Monogamy is the law of our country today, especially after receiving the marriage license, husband and wife should be loyal to each other, husbands should bear the burden of supporting the family, but also love their wives in every way, this is not only an ancient norm, but after development, let us choose the best and leave a good tradition.
In ancient times, men could have three wives and four concubines, the main reason is that there are obvious differences in the labor of men and women, so men often dominate, and the status of women in ancient times is far inferior to that of men, even if they yearn for men to love themselves only in their lives, it is unattainable.
Take the ancient emperors, the emperor sat in the harem of three thousand beautiful women, some people even if they enter the palace, there is no way to see the emperor in their lifetime, they spend their lives in the palace, and those who are favored are envied every day.
The status of the queen is also relatively high, it can be said that it is above ten thousand people, below one person, but there is no way, but also need to share with others, they have no way to control their own happiness.
However, in the Ming Dynasty, there was such an emperor, in his lifetime there was only one woman, that is, his empress, Ming Xiaozong's mother concubine was not a powerful person, but also like us, an ordinary person, after being favored by Ming Xianzong, gave birth to Zhu Youfan, that is, the later Ming Xiaozong.
Ming Xiaozong may have been accustomed to the concubines' intrigues, and the concubines waited for the favor of the emperor and wasted their youth, so after he inherited the throne, he did not take any concubines, only the empress.
Zhu Youfan's body was not very tough when he was young, and he made many contributions to the construction of the country when he inherited the throne, so he spent a lot of energy on how to govern the country.
For the selection of the empress, he did not have too many requirements, and when selecting the empress, he took a fancy to a woman from an ordinary family, Zhang Shi.
Zhang Shi was just a woman of an ordinary family, not as squeamish as those high-ranking officials and nobles, and her appearance was particularly outstanding, so she was deeply loved by Emperor Xiaozong Zhu Youfan, so he crowned her as an empress, and accompanied her all her life, just like a folk couple, and did not make an exception until her death.
Many people think that a life is very long, a day is very short, and many emperors have seen different thoughts in film and television dramas, not only Ming Xiaozong's father is also a good example, but also many emperors are like this.
Ming Xianzong, like other emperors, had three palaces and six courtyards, in addition to his own empress, there were seventy-two concubines, including a very powerful Wan Guifei, even the empress had to be jealous of the three points, she gave birth to the eldest son of the emperor for Ming Xianzong, which shows how honorable the status of Wan Guifei is.
Moreover, she still watched Ming Xianzong grow up, and had to explain how deeply Xianzong relied on Wan Guifei.
In the face of such a concubine, even Emperor Ming's mother, Ji Shi, was far away, and Ji Shi was originally captured into the palace, and after being favored by the emperor, she became pregnant.
After Wan Guifei knew, she sent someone to kill the child, but the people in the palace could not bear to do it, so when they returned to Wan Guifei, they said: "There is a tumor in the stomach, it is not pregnant."
Therefore, Ji Shi was able to give birth to Zhu Youfan, who had to live a life of hiding in Tibet every day, and did not know whether he would be able to live tomorrow, let alone think of ascending to the throne, and he would have been very lucky to be able to live.
Suddenly ascending the throne as emperor, he himself did not expect that since Emperor Ming Xiaozong ascended the throne, he did not continue his father's habits, he has been working hard for the sake of Jiangshan Sheji, facing many problems left by his father, he is also very distressed, after all, for the emperor who has just ascended the throne, it is very difficult to move forward.
For an 18-year-old Ming Xiaozong, this is a country withered national strength, as if it was also deliberately arranged by heaven, but on his own stage, he used his wisdom and diligence to turn the tide, so that the Ming Dynasty could continue.
He did not want to let other children experience his childhood experience again, and he did not want the concubines to frame each other in order to compete for favors, so Ming Xiaozong practiced monogamy, so in his world, there was only one empress.
Ming Xiaozong Zhu Youfan and Empress Zhang also belonged to the friends of hardship, a very loving couple, from the education zhu Youfan received, he knew how to become a good emperor, can not give up jiangshan sheji because of beauty, so Zhu Youfan and Empress Zhang, every day up and sleeping together, just like the ordinary people of the family.
At the same time, Empress Zhang also gave birth to two sons and a daughter for Emperor Xiaozong, but the second son died prematurely, and the daughter died at the age of four, surviving only the next eldest son.
In ancient times, the position of the emperor was very important, and the requirements for the emperor were also very strict, most of the previous princes, there were always many ministers who wanted to choose the best prince to govern the country, but Zhu Youfan's situation was not allowed, and some ministers advised him to take concubines, but Zhu Youfan has not been relaxed, and this matter cannot be saved.
Although he only married one woman in his life, compared to his life will not be lonely, but he only lived for thirty-six years, can only say that he died young, I don't know if everyone envied the emperor?
An emperor can only favor one person in his lifetime, let me ask who in ancient times could have such a love as Emperor Ming Xiaozong Zhu Youfan? At the same time, it is also worth learning from our male compatriots, an emperor can do it, why can't you.
History has evaluated Zhu Youfan like this: This person has an excellent character, advocates monogamy, has no great achievements in his life, but is very stable, diligent and respectful of ministers, and has done a lot of good governance for the people, and the most impressive thing is his generosity and benevolence, and even his enemies can be treated leniently.
Zhu Youfan's thinking of governing the country is very open, never conservative, even if it is the policy formulated by his father, he can also correct the chaos, and even abolish some cruel punishments, it is precisely because of this, deeply loved by the people, in the standard of employment, he can also be virtuous, the use of talented people, the promotion of officials are mainly based on political achievements, never listen to the rumors of villains.
He was very tolerant of his subordinates, able to push his heart, never beat the minister, like the Junchen family, his hard work was used to govern the country, and at the same time accompanied by Empress Zhang.
From Ming Xiaozong, we can see that an emperor has a deep affection for a person, and at the same time he has done what he says, he can resist foreign invasions, and he can also resist the temptation of harem beauties, only staying by the empress's side, I have to say that I am a little envious of Empress Zhang.
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