According to incomplete statistics, there are thousands of imperial tombs in the Ming Tombs, but there are only a handful of existing imperial tombs, among which the Ming Tombs in Beijing are the most completely preserved and have the largest area. Who was buried in the Ming Tombs?
Who was buried in the Ming Tombs 1 Thirteen emperors were buried in the Ming Tombs: Ming Chengzu, Ming Renzong, Ming Xuanzong, Ming Yingzong, Ming Xianzong, Ming Xiaozong, Ming Wuzong, Ming Shizong, Ming Muzong, Ming Shenzong, Ming Guangzong, Ming Xizong and Ming Zongyi.
The Ming Tombs are the tombs of the Ming emperors in China, located at Tianshou Mountain at the foot of Yanshan Mountain in Changping District, northwest suburb of Beijing. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it has spread from Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, to Zhu Youjian, the emperor of Chongzhen, and * * * to 16 emperors.
From May of the seventh year of Yongle (1409), Changling started fighting here, and the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen, was buried in Siling. In the past 230 years, 13 grand tombs of emperors, 7 tombs of concubines and 1 tombs of eunuchs have been built successively, and 13 emperors, 23 empresses, 2 princes and more than 30 concubines were buried in * * *.
General situation of Ming tombs
Since the establishment of Zhu Yuanzhang in the Ming Dynasty, there have been 15 emperors. However, Zhu Yuanzhang was buried in Nanjing instead of Beijing after his death. The Xiaoling Mausoleum, which Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Huanghou buried together, is one of the most well-preserved tombs of ancient emperors so far.
From the Ming Dynasty, it experienced the Manchu Dynasty and the chaotic Republic of China. Today, the 600-year-old Xiaoling Mausoleum is still well preserved, and there is still no grave robbery, which is enough to say that ming tomb's geographical location and position in people's minds are still relatively important.
Zhu Yuanzhang himself made Zhu Biao, the eldest son, a prince. Unfortunately, Zhu Biao died of illness, so Zhu Yuanzhang made Zhu Yunwen, the eldest son of Zhu Biao, a prince in order to maintain the power situation that had already formed. After Zhu Yuanzhang's preparation, Zhu Yunwen finally succeeded in proclaiming himself emperor after Zhu Yuanzhang's death. It's a pity that Zhu Yunwen listened to the advice of Huang Zicheng and others, and made great efforts to cut down, which completely aroused the dissatisfaction of the vassal states. Judy rose up in despair and launched the battle of Jingnan. With her own strength and luck, Judy won the battle of Jingnan, while Zhu Yunwen is winning a battle.
After Judy ascended the throne, she moved the capital of the Ming Dynasty from Nanjing to Beijing. Since then, the Forbidden City has appeared. In the hundreds of years of Ming and Qing dynasties, Beijing has always been the capital and has never changed. That is, during Judy's reign as emperor, he began to look for a treasure trove of geomantic omen as the imperial tomb. After careful searching, Tianshou Mountain, a treasure trove of geomantic omen, was finally found, so Judy was finally buried here, and all emperors after Judy were buried in Tianshou Mountain.
The Ming Tombs covered an area of 120 square kilometers and buried 13 emperors, including the fat emperor Zhu Gaochi, Judy's "good grandson" Zhu Zhanji, and the emperor Zhu Qizhen captured by Valla.
It is worth mentioning that after Zhu Qizhen was captured by Vala, his younger brother Zhu Qiyu became emperor for several years. According to such a real situation, there should be 16 emperors in the Ming Dynasty. However, because Zhu Qizhen later proclaimed himself emperor again by seizing the door, Zhu Qizhen cancelled the title of emperor of Zhu Qiyu and buried him according to the standard of prince, so Zhu Qiyu was not among the Ming Tombs.
Zhu Qizhen was buried after the Ming Tombs, followed by his son Zhu Jianshen and then Zhu Shitang. As Zhu Shitang has only one son, Zhu Shitang can only pass the throne to Zhu Houzhao, which is the root cause of Zhu Houzhao's naughty. He was spoiled from childhood and grew up without any constraints. Anyone will lose himself.
