Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 193 Chapter 190 The Weird Lineage of King Qin of Ming Dynasty

Emperor Jiajing wanted to clean up the lineage of King Qin in Xi'an, which is what Wang Daoqiu wanted to do.So after accepting the task from Emperor Jiajing, Wang Daoqiu did not go home that night. Instead, he stayed in the archives in Xiwanai and checked the secret files in Da Nei for royal records about the lineage of the Qin kings of the Ming Dynasty.

You don't know if you don't watch it, but Wang Daoqiu said it was wonderful when you saw it.The first generation Qin King of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Feng, was the second son of Empress Ma. Among Zhu Yuanzhang's more than 20 sons, he was the second eldest, and he was also the legitimate son. His status in the world was second only to the then crown prince Zhu Biao.

Therefore, Empress Zhu was granted the title of King of Qin, a prince who was extremely respected in Chinese history because of Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty.In the 11th year of Hongwu's reign, he established vassalage in Xi'an. When he officially began his career as King of Qin, he was also known as "the best vassal in the world".

Looking through the resume of this prominent prince who held military power in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty at that time, the first thing that attracted Wang Daoqiu was Zhu Ping's marriage.

Zhu Xi's princess was Guanyinnu, the sister of the famous Mongolian general Wang Baobao in the late Yuan Dynasty, who was the prototype of Zhao Min in the martial arts novel "The Legend of Yitian Slaying the Dragon".Her name is only one character different from that of the most famous Xianbei woman of the generation of virtuous queens, Guanyin Maid, the nickname of the eldest son of Tang Taizong Li Shimin's empress.

The marriage between Zhu Fang and Wang Baobao's sister Guanyinnu was obviously a political marriage used by the Ming Dynasty to appease Wang Baobao.So after Wang Baobao's death and this political marriage lost its practicality, Zhu Yuanzhang named his old comrade-in-arms, the daughter of Deng Yu, the founding father of the Ming Dynasty, as the second concubine of King Qin.

However, at that time, Lao Zhu still gave the dead Wang Baobao a little face. Although he canonized the daughter of his old comrade to Zhu Ping as his concubine, he did not dethrone Wang Baobao's sister, Guanyinnu, from the title of the Qin King's concubine.However, this was not a good thing in the future, because after Zhu Xi's death, as Zhu Xi's concubine, this woman was forced into the tomb of King Qin by the Ming Dynasty and buried alive.

After Deng Yu's daughter was appointed as the second concubine of King Qin by Zhu Yuanzhang, King Qin Zhu Fang and Deng, two second-generation officials who both had awesome fathers, had similar odors, and they were like monsters together.

Since they became husband and wife, these two trash men have bullied men and women in King Qin's fiefdom, doing and saying all kinds of evil. They were even so crazy that Deng wore the queen's clothes and Zhu Ping slept on the five-clawed dragon bed.Anyone familiar with history should know that the five-clawed dragon is reserved for the emperor, while the vassal king can only have four-clawed dragons.

So when Zhu Yuanzhang learned about this, Long Yan was furious.Immediately, an order was issued to rebuke Zhu Xi for "being rude and disrespectful, which is the most serious crime" and ordered Deng to die.

As a result, from then on, Zhu Ping broke the rules, gave up on himself, and often took excessive drugs to suppress his mood.The direct consequence of this is that Zhu Ping's temper has become increasingly weird and moody, and he often kills the palace people around him if he disagrees with him. Moreover, his killing methods are extremely cruel, and he pursues a kind of perverted pleasure.

Zhu Shuang's doing this made everyone in Qin Wang's mansion feel insecure, worrying about their own lives every day.In the end, some people couldn't bear the pressure of dying at any time, and chose to take the risk, poisoning Zhu Xi's favorite food and killing him.In this way, the first generation of Qin Wang Zhu Yu received a box lunch at the age of 28 in the 40th year of Hongwu.

After Zhu Chong died, because of all his perverse actions during his lifetime, Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he directly wrote on his son's memorial: "I own the world, and the feudal princes will be the imperial family of Fanping. Er Chong, in the East Palace of the year, will be the first to be granted the throne." In the Qin Dynasty, your country has no good name. You are nicknamed like a villain, indulge in debauchery and drunkenness, wreak havoc in the territory, and make the sky angry. After repeated teachings and punishments, you finally did not realize it, and you died. Although you are dead, I have not done anything wrong. Obviously, the sins you have committed in Cunri have been specially punished, and I have made a list of money and issued an edict, so that you can listen to it."

