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Ming Xianzong was infatuated with Wan Guifei, who was 17 years older, and when it came to Ming Xianzong Zhu Jianshen, the most impressive thing was his "sister-brother love" with Wan Zhen'er Wan Guifei. In fact, according to the reproductive age of the ancients, the age difference between Wan Guifei and Zhu Jianshen's 17-year-old age is not exaggerated. But no matter what kind of love, after Zhu Mishen became emperor, there was no "group of flowers gradually wanting to charm the eyes", but did not forget the old feelings, heavy love and righteousness, and always loved and loved a "big sister" who was not outstanding in appearance, which was rare among ancient emperors, which made people feel a little touched and curious.
Zhu Jianshen
Empress Dowager Zhou, Zhu Jianshen's birth mother, did not understand her son's approach, and let the young and beautiful empress and concubines not be pampered, but always guarded a "majestic, male-like" Wan Zhen'er! She asked her son bluntly, "Where is Wan's good-looking that makes you so good to her?" Zhu Jianshen replied very bluntly: "Her touch makes me feel at ease, not in her appearance." Empress Zhou listened confusedly, and was not good at asking again, so she could only sigh and walk away. In fact, from the perspective of today's psychology, Zhu Jianshen's words are very real, and a painful experience in his childhood has caused a great impact on his heart, bringing psychological wounds that are difficult to heal, and need people's comfort and care.
Wan Guifei
When Zhu Jianshen was two years old, his father, Emperor Mingyingzong Zhu Qizhen, went out on a campaign against Vala, and before leaving, he made Zhu Mishen the crown prince. Zhu Jianshen's grandmother, Empress Sun, loved her grandson and sent Wan Zhen'er, a 19-year-old palace girl, to Zhu Jianshen's side to serve, and the two began to live together. With Zhu Qizhen's defeat and capture, Zhu Qiyu ascended the throne as emperor, Zhu Jianshen was deposed as crown prince, and his life fell into turmoil. A year later, although Zhu Qizhen was released, he was put under house arrest by Zhu Qiyu. During this 8-year dark period, the young Zhu Jianshen could not live with his imprisoned parents, but instead lived with Wan Zhen'er. Wan Zhen'er's embrace is his warmest harbor, and Wan Zhen'er's touch is his good medicine for peace of mind. Zhu Jianshen has a deep attachment to Wan Zhen'er, and this attachment goes deep into the bone marrow and has not changed throughout his life, which may be what people now call "Oedipal Plot".
Zhu Mishen and Wan Guifei in "Harem"
When Zhu Jianshen was 10 years old, his father Zhu Qizhen was successfully restored to the throne, and he was also re-established as the crown prince. As he grew up, zhu Jianshen's relationship with Wan Zhen'er became more and more complicated, with mother-son love, sister-brother love, and then male and female love. In 1464, Zhu Qizhen died of illness, and the 18-year-old Zhu Jianshen succeeded him as emperor, and as soon as he came to power, he made Wan Zhen'er a talented person and made her a righteous pillow person. Two years later, when the two children were born, Zhu Jian was deeply overjoyed and immediately wanted to make Wan Zhen'er empress, but Empress Zhou strongly opposed it, believing that Wan Zhen'er was from a humble origin and was much older than the emperor and could not be the lord of the harem, and many imperial court ministers also echoed Empress Zhou's opinion. Zhu Jianshen had no choice but to retreat to the second place, and made Empress Dowager Zhou's daughter Wu Shi empress dowager, and Crown Princess Wan Zhen'er a noble concubine.
