Wan Guifei, who was favored by Emperor Mingxianzong in "Fourteen Years of Chenghua", did have her own person in history, and she was 17 years older than Emperor Mingxianzong, and she also received the exclusive favor of Emperor Mingxianzong, which is a real collection of three thousand favors.
In the previous article, we also mentioned that Emperor Mingxianzong was too fond of her to stop her wrong behavior, which led to chaos inside and outside the imperial court and gradually weakened the national strength of the Ming Dynasty.
So did Ming Xianzong really love Wan Guifei? Why did Wan Guifei receive the favor of Emperor Mingxianzong? To answer this question, we need to look at it from two aspects:
1. Wan Guifei's care for Emperor Mingxianzong
The reason why Emperor Mingxianzong would favor and indulge Wan Guifei was first of all because Ming Xianzong was grateful to Wan Guifei. What did Emperor Mingxianzong thank Wan Guifei for? This has to start with Ming Xianzong when he was a child.
When Emperor Mingxianzong was two years old, the Tumu Fort Incident occurred, and his father, Emperor Mingyingzong, was captured by Wallachia. Empress Sun, the prototype of Sun Ruowei in the "Great Ming Style", made Zhu Qiyu the Prince of Ming the Emperor, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
Empress Sun deposed Emperor Mingyingzong, and she always felt some guilt in her heart, so she made Emperor Mingyingzong's son Zhu Jianshen (Emperor Mingxianzong) crown prince, and let Wan Zhen'er (Wan Guifei) take care of the life of the prince.
What is the origin of Wan Zhen'er? The Wan family violated the royal law, Wan Zhen'er's father Wangui was implicated and degraded, and Wan Gui entrusted his compatriots to bring Wan Zhen'er, who was only four years old at the time, into the palace as a palace maid.
Wan Zhen'er was clever and clever, and was very popular with Empress Sun, so she entrusted the crown prince Zhu Mishen to her to raise. Zhu Jianshen has been with Wan Zhen'er since he was a child, and Wan Zhen'er has always taken care of him like Zhu Jianshen's mother.
Of course, Emperor Ming of Ming was not happy that someone else's son would be crown prince, so he deposed Zhu Jianshen as crown prince. Since then, Zhu Jianshen's treatment has plummeted. The other slaves all saw the wind and steered the rudder and ignored him, only Wan Zhen'er was still very protective of Zhu Jianshen.
The so-called suffering sees the truth, so when Zhu Jianshen took the throne, in order to thank Wan Zhen'er for taking care of him, he named her an imperial concubine. In fact, Emperor Mingxianzong wanted to make Wan Zhen'er empress, but his birth mother, Empress Zhou, disagreed.
Because Wan Zhen'er was born low, she was only a palace girl, and Empress Zhou was at odds with her mother-in-law, Empress Sun. At that time, Empress Sun especially liked Emperor Mingyingzong's empress Qian, so there was a contradiction between Empress Sun and the Zhou clan.
And the grievances of the previous generation also affected the next generation, so after Zhou became the empress, he could not tolerate Wan Zhen'er, who empress dowager Sun liked, and would not agree to her being an empress.
Ming Xianzong was hindered by his mother's face and had to appoint someone else as empress, but he always felt guilty about Wan Zhen'er in his heart, and in order to compensate Wan Zhen'er, he was very spoiled for her.
2. Ming Xianzong's dependence on Wan Guifei
Emperor Mingxianzong favored Wan Guifei, which can also be said to be his dependence on Wan Guifei. We know who children are with from an early age, and who they will be closer to when they grow up, and Ming Xianzong is no exception.
Zhu Jianshen was taken care of by Wan Zhen'er since childhood, so in Ming Xianzong's heart, Wan Guifei was an indispensable person. Later, Wan Guifei died, and Ming Xianzong, who was immersed in grief, also died within a few months.
This can fully show that the spiritual pillar of The Ming Xian Sect is Wan Guifei. Even though Princess Wan guifei did a lot of bad things in the harem, framed other concubines, and caused cholera, Emperor Mingxianzong was always reluctant to punish her.
Excessive dependence made Ming Xiaozong inseparable from Wan Guifei, and if he punished Wan Guifei, it meant leaving Wan Guifei, so that Ming Xianzong's spirit would collapse. Therefore, for his own sake, Ming Xianzong must also firmly grasp Wan Guifei.
The feelings between Ming Xianzong and Wan Guifei are very complicated, both like love and family affection, and family affection and love are blended together, so that Wan Guifei controls Ming Xianzong's thoughts to some extent, which is why Ming Xianzong wants to spoil Wan Guifei.
Wan Guifei knew mingxianzong's dependence on her that she dared to cover the sky in the harem. It can be seen that Wan Guifei is a master of manipulating others. And Ming Xianzong's willingness to be manipulated is also very much in line with the laws of psychology.
Man produces psychology through behavior, and then produces new behavior.
This is true not only of ming xianzong, but also of us modern people. For example, if a child is cared for by a person for a long time, he will also have the idea of dependence.
Children who grow up with their grandmothers kiss their grandmothers, and children who grow up with their mothers kiss their mothers. And the child will behave more like the person who takes care of him. This is also what we often say, the influence of the original family on the child.
If we want our children to have independent personalities in the future, then we must create a good original family environment. When parents educate their children, they should not do everything for him, but let them handle some things within their ability.
Don't spend too much time with your child, and occasionally give them some space and time to be alone, just make sure they're in a safe environment.
At the same time, it is also necessary to cultivate children's ability to think independently and solve problems independently from an early age.
Otherwise, when they grow up, they will be like Ming Xianzong, relying too much on ideas, but they will harm them.
bibliography:
Records of emperor Ming Xianzong
The Biography of Ming Shi Wan Guifei / Emperor Xiaozong Benji 15
(Author: Chopin, Image: From the Internet)