Next, Tang monks and apprentices should have arrived at Moore Rock, the mountain is steep, and Wuchao Zen Master once said that he should "follow the footsteps sideways". Of course, this "sideways footsteps" is steep and requires more care, but isn't there anything else in it? Because there are white bone spirits who are making monsters here, Lao Wu may be reminding people that there are poor people (or hateful people) buried here, and Tang monks and apprentices must also pay more attention.

The elder was immediately frightened, and Sun Dasheng opened the way. Sanzang Dao, Wukong, I'm hungry, you go and eat some fasting? The walker laughed and said, Master is not smart. In the middle of the mountain, there is no village in front of you, there is no store in the back, and there is no place to buy if you have money, where to teach to fast?

How do you know this sentence, it will cause big trouble, there is enough monkey to drink a pot. Although I ate ginseng fruit not long ago, I should be grateful to Sun Wukong, but no. did not eliminate the contradiction between the four at all, and even the monkey and Zhen Yuanzi made the other three even more jealous. Why? Those few are not stupid, they can all see that they are actually stained with the light of a monkey, and this great immortal doesn't take the three of them too seriously.

Sun Wukong not only did not notice this, but on the contrary, he was proud, thinking that he had done good things for others, and others would have to be grateful to Dade? If the Great Sage really understood, it is estimated that the extra ginseng fruit would rather be eaten by Yulong.

Bajie and Sha Seng are also white-eyed wolves like Tang Seng now, unless Sun Wukong suddenly gives everyone ginseng fruit to eat, they will get along with each other for a while. However, the ginseng fruit is not a bun? Knowing that there will be no grass to eat in the future, he immediately turned his face and denied the monkey.

(But does Lao Wu mean that it's that simple, definitely not.) There are too many secrets hidden in Journey to the West, which need to be analyzed. For example, Tang monk meat, is it a god horse?

In 1399, Zhu Di launched the Battle of Jingyan and "robbed" Emperor Jianwen. It can be said that Ming Taizong ate "Tang Seng" in one bite. Then the so-called "Tang monk meat" is just the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Generally speaking, from the third year of Zhu Zhanji's Xuande (that is, 1428), the "Tang monk meat" in the Ming Dynasty began to decrease as a whole, and Jiaoluan, Yingchang, and Nuer Gandusi gradually left. ）

Sanzang was unhappy in his heart, and scolded in his mouth, you monkey! I saved your life in the Two Realms Mountain, why are you unwilling to work hard now, and always have a lazy heart!

This guy has even turned over the old account from more than a year ago, and it seems that the ginseng fruit has been digested, so it is regarded as if he has not eaten it. A few days ago, Wukong used a willow tree or something to beat you up, why didn't you see the monk Tiling Mountain?

The walker said, "The disciple is also quite diligent, how can he be lazy?" Of course, the monkey is blind, and he has always taken good care of the master, just made a joke, how can the old monk be like this? The great sage is still not enlightened at all at this time.

Sanzang said, "Since you are diligent, why don't you fast, let me eat? What can I do if I am hungry? Besides, the miasma of the mountains here, how can I get thunder sound?" Don't you have the ability to make a few more ginseng fruits? It's hard to be a monk, and the body is fat and thick.

The walker said, "Master is not strange, and there are few words." And I know that thou hast been haughty and haughty, and thou hast disobeyed thee, and thou hast recited that mantra. Dismount and sit still, and wait for me to break my fast. Wukong quickly came back to the taste of a little bit, which refers to Sang scolding Huai, and has something else to say.

The traveler saw that there was a high mountain due south, ripe mountain peaches, and I will pick a few to satisfy your hunger.

Sanzang said happily, "If the monks have peaches to eat, they will be divided for the top, go quickly!"

When Sun Dasheng went, he alarmed a monster. When he saw the elder sitting on the ground, he was overjoyed and said, "Creation, longevity and longevity have really come today." Why did this monster say that immortality was coming? When he was in Huangfengling, the yellow rat was so capable, and I didn't see him mention it. It shows that the rumor that you can live forever after eating Tang monk's meat did not come into existence until after Wuzhuang Guan, and it must have been spread widely by Fulu Shouxing to heaven and earth.

So the goblin turned into the daughter of the moon and appeared in Tang Sanzang.

Sanzang is interesting at this time, it is said that if mortals are hungry, they are dizzy and can't see clearly. The holy monks of the people were sharp-eyed at this time, and the distance was not close, so they saw it immediately.

The eight precepts moved the mortal heart, and he couldn't help but talk nonsense, he was clearly a monster, but he couldn't recognize it.

The woman said she was going to repay her vows to fast as a monk. When Bajie heard this, he was full of joy and hurriedly withdrew, so he ran away and reported to Sanzang, "Master! Jiren has his own heavenly report! Master is hungry, and the senior brother goes to fast, and the monkey doesn't know where to pick peaches and play tricks." Don't you think that's a monk?"

Attention, here is the more crucial. Tang Seng didn't believe it, "You rammer nonsense! We have gone in this direction, and no good person has ever met one, where did the monk come from!" It seems that Tang Seng is not stupid at this time, and he knows that there will be no good things in the barren mountains and mountains.

Bajie said, "Master, isn't this coming?" The girl is here.

When Sanzang saw this, he hurriedly jumped up, clasped his palms together and said, "Female Bodhisattva, where do you live in your house? Who is your family? And immediately moved his mind, and his words were chattering in ink, without thinking about the problem with his brain as he did just now. I wasn't hungry anymore, and I was immediately refreshed, but fortunately, I still didn't say "how old I am".

The goblin coaxed, "Master, this mountain is called the White Tiger Ridge where the snake is afraid of the beast, and below it is my home. My parents were monks from near and far in Guangzhai, but because they gave birth to slaves, they recruited a son-in-law and sent them to their deaths. "It's so sweet, slave, it makes Tang Seng itch all over his body.

Tang Seng has almost thrown the reminders and warnings of Lishan's mother and Guanyin to Lingshan now, but fortunately, his cultivation is profound, and he is not allowed to come to the real character, and he is not allowed to have a good time.

Hearing this, Sanzang said, "Female Bodhisattva, your language is poor. Bible cloud, parents are here, don't travel far, there must be a way to travel. Since you have your parents in the hall, and you have recruited a son-in-law with you, and you have the desire to teach you to return the man, then it is okay, why do you walk in the mountains at home? "Poof, you! You're so seductive, aren't you afraid that someone will rob you? Tang Seng, where did you see that a little daughter-in-law in the mountains is a rich man? Actually, why did the holy monk say this, I'm afraid I know it from the words of the monster, it turns out that this slave has already promised to be married, and in addition to being disappointed, his words can't help but be sharp.