Zhu Jianshen was not interested in the young and beautiful Empress Wu, and rarely went to her palace, sticking with Wan Guifei all day. Empress Wu was very disappointed and angry, so she found a reason to beat Wan Guifei. When Zhu Jianshen learned of this, he was furious and ignored the persuasion of his mother and many ministers, and insisted on deposing Empress Wu, beating her into the Cold Palace and making Wang Shi empress instead. After this incident, everyone knew the weight of Wan Guifei in the emperor's heart, the concubines did not dare to compete for favors anymore, and many eunuchs and officials were also close to Wan Guifei and dedicated themselves, and Wan Guifei's circle of influence was expanding day by day. She is also very assertive, and often gives Advice to Zhu Mi in government affairs, and her influence extends from inside the palace to outside the palace.
Many wild histories and film and television dramas paint Zhu Mishen and Wan Guifei very black, basically the image of the Dark Lord and the Poisonous Concubine. However, the "History of Ming" has a very high evaluation of Zhu Jianshen, saying that he "has restored the degree of a human being." Ren and Xuanzhi ruled in Sifu. In fact, after Zhu Jianshen came to power, despite the fact that his uncle Zhu Qiyu had deposed his own crown prince and repaid his grievances with virtue, he restored his uncle's imperial title, making him worthy of the Taimiao temple sacrifice, and rebuilding the mausoleum for him. At the same time, Zhu Jianshen, in response to the voices of the government and the public, resolutely rehabilitated Yu Qian's unjust case, restored Yu Qian's son's official position, and won a round of praise from both the government and the public.
Zhu Jianshen himself has average ability, but he is wide in measurement and can use people. He reused Li Xian, Peng Shi, ShangRui and other sages, cared for the people's livelihood, developed production, solved the long-troubled problem of the Displaced People in Jingxiang, quelled the rebellion of the Yao people in Yunnan, repelled the Jurchen invasion of Jianzhou, maintained social stability, and promoted economic development. Regarding the fact that Wan Guifei became vicious because of the early death of her beloved son and killed the pregnant concubine in the palace, it is not recorded in the "Records of Emperor Ming Xianzong" by the Ming Dynasty, and it is recorded in the "Biography of Ming Shi Wan Guifei" written by the Qing Dynasty, and historians have no conclusion on this. The author believes that this is not true, because Zhu Mishen has 11 sons and 4 daughters who have lived to adulthood. But Wan Guifei was definitely not a virtuous concubine, she lived a luxurious life, was arrogant and arbitrary, reused eunuchs such as Wang Zhi, Liang Fang, and Qian Neng, and did a lot of bad things outside, causing people to spit on her.
There was such a "strong internal helper" as Wan Guifei, and Zhu Jianshen's reign was deeply affected, and he also did some bad things, which is more typical of the implementation of the three major bad policies. First, on the basis of Zhu Yuanzhang's establishment of the JinyiWei and Zhu Di's establishment of the East Factory, the West Factory, a notorious secret service organization, was set up, which repeatedly built up prisons and killed his subjects. The second was the establishment of the "Imperial Palace", Zhu Jianshen and his concubines and sons took the lead in annexing land, setting a precedent for land annexation in the Ming Dynasty, and the kings of the clan, noble relatives, and eunuchs also rushed to follow suit, and the land annexation became more and more serious, destroying the economic foundation of the Ming Dynasty's rule. The third is to set up a messenger official, without going through the formal selection and evaluation process, the emperor directly appoints officials according to his personal will, resulting in bribery, the concubines and eunuchs in the palace taking advantage of this to make a fortune, and the administration of officials is becoming increasingly corrupt.
Zhu Jianshen had a problem that fell when he was a child, that is, he stuttered when he was nervous and anxious, so he was not very willing to discuss politics face-to-face with the ministers, and under the words and swords of the ministers, he often blushed and could not speak. Therefore, soon after he came to power, he did not want to see the minister, so he asked the eunuchs to communicate with the ministers, and he hid in the palace and enjoyed a sweet life with Concubine Wan. In the spring of 1487, the 58-year-old Wan Guifei died, Zhu Mishen was devastated, and within a few months, he also died of depression at the age of 41. He walked with Wan Zhen'er, who was 17 years older, for 39 years, and wrote the legendary story of the emperor's lifelong favor.
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