Chapter 13 Daming (4)
【Lang Qing Concubine Meaning】
Zhu Jianshen is lucky! Yingzong drove the expedition in person, in order to boil Zhu Zhu's blood, Zhu Jianshen, who was only two years old, was canonized as the crown prince!
Zhu Jianshen was unlucky, his father was captured by Wara, and his uncle became the emperor, and then he was abolished as the crown prince, arranged in a place where no one cared, and faced boundless loneliness and life and death every day.
Zhu Jianshen looked at everything around him in horror, there was only one maid named Wan Zhen'er by his side, no matter night or day, no matter the wind and rain, there was always this woman's figure to accompany him. Zhu Jianshen tasted the sorrow of the world too early, but he also got a true feeling.
Zhu Jianshen was lucky again, his father was restored, and he was given the title of crown prince again. Wan Zhen'er, who was seventeen years older than him, became a woman he couldn't live without. Yingzong died, Zhu Jianshen became the emperor, it was for Xianzong, and the first thing he thought of was to make the Wan clan the queen. It doesn't matter where you come from, you don't care about the age difference, you don't even care about your appearance, you and me are all in my heart! The ministers were shocked! There is really the so-called love in the world, these dry old men, the concubines they marry are all tender girls, the emperor is in the prime of spring and autumn, but he wants to set up this palace maid who wants to look good and has no appearance, has no figure, and is from a humble background, a big joke! The ministers went up one after another to block it, but the emperor did not listen to it. At this time, the Empress Dowager came forward, the Ming Dynasty must have its own face, you are the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Chenghua Plough Court, played the prestige that your father did not play, you can almost compete with your predecessor Emperor Taizong martial arts, you are Yu Qian Zhaoxue, you restore the emperor's identity for Emperor Jing, you win the hearts of the people with generosity and clarity, you are rich all over the world, hundreds of millions of subjects, all hope that you are worthy of respect, and the queen mother also has an identity. The emperor was silent and compromised, but he made Wan his concubine. This farce, if it were not blocked by the Queen Mother, would have been the most peculiar scene of the Ming Dynasty.
In the end, it was the young and beautiful Empress Wu who was established, but what is incomprehensible is that the Wan family is still favored. The angry Empress Wu used the power of the empress to punish the Wan family, and the consequence was that Xianzong directly abolished the queen's position and entered the cold palace. Wan is still a noble concubine, still fighting with the emperor, and even after giving birth to a son, Xianzong immediately wanted to be the crown prince, but unfortunately died early. Although later generations spread that the Wan family was domineering and domineering, and the six palaces of Fan Dai, Xianzong really loved her the most. Perhaps it was living together since childhood, a kind of motherhood that accompanied him to the point where he could not be separated. Although their relationship was regarded as a heresy by the Ming Dynasty established by Lao Zhu, it eventually became a love story, so that Wan Guifei died, and Xianzong said with sincere sadness: "Zhen'er is gone, my life is over!" ”
【Hongji Zhongxing】
During the Chenghua period, General Han Yong's victory in the Broken Tengxia Gorge defeated the Banzhou Tusi and captured a large number of people, two of whom were Wang Zhi, a famous eunuch during the Chenghua period, and the other was the mother of the future emperor. The biological mother of the current emperor is Ji, she is the daughter of Tusi surnamed Ji in Guangxi, and after the rebellion surnamed Ji was quelled, Ji, who was still a girl, was brought to the palace. Because of his dignity and intelligence, he was sent to the inner court library to take care of the collection of books, and inadvertently had more opportunities to meet the emperor. She didn't have so much thought, how could she not have the intention of inserting willows into the shade, Xianzong Zhu Jianshen often went to the study room to read, and fell in love with this girl, so she was fortunate to her, and soon Ji was pregnant with the dragon species, which is our current Hongzhi Emperor.
It is rumored that Wan Guifei adopts an abortion policy for any other concubines and palace people who are pregnant, so that when the news of Ji's pregnancy came, Wan Guifei did not hesitate to send the eunuch Zhang Min to deal with it, and the arrival of Zhang Min's father-in-law, of course Ji knew what it meant, and his face was full of fear. Zhang Min looked at her, moved with compassion, couldn't bear to start, and came back to say that she was not pregnant, but sick. Later, after giving birth, he thought of getting rid of it and handed it over to the abolished Wu family to raise, in short, the prince survived. Until one day, when Xianzong saw his old age when he combed his hair, and sighed that he had no children, Zhang Min had the courage to say that he had a son, and then told the matter again. Xianzong was overjoyed and hurried to see it. After seeing the child, he exchanged tears, this child has not shaved his hair for six years, he is too much like himself, Xianzong did not hesitate, and directly became the prince, and Ji was named a concubine. When Concubine Wan learned about it, she was furious.
