Those who know Zhu Di know that the love of Zhu Di's life is the original Xu, and three of Zhu Di's four sons and five daughters are all born to Queen Xu, so it can be seen that Zhu Di loves Queen Xu; many people think that Queen Xu and Zhu Di are "love after marriage", but in fact, Queen Xu and Zhu Di are childhood sweethearts, and the two already have a relationship foundation before marriage.
As the eldest daughter of Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan, the founder of the country, Xu has been carefully educated by her parents since she was a child.
Those who know the history of the Ming Dynasty should know that most of the queens of the Ming Dynasty were not of very high background, such as the Empress Ma Shi, the wife of Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty, who was the daughter of a wealthy merchant and the leader of the Red Turban Army uprising, Guo Zixing; another example, the Empress Ma of Emperor Jianwen, was the daughter of Ma Quan, the Qing of Guanglu Temple, Zhengwupin; and the Empress Zhang of Zhu Gaochi of Mingrenzong, was the daughter of Zhang Lin, the commander of Zhengsanpin.
And Queen Xu is different, her father Xu Da followed Taizu to conquer the south and the north and made great achievements, Hongwu was named the Duke of Wei in three years, and was posthumously named the king of Kaiping after his death. It can be said that Empress Xu was born in a veritable meritorious family, of course, this is related to the marriage between Emperor Taizu and the family of meritorious heroes in the early Ming Dynasty.
For example, the crown princess Zhu Biao's crown princess Chang is the daughter of Kaiping King Chang Yuchun, Chang Yuchun is the founding hero of the country under Zhu Yuanzhang second only to Xu Da, but it is a pity that Hongwu died of illness in the second year; if the extraordinary family and the crown prince Zhu Biao both died of illness before Zhu Yuanzhang, Chang is a well-deserved queen.
It was precisely because Zhu Yuanzhang attached great importance to Xu Da and heard that Xu Da's eldest daughter was talented and virtuous, so he summoned Xu Da to make a marriage contract with Xu for Zhu Di, the fourth son of the emperor. Before Zhu Di and Xu's wedding, Xu was summoned to the palace to serve Queen Ma for three years, and Zhu Di, as the son of Queen Ma, naturally had the opportunity to get along with Xu day and night, and the two can be said to be a veritable young couple. In the ninth year of Hongwu, Xu married Zhu Di as Princess Yan when he was 15 years old.
Because the Xu family is very decent, he is loved by Taizu and his mother-in-law Queen Ma.
And Zhu Di is even more fond of his wife, and Zhu Di's first seven children were all born to the Xu family.
In the thirteenth year of Hongwu, Xu followed his husband Zhu Di to Beiping to take up the domain, and when Zhu Di dealt with many affairs of the vassal king, Xu handled the affairs of the Yan Wangfu as Zhu Di's virtuous helper, so that Zhu Di had no worries.
In the first year of Jianwen, in the face of Emperor Jianwen's aggressiveness, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, launched the Battle of Jingjing. As the princess of Yan, Xu's "husband and wife", when Zhu Di left Beiping and went south, Xu stayed in Beiping with his son Zhu Gaochi and others.
It can be said that Beiping was able to be safe and sound, and Xu's contribution was indispensable.
In the fourth year of Jianwen, Zhu Di proclaimed himself emperor in Nanjing and respected Xu as the queen.
On the throne of the queen, the Xu family not only manages the huge harem, but also Zhu Di's adviser to deal with the government, and Zhu Di is very grateful and respectful to his wife. It's a pity that the Xu family died of illness in the fifth year of Yongle, and after losing his wife, Zhu Di did not establish a queen, and the queen's position has been empty. In this way, it can be seen that Zhu Di's love for the Xu family is very serious.
So after Empress Xu died of illness, Zhu Di was still on the throne for 17 years, who managed the harem on behalf of the queen?
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Concubine Gong Xian was born in the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu, 31 years younger than Zhu Di, and was a concubine who was very favored by Zhu Di after Queen Xu's death. Concubine Kwon Hyun is a North Korean who came to Zhu Di's harem after a draft in North Korea.
