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Today we are going to talk about one of the most doubtful cases of the disappearance of the emperor.
A legendary French star, Scar man Ribery, one day he actually revealed to the German media that his veins were Chinese blood. His ancestors worked as beggars, monks, and eventually emperors of China. There are still some Chinese antiques preserved in Ribery's home, and the ancestors have left a sentence, we come from the far East. As soon as this interview came out, we Chinese netizens couldn't sit still. Who were his ancestors? Everyone quickly sifted through their minds, they worked as beggars and monks, and later became emperors, and there was only one in our Chinese history, and he was Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Ribery, but Even if Ribery is a descendant of Zhu Yuanzhang, it is also the Nth generation. Finding contact from looks is no longer a reliable thing, so we can only look at it from the historical data, does this possibility exist? Zhu Yuanzhang said that the era name of the empress dowager was Hongwu, and everything after becoming emperor was clearly remembered. It was impossible for him to run to France and leave such a descendant. Then we continue to look down, Zhu Yuanzhang's next emperor is the Minghui Emperor Zhu Yunjiao, he is Zhu Yuanzhang's grandson, then Zhu Yunwen's possibility of fleeing overseas is very high. During his tenure, the famous "Battle of Jingnan" in Chinese history took place, which led to all the topics we are talking about today. This has to start from the life history of his grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang.
It is said that in the 14th century, Zhu Yuanzhang, an aspiring young man in Anhui Province, staged a 200% inspirational counterattack drama from the extremely poor class. He worked as a flower boy, a monk, joined the army, and all the way became one of the main commanders of the anti-Yuan rebel army, and then destroyed various princes, founded the Ming Dynasty in Nanjing, began the Northern Expedition, drove the army into Dadu, and drove out the last emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, Tumu Timur, to unify the world. Zhu Yuanzhang, who struggled from the bottom, was somewhat persecuted and delusional that the people wanted to harm him. After he set the capital nanjing, he went on a killing spree. Kill the founding fathers one by one and liquidate them cleanly. Then Old Zhu made a more puzzling move, his crown prince Zhu Biao died young, but Zhu Yuanzhang did not choose another capable son as crown prince, but chose a grandson, Zhu Biao's son Zhu Yunjiao as a grandson, it is said that Zhu Yunjiao has a gentle personality. Let the grandfather who has killed all his life find a benevolent prince who paves the way for his grandson. He sent all his sons to the frontier to become the king of the domain, thinking that he would be able to keep his grandson's position.
As a result, after the death of Old Zhu, Xiao Zhu, a little emperor who grew up in the deep palace. Without any political wisdom, he had to learn from his grandfather's strength, and as soon as he came to power, he began to destroy the domain. Many of his uncles' fiefdoms were removed, and some were arrested. Began to liquidate one by one, and then stabbed the honeycomb. Zhu Di, the fourth emperor's uncle, the King of Yan, was forced to rebel, triggering the Battle of Jingnan, which lasted for three years, and the course of the war went through several ups and downs. In the end, Zhu Di, the King of Yan, occupied Yingtianfu in Nanjing, and Zhu Yunjiao set a fire in the palace, and both Queen Ma and the crown prince were burned to death, but Zhu Yunjiao's own whereabouts are unknown. After that, Zhu Di became a generation of brilliant and brilliant Ming Chengzu.
Later generations generally referred to Zhu Yunjiao as Emperor Jianwen. Jianwen was Zhu Yunjiao's era name, not Ming Mouzong. That was because the emperor who was overthrown in the civil war, and the subsequent Ming emperor, were all in the blood of his uncle Zhu Di, and of course he did not recognize Zhu Yunjiao's legitimacy. Therefore, he did not have the title of emperor, and the Ming Dynasty generally called him Jianwen Jun, and after the Ming Dynasty, he was called Jianwen Emperor. He was the emperor of the Ming Dynasty until 1644, when the Jiashen Rebellion broke through Beijing and the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the Southern Ming Court established in Nanjing. In order to unite all the forces that can be united, only to posthumously recognize Zhu Yunwen as Ming Huizong is the last word. The life and death of Emperor Jianwen is one of the most bizarre mysteries in Chinese history, and has been debated for hundreds of years. There are two theories about the fate of Emperor Jianwen, the first is simply burned, and the second is to escape. French star Scar Man Ribery's recognition of relatives across the ocean has made new progress in this unsolved case. Today we are going to be a historical detective to solve this case and try to solve this strange case.