The woman smiled and said, "Master, my husband is in the recess of the north of the mountain, and he takes a few guests to hoe the fields. This is the lunch cooked by the slaves, and it is given to those people to eat. It's only for May and June, no one is calling, and my parents are old, so I came to send it in person. Suddenly, three people came from afar, but they thought that their parents were kind, so they would eat this monk, if they did not abandon their disgust, they would like to offer it. "This monster wanted to bite Tang Seng twice, for fear that the monk would be suspicious, so he pretended to be clever and followed the monk's words to lie.

Sanzang said, "Good, good! I have an apprentice who went to pick fruit, so he came, and I didn't dare to eat it." If my monk eats your meal, your husband will know and scold you, but he will not offend the poor monk?" If you don't tell your husband, we'll sit back and watch and savor it.

There is a detail that Tang Seng called the goblin, which was "female bodhisattva" at first, and then became "you".

The woman saw that Tang Seng refused to eat, but she said with a full face, "Master, my parents are still a monk." My husband is a good person, and his good life is to build bridges and roads, and to love the old and the poor. But when I heard that this meal was given to Master, his relationship with me was even more different than usual. "A monster is a monster, how do you know the mind of the holy monk? The more you say that you have a good relationship with your husband, the more uncomfortable the monk will become.

Sanzang just doesn't eat, oh, you really want to tell your husband, what if he comes and beats me?

I saw that the walker came back from picking a few peaches, and watched with fiery eyes, and recognized that the woman was a goblin, and beat her on the head.

The bluffing elder grabbed it with his hand and said, "Wukong, who will you fight in the future?" Tang Seng reacted quickly enough, indicating that he had been thinking about it, and he was afraid that the monkey would have to make trouble when he came back. As expected, the monk stopped the great sage in time.

The walker said, "Master, don't be a good person with this woman in front of you. He's a goblin, and he's trying to trick you. ”

Sanzang said, "You monkey head, you also had some eyesight at that time, how can you mess up the Tao today! This female bodhisattva has such a kind heart, and she will fast this meal, how can you say that he is a goblin?"

The walker smiled and said, "Master, you know it! When Lao Sun was a demon in the Water Curtain Cave, if he wanted to eat human flesh, it was like this. Or change into gold and silver, or become a zhuangtai, or become intoxicated, or become feminine. If such an infatuated person falls in love with me, I will fascinate him into the cave and use it as I please, steaming or boiling it, and if I can't eat it, I will dry it to prevent the sky from being cloudy! Master, if I am late, you will be put in his trap and poisoned by him!" When the monkey was "a demon in the Water Curtain Cave", isn't that what Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang is talking about. It seems that Lao Zhu must have a lot of stories in this regard, and his harem must be very competitive. Emperor Hongwu had about 20 wives and gave birth to a total of 26 sons and 16 daughters. In particular, "it is necessary to dry it to prevent the sky from being cloudy", what does this mean? Lao Wu said that he was criticizing Zhu Yuanzhang and opening a precedent for the harem funeral system in the Ming Dynasty. The "cover" in the monkey's mouth is Guo Guifei's means to attract Zhu Gaochi. It seems that the cause of Zhu Gaochi's death, Guo Guifei has a certain responsibility.

It's hard to persuade a damn ghost with good words. That Tang Seng was willing to believe it, and only said that he was a good person. The walker said, "Master, I know you, when you see his appearance, you must have moved your heart. If you have this intention, ask Bajie to cut down a few trees, Sha Seng to find some grass, I will be a carpenter, and I will build a nest here, and you will have a round house with him, and we will all disperse, but it is not a career?

The elder was a soft-hearted man, and he was so ashamed that he was so embarrassed that his ears were red.

(During the period of Zhu Gaochi's filial piety to Zhu Di, he and Guo Guifei still "succeeded", but they were persuaded by a certain minister, I am afraid that Mingrenzong's expression at that time was similar to that of Tang Seng at this time.) ）

Sanzang was embarrassed here, and the walker initiated sex again, hoping that the goblin would split his face with a stick. As a result, the monster made a dismemberment method and beat a fake corpse to death.

The bluffing elder trembled, and said in his mouth, "This monkey is rude! Repeatedly refusing to obey, hurting people's lives for no reason!" Tang Seng is now annoyed and angry, and now there is still a lack of a cannon to twist the child.

When the walker asked the master to take a closer look, a jar of maggots, a few frogs, shrimp and toads, jumping all over the ground. The elder only had three points to believe it, how could he not help Zhu Bajie not to be angry, and he instigated on the side, "She is a peasant woman here, not a monster." My brother will kill you! I'm afraid that you will recite some kind of mantra, so I will deliberately try a trick to trick you into not reciting the mantra. "Actually, Bajie believes in his heart, but he has to arrange monkeys in his mouth.

Sanzang said from this point of view, that is, the bad luck arrived, and sure enough, he believed that the idiot instigated, but is it really that simple? Reciting a mantra in his mouth, he also wants to drive away the monkeys. Tang Seng later saw the walker and pleaded bitterly, but he also spared you this time.

The fairy turned into an old woman, who was eighty years old, and came crying. When Bajie saw this, he was shocked and said, Master, it's no good! The senior brother must have killed his daughter. This must be his mother's future. Zhu Bajie really wanted Wukong to suffer more, and the second instigation began.

The walker said, "Brother, don't talk nonsense! That woman is eighteen years old, this old woman is eighty years old, how can she still give birth in her sixties? This is the simplest but true that the monkey said, this woman who has passed menopause at the age of 60 but can still have children, with the help of modern high medical technology, may be okay. When the Tang Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty were still there, ordinary mortals couldn't dream of it.

The walker recognized him as a goblin and beat him, and the monster turned into a primordial god and ran away. Tang Seng saw that he had turned the mantra upside down and recited it twenty times. The monk seems to really think that Buddhism is boundless, and that sixty years old, eighty-year-old women can have twins.

Bajie is afraid that the chaos will not be enough, and continue to instigate. However, Lao Sun has always taught Shamen, and he has no jealousy or greed, but he has no sycophancy.

The goblin turned into an old man again, with jade chimes in his ears and gold stars in his eyes. Tang Seng saw it immediately, and said happily in his heart, "Amitabha! The West is really a blessed land! The public highway can't go up, and he still recites scriptures." "Sure enough, what a blessed land. Lao Wu, Lao Wu, you are too bad, a classic in the classics of the whole book.

The big holy stick started and defeated the demons, and only then did it cut off the aura, but it was a bunch of pink skeletons there. There was a line on his spine called Lady Bones.

Insert a paragraph in the middle, what is the origin of this White Bone Lady-Corpse Demon? Why is there still the words "White Bone Lady" engraved on the bones, it is obvious that Lao Wu is deliberately introducing the origin of this goblin, it is indeed an unknown woman who became a pile of skeletons after death.

