As we all know, there have been many wise monarchs in the ancient history of our country, but there are only a few outstanding xiannaizu like empress Xiaoci Ma of the Ming Dynasty, and in the early days of Zhu Yuanzhang's entrepreneurship, Empress Ma did a lot of things for him, and also assisted her husband step by step to ascend to the throne of the Ninth Five-Year Dignity.
Empress Ma was born similar to Zhu Yuanzhang, her parents died early, and her biological father Ma Gong was dependent on her, but because of the unfortunate death of her father, empress Ma, who was a weak woman, was difficult to survive, fortunately, Ma Gong did not treat Guo Zixing thinly before her death, so she was later adopted as a righteous daughter by Guo Zixing, the leader of the peasant rebel army at the end of the Yuan Dynasty.
In the eyes of the world, the combination of Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma was in accordance with providence, but also a match made in heaven, but at that time, Empress Ma was only a chip used by Guo Zixing to win over Zhu Yuanzhang, and he wanted to turn Zhu Yuanzhang into his own person and use it for himself.
As Zhu Yuanzhang gradually emerged in the rebel army, and because he married Empress Ma, he transformed into Guo Zixing's son-in-law, which was jealous of many people, and there were more and more rumors about Zhu Yuanzhang, obviously Guo Zixing was not a broad-minded person, he was suspicious, and he gradually had a jealous heart for Zhu Yuanzhang.
Empress Ma was an extremely intelligent woman, she thought of an idea, began to serve Guo Zixing's wife carefully, and also dedicated all her savings to her, Guo Zixing saw it in her eyes, was very pleased, and Zhu Yuanzhang iced the previous suspicion, under the mediation of Empress Ma, Guo Zixing also reused Zhu Yuanzhang, and later Guo Zixing's father and son died in battle, zhu Yuanzhang directly accepted the rest of Guo.
Empress Ma followed Zhu Yuanzhang in the southern expedition to the north for many years, and sometimes played a key role, for example, in the historical record, Taizu both Ke Taiping and later led the wives and concubines of the generals to cross the river, and Empress Ma set an example for the families of the generals of the whole army, the first to cross the river, which enabled Zhu Yuanzhang's subordinates to unite and charge together and kill the enemy bravely.
Zhu Yuanzhang was called empress dowager, and he was originally appointed as empress, what is rare and valuable is that Empress Ma is still a rough tea and light meal every day, and she is reluctant to interfere in political affairs, but every time Zhu Yuanzhang encounters a problem, he will be the first to discuss with his wife how to deal with it, and sometimes when Zhu Yuanzhang is angry because of political affairs, only Empress Ma can calm him down.
Since the ancient harem was not allowed to interfere in politics, Empress Kema was also a strong person, although she did not seem to interfere in political affairs, she still paid attention to the suffering of the people, and because of this sage's internal help, the political situation in the early Ming Dynasty played a great stabilizing role, Zhu Yuanzhang could not help but sigh: the family has a good wife, just like the good appearance of the country.
We all know that Zhu Yuanzhang is a grumpy person, in the feudal era, what does longyan anger mean, naturally someone wants people to land on the ground, in this case, which minister dares to talk more, only Empress Ma dares to speak gently, so that Zhu Yuanzhang's anger gradually subsides.
Finally, another story, in the Ming history data, it is recorded that when Zhu Yuanzhang fought in Chuzhou in his early years, his nephew, Li Wenzhong, defected to him when he was twelve years old, and Zhu Yuanzhang also liked this nephew very much and accepted him as a righteous son.
Li Wenzhong was brilliant and brilliant, a rare scholar under Zhu Yuanzhang's command, he was loyal to Zhu Yuanzhang, and made a lot of merit, but Hu Weiyong's case was very widely involved, as many as tens of thousands of people were implicated, Li Wenzhong was deeply disturbed by Zhu Yuanzhang's behavior, he played it many times, and even complained about Zhu Yuanzhang's mistakes in front of other officials.
Zhu Yuanzhang did not listen to his advice, and when Li Wenzhong saw that it had no effect, he came to a bitter advice, and he spoke sharply, saying: The emperor killed innocents indiscriminately, people were not at ease, and it hurt the vitality of the country.
When this matter reached the palace, Empress Ma was shocked to hear about it, she immediately changed into a patched and worn-out dress to see Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang saw a Ma Empress dressed in this way, a little unclear, so he asked the reason, Empress Ma said bluntly: This old dress reminds me of many past events, I heard that His Majesty is going to execute Wen Zhong, I am sorry for him.
Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to be moved by compassion, he remembered the brother who was born and died for him, his eyes were a little red, and he shed tears, Zhu Yuanzhang then said: "Just stop, then forgive Li Wenzhong's capital crime."