The royal tombs of the Ming Dynasty are all in Beijing. Why is there Amin's Tomb in Hubei?

The answer to this question is actually one sentence: the emperor's son upgraded his father's grave.

This tomb is not the tomb of the emperor, but the tomb of the prince. This tomb is called Ming Xianling. Its owner is Zhu Youjue, the fourth son of Ming Xianzong Zhu Jianshen. At that time, his palace was in Hubei, and he was naturally buried in Zhongxiang City, Hubei Province after his death. This year is the fourteenth year of Ming Zhengde. His brother Zhu Houzhao gave him posthumous title, who was later called Xing Xian Wang.

Two years later, Zhu Houzhao died and the throne was suspended. At this time, Zhu Houzhao had no son to succeed to the throne, and there was no suitable candidate among his brothers. The throne must not fall into his surname, so I found Zhu Houzong among the children of the royal family. Speaking of this, Zhu Houzong is also lucky. He was of average seniority, but he was just the right age in all aspects, so the throne just fell from the sky. And this Zhu Houzong is the son of Zhu Youjue, the owner of this tomb in Hubei.

Zhu Houzong is the nephew of Zhu Houzhao, the late Ming Wuzong. He agreed to be emperor on the premise that he could change his name and taboos, but he didn't recognize Zhu Houzhao as his father. He wants to be Zhu Youjue's son all his life. Although this request was a bit excessive, there was no other way at that time, and the ministers agreed.

The first thing Zhu Houzong did when he became emperor was to upgrade the cemetery of his father Zhu Youjue from a prince's tomb to an emperor's tomb. In order to respect his father's filial piety, Zhu Houzong spent a lot of time. Covering an area of 183438+03 hectares, it is the largest imperial mausoleum in the Ming Dynasty. It took three years to upgrade this tomb, and then Zhu Houzong named it Ming Xianling. In this way, Hubei has the Amin Mausoleum.