A father, whose son was poisoned and died unexpectedly, still believed that his son deserved his death. One can imagine how painful and disappointed Zhu Yuanzhang was for his son Zhu Ping at that time.

After Zhu Feng's death, his eldest son Zhu Shangbing inherited the title of king.Later generations of literati described Zhu Shangbing as the son of Deng, the second concubine of Zhu Fang.But Wang Daoqiu believes that this must be the national complex of those later generations of literati.After all, Zhu Xi's principal concubine was Guanyinnu, the sister of Wang Baobao, the last famous general of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, and she was a Mongolian.

Therefore, the first vassal king of the Ming Dynasty was finally succeeded by the son of a Mongolian. The literati could not accept this matter.So they said that Zhu Shangbing was actually the son of Deng because Zhu Shangbing later gave the posthumous title "Minlie" to his successor as the principal concubine of King Qin. After Zhu Yuanzhang died, it was transferred to Zhu Chong's second concubine Deng.If Zhu Shangbing was not Deng's son, why would he transfer the posthumous title of Princess Qin to Deng?
Wang Daoqiu was also speechless about the so-called evidence of these scholars.Come on, what kind of bullshit evidence is this?Zhu Shangbing was the King of Qin in the Ming Dynasty. His actions would not be based on human ethics, but should be based on political needs.

Deng is the daughter of Zhu Yuanzhang's old comrade-in-arms Deng Yu, Duke of Wei.The Wang family was the sister of Wang Baobao, the Mongol commander who was the greatest enemy of the Ming Dynasty at the beginning of the founding of the country. The reason why she became the Princess of Qin was because of the political needs of the Ming Dynasty and she used marriage to win over Wang Baobao.

Comparing the identities of the Wang family and the Deng family, who do you think Zhu Shangbing would consider as his mother? Can he be more upright?What's more, the Wang family is Mongolian, and the Deng family is Han Chinese. There is also the issue of blood.

Therefore, Wang Daoqiu believes that the reason why Zhu Shangbing secretly gave people this misunderstanding was just like Zhu Di later naming himself under the name of Queen Ma. All this was political needs.What's more, Zhu Shangbing has never publicly said that he is Deng's son.Moreover, in the "Taizu Shilu" of the Ming Dynasty, it is clearly stated that when Zhu Yuanzhang canonized Zhu Shangbing as the son of the king of Qin, the words in the imperial decree are as follows: "The eldest son of the prince is ten years old, and he will be awarded a gold book, gold treasure, and established as the prince's son."

Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial edict clearly stated that when Zhu Shangbing was canonized as the crown prince of King Qin when he was ten years old, Zhu Shangbing's identity at that time was the eldest son of King Zhu Chong of Qin.The eldest son, what is the eldest son?You must know that in feudal society, children born to the main wife were called "legions", and those born to the younger wife were called concubines.So if Zhu Shangbing was born to Deng, the second concubine of King Qin, how could he be the "eldest son"?
What's more, not long after Deng married Deng Chong, she was ordered to die by Zhu Yuanzhang because she wore the queen's clothes and wreaked havoc with Zhu Chong in the country, causing anger to heaven.

So from the above facts, Zhu Shangbing is the nephew of the famous Mongolian Yuan general Wang Baobao. He is the son of a Mongolian mother. This is correct.

After talking about the first generation and the second generation of King Qin, what fascinates Wang Daoqiu the most is the issue of the extermination of the great lineage of King Qin.For example, in April of the 22nd year of Yongle, the then King of Qin, Song Zhi, passed away and gave him the posthumous title of "Xi". He was only 21 years old and did not leave any sons.

Unfortunately, King Qin Xi not only has no heir, he is also the only legitimate son of his father, King Qin Yin.Therefore, regarding the succession of King Qin's lineage, the imperial court was forced to use the clause "brothers end up with younger brothers" in "Emperor Ming Zu Xun", so that Zhu Zhijun, the eldest son of King Qin Yin, was proclaimed King Qin by the King of Weinan.This is also the lineage of King Qin of the Ming Dynasty, the first extinct heir of Dazong.

