After he took office, he saw that uncle and nephew, a vassal, was arrogant and out of control, so he listened to the opinions of Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai and other ministers and began to separate the vassals.
Judy couldn't sit still when the most powerful prince of Yan was cut. Under the planning of his advisers, they attacked Nanjing under the banner of "Jingnan". From then on, they started a three-year war between uncle and nephew and me. Finally, Judy finally entered Nanjing, and his whereabouts were unknown. Judy ascended the throne with the title of Emperor Yongle.
After Judy proclaimed herself emperor, she moved to Beijing. Like other emperors, she began to choose a mausoleum site and build a mausoleum. He personally took a group of civil servants, military commanders, cronies and feng shui masters to build tombs around Beijing.
On this day, the eunuch came to report: "Shaanxi warlock Hu found a treasure trove of geomantic omen, which can be used as the imperial tomb." I'd like you to check it. Emperor Yongle was very happy to hear this, so he went to a beautiful place outside Zhangjiakou, and Hu led the same army with him. Emperor Yongle was very happy when he saw it. He saw that the place was surrounded by mountains on three sides, facing the water on one side and having beautiful scenery. There is a village not far away. Farmers are farming, fishermen are boating, and chickens bark and dogs bark. This is a paradise.
Hu was very happy to see the smiling face of Emperor Yongle. He thought: If the emperor can like this place, the day will come when he will be promoted and made a fortune.
At this moment, I saw a village woman coming from the west side of the road, carrying a bamboo basket. It seems that she is going to deliver food to the farmers. Emperor Yongle asked the women in the village, "Do you live in the village ahead?" Emperor Yongle pointed to a nearby village and asked the women there. The village woman knelt on the ground and replied, "Exactly." "What do you call this village? How many households are there? " "This village is called Tujiaying. There are hundreds of families, more than 400 people, all surnamed Tu, but there is no physical name. "
After Ming Chengzu returned to the palace, he was so angry that he called Hu. Thinking that the emperor would reward himself, Hu rushed to the golden palace and knelt down, waiting for the reward.
Only Emperor Yongle shouted, "Left and right, tie me up." Hearing this, the samurai did not dare to neglect, so he tied Hu's rope. Hu Lianlian shouted: "Long live the master, the villain has been wronged, and the villain has done his best to choose the mausoleum for the Lord. How did this misfortune happen to him? What is the reason? "
Emperor Yongle scolded: "You vicious thing. You chose Tujiaying Zhu's tomb. My pig lives next to the butcher. Can I get better? " Stuttering, unable to speak. He secretly called himself a fool. Why didn't he think of that? Emperor Yongle said, "Push out the meridian gate and chop it." In this way, Hu became the guillotine.
The location of the mausoleum has never stopped. A few months later, another Shanxi warlock, Yang Daoxian, chose an ideal place in the southwest of Changping County. The river is clear, the Woods are dense, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, and the winding path is secluded. Really like a fairyland on earth. Emperor Yongle later inquired that there was a ditch behind the selected mausoleum site called "Wolf Valley". Zhu thinks it is more dangerous to deal with wolves. So Yang Daoxian was beheaded and made immortal.
The site of the mausoleum has been chosen for four years, but it has not been chosen yet. Later, Liao, a warlock from Jiangxi, chose a mausoleum in a place called Yanjiatai in the western suburbs of Beijing. It is also surrounded by mountains and rivers, singing and dancing, and a paradise. However, when Liao warlocks reported this place name to Emperor Yongle, Emperor Yongle was in a hurry and cursed Jun Qing in Liao with malicious intent. "Yan Jia Tai Yan Jia Tai" I have only been an emperor for a few days. How can I open my face? It's not the intercession of officials, but the warlock Liao really took the liberty. It was also the Yongle emperor who was afraid of killing too many people. No one dared to take up this task, so he spared the life of the Liao warlock and let him worry about choosing a mausoleum site for meritorious service.
In this way, three years passed, until the seventh year of Yongle, an auspicious treasure was found in the north of Changping, which can be used as the tomb of ten thousand years. Ask Emperor Yongle to see if it is suitable. Yongle led a bunch of civilian military commanders and rode all the way from Changping until he saw no one else. He asked, there are more than ten miles. When he arrived at the mausoleum site, he saw a cemetery with a hut. When he looked inside, he saw an old man with a grave, about 70 years old. After asking, the old man told Emperor Yongle that this was the grave of a large family named Kang in Changping. Emperor Yongle was very happy to hear that. He thought to himself: My family Zhu Hekang is a neighbor, and I don't think I will suffer.
Looking at the ruins of the mausoleum, we can see the ups and downs of the mountains behind, and natural disasters are born from this. Tiger Prison Mountain 2 in front looks like two generals with doors; The Wenyu River in the middle is rippling and meandering eastward, with lush trees and picturesque scenery. This is a beautiful land of geomantic omen. Emperor Yongle was overjoyed. This day happened to be the birthday of Emperor Yongle, so Emperor Yongle ordered the Huangtu Mountain here to be renamed "Tianshou Mountain" and determined the location of the mausoleum.
This is the largest of the Ming Tombs and the first mausoleum of Qin Shihuang, Changling.