After the death of a person of high social status in ancient times, posterity will evaluate the evaluative text given according to his life deeds, which may be praise or derogatory. Generally speaking, two people of different dynasties may have the same title, not only the emperor, but also the empress.
For example, the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty had Empress Xiaoren, Empress Xiaohui, Empress Xiaokang, and so on, but today we are going to talk about the two Empress Xiaocigao of the Ming and Qing dynasties. These two nicknames are referred to as "Empress Xiaocigao", but when compared, it will be found that the two are simply different lives, one is praised by later generations, and the other is rarely mentioned.
So who are these two Empress Xiaocigao? What kind of experience do they have, and why do they say that they don't have the same life?
Empress Xiaocigao of the Ming Dynasty
Empress Xiaocigao of the Ming Dynasty is the wife of the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, Ma Shi, I believe many people have already guessed it.
Ma's ancestors were rich families, and because of their father's charity, they gradually became poor. Ma Shi lost her mother at an early age, and her father only had one daughter like her, who regarded her as a pearl in the palm of his hand and did his best to educate her. Unfortunately, her father later died in a foreign country because of the enemy's family hunting down and killing guests, and before that, her father entrusted her to her friend Guo Zixing.
Guo Zixing and his wife regard Ma Shi as their own, and Ma Shi is also very likable, and he is smart and clever to learn things quickly. Therefore, the historical Ma Shi is actually an excellent woman who can poetry and paint and behave demurely. In this way, Ma Shi is indeed quite compatible with Zhu Yuanzhang, how to say it?
Guo Zixing and his wife regard Ma Shi as their own daughter, and naturally they have to choose a good husband for them. At that time, under Guo Zixing's command, there was a rebel named Zhu Yuanzhang who was quite famous, because he was shrewd and capable, and everyone was very impressed with him. Guo Zixing also believes that people like Zhu Yuanzhang will only have a career in the future, so he is willing to give Ma Shixu to him.
One is an excellent young man who has just emerged in the military and has an unlimited future, and the other is a good family woman who has read history books since childhood and is calm and dignified. Such a character setting, even if it is put into the present, can also be used as the male and female protagonists of the novel.
The two have never been masked, because the arrangements of the elders are combined, and after getting along with each other, they may experience some tribulations, but in the end, the male protagonist creates a career to become the emperor, and the female protagonist becomes his best sage.
As for what tribulations were experienced in the middle of the way, just like zhu yuanzhang and ma shi in history, after the two got married, they were jealous of many people in the army, so many people framed Zhu Yuanzhang. Guo Zixing also listened to the rumors and locked up Zhu Yuanzhang, which is the place to promote the feelings of the male and female protagonists, because only the female protagonist believes that the male protagonist is innocent.
Ma Shi knew that her husband was locked up, so he went to the kitchen and stole a cooking cake for him. As a result, he met his adoptive mother on the way there, and Ma Shi put the cooking cake in his arms, causing himself to be burned. The adoptive mother was touched by the feelings of the two, so she helped persuade Guo Zixing to release Zhu Yuanzhang.
After that, Zhu Yuanzhang trusted his wife more and worked harder in his career, and Ma Shi was responsible for doing a good job as her husband's inner help. The husband and wife work together, and the team is getting bigger and bigger. In 1368, Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne as emperor in Yingtianfu, with the name of Daming and Jianyuan Hongwu. Ma Shi, as his wife, was made a queen.
Empress Ma was a queen consort, which is well known. Externally, she cared about her subjects, and she once said that Zhu Yuanzhang was the father of the people of the world, and she was the mother of the people of the world, and the mother should care about whether the child was doing well or not. Sometimes the chancellor provoked Zhu Yuanzhang, and it was Empress Ma who tried her best to persuade the chancellor to save the minister's life, and only she could persuade Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang spoiled a certain concubine, and Empress Ma was never jealous, but would take good care of the pregnant concubines to ensure that they could give birth to the imperial heirs smoothly. Even if the palace people made mistakes, Empress Ma could not bear to punish, so the whole palace was very obedient to Empress Ma.
Even if she became an empress, Empress Ma was very frugal, and she ordered people to set up looms in the palace and weave some fabrics to give to the poor people. She also told the princesses and princesses not to waste luxuries because they were born in the royal family, to understand that these are not easy to come by, and we must always pay attention to frugality.
Unfortunately, such a virtuous queen died of illness in the fifteenth year of Hongwu, and before she died, she was still advising Zhu Yuanzhang not to blame the people who healed her, and advised Zhu Yuanzhang not to be so grumpy in the future. However, after Empress Ma's death, Zhu Yuanzhang was not able to restrain his temper, but no one could persuade him anymore.