In fact, since the Yuan Dynasty, North Korea has presented beautiful women to the Chinese court, and after the Ming Dynasty replaced the Yuan Dynasty, this is still the case. After Zhu Di ascended the throne, he repeatedly sent people to North Korea to select show girls to enrich their harem, Yongle six years Empress Xu died of illness, the next year Quan Xian Concubine entered the palace, after some selection in North Korea, the Korean envoy sent Quan Xian Concubine to Zhu Di's harem.
Concubine Quan Xian has a fair complexion and a beautiful appearance, especially good at, and Zhu Di is very fond of her.
Yongle was canonized as a virtuous concubine in February of the seventh year, and her status in the harem was second only to the two concubines: Zhang Guifei and Wang Guifei.
Perhaps it was Aiwu and Wu, in February of the eighth year of Yongle, Liu Tingxian, a clansman of Concubine Quan Xian, came to Daming as a Korean envoy, and Zhu Di gave Liu Tingxian a lot of rewards. Zhu Di originally wanted to leave Kwon Hyun-jun's half-brother Kwon Yong-kyun in the capital as his close attendant, but considering that Kwon Hyun-kyun's mother had no one to take care of in North Korea, he let Kwon Yong-kyun return to North Korea.
On October 24 of this year, Concubine Quan Xian suddenly died on the way to follow Zhu Di's Northern Expedition, and Zhu Di was very sad to see the death of his concubine, and temporarily buried Concubine Quan Xian in Yi County, Shandong, and even wanted to bury Concubine Quan Xian with Empress Xu;
Because of the death of his sister, Kwon Yongjun temporarily stayed in the capital, and did not return to North Korea until March of the ninth year of Yongle to inform the news of the death of Concubine Kwon Hyun. The month after Kwon Yong-gyun returned to North Korea, Kwon Hyun-hyun's uncle went to the capital to pay his respects.
Concubine Kwon Hyun was only 22 years old when she died, why did she die suddenly?
According to the record of "Records of the Joseon Dynasty": After Queen Xu died of illness, Zhu Di's harem was unmanaged, and Concubine Quan Xian was deeply favored by Zhu Di after entering the palace, and Zhu Di wanted Concubine Quan Xian to be in charge of the six palaces. But Zhu Di attached so much importance to pampering Concubine Quan Xian, and was jealous of the Korean tribute girl Lu Shi (Lu Jieyu).
At first, no one doubted the cause of Concubine Kwon Xian's death, thinking that Concubine Quan Xian died of normal illness.
But once Lu Jieyu's maid quarreled with Concubine Quan Xian's maid, and got some unusual information from the mouths of the two maids. It turned out that Lu Jieyu was very dissatisfied with Concubine Quan Xian's management of the six palaces, and once said directly to Concubine Quan Xian: Queen Xu, who gave birth to children, has already died of illness, and you have only been managing the harem for a few months, so rude!
In addition, Lu Jieyu was jealous of Concubine Quan Xian, so she colluded with the eunuch Jin De and others to poison Concubine Quan Xian.
After Zhu Di learned about it, he killed Lu Jieyu, Lu Jieyu's palace people, and eunuchs.
It is a pity that Concubine Quan Xian died in only two years by Zhu Di's side, and if it weren't for Concubine Quan Xian's death so early, it is very likely that she would have children for Zhu Di and be named the master of the harem. However, it is indeed not easy for Concubine Quan Xian to have the right to manage the six palaces not long after entering the palace; it can be seen that Concubine Quan Xian is not only beautiful, but also knowledgeable.
It is precisely because Concubine Quan Xian died suddenly when she was most favored that Zhu Di remembered her death, and Zhu Di still remembered Concubine Quan Xian in his later years. It is precisely because of Concubine Kwon Hyun that Concubine Kwon Hyun's brother Kwon Yongjun was also treated well in North Korea; in December of the 22nd year of Yongle, Kwon Yongjun died of illness, and Zhu Di had also died of illness at this time, and was succeeded by the crown prince Zhu Gaochi, known as Mingrenzong in history.
