Introduction
Zhu Gao was bright in the stars, and one night he suddenly saw a star change, and he was busy summoning Jian Yi, Yang Shiqi and others to say: "The destiny of heaven is over." So he sighed and said, "I have been in charge of the country for twenty years, and I have been disturbed by rumors and evil, and my heart is in danger, and the three of us are the same." Dependent on Emperor Renming to be saved. After I die, who will know the hearts of my three people? As he spoke, he left tears, and Jian Yi and Yang Shiqi also left tears. May 29, 1425, the first year of Hong Xi.com. Zhu Gaozi died suddenly in the Qin'an Hall in the palace (this Qin'an Hall is not the Qin'an Hall in the Imperial Garden) at the age of 48. Zhu Gaozi's funeral was extremely brief, but there were also five concubines who buried him.
During the Ming and Qing dynasties, it was generally the next emperor who summarized the merits and demerits of the previous emperor and the concubines he was martyred for. For example, after Zhu Yuanzhang's death, these concubines who were martyred for him were screened by Zhu Yunjiao; after Zhu Diren's death, the concubine candidates for the burial were screened by Zhu Gaozhi; after Zhu Gaozhi's death, of course, Zhu Zhanjiding was a candidate for martyrdom.
Concubine burial rules and regulations, in short, it is the concubines who are martyred, and the empress certainly has no precedent. Because the successor emperor is unlikely to bury his mother to his father.
Therefore, the candidates for martyrdom are generally selected among the concubines who are not pregnant; and even from the folklore to choose "Wangtianhu". This was popular in the ming dynasty's burial rules and regulations.
For example, in the "Biography of The Later Concubines of the Ming Dynasty", it is recorded that which daughter was selected to be martyred, not only gave the name and salary treatment of this martyred woman, but also returned the salary treatment compensation of her relatives hereditary Jinyi Wei Thousand households or hundreds of households.
"Ming Taizu collapsed, and there were more people in the palace who died from the dead. When Jianwen and Yongle were in power, they were successively rewarded. For example, Zhang Feng, Li Heng, Zhao Fu, Zhang Bi, and Wang Bin's families are all hereditary Toming Jinyi guards thousands of households. ”
However, special attention was paid to the fact that after Zhu Gaozi's death, the five people of the Gongsu Concubine Guo Clan, the Gong Shu Shun Concubine Tan Clan, the Zhenhui Shu Concubine Wang Clan, the Hui'an Li Concubine Wang Clan, and the Gongjing Chong Concubine Huang Clan were all ordered by Zhu Zhanji to be martyred by Zhu Gaoji. Except for Concubine Guo, there were no children here, not even children. There's actually one thing that doesn't make sense about this. It also allows us to see the cruelty of the royal palace struggle.
Since Concubine Gongsu could not have been Guo Ying's granddaughter, she had three children, namely the eighth son Zhu Zhan'an, the ninth son Zhu Zhan'an, and the 10th son, Zhu Zhan'an.
It is obvious that this destroyed the original standard of "will not be martyred", in the final analysis, the original Guo Concubine's influence and matriarchal camp need to be far higher than Empress Zhang, plus there are 3 children, is a harem camp that should not be underestimated, and should be more favored before death. This may also be the key reason for her martyrdom.
Therefore, the women of the Later Ming Dynasty Palace are actually quite cute, and it can be said that they are full of dangers. First of all, after being elected to the palace, he was extremely diligent in gaining the favor of the emperor, and he must be a little out of the way, and he wanted to give birth to a boy. Otherwise, once the emperor dies, the chance of being martyred is very large;
Secondly, even if you are a little out, you can't be sure that you won't be martyred. To strive for promotion, it is best to become an empress, even if you can't become an empress, try to let your child be favored and become the crown prince;
Moreover, if the promotion is far away, we must do a good job of mutual relations with the successor, at least not to make him feel that you can threaten her or make him unhappy, otherwise the fate is very likely to be the same as that of Concubine Guo.