Hu Qi was definitely a special one among the officials of the Ming Dynasty, not to mention that he served seven emperors and lived for eighty-nine years, which was rare among the officials of the Ming Dynasty, and even the reason why he was recorded in the annals of history was extremely special.
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Hu Is well known for shouldering the special mission of Zhu Di, the ancestor of Ming Cheng, and this special mission is to find Emperor Jianwen.
Ming Chengzu Zhu Di seized the throne of his nephew Emperor Jianwen through the "Battle of Jingnan", and although he successfully seized the emperor's throne, Emperor Jianwen's whereabouts were unknown, which was always a thorn in Zhu Di's heart. Therefore, finding the whereabouts of Emperor Jianwen became a special mission given to Hu By Zhu Di.
Being able to let the emperor entrust this confidential event to himself shows Zhu Di's trust in Hu Qian. Therefore, Hu Qian, a jinshi in the second year of Jianwen, disappeared above the court after Zhu Di ascended the throne to complete a special mission.
Because of this special mission, Hu Qian spent most of his life on business trips.
Beginning in the fifth year of Yongle, Hu Hao, under the guise of searching for the whereabouts of the immortal Zhang Sloppy, traveled throughout the counties and villages of Tianxia prefectures and secretly probed the location of Emperor Jianwen, and did not return until the fourteenth year of Yongle. Even when his mother died, Zhu Di did not allow him to go home and worry.
In the seventeenth year of Yongle, he went out to tour the provinces and prefectures of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Huxiang and Xiang to continue his special mission.
The whereabouts of Emperor Jianwen have become a mystery throughout the ages
In the twenty-first year, he returned to the imperial court, and the history books recorded the details of his return to the dynasty.
In the twenty-first year of Yongle, Ming Chengzu personally invaded the Mongolian Arutai, and Hu Xi urgently went to Xuanfu to meet Zhu Di. At that time, it was late at night, Zhu Di had already gone to bed, and when he heard that Hu Xi had asked to see him, Zhu Di "hurriedly summoned in."
Hu Reported all the results of these years of investigation to Zhu Di until "the four drums are missed."
As for what exactly happened to Hu Qian's investigation, it is not known. However, from the time Zhu Di summoned Hu Xi to meet hu despite having already gone to bed, until he "missed the four drums", that is, the fourth day, which is equivalent to about 2 a.m., it can be seen that the importance of this night talk is also enough for people, especially those who have been interested in the whereabouts of Emperor Jianwen for hundreds of years.
No matter what results Hu Ze's investigation yielded, his special mission was accomplished.
According to Zhu Di's personality, it was inevitable that the emperor's family affairs would be involved, and it would be inevitable to kill people and kill people, but Hu Xi was dying of his life, and it was not known whether Zhu Di had not yet come to clean him up (Twenty-two years of Yongle, Zhu Di died of illness on the northern expedition), or whether he completely trusted Hu Qi, in short, Hu Xi lived for nearly forty years.
Ming Chengzu Zhu Di
Shouldering the special mission of Ming Chengzu is the most brilliant place in Hu Qian's life, after Zhu Di's death, Hu Xi experienced the restoration of Renzong, Xuanzong, Yingzong, Jingtai Emperor and Yingzong, at this time there was nothing dazzling in his resume.
By the time of Emperor Yingzong, he had been serving as the Rebbe Shangshu for more than thirty years, and had lost the Great Seal of the Rebbe many times, and was eventually impeached and imprisoned, and Yingzong remembered his merits and forgave him.
Later, When Emperor Yingzong was captured after the change of Tumu Fort, and the country was in danger, someone proposed to move south, at this time, Hu Qian, who was already seventy-five years old, stood up again and said a word:
"Emperor Wen will sleep here, showing his descendants that they will not pull out."
Emperor Wen was none other than Zhu Di, the One who had arranged his special assignment, the One who had been constantly conquering Mongolia all his life.
Hu Qian's words were consistent with Yu Qian's views at the time, when the inside and outside dynasties united against the Mongols and saved the Ming Dynasty.