Zhu Houzhao eventually died of illness and died without a son. Under the planning of Yang Tinghe and Zhang Taihou, Zhu Houzong, the only son of Zhu Shitang's younger brother Zhu Shiyuan, was elected as the emperor according to Zhu Yuanzhang's ancestral system, and was known as Emperor Jiajing in history. Emperor Jiajing should be regarded as the last long-lived emperor in the Ming Dynasty.
After Jiajing's death, he passed the throne to his son Zhu Zaiyu. This person's sense of existence in history is not high. After all, when Jiajing was alive, Zhu Zaiyu was bullied by Yan Shifan, the son of Yan Song, who was recorded by the Cabinet. Thanks to Liu Bing's mediation, his safety was guaranteed. As a result, after Zhu Zaiyu ascended the throne, the first thing to do was to clean up Yan Song, and then involve the dead Liu Bing and confiscate it.
The ability of the four emperors in the late Ming Dynasty was relatively average. From the well-known Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun, the signs of the demise of the Ming Dynasty are very obvious. After the Wanli emperor did not go to court for decades, the Ming Dynasty was even more chaotic. When his son Zhu Changluo ascended the throne, the Ming Dynasty was in chaos.
However, Zhu Changluo was not a talented person. He died in a hurry without reversing the situation in the Ming Dynasty. After his death, Zhu Youxiao succeeded to the throne and became the emperor, known as the Apocalypse Emperor. When he proclaimed himself emperor in Zhu Youxiao, the Ming Dynasty was already beset by internal and external difficulties. Lindong Party and Yen Party competed for profits with each other, regardless of national interests, and external Nurhachi and others were eyeing up. It can be said that the situation at that time in the Ming Dynasty was quite dangerous.
As a result, Zhu Youxiao was addicted to carpentry, and had no intention to deal with state affairs, and handed over power to Wei Zhongxian. After his death, he had no choice but to pass the throne to his brother Zhu Youjian. Emperor Chongzhen is a man with determination to turn the tide. He was very diligent after he ascended the throne, and soon killed Wei Zhongxian and others, trying to rectify the situation in the Ming Dynasty by centralizing imperial power.
However, Emperor Chongzhen was average in ability and headstrong. He just killed all the ministers who were slightly capable in the late Ming Dynasty. After Li Zicheng went to Beijing, everyone on Lin Dong's side fled, leaving only a eunuch beside Chongzhen.
Faced with the desperate situation of the Ming Dynasty, Lindong was unwilling to pay a penny. When they saw Li Zicheng sharpening his knife, they immediately surrendered and offered their belongings. Liu Zongmin made statistics on the confiscation of property in Lindong party member, and found that * * * was more than 70 million yuan, such a huge sum. As long as one-tenth of that year was spent, the Ming Dynasty would not have perished so early. This is really sad and deplorable.
Who was buried in the Ming Tombs? Royal Mausoleum of Ming Dynasty in Beijing.
At the end of the yuan dynasty, disputes continued in various places. After Zhu Yuanzhang joined the rebel army, he fought in the north and had his own military strength. Later, they subdued other uprising forces one by one, eventually overthrowing the Yuan Dynasty and establishing the Ming Dynasty. Ming Emperor Mausoleum is located in Tianshou Mountain, covering thousands of kilometers, and 13 Ming emperors were buried. Construction of Yongle began in the seventh year, and Chongzhen hanged himself. Although the Ming Dynasty perished, he was also buried in it.
Thirteen emperors were buried in this imperial tomb, as well as the tombs of concubines and princes, but there were three emperors missing here. These three are Ming Taizu, His Majesty the Emperor and Ming Daizong. The reasons why they didn't enter the Ming Emperor's Mausoleum in Beijing are also different.
After Zhu Yuanzhang established political power, he also began to choose his own mausoleum. At first, he wanted to choose the mausoleum in Fengyang, Anhui Province. Even then, people were sent to build tombs. When Zhu Yuanzhang fought everywhere, he was accompanied by a group of military commanders. Many of these people are his hometown, from the west of Huaihe River.
After Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor, he also rewarded these fellow villagers, who also held great power. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang considered that if the mausoleum was built in Fengyang, his hometown, the power of Huaixi Group would be further expanded. Finally, he chose to set the mausoleum in Zhongshan, Nanjing, which was later called the Ming Mausoleum.
He didn't enter the Ming Tombs because the Ming Tombs didn't officially appear when he died, and why didn't Judy move her tomb into the Ming Tombs after she became king? On the one hand, it was the opposition of courtiers, and on the other hand, Judy was in the wrong position and took the throne from his nephew.