Emperor Renzong naturally knew very well that his father Zhu Di attached great importance to Concubine Quanxian's family, so he sent someone to pay tribute to Quan Yongjun.
Although Concubine Quan Xian has been by Zhu Di's side for a short time, she has indeed managed the affairs of the Six Palaces.
Ms. Wang
Guifei Wang is a native of Suzhou, Jiangsu, and entered the palace as a good family girl in the early days of Zhu Di's accession to the throne. Because Zhu Di was in Beiping as the king of Yan, most of the concubines in Zhu Di's harem were northerners, and Wang grew up in Suzhou since he was a child, gentle and tender, extremely decent, and very good at virtue, and very good at understanding Zhu Di's mind.
The concubine is virtuous, and the queen of benevolence and filial piety is always respectful
Zhu Di not only doted on the Wang family, but also asked the Wang family to help Queen Xu deal with the affairs of the six palaces together, and Queen Xu also liked the Wang family.
The Wang family did not spoil and spoil because of favor, but treated Zhu Di and Queen Xu very politely, and treated the people in the harem very kindly, and was quite a virtuous person. It can be said that Zhu Di not only loves the Wang family, but also values the Wang family.
In February of the seventh year of Yongle, Wang was officially canonized as Zhaorong, and his father was also promoted to the Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple; At this time, Empress Xu had died of illness for almost two years, and the Wang family acted as the queen and took charge of the affairs of the six palaces.
After Empress Xu's death, the Wang family not only began to manage the affairs of the six palaces, but also took on the role of coordinating the relationship between the emperor and the princes on behalf of Empress Xu. Those who know Zhu Di know that Zhu Gaochi, the eldest son born to Empress Xu, was named the prince when Zhu Di was still the king of Yan, and was named the crown prince after Zhu Di ascended the throne;
But Zhu Di's favorite son is not Zhu Gaochi, but his second son Zhu Gaochu.
Zhu Gaochu is the most like Zhu Di among Zhu Di's three sons-in-law, and Zhu Gaochu has made a lot of military exploits in the Battle of Jingjing, and has a very high prestige among the military generals of the DPRK and China. For this reason, Zhu Gaoxu also had the heart to covet the crown prince, and Zhu Di was not only in poor health in his later years, often sick in bed, but also had a very bad temper, and often got angry at every turn.
Not only are the princes and vassal kings worried about being reprimanded, but even the palace people are worried about being punished by Zhu Di, and the Wang family can always coordinate tactfully from it at a critical time.
Therefore, whether it is the crown prince Zhu Gaochi, the kings or the palace people, they are all very dependent on the Wang family.
In this way, we can see the degree of favor of the Wang family, and it can also be seen that after the death of Queen Xu, the Wang family assumed the role of Zhu Di's wife to a certain extent. However, Wang did not "grow old" with Zhu Di, and died of illness in the eighteenth year of Yongle.
Wang Guifei died of illness, Zhu Di was very sad, for Wang Guifei to drop out of the dynasty for five days, and gave her the nickname "Zhao Xian", the specifications of her funeral are the same as that of Sun Guifei, who was favored by Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty.
Sun Guifei is the existence of Zhu Yuanzhang's harem second only to Empress Ma of filial piety, and she is deeply favored by Zhu Yuanzhang, and because of her virtue, she assists Queen Ma in handling harem affairs together. It's a pity that Hongwu died of illness in the fifth year, and being able to have the same funeral specifications as Taizu's Sun Guifei shows how much Zhu Di attaches importance to Wang Guifei.
And Wang Guifei can indeed afford such attention, after all, since Queen Xu died of illness, Wang Guifei has been in charge of the Six Palaces for 13 years, and she has not been named the queen, but she has the real power of the queen. Zhu Di also personally wrote the preface to "Da Zhai Rui Yinglu" for Wang Guifei, praising Wang Guifei's virtue and praising her "benevolence and virtue".
The crown prince Zhu Gaochi also has a lot of respect for his mother, and in order to repay his mother's protection on weekdays, he asked the monks to pray for his mother, and made a preface for his mother, expressing his reluctance to the death of his mother and his gratitude to his mother.
