As we all know, Jin Yong has made great contributions to China's film and television industry. He created many classic and unforgettable characters, among which Zhao Min of "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon" can be said to be a well-known character, Jin Yong also focused on portraying her eccentric and sinister and vicious when describing Zhao Min, leaving a deep impression on Zhang Wuji, who was simple at the time, and the two people gradually developed deep feelings in the subsequent fights and killings.
However, this is only a novel story written by Jin Yong, not a real historical fact. In the real history, there is no Zhang Wujie at all, but Zhao Min, a historical figure, is real, but her life is not happy, she was robbed by Zhu Yuanzhang and forced to marry his son, and the final outcome is also very miserable. What's going on in between? Let's take a look:
Zhao Min was robbed to marry Zhu Zhu
Zhao Min was originally the daughter of the King of Ruyang of the Yuan Dynasty, called the first beautiful woman of the Yuan Dynasty, she also had an older brother named Wang Baobao, although there was no drama in the novel, but in history, he was heroic and good at fighting, galloping on the battlefield, and even the emperor Zhu Yuanzhang at that time called him "the strange man in the world". Wang Baobao, under the influence of his father, liked to read, was proficient in strategy, and was very good at riding and shooting, so he had followed his father to march and fight since he was a child.
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the people were dissatisfied with the emperor's rule at that time and revolted one after another, and the main force opposing the rule at that time was the Red Turban Army led by Zhu Yuanzhang. Wang Baobao was ordered to capture the Red Turban Army, and under the leadership of Wang Baobao, the Yuan army repeatedly defeated important troops under Zhu Yuanzhang. However, the troops led by Zhu Yuanzhang were numerous after all, and Wang Baobao was outnumbered, so he had to lead his own team to escape. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang carried out the Northern Expedition and captured the Capital of Yuan, and the Yuan Dynasty was destroyed, and in the middle and late fourteenth century, Zhu Yuanzhang successfully established the Ming Dynasty.
After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang still did not have a dead heart, and he knew that if he did not subdue Wang Baobao, there would be no way to completely eliminate the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty. So he ordered his army to pursue with all his might, and in the process of a Ming army pursuit, they found that Zhao Min was not taken away by Wang Baobao and was still living in his hometown in Yingzhou, so he took Zhao Min back to the palace to zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Zhao Min was graceful and beautiful, and he wanted to promise her to his son.
However, Zhao Min was naturally unwilling, she definitely did not want to marry the son of her enemy, and for Zhao Min's reaction, Zhu Yuanzhang had long been prepared, so he asked her: "In the whole world, what is the biggest thing?" Because Zhao Min and Wang Baobao's living environment from childhood was with the Han people, influenced by the Han culture at that time, the natural answer was: "Loyalty and filial piety are the greatest"! This also fell into Zhu Yuanzhang's trap. Because Zhu Yuanzhang, as a monarch, Zhao Min should obey the words of the monarch, so Zhao Min had no way to refute this matter, and could only marry Zhu Yuanzhang's son.
Zhao Min was imprisoned
Zhu Yuanzhang's son was named Zhu Zhu, and Zhao Min did not live happily after marrying him, because Zhu Zhu was a cruel person who bought a lot of gold and silver in his fiefdom, and the people who had no money could only hand over their children, and if anyone asked for forgiveness, they would be beaten to death, or arrested and imprisoned. These acts of His have left the people devastated and impoverished.
Not only that, when Zhu Zhu went out to conquer Xifan, he also captured more than 150 young girls and castrated more than 150 young boys, which also led to the death of many children. And Zhu Zhu didn't care at all, he only cared about his own amusement all day, constantly killing the people, and the means were so fierce that even Zhu Yuanzhang had accused him in person. But he still did not change his own problem, and Zhu Zhu had a concubine named Deng Shi at that time, he especially loved this woman, this woman is also scheming, and like Zhu Zhu, she is not a kind person, so they joined forces to imprison Concubine Zhao Min.
In the process of imprisonment, Zhao Min was not happy, they did not give Zhao Min rice, only sent him some fresh fruit, and the utensils containing the fruit were still some defective products. In this way, Zhao Min was imprisoned for twenty years. It is hard to imagine how Zhao Min has spent the past twenty years!
Buried alive and dead
According to historical records, during the years of captivity, Zhao Min often did not have enough to eat, wear and warm, and suffered a lot of illness. However, Zhu Zhu and his favorite concubines have always enjoyed themselves, arrogantly and extravagantly, and maimed the people. Probably also because Zhu Zhu did too many bad things, was punished, and finally died of illness, Zhao Min originally thought that he could no longer suffer, but he did not expect that his brother Wang Baobao also died at this time.
Wang Baobao's death made Zhu Yuanzhang very angry, he had always wanted to recruit Wang Baobao, let Wang Baobao be used by him, even if he died, Wang Baobao would die in his own hands, but he did not expect to hear such news. Zhu Yuanzhang originally did not want to execute Zhao Min before, but the death of his son Zhu Zhu made him feel very bad, plus Wang Baobao did not die in his own hands, and his heart was even more unhappy. The more he looked at Zhao Min's daughter-in-law, the more unpleasant it became, so he asked her to bury her son and buried her alive in the grave. Zhao Min's tragic life also ended here.
epilogue
Zhu Zhu had committed many evil deeds, and his untimely death was also a deserved crime, but what mistake did Zhao Min make? On the other hand, Zhao Min's life, except for his childhood with his family, may have been tortured at other times. Even after twenty years in captivity, she was able to survive, and one wondered what kind of will would have made her persist. Later, there were also many speculations in the world, saying that she would always insist in order to see her family and her brother; there were also some who said that it was possible that the place of imprisonment at that time could not allow her to commit suicide, so she could only endure in silence.
No matter what the reason, Zhao Min's fate in this life is very tragic, the historical Zhao Min actually did not have the company of Zhang Wujie at all, nor did she have a strong background that could support herself, she could not even control her own fate, she had no one to rely on, and she had to be tortured by the beast Zhu Zhu, and she did not enjoy happiness until she died. It may also be because of the cruelty of reality that Jin Yong has written the characters in the novel so beautifully, which is also a comfort to the real her!
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