At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Hu Shanxiang, the wife of Emperor Zhu Zhanji of the Ming Dynasty, was dignified and virtuous, but he was not liked by the emperor, and finally his innocence was deposed and sent to chang'an Palace to serve as a Taoist for 16 years, and it was only after his death that his reputation was restored 19 years later.
Who is Hu Shanxiang? On May 11, the fourth year of Jianwen (1402), Hu Shanxiang was born in Jining, Shandong, the son of Hu Rong, the Jinyi Wei Baihu. Although she was born into a low-level military attaché family, she was known for her modesty, gentleness and kindness since childhood, and after growing up to be a big girl, she became a popular bridesmaid praised by the locals. Later, Zhu Di was concerned about the marriage of his grandson Zhu Zhanji, and in the fifteenth year of Yongle (1417), he held the election of the imperial concubine for him, and the well-cultivated Hu Shanxiang was also prominently listed. Zhu Di had already heard of Hu Shanxiang's good name, so he made a decision without authorization and designated her as Zhu Zhanji's spouse. Zhu Zhanji knew that this was a piece of kindness from the elders, and he did not dare to resist too much, so Hu Shanxiang officially became close to him.
During the Hong Xi period, Hu Shanxiang was given the title of Crown Princess with the determination of Zhu Zhanji's identity as crown prince. In the first year of Xuande, Emperor Xuanzong of Ming ascended the throne and made her Empress GonglingHu. Although she is an empress, she has never used her status to do anything out of the ordinary, she is loyal and kind, her behavior is solemn and unattractive, dignified and virtuous, and she has the appearance of a mother. If she had not been deposed, she would have become a generation of sages in the annals of history, but she would have lost to her harem rival, Sun Guifei.
Sun Guifei, whose original name was Sun Ruowei, was born in Zouping, Shandong, and her experience is really legendary and worth talking about. Sun Ruowei's father, Sun Zhong, was the lord of the county, and the history books recorded that she was "young and beautiful", so she was famous in the local area. Zhu Zhanji's grandmother was also a Zouping person, and seeing her beauty, he took her into the palace and was raised by Zhu Zhanji's mother, Empress Zhang, so she became Zhu Zhanji's closest playmate when she was young. Sun Ruowei also participated in the election held by Zhu Di, but in the end he was not elected, or because Zhu Di believed that as a future empress, he must not only look good, but also have the aura of the mother's world, in this regard, Sun Ruowei did lose Hu Shanxiang.
After all, the heavenly fall is not as close as Qingmei, Zhu Zhanji and Sun Ruowei are so close, Hu Shanxiang is difficult to intervene after all. Zhu Di did not live a long life of 100 years, and his son Akihito Zhu Gaozi was even short-lived, and the departure of these two made Hu Shanxiang lose the patron who could make her sit firmly in the back seat. Zhu Zhanji ascended to the throne, although he established Hu Shanxiang as the queen according to the wishes of the elders, but he never forgot Sun Ruowei in his heart, so after the elders left one after another, he began his journey of abolition. It can be proved in the records of Emperor Xuanzong of Ming that according to the rules of the time, the empress made of gold canonization documents and seals, while the noble concubines only had canonization documents and no seals. However, less than a year after Zhu Zhanji succeeded to the throne, he made a golden seal for Sun Ruowei, which shows that Zhu Zhanji has not looked at Hu Shanxiang in his eyes.
Historically, after the emperor was deposed, most of it was because the empress had committed a big taboo. By "Xuandejian, Hai Nei Yan'an, car driving is quite fortunate." After each multiplication, there is no flattery and obedience, and the habitual service attendant is Yu Ruye. It can be seen that Hu Shanxiang basically did not give the handle to Zhu Zhanji to use, if you really say the handle, it may be a problem of heirs, when Sun Ruowei gave birth to the eldest son for Zhu Zhanji, Hu Shanxiang only produced two princesses. If Zhu Zhanji insisted on innocent abolition, it would naturally cause a lot of discussion in the imperial court, but could this be difficult for him? He got a way to force Hu Shanxiang to resign from the throne in person, and he repeatedly vetoed it, in order to create the illusion that the empress was determined to let Xian, and finally succeeded in getting Sun Ruowei to replace Hu Shanxiang.
