"Ten years of life and death are vague, not thinking, unforgettable." Thousands of miles of lonely graves, nowhere to say desolate. Even if they do not know each other, they are full of dust and sideburns. At night, the ghost dream suddenly returned home, the small window, is grooming. There are no words for each other, but there are thousands of tears. It is expected that the intestines will be broken every year, the night of the bright moon, and the short Matsuoka. ——" "Jiang Chengzi Yi Yi ZhengYue Twenty Night Dream""
As we all know, there were many concubines of successive emperors in ancient China, and they were full of three palaces and six courtyards. But many of them were political marriages, and some of them had no feelings for the emperor at all. And in fact, the number of concubines is not as many as three thousand. But even so, the number is still very staggering.
In the face of so many beautiful women, how could the emperor achieve rain and dew? In ancient history, there are very few examples of emperors obsessed with a woman, but there is an emperor who has done it, and this person is Emperor Taiji. And who is the woman he loves? Her name is Hai Lan Zhu.
Although she has experienced ups and downs, Hai Lanzhu has won the favor of Huang Taiji with her personal charm. The emperor not only personally named the palace of Hai lan zhu, but also because of the prince of Hai Lan Zhu, he pardoned the world. But unfortunately, Hai Lanzhu's children not only died early, but even Hai Lanzhu himself was red-faced and short-lived.
Hai Lanzhu was already 26 years old when she married Huang Taiji, which was relatively old at that time. And Huang Taiji is well-informed and high-powered, how did he fall in love with Hai Lan Zhu? What is the unique charm of this highland pearl? Let's walk into the life of this legendary woman.
Unhappy in her marriage, she returned to her hometown
Historians have studied Hai lan zhu, and they all believe that hai lan zhu had a marriage before marrying Huang Taiji. Moreover, the person Hai Lanzhu married was the greatest enemy of the Emperor Taiji at that time, Lin Dan Khan of the Mongolian Chahar Department. But in the end, Lin Dan Khan was defeated and was annihilated by Emperor Taiji in one fell swoop.
After that, Hai Lanzhu was taken back to the Horqin grassland by her family. In 1636, Emperor Taiji was proclaimed emperor. Huang Taiji had two concubines of the Horqin steppe, but neither concubine gave birth to a prince of Manchu blood for Huang Taiji.
The entire Horqin department began to worry about this matter, and only the princes born of the Manchu-Mongolian marriage could make the Manchu-Mongolian relationship more solid. After repeated thinking, Wu Keshan finally married his youngest daughter, the once married Hai Lanzhu, to Huang Taiji.
Although Hai Lan Zhu had been married before, her former husband was very grumpy and scolded Hai Lan Zhu, making Hai Lan Zhu live in pain and fear all day long. After the death of Lin Dan Khan, Hai Lan Zhu became a widow.
When Huang Taiji saw such a poor and weak woman, he naturally had a strong desire to protect. After that, he fell deeply in love with Hai Lan Zhu.
Married to the Emperor, she gave birth to the Crown Prince
Since ancient times, the concubines of emperors have had a very important role, that is, to reproduce for the royal family, and preferably to have sons. And at the point of giving birth to a child, Hai Lanzhu was much luckier than the aunt and sister who married Huang Taiji.
In 1614, Emperor Taiji married Empress Zhezhe in order to win over the powerful Mongolian Korqin tribe, but Empress Zhezhe did not give birth to a prince for Emperor Taiji. Therefore, in 1625, the Horqin Ministry married Empress Zhezhe's niece, that is, Empress Xiaozhuang, whom we all know as Huang Taiji.
Concubine Hai Lanzhu also gave birth to the eighth son of the Emperor Taiji. At that time, the eldest son, Hao Ge, was 28 years old, and the prince born to Hai Lanzhu was the first prince of Emperor Taiji in 28 years, and he also had Cole progress and Manchu han blood, which was very beneficial to strengthening the relationship between Man and Han.
Emperor Taiji was particularly pleased and decided to make this prince the heir to the throne, and Emperor Taiji also held a very solemn banquet and pardoned the world. Unfortunately, the child only lived for two years before he died. Even so, The status of Hai lan zhu is still rising rapidly, and the relationship between the two of them has become more intimate.
Gentle and considerate, she was pampered
Why did Hai Lanzhu, who was 26 years old and still remarried, be favored by Emperor Taiji?
In fact, things are like this, since Emperor Taiji took over the imperial power in Nurhaci's hands, he was busy maintaining absolute unity among his courtiers, so that the imperial power was further concentrated in his own hands, and at this time, the Later Jin regime was also facing strong pressure on the Ningjin defense line.
The political struggle all day brought a very heavy psychological burden to Huang Taiji, and the women in the palace, some of them could not understand the psychological state of Huang Taiji at this time, some were in charge of many things in the harem, and some made Huang Taiji unable to fully trust and accept.
And the appearance of Hai Lan Zhu just makes up for the lack of heart, she is gentle and considerate, empathetic, very much in line with the requirements of a mature man for women, coupled with Hai Lan Zhu's previous tragic marriage, but also makes Hai Lan Zhu understand the man's thoughts on the life of husband and wife, she understands how Huang Taiji feels now, so she chooses to silently accompany Huang Taiji.
Hai Lanzhu was also able to help the empress deal with the affairs of the harem, which also saved the Emperor Taiji, who was fighting on the front line, a lot of trouble. Not only that, the relationship between Hai Lanzhu and the concubines was very good, plus she never caused trouble, nor did she serve and spoil, which made Huang Taiji love Hai Lan Zhu even more.
For Hai Lan Zhu, she regarded The Emperor Taiji as her own husband and not the emperor on high. Hai Lan Zhu's pure and simple love makes Huang Taiji's body and mind very relaxed, and also allows Huang Tai Chi to feel Hai Lan Zhu's wholeheartedness for himself, which also lays the foundation for the deep feelings between the two.
Hai Lan Zhu and Huang Taiji accompanied each other for five years. One day, Huang Taiji, who was outside commanding the battle, received news from Hai Lanzhu on the front line that he was seriously ill. Even though the battle was fierce and at an important juncture, Emperor Taiji still ordered the soldiers to hold their positions, and Emperor Taiji returned to Shengjing. Even after five consecutive days of running, Huang Taiji still could not see the last side of the seriously ill Hai Lanzhu.
Huang Taiji was devastated, because he was too sad to faint several times. Huang Taiji, who had lost his beloved, was in extreme pain all day long. Every time he passed by Hai Lanzhu's grave, Huang Taiji would cry bitterly and end up depressed for only two years.
brief summary
From ancient times to the present, when people choose the marriage partner, they will consider comprehensively from many aspects such as personality, situation, family background, etc. But as the king of a country, where does Emperor Taiji have to consider these? Because of this, the sincere love between Huang Taiji and Hai Lanzhu is even more precious.
Although Hai Lanzhu was not crowned empress, she had a short life. But the beautiful love between the two of them has become a beautiful talk, and the people are deeply moved by their stories. The harem beauties are like clouds, how many can be treated like Hai Lan Zhu? A weak woman like Hai Lanzhu was worth it to be able to get such a favor from the emperor.
Reference: "Jiang Chengzi Yi Di ZhengYue Twenty Night Dream" Su Shi