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The Mystery of the Ming Dynasty: Why Did the Three Empresses of the Jiajing Emperor Fail to Die?

The Jiajing Emperor ruled the Ming Dynasty for a total of forty-five years, and in the middle and late period, the demon road in the middle and middle of the country was rampant, the officials were greedy, there were Mongol invasions in the north, and there were Attacks and Disturbances by The Wokou in the south, causing chaos in the country.

And Jiajing himself not only advocated luxury and was absurd, but also drove away demons and avoided evil spirits in the Qianqing Palace every day, practiced Dan and fasting, sought the art of immortality, and neglected the government for more than twenty years, causing the old thief Yan Song's father and son to monopolize the government and brutalize Zhongliang, and the common people cut their teeth and scolded behind their backs: Jiajing, Jiajing, and the family is clean.

The government is like this, so what is the fate of the empress of the Jiajing harem? Zhu Houxi has married three empresses successively, each of whom is a national color and a heavenly fragrance, talented, only because of the wrong marriage to the ruthless emperor, so that the red face is thin, and finally failed to die well, which is really lamentable.

The Mystery of the Ming Dynasty: Why Did the Three Empresses of the Jiajing Emperor Fail to Die?

The first empress of Jiajing, surnamed Chen, was the daughter of Chen Wanyan, a scholar in Yuancheng County, Daming Province, who was twenty-eight years old, dignified and beautiful, chuchu and moving, and knowledgeable. In the second year of Sejong's reign, Empress Zhang, the wife of Emperor Xiaozong, personally elected empress. At that time, the empress dowager lang was a talented woman with a deep sense of righteousness, and even her father-in-law Chen Wanyan was transferred to the court as an official.

Unfortunately, the good times were not long, and Jiajing, who was born with a good temperament, gradually revealed his hunting nature. One day in the seventh year of Jiajing (1528 AD), he and Empress Chen were sitting in a small chat, when Concubine Zhang knelt down to offer tea, and Jiajing looked down to see her wrist Shengxue, jade fingers like onions, and couldn't help but be full of desire, and involuntarily stepped forward to touch Zhang's small hand.

Empress Chen, who was beside her, couldn't help but feel jealous, so she reached out to push Concubine Shun and ordered her to leave quickly. Unexpectedly, he touched the cup of hot tea, and the water droplets splashed on Jiajing's face, which caused Jiajing to be angry, only to see him suddenly stand up, fly up a kick, and kick Empress Chen's abdomen, at this time Empress Chen was pregnant for six months, suffered this blow, the lower body immediately bleeding, and soon died due to heavy bleeding rescue.

Empress Chen died tragically, causing one corpse and two lives, after which the Jiajing Emperor did not have the slightest compassion, and made her funeral extremely simple, and the coffin was also hastily buried in Yuan'eryu on Tianshou Mountain, until Jiajing was fifteen years old, and only according to her clean and self-respecting conduct, she changed her name to "Empress Xiaojie".

The Mystery of the Ming Dynasty: Why Did the Three Empresses of the Jiajing Emperor Fail to Die?

Two months later, the Jiajing Emperor directly appointed the jade-handed Concubine Zhang Shun as empress, Empress Zhang's real name was Zhang Qijie, and her father was a Jinyi guard chieftain, because of the lessons of the past, she entered the harem, and Empress Zhang was very obedient to Jiajing, and her speech and demeanor were very cautious and cautious, so she was favored by Jiajing.

At that time, Jiajing revered the ancient ceremony, and each time ordered Empress Zhang to lead the concubines of the sixth palace to the northern suburbs to personally feed silkworms, and also ordered her to lead the harem powder to listen to Zhang Sheng's "Female Training", but unexpectedly, on the sixth day of the first month of the thirteenth year of Jiajing, Jiajing suddenly deposed Empress Zhang and ruthlessly beat her into the cold palace, and as a result, two years later, Empress Zhang was sad all day long due to confinement, and soon died of depression. As for the reason for her dethronement, the history books do not record it, but the folk popular saying:

Jiajing was succeeded to the throne by the king of the domain, which was also agreed between Empress Xiaozong's Empress Zhang and her assistant minister Yang Tinghe. At the beginning of Sejong's entry into Beijing, his mother Empress Jiang had a conflict with Empress Zhang, and Jiajing naturally favored her birth mother, so she took a series of retaliatory actions against Empress Zhang, and even arrested her brother and imprisoned her and tortured her! Empress Zhang was forced to be helpless, so she had to secretly ask Empress Zhang to intercede with Jiajing on her behalf, seeing that she had originally welcomed him and spared her brother.

Empress Zhang was momentarily soft-hearted, so she took the liberty of blowing a wind in Jiajing's ears, which caused Jiajing to be furious, so the above serious consequences occurred.

Only nine days after the abolition of Empress Zhang, Jiajing created another Empress Fang. Fang was a native of Jiangning (present-day Nanjing), Jiajing was given the title of Princess De for ten years, and was a full-fledged southern beauty, she had a beautiful appearance, gentle demeanor, and a witty and courageous personality, which could be described as a strange woman with courage and insight.

One morning in the twenty-first year of Jiajing, the palace maid Yang Jinying and others, dissatisfied with the brutal punishment of the Jiajing Emperor, secretly sneaked into the Duanfei Palace, took advantage of his sleep alone, took out the rope prepared in advance, and then rushed up to his neck and began to tighten it vigorously.

As a result, Yang Jinying was too nervous, the rope noose was first tied into a dead button, but it made Jiajing feel shocked in his dream, so he struggled desperately, screamed wildly, and the four palace girls were broken for a while, and they all went forward to beat it randomly, and saw Jiajing fall into a coma again.

At this time, Empress Fang, who had received the secret report, led the eunuchs to hula and broke in, and in the chaos, Yang Jinying knew that he would die, and he hurriedly pulled off the silver noodles on his head and slammed into Jiajing's lower body, and the blood spurted out. Empress Fang saw the situation, and took down all the palace maids left and right, and quickly rescued the emperor. After being fully rescued by the Tai Doctor, JiaJing's life was finally saved.

The Mystery of the Ming Dynasty: Why Did the Three Empresses of the Jiajing Emperor Fail to Die?

Later, Jiajing was very grateful to Empress Fang and rewarded her father, uncle and others. However, it was not long before Jiajing realized that something was wrong, because during his recuperation, Empress Fang actually issued an edict in the name of the emperor, and also imposed Ling Chi on the unsuspecting Cao Duanfei and beheaded more than a dozen of her clan members.

At that time, Jiajing was exclusively fond of Duan Concubine, and did not believe that she would murder herself, but instead believed that Empress Fang had deliberately killed Duan Concubine because of the competition for favors, and the other empress gradually held a grudge in her heart.

One day in November of the twenty-sixth year of Jiajing, empress Fang's palace suddenly caught fire, and the flames even blocked the palace gate, and the eunuchs were in a hurry, but Jiajing ordered that no one should be allowed to put out the fire, only standing far away to watch the fire scene, and the corners of her mouth also showed a sly smile from time to time, and finally Empress Fang escaped without a way, and was buried in the sea of fire with all the eunuchs and palace women around her. From then on, Jiajing never made an empress again. (More exciting, pay attention to the public number: Li Guangyuan)

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