Do the whole set of plays. After Hu Shanxiang abdicated, Zhu Zhanji even falsely decreed that he was serious about love and righteousness, and that he was imitating the deeds of Song Renzong after he deposed Guo, and since he had once been married, he sent her to the Chang'an Palace for cultivation without change, and also personally gave her a Dao title: Jing Ci Immortal Master. Tasting this Dao number, it can have a great meaning, Jing: it is to let Hu Shanxiang be her Daogu quietly, not to make trouble; and Ci: it is to let Hu Shanxiang treat this matter kindly, and if there is a grievance, it is first held in the heart.
How could people who knew things not see Zhu Zhanji's intentions, but he was the emperor, and who dared to disagree could only silently feel dissatisfied with Hu Shanxiang's encounter. The same is true of Zhu Zhanji's mother, Empress Zhang, who as a birth mother naturally knows the friendship between her son and Sun Ruowei from childhood to adulthood, but she also feels that it is really unkind to treat Hu Shanxiang in this way, so she protects Hu Shanxiang in everything, often goes to Chang'an Palace to talk to this Jing Ci Immortal, and even arranges Hu Shanxiang's position in front of Empress Sun every time there is a banquet in the palace. Zhu Zhanji naturally understood that this was a silent insult from his mother, and Empress Sun knew that Hu Shanxiang could not change the status quo, so she also acquiesced to Empress Zhang's actions.
Hu Shanxiang was very grateful to Empress Zhang for taking such good care of her, so he had a deep affection for her. In October of the seventh year of orthodoxy (1442), Empress Zhang died, and Hu Shanxiang was so distressed that he was seriously injured, so the following year (1443) he also collapsed and was buried in Jinshan with concubines, with the nickname "Jing Ci Immortal Master".
"After the fault is abolished, the world hears and pities it", this is the world's evaluation of this matter. And Zhu Zhanji would think about this matter when he was old, and he also regretted his youthful madness, and the "Biography of the Later Concubines of the Ming Dynasty" recorded that "this juvenile incident" was recorded.
Although Zhu Zhanji's posthumous demise was outrageous, he inadvertently extended the history of the Ming Dynasty. After Zhu Zhanji's death, he was succeeded by his son Zhu Qizhen, but Zhu Qizhen was not so reliable, and listened to the rumors of the eunuch Wang Zhen, and even attacked Vala in person, and finally became a ready-made prisoner. The country could not be without a monarch for a day, and the emperor was arrested, leaving the imperial court in chaos inside and outside, and there was even more talk of moving the capital to the south. Fortunately, Empress Sun was very calm, listened to the advice of Yu Qian and others, reprimanded the ministers who proposed moving the capital, and at the same time made the second son Zhu Qiyu emperor, so that the hostages in the hands of the Wallachians had no effect.
It was Empress Sun's ability to preside over the overall situation immediately, so the History of Ming was able to continue backwards for two hundred years. Although there is no guarantee that if Hu Shanxiang continues to act as a queen, he will not be able to do such a deed as Empress Sun. But Hu Shanxiang's gentle and elegant nature, maybe this happened to her, and what she did may not be as good as Sun Ruowei.
After Zhu Qizhen was released by the Wallachians, he was imprisoned by his younger brother Zhu Qiyu, the Jingtai Emperor, and it took another effort to return to the throne. In the sixth year of Tianshun (1462), Empress Sun died, and Empress Qian, Zhu Qizhen's wife, finally dared to speak to her husband and persuade him to restore the title of Hu Shanxiang. Zhu Qizhen learned about Hu Shanxiang and sympathized with her who had been hurt by her father, so he asked the university scholar Li Xian, who replied: "It is advisable to use the mausoleum, the temple, and the lord of the gods as the fengxian hall, and is called His Majesty Ming Xiaoxiao." Therefore, in July of the following year, Emperor Mingyingzong honored him with the following words: "Congratulations to Empress Chengshun Kangmu Jing Cizhang, repair the mausoleum, and do not go to the temple." Princess Yongqing was buried. Finally, after the death of his mother Empress Sun, he successfully corrected Hu Shanxiang's name.
But what does this mean for Hu Shanxiang, who has been dead for many years? Hu Shanxiang's tragedy is doomed, and even if he meets Zhu Zhanji underground and gets his explanation and correct name, it is meaningless.