Who was this woman before her death, and how did she die? Judging from the book, this Baihuling is deserted, there are no farmhouses, and further west, there is the black pine forest (the territory of the yellow-robed monster, there are no traces). Therefore, it is certain that she was not an ordinary local woman when she came to the mountains to travel and relax, or she got lost and couldn't go back to starve to death, maybe she couldn't think about suicide. But it is impossible for the beast to eat it, otherwise how could there be a complete skeleton?

There are many suspicions, judging from the context, this monster's previous life was involved with the Treasure Elephant Kingdom, but it was definitely not killed and eaten by the Yellow Robe Monster of the Boyue Cave in Wanzi Mountain between the White Tiger Ridge and the Capital of the Treasure Elephant Kingdom. Because no matter what, this pile of white bones suddenly mutates here and cultivates into a demon and changes into a human form, it will take twenty years, and the Kuimu wolf only came to the mortal world 13 years ago.

There is only one possibility, this poor woman is a native of Baoxiang Country, who was killed and buried in Baihuling decades ago. It's not a simple matter of killing people and throwing corpses, otherwise the bones may not be so well preserved, and there must be some meat-eating animals on the mountain.

The biggest suspicion may be that she was the concubine of the previous king of the Treasure Elephant Kingdom, but she was buried along with the old king who died.

I won't analyze it now, but I'll talk about it later. Anyway, this Lady of the White Bone didn't know how to live, a new life. But everyone is puzzled, plus a few goblins cultivated by plants and trees later, what is the mystery? Do Lao Wu want to say anything? Yes, Lao Wu began to sharply put forward the challenge of the Dao Buddha, and they must be speechless.

also came back to talk about the book, Tang Seng heard it, but also believed it, how could he not help the eight precepts next to the mouth, and recite the mantra with the repetition.

The walker said, "Master blamed me for being wrong. This guy is clearly a demon, and he really wants to harm you. I beat him to death, and did you the harm, but you didn't recognize it, but you believed the idiot's slanderous words, and chased me out repeatedly. As the saying goes, there are no more than three things. If I don't go, I'm a shameless person. I'll go, I'll go, and I'll go, but you don't have anyone under you. "I have a grudge against Tang Seng, and I have the last expectation, and I am really not at ease with the demon removal methods of the two junior brothers and begging for food.

Tang Seng said angrily, "This monkey is becoming more and more rude! It seems that only you are a human being, so Wu Neng and Wu Jing are not human beings?" In this way, Bajie and Sha Seng completely broke off the idea of interceding.

As soon as the great sage heard that the two of them were human beings, he couldn't stop being miserable, and said to Tang Seng, "Bitter! Go to the Two Realms Mountain, save me, and worship you as a teacher." I once pierced through ancient caves, went into deep forests, captured demons and monsters, collected eight precepts, obtained sand monks, and endured a lot of hardships. Today, I am confused, and only teach me to go back, this is what the bird hides in the bow, and the rabbit dies and the dog cooks!

The monkey was disheartened, but he was not stupid enough to get home, so he asked the master to write a derogatory book, but he still couldn't bear Tang Seng to fall into hell, so he didn't have to take the oath seriously. made a way outside the body, plucked three hairs on the back of his head, blew on the fairy breath, and changed into three walkers, even four of himself, and surrounded the master on all sides to bow down. The description here is very wonderful, not only writing the goodness and friendship of the monkeys, but also laying the groundwork for the so-called six-eared macaque to beat Tang Seng with a hairless hair. It is useless to say more now, and we will have to analyze it in detail later.

Sha Seng has not spoken, and now he can't speak, temporarily shaking his mind and body, although he hates the monkey in his heart, but he has not fallen into the well, out of self-preservation, he is also a good person. Bajie was also speechless at this time, regretting that he didn't have a door on his lips. Wukong only has no worries about his master and disciples, and has no actual resentment, just his own life.

Read the original work, "The Great Sage jumped up, shook his body, and collected his hair, but he instructed Sha Seng again, 'Brother Xian, you are a good person, but as long as you pay attention to the words of the Eight Precepts, you must be more careful on the way. If a goblin catches the master for a while, you will say that Lao Sun is his eldest apprentice. Western hairy monsters, smell my methods, don't dare to hurt my master'.

What does this mean, it seems that Wu Chengen still recognizes Zhu Zhanji as a whole. It is hoped that Ming Xuanzong will not be as reckless as Zhu Di and cannibalism, but pay more attention to the development of national strength and people's livelihood. is to "persuade" him and Zhu Yuanzhang to learn, and adopt the Ming Taizu's technique of governing the country and securing the country. Lao Zhu's strategy for the surrounding countries is that all those who serve the Ming Dynasty as the suzerain, all get along peacefully. Of course, the main reason was that Ming Taizu thought that these countries were not rich enough, and the costs were greater than the benefits, and it was better to appease them than to conquer them, while Zhu Di was ambitious, devoted to expanding his territory, and was intoxicated with various "projects" to establish the country's internal and external image. The price is to squander the family funds saved by his father and nephew, a typical example is that in 1421, Ming Taizong officially moved the capital to Beijing, and within the first month, the Forbidden City fire burned down the three major halls. The imperial court had no money, so the reconstruction work had to be put on hold, and it was not completed until 1440 in Zhu Qizhen (Ming Yingzong was a master of money and built the Qianqing Palace by the way; and in 1459, he built the West Garden). Even so, Zhu Di continued to send Zheng He to the West (in fact, if it was to develop bilateral trade at that time, it would be a source of finance. It's a pity that Ming Taizong's approach is basically to only spend and not benefit, on the contrary, it has promoted the development of Western and Nanyang countries). In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di's starting point is not wrong, the question is whether the heir has your ability? Another conclusion is that the mystery of the martyrdom of Guo Guifei of Mingrenzong seems to have nothing to do with Zhu Zhanji, and it is all "good deeds" done by Zhu Gaochi's eldest wife, and it is necessary to put the "rival in love" to death. Of course, if Zhu Gaochi and Guo Guifei really don't care for their bodies so often, maybe we can understand Zhang's a little, after all, people are the real couple in distress, and Guo Guifei can be regarded as a "murderer" to a certain extent. Zhu Zhanji can be regarded as a "good person" who does not speak in this matter. However, when it comes to uncles, aunts, and cousins, he is a "bad person".

Obviously, Sun Wukong at this time not only reflects Zhu Yuanzhang, but also alludes to Zhu Qizhen by the way.

