The story of Zhu Yu, the young emperor of Nanming.

Shaowu Emperor, namely Zhu Yu (1605-1647 65438+1October 20th), Nanming Emperor, grandson of 23 sons of Ming Taizu, and Wang Ding VIII, brother of Shaozong (Emperor Longwu) in Ming Dynasty. After the death of Emperor Longwu, on the fifth day of November in the third year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty (1646), Su, a great scholar, and Gu, a political envoy of Guangdong Province, proclaimed themselves emperor in Guangzhou. He was called Shao Wuchao by later historians and competed with the court of Emperor Li Yong in Zhaoqing, Guangdong. The life span of Shaowu dynasty is very short. In the same year1February 15, the Qing Dynasty invaded Li Chengdong from Fujian and occupied Guangzhou. After being captured, Zhu Yu hanged himself, ending his career as an emperor for more than a month. He was called "Emperor Shaowu" in history. After death, the temple was named Wenzong, and the burial place was unknown.

When Zhu Yu acceded to the throne, he even talked about ostentation and extravagance. Harassment of the people in order to prepare palaces, clothes and halogen books, every household was ordered to put on lights and tie colored lanterns, and the night was like day. Within 10 days after he ascended the throne, he appointed thousands of officials and asked them to enter the palace in royal robes. See "Royal". Officials didn't have royal clothes, so they had to borrow them instead, which was handed down as a joke by people at that time.

As soon as Zhu Yu ascended the throne, he competed with Li Yong, who proclaimed himself emperor in Zhaoqing, Guangdong in the same month, for orthodox status. He also recruited pirates from all walks of life in an attempt to strengthen his own strength. A rogue named Yang from Chaozhou came to Guangzhou to boast that he had 65,438+10,000 elite soldiers in Chaozhou and Huizhou, but he was appointed Governor of Chaohui, empowered to appoint and remove all local officials, and gave them official seals. After Yang returned to his hometown, he collected money in one hand, delivered goods in the other and auctioned his official position.

In the same year, in 65438+ February and 65438+ May, just as the Shaowu regime was in full swing in Tongyongli court, it gained the upper hand. Under the command of Tong Yangjia and Li Chengdong, the Qing army disguised itself as a Ming army and attacked the Chaoshan area of Guangdong Province by surprise from Fujian. Local officials who bought jobs with money all fell down. Li Chengdong ordered them to report the people's feelings to Guangzhou and Zhu Yu on time, so that Zhu Yu didn't know that Chaoshan and Huizhou areas had fallen into the hands of the Qing army. Then, Li Chengdong invaded Guangzhou. On February 25, 65438, when Su was preparing to accompany him to inspect the military training, he suddenly received a report that the Qing army was approaching the city gate, and Su also cursed the reporter for talking nonsense. When the Qing soldiers entered the city gate, their main force was unable to resist because they were transferred to attack, so they had to flee to the minister Wang's house to escape. All to the event (all to the event, that is, the official name. Responsible for attendance, admonition, inspection, filling vacancies, gleaning, etc. ) In order to clear the Qing Dynasty, Liang Bing tricked Su into hanging himself, volunteered to lead the Qing soldiers into the Wangs' brothers, found them and detained them in the procuratorate of Dongchang. Qing soldiers brought food, Zhu Yu said, if I drink a drop of water from you, how can I go to see my ancestors in the underground and resolutely hunger strike? That night, while the defenders were unprepared, he took off his belt and hanged himself. After his death, a group of Ming royal families in Guangzhou were killed by Qing soldiers.

Although Zhu Yu was not a good emperor, he showed some integrity after being captured, which is also worthy of praise from later generations.