Author: Kong Xiangju
(A group of pictures of "Daming Style")
Endless history, endless stories.
Hello friends, I believe that recently when you brush your mobile phone vibrato, you will often brush out the short video of the network hit drama "Daming Fenghua", which is a historical drama that brings together Liang Guanhua, Zhu Yawen, Tang Wei, Deng Jiajia and many other outstanding domestic actors, because the wonderful plot of the various big coffees in the play is very eye-catching. Without further ado, let's watch and nag, and go straight to the subject to talk about the Emperor Zhu Di played by the old drama bone Wang Xuexi in the play.
(1) Zhu Di and his people
The absolute power leader of the "Ming Dynasty", Ming Chengzu Zhu Di, male, Han ethnicity, born on May 2, 1360 AD, died on August 12, 1424 AD, was the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the head of the Ming Dynasty.
He reigned from 1402 to 1424 AD, with the era name Yongle, and later generations called him Yongle the Great. On April 17, 1360, Zhu Di was born in Yingtianfu (present-day Nanjing, Jiangsu Province). He was created the King of Yan in the early days, and later launched the Battle of Jingnan and attacked Emperor Jianwen.
In 1402, he ascended the throne in Nanjing and changed his name to Yuan Yongle.
The main achievements of Zhu Di during his reign were: reforming the institutions, setting up the Guizhou Chengzheng Envoy Department, consolidating the northern and southern border defenses, and maintaining the integrity of China's territory. Zheng He was sent to the West many times, strengthening Sino-foreign friendly exchanges. Attaching importance to historical inheritance and ordering people to edit the "Yongle Canon", Zhu Di also attached importance to water transportation and dredging the Grand Canal. The move to Beijing in 1421 played a very positive role in strengthening ming rule.
During his reign, he developed from the devastation situation after the Jing Dynasty to a prosperous economic boom and a strong national strength, which is called "Yongle Prosperous World" in history. After Zhu Di's death, he was buried in Changling (present-day Tianshou Mountain, Changping County, Beijing).
(2) In "The Style of the Great Ming Dynasty", Zhu Di's belief in Buddhism is inconsistent with the historical record?
As we all know, Zhu Di's father, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of Daming, was a monk in the temple before the uprising, so the Daming Dynasty treated Buddhism with great respect, and in "Daming Style", Zhu Di often had nightmares after usurping the throne, dreaming that his father Zhu Yuanzhang was holding a machete and slashing at himself.
When he could not be relieved, he summoned the senior monk to pay tribute, and the senior monk calmly crossed the Buddha beads and warned Zhu Di that there would be killings within the Zhu family in the future, and Zhu Di soon summoned his three sons and one grandson to the palace, and let them swear by blood that they would never persecute their fellow tribes. It can also be seen from the play that Emperor Daming attached great importance to the words of Buddhist monks.
Gentlemen, here's the problem. Because according to the historical records, our Yongle Emperor had a unique love for Taoism.
(3) Why is Zhu Di keen on Taoism?
After Zhu Di successfully raised his army, he quickly moved the capital to Beijing, and after Zhu Di modeled itself on the capital of Nanjing, he built the Beijing Imperial Palace, and after completing the construction of the Beijing Imperial Palace, Zhu Di asked the 300,000 soldiers, civilians, and craftsmen involved in the construction to go to the south and start building a religious imperial palace on a mountain.
So, why did our Emperor Zhu Di go to Wudang to repair the building? This is neither a place of contention nor a center of power.
All this has to start from his rebellion, when Emperor Jianwen slashed the domain, Zhu Di's troops were insufficient, and in terms of army strength, it was at an absolute disadvantage, but he turned the danger step by step.
For example, in the process of fighting with Emperor Jianwen, the Battle of Baigou River, although it was a battle of great disparity in strength, it was in winter, the water surface of the Baigou River was full of hard ice, so that when people walked over, the ice would not crack, and at this time, Zhu Di's soldiers just passed over the ice, and the pursuing soldiers of the Ming Dynasty Jianwen Emperor followed, but at this time the ice began to thaw, and the pursuing troops of the Ming Dynasty Jianwen Emperor all fell into the water.
The result of this battle was to fight for nearly half a day, regardless of victory or defeat, at this moment, the dark clouds rolled over, flying sand and stones, and the rolled up sandstorm directly pounced on Emperor Jianwen's soldiers, so Emperor Jianwen's army was defeated and returned, and Zhu Di was victorious and finished.
This would have been a battle of great disparity in strength, and Zhu Di's chances of winning were almost zero.
And because the Ming Dynasty folk and Taoism were superstitious about the god of the north, Zhenwu Emperor, many generals interpreted it as having the help of the gods, and it just so happened that Zhu Di was originally a rebel, and if he could use the gods to win the hearts of the people, wouldn't it be better.
Coincidentally, the people believed that Zhenwu was the god of the north at that time, that is, the Northern Xuan Emperor, who was the embodiment of the god of war, and it just so happened that Zhu Di rebelled in the north, so he used himself as the True Martial Emperor to excuse himself from rebellion, and all kinds of coincidences that occurred, and even fabricated things were hyped up as the blessing of the True Martial Emperor of the North, and with the help of the idea of divine authority of the monarchy, he declared the rationality and legitimacy of his orthodoxy.
Because this is the god of Taoism, So Zhu Di vigorously supported Taoism, so he began to build Wudang Mountain on a large scale, according to the specifications of building the Beijing Imperial Palace, building Wudang Mountain, because the buildings are on the mountain, so the difficulty of construction can be imagined. But after all, it is presided over by Zhu Di himself, the Wudang Mountain Taoist architectural complex, its vast project, meticulous craftsmanship, this is not only a model of ancient Chinese planning, design, architecture, even in the contemporary era is also a great miracle in the history of world architecture.
(4) Zhu Di worshipped both the Buddha and the Tao
Is it that "The Style of Daming" exaggerates the status of Buddhism in the Ming royal family? Actually, it shouldn't.
According to historical records, when Ming Taizu ordered Halima to build the "Pudu Dazai" at Linggu Temple, and when he recommended blessings to Emperor Taizugao and Empress Cima, the officials of the DPRK and China came up with many "Ruiying" phenomena, and hu Guang, a cabinet scholar, wrote "Ode to Saint Filial Piety and Rui Ying", composed Buddhist songs, and sang and danced in the palace, and Zhu Di also ordered the painter to draw the "Pudu Ming Taizu Long Scroll Map". Since his father entered the world as a monk at the time of great chaos in the world, he created an empire. Later generations more or less revered Buddhism as a psychological sustenance.
Watch the history of the drama and enjoy the entertainment. Dear officials, this concludes our discussion of today's web drama. For months, endless wind. At the snap of a finger, the story is happening. May all officials bloom their own unique style in their own times and years.
【About the author】Kong Xiangju, male, post-90s literature lover, member of Tai'an Writers Association, member of Ningyang County Writers Association, creator of Chinese folk hero stories, grassroots cadre of Ningyang County, Shandong Province. He loves traditional Chinese culture, historical classics, folk hero stories, martial arts novels, romance novels, etc.
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