Continue to look at the monkeys, kowtow to the elders with tears, and pay attention to the sand monks with sadness. One end wiped the grass in front of the slope, and the two feet kicked over the vines on the ground. Heaven and earth are like rotation, and flying mountains across the sea is the first ability. In an instant, he disappeared, and in an instant he returned to his old journey. was miserable and miserable alone, endured his anger and said goodbye to his master, somersaulted the clouds, and went back to the Huaguo Mountain Water Curtain Cave. Suddenly, I heard the sound of the sea in the East Ocean, thinking of Tang Seng, I couldn't stop the tears on my cheeks, stopped walking, and went for a long time.

At this moment, I don't know how many people are sad when they see this. The love of love is hurt by love, and love is always fascinated by love. There is no entanglement of yin and yang here, only the virtuous, foolish, good and evil are truly mixed.

When will the Great Sage return???!!!

If time could be turned back, Caesar would rather hope that the Great Sage would not return. So why did the great sage cry at this time? Because the monkey has mainly become Zhu Qizhen.

In September 1449, Zhu Qizhen was honored as the emperor, and later in August 1450, Zhu Qizhen finally returned to the Ming Dynasty.

Ming Yingzong looked at a small sedan chair that came out to greet him and a few people who were so pitiful (there were many miles of Mongolian servants who had not been equipped with him first), and his heart was happy and sad. Things are wrong, and he entered Nangong Da Nei gloomily and was placed under house arrest. That night, after the banquet. Zhu Qizhen was lying on his small bed, he must have burst into tears, and he had spent more than 6 difficult years like this.

There are no two masters of the country, as a result, Zhu Jianji died mysteriously in 1453, Zhu Qiyu's personality changed greatly after that, and Yu Qian and others were killed in 1457. Zhu Qiyu finally died tragically, but he could not have a son to survive. "Orthodox" inheritance concept, I don't know how many people were "killed"?

Mr. Wu Chengen's attitude towards Ming Yingzong is very strange, and I am afraid that it is difficult for him to say it clearly. But the fifty-eighth chapter of Journey to the West is "two hearts disturb the world, and it is difficult to cultivate one, and it is true that it is extinguished". Does this "truth" mean Zhu Qizhen or Zhu Qiyu? No matter which of the two is the other, the author is expressing that the "true nature" of the two brothers has gradually "died out."

The monkey was driven away by Tang Seng by Mrs. White Bone, everyone is very familiar with the White Bone Spirit, Sun Wukong beat the White Bone Spirit three times. But how did this white bone spirit become a essence? From the perspective of the four beings and the six realms, that is an inexplicable thing, this skeleton cannot become a essence, because it is a dead object, without spirit and emotion, and it is definitely not one of the sentient beings.

But this white bone spirit is still really a essence, and there is love, what is going on? How to explain this phenomenon? The more you explain it, the worse it will be, this skeleton is supposed to be a ruthless thing, and it can't talk about nine tricks and eight holes, it is difficult to mutate into a demon no matter what.

It's a little easier to say that the skeleton becomes a spirit, and the later few tree demons are even more so, and it is difficult for Buddhism and Taoism to explain this matter reasonably. Because this plant and tree is obviously a ruthless thing, it must not be sentient (people can be ruthless if they are not plants and trees).

As for the Mani bead, it is also the same, it is impossible for the Buddhists to make it mutate into sentient beings. The description of the monkey in front of the Lingxiao Treasure Hall is actually the image of the Great Sage's Dharma Body Buddha fighting, similar to a high-speed spinning ball with golden light.

Who is this White Bone Corpse Demon? The biggest suspect is Guo Guifei of Zhu Gaochi of Mingrenzong. In 1425, Akihito died and was buried in a total of 5 people, including the Guo family. What is quite suspicious is that she gave birth to three sons to the emperor, and she should not be buried in any reason.

There are very few records of Kwok's family, and we cannot examine the hidden facts in detail. There are only two suspicions, first of all, Guo is the most favored by Zhu Gaochi and is hated by the empress;

Guo is Guo Duansu, the granddaughter of Guo Ying, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, because she was deeply loved by Zhu Gaochi, she was named a concubine and had three sons and one daughter (Guo seems to have a younger sister who married Zhu Gaoxu). Ming Renzong obviously loved Guo very much, and in October of the 22nd year of Yongle, the concubine Zhang was the queen and Guo was the noble concubine, indicating that the status of the Guo family was second only to the queen Zhang. In the same month, Guo Ying's son Guo Fan was promoted to the commander of the Bannerman Guard, Guo Yi was promoted to the political envoy of the Xunwei Guard, and Guo Tan was appointed as the Governor of the Left Army Governor's Mansion and the Governor of the Left Army and the Marquis of Wuding (Wu Ding Hou Guo Ying had opposed Zhu Di in the Battle of Jingjing, so he was dismissed by Zhu Di and returned home. In 1403, Guo Ying may have been given death by Ming Taizong, although he was posthumously named the Duke of Yingguo, but Zhu Di did not let the descendants of the Guo family attack the knight. There must be an inside story in this, and I'll analyze it later). Now Zhu Gaochi posthumously named Guo Ming as Wudinghou, and let his son Guo Tanzhi inherit the title of Marquis of Wuding, and named Xu as Mrs. Wudinghou, obviously to please Guo Guifei). But it shows that in Zhu Gaochi's mind, Guo Guifei's status is very high and even surpasses that of the queen.

Then it is expected that Empress Zhang is jealous of Guo Guifei, and many ministers are also very dissatisfied with this, Mingrenzong is too partial. It is likely that because of this, in May 1425, Zhu Gaochi died, and Empress Zhang saw that the time had come, so she ordered Guo Guifei to be martyred.

In order to alleviate the contradictions, Zhu Zhanji was particularly generous to the Guo family. In April of the second year of Xuande, Guo Xuan (that is, Guo Tan, it is estimated that in 1425, all the descendants of the Guo family changed their names to add one horizontal and became Wang Zi generation) appointed the government affairs of the Zongren; in February of the fifth year of Xuande, Guo Xuan's sins were also forgiven. This Guo Xuan asked his subordinates to occupy the land of the seventeen families of Nanpi County, Cangzhou, and build a manor for himself. In order to flatter Guo Xuan, Lu Sheng, the commander of the right guard in Tianjin, gave him more than 1,900 acres of tuntian. Ming Xuanzong only ordered Guo Xuan to change his way and arrested Lu Sheng and Guo Xuan's subordinates.

This Guo Xuan was later in the ninth year of orthodoxy, and was crowned by Zhu Qizhen as the general seal of the town guard Xuanfu Pei Zhenshuo, and died in the twelfth year of orthodoxy.

