Chapter 264: The Inference of Porcelain and the Emperor's Thrift
"Uncle De, judging from this phoenix pattern holding pot, it really makes sense!" Wu Duo can't say that he listened to the phoenix pattern holding the pot himself, "I remember that I read an appraisal article before, but now I can't find it." ”
"Hmm. Hu Yunde nodded, "There is no question about the glazing method, and there is no question about the fetal quality, just the glaze is gray, if you miss such a heavy weapon because of this······"
"Uncle De, maybe it's because of this that this thing can appear here, otherwise, it would have been out of hand a long time ago!"
Hu Yunde groaned slightly, but again, "Is there anything else?"
Wu Duo nodded, he did hear something else, "It is said that this kind of Hongzhi yellow glaze with a gray bottom glaze was originally used as a sacrificial vessel, and it is indeed difficult to use it anymore, so it can only be destroyed, but it was originally used as a daily necessities for the court, and Emperor Hongzhi asked to continue to use it." Since this holding pot is for the royal family, and it has a phoenix pattern, I deduce that it was used by Empress Zhang?"
Wu Duo didn't infer it, he really heard it, and this was what Empress Zhang used! But for Hu Yunde, he could only say that he could infer it.
Hu Yunde agreed with this statement, "If it's genuine, it's about the same." Emperor Hongzhi was extremely frugal, his biological mother died early, and Empress Zhang was his only wife, which is very likely. ”
Emperor Hongzhi was notoriously thrifty, and various historical sources are widely spoken.
Even looking for a woman is very "frugal", he only has one wife.
Emperor Hongzhi only had Empress Zhang, without any concubines, and it is said that he never had a palace maid or anything. He is the only emperor in history who has achieved monogamy!
Emperor Hongzhi's frugality is related to his sad childhood.
Emperor Hongzhi's sad childhood is related to his father, Emperor Chenghua, who also had a sad childhood. On porcelain, it is said that "Cheng Hong is not divided", and the elegance and weakness in the bones of the porcelain of the two dynasties are also inseparable from this.
Happy people are always alike, and unhappy people have their own misfortunes.
The cause of Chenghua Emperor Zhu Jianshen's childhood misfortune was that his father Zhu Qizhen was captured by Wara during the Tumubao Incident, and his uncle Zhu Qiyu became the emperor. He was only two years old at this time.
The former emperor's uncle, the current emperor Zhu Qiyu, has his own son, so Zhu Jianshen is facing the possibility of being abolished at any time.
At this time, a nineteen-year-old palace maid surnamed Wan stepped forward and guarded Zhu Jianshen and accompanied him to grow up.
The peak turned around, and later Zhu Qizhen was released back, and successfully regained the imperial power, and Zhu Jianshen became the prince again.
This palace maid surnamed Wan, although she was seventeen years older than him, still became Wan Guifei later.
Hongzhi Emperor Zhu Youzhu was the son of Chenghua Emperor Zhu Jianshen, but he was not born to Wan Guifei. His misfortune lies in the fact that he may be killed by Wan Guifei at any time from the beginning of his mother's womb.
Wan Guifei once had a child, but she died young, and it was difficult to have another child because of her age. Aunt Wan can't give birth, so she doesn't want Chenghua's concubines to give birth.
Aunt Wan's psychology and methods are very perverted, and the result is that Emperor Chenghua has no son for a long time after that.
In this case, it is not easy for Zhu Youzhu to be born.
Zhu Youzhang's mother's surname is Ji, who was originally a prisoner of the imperial court to quell the rebellion of Tusi in Guangxi, and was sent to the palace as a palace maid, and later the errand was to manage the emperor's private treasury.
One day, after Emperor Chenghua saw her, he gave Lin luck on a whim.
Fortunately, the palace maid, the emperor can still be lucky, but this luck, Miss Ji is pregnant.
How could this escape Aunt Wan's ears and eyes? She immediately sent someone to take down the child.
Miss Ji was able to keep this child because of her specialty. This specialty sounds very simple, but it is difficult to really do it, that is, good popularity.
Hello is really good, up and down the palace, no one says that Miss Ji is good.
So the person who went to take out the child came back at the risk of killing and told Wan Guifei: "Oh! What is pregnant, and there is just a tumor in her stomach."
This "tumor" was covered by the palace maids and eunuchs, and finally fell to the ground.
He is the Hongzhi Emperor Zhu Youjiao.
At this time, Emperor Chenghua didn't know that he already had a son, and the porcelain pictures of the imperial kiln factory still had a large number of baby pictures.
There was a lot of movement, and Aunt Wan knew about it again, so she sent a eunuch named Zhang Min to drown Zhu Youzhang.
This Zhang Min, at the risk of losing his head, did not drown Zhu Youjiao, but when he came back, he told Wan Guifei that it had been dealt with.
Subsequently, many palace maids and eunuchs helped Miss Ji raise the child together.
The emperor's son, the future emperor, had such a childhood, eating about the same as palace maids and eunuchs, and he had to hide and hide, and he didn't dare to speak loudly.
Until one day when Zhu Youzhu was six years old, the eunuch named Zhang Min happened to comb Emperor Chenghua's hair, and Emperor Chenghua suddenly sighed: I don't have a son yet!
Zhang Min suddenly knelt down: Your Majesty, you already have a son!
Subsequently, Emperor Chenghua finally saw his son Zhu Youjiao, and as soon as he met, he said loudly: This is my son, who looks like me!
This sentence is a record of the official history, but looking at the portraits of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, there is reason to believe that Emperor Chenghua was overexcited at that time.
Because they do not look alike.
Compared with the previous emperors, Hongzhi Emperor Zhu Youzhu is not so powerful and square, he looks delicate, and even his beard is thinner, because his mother is an ethnic minority, and he is more like his mother.
Even at this time, Zhu Youzhang's danger was still not lifted. Soon after, the biological mother suddenly died in the palace, and the eunuch Zhang Min also committed suicide.
Zhu Youzhu trembled and escaped one catastrophe after another, and in the end, it was the Empress Dowager Zhou who came forward and took her grandson to Renshou Palace to raise her, which was much safer.
The suffering of childhood was the greatest foundation for Emperor Hongzhi to cultivate frugality.
He can save money. Reflected in the porcelain, it is enough to use, and when it is not needed, the imperial kiln factory will stop first.
Therefore, even if it is a yellow-glazed porcelain dedicated to the royal family, it is not surprising that Wu Duo said that this situation appears.
Hongzhi Jiaohuang is the color of chanterelle yellow, which is obviously lighter than bright yellow and bright yellow.
However, it is this kind of elegant chanterelle yellow, less and more refined production status, so that the yellow glaze of Hongzhi official kiln has reached a peak that is difficult to surmount in later generations.
Understanding these basic histories is also of great help in understanding Seonghwa and Koji porcelain.
Hu Yunde is a master in porcelain, and the gray bottom glaze of this Hongzhi yellow glazed phoenix pattern holding pot did not make him give up completely, but only hesitated.
And after Wu Duo expressed his opinion, Hu Yunde finally decided that as long as the price was right, he would accept it!
Two of the ten pieces of blue and white were set, two pieces of monochrome glaze were set for this one, one piece of multicolor was also ordered, and six pieces of pastel were not seen.
In addition, there is also a Chenghua Doucai character pattern jade pot spring bottle, which is waiting to be agreed.