On June 24, 1398, Ming Hongwu's thirty-first leap year reached the tenth day of the first month of May. The founder of the Ming Dynasty, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, died.
Throughout the dynasties, the imperial family has maintained a serious and solemn attitude towards the burial of the emperor. The funeral of the supreme ruler of the country is related to the image of the country and the fate of the country.
Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang
Logically, after Zhu Yuanzhang's death, he should first notify the kings of the clans scattered throughout the country, that is, his sons, to come to the capital to mourn. Then choose a zodiac auspicious day and plunge into the scenery of the imperial tomb for burial.
However, the funeral of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, was very sloppy. Only seven days after his death, his grandson Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunjiao hastily buried him in the Ming Tomb in present-day Nanjing.
A founding prince of the tangtang was buried a few days after his death, and he was not even divided into sons in other places. Rush back to meet his last chance. Therefore, Zhu Di, the King of Yan at that time, was very annoyed by this. According to the history books, when king Yan was about to enter the forest, Huai'an thought that his father was mourning and wanted to ask Zhu Yunjiao for explanations. This incident also became one of the reasons why Zhu Di later rebelled and launched the Battle of Jingnan.
Why did Zhu Yunjiao risk the world's great disobedience and quickly bury Zhu Yuanzhang?
One theory is that this is Zhu Yuanzhang's own will. Worried that his grandson Zhu Yunjiao was too young and the foundation of the throne was unstable, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to quickly succeed emperor Jianwen and bury him quickly. Do not give the other princes time to go to the capital to mourn, and prevent those sons who are looking at the tiger from competing with their own grandsons for the throne, so as to ensure a smooth handover of the throne. infallible.
Some historical sources also have relevant records of this statement. He was buried on the same day and received the will of the High Emperor, and was being buried at a speedy pace.
In addition, in Zhu Yuanzhang's last will and testament before his death, there were also material shocks among the neighbors of the kings. I hope that after I die, my sons will stay in my fiefdom and not come to Kyoshi
。 It can be seen that he did have such considerations before he was born.
The later historical trend also proves that Zhu Yunjiao's uncles are indeed not fuel-saving lamps. Only four years later, Zhu Yuanzhang's fourth son, Zhu Di the Prince of Yan. He rebelled in the name of the Qing emperor and successfully defeated Emperor Jianwen's army and became emperor himself.
Another way of saying it is. When Zhu Yuanzhang died, the climate was hot, and the body was not easy to preserve and was easy to decay. Emperor Jianwen took this into account and decided to bury it quickly. Zhu Yuanzhang.
Moreover, the place where Zhu Yuanzhang was buried was actually foggy.
The scene on the day of Zhu Yuanzhang's burial is recorded in the history books. Zhu Guozhen's Imperial Ming Dynasty Chronicle said. On the day of Zhu Yuanzhang's burial, the burial team set off from the 13 city gates of Nanjing at the same time to the funeral.
In the folk, wealthy families will use this method to hide the burial places of their ancestors and prevent tomb robbery.
However, before Zhu Yuanzhang's death, he had already chosen his own territory. As early as the fourteenth year of Hongwu, it began to be built, and the construction was indestructible. For more than six hundred years after his construction, people coveted his treasures. But no one has been able to successfully dig and steal.
If this is the case, then when Zhu Yuanzhang was buried, why did he use this ecstasy array? This is truly puzzling.