Some books say that Emperor Jianwen prepared to commit suicide when the city was about to be captured by his uncle Zhu Di. But then, a miracle happened.

Wang Yue, then the young eunuch of Qin Tian Jian, stopped Emperor Jianwen and said: "Your Majesty, please do not commit suicide. When Taizu ascended to heaven, he left a box and asked me to open the box and take a look at it if my descendants were in trouble."

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In other words, this iron box was left by Zhu Yuanzhang, and he told Wang Yue: "If my descendants encounter a disaster one day, they can open this iron box and take a look, and it will save their lives."

Soon, four eunuchs brought an iron box. The box was wrapped with iron sheets, and the inside of the chain was filled with pig iron.

Wang Yue hurriedly took the iron awl and knocked open the box. There were three certificates hidden inside, which were written "Ying Wen", "Ying Neng" and "Ying Xian" respectively. There were also cassocks, monk hats and monk shoes inside.

A razor, and ten silver ingots.

The first certificate of "Ying Wen" reads: "Ying Wen left the ghost gate, and the others walked through Shuiguan Yugou, and met in the optimistic West Room at dusk."

A minister next to Emperor Jianwen named Cheng Ji immediately shaved off his hair and put on cassocks, monk hats, and monk shoes for Emperor Jianwen. After all this disguise, from the outside, Emperor Jianwen became an out-and-out ordinary person.

The appearance of a monk. Another minister, Yang Yingneng, expressed his willingness to be ordained and went into exile with Emperor Jianwen. There is a word "neng" in his name, which corresponds to the word "yingneng" in the three ultimatums; the supervisory censor Ye Xixian also resolutely said

: "If I am famous for being a virtuous person, I should be the 'Ying Xian' in the three ultimatums. This is also my destiny. Therefore, I am willing to be ordained and follow His Majesty until death." He also ordained and became a follower.

There were fifty or sixty people in the palace at that time, and they all cried bitterly and expressed their willingness to escape with Emperor Jianwen. Emperor Jianwen felt that if so many people left together, it would easily attract attention, so he decided to take nine people to the ghost gate first, and then went to the ghost gate with him.

Optimistically take the boat to Taipingmen.

Yang Yingneng, Ye Xixian and other thirteen people also arrived soon after. So, these twenty-two people began their escape career. Emperor Jianwen told each other that from now on they would address each other as brothers and sisters, and there was no need to adhere to the etiquette of monarchs and ministers. One of the ministers suggested that there should be no need to have too many followers.

, not to mention too many people. Talking too much will increase the chance of exposure. Everyone thought his suggestion was good, so they only selected five people who were strong and had no family burdens, and sent the rest away.

It was decided that Yang Yingneng and Ye Xixian would dress up as monks, and Cheng Ji would become a Taoist. These three people would personally guard Emperor Jianwen and never leave his side; while the other six people would be responsible for exploring the road, transporting food and clothing, etc. The first stop was Shi Bin in Wujiang County.

At home. On August 16 of that year, except for the three ministers who were personally dressed as monks and Taoists, Emperor Jianwen slowly dispersed. In October, he came to Liao Ping's house in Xiangyang. But soon, Zhu Di's spies got

After a brief discussion with three ministers, Emperor Jianwen decided to go to Yunnan.

Emperor Jianwen's escape made Zhu Di, who had already become emperor, restless. He spread his spies everywhere and mobilized people from all walks of life to desperately search for the whereabouts of Emperor Jianwen. Among them, he secretly sent a group of people who claimed to be visiting Zhang Sanfeng, the founder of Taoism.

, in fact, it was the authority to search for the whereabouts of Emperor Jianwen. After Emperor Jianwen got the news, he decided to hide in the mountains, because such mountains are still relatively safe places.

In March of the eighth year of Yongle, Zhu Di asked Yan Zhen, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, to go to Yunnan to secretly investigate the traces of Emperor Jianwen in the name of being sent to Annan (now Vietnam). Coincidentally, after Yan Zhen's continuous efforts, slowly

Approaching Emperor Jianwen's hiding place. It just so happened that one day, Yan Zhen unexpectedly bumped into Emperor Jianwen on the mountain road. The two of them cried at each other. Emperor Jianwen asked him: "What are you going to do with me?" Yan Zhen replied

"Your Majesty, I have my own way." So Yan Zhen let Emperor Jianwen go. At night, Yan Zhen hanged himself in the inn. Emperor Jianwen saw that his whereabouts had been exposed, so he hid in the post again.