Empress Ma made a good start for the Ming Dynasty and was a model for the empresses of the Ming Dynasty, and such a virtuous queen was naturally praised by future generations. The evaluation of Empress Ma in the History of Ming is: "Hou Benevolence has wisdom and wisdom, and is a good book history." Logistics is in internal governance, and leisure is emphasizing ancient teachings. Motherhood is the world, and kindness is evident. ”
Empress Xiaocigao of the Qing Dynasty
Empress Xiaocigao of the Ming Dynasty was the first empress of the Ming Dynasty, Ma Shi, while Empress Xiaocigao of the Qing Dynasty was the first empress to be posthumously honored, that is, she was not an empress before her death. She was the sister of Meng Gu (also known as Meng Gu Zhe zhe and Meng Gu) of Emperor Tai Taizong of the Qing Dynasty.
The fate of Menggu's sister was completely inferior to that of Empress Ma, who was neither the original match of the Qing Taizu Nurhaci nor her favorite. She was 16 years younger than Nurhaci because her father had taken a fancy to Nurhaci and thought that the latter would do something big in the future, so he promised to marry his daughter to him. When her father set the marriage for Menggu's sister, she was only 8 years old.
When Menggu's sister grew up and her father had died, her brother respected his father's wishes and married his sister to Nurhaci. At this time, Nurhaci was still in the process of starting a business, his wife Hahana Zaqing had died, Dafujin was already a step-concubine, and Menggu's sister had married to the status of Side Fujin, but she was not favored.
It was not until four years after her marriage that she gave birth to the eighth son, Emperor Taiji, for Nurhaci, and she only gave birth to this one child. Although this only son later inherited the Khan's throne and even established the Qing Dynasty, these are not related to Menggu's sister, which will be said later.
In short, the sister Menggu, who gave birth to a son, still failed to get Nurhaci's attention, and not only that, Nurhaci also broke out into a conflict with his family Yehebu. During this time, Menggu's sister, who was caught in the middle, fell ill, but no one cared about her condition.
The ill Menggu sister asked her husband to let her see her mother, but Nurhacinian agreed in love. Who knew that Yehebe, out of hatred for Nurhaci, refused to agree to this matter. This led to the fact that Menggu's sister did not see her mother until her death, all because of the contradiction between her mother's family and her husband's family.
When Menggu's sister died, her son Huang Taiji was only 11 years old, so she did not enjoy the blessings of children and grandchildren at all. She couldn't imagine that among Nurhaci's many sons, the one she gave birth to inherited the Khan's throne and later established the Great Qing.
But fortunately, it was Emperor Taiji who succeeded to the throne, if it was someone else, then Menggu's sister may have been forgotten for a long time, and posterity may not even know who she is. Only as the birth mother of Emperor Taiji was she able to be posthumously honored as empress by her son, and even more so that the emperors of the Qing Dynasty were enshrined. After several generations of emperors, Menggu's sister was finally given the title of "Empress Xiaoci Zhaoxian Jing Shun Ren Hui Yi Deqing Xiancheng Tianfu Shenggao", referred to as "Empress Xiaoci Gao".
In the case of Sister Menggu, if in a modern novel, it must be a female number two character with a deep heart. After she married, she tried to get the love of the male protagonist Nurhaci, but unfortunately the male protagonist did not love her. So she got pregnant with the child, thinking of using the child to ascend to the throne, but unfortunately did not succeed.
I didn't expect to fight in the end, not only did I not get anything, but I also died. The second daughter of this organ calculated, but the child born was very kind, and was destined to pay off the debt for the mother, so she finally inherited the Khan's throne and became a king who sought the well-being of the people of the world.
Of course, these settings are only the author's imagination, but also in line with the character settings of some theme novels. It's just that the historical Menggu sister doesn't have such good energy to fight for anything, she is just an honest person.
Sister Menggu had never been an empress before she was born, and she could not do some good deeds for the sake of the people of the world like Empress Ma, and was praised by the world. It is because she is also Empress Xiaocigao that she has such a connection with Empress Ma.
Compared with the two, although both were married by the father (adoptive father), of course, the marriage ordered by the parents was normal at that time, but the subsequent direction of the two was completely different.
Sister Menggu was not favored by her husband, and only gave birth to a son of Emperor Taiji, and she was not able to rely on her mother to be expensive. After she married, her mother's family and her husband's family had conflicts again, and the fight was inseparable, and even her wish to see her mother before she died was not realized. The only consolation was that her son Huang Taiji finally sat on the throne, but so what, she was long gone.
Empress Ma is different, she is Zhu Yuanzhang's wife, the couple suffers together, and neither of them can be separated from each other. Empress Ma became an empress, and she was loved by her husband, the respect of her children, and the love of the people, which can be described as a winner in life. But the only thing that cannot be confirmed is whether her son inherited the throne, because whether Zhu Di is her son or not has been controversial.
But no matter what, Menggu's sister's life was not as happy as Empress Ma.'s. The same is Empress Xiaocigao, and the difference in fate is so big.
(References "History of Ming", "Ming Shilu", "Qing History Draft", "Manchurian Shilu")