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As everyone knows, although Zhu Houzhao's father Zhu Youzhu is a son of heaven, he has only one queen in his life and has never accepted concubines. There are three theories in the history books about this matter.

It is said that Zhu Youzhu saw a lot of deceit in the harem in the court when he was a child, so he was reluctant to accept any more concubines except for the queen. Second, Zhu Youzhu and Queen Zhang are a husband and wife in distress, and the two have a deep relationship, so Zhu Youzhu did not accept any more concubines. Three said that when Zhu Youzhu ascended the throne, he once said that he would keep filial piety for the first emperor for three years, and then his health deteriorated and he died young, so in the end he did not accept a concubine.

Among the three statements recorded in the official history, none of them is related to the Zhang family, the Empress of Xiaokangjing. Only in some wild histories there are some different statements.

Yeshi said that Empress Zhang was jealous and never allowed Zhu Youzhu to take a concubine. Some people may say that no matter how jealous Empress Zhang is, it is impossible for her to influence the emperor's concubine.

The fact is that Empress Zhang really has such an ability. You must know that in the Hongzhi Dynasty, Queen Zhang's mother's family can be said to be extremely honorable, and all the people have the power to tilt towards the government and the opposition.

For example, Empress Zhang's father, Zhang Luan, was a special doctor of Guanglu and Zhuguo; Zhang Luan's eldest son, Zhang Heling, was conferred the title of Marquis of Shouning and promoted to the rank of political envoy; Zhang Luan's second son, Zhang Yanling, was pardoned and conferred the title of Jianchangbo, and the governor of the Chinese military was also the governor of the palace

On the power of Empress Zhang's family, it is not an exaggeration to say that they are the first family of the Ming Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xia suddenly remembered something. There was such a record in the dossier of the royal dragon detective that Zhu Houzhao had vigorously suppressed the power of Empress Zhang's family for a period of time after he ascended the throne. This incident is also recorded in the history books, but it is only briefly mentioned.

It stands to reason that this is not right, Empress Zhang is Zhu Houzhao's biological mother, and her family's power is equivalent to the help of Zhu Houzhao's pro-government, so she shouldn't be vigorously suppressed no matter what?

Thinking of this, Jiang Xia was full of doubts, and felt that many things recorded in the history books were a little unreasonable.

"What are you thinking?" Jiang Xia's shoulder was suddenly patted by Zhu Houzhao, which immediately dragged Jiang Xia out of his contemplation.

Jiang Xia turned his head and glanced at Zhu Houzhao and shook his head, he asked Zhu Houzhao with a smile: "You are an only son, you should have lived a very happy life when you were young, right?"

Zhu Houzhao glanced up at Jiang Xia, and in this look, Jiang Xia saw a look of doubt, as if at this moment Zhu Houzhao was thinking in his heart, "Why did he suddenly ask me this question?"

Zhu Houzhao said with a little loneliness in his eyes: "Actually, I am not an only son, I originally had a younger brother, but unfortunately he died early." Besides, I didn't feel anything to be happy about, my father died at the age of thirty-six, leaving me alone."

"I'm sorry to remind you of something sad. Jiang Xia patted Zhu Houzhao's shoulder, and he seemed to add casually: "But don't you still have a queen mother? It's much better than me, an orphan who has no father and mother since I was a child." ”

Zhu Houzhao glanced at Jiang Xia again at this moment, and suddenly his eyes were red, and tears were rolling in his eyes, but he refused to fall.

Zhu Houzhao said to Jiang Xia: "What do you want to know?"

Jiang Xia was shocked, it was obvious that Zhu Houzhao's words were already tinged with a hint of anger.

Without waiting for Jiang Xia to answer, Zhu Houzhao said again: "Or should I ask this, what do you already know?"

"I" Jiang Xia was speechless for a while, but he quickly reacted, looked directly at Zhu Houzhao and said, "No matter what I know or what I have appeared, I only hope you believe a little." I will always treat you as a brother, and I will not harm you. ”

After hearing this, Zhu Houzhao's eyes changed again and again, as if after a lot of struggle and thinking, Zhu Houzhao nodded and said, "Okay, I'll tell you something today that you will never guess." But I want you to promise me that these things can only be known to you, and no one but you can reveal them. ”

Sure enough, there is a hidden secret! Jiang Xia said secretly in his heart, and then nodded sternly.

Zhu Houzhao was silent for a while, and then the first sentence he said shocked Jiang Xia in place. "I was not born to the Queen Mother, my biological mother's surname is Zheng. ”

"The queen mother and my father have been married for four years without coming out, and she does not allow her father to take a concubine, so in the end, my father and the queen mother, who was a palace maid in Minliu Palace at that time, had me.

My mother's father was Zheng Wang, a soldier of Wu Chengwei. My mother's name is Zheng Jinlian, and she entered the palace as a palace maid when she was twelve years old.

Not long after I was born, there was a rumor in Jingshi that my mother was actually Zheng Jinlian, and she was finally forcibly hugged by the Queen Mother. This matter was full of turmoil in the city at that time, but no one pursued it, and I re-investigated the matter thoroughly after I ascended the throne, in fact, my father acquiesced at that time.

In the seventeenth year of Hongzhi, his father ordered people to arrest Zheng Wang, Liu Shan and other people who spread rumors to Jingshi. and personally tried the case. ”

Jiang Xia thought to himself, generally speaking, such a case could be handed over to the yamen or the criminal department for interrogation. And the first emperor wanted to personally interrogate himself, could it be that the first emperor was afraid that the foreign ministers would know the secrets in the palace?