If you meet your father underground, you will be scolded by Zhu Yuanzhang, so Judy doesn't want to move his father's grave to Beijing.
Ming History: "The emperor was born wise, studious and filial."
Emperor Wen Jian is missing.
After Zhu Yuanzhang established the dynasty, he decided on the prince, but the prince died young. In desperation, Zhu Yuanzhang established the great-grandson of the emperor, took him with him to teach him personally, and handed over the throne to Wen Jian after his death. But before long, Judy started Jingnan and entered Nanjing. A fire broke out in the palace. According to records, Judy found his body in the fire and buried it after staying for 8 days.
However, some people say that he took advantage of the chaos to escape, then fled into the people and disappeared. Since then, it is said that he lived in Sichuan, Yunnan and other places, and disguised himself as a monk, but these are just rumors. Whether alive or dead, Wen Jian never entered the Ming Tombs. In the end, he did not enter the imperial tomb for burial. Even the title of emperor was deprived. Later, during the reign of Zhengde and Wanli, some courtiers in North Korea asked the emperor to restore the title of Jianwen Emperor, but no one agreed.
Ming Daizong was buried in the Western Hills.
The emperor is also very dramatic. He was originally the younger brother of Yingzong and did not inherit the throne. His mother was just a little handmaid, and later she met Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and gave birth to Ming Daizong. After Ming Yingzong ascended the throne, Ming Daizong Zhu Qiyu became king, and he also had his own palace. Although the first emperor had only two sons, Ming Daizong didn't want to compete for the throne at this time.
Ming Yingzong, that is, Zhu Qizhen, in 1449 AD, under the flattery of eunuchs, led troops to the Vara army by personal expedition. When he left the capital, North Korean officials came to dissuade him. Before leaving, Zhu Qizhen made his two-year-old son the Crown Prince and asked his younger brother to help guard the capital.
This time, Ming Yingzong was defeated, causing numerous casualties, and he himself was taken away by the Mongols. In the capital, the prince is only two years old, and there are Walla troops outside the capital. Some officials even fought the DPRK, hoping to move the capital and give up Beijing. At this critical moment, Zhu Qizhen's younger brother became the new emperor under the recommendation of the Queen Mother and courtiers.
After Ming Daizong ascended the throne, he also defeated the Mongols, solved the crisis of the Ming Dynasty and stabilized the state power. When Ming Daizong was in office, he knew how to be kind to others, was politically clear, and the whole Daming developed rapidly. But then the Mongols actually put Ming Yingzong back. Ming Daizong didn't want to hand over the throne. Not only that, he also abolished the original prince and conferred the title of son as the new prince. I want my descendants to inherit the throne.
Ming History: "The fifth son of March, such as Tianshou Mountain, Guisi, returned to the palace."
Zhu Qizhen was under house arrest in Nangong for seven years. If Ming Yingzong hadn't secretly contacted the former ministers to take back the political power, it is estimated that he would still be locked up. After Zhu Qizhen reigned, he deposed his younger brother, re-established him as monarch and put him under house arrest.
After Ming Daizong ascended the throne, the imperial tomb built for himself was also destroyed by Zhu Qizhen. Ming Daizong died strangely at the age of 30 and got posthumous title. He can't be buried in the imperial tomb, but as a prince in Yuquan Mountain in the western suburbs of Beijing, guarded by 200 military households. It was not until his nephew, Ming Xianzong, succeeded to the throne that he regained his status as emperor and was posthumously killed. But even so, he did not enter the Ming Tombs.
Conclusion: For those who are not buried in Ming Taizu Mausoleum, everyone has his own story. Ming Daizong is the worst. Originally, he didn't want to grab the throne, so he was abruptly promoted to the position of emperor and worked hard in governing the country. Although he has his own thoughts and wants to seize power for eight years, he also cares about brotherhood.
With the return of his brother Ming Yingzong, his hard work only made a wedding dress for others. Died young at the age of 30, and the cause of death was bizarre. There is no detailed record in the history books. His imperial tomb was destroyed and buried in the western hills. After he died, he died miserably. For an emperor, such an experience is absolutely humbled.
