And invited the teacher to teach it, Xu is full of poetry and books, excellent memory, reading never forget, at a glance into recitation, even her teacher is very surprised, so Broadcom, every time you read the virtues and words and deeds of the ancients, you will think deeply and emulate. Therefore, Xu has had the reputation of "female students" since childhood. ”

In the Ming Dynasty, "Zhusheng" is a student who has received traditional Confucian education and works in the history of the scriptures. ”

Although Queen Xu and Zhu Di were married to Zhu Yuanzhang, they did not "marry first and then love", but had already met before marriage. Before they officially got married, Zhu Di and Xu had been together for three years, and they were a veritable young couple. ”

"Due to the deep relationship after marriage, among the nine children of Ming Chengzu Zhu Di, the first seven were all born by Queen Xu."

Nine years after marriage, Xu frequently became pregnant and gave birth to children, and successively gave birth to three sons and four daughters for Zhu Di. ”

"After Zhu Di ascended the throne, the relationship with the Xu family lasted for a long time, and the two often lived together and discussed political affairs."

"If you are diligent in political affairs, you may not eat in the sun, and you will not eat after that." Zhu Di worked on state affairs during his reign, often in the afternoon before lunch, Queen Xu waited for him to eat together, starved with him, when Zhu Di reviewed and dealt with state affairs, Queen Xu often stood quietly aside to serve him, Zhu Di couldn't bear it, so he persuaded her to rest first. ”

In addition, the two are also very compatible in spirit and are a pair of confidants. Zhu Di is a good reader, and Xu is also full of scriptures and history, and the two can be superior in cultural literacy. ”

"In terms of religious beliefs, due to the prevalence of Buddhism in the early Ming Dynasty, Empress Xu has studied Buddhism and compiled a number of scriptures to pass on.

Empress Xu not only has a lot of research on Buddhism, but also has a good understanding of managing internal affairs and studying marching and fighting, and it is not an exaggeration to call her a "female Zhuge ". ”

"In the thirteenth year of Hongwu, at that time Zhu Di was just a prince, and the Xu family left Beijing Nanjing with Zhu Di, went to Beiping to become a vassal and entered the Yan Palace."

"The Yanwang Mansion has a huge organization, with jurisdiction over the trial office, the dining office, the service office, the discipline and good medicine office, the ritual office, the Gongzheng office, etc., and there are companions and professors who are responsible for education, and ambassadors, deputy envoys and other officials who manage the palace warehouse."

"It is not easy to manage so many institutions and personnel with the strength of Zhu Di alone, and the Xu family has played the role of the hostess of the house, managing the internal affairs in an orderly manner, so that the palace is in order."

As Zhu Di said in the post-establishment book and edict, "he has helped the vassal state for more than 20 years", "concubine Yu Zhaofeng, housekeeping Ji Ning", and has been his virtuous internal assistant in the vassal country for more than 20 years, so that his family is peaceful and tranquil. ”

"Xu Da is a generation of generals in the early Ming Dynasty, Xu's since childhood, but also quite a general's tiger girl's style, Zhu Di raised troops to plan things, Xu also participated in it, and there were many auxiliary plans, "It is difficult to raise righteousness and Jing, and the painting is praised later, and there is more cooperation." ", Xu's strategy is more in line with Zhu Di's meaning."

"After the Jingnan soldiers rose, Zhu Di led the army to attack Daning, Li Jinglong took the opportunity to lead the army to besiege Beiping, at that time, the prince Zhu Gaochi stayed in Beiping, and most of the deployment of defense was ordered by Xu, who was equivalent to the commander-in-chief of the Beiping garrison."

"The enemy army is fiercely attacking the city, the situation is very critical, in the face of the lack of troops in the city, the enemy is outnumbered, Xu calmly and calmly with Zhu Gaochi and the generals defending the city to plan and deploy the affairs of the city, calling on all the soldiers defending the city to defend the city."

"At the same time, Xu launched the city generals and soldiers, the wives of the people to fight in the city, each of them was issued a pair of armor, Xu personally went to the city to supervise the battle, the women in the city under the encouragement of Xu, put on armor, threw stones, threw rubble, and Li Jinglong's army to fight to the death, supported until Zhu Di returned to the division smoothly, the defense of Beiping fully reflected Xu's courage, resourcefulness, calm and wit."

"Xu has been in Beiping for more than 20 years, not only Zhu Di's virtuous helper, but also has military strategy, and she assists in the management of internal affairs in the house.

"It is worth mentioning that Zhu Di deliberately promoted the queen Jinbao turtle button stipulated by Zhu Yuanzhang during the Hongwu period to Panlong Button before the canonization of the queen, and on the day of the establishment, the officials of the Ministry of Rites read the edict to the world at Chengtianmen, creating a precedent for the Ming and Qing dynasties to issue a separate edict to the world when the queen was canonized."

Qin Shi Huang: This Empress Xu's governance ability and military ability are no worse than any man's.

Yang Jian: I think they are better than my two sons! At that time, I just didn't pick a good wife for them, but my queen was not bad.

Empress Xu is a woman who is good at exerting subjective initiative, she is in the back position, she cares about Zhu Di's diet and daily life, and manages the harem at the same time, she often puts forward her own opinions on the governance of the country, and actively exerts her influence on her husband. ”

"Empress Xu is a politically insightful woman, she is well-versed in history and knows that there are two major elements in governing the country: one is to care about the suffering of the people; The second is to cultivate talents who care for the country. ”

Therefore, Empress Xu reminded Zhu Di: "Between the north and the south, there have been wars for many years, and the soldiers and people are exhausted. ”

In terms of talents, she said to Zhu Di: "In the past, Yi Yin assisted Shang Tang, and Jiang Shang assisted King Wu of Zhou, these are all outstanding talents. Today's talents are cultivated by Emperor Taizu Gao, and I hope that Your Majesty will not distinguish between the old and the new when selecting and appointing them, but will treat them equally and use them as one. ””

Empress Xu recognized and understood the principles and strategies of governing the country, and devoted herself to the people, and she showed excellent insight in politics, which Zhu Di admired very much. Therefore, Zhu Di often consulted her, and most of the opinions and suggestions she put forward were listened to and adopted by Zhu Di, as she and the minister's wife said: "I serve the emperor in the palace day and night, and I have not thought of the people. ”

"When the people are safe, the country is safe, and when the country is safe, the monarchs and ministers will enjoy wealth and prosperity, and benefit future generations."

Queen Xu abides by women's morals and respects her in-laws, and Queen Ma has also praised this daughter-in-law many times: "Princess Yan's deeds are enough to honor the palace", "This is my filial piety". ”