"Most of them were killed by the peasant army."
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, natural disasters continued and the people were in dire straits. Therefore, the slogans of Li Zicheng, Zhang and other great uprisings were to fight local tyrants, divide fields and property. The royal family in Zhu Ming is the richest. Most of the state finances were used to support the royal family, and the Ming Dynasty gave the royal family many fields. Therefore, the royal family is as rich as oil! Therefore, the peasant army first targeted the royal family. At that time, many scattered royal families were basically looted and killed by the peasant army! For example, Zhu, the youngest son of Emperor Wanli at that time, was killed by Li Zicheng in Luoyang, and only one of his youngest sons, Zhu Yousong, escaped. Zhu, the king of Xiangyang, was killed by Zhang, leaving no one. The property was robbed. This can still be found in the history books. The Zhu royal families in all parts of the north, large and small, were basically killed by various insurgents and became an important source of income for these insurgents! So, at that time, most of the royal family, especially the northern royal family, were basically killed!
"Resistance is also mostly tragic."
Although most of Zhu Yuanzhang's royal descendants were killed in the north, some of them fled to the south. As mentioned earlier, Zhu Yousong, the youngest son of Axe King, fled to Nanjing and was established by Nanjing officials to resist the Qing army and the peasant army. Later, Fuzhou, Yunnan, Sichuan and other places established small imperial courts, all of which were established by the Zhu royal family and persisted in resisting, but perhaps Daming was doomed. After the establishment of these small courts, they did not concentrate on organizing resistance, but immediately fell into the struggle for power and interests, and the parties fought constantly. Therefore, the small court. So the end result is that the imperial court established by several royal families will soon perish, and this group of people will soon be killed. Basically, there are few fish that slip through the net!
"Survive"
Most of the royal family were killed and died in resistance. But for the relatively stable southern royal family at that time, in order to avoid disaster and death, for example, many distant royal families basically became local landlords. After the disaster, many royal families began to change their names and surnames, and the local owners who felt at ease became rich! Therefore, the Qing army went south, either voluntarily surrendering or being buried alive, with its tail between its legs, just seeking to live! So these people basically change their surnames to other surnames. Some members of the royal family moved to other places and survived in obscurity. However, these people are very few!
So, again, although the royal family enjoyed all the splendor, the worst thing in the last years of the dynasty was the royal family, and even their life might be extravagant hopes!