In many palace fight dramas, there will be a big drama for the position of queen, but the ending is often that the person who does not want to be the queen becomes the queen, and the person who wants to be the queen has no chance. The rapid changes in life encounters can be reflected in a palace fight drama.
Two years ago, when the TV series "Daming Fenghua", which tells the history of the Ming Dynasty, was popular, it attracted widespread attention. Everyone is looking forward to every character in it, because these characters have also existed in history.
In the play, Empress Hang of Emperor Zhu Qiyu of the Ming Dynasty is a tragic character, but in real history, this Empress Hang is even more tragic than in the plot, and after her death, she was not only stripped of her title as empress, but also dug up a grave and exhumed, ending up with no bones.
The Imperial Family
In 1435, Emperor Mingying ascended the throne as the sixth emperor of the Ming Dynasty. His younger brother Zhu Qiyu was crowned king of Qi, and the Hang clan became the side chamber of the King of Qi at this time.
The Hang clan was not an official lady, but was born in the folk, so it was much more mediocre compared to Zhu Qiyu's main chamber Wang clan. His father was the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and his elder brother was also awarded the title of Jinyi Qianhu.
Although the young and beautiful Hang clan came from a humble background, she was knowledgeable and very knowledgeable. Her gentle personality was also liked by Zhu Qiyu, so he included her in the palace and became a concubine.
Soon after the marriage, the Hang clan gave birth to Zhu Qiyu's eldest son, Zhu Jianji. On the other hand, Zhu Qiyu's original princess Wang Shi did not have an heir for so many years after marriage, so the Hang clan also got zhu Qiyu's favor with her son.
Hang's original common people were born from ordinary people, although gui was a princess, but she still retained the previous hard and simple style, she put all her energy on her son Zhu Jianji at home, and did not have much luxury for imperial power and wealth.
But "she often walks by the river, where there are not wet shoes", and soon after a palace coup changed her life.
Zhu Qiyu ascended the throne
In 1449, the Northern Mongolian Wara Department invaded the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and in order to combat the arrogance of the Walla, Emperor Mingyingzong personally marched and entrusted the affairs of the government to his younger brother Zhu Qiyu before leaving.
As a result, not long after the tumu fort change broke out, the news that Ming Yingzong had been captured by The Wallachians spread throughout the court, and the ministers and rich merchants were all in danger, feeling that the Ming Dynasty had reached the point of subjugation.
Empress Sun, Emperor Ming's biological mother, immediately convened a meeting of courtiers to discuss how to solve the current predicament. Some people proposed sending troops to fight valar to the death, and others said that the capital should be moved south. But both approaches were rejected.
Finally, after deliberation, everyone unanimously decided to make Emperor Mingyingzong's eldest son Zhu Mishen the crown prince and let Zhu Qiyu assist the crown prince to supervise the country, at this time Zhu Jianshen was only two years old, and the major affairs in the DPRK and China were basically decided by Zhu Qiyu.
After Emperor Mingying's capture of Zhu Qizhen, his favored eunuch Wang Zhen was also killed. The ministers asked Zhu Qiyu to order the execution of Wang Zhen's Yu Dang.
They knelt outside the palace gate, and Zhu Qiyu came to the palace gate and saw the courtiers beating Wang Zhen to death, Ma Shun, and beat him to death in a short time.
After causing a human life, Zhu Qiyu was a little afraid of wanting to go back to the palace, and was pulled back by Yu Qian and said: "Wang Zhenqi's crime should be punished by the Nine Tribes, and Ma Shun is also deserved." So Zhu Qiyu pardoned the ministers for their sins and never pursued the matter again.
After some time, the Wallachian side did not have the intention of releasing Ming Yingzong. For the sake of the stability of the country, Zhu Qiyu replaced Ming Yingzong as emperor at the recommendation of his courtiers, and Zhengmu Wang was crowned empress.
Overnight, the Ming Dynasty Hall changed its heavens, and the Hang clan also became a concubine. But it's just getting started.