Who are the old men and women turned into by the white bone spirits? It's a long story, and this starts with Guo Ying. Guo Ying is the founding meritorious service, Zhu Yuanzhang was awarded the title of Wu Dinghou, and Zhu Di posthumously awarded him the title of Duke of Yingguo. Guo Ying's eldest son, Guo Zhen, is a concubine Duwei, married Zhu Yuanzhang's daughter Princess Yongjia, and gave birth to sons Guo Lan, Guo Hui, and Guo Quan.

Guo Ying's second son Guo Ming's position is only a treasure of Liaofu, but Guo Ming's daughter Guo is Zhu Gaochi's later Guo Guifei. Guo Ming's son Guo Tan, later renamed Guo Xuan.

Guo Ying, like Geng Bingwen, is the general who Zhu Yuanzhang left to Zhu Yunwen to protect the country. Guo Ying died suddenly in 1403 and was stripped of his title, so naturally Zhu Di refused to let his descendants inherit Wu Dinghou. It wasn't until 1424 that Guo Ying's granddaughter became the concubine of Mingrenzong, so Zhu Gaochi violated some rules and gave the title of Wu Dinghou to Guo Tan (instead of Guo Zhen, it stands to reason that Guo Ying's eldest grandson Guo Zhen should be more knighted, but this Guo Zhen has a secret story), and Guo Ming, the father of the concubine, was also posthumously named Wu Dinghou.

Guo Ming is Guo Ying's second son, and the eldest son is Guo Zhen, the husband of Princess Yongjia. Then Zhu Gaochi's aunt, Princess Yongjia, was very dissatisfied and often appealed, believing that the title of Marquis of Wuding should be passed on to his eldest descendants, not Guo Tan, who was secondary, but Zhu Gaochi ignored her.

During the Xuande period, Princess Yongjia continued to protest, and Zhu Zhanji was in a dilemma, so he had to use the "first emperor" as a shield to perfunctory Princess Yongjia.

Zhu Zhanji died, and after Zhu Qizhen ascended the throne, Princess Yongjia still had to ask for an explanation. In March of the first year of orthodoxy, Ming Yingzong (in fact, it was the meaning of his grandmother, the Empress Dowager Zhang, what can Zhu Qizhen do when he was only 9 years old) issued an edict to Princess Yongjia, saying that the eldest princess of Yongjia, what you said about Guo Xuan's inheritance of the Marquis of Wuding, that was determined by the previous emperor. I have already made Guo Zhen the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and I have come to serve you. You are the daughter of Taizu, how can you always care about these things? This must be Guo Zhen's dissatisfaction, please teach Guo Zhen to strictly abide by the etiquette law, otherwise, the ancestor's law will not spare him.

Princess Yongjia was definitely unhappy, but there was no way. The contradictions between Guo Zhen and Guo Xuan continued to escalate, constantly attacking and denounce each other. In June of the fifth year of orthodoxy, it was recorded in the Ming Shilu that Zhu Qizhen wrote to the eldest princess of Yongjia, saying, "Yang Jing, the person who bought the pure body of the book, was guilty of stealing the gold book. If the husband purifies himself, the ancestors have the illegal act of prohibiting buying. and if he is a thief, he will not be sent to the official, and he will die, which is illegal. Great-grandmother Gao Nian couldn't think about this, and she must have commanded Guo Zhen's crime. Today, I miss my loved ones, and you don't ask. From now on, I will look forward to the precepts, and all those who abide by the etiquette and law will be the friendship of all relatives." The dispute between the two families can be seen through the above description. Because the Empress Dowager Zhang was still alive at this time, in order to maintain the dignity of her husband Zhu Gaochi, she still favored Guo Xuan's family and continued to press Guo Zhen and Princess Yongjia.

Empress Dowager Zhang died in the seventh year of orthodoxy, and the fate of the Guo family began to gradually change direction. In May of the eighth year of orthodoxy, Princess Yongjia was a smart person, so she tentatively played Zhu Qizhen, saying that she was old and planned to build a grave for herself in Xunhui Township, Jiangning County. Ming Yingzong agreed (and had to agree), but who would pay for it? Zhu Qizhen was not happy to bleed, so he began to rub it, but a few months later, Princess Yongping also died. Princess Yongping was Zhu Di's second daughter, and Ming Yingzong ordered the officials to be in charge of building the tomb. Because Yongjia and Yongping are now both the titles of the eldest princess, Zhu Qizhen has no choice but to pay for them, and Princess Yongjia is actually stained with the light of Princess Yongping.

Then Princess Yongjia's family is not very easy (only from the perspective of Guo Zhenguan's small age, the life of the family should be comfortable, but her grandmother Princess Yongjia is the daughter of Zhu Yuanzhang, so there must be a pomp and circumstance in the house. In this way, the princess and Guo Zhen's Yulu seemed very nervous), starting from Zhu Di, Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Qizhen at this time were relatively indifferent to their family. According to the analysis of the content in the Ming Shilu, Princess Yongjia repeatedly asked the imperial court to increase Guo Zhen's official position and inherit the title of Marquis of Wuding, but the family's money was still not enough to spend. Even to the point of selling the furniture given to him by his father Zhu Yuanzhang, Ming Shilu once mentioned that someone "bought the bed in the mansion of the eldest princess of Yongjia".

In the twelfth year of orthodoxy, Guo Xuan died. Guo Cong (Guo Xuan's son) and Guo Chang (the grandson of Guo Zhen and Princess Yongjia) both wanted to attack the Marquis of Wuding, and the Empress Dowager Zhang was already in her prime, so they were both vetoed by Ming Yingzong, but they were also given the position of commander. There is also a story behind the scenes, so let's look down first.

Princess Yongjia Rao is smart, but it is difficult to refute the hidden feelings of the Guo family. Later, there were civil changes, Ming Dynasty Zong ascended the throne and other things, Princess Yongjia, as the daughter of Zhu Yuanzhang, knew where the righteousness was, so she no longer appealed. On the first day of the ninth month of the sixth year of Jingtai, Princess Yongjia knew that her deadline was approaching, so she made a decision to have a good future for her husband Guo Zhen's grandson Guo Chang. Ming Shilu recorded, "Yongjia eldest princess played, recently saw the number of soldiers and horses in Beijing with a huge amount of grain, willing to Yongle, Xuande, orthodox between the purchase of a field in Wuxi County, a total of more than 1,200 acres, the annual income of more than 700 stones, all of which belong to the company to help supply." Princess Yongjia writes quite well, and she will never mention Hongwu, Jianwen and Jingtai, otherwise where would Zhu Qiyu dare to accept the money of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, and he would not be able to ask for his own money (it was a taboo during the Jianwen period). So, the Ming Dynasty agreed, and looked at Princess Yongjia's family in a different way, and the ministers also praised it.

