In the first month of the ninth year of Hongwu, Xu Miaoyun, the daughter of Xu Da, officially married into the Yan King's Mansion and became the wife of Zhu Di, opening her destined extraordinary life.
Xu Miaoyun entered the palace since he was a child, and with the shrewd and strong management of the housekeeper, the ability to read and write was deeply liked by Empress Ma, and his temperament was also very famous in the harem, known as "female students".
When Xu Da and Zhu Yuanzhang were young, they were both friends in the same village and had the merit of creating a national world, and at that time, no one in the world could stand out. As the eldest daughter of Xu Da, the founding general of the State of Wei, she did not have the arrogance of a rich girl.
When she was in the Xu family, she knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was the least fond of luxury and tyranny, so she was always cautious, if someone came to give gifts, she would choose more expensive gifts, some people came to find a future, and she was also persuaded to return, never using her own prestige and power to cultivate power.
She took care of her brother and sister with the whole family, which was exactly the temper of Empress Ma, and it was Empress Ma who promoted this good family affair for Zhu Di.
When Xu Miaoyun learned that her future was to marry Zhu Di, the King of Yan, she was even more simple and sincere like a peasant woman, making soup for Zhu Dipan's clothes, in charge of the affairs of the government, taking care of her in-laws to educate her youngest son, being virtuous and decent, and having a deep affection for the Two Of Yan for several years, and her relationship was very harmonious.
As husband and wife grew up together, Zhu Di's military talent became more prominent step by step. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the war with the Yuan border has never been extinguished, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that his fourth prince was a usable talent, so he let him follow the blue jade to the north of the desert to pursue the remnants of Mongolia, Xu Da looked in his eyes, and the more he looked at this son-in-law, the more he loved.
As several princes grew older, Zhu Yuanzhang let the three older princes go out to take the domain. Due to the war with Timur, Peiping needed a strong military prince to garrison, so Zhu Di became the best candidate. Xu Miaoyun also took the child with Zhu Di to Beiping.
Beiping was like his own tent for the Xu family, and Xu Da, as the grand duke of the country, would be the backbone of the resistance against Timur, so the Xu family army was stationed in Beiping for many years, which was like a tiger for Zhu Di. Moreover, Xu Da cultivated this son-in-law in many ways to establish his prestige and prestige in the army, and the reputation of the King of Yan began to scream.
With the successive deaths of Zhu Biao and Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor's eldest grandson Zhu Yunjiao succeeded to the throne, and at the instigation of the chancellor, Zhu Yunjiao began to cut his uncles, he fabricated charges, let several of his uncles cut the knights and raided the home, and the seventeenth emperor's uncle Zhu Xiang set himself on fire, and the people were immediately panicked. Zhu Di and Xu Miaoyun, who are in Beiping, are also like ants on a hot pot, day and night.
Xu Miaoyun's sons were all summoned to the side of the little emperor for companion reading a few years ago, which was actually a proton. This behavior is to make them husband and wife not to support the army and respect themselves, and to obediently bow down. Xu Miaoyun had a plan in mind, and advised Zhu Di to pretend to be stupid and pretend to be ill, pretending to be frightened by the slashing of the lord, so that the little emperor thought that the fourth uncle's life was imminent, and he was not allowed to let his sons come back to visit the sick.
Zhu Di was also very concerned about the safety of his son, thinking that the military strength in his hands had not yet formed a joint force, and it would be good to delay for a while, so he followed Xu Miaoyun's advice, pretended to be ill, deceived a group of officials who came to investigate, and finally welcomed back his son.
But the news that he was not sick could no longer be hidden, in order to resist Zhu Yunxiu's army gathered from all directions, in 1399, Zhu Di led the main force to go out to ask for help and rescue troops, leaving only 10,000 defenders in the city, and Xu Miaoyun with young children and a city of people.
Knowing that this walk may be eternally separated, Xu Miaoyun gave Zhu Di strong spiritual and ability support. As a tiger girl with her own appeal, she led her children to the battlefield in armor, stationed on the city wall all day and all night, leading the people of the city to repel more than ten attacks by Li Jinglong's army until the bullet was exhausted.
The people felt that the city could not be defended, and they were discouraged. It was she who stood on the city wall again, boosting morale, and with the advantage of the cold weather, called on the people to water the city wall, and the water froze into ice, which not only strengthened the city wall, but also made the city wall slippery and difficult to climb, and finally waited for Zhu Di's class to return to help.
Later, Zhu Di invaded Yingtian under the banner of "Qing Jun's side" and seized the throne, and Xu Miaoyun naturally became empress. Because of the years of husband and wife and Xu Miaoyun's extraordinary political and military talents, Zhu Di always had Xu Miaoyun's figure on his side, especially after Zhu Di ascended the throne as emperor.
As Zhu Di's wife and comrade-in-arms, she repeatedly advised Zhu Di to pour out his money and rest with the people, and the people's life was getting better day by day. In order to reverse the accusations of the courtiers against Zhu Dijing's difficult battle, she led by example to reduce the use of the harem, often contacted the women of the court, and in addition to the reward, she also made a "Letter of Persuasion" to persuade the women of the world to be the help of the husband. Helping Zhu Di to a certain extent reversed the criticism of the world's subjects.
In the eleventh year of Ming Yongle, Xu Miaoyun ended his life in exhaustion, and Zhu Di quit the dynasty for seven days, and his grief could not heal himself for a long time.
Bibliography:
The Reign of Yongle: The Biography of Zhu Di
"Ming Cheng Ancestral Biography"
