After the establishment of a new dynasty, it is feared that the descendants left behind by the old dynasty will try their best to restore their own dynasty, and often choose to exterminate the descendants of the previous dynasty, but it is inevitable that there will be some legacy. After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the rulers of the Qing Dynasty were no exception, ordering the extermination of the Zhu family. But because this family is all over the country, it is difficult to kill them all, and many people change their names and hide.
Zhu Yuanzhang is the emperor killed by the corpse mountain and the sea of blood, to open the country with Wu, and Zhu Biao's temperament is completely different from Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao received the education of the great Confucian Song Lian from childhood, was benevolent and humble, and the grumpy and murderous Zhu Yuanzhang was simply two templates, the founding prince of the country naturally had to be strong and brave in fighting the world, and the successor king to guard the world naturally had to be benevolent.
However, it is a pity that Zhu Biao died at the age of 37, according to the reason, Zhu Biao's eldest son should be appointed as the crown prince, but Zhu Biao's eldest son also died early, and Emperor Hongwu appointed Zhu Biao's second son Zhu Yunjiao as emperor, Zhu Yunjiao and Zhu Biao were really carved out of a mold, Wen Weak Rende, succeeded to the throne as emperor in 1398, the era name Jianwen. Emperor Jianwen was the second emperor of the Ming Dynasty, with ambition, imitating the Han Jing Emperor to cut the domain, which annoyed Zhu Di, the king of Yan, Zhu Biao was the eldest brother, the eldest brother was on the throne, the eldest brother was dead, what was he Zhu Yunjiao? Zhu Di has ambitions, Zhu Yunjiao wants to cut the domain, and the two are in the same water and fire, and there is no room for hair.
In 1399, Zhu Di used the excuse of wanting to qing junfang, and thus began the three-year-long Battle of Jingnan, although the Jianwen imperial court had a large number of soldiers, it was unfortunately not as good as Zhu Di's elite soldiers, and Zhu Yunjiao did not dare to bear the notoriety of uncle, Zhu Di was successful, in 1402, he attacked Nanjing, the palace caught fire, and several charred corpses were found in the ashes, and later the eunuch said that this was the body of Emperor Jianwen, the empress and the emperor's eldest son Zhu Wenkui, but the face was vague and could not confirm the true or false.
During the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Northern Song Dynasty, Guangxi Nong Zhigao rebelled, Di Qing asked for orders to go on a campaign, the great destruction of Nong Zhigao, after the destruction of Yongzhou City, found a scorched corpse wearing a dragon robe, Di Qing reported the matter, can not confirm that this person is Nong Zhigao. The same is true of The Jiao corpse of Emperor Jianwen, the ants are still greedy, the King of Yan is iron hooves going south, even if Emperor Jianwen can't resist, he will always escape, not necessarily looking for death.
A later incident confirmed this fact, in 1440, a 90-year-old monk came to the imperial court to declare himself Emperor Jianwen, although he was exposed and executed, but it triggered people's illusions, did Emperor Jianwen die? This trend of thought intensified, because Zhu Di's act of seizing the throne was "rebellious", and Zhu Yunjiao was the orthodox emperor, especially in Confucian education, and the orthodox position was justified, so people generally believed that Emperor Jianwen was not dead.
There are probably several legends about the whereabouts of Emperor Jianwen, one saying that Zhu Yunjiao lived in seclusion at guanyin cliff in the Meijiang River, and one saying that Zhu Yunjiao became a monk at the Dongming Temple in Yuhang, and another saying that Zhu Yunjiao lived in seclusion in Sanqing Mountain, Jiangxi, in his later years, and escaped into the Daomen. These three sayings are either Buddhism or Daomen, and if Emperor Jianwen really survived and Jiangshan changed hands, I am afraid that I can only mourn religion.