changluo. He liked Zhu Changxun, the third son of the emperor born to his beloved Concubine Zheng. Secondly, In order to compete for the position of "prince", Zheng Guifei did not hesitate to murder him, including the "attack case". On the evening of the fourth day of the first month of May in the forty-third year of the Wanli Calendar (1615), in the Ciqing Palace, where Zhu Changluo, who was still the crown prince at the time, suddenly broke into a man holding a wooden stick and beat him every time. After the person was arrested, after two interrogations, it was found that the case was related to Zheng Guifei. However, in order to shield the Zheng clan, Wan Li forced Zhu Changluo to agree to behead the man for the crime of madness, and secretly executed the two eunuchs directly related to the case in the palace. After a fifteen-year-long "dispute over the foundation of the country", under the intervention of Empress Li, the mother of Wanli, Zhu Changluo was finally made crown prince.

Emperor Houming died, and the crown prince Zhu Changluo took the throne.

Zhu Changluo, who had just succeeded to the throne, immediately did several things that were praised by the people of the world, deposing the mining tax, allocating heavy gold to reward the border guards, supplementing the official vacancies, and changing the situation of the Zhejiang Party's monopoly of power during the time of Emperor Shenzong. These measures have relieved the people of some suffering, and also won Zhu Changluo some good reputation for himself.

Already busy with state affairs and extraordinarily favoring the eight beautiful attendants that Concubine Zheng Guifei had presented to him, Zhu Changluo finally fell ill. The imperial physician Cui Wensheng violated the norm and violently used laxatives, leaving Zhu Changluo's body in danger. Later, after taking the red pill that Li Kezhuo, the secretary of the Hongxu Temple, had entered twice, he died. Zhu Changluo reigned for only twenty-nine days, becoming the shortest emperor in the history of the Ming Dynasty. Regarding his death, it is still a secret, when the courtiers believed that all this was at the behest of Zheng Guifei and wrote to impeach. This is the famous "Red Pill Case" at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

It is said that every rainy day, the four puddles on the base of the Qingling Stone Monument will reflect the light, which can illuminate the stone monument transparently. From the south through the stone stele, you can see the Ming Tower in the north. Folklore has it that Zhu Changluo appeared as soon as it rained, making the stone tablet transparent to see who was harming him.

Due to Zhu Changluo's sudden death and the emptiness of national strength, the tomb was occupied by Emperor Jingtai's Shouling Mausoleum when the tomb was built.

Empress Guo was originally the daughter of Guo Weicheng, a native of Suncheon Province. In the twenty-ninth year of the Wanli Calendar (1601), she was made crown princess and died in the forty-first year (1613). Two years later in the morgue, a tomb was built before changling after the Tai Cemetery on Tianshou Mountain. Emperor Xizong ascended the throne, honored "Empress Xiaoyuan Zhaoyi Zhehui Zhuang Renhe Tianbi Shengzhen", and moved to Qingling. Empress Wang was the biological mother of Emperor Xizong, who was initially a chosen attendant, and because she gave birth to Emperor Xizong, she was given the title of a talented person. After his death in the forty-seventh year of the Wanli Dynasty (1619), Emperor Xizong took the throne and honored him as "Empress Dowager Xiaohe And GongXian Wen Mu Hui Ci Harmonious Tianju Sheng" and was buried in Qingling. Empress Liu was the biological mother of Emperor Chongzhen of Ming, a Wanping native and daughter of Liu Yingyuan, the Duke of Yingguo. Initially a lady, she was beaten into the Cold Palace, and after her death, she was buried in Jinshan, West Beijing. After Emperor Guangzong ascended the throne, he honored the title of "Empress Dowager Xiaochun Gong Yi Shu Mu Zhuang Jing Bi Tianyu Sheng" and moved to Qingling.

The Keiyeong Cemetery building consists of three parts: Shinto, the Mausoleum Palace and the external annexes of the Mausoleum. A single empty stone bridge was built on The Shinto. Near the mausoleum, the relics of the Sacred Virtue Monument Pavilion were built, and the stele was erected in the pavilion, and the head of the mantis was tortoise, and there was no word. The overall layout of the mausoleum building is in the shape of a front and rear circle, covering an area of about 27,600 square meters. There are two square courtyards in front, which are not connected to each other, and there are Shinto connections between the two courtyards, and three single empty stone bridges are built after the first entrance.