Before solving the case, we first prepared the tools, that is, all kinds of history books, the first to play was the official revision history of the Ming Dynasty, "Ming Taizong Records". Ming Taizong here is actually Zhu Di, and the temple name after his death is Taizong, the 11th emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and zhu Houcong only promoted Zhu Di from Taizong to Chengzu during his reign. According to the history book "Records of Emperor Taizong of Ming", when Zhu Di entered the Nanjing Imperial Palace, he personally saw Emperor Jianwen's palace on fire, and it was too late to send someone to fight the fire. After extinguishing the fire, the body of Emperor Jianwen was found, and then buried him with the etiquette of the Son of Heaven, and Akihito Zhu Gaozi was also the eldest son of Zhu Di, and then to his father's mausoleum, Changling, when writing the inscription, also quoted the same saying. It is said that after Emperor Jianwen died, Zhu Di buried him with the etiquette of the Son of Heaven.
These records are very firm in saying that Emperor Jianwen died, but this is necessary for Zhu Di's side. Whether Emperor Jianwen is dead or not, propaganda must say that he is dead, only he is dead. Zhu Di's ascension to the throne is justified, but even if they are all zhengshi, there are different theories on the question of whether Emperor Jianwen was burned to death. In the "Ming Shi · HuiDi Ji", on the preface does not match the afterword, the front said that Emperor Jianwen ran, and then said that in the ashes, the bodies of Emperor Jianwen and Queen Ma were found, and then added a sentence saying, I heard that Emperor Jianwen may still run from the tunnel, which means that he did not say anything, completely irresponsible. "Ming Shi · Hui Di Ji" wrote so upside down, it can be said that it is extremely abnormal. The matter of revising history has been a major event in all dynasties and dynasties, and the people who presided over the revision of history were either great talents or outstanding politicians.
"History of Ming" was written by a famous minister of the Qing Dynasty, zhang Tingyu, such a university scholar, of course, could not speak so upside down. The only explanation for this logical confusion is that the author is not sure about this matter, so he lists several theories. Also in another biography in the Ming Dynasty, "Yao Guangxiao Biography" is another theory, saying that the eunuch searched many times in the ashes of the fire. Only the remains of Queen Ma and Crown Prince Zhu Wenkui were found, and many people at that time believed that Emperor Jianwen had cut his hair and fled as a monk. Then this record is not credible, and we can see some clues from Zhu Di's subsequent behavior. Soon after Zhu Di ascended to the throne, he promulgated a "Monk's DaoDuShu" to monasteries and Taoist temples throughout the country. Reorganizing the roster of all the monks and Taoists was equivalent to conducting a nationwide census of monks, and then sending officials to Hu Zhi on the pretext of searching for Zhang Sanfeng.
After 16 years of traveling across the country to find out the whereabouts of Emperor Jianwen, Zhu Di heard rumors that Emperor Jianwen might have gone overseas. So he sent his close associate Zheng He seven times to the West to inform the overseas countries that the Central Plains had changed the emperor, and at the same time searched for the whereabouts of Emperor Jianwen, and also showed military prestige with him, so that small overseas countries did not dare to harbor Emperor Jianwen. These are recorded in the "Shi Kui Shu Hu Li Biography" written by the historian of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, Zhang Dai. What does this mean? It shows that the theory that Emperor Jianwen was burned to death was very suspicious from day 1, otherwise Zhu Di would not have had to stir up the masses so much, and the toss and turn in the sea and abroad would have been very doubtful.
In fact, it is understandable that it is a political necessity to claim that the Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen is dead, and the secret search is to prevent him from making a comeback and eradicating the troubles. This is all recorded in the canonical history, and it can be seen that the choice of one and the choice of two are half of each. In the notes of the Ming Dynasty literati and the miscellaneous talks of wild history, everyone is more open-minded and one-sidedly supports the idea of fleeing. There is a book called "Zhishenglu", the author is called Shi Zhongbin, it is said that he was one of the entourage of Emperor Jianwen who fled at that time, the book is painted in colorful writing, Emperor Jianwen learned that after the nanjing city gate was lost, he was ready to commit suicide, and his cronies quickly hugged him, saying that Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of Taizu left a trick to open and see in the time of great trouble.