Bailong Mountain.

The long-term outdoor life made him physically and mentally exhausted, and his face was haggard and withered. In the summer, he suffered from dysentery again, but for fear of being discovered, he did not dare to go out to find food, let alone seek medical treatment, and sometimes his pants were pulled up.

When he failed, the embarrassment reached the extreme. At this time, Shi Bin, the former minister, and three other people happened to come to take care of him, and the situation improved. A few days later, when Shi Bin and the three were about to leave, Emperor Jianwen hugged and cried with them.

Emperor Jianwen also specifically told three people that there was no need to come again in the future, firstly because the road was difficult and dangerous, and secondly because the interrogation in Guanjin was particularly strict and his identity could easily be exposed.

In March and April of the 10th year of Yongle, Yang Yingneng and Ye Xixian, who had been following Emperor Jianwen, also died of illness one after another. Emperor Jianwen accepted a disciple and named him "Ying Hui".

In June of the 14th year of Yongle, Emperor Jianwen suffered from a foot disease. At this time, Cheng Ji, the only minister who fled with him, risked his life to go to the city to sell medicine and came back to treat Emperor Jianwen, and Emperor Jianwen recovered.

The increasingly difficult life in exile made Emperor Jianwen feel that he would die at any time. In order to preserve his experience and prevent it from being annihilated by history, he narrated the experience of his exile orally, which Cheng Ji transcribed and wrote into "The Biography of the Dead", which Jianwen wrote.

Emperor Wen also wrote the preface in his own hand, and then asked Cheng Ji to hide in the rocks. In the following years, Emperor Jianwen traveled between Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan.

In October of the 18th year of Yongle, Emperor Jianwen, accompanied by Cheng Ji, climbed Mount Emei and composed a poem, two of which are: "When you climb high, you don't wait for the east to raise your head, but you see the clouds flying from the homeland." This man who once owned

How could the emperor of the world not be filled with emotion when he fell to such a state?

In February of the 22nd year of Yongle, as time went by, the search for Emperor Jianwen became a little more relaxed. So Emperor Jianwen began to travel eastward. In October, he met in the hotel, who came to visit him.

Shi Bin. Shi Bin also asked about Emperor Jianwen's physical condition with concern. Emperor Jianwen said that he had "recently eaten hard and felt more energetic" - which meant that he had a good appetite and was in good spirits.

Then, Emperor Jianwen followed Shi Bin down to the south of the Yangtze River and came to Shi Bin's home in Wujiang. However, what followed was an accident that almost caused a catastrophe.

Just when Emperor Jianwen was settling down at Shi Bin's house, Shi Bin's cousin Shi Hong suddenly came from Jiaxing without saying hello in advance. When he entered his nephew Shi Bin's house, he found an old monk.

Sitting in the lobby of the house, this old monk seemed very familiar to him.

Then he asked Shi Bin, who was standing nearby, a little panicked: "Where does the master come from?"

Shi Bin was in a panic and didn't know how to answer for a moment. Shi Hong didn't ask anymore, but pulled Shi Bin out, and then whispered something that scared Shi Bin out of his mind: "This Emperor Jianwen also

". Shi Bin quickly stammered and denied it. Shi Hong firmly said that he had seen Emperor Jianwen in the East Palace with his own eyes, and that Emperor Jianwen had saved his life and was regarded as his savior.

Seeing that he couldn't hide it, Shi Bin had to tell the truth. But he knew that he harbored Emperor Jianwen, which was responsible for the destruction of the nine tribes. If his cousin reported it, the consequences would be disastrous. Unexpectedly, Shi Hong would do the same.

He was a kind and honest gentleman and a loyal minister. After hearing this, he quickly came to Emperor Jianwen, bowed his head and bowed, and asked about Emperor Jianwen's current situation while crying. Emperor Jianwen said calmly and with despair: "Thanks to these people.

The exiled ministers took care of me and provided me with food and clothing, so I was able to deal with the dangers. For twenty years, I have been trembling with fear. Now that I think about it, I can live forever!" Then accompanied by Shi Hong, we visited Tiantai Mountain and crossed the lotus flower in Ningbo.

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Time flies so fast. In the blink of an eye, decades have passed. In these decades, Emperor Zhu Di died and Renzong ascended the throne. In less than a year, Renzong died and Xuanzong ascended the throne. Ten years later, Yingzong ascended the throne. The emperors have been changed.

