Zhu Qizhen, the Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, is considered a strange flower among the emperors of the Ming Dynasty. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the sinner of the entire Ming Dynasty. When the national power of the Ming Dynasty was booming and was about to reach its peak, he was confused and led a personal expedition. Not only

The Ming Dynasty lost hundreds of thousands of elites, and the Ming Dynasty turned from prosperity to decline. He also fell into the hands of Wala, and then he was a prisoner there for a year and was released again. His life during his period as a prisoner

What is it like?

In 1449 AD, Grand Master Wala also invaded the Ming Dynasty's frontier. Under the instigation of Wang Zhen, Zhu Qizhen personally led 200,000 Ming Dynasty elites to go on an expedition. However, they were defeated miserably at Tumubao, and all 200,000 Ming Dynasty elites were lost.

, Zhu Qizhen also became a prisoner.

In fact, although Zhu Qizhen was a prisoner, his life was not bad.

Because after Wala captured him at that time, he felt as if he had found a treasure: This is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty!

He planned to use him as a bargaining chip to ask for benefits from the Ming Dynasty, so he was afraid that something would happen to him, so he provided him with delicious food and drinks. Apart from having no freedom, his life was comfortable.

Zhu Qizhen himself was an extremely fatuous man who was afraid of death. He had always been at the mercy of Wala. He even agreed to Wala's request and went with Wala's army to attack the Ming Dynasty.

The army came all the way outside the Ming Dynasty city. Zhu Qizhen called on the people in the city to open the door and dedicate the place to Wala. Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty defenders refused him, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

In fact, although Zhu Qizhen was the emperor when he was captured, the people of the Ming Dynasty no longer recognized him by this time.

As early as the Tumubao Incident, Yu Qian fought against all the opposition in Beijing, insisted on defending Beijing, and proclaimed Zhu Qizhen's younger brother Zhu Qiyu as emperor. He also strictly ordered that all border generals were not allowed to have contact with Wala.

Don't obey the so-called emperor's orders.

In this way, the Mongols' intention to use Zhu Qi Town to break the city was self-defeating. They could only take Zhu Qi Town back to Mongolia. The Mongols still provided him with good food and drink, thinking about whether they could squeeze out some other things.

The value comes out.

And Zhu Qizhen even made a lot of friends in Wala. It has to be said that this kind of captive life is not an ordinary comfort.

However, because Zhu Qiyu and Yu Qian stabilized the formation in Beijing, Zhu Qizhen was like a piece of chicken ribs in Wala's hands. If you use it, you can't get anything in exchange for it. If you lose it, it would be a pity.

In addition, the Ming Dynasty later regained its strength and suffered no losses in the war with Wala, and even won many battles. In the end, Wala had no choice but to let Zhu Qizhen return home.

When Zhu Qizhen returned to China, his younger brother Zhu Qiyu had already secured the throne, so his situation was very embarrassing. After all, he was the former emperor, he did not die, and he did not give up the throne on his own initiative.

There was no way, Zhu Qiyu could not return the throne to him, so he was put under house arrest.

Originally, Zhu Qizhen might have been under house arrest like this for the rest of his life, but what he didn't expect was that Zhu Qiyu died before him. Then Zhu Qizhen took the opportunity to quarrel with some people who were loyal to him (maybe not loyal to him, but wanted to gain benefits)

With his support, he launched a coup and regained the throne.