A few days later, the eldest princess of Yongjia died. The twelfth daughter of Emperor Taizu Gao, the mother of Concubine Guo, was born in the ninth year of Hongwu, and was canonized as Princess Yongjia in the twenty-second year, with Guo Zhen, the eldest princess in the third year of Yongle, and the eldest princess in the twenty-second year. He died at the age of eighty. The old lady used her last private money (judging from the above, it seems to be an understatement, just a real estate, but the purpose is to prevent the Ming Dynasty Sect from relenting and refusing. If Princess Yongjia really had so much land, would the family still sell furniture? Where did her money come from, Zhu Yuanzhang gave some dowries, Jianwen, Zhu Di, Renzong, Xuanzong, Zhu Qizhen, and Zhu Qiyu when they ascended the throne, in exchange for their descendants to embark on the road to Zhongxing.

Because most of the ministers fell to the side of Princess Yongjia's descendants, Guo Chang attacked Jue Wu Dinghou relatively smoothly. The specific time should be in the seventh year of Jingtai, and a year later, the Nangong Rebellion occurred, Zhu Qizhen was restored, and Guo Chang's title was removed. In the third year of Tianshun, Ming Yingzong liquidated Shi Heng and other "meritorious heroes", and in order to alleviate the contradictions, he won over the Guo family, and restored Guo Chang's title. Guo Chang died in the fifth year of Tianshun, and the child was too young to temporarily take the title.

In Zhu Jianshen's Chenghua years, Guo Chang's son Guo Liang attacked Jue Wu Dinghou. However, Guo Liang made too many requests to Ming Xianzong, and was increasingly disgusted by Zhu Jianshen. Guo Cong (Guo Xuan's son) saw that the opportunity had come, so he sued that Guo Liang was not Guo Chang's son. So Guo Liang was unlucky and was suspended. Fortunately, Zhu Jianshen did not transfer the title of Wu Dinghou to Guo Cong, but Guo Liang was not satisfied and continued to sue. Ming Xianzong was also annoyed, and even arrested Guo Liang and locked him up for a while. After he was released from prison, he continued to appeal. Zhu Jianshen finally became angry, and said that you still bother me, and even your official position will be removed.

Guo Liang didn't dare to speak, until the Hongzhi period, the Guo family's clansmen played and asked for the title of Wudinghou to be given to the Guo family to inherit. Zhu Youzhu agreed, but Guo Chang's two sons Guo Liang and Guo Zhao fought for the title, and the reason was the content that Guo Cong gave back then. The ministers said that Guo Liang was indeed Guo Chang's son, so Guo Liang continued to attack Wu Dinghou. Guo Liang's son is Guo Xun, a controversial minister. has a lot of ability, but also competes for fame and profit. Guo Xun finally died in prison, causing the Guo family to suffer another major disaster. Fortunately, later, the Guo family still inherited Wu Dinghou and multiplied.

The affairs of the Guo family are so chaotic, especially the two generations of Guo Ying's son and grandson, there are huge controversies and doubts. Historical sources may say that Guo Zhen is the son of Princess Yongjia, and some say that she is the grandson of Princess Yongjia.

According to the Ming Shilu, in March of the eighth year of orthodoxy, the wife of Guo Xuan, the Marquis of Wuding, died, and sent officials to pay tribute, and ordered a priest to be buried. In July of the twelfth year of orthodoxy, Guo Xuan also died. In December of that year, Ming Shilu recorded, "The late Marquis of Wuding, Guo Xuanzicong, was the commander of the affairs and the brocade guard, and first the eldest princess of Yongjia, the aunt of Xuan, wanted to make her grandson Zhen seize the Marquis of Xuan, and played with Cong." Under the British public Zhang Fu and others reviewed, saying, "Cong and Zhen are the great-grandsons of Hou Ying of Wuding, and the ancestors of Cong are the second; Clever in the case of a knight. 'If you don't obey, stop giving Cong command the affairs.'

Because the Empress Dowager Zhang has passed away for many years, Zhu Qizhen is in power, and when he sees that the two families are fighting for the title, no one will give it. In fact, this also shows that Zhu Qizhen has indeed grown up and still has his own opinions. It was difficult for this Qing official to decide family affairs, so Zhu Qizhen simply took all the pressure to solve the problem.

Ming Yingzong is a smart man, and he found out the problem from the report of Zhang Fu and others. Under Zhu Qizhen's investigation, he turned over the old accounts from twelve years ago, and found that in the first year of orthodoxy, Princess Yongjia said that she would let her son Guo Zhen come to attack Jue Wu Dinghou. Can this son and grandson be one person? Now Guo Zhen should have died a few years ago, and the one competing for the title of Marquis of Wuding must be Guo Zhen's grandson Guo Chang. Zhu Qizhen later figured out the reason, it turned out that this was the case, and it was not easy to do. After consideration, Ming Yingzong disqualified both Guo Cong and Guo Chang from taking the title. Perhaps, this allusion corresponds to the Journey to the West book, Sun Wukong once said to Bajie, "Brother, don't talk nonsense! That woman is eighteen years old, this old woman is eighty years old, how can she still give birth in her sixties? It's definitely a fake, wait for Lao Sun to see." ”

Not only are the contents of the Ming Shilu and Ming history recorded by the Guo family frequently, but also Guo Xuan's epitaph. This epitaph is written by Luo Hengxin, Gu Xingzu Shudan, and Mu Xin's seal.

So a huge question mark arises, why are there so many errors and inconsistencies in almost all historical materials about the Guo family, and Zhang Fu and others really can't even tell whether Guo Zhen is the son or grandson of Princess Yongjia?

The matter has to start from 1384, that is, the seventeenth year of Hongwu, Guo Ying's elder brother Gongchang waited for Guo Xing's death and posthumously presented the Duke of Shaanxi; around 1389, because of the implication of Hu Weiyong's case, Li Shanchang committed suicide, Guo Xing's title was also cut off, and most of his descendants were also "killed". However, Zhu Yuanzhang is ruthless, but he is also very humane, Guo Xing is not only a hero, but also can be named Gong Changgong according to his merits, Lao Zhu is still Guo Xing's brother-in-law, so a plan to steal beams and change pillars was born. It was with the acquiescence of Ming Taizu that most of Guo Xing's descendants were "transformed" into the biological descendants of his younger brother Guo Ying. For example, Guo Ying has a total of twelve sons, but in fact, three of them should be Guo Xing's sons. Guo Ying was not punished, so the descendants of the brothers were temporarily preserved.

So Zhu Yuanzhang also has an important factor to consider, that is, about Zhu Biao's life experience. Lao Zhu's eldest son Zhu Biao was born in 1355, and his second son Zhu Fan was born in 1356. Of course, in terms of time, it is barely in time, but Caesar still suspects that Zhu Biao is actually the son of Concubine Guo Ning. Around 1352, Guo Shanfu handed over his son to Zhu Yuanzhang as a guard, and his daughter Guo Ninglian also served Lao Zhu, but she had no name for the time being. As a result, in 1355, Guo Ninglian gave birth to Zhu Biao, which can only be said to be from the Ma family.

