With the popularity of "Daming Style", in addition to the interaction of the three generations of the Zhu family, which made the audience feel unfinished, the prince and the princess and his wife were also deeply loved by the audience. The prince zhu Gaozi in the play is a person with a somewhat weak personality, who is oppressed by his father Zhu Di, and has two brothers and three brothers who are looking at him, and after returning home, he will be "disliked" by his wife, which is too difficult.
The princess in the play is named Zhang Yan, but historically, her name is not recorded, and this article will continue to be called Zhang Yan for the time being. She is a strong woman who is labeled by the audience as "poisonous tongue" and "slamming the door". However, this does not affect everyone's like her, netizens have said that they like to watch the role of the princess, but unfortunately too few.
Zhang Yan in the play is quite well received, so what kind of character is she in history? I believe that after everyone understands, they will definitely like her even more.
Zhang Yan was not born tall, her father was only a small commander, but the Ming Dynasty had an ancestral precept: "All the heavenly sons, the queen of the prince, the concubines, the concubines, the concubines, the careful selection of good family women, the entrants are blessed, the concubines, the people of the later multi-cai." Therefore, Zhang Yan was able to marry Zhu Gaozi and become the princess of the Yan Dynasty.
After Zhu Di ascended the throne, Zhu Gaozi became the crown prince, and Zhang Yan was given the title of crown princess. The history books record: women's way is the most respectful, Yade Chengzu and Empress Renxiao huan. Zhang Yan gave birth to a total of three sons and a daughter for Zhu Gaozi, of which the eldest son, Zhu Zhanji, was deeply loved by Zhu Di, and even made him the emperor's grandson, declaring his inheritance in advance.
After Zhu Di's death, Zhu Gaozi succeeded to the throne as Emperor Akihito. Zhang Yan was made empress and Zhu Zhanji was made crown prince. As we all know, Zhu Gaozi reigned for less than a year before he unfortunately died of illness. However, during this period, the Ming Dynasty he ruled was in its prime, and during the reign of his son Zhu Zhanji, it was known as the "Rule of Renxuan".
Zhu Gaozi has a high evaluation in history, in addition to his own diligence and achievements in governing the country with benevolence, it is also indispensable to the credit of Empress Zhang. During the reign of Emperor Akihito, Empress Zhang was unaware of political affairs, but she never interfered in politics, and only did her own internal affairs behind her back, so that Zhu Gaozi had no worries.
In the first year of Hong Xi's reign, Emperor Mingrenzong, who reigned for less than a year, died of illness, and the crown prince Zhu Zhanji took the throne as Emperor Xuanzong of Ming. Empress Zhang was revered as empress dowager, and she was also the first empress dowager of the Ming Dynasty.
Empress Zhang was shrewd and capable, and she paid special attention to the affairs of the DPRK and China, but she never took the initiative to interfere in politics. Every time Ming Xuanzong encountered a problem, he would first tell his mother, and Empress Zhang only then put forward her own opinion, and Ming Xuanzong did not follow it. Empress Zhang also often exhorted Emperor Xuanzong, hoping that he would be more considerate of the sufferings of the people and be a good emperor for the country and the people.
Empress Zhang had two older brothers, both of whom had been promoted because of her connections, and both brothers were also gentle and cautious people. However, Empress Zhang, remembering that they were foreign relatives, insisted that they should not participate in the government.
Ten years after Xuande, Emperor Xuanzong of Ming died, and Chinese New Year's Eve was eight years old.
In a way, Empress Zhang's life is still quite bitter, her husband and sons are all Ming jun, but their lives are not long, and they also let Empress Zhang send black-haired people. When Emperor Xuanzong died, the crown prince Zhu Qizhen was only nine years old, and rumors spread in the palace that he wanted to make Zhu Zhanyuan the Prince of Xiang the emperor, and Zhu Zhanyuan was Zhu Zhanji's half-brother.
At a time when people were panicking, Empress Zhang calmly and calmly summoned her courtiers to the Qianqing Palace for a meeting, pointed to her nine-year-old grandson Zhu Qizhen and said, "This new Tianzi is also." When the courtiers saw Empress Zhang's prestige, they were all shocked by her, and immediately shouted long live and embraced Zhu Qizhen to take the throne. In this way, empress Zhang, while enduring the pain of losing her son, supported her grandson to ascend the throne smoothly, for the sake of Emperor Mingyingzong.
After Zhu Qizhen ascended the throne, Zhang Shi was honored as empress dowager. The Qunchen thought that the new emperor was young and begged her to bow the curtain and listen to the government, but Zhang Shi said: "Do not destroy the ancestral law." The first thing is not urgent. Emperor Xun learned from time to time and appointed the humerus. "That is to say, the patriarchal law cannot be broken, but only the competent auxiliary ministers need to be appointed."
They all knew that Emperor Yingzong favored the eunuch Wang Zhen, and the Zhang clan was particularly unaccustomed to Wang Zhen. No one in the court dared to oppose Wang Zhen, except that the empress dowager said that Wang Zhen should be given death. At that time, the knives were all mounted on Wang Zhen's neck, but Ming Yingzong insisted on kneeling down to intercede for him, and the empress dowager spared him.
Therefore, although Wang Zhen was favored by Emperor Ming Yingzong, when Empress Zhang was alive, he was never able to monopolize power.
In the seventh year of orthodoxy, Empress Zhang was seriously ill, and at this time she still could not let go of the major affairs of the state. She summoned Yang Shiqi and Yang Pu into the palace and asked them if there were any important things they had not done, but before Yang Shiqi could finish reporting, the empress dowager went. She left a will for the chancellor to assist Ming Yingzong and exhort him to practice benevolent government.
Two months later, Zhang was officially buried with Emperor Akihito at the Temple of Sacrifice and The Temple.
The "Ming Chronicle at the End of the Chronicle" commented on the Zhang clan as follows: "Empress Dowager Xianming, there are Han Ma clan, Song Gao Houfeng. She reused "Sanyang", Zhang Fu, Hu Qi and other famous generals, which well coordinated the relationship between the monarch and the courtiers, while limiting the interference of the inner palace and foreign relatives in political affairs, and she herself was able to "predict the government without pre-government", which can be called a generation of empresses.
(References "Myohi", etc.)