The last royal family in the Ming Dynasty lived well. The last royal family of Daming, because of its submission to the Qing Dynasty, was also incorporated into the Han flag, so it was still an official of the imperial court. Later, Yongzheng awarded the last title to the royal family and inherited 12 generations of descendants.

Historically, when Manchu attacked the Ming government and the imperial palace, they were very cruel to the Ming royal family and their descendants, killing many descendants of the Ming royal family and some sideline businesses. After all, it is a regime change, so it is natural to be lenient with the royal family. As a result, there are basically few descendants of the Ming royal family. When the Qing dynasty just established the Manchu regime, it was actually reasonable to do so. In history, many royal families in the previous dynasties will resume at an appropriate time. Therefore, in order to avoid the restoration of the Ming Dynasty, the emperors of the Qing Dynasty took even more brutal measures.

Before Yong Zhengdi, the descendants of the Ming royal family were severely suppressed. But by the Yongzheng period, the rule of the Qing Dynasty had been relatively stable. During the Yongzheng period, in order to show the compassion of the Qing royal family, the Qing government sent ministers to look for more orthodox descendants of the Ming dynasty to increase the title and rank.

The Ritual Department of the Qing Dynasty has been responsible for finding this orthodox descendant of the Ming Dynasty. Sure enough, after years of searching, I finally found it, and the person I found was very beneficial to the control of the Qing Dynasty. This man is Zhu Zhilian, the Zhengding magistrate of Zhili. Zhu Zhilian, an official of the Qing Dynasty, can be said to be a very suitable candidate. In addition, he is a true direct descendant of the Ming royal family, which is very suitable for the Qing government.

Zhu Zhilian's grandfather is a direct descendant of Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Zhilian's grandfather surrendered to the Manchu when he entered the customs in the Qing Dynasty, so he was incorporated into the Han flag and became an official in the Qing Dynasty. Zhu Zhilian is already the third generation standard bearer here, and he is the only direct descendant of the Ming Dynasty orthodoxy. So Yong Zhengdi immediately named him the first-class Yan Enhou, and he can inherit this title from generation to generation. Yong Zhengdi also arranged a serious job for them, that is, offering sacrifices to the imperial tombs of the Ming Dynasty.