Although the Ming Dynasty royal cemetery Ming Tombs seems to sleep next to each other, the stories behind them have their own characteristics.
In addition to the old emperor Zhu Yuanzhang who was buried alone in Nanjing, and the mysterious disappearance of Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen, there is also Zhu Qiyu, the emperor of Mingjing, who was an emperor but failed to enter the Ming Mausoleum, and the tombs of the other orthodox emperors are located at the foot of Tianshou Mountain in Beijing.
Next, let's analyze the layout of the Ming Tombs to reveal the inexplicable history of the Ming Dynasty Zhu family.
The Ming Ming Tombs were built in succession with Changling (Zhu Di), Xianling (Zhu Gaochi), Jingling (Zhu Zhanji), Yuling (Zhu Qizhen), Maoling (Zhu Jianshen), Tailing (Zhu Youjiao), Kangling (Zhu Houzhao), Yongling (Zhu Houxi), Zhaoling (Zhu Zaiyuan), Dingling (Zhu Yijun), Qingling (Zhu Changluo), Deling (Zhu Youxiao), Siling (Zhu Youjian).
Among them, Changling is the mausoleum of Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, and Xianling and Jingling are the left Xianling and the right Jingling next to Changling.
Although according to the convention, it should be Zuo Xianling, and then Zuo Jingling, but because Zhu Di does not like Zhu Gaochi's son, he likes Zhu Zhanji's grandson very much, so Jingling is next to Changling.
We all know that Zhu Di's throne was taken from his nephew Zhu Yunwen. Although Zhu Yuanzhang had a difficult business, his road to the emperor was not smooth.
Not only did he make a mistake when choosing the best person, but instead of choosing a meritocrat, he chose a grandson Zhu Yunwen who grew up in the palace.
After Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne, he didn't know anything about political affairs, thinking that his teacher Huang Zicheng was his backbone, but he forgot the fact that he was still a minor.
As a result, he was eager to abolish the five kings, which angered Zhu Di, and eventually led to the result of "stealing chickens does not lead to a countervail".
And Zhu Di because of his weak heart or ambition, changed Beijing as the capital, although the border areas have mixed views on the relocation of the capital, but at least it is much more courageous than during the reign of King Ping of Zhou.
Nanjing, the ancient capital, is known as the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties because of its "dragon energy", in fact, it is mainly because Nanjing guards the natural danger of the Yangtze River, so it has become an ideal place to build the capital.
Although Zhu Di hated Zhu Yuanzhang's partiality, he himself "spoiled" his grandson, although he once considered changing the crown prince because he didn't like Zhu Gaochi.
Although Zhu Gaochi did not have as many merits as his two younger brothers, he stayed in the rear very well and was deeply supported by the ministers.
He was able to ascend the throne thanks to his son Zhu Zhanji, who had a heroic style when he was young and was deeply loved by Zhu Di.
When Zhu Di was uncertain, Xie Jin said three words "good holy grandson", and Zhu Gaochi became the crown prince, and later ascended the throne, that is, Mingrenzong.
However, after a year in power, Akihito died because he ate too fat. After Ming Renzong's eldest son, Zhu Zhanji, succeeded to the throne, his only war was the rebellion of his uncle Zhu Gaoxu.
After Zhu Gaochu was arrested, Zhu Zhanji first detained him in a large vat, and then burned the vaat with charcoal to bake Zhu Gaochu into ashes, and the method was extremely cruel.
During Zhu Zhanji's reign, he also died at the age of 38 due to excessive lust, and the throne passed to his son Zhu Qizhen.
Although it is understandable that Zhu Qizhen was next to his grandfather Zhu Di after his death, he himself did not leave anything in the end.
Qingling between Yuling and Xianling is a "chaotic" existence, originally Yuling should be closer, so why is it so far away? This has to start with the absurdity of Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen.
When Zhu Qizhen was young, there was a favored eunuch named Wang Zhen, in order to "return to his hometown", he not only asked Zhu Qizhen to go to fight the Mongolian Warat, but also transferred the army without authorization, resulting in Zhu Qizhen being captured, which was the famous "Civil Fort" change in history.
After Zhu Qizhen was captured, Ming Yingzong was deposed and succeeded by Zhu Qizhen's younger brother Zhu Qiyu, which was Ming Jingzong.
Although Zhu Qizhen was named "Emperor Taishang", his heart has always been hanging, not only put Zhu Qizhen under house arrest, but also changed the position of the crown prince from Zhu Qizhen's son to his own son.
In the end, Zhu Qizhen was restored in the "Change of Seizing the Gate", and Zhu Qiyu of Mingjingzong was "deposed" as the king of Yu, and soon died of "illness". After his death, he could not be buried with imperial rites, let alone "live" in the imperial mausoleum.
Zhu Qizhen probably felt that he was ashamed of his ancestors for being captured, so he built Yuling in a position a little farther away from them.
