Those who fabricate these stories and rumors have no idea that the Aming Ming Jing, written by Zhu Yuanzhang, the great ancestor of Ming Dynasty, is the legacy of Ming Chengzu, which has many restrictions on his descendants.
There is one sentence: "In all palaces, there are no places to leave the palace, and other halls and pavilions. Although he is the heir of the imperial court and is in charge of world affairs, he is not allowed to play outside the palace, in other halls, in pavilions and other architectural places. "
This article was specially formulated because Zhu Yuanzhang himself was born in a poor family and was used to a hard life. He always cares about the material difficulties in the world, and he is also used to the luxury and ostentation of officials in the Yuan Dynasty when traveling. He knew that the children of the royal family, especially the son of heaven, would make a fuss and waste money.
Later, Judy, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, succeeded in usurping the throne. In order to prevent future generations from following their example, this provision was even condemned to death, requiring members of the royal family to be imprisoned in their fiefs for life. The emperor is not allowed to leave the palace at will.
Therefore, the Ming Dynasty became the only unified dynasty in which the emperor never built palaces, detached palaces, summer resorts and royal paddocks for himself outside the capital.
The Ming emperor never had the style of Qin Shihuang's tour of six countries, the luxury of Yang Di's entering the palace, and the "feats" of Kangxi and Qianlong's grandparents and grandchildren who visited Jiangnan several times.
Only Judy herself and Ming Yingzong and Mingwuzong's personal expedition-the time when Mingwuzong left the palace and went south, was also under the pretext of conquering Wang Ning.
The rest of the emperors spent most of their lives in the Forbidden City, and all information about the empire should be based on the memorials provided by the civil service system.
Emperor Jiajing took Zong Wang as his heir. Although I lived in a fief outside Beijing when I was a child, I honestly stayed in the palace and didn't go anywhere when I became an emperor.
Others, such as Ming Xianzong, Ming Xiaozong, Ming Muzong, Ming Guangzong and Ming Xizong, have a short life span, so I won't say much. Let's say that Emperor Wanli was in office for the longest time, with 48 years, and he never left the capital. He has only left the Forbidden City four times, once to beg for rain in the Temple of Heaven and three times to inspect his Dingling. 1588 Since the last visit to Dingling, I have never set foot outside the Forbidden City for more than 30 years.
Emperor Chongzhen was no exception-in the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, he had the idea of moving the capital and had the opportunity to leave Beijing, but the idea was aborted.
Therefore, it can be clearly told that although Emperor Chongzhen is famous all over the world, his understanding of this country only comes from the memorials of officials and the records of books. He has never been there personally or seen it with his own eyes.
So those stories, such as "Emperor Chongzhen disguised himself to find someone to tell fortune", "Emperor Chongzhen ate three baked wheat cakes privately" and "Emperor Chongzhen asked a Taoist for directions outside the field", are absolutely fabricated by folk people and are not credible.