The result of the imperial trial was that Liu Shan was executed on charges of interfering in foreign affairs, Zheng Wang was imprisoned for the crime of gossip and impersonating the emperor's relatives, and Zheng Jinlian was sent to the Huanyi Bureau. ”

Zhu Houzhao looked up at Jiang Xia when he said this, smiled bitterly and said, "I believe you can also hear that this is unusual." In this case, only the eunuch Liu Shan was killed, which was obviously a murderous killing, while Zheng Wang, who was more guilty of crimes than Liu Shan, was only imprisoned and released after I ascended the throne. ”

"In the second year of my accession to the throne, the released Zheng Wang still insisted that his daughter had given birth to a prince, so rumors revived. His fellow countryman Wang Xi broke through the joints and broke into Dong'anmen, claiming the truth that today's son, the 'mother of the country', was imprisoned.

At that time, the Queen Mother ordered Wei Han, who was then the commander of the Shenji Battalion, to arrest Zheng Wang and Wang Xi and put them in prison. Eventually, the two of them were sentenced to death for falsehood. Shortly after that, my mother, Zheng Jinlian, also died. Accidentally fell into a well in the Huanyi Bureau"

Jiang Xia couldn't say a word, he didn't expect there to be so many hidden secrets in this.

Zhu Houzhao walked to the side of the Eight Immortals table in the cabin and sat down, fiddling with the teacup on the table and said, "Although I am a noble son of heaven, I don't want to be as free as you imagined. I don't know how powerful the Queen Mother's family is, but it's definitely much bigger than you and I think.

I'll give you an example. In February of the first year of Hongzhi, Guo Yong, the young eunuch of the imperial horse eunuch, asked for a pre-selection of ladies, and after my father and emperor chose two women as concubines.

At that time, Xie Qian, the left concubine of Zuo Chunfang and the attendant of the Hanlin Academy, said: "The system of the six palaces should be prepared. And the worries of three years can not be forgotten. After I ascended the throne, I asked the old eunuchs in the palace, and they told me that after my father returned to the harem, the queen mother had a big quarrel with him, and asked her personal palace maid to bring herself a glass of dove wine in front of him. ”

Subvert!

Jiang Xia still remembered that in later generations, someone once voted who was the happiest queen, among which the filial piety of Kangjing, the queen Zhang, won by an absolute advantage.

Throughout the entire Ming Dynasty, only Xiaozong had only one queen, and which other emperor did not have many harem concubines?

Jiang Xia always thought that the reason why this was so was because Xiaozong and Empress Zhang were too affectionate, and it turned out that Empress Zhang was a tigress.

And the power of this tigress is indeed terrifying.

Who is Xie Qian? That is one of the three ministers who are the same as his master Li Dongyang. The three ministers of filial piety, Xie Qian, Liu Jian, and Li Dongyang.

The world says, "Li Gong is good at scheming, Liu Gong is good at judging, and Xie Gong is good at talking." ”

It seems that this is really reasonable, just take Xie Qian's words to persuade Emperor Xiaozong not to accept concubines, translated into the vernacular, it means that the emperor chooses a concubine, which is naturally right. However, Xianzong's mausoleum has not yet been completed, and the emperor's funeral cottage is still new, so why do you talk about choosing a concubine?

You must know that Xiaozong has always been known for his "benevolence and filial piety" after his accession to the throne, and Xie Qian's "filial piety" forced Zhu Youzhu to dispel the idea of accepting a concubine, which is indeed impossible to find out what is wrong.

But in fact, as everyone knows, the emperor's concubine is not an ineffective act, but a need of national politics. The emperor must have more heirs, so that he can protect the clan from dissent, and it will be beneficial to the country.

If Xie Qianzhen thinks from the perspective of Jiangshan Sheji, then he should support Zhu Youzhi and Concubine Zhi. It can be seen that Xie Qian's words of dissuasion may also be instigated by someone behind him.

"Since I ascended the throne, I have been criticized by others, saying that I am a villain and a virtuous minister. In order to slander me, they even said that I had a short-sleeved peach.

But who knows my helplessness? I let Liu Jin lead the Dongchang, Zhang Yongling the Shenji Battalion, Wei Bin leading the 3,000 Battalion, and Ma Yongcheng taking charge of the secrets. They say that I spoil the eunuch and am a faint king, but if this is not the case, how can I sit on this throne?"

Zhu Houzhao patted Jiang Xia and said with a smile: "Actually, you don't know, what really makes those people nervous is not how big Liu Jinquan is or how tall Zhang Yongshi is. It's you who show up. ”

"Me?" Jiang Xia was slightly stunned, not understanding what this meant.

"Yes, that's you. Zhu Houzhao smiled proudly and said: "You will solve the crisis of the border army's salaries for me, calm the drought and locust plague in Henan, and find out the matter of salt tax and ink greed in Yunnan for me."

Now my Ming treasury is full, and my wise name is spreading all over the Ming Dynasty. The more my reputation for wisdom prevails, the more nervous they will become. Because then they can't control me. ”

"You are the king of a country, how can you be accused by others?" Jiang Xia felt that the more he listened, the more he couldn't understand.

Zhu Houzhao shook his head, he looked at Jiang Xia and said, "Big brother, although you are smart, you are also very strategic. But after all, the time you have entered the court is too short, and you may not understand many things, but it doesn't matter, you will understand it slowly. That's all for today, and we won't talk about it in the future. ”

Jiang Xia nodded, he really wanted to tell Zhu Houzhao about the "Absolute Grass", but he felt that he had no real evidence and could not assert himself to the Queen Mother, so Jiang Xia could only hide the matter first, and wait until the evidence was ascertained in the future before telling Zhu Houzhao about it.