The Ming Dynasty imperial tomb unearthed a "broken pot", the identity of the owner can no longer be prominent, but life is not as good as the people
One of the great advantages of archaeology is that experts can restore the real history through various clues in the tomb, and even overturn the relevant conclusions drawn by predecessors. Therefore, we often laugh at the fact that "those who are engaged in history are most afraid of encountering archaeology." Previously, in the archaeological process, experts discovered the secret of the tomb owner's life through a detail, and then restored the historical truth.
In the late 1950s, the biggest move in the archaeological community was the excavation of dingling. As we all know, Dingling is also the tomb of Zhu Yijun, the thirteenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty. During the excavation, experts found that in addition to Zhu Yijun, there were two other empresses in the tomb. One was Empress Xiaoduan and the other was Empress Xiaojing.
Since it is an imperial tomb, the funerary products in the tomb must be very rich. When experts inspected the tombs of Zhu Yijun and Empress Xiaoduan, they did find many precious cultural relics, such as gold and silver, jade and even silk fabrics.
But when looking at the coffin of Emperor Xiaojing, there was something unusual, and the expert found a silver pot inside, which did not have any ornaments on it, and the shape was also average, and it was very shabby, and it seemed to be a daily necessity in front of him. Since then, experts have also found a silver plate, which is also mutilated.
Obviously, in contrast, Empress Xiaojing's funeral offerings appear to be somewhat "cold", which is somewhat incompatible with her identity as the mother of a country. It is reasonable to say that she is also an empress of a country, and after her death, she is posthumously crowned as the empress dowager, so why is there such a big gap in the funeral goods? The reason is also due to his experience before his death.
Empress Xiaojing of the Wang clan, the ancient society attached great importance to the origin of the mendi, the family background of the Wang clan is not outstanding, her father worked as an errand boy in the Jinyi guard, and she was also sent to the palace as a palace maid. Supposedly, she did not have the opportunity to become an imperial concubine, but soon an accident occurred.
It turned out that Wang Shi was on an errand at the Cining Palace and was responsible for serving the empress. Once, Zhu Yijun visited the empress dowager at the Cining Palace, and when he fell in love with the Wang family, he took the opportunity to spoil her. Soon after, Wang Shi became pregnant, and after a long time, after all, the paper wrapped could not hold the fire.
Under the pressure of the empress, she learned that it was Zhu Yijun's flesh and bones, of course, she did not blame the Wang family in the end, but was very happy, and brokered the two to marry. In this way, one of the palace ladies of the Wang clan turned into a princess.
After that, the Wang clan gave birth to a crown prince for Zhu Yijun, namely Guangzong. But Zhu Yijun did not think so, because he had another new love, that is, Concubine Zheng. Concubine Zheng was born beautiful and had a lively personality, which was deeply liked by the emperor, and she gave birth to a son after that. Therefore, the emperor's focus was on her body, and in addition to the Wang family, there was also the original Empress Xiaoduan in the harem, so the Wang family was naturally left out in the cold.
Therefore, the life of the Wang family after that was not good, although as an imperial concubine, the living conditions were not as good as ordinary people. In ancient times, it was a feudal society, and it was very important to pay attention to the concept of hierarchy, and the funeral items in Wang's coffin can also be seen in the tragic experience in front of him. Just as the so-called "once you enter the palace door is as deep as the sea", although you enjoy the food and clothing all day long, you cannot experience the happiness of ordinary people, which is not a kind of sadness.