Speaking of the emperor's micro-service private visits, many people may think of the TV series "Kangxi Micro-service Private Visits", the emperor handed over the affairs of the government to his confidant ministers to deal with, and then quietly left the palace, traveled everywhere, micro-service private visits.
In fact, this is not the case, in reality, the emperor will hardly leave the palace in his lifetime except for special circumstances such as sacrifices and wars, even if there are occasional private visits by the emperor, they are all in the capital or suburbs.
For the emperor, micro-service private visits are definitely not a trivial matter, it is necessary to arrange a lot of important work, after twenty or thirty procedures to micro-service private visits, but also can not stay outside for a long time.
But in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Houzhao, the Ming Wuzong who liked to run outside when he had nothing to do, became an exception, not only liked "micro-service private visits", but also secretly ran outside when the ministers did not let him leave, and even got lost, so why did he get lost? When the farmer slaughtered the chicken and entertained, his mother tearfully said: "You are not allowed to kill my daughter-in-law", what is the matter?
Act absurdly, love to go out of the palace when there is nothing to do
There are a total of 16 emperors in the Ming Dynasty, and if you want to say that the most absurd and interesting emperor in the history of the Ming Dynasty is the protagonist of today's story, Ming Wuzong Zhu Houzhao. Zhu Houzhao, the tenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, ascended the throne at the age of fifteen (1505) and died of illness at the age of thirty-one (1521). When we were still in junior high school, Zhu Houzhao had already become the king of a country.
As an emperor, Zhu Houzhao is typical of not seeking his own government in his position, has no interest in governing the government, loves freedom all his life, is idle every day, only thinks about how to play to be happy, in order to be happier, the most annoying thing is to be bound by various rules, in the eyes of the Manchu Dynasty Minister of Culture and Military Affairs, he is definitely a unconscious lord.
Friends who are familiar with the history of the Ming Dynasty know that in the Ming Dynasty, civil officials always fought with eunuchs and emperors. Compared with the incessant accusations and criticisms of civil officials, eunuchs always played with the little emperor.
Therefore, the little emperor also liked the eunuchs around him more and more, and even became good brothers with these eunuchs, which was the famous eight eunuchs in the Ming Wuzong period, known as the "Eight Tigers".
It was also under the influence of these eunuchs that in the sixteen years of being emperor, Zhu Houzhao did indeed do many absurd things, such as he specially opened up a place in the palace to run a market, indulged in the famous "leopard room" all day long, and named himself a great general.
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In addition to these absurd acts of tossing and turning in the palace, Zhu Houzhao also has a "hobby" that makes the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu more headache, that is, when there is nothing to do, he always likes to find various reasons to go out of the palace to play, and when he can't find a reason, he quietly sneaks out of the palace to play.
In general, he mixed with the eunuchs all day long, constantly causing trouble for the courtiers, and making the ministers miserable every day.
Today's story takes place during a southern tour of Emperor Mingwu Zhu Houzhao.
Conceal the minister, secretly love the concubine to go sightseeing
It was one day in the Zhengde period, Zhu Houzhao, as usual, was tired of the monotonous and restrained boring life in the Forbidden City, so he wanted to go out of the palace under the guise of a southern tour, which frightened the Manchu Dynasty Minister of Culture and Martial Arts, they all knew that the emperor was unreliable, just to go out and play.
Therefore, his father Emperor Mingxiaozong Zhu Youfan left his cabinet assistant Li Dongyang and the British prince Zhang Mao quickly tried to prevent the emperor from leaving the palace. Many people may think: "The whole world can not be the king's land, and the coast of the land can not be the king's subjects", the emperor wants to go out to play, where the courtiers can interfere. But in the Ming Dynasty, courtiers could not only interfere in the emperor's private life, but also to a considerable extent.
The two sides had been deadlocked for several days without success, and at this time the ministers were afraid of disagreeing again, and the ancestor ran out of the palace with patience and secretly ran out of the palace by himself, so he did not know what outrageous things he would do, so he had to agree.