The funny thing is that Zhu Zhijun took advantage of this and was promoted from a county king to a prince. However, he only served as the king of Qin for two years and died in October of the first year of Xuande. He was only 24 years old and was given the posthumous title Huai.What is even more tragic is that this King Qin Huai, like his predecessor King Qin Xi, had no sons.Therefore, King Fuping, the second son of his father, King Qin Yin, was able to "brother eventually brother" again and was promoted to the title of King of Qin.This is the second great heir of King Qin.

Then in June of the 11th year of Hongzhi, Zhu Chengyong, the then king of Qin Jian, passed away. He also had no sons.So more than 70 years after King Huai of Qin, the embarrassing situation of the death of a large number of heirs once again appeared in the lineage of King Qin.What is even more tragic is that Qin Jian King Zhu Chengyong, his only brother Zhu Chenghe, died before him.Therefore, the phrase "brothers eventually become younger brothers" in the Ming Dynasty's "Emperor's Instructions" can only be attributed to his cousins.The title of King of Qin was inherited by King Lintong, nephew of King Zhu Chengyong of Qin Jian.

When the Qin kings of the Ming Dynasty arrived in the 23rd year of Jiajing, the 47-year-old Qin Ding Wang died, and this Qin Ding Wang did not leave any sons.As a result, the lineage of King Qin of Ming Dynasty was extinct for the fourth time.

This time, the problem of extinguishing a large lineage of the King of Qin is bigger than the last three times, because the first two large lineages of the King of Qin were extinguished, and "brothers will eventually become brothers", and the third time the line was extinguished, there was a cousin.But this time, King Qin Ding's most extinct heirs, let alone brothers, could not even find a cousin.Because the two brothers of King Qin Ding not only died early, but they also left no sons.This means that when King Qin Ding died, he had no brothers, not even nephews.

So the Ming Dynasty finally had no choice but to select a Zhenguo lieutenant named Zhu Huaicui among the living men of King Qin's lineage to inherit the throne of King Qin based on inheritance.

Under the Ming Dynasty, the prince was granted the title of prince, the eldest son of the prince was the crown prince, and the other sons were the princes of the county.The eldest son of the county king is the crown prince, and the other sons of the county king are the generals of the country.Then the eldest son inherited his father's title, and the remaining sons were reduced from generation to generation to generals of Fuguo, generals of Fengguo, lieutenants of Zhenguo, lieutenants of Fuguo, and lieutenants of Fengguo.

Now in the Ming Dynasty, a lieutenant of the Zhenguo family will inherit the title of King Qin of the Ming Dynasty. Just tell me how sad this lineage of King Qin is, right?What's even more funny is that the father of Zhenguo Lieutenant Zhu Huaizhen, Fengguo General Zhu Weixiao, is still alive.So this Zhu Weixiao made trouble, saying that his son's position should be his, and he should be the one to attack and become the king of Qin.

However, the principle that Emperor Jiajing and the Ming Dynasty always abide by in this matter is "If I don't give it, you can't take it."

So regarding this paragraph, "Volume [-] of the Records of Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty" records this: "Yiwei, the late King Ding of Qin, Wei Zhuo, was ordered to manage the affairs of the government from his nephew Huaizhen, and he would be granted the title after the funeral. ..., Huaixun invited himself. When the master was in mourning, he asked his father, Wei Liao, to manage his affairs, and he was allowed to do so. Because of this, Wei Liao asked to be granted the title. However, the Ministry of Rites reported that it was an exception and the edict did not allow it. Wei Liao was ordered to return to his home and return the imperial edict."

Seeing this paragraph, Wang Daoqiu was happy. Now the King of Qin's lineage is a father and son fighting for the throne!This is good, this is good!Seeing this, Wang Daoqiu also had an idea to deal with King Qin's lineage.

After all, in the lineage of the King of Qin, due to four major exterminations, the titles are now given to a Zhenguo general and a Zhenguo lieutenant, where father and son are fighting.Under such circumstances, Wang Daoqiu did not believe that the branch princes, generals of Zhenguo, generals of Fengguo, and generals of auxiliary countries in the lineage of King Qin had no idea and did not want to compete for the position of the prince.

(End of this chapter)