Then you must not be busy dying, let's first see what big tricks Emperor Taizu left for us, so everyone quickly opened it, and there were robes, there was a certificate of renunciation, which was called Du Mu at that time, and a road map for escape. So the gang became monks, and a total of 22 people followed Emperor Jianwen to Yunnan, hiding in Tibet for many years, until Zhu Di died, and then they put their minds at ease. This sounds very novelistic, the story is twisted and bizarre, so the book sells well. Some historians dismiss the book as a forgery, but others consider it true. There is no convincing evidence for either the history of the canon or the history of the wild that we have mentioned above, so the mystery of Emperor Jianwen is not really solved.
The really favorable evidence comes from the following book, "Records of the Myōjin Sect", which is not only reliable as an archive, but also quite authoritative and credible by the whistleblower. The book writes such a story, in the second year of the Ming Dynasty, on October 17, 1574 AD, the Wanli Emperor talked about Emperor Jianwen with the cabinet scholars at the Wenhua Hall, and the young emperor could not hold back his curiosity and asked a question that he wanted to ask for a long time, that is, he heard that Emperor Jianwen did run, is it true? Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant cabinet scholar at the time, replied to the emperor that the state's history books did not write about this matter, but people from the previous dynasty said that Emperor Jianwen did run away from the small road at that time.
34 years later, an old man went to the official palace in Yunnan to turn himself in, saying that he wanted the bones to return to the old garden, that is, the fallen leaves to the roots. As a result, it was Found Out that it was Emperor Jianwen, and Emperor Mingyingzong really took him to the palace at that time and let the old man raise him for a long time. Who is Zhang Juzheng? He was equivalent to the prime minister at that time, and he was also the emperor's teacher, bent on cultivating the Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun into a generation of saints. He was extremely fangzheng and stern in front of the emperor, it was extremely impossible to add oil and vinegar to tell gossip stories, it can be determined that he agreed with this news, will tell the little emperor to listen, and Zhang Juzheng has always been in a high position, it is entirely possible to know the top secrets in the imperial court. That's why we say that the credibility of this story is extremely high, it comes from the official court archives, and the whistleblower is zhang Juzheng's authority, and it can be inferred that Emperor Jianwen did indeed escape after the Battle of Jingnan.
So let's go back to the beginning of today's story, mentioning the French star Ribery. Is it possible that the Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunjue ran to France and started a foreign love affair with Ribery's great-great-great-grandmother, so that Ribery would have the opportunity to come to life hundreds of years later. This is another story that can mobilize the imagination, and the possibilities are there. Zhu Yunxiong's most likely escape route is to go all the way south, because the north is the area controlled by his uncle Zhu Di, and only in provinces further south than Nanjing, Zhu Di has no time to fully control it, and he has a chance to escape. This is also the reason why there are rumors of Zhu Wendi in Yunnan, which is both logical and in line with the situation at that time.
Going to Yunnan and hiding in Southeast Asia is the most reasonable escape route for Xiao Zhu. In the early Ming Dynasty, at the beginning of the 15th century, Europeans had not yet come to the Philippines and Malacca, and the foreign merchants who were active in the area from the Indian Ocean to the South China Sea at that time were Muslims, so we have to break a misunderstanding here, don't mention French descendants, you think of European girls. Zhu Yunwen's exotic love object is most unlikely to be a blonde European girl, but more likely to be a Muslim beauty. Xiao Zhu did not need to cross the ocean to france as far away, he only needed to go to the Persian Gulf as far as possible. That is, the limit of Zheng He's voyage to the West later. Here he met his exotic lover, had a vigorous romance, and later broke up with tears. Xiao Zhu returned to China, and the lover and the crystallization of their love came to France, which can have today's star Ribery.
Well, to sum up, the story of The Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen, combined with many popular factors, was overthrown by his ambitious uncle as a young emperor, whose life and death were unknown, fled from a foreign country, and even developed a foreign love affair. Then his disappearance is the most popular disappearance case in Chinese history, it is not difficult to understand, and today's story is shared here.