Soon, Emperor Hongzhi's mother, Concubine Ji, died violently, and the eunuch Zhang Min also died strangely, which is said to be the poisonous hand of Wan Guifei. Anyway, our emperor finally cleared the clouds and saw the moon, and finally grew into a bright monarch. His biological mother was posthumously named the Empress Dowager of Xiaomu, and moved her tomb to Maoling to be buried with her father, and set up a shrine to worship. A series of Ming policies were implemented, expelling the ministers of Yu Xing, who were close to Xianzong, or degrading or killing, and using virtuous people to serve the country. He built water conservancy, developed agriculture, and prospered the economy. He changed the law system, reviewed the salt law, abolished all maladministration, and was politically clear, which was praised by the government and the opposition, and was known as Hongzhi Zhongxing.
This little Emperor Zhu, in addition to his political achievements, is also very fond of poetry, playing the piano and painting. Those scholars were afraid that he would indulge in pleasure and neglect the government, so they persuaded him to cultivate himself with peace of mind, he agreed on the surface, but privately said to the people around him: "What is the harm of playing the piano, what is the harm of this generation?" Although he did not take it seriously, he did not take it seriously, and this is the magnanimous side of him. Once, he gave the painter a few colored satins, and for fear that the minister would talk about it, he said to the painter: "Hurry up, don't let the sour know!" "It means put it away quickly, and don't let those sour courtiers see it.
It can be seen from this that he, as a high emperor, is he really afraid of ministers? Of course not, this reflects his respect for his courtiers and his generous heart that leaves enough face for them, so he is supported and admired by many Confucian scholars and doctors!
The two have been married for many years and have not given birth, so in February of the first year of Hongzhi, Guo Yong, the young eunuch of the imperial horse eunuch, also proposed to choose a concubine for Xiao Zhu, who knew that he was obstructed by Xie Qian, the left concubine of Zuo Chunfang and the attendant of the Hanlin Academy, saying that the emperor was still in mourning, and it was not appropriate to choose a concubine at this time.
Xiao Zhu returned to the harem and told Xiao Zhang about this matter originally, Xiao Zhang did not cry to stop it, but persuaded him with good words, asking him to think about the minister's words for the sake of the royal heir, although this was against his will, but he took into account the overall situation. At this moment, Xiao Zhu was moved not to want to, he affectionately took Xiao Zhang's hand and said: "I promised you to grow old together, how can I break my promise?" Don't worry, I will never marry another, it is enough to have you with you in this life! Xiao Zhang was moved to throw himself into Xiao Zhu's arms, tears rolling down. So the next day, Xiao Zhu never chose a concubine on the grounds that he had vowed to mourn for three years, because he had always been known for his benevolence and filial piety, so the matter was shelved and never mentioned again. It is indeed rare for him to stand firmly against the advice of the ministers to let him take a concubine. Love is a matter of two people, what does it have to do with others? Empress Xiao Zhang and Hongzhi are young couples and couples, she is lively and lovely, knowledgeable, and carefully assists Xiao Zhu in court politics. It is said that behind every successful man there must be a great woman, and this is our Xiao Zhang. She is empathetic, often talks about poetry and poetry with her husband, and the two have a very tacit understanding between them, they are each other's confidants, and the husband and wife are affectionate, such feelings are unbreakable, and in that era, many court women could not reach the feelings.
In fact, women don't want much, it's nothing more than a man's sincere love, eating together, chatting together, walking around together, sharing when happy, sharing when sad, a thick shoulder, a warm hug, and a pair of affectionate eyes. Watching the colorful sky together and enjoying the picturesque sunset together is the most beautiful life.
When the afterglow of the setting sun quietly shrouded the solemn and simple palace, the loving couple seemed to whisper intimately in the wind, and it was enough to love only one person in this life......
Fortunately, they have a son, Zhu Houzhao. Maybe it was because Emperor Hongzhi lost too much fun when he was a child, or maybe it was because he was the eldest son of Empress Xiao Zhang, who was not only made the crown prince, but also arranged for many upright ministers to educate him, expecting him to become a good emperor in the future. And our prince of the East Palace, smart and clever, not only reads well, but also likes to make friends with samurai, and when he was a teenager, he was physically strong, and he was many times stronger than his sick and crooked father! Every day, this prince is messing around with Liu Jin, Zhang Yong and other eunuchs, playing with different tricks, and these eunuchs are also the later Eight Tigers, Liu Jin, Zhang Yong, Qiu Cheng, Gu Dayong, Ma Yongcheng...... It's also the person I'll face in the future, either an enemy, or a friend, or nothing!