Who was buried in the Ming Tombs? As the collective cemetery of Ming emperors, all Ming emperors except Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Qiyu were buried here. Of course, this is not the so-called Nanming Emperor. When Zhu Yuanzhang died, the capital of the Ming Dynasty was still in Nanjing, and Judy moved to Beijing, but Zhu Yuanzhang's grave did not move to Beijing. Zhu Yunwen failed to enter the Ming Tombs because Judy's whereabouts were unknown after the war in Jingnan. Zhu Qiyu couldn't enter the Ming Tombs because his brother Zhu Qizhen wouldn't let him.
In addition to the three emperors mentioned above, there was a special emperor in the Ming Dynasty, namely Zhu Youjian, Emperor Chongzhen, who hanged himself in Jingshan Park. By this time, Li Zicheng had occupied Beijing, that is to say, the officials of the Ming Dynasty were busy surrendering or running for their lives, and no one cared about Zhu Youjian hanging from a tree. So how was he buried in the Ming Tombs? At this time, Zhu Youjian is a hot potato. Who will bury him?
No one cared about Zhu Youjian's body, so Li Zicheng saw the body of the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty and the bloody book left by Emperor Chongzhen.
Let a thief chop my body, but don't hurt the people.
As can be seen from this bloody book, Emperor Chongzhen committed suicide in order to save the people of Beijing. If he escapes, it is hard to say whether Li Zicheng will slaughter the Beijingers, but the war will definitely continue. Chongzhen wants to be a martyr all his life, so he can dispel Li Zicheng's concerns and stop pursuing them. Li Zicheng was moved by the last words of Emperor Chongzhen, or his scheming subordinates persuaded Li Zicheng to make a big fuss about Chongzhen's body and bury it to show his kindness to the world, so Li Zicheng decided to bury Emperor Chongzhen in the Ming Tombs.
Generally, the emperor has built his own tomb before his death, and it is good to bury it after his death. What about Emperor Chongzhen? Maybe he didn't have time to repair his tomb, or maybe he didn't think of today and didn't make plans for his tomb in advance, so he decided to bury Emperor Chongzhen. He had to find a place to bury him first. Looking around, he had to bury Chongzhen in the tomb of his concubine, and found a place, but Li Zicheng refused to pay.
To be exact, Li Zicheng didn't care about arranging the funeral of Emperor Chongzhen. He was busy distributing this big cake with his hands in the Ming Dynasty, so the burial of Emperor Chongzhen was pushed to Zhao Yigui, an official of Changping Prefecture. Zhao Yigui has no money either. He raised 233 taels of silver from surrounding shops to bury Chongzhen, and he recorded the use of the silver in detail. This is the last resting place of Emperor Chongzhen!
Of course, Emperor Chongzhen was buried in the Ming Tombs, but things are not over yet. When the Qing army entered the customs, the emperor shunzhi and Fu Lin thought that Emperor Chongzhen was a good emperor, who "died in chaos and died in the country". The emperor shunzhi wanted to publicize and praise the achievements of Emperor Chongzhen, and let future generations think that Chongzhen was a wise monarch.
In my opinion, the Qing Dynasty always preached that they took the world from a thief (the thief was naturally Li Zicheng), not from the Ming Dynasty, and preached the achievements of Emperor Chongzhen, with the purpose of suppressing Li Zicheng. So in the fourteenth year of Shunzhi, the repair of Emperor Chongzhen's mausoleum was also put on the agenda, and the emperor shunzhi ordered the Ministry of Industry to repair the Emperor Chongzhen's mausoleum.
In the 16th year of Shunzhi, the emperor shunzhi offered sacrifices to sweep the Ming Tombs. He cried in front of the tomb of Emperor Chongzhen (of course, this is also the need to publicize his benevolence and charity), and even called "Big Brother, I have a monarch but no minister", and wrote a magnificent inscription, engraved behind the pavilion. As the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen died in Jiangshan, which may be a fate.
Compared with many emperors in the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen was a good emperor. In times of crisis, he ascended the throne to get rid of Wei Zhongxian. However, the Ming Dynasty was decadent, and his ability was not enough to save the Ming Dynasty from peril. But after his death, he entered the Ming Tombs, which failed the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty. It was lucky and tragic that Emperor Chongzhen finally buried the Ming Tombs, but it was also a "perfect" ending.