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The so-called old cow eating tender grass generally refers to an older man who has found a young wife. But Wan Zhen'er of the Ming Dynasty was completely different, she was looking for a small fresh meat 17 years younger than her as a husband, and the most important thing was that this small fresh meat was still the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
Emperor Mingxianzong's feelings for Wan Zhen'er can be described as earth-shattering ghosts. There are not many beautiful ladies in his harem, and there are many pampered ones, but three thousand pets are not worth Wan Zhen'er's feminine smile.
After the 01 Tumu Fort Rebellion, Zhu Qizhen was arrested, and 3-year-old Zhu Jianshen could not ascend the throne.
Zhu Jianshen has an unreliable father, and his father is the famous Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen. This big brother had no ability to fight, but at the instigation of the eunuch Wang Zhen, the imperial driver personally fought against the Wallachians.
However, Empress Zhou, that is, Zhu Qizhen's mother, expressed strong opposition, and her ministers did not support it. In this case, Zhu Qizhen made Zhu Jianshen the crown prince. The meaning is very clear, I went to war, won I came back to continue to be the emperor, and if I lost, let my son be the emperor.
In August, the Emperor hunted in the north and died for a year. I also saw that China was not provocative, and it was a desire to beg for peace, and the messengers came frequently, please return to the emperor. The chancellor Wang Zhi and other envoys were greeted, and the emperor was not pleased: "Shuo Ben did not want to ascend to the throne, but at that time, he saw the push, and the real qing and so on. Qian Calmly said: "The heavenly position has been determined, Ning Fu has him, Gu Li should quickly serve his ears." In case Pigo is deceitful, I have a resignation. The emperor changed his appearance: "From Ru, from Ru." "Successively dispatched Li Shi and Yang Shanxiang." --- History of the Ming Dynasty
As a result, this battle was indeed lost, not only the town of Zhuqi was lost, but also taken captive by the Wala people. This kind of groundbreaking event was really the first time in the Ming Dynasty.
The most crucial thing is that at that time, the Wala people also killed the capital. At this critical moment, Yu Qian and Empress Sun decided to make Zhu Qizhen's younger brother Zhu Qiyu emperor instead, so why didn't they set up Zhu Qizhen as emperor?
The Wala people took zhuqi town as a threat, and they would definitely let the Ming Dynasty cut off the land and pay compensation,
It will even lead to the danger of the Ming Dynasty being destroyed, so the emperor of the Ming Dynasty must not be Zhu Qizhen anymore.
As the son of Zhu Qizhen, if he became emperor, he would naturally have to find a way to redeem his father
。 In this way, did not we fall into the trap of the Wala people again?
Zhu Jianshen was really too young at that time, only 3 years old
。 Where might a 3-year-old be able to govern? In the case of the lord and the country, the Ming Dynasty was more likely to perish.
Therefore, in this case, Zhu Jianshen could not become an emperor, but could only make his adult uncle Zhu Qiyu emperor. In this way, this crisis of the Ming Dynasty was resolved.
02 Zhu Jianshen spent a bleak childhood under the protection of Wan Zhen'er.
Zhu Qiyu was a good emperor, and after he came to power, he appointed qian and other loyal subjects, which not only drove out the Wallachians, but also caused the Ming Dynasty to be revived.
Congratulations to the noble concubine Wan Shi, a native of Zhucheng. At the age of four, he was elected to the Ye court and became the palace daughter of Empress Sun. And chang, shi xianzong in the Eastern Palace. Emperor Xianzong ascended the throne in the sixteenth year, the concubines were thirty-five, alert, and good at welcoming the emperor's will, so they deposed Empress Wu, and the six palaces were allowed to enter the imperial court. Emperor Every Youxing, Concubine Rongfu precursor. In the first month of the second year of Chenghua, the first son of the emperor, Emperor Daxi, sent envoys to the mountains and rivers, and was given the title of noble concubine. The crown prince is not expected, and the concubine is not widowed. --- History of the Ming Dynasty
But there was a problem that made Zhu Qiyu difficult, that is, the problem of the heir to the throne. At that time, at the request of Yu Qian and others, Zhu Qizhen was released a year after being captured by the Wala people.
But Zhu Qiyu could not return the throne to his brother again
So Zhu Qizhen became the Emperor Taishang and was basically imprisoned in the imperial palace. And the ridiculous thing is that Zhu Qizhen's son, Zhu Jianshen, is still the crown prince.
Zhu Qiyu himself had a son, and at that time he had already given birth to a son named Zhu Jianji
Of course, he wanted to make his son crown prince, but Zhu Jianshen's nephew was the crown prince at that time.
In order to make his son the crown prince, Zhu Qiyu can be described as painstaking
He even began to co-opt and bribe some of the current ministers to make this suggestion. Finally, in the third year of Jingtai, Zhu Jianshen was successfully deposed, and Zhu Jianshen was only 6 years old at that time.
After experiencing all this, he fell from the peak of his life to the bottom of his life, and it was difficult to imagine what kind of experience Zhu Jianshen would have. His parents could not accompany him by his side, and there was only one Wan Zhen'er by his side. Therefore, from this time on, Zhu Jianshen's dependence on Wan Zhen'er was already obvious.