Zhu Biao later became the crown prince, but died in 1392, and his son Zhu Yunwen became the emperor's grandson and ascended the throne in 1398. Of course, Emperor Jianwen wanted to be very good to the Guo family, and personally named Guo Ying's eldest son Guo Zhenzhi's sons Lan, Hui, and Quan respectively (the first generation of grass characters, and their fathers are all "gold" characters). However, when the Battle of Jingyan broke out, the Guo family must go all out to defend Zhu Yunwen. It's a pity that the final winner was Zhu Di, and Zhu Di hated the Guo family. Zhu Di was very disgusted with his nephew Zhu Yunwen, so he didn't like Guo Zhen's son (Guo Lan? The other two sons died early), and changed his name to Guo Yunneng, which is still for the sake of his sister Princess Yongjia, and someone has to support him. Guo Ying's other grandchildren should be fine, because they are still young. Then Princess Yongjia was very dissatisfied, but there was no way, her arms couldn't twist her thighs, so she announced to the public that Guo Lan also died as early as Guo Hui and Guo Quan, so as to prevent her son and Zhu Yuanzhang's grandson from being called by outsiders with this humiliating name. Princess Yongjia's personality is the same as Lao Zhu's. In 689 AD, Li Zhen, the king of Yue, raised troops against Wu Zetian, and after the defeat, his descendants were sent to Lingnan and changed to the surname Yu. Therefore, the old lady would rather say that her son had already died in order to maintain the dignity of the royal bloodline. But this also led to all kinds of fallacies in later accounts. Zhang Fu knew the inside story, Guo Zhen was the original Guo Yuneng, so he definitely couldn't let him attack Jue Wu Dingding. Zhu Qizhen also understood later, so the two families could only settle this inconclusive lawsuit without attacking the lord. Who dares to deny Ming Chengzu Zhu Dili a little? I still have to say that under the influence of Zhu Qiyu and Princess Yongjia's deathbed feats, Guo Zhen's son Guo Chang finally had a day of emergence in the last years of Jingtai.

But the Guo family is suffering from this catastrophe now, and they can't tell their grievances to the outside world, so they have to keep a low profile. In 1424, Zhu Di died, and Ming Renzong succeeded to the throne and began to give some favor to the Guo family, but it also caused a continuous struggle between Guo Xing's eldest son, the descendants of Guo Zhen, and the second son, the descendants of Guo Ming, for fifty or sixty years.

In 1425, Zhu Gaochi died, and in June, Empress Zhang not only buried Guo Guifei, but also executed Guo Guifei's brother Guo Tan, and soon secretly executed Guo Guifei's eldest son, Zhu Zhankai, who was only 17 years old. The next day, after Empress Zhang cleared the obstacles, Zhu Zhanji successfully ascended the throne. In 1426, Ming Xuanzong executed all his uncle Zhu Gaoxu's family, including Guo Guifei's sister.

The descendants of Guo Ming in the Guo family suffered another blow, and at this time Zhu Zhanji continued to eyed the potentially threatening clan vassal kings, and in 1427, Zhu Jixi, the king of Jin, was convicted and deposed as a concubine. Ming Xuanzong also felt that this would cause resentment, so he remembered the Guo family in order to declare the emperor's grace. It was probably at this time, out of avoidance (Zhu Zhanji was the emperor of the Ming Dynasty), the Guo family changed all the names of Guo Ying's grandchildren, from the "soil" character generation to the "Wang" character generation, such as Guo Yuan became Guo Xuan, and Guo Tan became Guo Xuan (Guo Tan's "altar" character, in the Ming Dynasty, the traditional Chinese writing can be "Tuxuan"). Princess Yongjia's eyes lit up, and she took the opportunity to change her son Guo Yuneng's name to Guo Jue, so Guo Jue quietly "resurrected", and was finally able to stand calmly under the daylight. The old lady once again mustered up the courage and belief that she had to give face to the old Zhu family and the Guo family, and she must let her descendants attack the title of Wu Dinghou.

However, Zhu Zhanji soon let Guo Xuan attack the Marquis of Wuding and sign the affairs of the Zongren Mansion. Princess Yongjia was naturally unhappy, so the Guo family started a dispute over the time of the eldest and second parents from Guo Xuan's generation. Even the same rules are no longer used for naming children, so Guo Zhen's grandchildren have become Japanese, such as Guo Chang, and Guo Ming's grandchildren have ear characters in their names, such as Guo Cong.

Guo Deng is a person that everyone is familiar with, and his story is also intriguing. In historical records, some are called Guo Yuan, and some are called Guo Fan, which is because of the above content. Guo Deng should be Guo Xing's descendant, and his grandfather Guo Yu was "transformed" into his own son by Guo Ying. Guo Deng, born from 1395?-1472, was appointed as a guard by Zhu Gaochi in 1424, and then went to the south and the north to fight, and in 1449 he went on an expedition with Zhu Qizhen. Ming Yingzong let him guard Datong, survived, and defended Datong. Zhu Qiyu therefore named Guo Deng as the governor of Tongzhi and the general soldier of Datong, and made many achievements during the Jingtai period, and was named Dingxiangbo. So Guo Deng removed the word king from his name and became the last word "Deng". In December of the second year of Jingtai, "the chief military officer of Datong was given the order of Xiangbo Guo Deng, and posthumously awarded his three generations and his wife, and invited him from Deng." There is a problem here, if Guo Deng is really Guo Ying or Guo Xing's descendants, then at this time, the three generations of posthumous seals include Guo Ying and Guo Xing, which is obviously contradictory. It seems that Guo Deng may be the brother of Guo Xing, the brother of Guo Ying, or also called Guo Cheng and Guo Zicheng. Guo Decheng served as Zhu Yuanzhang's bodyguard for many years in history, and his official position was that he was a horseman, and later he was officially appointed as the commander of Fujian. The historical records since then are unknown, perhaps his only son was killed by Zhu Di during the Battle of Jingyan, and Guo Decheng's grandson Guo Deng was adopted by Guo Xing's son Guo Yu as a son to raise an adult), although this move was acquiesced in by Zhu Qiyu, but also attracted the dissatisfaction of some ministers, so Guo Deng was not able to be crowned marquis. Guo Deng was also a little depressed, so he insisted on retiring, and Ming Ming Zong agreed. A few years later, Ming Yingzong was restored, because Guo Deng insisted on Datong and refused to let him enter the city, Zhu Qizhen originally planned to kill Guo Deng. Guo Deng had no choice but to take Chen Ruyan's way, and earnestly wrote to protect himself, and was demoted to the border of Gansu. During the Chenghua period, Zhu Jianshen ordered him to become the chief military officer of Gansu again, and returned to Beijing a few years later, where he died of illness in 1472.