But at this time, Zhu Houzhao was not satisfied, and he put forward the request to take his favorite concubines with him, which made the neurosensitive ministers even more unhappy.
The purpose of this sightseeing tour is also too obvious, after several tosses, in the end, although Zhu Houzhao did not bring all the favored concubines, he also brought a favorite Liu Guifei with him.
And one day on the way to the south, Zhu Houzhao wanted to get rid of a group of ministers to go out by himself, and this time not only wanted to go out by himself, but also wanted to take his favorite Liu Guifei with him, after all, in his opinion, there was no one he liked to accompany him, so the fun of this "micro-service private visit" was less than half.
After some thought, Zhu Houzhao decided to leave quietly this time, so he found Liu Guifei before leaving, informed him of his thoughts, and then the two agreed to leave one after another, and then walked separately, and finally met at Jilong Mountain. Zhu Houzhao felt that even if the ministers knew the situation later, they would have no choice, and the two could enjoy the sightseeing together.
The date is lost, and the kind farmer is warmly welcomed
After quietly getting rid of the ministers, Zhu Houzhao arrived at the agreed place of Jilong Mountain according to the agreed time, but he did not see Liu Guifei's figure, and as time passed little by little, Zhu Houzhao was also more and more anxious the more he waited.
It is reasonable to say that it would be better to let the guards go looking for them in a hurry, but Zhu Houzhao, who has loved fun and excitement all his life, did not do so, and he actually let the guards who followed him wait at the agreed place, and he went to look for Liu Guifei alone.
The guards were afraid that the emperor would go alone to look for what would happen, but the emperor's words were holy wills, and they had to obey them. Therefore, Zhu Houzhao embarked on a journey to find Aifei. However, Zhu Houzhao also came to Jilong Mountain for the first time, knew nothing about this place, and after recklessly searching for a long time, not only did he not find Liu Guifei, but he also lost his way in the mountain.
At this point, Zhu Houzhao had no choice but to run around in the mountains by feeling, but until it was dark, he didn't see a single figure, let alone Liu Guifei he was looking for.
At this time, Zhu Houzhao was already tired and hungry, and he was also anxious. He saw that there was no way to continue looking for it, and he didn't want to spend the night alone in this uninhabited mountain wilderness.
After tossing and turning for a while, Zhu Houzhao finally found a peasant household, he walked over, without a little emperor shelf, like a real passerby, hoping that this family could let him spend the night to eat something, and get up tomorrow to continue looking for it.
The owner of this farmer is named Zhou Yuan, is a very hospitable simple farmer, watching this well-dressed guest come to his door in a dusty manner, quickly and warmly welcome him in, the simple and hospitable Zhou Yuan saw that the guest was hungry, and immediately prepared to take out the best things in the house to greet him.
However, his own family is surrounded by disciples, there is really nothing to eat, and the food he usually eats is afraid that this distinguished guest is not used to eating, so he opens his mouth to kill the only old hen in his home to entertain the distinguished guests.
The old woman stopped it, and killing the chicken was equivalent to killing the daughter-in-law
Zhou Yuan's mother saw that Zhou Yuan was going to kill the old hen in the house, and quickly ran out of the house, crying and stopping: "You can't kill this old hen, if you kill it, it is equivalent to killing my daughter-in-law." Don't kill my daughter-in-law! ”
As soon as this sentence came out, Zhu Houzhao, who was watching this scene, was greatly puzzled, and he was thinking in his heart: "How is killing a chicken equivalent to killing a daughter-in-law?" ”
There is no way, he is the emperor, he has lived in the palace since he was a child, and he has no way to experience the suffering of ordinary people every day.
At this time, Zhou Yuan was also very embarrassed, he had just said that he was going to kill the old hen to entertain the guests, but now his mother was dead or alive, and he was embarrassed for a while, and he didn't know what to do. At this time, Zhou Yuan's mother also saw her son's embarrassment and quickly explained the reason to Zhu Houzhao.