Zhu Qiyu ascended the throne as the seventh emperor of the Ming Dynasty, with the title of Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. After he became emperor, the first thing he did was to abolish the crown princeship of his brother's eldest son, Zhu Jianshen, and instead install his son Zhu Miji as crown prince.
His decision was opposed by Empress Wang, "You can become emperor is just a pure fluke, but you can't abolish the crown prince." Zhu Qiyu thought that he was already the king of the world, and he could not make his son the prince, how could the world have such a reason.
So Zhu Qiyu angrily accused Empress Wang, and also revoked her status as empress and reduced her to a commoner. He then made Hang an empress and their son crown prince.
Lose one's head
Empress Hang never thought that she would be able to have a motherly day, and now her son has become the crown prince, and at the same time, Emperor Zhu Qiyu of the Ming Dynasty is also more and more fond of her, and now she is actually a collection of thousands of lucky in one.
At this time, Emperor Mingying's Zhu Qi town was released by the Wallachians. Previously, Wa Lai also wanted to use Emperor Ming Yingzong to blackmail Zhu Qiyu, but he failed to succeed, and when he saw that there was no profit, he released him back to the Dynasty.
The return of his brother made Zhu Qiyu feel very uneasy in his heart, he had just ascended to the throne of God, did he have to return it? He couldn't help it. Yu Qian said to him: "Now the throne will definitely not change again, but as a younger brother, you should take him back."
Zhu Qiyu then obeyed Yu Qian's words and took his brother back to the palace, but in order to prevent his brother from seizing power with his old subordinates, he put Emperor Mingyingzong under house arrest in the Southern Palace. He could finally be the emperor with peace of mind.
Empress Hang, as the mother of a country, has always maintained a simple way of life, coupled with her good nature and does not like to compete with other concubines, and also promotes a frugal lifestyle in the court, her virtuousness has won unanimous recognition inside and outside the court.
Soon after, bad luck followed, and her five-year-old son Zhu Jianji died of illness. At this point, Empress Hang washed her face with tears all day long due to the loss of her beloved son, fell ill on the bed, and died soon after. From the time of her canonization to the present, she has only been an empress for four years.
After the death of Empress Hang, Emperor Ming held a grand funeral for her, posthumously named her "Empress Suxiao", buried her in Shouling, and hung her portrait in the Taimiao Temple, generally speaking, the emperor is not dead, the portrait of the empress is hung in the Taimiao Temple is against the ancestral system, which shows the respect of the Ming Emperor for the empress.
Emperor Ming lost his wife and son one after another, suffered a major blow and fell ill. At this time, the ministers discussed the appointment of Zhu Jianshen as crown prince, but was rejected by Emperor Ming.
Later, when Emperor Ming was seriously ill, the subordinates who had originally supported Emperor Ming Yingzong secretly plotted to restore Emperor Mingyingzong, and then Empress Sun also joined in. So they broke the palace door where Ming Yingzong was under house arrest and took him out, and seven years had passed.
After Emperor Mingying was restored to the throne, the first thing he did was to demote Emperor Ming to the position of King of Qi and put him under house arrest, and 2 days later Emperor Mingzong died violently. Later, Emperor Mingyingzong pried open The Shouling Tomb, dragged the empress's bones out and threw them in the wilderness, and revoked her title of "Empress Suxiao".
The so-called dead are big, and Empress Hang is safe to go into the ground, why did Emperor Ming Yingzong treat her like this? Mainly, Emperor Mingying was angry about emperor Ming's abolition of his own son Zhu Jianshen and the establishment of Zhu Jianji as crown prince, and he suspected that Empress Hang was instigating it behind her back. That's why Emperor Ming Yingzong hated Empress Hang so much.
Because of this incident, Empress Hang has never been recognized in the main history, and the only empress known as Emperor Zhu Qiyu of the Ming Dynasty is Empress Wang, and the Ming history has not established a biography for her, so her information is very little.
Empress Hang was kind and benevolent all her life, and she experienced the death of her son before she died, and after her death, there were no bones left, which was really miserable. The beauty of her staying in time is only her love affair with Emperor Ming.