Speaking of Ming Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, he can be described as an "Internet celebrity emperor" in the contemporary history readership. Many netizens also gave the emperor another name: Daming God of War, called the Son of Heaven. and a new temple name: Mingbao Zong. After all, there were two famous events during the reign of Ming Yingzong: the first was the Tumubao Incident, which caused Ming Yingzong to become a prisoner of the Warat people, and at the same time, a large number of troops in the Ming Dynasty were also wiped out by the Warat people, which led to a serious national defense crisis in the Ming Dynasty.
The second is the Nangong Restoration Incident. At that time, Ming Yingzong took advantage of Emperor Jingtai's illness to overthrow Emperor Jingtai and announce his return to the throne.
In Chinese history, examples of emperor restorations are not uncommon: Li Xian and Li Dan of the Tang Dynasty and Gaozong of the Song Dynasty all had the experience of restoration. Therefore, for Ming Yingzong, the restoration is not unprecedented. The unprecedented experience of Ming Yingzong actually refers to the fact that after being captured by the Hu people, he can return to his homeland.
In Chinese history, there have been several emperors who were captured by the Hu people. And most of these emperors had a bleak end.
For example, Emperor Huai of Jin and Emperor Chu of Jin in the Western Jin Dynasty were captured by the Huns. After the Huns captured the two sons of heaven of the Western Jin Dynasty, they brutally killed these two sons of heaven of the Western Jin Dynasty. And after the Warat people captured Ming Yingzong, they at least treated Ming Yingzong well, making Ming Yingzong feel at home.
For example, the Emperor of the Later Jin Dynasty (the name of Jin is unlucky enough) fought with the Khitan, which led to the capture of the Emperor of Jin by the Khitans. Later, the Khitan court ordered Emperor Jin to live a self-sufficient life. It can be said that he ignores the life of Emperor Jin, but it is a pity that Emperor Jin has to rely on himself to farm in his later years, and the evening scene is bleak. And the Warat people didn't let Ming Yingzong go out to graze. After all, in the eyes of the Warat people, Ming Yingzong is a good friend of the Warat people.
In addition, there are the two emperors of Huiqin in the Northern Song Dynasty. Although the literature of the Central Plains believes that the Second Emperor Huiqin is more miserable, modern scholars believe that the Second Emperor Huiqin can continue to add Ding in the Jin Dynasty. From this point of view, if hunger and cold are forced to make a living, it is estimated that the second emperor of Huiqin will not have the conditions to add Ding. So from this point of view alone, the two emperors of Huiqin in the Northern Song Dynasty are much stronger than the previous two emperors of the Western Jin Dynasty and the two emperors of the Jin Dynasty.
Of course, Ming Yingzong was in Wara, and he also actively married Ming Yingzong first.
However, before Ming Yingzong, there was no precedent for the emperors who were captured by the Hu people to return to their homeland while alive, let alone return to China to restore themselves as emperors. Therefore, after Ming Yingzong was captured by the Warat people, the eunuchs around Ming Yingzong probably also knew the precedents of these captured emperors, and felt that Ming Yingzong was useless in this life, so he took refuge in the Warat people and kept making Ming Yingzong bad.
Although Ming Yingzong led the troops to fight at a low level, he was scheming when he played palace fighting. Therefore, for the bullying of the eunuch Xining, who was very trusted in the past, Ming Yingzong also had an idea. Ming Yingzong coaxed the leader of the Warat people, saying that if he wanted to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty (Jingtai court) and reap benefits, he had to send this eunuch to deliver the letter. Later, Ming Yingzong designed to pass on Xining's actions in Wara back to the Ming Dynasty. As a result, Xining was soon seized by the Ming Dynasty and executed. It's a pity that Xining lost his life because of his misjudgment. However, if you only talk about taking history as a mirror, Xining's judgment logic seems to be okay on the surface.
Then the question arises: why did Ming Yingzong become a special case?
Personally, I think:
First, the situation in the Ming Dynasty at that time was not comparable to the Yongjia Rebellion and the Jingkang Rebellion, when there was a serious internal crisis of rule in the Western Jin Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty. But this was not the case in the Ming Dynasty: after the capture of Ming Yingzong, the Jingtai court was able to take over the military and political affairs of the Ming Dynasty in a timely manner, and then integrate forces to resist the invasion of the Warat army in terms of armament. Therefore, the Warat army did not take advantage of any military conflict. And the armed strength of the Ming Dynasty ensured that the Ming Dynasty could deal with Warat at the same time, but also guaranteed the life of Ming Yingzong in Warat: after all, the Ming Dynasty is still there, and the greater the value of Ming Yingzong.
Second, of course, according to Emperor Jingtai's thoughts, he may not really hope that Ming Yingzong can really return to the Ming Dynasty. However, the legal basis for Emperor Jingtai to ascend the throne actually has some meaning of guarding the country for Ming Yingzong's father and son, and he has just ascended the throne, and people's hearts are unstable, so under the pressure of the ministers, he had to decide to welcome Ming Yingzong back to the Ming Dynasty. Of course, whether Ming Yingzong can return to the Ming Dynasty or not, relying on the wishful thinking of the Ming Dynasty alone is not enough, it depends on the situation in Wara. And Wara's family first felt that it was not interesting to stay in Wara, so they went along with the favor, so they let Ming Yingzong go.
Therefore, on the whole, Ming Yingzong was able to be captured by the Hu people and return to the Ming Dynasty, which is actually a special case under special circumstances, both the support of the strength of the Ming Dynasty and personal luck.