It turned out that Zhou Yuan's whole family relied on this old hen who could only lay eggs to raise his life, in the eyes of Zhou Yuan's mother, the old hen would lay eggs every day, and after a long time, he could use the money from selling eggs to buy lambs, and then continue to sell eggs, raise lambs, and after a long time, he could change into pigs, so he kept changing, sheep for pigs, pigs for cattle, and when the cattle grew up and sold, they had money to give their son Zhou Yuan a wife.
After listening to the old man's explanation, Zhu Houzhao was also full of emotions in his heart, such a simple and kind family, there should be a good reward, how can a poor person not even be able to marry his daughter-in-law?
Thinking about yourself again, if you want to marry a daughter-in-law, as long as you have a word, there are countless people who will give him Zhang Luo to find a girl with great talent and beauty under the sky, and Zhou Yuan's mother, who is already at this age, has to go through such a long exchange in order to marry a daughter-in-law to Zhou Yuan, which is really too pitiful, and he immediately moved his heart of compassion.
Write a letter in person, accidentally promote a beautiful marriage
So Zhu Houzhao asked Zhou Yuan's mother, "Is there a girl to be married in this neighborhood?" ”
Zhou Yuan's mother was also an unkind lord, directly saying that there was a royal history named Cao Hong not far away, and he had a daughter who was very good in all aspects, and was now waiting for the word boudoir.
Zhu Houzhao was equally rude after hearing this, and wrote a letter on the spot, asking Zhou Yuan to send it to yushi surnamed Cao.
The content of the letter is also very simple and clear, that is, what Zhou Yuan is a very good old man, kind and simple, but still alone, his mother is anxious, and I heard that you Cao Yushi just happened to have an unmarried daughter, all aspects are quite good, may as well let Him be a matchmaker, you will marry your daughter to Zhou Yuan, we will promote a beautiful marriage together, so what is the benefit to you and so on.
It is reasonable to say that in that era, the class hierarchy was so serious, how could an ordinary peasant household be worthy of the thousands of gold of the imperial family, even if the emperor gave marriage, at least the mood of the minister and the influence in the court had to be considered. However, Zhu Houzhao was not an ordinary emperor, and what he hated most in his life was all kinds of worldly rules, so naturally he would not consider so many factors.
Therefore, when Cao Yushi received the letter and looked at it, it was determined that it was the emperor's handwritten letter, his heart was also extremely depressed, and he really wanted to die.
But there was no way, the emperor's handwritten letter was no different from the holy will, in that feudal society where "the emperor let the subject die and the subject had to die", as a courtier, don't say his daughter, even if the emperor wants to order himself, he can't not listen, nor dare he not listen.
Therefore, although Cao Yushi said that he had ten thousand unwillingness in his heart, he only had the choice to agree, did not dare to sweep the emperor's face, even if the heavens were greatly wronged, he could only bite his teeth and swallow into his stomach, endure the pain of cutting love, agreed to this marriage, and married his precious daughter to this farmer named Zhou Yuan.
In this way, Zhu Houzhao used one of his own handwritten letters to make the old hen instantly become a daughter-in-law, eliminating the long exchange process, thus promoting a beautiful marriage, and also produced a post-break sentence "an old hen for a wife - luck is coming" passed down.
I just don't know if Zhu Houzhao finally ate the old hen.
epilogue
Whether it is watching Zhu Houzhao write a handwritten letter to Zhou Yuan to marry, or watching what Zhu Houzhao did during his reign, right and wrong aside, Zhu Houzhao is a person who lives purely for himself. He is uninhibited, his temperament is free, and if he were not emperor, he might be a different ending, and he would not be disputed for living for himself.
Zhu Houzhao may not be a Ming Jun, he is just a young man who lives only for himself.
From this, we can also see that no matter what position we are in, we must fulfill our duties, otherwise we will only end up with a cursed end, but it will not be recorded in the annals of history like Zhu Houzhao, everyone knows it!
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