Anyone who knows the history of the Ming Dynasty knows that there were sixteen emperors in the Ming Dynasty, so why are the tombs of the other three emperors not in the Ming Tombs? Where are the tombs of these three emperors?
The first emperor was Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty. 1368, Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor in Yingtianfu (now Nanjing), with the title of Daming Hongwu. Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, there has been a formed funeral system. The emperor, regardless of age, began to build a mausoleum one year after he ascended the throne. Zhu Yuanzhang chose the cemetery in Zijinshan, Xuanwu District, Nanjing, and was buried with Ma Huanghou after his death. Ma Huanghou, posthumous title, is the empress of filial piety and pursues filial piety to govern the world. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang's mausoleum is called the Ming Tomb.
As the capital at that time was Nanjing instead of Beijing, Zhu Yuanzhang's tomb was not in the Ming Tombs.
The second emperor was Zhu Yunwen, the grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang. Not only was he not buried in the Ming Tombs, but he didn't even have a mausoleum.
During Zhu Yuanzhang's reign, he admired his eldest son, Zhu Biao, and had great expectations for him, and named him Prince. Unfortunately, Zhu Biao died young, and Zhu Yuanzhang was worried that his sons would kill each other for the throne, so he passed the throne directly to the emperor's great-grandson Zhu Yunwen.
In order to ensure the long-term stability of the country, Zhu Yuanzhang enfeoffed the princes, named his son as the captaincy, and stationed in major military strategic locations. After Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne, he was afraid that the influence of the vassal king was expanding day by day and threatened his own rule, so he adopted the policy of reducing the vassal king and monitored the vassal king at the same time.
1399, Judy, the fourth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, set out to attack Wen Jian and finally won, which is known in history as "the Battle of Jingnan". During the war, Zhu Yunwen's whereabouts were unknown. Some people say that he set himself on fire and died. Some people say that he fled to the palace to become a monk, so there is no tomb of Wen Jian in the Ming Tombs.
After Judy ascended the throne, in order to consolidate the imperial power, she did a major event involving national politics, military affairs and economy, that is, moved the capital to Beijing, which was Judy's vassal land. For him, he can feel at ease when he is emperor in his own territory. So from Judy, the Ming emperor's tomb was built in the Ming Tombs in Beijing.
Of course, there is another exception, that is, Emperor Zhu Qiyu, whose brother is Zhu Qizhen, Ming Yingzong. 1449, the civil revolution broke out, and Zhu Qizhen personally conquered Walla. As a result, he was defeated and captured by the enemy. At this time, the prince was too young to make a decision. Yu Qian and other ministers persuaded the Queen Mother to let Zhu Qiyu succeed to the throne.
During the reign of Zhu Qiyu, he made great efforts to repel the invasion of Vara. Although Vala captured the emperor, he did not pose a great threat to the Ming Dynasty, so he put Yingzong back. After returning to China, Yingzong was placed under house arrest by Jing Zong, and later staged a coup to regain the throne with the help of Shi Heng and others.
Zhu Qiyu died shortly after the British Restoration and was buried as a prince in Xishan, Beijing. He was the only emperor who was not buried in the Ming Tombs after Judy moved to the capital.