In the previous article, the scholar introduced the "Beijing Shijingshan Mummy". Some readers guess that the owner of the mummy may be 吴三桂. Today, I will introduce you to the tomb of Wu Sangui.
Wu Sangui was the famous character in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. Wu Sangui’s father 吴祥 was the general army of Liaodong, and his uncle’s grandson was a hero of the Ming Dynasty. Under the cultivation of his father and uncle, Wu Sangui has been both civil and martial arts since he was a child. He was adept at the age of 16 and was admitted as a martial artist. Before he was weak, he followed his father to guard Liaodong, a proper young hero.
Because of Wu Sangui's courage and outstanding family background, he had lived in Ningyuan Tuan Lian 总兵 before the age of 27, and inherited his father's mantle to guard Liaodong for the Ming Dynasty. In many fights with the Qing army, Wu Sangui often took the lead, "strangling the captives alone." In the 14th year of Chongzhen, the Qing army stormed Jinzhou, 洪承芜 and Zu Dashou successively descended to the Qing Dynasty. As a result, only Wu Sangui was left in the Liaodong fierce general, Therefore, the Chongzhen emperor named Wu Sangui the admiral of Liaodong and the commander of Shanhaiguan. Power of Liaodong.
During his tenure in Shanhaiguan, Wu Sangui repelled many attacks by the Qing army, but the Ming Dynasty died internally. 李自成 When he invaded Beijing, Wu Sangui also served as the king of soldiers, but when he walked to Tangshan, it was heard that Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself, and 38 members of his family fell into the hands of Li Zicheng. Under the circumstances, Wu Sangui had to surrender to Li Zicheng. However, Li Zicheng's general Liu Zongmin fell in love with Wu Sangui's concubine Chen Yuanyuan, Wu Sangui "rushed to the crown and became a beauty" and immediately opened Shanhaiguan to put 清军入关, so the Qing people quickly sought the title of Zhongyuan, 吴三桂也He was named the "King of Pingxi" for credit.
When the Qing army first entered the customs, there were still many Ming dynasty forces throughout the country. Therefore, Dorgon and Wu Sangui "killed the horse as an alliance," reusing Wu San Guiping rebelled against the anti-Qing forces in various places, and Wu Sangui did not disappoint, and brought his men from the northwest to the southwest. finally hanged Yongli Emperor Zhu Youlang with a bowstring.
Wu Sangui, who made great contributions, established the Pingxi Palace in Yunnan, and the governor of the military affairs of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces. In the following 14 years, Wu Sangui's influence in the southwest became more and more powerful, and even wanted to "children and grandchildren, the world is in Yunnan". This was definitely a big threat to the Qing Dynasty at that time. Under the constant persecution of Emperor Kangxi, Finally, In the 12th year of Kangxi, Wu Sangui proclaimed himself King of the Zhou Dynasty, the president of the world, land and water marshal, Xingming asked the generals, and officially raised the anti-Qing banner.
In the beginning of the battle, because Wu Sangui was well prepared, he was victorious, forcing Kangxi to even want to move the capital to Shenyang. However, there was a heavy rain in Hengyang, which prevented the soldiers from entering. In addition, Wu Sangui's decision-making error caused the loss of the fighter opportunity, which gave Kangxi a chance to take advantage of it. From then on, Kangxi turned defeat into victory.
In the 17th year of Kangxi, Wu Sangui felt that there was not much time, and he could not wait to proclaim his emperor in Hengyang, the country was named Great Zhou, but he only served as emperor for five months. Wu Sangui died of illness. After Wu Sangui died, he His grandson Wu Shifan succeeded to the throne and named Wu Sangui as the emperor of Zhou Taizu.
After Wu Sangui died, where did his body go? At that time, the Qing army broke through Kunming, and finally Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong did not find the real tomb of Wu Sangui. It was not until 2010 that Wu Sangui's cemetery was discovered by people. It was located in a remote small mountain village in Guizhou. No wonder the Qing army could not find it.
In 2010, villagers in Majiazhai accidentally discovered a tomb. After reporting it to the local cultural relics department, experts immediately rushed to excavate and protect the tomb. In the process of cleaning the tomb, a tombstone and inscription were found The above clearly records "He is eighty-five years old once by the emperor's favorThe tomb of Wugong No. Shuofu "", after expert textual research, "received by the emperor's grace" refers to the grace of Emperor Ming, "one time" represents the Emperor Gao of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and "eighty-five years old" represents Wu Sangui's collapse. On August 15th of the seventeenth year of Kangxi, "Suofu" was Wu Sangui's number. The owner of this tomb is indeed Wu Sangui.
It turns out that after Wu Sangui died, his confidant general Ma Bao and Wu Sangui’s nephew 吴应麒 took Wu Sangui’s corpse and escorted Chen Yuanyuan and other family members to the old forest in the deep mountains of Guizhou. When the world became peaceful, the Qing army was not so tight to chase down. Ma Bao took Chen Yuanyuan and settled there, and Ma Bao was also good at guarding. The descendants of the Wu family were grateful for Ma Bao’s kindness, so they changed their surname to Ma, and the village where they settled was also called Majiazhai.
Until the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Wu family dared to restore the Wu surname , so even though Majiazhai is named "Majiazhai" today, most of the villagers are named Wu, and they think Wu Sangui is themselves The old ancestors.
It is worth mentioning that the tomb of Chen Yuanyuan is located 30 meters away from the tomb of Wu Sangui, which can be regarded as a round of the love story of "fighting a crown and becoming a beauty".
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