Later, when the Guo family was in Guo Xun, they also had to go through Zhongxing and tribulations. Creation makes people, and the ministers of the past generations have to take turns to "revise" history, and since then they have made do with it, but they have also left many traces. Wu Chengen, Li Chunfang, and the author of Ming Shilu, like the author of Ming Shilu, will use inconsistent descriptions to remind the world that there are unspeakable hidden things in this.

So the old woman turned into a white bone spirit in Journey to the West is actually talking about Princess Yongjia. Pay attention to the original book, "Bajie said, 'The senior brother must have killed his daughter.'" This must be his mother's future. This is actually a vague statement that Princess Yongjia is the daughter of Zhu Yuanzhang, and she died in Zhu Qiyu's Jingtai period. There is very little history of her life, and from the perspective of historical analysis, she is worthy of being the daughter of Zhu Yuanzhang, who began to marry Guo Zhen at the age of 14, and later married her husband and children, and lost her husband at the age of 24, and suffered the pain of the early death of two children before the age of 30, and the fate of her only son Guo Zhen was almost always bumpy. The old lady is good at governing the family, but because she is the princess of Zhu Yuanzhang, she has also managed to support the Guo family for decades. He has been fighting for most of his life, although he has been silent for more than ten years. However, his fight is for the dignity of Zhu and Guo, and forbearance is to understand the difficulties of the Ming country. The eldest princess of Yongjia does not admit defeat, knows the general situation, is great, strong, who said that women have to go to the battlefield, and the same is true for mothers.

What about that old man? But it is Guo Ying who is implicit, so Tang Seng will say that the old man can't walk up the road and can still recite the scriptures. Those who "recite the scriptures" are also referred to as "state affairs", that is, the Battle of Jingjing from 1399 to 1402. Judging from the Journey to the West, Bajie repeatedly asked Tang Seng to recite a mantra to clean up Sun Wukong at this time, I am afraid that he is saying that Zhu Di did unjust to Princess Yongjia and Guo Ying back then, especially Guo Ying, even if he was not given death, I am afraid that he will end up angry and sick.

Guo Ying, born in 1335-1403, was Zhu Yuanzhang's escort with his brother Guo Xing in 1352. A lifetime of honesty and public service, that is, in 1397, when the rebellion of Gaofuxing in the northwest of Chuxian was quelled, more than 150 prisoners of war were taken into custody as domestic slaves, but five or six people were killed. This is a stain on his life, he was impeached by the imperial history, and finally pardoned by Zhu Yuanzhang (Lao Zhu did this is actually a kind of compensation, because purely according to Guo Ying's merits, he can be named Wuding Gong). After that, Guo Ying was more cautious not to collect wealth for himself and his twelve sons (but it also led to decades of struggle among his descendants for the title of Marquis of Wuding). In the Battle of Jingyan, Guo Ying, who was already old, once personally went into battle to defeat Zhu Di, the king of Yan, but was unfortunately defeated. After 1402, he refused to bow his head, and finally in 1403, Zhu Di, who lost patience, gave him death. Among Guo Ying's daughters, two of them were married to Zhu Yuanzhang's two sons, Zhu Zhi and Zhu Dong.

It is said that Zhu Yuanzhang killed heroes, but not many were spared. It is easier for people to remember Geng Bingwen, in fact, at least Guo Ying, of course, Guo Xing, Xu Da and others are actually included, but they died in front of Lao Zhu. It can only be said that among the many founding achievements, I am afraid that there are too few who can basically maintain their true colors. What's more, Lao Zhu actually secretly opened up his net to many heroes, so that some of his descendants could retain their bloodline. Otherwise, can Guo Ying really hide the matter of "taking over" his three sons from Zhu Yuanzhang (two years before Guo Xing's death, Jinyiwei had been officially established)?

There is also an analysis from Sun Wukong's fierce attitude towards the white bone spirit, perhaps insinuating that after Zhu Yuanzhang's death, all the living concubines will be martyred. It seems that only the mother of Princess Baoqing, who was only three years old at the time, Zhang Xuanmiao, was able to survive the disaster because the child was young and needed to be raised.

Moreover, after Zhu Qiyu died, because his brother Zhu Qizhen handled the aftermath, Ming Yingzong originally planned to let the former queen Wang and Concubine Tang be martyred, but they were dissuaded by Li Xian and others, but only Wang was spared. When Zhu Qizhen was about to die, he also wanted some of his harem concubines to accompany him to the martyrdom, but he still let Peng Shi and Li Xian stir up the yellow, and Zhu Jianshen was even more opposed, so he basically ended the martyrdom system of the concubines of the Ming Dynasty (the palace maids were not included, they were still quite pitiful).

There is also Zhu Bajie's attitude, it seems that Zhu Youzhu (with dry eyes looking at a lot of beauties, but he can't eat them openly, most of them are blocked by his wife Zhang) is very fond of women. As for Sha Seng almost not speaking, it shows that Zhu Zhanji really doesn't like women.

After Zhu Di's death, there were many concubines who were martyred; Zhu Gaochi also had 6 or 7 harems to accompany the funeral; and Zhu Zhanji had 11 concubines to be martyred.

Obviously, Wu Chengen and Li Chunfang were quite dissatisfied with this move. No matter what, it is indeed inhumane, even if the original purpose was to prevent the harem from interfering in politics or other excuses, some various compensation measures for the relatives of the martyrs are actually just to appease the people's grievances.

Finally, let's talk about the historical facts objectively, about the funeral, from the Qin to the Qing Dynasty, there are all ethnic dynasties (earlier, after the matrilineal clan, there are actually always around the world), which is by no means created by Zhu Yuanzhang in the Ming Dynasty, and it is not the largest scale of Lao Zhu.

Zhu Yuanzhang has his own helplessness, after all, Zhu Yunwen was only 22 years old in 1398. Ming Taizu wants to create an excellent environment for his grandson, but it is a pity that countless people will have to sacrifice. Later history proved that Zhu Yuanzhang was ruthless to outsiders and finally opened up to his son, which still caused the irreversible historical fact that Zhu Di overthrew Jianwen. So the same is true for Zhu Di, although he was reluctant to succeed to the throne by Zhu Gaochi, he still ruthlessly buried most of his concubines, also in order not to let this too weak character Ming Renzong (although he became an emperor at the age of 47) be constrained. Zhu Zhanji is similar, his son Zhu Qizhen was only 8 years old when he ascended the throne.

After all, I don't know how to repeat this, and listen to the nonsense next time.