In 1398, Zhu Yunjiao succeeded to the throne as emperor, becoming the second emperor of the Zhu family to officially take up his post. But his ass was not yet hot, and his uncle Zhu Di rebelled in 1399, starting from present-day Beijing and approaching the capital at present-day Nanjing.
Along the way, Zhu Di's army was invincible, and Zhu Yunjiao's Wang Shi was gradually defeated. In 1402, the city of Nanjing fell, the palace was on fire, and Zhu Yunjiao did not know the end. Soon Zhu Di took the throne as emperor at the Fengtian Hall in Nanjing, known in history as the "Change of JingNan".
Throughout the Jing Dynasty, most history buffs lamented the success of Zhu Di's rebellion, which took only four years to pull the emperor off his horse. More is the suspicion of whether Zhu Yunjiao is dead or not. Zhu Di, as a party concerned, claimed to have died of self-immolation, but many folk legends say that Zhu Yunjiao died in the tunnel, fell into the hair as a monk, and the dragon traveled the world.
In ancient times, "no queen is greater", Zhu Yunjiao died or not, has always been the most important hot topic for history lovers to discuss the Ming Dynasty. However, everyone often ignores the question, did Emperor Jianwen leave a bloodline in the end?
The answer may come as many people expect. According to ancient customs, rebels often kill the object of their rebellion to ensure that no one will take revenge, so the Jianwen Emperor will disappear forever.
However, on the contrary, from the memorandum notes of Li Xian, the first assistant of the Ming Cabinet, "Tianshun Rilu" and the Ming Dynasty official revision history book "Ming Shilu", it can be seen that the rebel Zhu Di did not kill his nephew and "waited" for good food and drink.
When Zhu Di entered the city of Nanjing, the Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunjiao and his son Zhu Wenkui did not know the end, but Zhu Yunjiao's bloodline did not all disappear, and Zhu Wenkui's younger brother Zhu Wengui was still alive. When the soldiers burned into the palace wall, he was only 2 years old, and Zhu Wengui, who was still in his infancy, luckily escaped the disaster.
Perhaps with a hint of shame, or out of guilt for his nephew Zhu Yunjiao, when Zhu Wengui was given to Zhu Di by soldiers, Zhu Di revealed his "tenderness" as an elder and put down the butcher knife in his hand.
After surviving Under Zhu Di's sword, Zhu Wengui was soon sent out of the political center of Nanjing and imprisoned in the Guang'an Palace in Zhongdu (Fengyang), the birthplace of the Zhu family. And this level is decades (Zhu Wengui became an adult name Jianshuren). Even though Zhu Wengui was served with good food and drink, he was not allowed to have any contact with the outside world.
"Tianshun Rilu": At the beginning of Tianshun, the Ying Temple also pitied the innocence of JianwenZi Shuren, released his prisoners and listened to his marriage, and came and went freely.
Tianshun is the era name of Emperor Mingyingzong, the emperor who was imprisoned by the Mongols successively because of the change of Tumu Fort, and the emperor Zhu Qiyu was imprisoned for many years, probably because after personally experiencing the suffering of being imprisoned, he had compassion for Zhu Wengui, who had been in custody. After the formal restoration, he immediately ordered Zhu Wengui's release, allowing him to marry at will and no longer restrict entry and exit.
"Tianshun Rilu": The fifty-sixth and seventh years of the Shi shuren... When the Shu people entered the ban, Fang was two years old, and he did not know the cattle and horses when he came out.
When he was just released, Zhu Wengui was completely blinded to the outside world, and even the daily things in the people's homes, cattle and horses, Zhu Wengui could not recognize them for a while.
At the same time, after Zhu Wengui was officially "released from prison", although he did not have a high title, he and his descendants also received "due" treatment as a royal family. No work, no problem with eating every month.
"Ming Shilu": Every month, the commander of the order and eat 25 stones of rice, 30 catties of firewood, and 300 catties of charcoal.
During the ming xianzong period, Zhu Wengui's descendants lacked clothes at home, and after Ming Xianzong knew about it, he also ordered the Ministry of Works to provide it. Even in the period of Emperor Xiaozong of Ming, there were voices asking for Zhu Wengui's descendants to be crowned kings.
Zhu Yunjiao's bloodline, except for Zhu Wengui, who was constantly monitored by Beijing. At present, there is still a saying of "Jean". According to the "Genealogy of the Jean Family", Zhu Yunjiao did not set himself on fire that year, he escaped from makeup and multiplied for generations.
Zhu Yunjiao, who escaped, did not know whether to remember the lesson or to remember the revenge, changed his name to Rang Luan, and abdicated with the words "Let" and "Luan".
In the "Family Tree of the Rang Family", Jean Luan traveled in all directions in his early years, and settled in Hubei in his later years. Therefore, at present, the "Rang" surname people in Hubei claim to be Zhu Yunjiao's bloodline.
However, although the "Rang" surname is very positive to say that they are zhu Yunjiao's descendants, only one "family tree" as evidence, too "lonely evidence". Therefore, at present, historians still only recognize Zhu Wengui as a verifiable descendant of Zhu Yunjiao, emphasizing that other claims are a possibility, but they have not yet been fully demonstrated.