The eighth emperor Ming Xianzong Zhu Jianshen's Maoling due to the experience of his father Zhu Qizhen, his childhood was very unpeaceful, and he was first pulled down from the position of the crown prince, and then dragged up, which may be the reason why he likes Wan Guifei, who is 17 years older than himself and can be his mother, is extremely insecure and heavy-mouthed!
This ten thousand noble concubines and palace maids were born, they have a lot of hearts, and they are extremely extravagant, and the most important thing is that she held the emperor Zhu Jianshen, who was seventeen years younger than herself, in the palm of her hand, and her jealousy swelled, and when she saw a pregnant concubine, she mutilated her, almost causing Zhu Jianshen to have no children.
Fortunately, a palace maid quietly gave birth to a child Zhu Youjiao, although Wan Guifei also poisoned the child to get rid of it, but I didn't expect the child to be very clever and escaped.
Wan Guifei came out of the moth again, thinking about it first, but I didn't expect this child not to eat her set, and in the end Wan Guifei was equivalent to being depressed to death, the strange thing is that the "affectionate" Zhu Jianshen couldn't suffer a blow, and went to find Wan Guifei half a year later.
After the death of Zhu Jianshen of Ming Xianzong, he was next to his father Zhu Qizhen's Yuling in turn. His son Zhu Youzhu succeeded to the throne as Ming Xiaozong.
The ninth emperor Ming Xiaozong Zhu Youzhang's Tailing, this Ming Xiaozong, may have survived because he was cautious since he was a child, and because of the protection of the palace maids and eunuchs, so he is one of the few virtuous and virtuous monarchs in the Ming Dynasty, and he only married one queen in his life, and both of them are pure and good lords, but unfortunately his life is short, and he died of illness at the age of 36.
left only one son, Zhu Houzhao, to ascend the throne.
The tenth emperor Ming Wuzong Zhu Houzhao and the eleventh emperor Ming Shizong Zhu Houxi, they have a lot of black material in history.
Although they were supposed to have their mausoleums next to each other, their mausoleums were far apart because Ming Shizong Zhu Houxi hated his cousin Zhu Houzhao very much.
Zhu Houzhao was one of the most popular emperors of the Ming Dynasty, and despite his absurdity, he always made people laugh.
He was not only the first emperor in history to climb the wall and escape, but also the first emperor who only wanted to be a general and did not want to be an emperor.
There are a lot of absurd things about him, such as when King Ning rebelled, the ministers were very worried, but he was very excited and led the team to quell the chaos, only to find that the "chaos" had been quelled by Wang Yangming.
He forbade the common people to eat pork, but he hid in the palace and ate a lot of food, and was bumped into by the minister, so he had to cancel the ban. But he eats with ordinary soldiers, which is confusing.
The saddest thing in Tang Bohu's life may be that he met such an unreliable emperor that he failed to enter the government in his life. In the end, Zhu Houzhao capsized while rowing, fell ill in the water, and finally died of coughing up blood.
Since he had no sons, the throne passed to his cousin Zhu Houxi. Let's talk about Zhu Houxi, he got into a relationship with the ministers before he entered the palace.
His dynasty is the most tense relationship between the monarch and the minister, Zhu Houxi in the early stage is still very promising, and in the later stage, he threw the government to traitorous ministers and eunuchs, and he pursued Taoism and immortal cultivation, and he did not go to court for more than 20 years.
This has a lot to do with the fact that the relationship between the monarch and the minister is not harmonious, and the two sides do not like each other. The wild history records that he was struck by lightning and fire the most times in this dynasty, and the most famous is that he wanted to change his biological father's tablet to the emperor, which caused the ancestors to be dissatisfied with being struck by lightning.
Zhu Houxi is also an ancient "cat slave", and he loves cats very much. The position he chose for himself after his death is unknown, but it is a fact that he is far away from Zhu Houzhao, which may be because he dislikes Zhu Houzhao.
The scale of his mausoleum has surpassed the ancestral system and is close to Changling. Later, when Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty repaired the Ming Mausoleum, he compressed the Yongling Tomb of Zhu Houxi of Ming Shizong back into the regulation.
His Yongling is still the focus of attention today, as the missing original copy of the Yongle Canon is likely to be buried in Yongling.
The Zhaoling Tomb established by Zhu Zaiyuan is far away from the Yongling Tomb of his father Ming Shizong, and it seems to be aggrieved; Zhu Yijun, as the Wanli Emperor, was excavated by archaeology, and the remains were dragged out of the coffin, which seemed ill-fated.
In February, Zhu Changluo, as the crown prince, almost lost his life in the "red pill", and was buried in the Qingling Mausoleum after his death, and the location was more conspicuous; Zhu Youxiao was obsessed with carpenter's work, and was illiterate, unable to read a few big characters, and finally died of "taking medicine" and was buried in Deling, in a relatively lonely location; Zhu Youzhen, as the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, is a lonely mausoleum, far from the Ming Mausoleum on the other side of the river, and many people cry out for him.