The treatment of the deposed prince in the palace naturally plummeted, and his uncle, The Jingtai Emperor Zhu Qiyu, although he did not kill him, he would always regard him as a thorn in his eye.
Especially after the death of Crown Prince Zhu Jianji a year later, Zhu Qiyu's hatred for Zhu Jianshen would naturally not be less. When Zhu Jianshen needed protection the most, his parents were not around, and only Wan Zhen'er cared for Zhu Jianshen.
03 Zhu Jianshen ascended the throne at the age of 18 and immediately made 35-year-old Wan Zhen'er a noble concubine.
With the growth of Zhu Jianshen, he gradually had a different kind of feeling for Wan Zhen'er from a mother-like dependence. So when Zhu Qizhen died, when he ascended the throne at the age of 18, he wanted to make Wan Zhen'er his empress despite everyone's opposition. Of course, this is only the first step, because Zhu Jianshen hopes that Wan Zhen'er can accompany her for the rest of her life.
But who is the most opposed to the whole thing? Of course, it was Zhu Jianshen's mother, Empress Zhou, who almost vomited blood, because Wan Zhen'er was 1 year older than Empress Zhou, how could she become her own daughter-in-law?
Imagine that Wan Zhen'er, who was 1 year old of Empress Dowager Zhou, needed to ask Empress Dowager Zhou for peace every day, and to call out to her motherkindly, which felt simply cool and crooked.
After the emperor mourned Prince Gong, he had no heirs for a long time, and both Chinese and foreign people thought that they were worried. In the eleventh year of Chenghua, the emperor summoned Zhang Minfa and sighed in the mirror: "The old man will arrive and there will be no children." Min Fu said, "Capital offense, long live the son." The emperor was stunned and asked Ann Zai. "Slaves are dead, and long live the crown prince." So the eunuch Wyndon first said, "Min Yan is." The Crown Prince was now six years old and did not dare to hear it. "Emperor Daxi, on the same day, xingxi nei, sent an envoy to meet the crown prince. --- History of the Ming Dynasty
Therefore, in desperation, Zhu Jianshen had to change Wu Shi to empress, and Wan Zhen'er could only condescend to be made a noble concubine. Wan Guifei's name was thunderous to everyone, and although she did not become an empress, she received thousands of favors from Zhu Jianshen.
Wan Guifei, the 17-year-old woman of the great emperor, was actually favored exclusively, and Empress Wu, a young little girl, was naturally unconvinced, so Empress Wu was furious and actually used a staff to torture Wan Guifei. His beloved wife was beaten, and Zhu Jianshen was of course very angry, and regardless of the opposition of the empress dowager and her ministers, he resolutely deposed Empress Wu.
Since then, in the harem, no one has been able to prevent Wan Guifei from favoring the harem alone, which is also the biggest strange story under the heavens. When Wan Guifei was 37 years old, she gave birth to a big fat boy to Zhu Jianshen, and Zhu Jianshen wept with great joy, and immediately named Wan Guifei an imperial concubine, and promised to make this child the crown prince.
Summary: Wan Guifei is also a terrible tragic figure.
It was a happy thing to have a child, but unfortunately, after only a year, Wan Guifei's son died prematurely. The couple was sad for a while. Because Wan Guifei was really old, she never had the opportunity to get pregnant again.
The emperor put his knees on his knees, looked at Jiuzhi, and wept with sorrow and joy: "My son is also like me." "Make Wynn go to the cabinet for a reason. The courtiers were overjoyed. Tomorrow, congratulations, edicts to the world. Moved concubines to Yongshou Palace, number summons. Wan Guifei cried day and night, "The group of small people is me." "In June of that year, the concubine was violent. Or the death of the noble concubine, or the self-hanging. Concubine Gong Chuang. Fearful, but also swallowed gold to death. Min, Tong'an people. --- History of the Ming Dynasty
But she was convinced that she could still have children, so she did not allow any woman in the harem to have children. Every time Zhu Jian deeply favored who was lucky, Wan Guifei investigated it clearly.
Once it was learned that these women were pregnant, Wan Guifei would immediately ask people to miscarry her, so that Zhu Jianshen never had a son, because Wan Guifei had never had a child since then.
In fact, among so many pregnant women, there is a palace girl Ji Shi who escaped the disaster through her own ingenuity.
She bore Zhu Mishen a son, Zhu Youfan, who has been hiding in the harem and raising him.
As a result, after this matter was known to Zhu Jianshen, Zhu Jianshen was very happy and wanted to make Zhu Youfan the crown prince.
And Wan Guifei was furious and immediately poisoned Ji Shi. She also wanted to kill Zhu Youfan, but after Ji's death, Zhu Youfan had been raising the empress dowager, and Wan Guifei was not easy to start.
In order to take revenge on Zhu Youfan, Wan Guifei never interfered in the affairs of harem fertility from then on, and began to fight here Zhu Jianshen's sons one after another,
Zhu Youfan's competitors were also increasing, but Wan Guifei found that she was not happy at all.
Wan Guifei was depressed and finally died alone, only 58 years old when she died. Zhu Jianshen wept bitterly for this, and let zhen'er die, then he would soon die. Sure enough, just a few months later, the 41-year-old Zhu Jianshen died. It seems that Zhu Jianshen's feelings for Wan Zhen'er are indeed singable and weeping.
Resources:
History of the Ming Dynasty
Ming Shilu