Several times, for Emperor Jianwen, the political environment became more and more relaxed, and it was time for him to reappear. In the fifth year of Zhengtong (1430), Emperor Jianwen, who was in Guangxi, said to Cheng Ji, I am determined to go east.

OK.

Because Emperor Jianwen was born in the royal family, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang also attached great importance to the education of this emperor's grandson. He found the first-class Confucian scholars at that time to give him lessons. Emperor Jianwen himself also loved reading and had outstanding literary talent. Since he was the most respected emperor in the world,

, became a fugitive on the run, the gap and pain involved are unimaginable to ordinary people. This special experience often caused Emperor Jianwen to endure tremendous psychological torture, and poetry was his best way to express this extreme pain.

Commonly used method, so he has many poems, one of which is:

I have been living in the southwest for forty autumns, and my gray hair has grown on my head.

Where is the hateful family in the world? The ruthless waters of Jianghan will flow by themselves.

The clouds dispersed in Changle Palace, and the sound of rain stopped in Chaoyuan Pavilion.

The new willows are green every year, and the old ones in the wild are crying.

The desolation and helplessness of escape, the misery and helplessness of life, and the ups and downs of fate are all vividly expressed in the poems. But unexpectedly, it was these poems that caused his fate to take another great turn.

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There was an old monk in his nineties who lived with Emperor Jianwen. Although this old monk was in his nineties, he was still in very good health and had some knowledge. For some unknown reason, this old monk stole Emperor Jianwen's money.

After writing the poem manuscript, he actually went to Cen Ying, the magistrate of Si'en, and brazenly said that he was Emperor Jianwen!

This was a shocking event. Cen Ying was so horrified that she dared not delay at all and immediately reported it to the vassal. The vassal ordered the monk to live with Emperor Jianwen, arrest him together, and report the matter to the court with a fast horse. The emperor soon issued an order.

Edict: "Escort him back to Beijing."

The emperor ordered the censor to conduct an interrogation in the palace. Nahe claimed that he was already over ninety years old and wanted to die quickly. He had only one request: to be buried next to his grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang's mausoleum. It seems that this ninety-year-old man

The old monk pursued glory after death. He probably felt that he was over ninety and could not live much longer, so he wanted to be vain after death. He wanted to be buried as Emperor Jianwen to satisfy his abnormal vanity.

But this old monk was obviously a little confused. He underestimated the censor's IQ.

The censor said: "Jianwen Jun was born in the tenth year of Hongwu. Now it is the fifth year of Zhengtong. When he is sixty-four years old, how can he be ninety years old?" The old monk was speechless at once. Later,

After interrogation, we found out that the monk's name was Yang Yingxiang, a native of Baisali, Junzhou. After reporting to the emperor, the monk was sentenced to beheaded and imprisoned in Jinyiwei Prison. This was considered a clever act but his cleverness led to a bad end.

The real Emperor Jianwen who was captured at the same time also told the censor the truth. The censor immediately informed the emperor secretly. The emperor sent Wu Liang, an old eunuch who had served Emperor Jianwen, to visit the emperor and see what was going on.

Is it true or false?

As soon as Emperor Jianwen saw Wu Liang, he blurted out: "Aren't you the Wu Liang who once served me?"

Wu Liang quickly replied deliberately: "No."

Emperor Jianwen said with certainty: "I remember one day when I was dining in the banquet hall, eating goose, a piece of meat fell to the ground. You took the pot in your hand, lay down on the ground and ate it. Have you forgotten it? Still

Dare I say it’s not you!”

After Wu Liang heard this, he fell to the ground and cried loudly. He judged that this should be Emperor Jianwen, but after all, in the past few decades, after so many years of life on the run, Emperor Jianwen's appearance was very different from when he was the emperor.

The same. To further confirm, he asked to see Emperor Jianwen's left foot, because as a personal eunuch, he knew that there was a black mole on Emperor Jianwen's left toe. After checking, there was indeed a mole, which was definitely Emperor Jianwen. Wu Liang

I never dreamed that decades later, I would be able to meet the former emperor on such an occasion and in this way. I burst into tears and couldn't look up.

After confirming his identity, the emperor ordered that Emperor Jianwen be welcomed into the palace to retire in his old age. People in the palace called him "Old Buddha". After Emperor Jianwen died, he was buried in Xishan without a seal or tree because it was difficult to give him a name.

Therefore, the tomb of Emperor Jianwen became an unknown tomb.
Chapter completed!