Whether it is Zhu Di or Zhu Gaochi, they all have a very high evaluation of Wang Guifei. Wang Guifei can be regarded as having no regrets, but for Wang Guifei, the biggest regret is that she did not give birth to a son and a half daughter for Zhu Di.
According to the record of "Li Dynasty Record": Ming Chengzu was very fond of Wang Guifei and wanted to make Wang Guifei the queen, after Wang Guifei died, Ming Chengzu was very sad, so that he was sick, and after Wang Guifei died of illness, Zhu Di did a lot of wrong things and used cruel torture.
Maybe if Wang Guifei can live a few more years, she can really be crowned queen, but history cannot assume that what Zhu Di did after Wang Guifei died of illness can see how much influence Wang Guifei had on Zhu Di.
Zhaoyi Guifei Zhang
In addition to Queen Xu, Concubine Quan Xian and Concubine Wang Guifei, Zhu Di's harem also has a concubine who is from the same illustrious background as Queen Xu.
This person is Zhaoyi's concubine Zhang
And the reason why Zhang was able to enter the palace and was named a noble concubine was all because of his father and brother, who were both named dukes.
Zhang Guifei's father Zhang Yu was the "first hero of Jingjing", but unfortunately in the battle of Jingnan, Jianwen died on the battlefield in December of the second year, and he died to save Zhu Di. Zhu Di was grateful to Zhang Yu for saving his life, and posthumously awarded him the title of Duke Rongguo after ascending the throne.
In fact, Zhang Guifei's father, Zhang Yu, was an official in the Yuan Dynasty at the beginning, and he became a privy councilor;
Later, he returned to the Ming Dynasty, followed the Ming army to the north to conquer the Northern Yuan Dynasty many times, and achieved the command of the left guard of the king of Yan with his military exploits, and became the general under the command of Zhu Di, the king of Yan. When Zhu Di was martyred, he helped Zhu Di directly capture the Nine Gates of Beiping, and was promoted to the commander of the capital by virtue of his military exploits, and served as the vanguard of the Yan army when Emperor Jianwen's southern army marched north, not only defeated the veteran Geng Bingwen, but also defeated Li Jinglong twice.
It's a pity that in order to save Zhu Di, he died on the battlefield of the Battle of Dongchang.
After Zhang Yu's death, his eldest son Zhang Fu succeeded his father. Of course, Zhang Fu can directly inherit his father's position, not just because his father Zhang Yu died on the battlefield, Zhang Fu, as Zhang Yu's eldest son, followed his father to the battlefield to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions at the beginning of Zhu Di's Jingjing Battle, and served as a commander and Tongzhi.
After inheriting his father's position, Zhang Fu followed Zhu Di to participate in almost all important battles in the Battle of Jingyan such as the Battle of Jiahe and the Battle of Lingbi, and made a lot of achievements. In June of the fourth year of Jianwen, Zhang Fu followed the Yan army into the city of Nanjing, and was promoted to the commander of the capital at the same time. Three months later, Zhu Di was crowned a martyr, and Zhang Fu was named Earl of Xin'an, and the title was hereditary.
In the third year of Yongle, Zhu Di asked Qiu Fu, the Duke of Qiguo, and Zhu Neng, the Duke of Chengguo, who had made the greatest contribution to Jingnan, whether the ministers of the court and the central government had any objections to rewarding Jingnan meritorious heroes? The two proposed Zhang Fu to Zhu Di: I hope that the emperor will not give him less rewards just because Zhang Fu is the uncle of the country.
It can be seen that Zhang Fu's sister Zhang has entered the palace and become Zhu Di's concubine in three years in Yongle. The reason why Zhu Di let the Zhang family enter the palace was because he was grateful to Zhang Yu, and even more grateful to Zhang Yu's father and son for their loyalty to him.
Zhu Di felt that what the two said was reasonable, so he issued an edict in November to make Zhang Fujin the Marquis of Xincheng, and the annual salary increased by 500 stones.
In the fourth year of Yongle, Zhang Fu followed Zhu Neng, the Duke of Chengguo, to the south to conquer Annan, and Zhang Fu was originally the right deputy general at the beginning, but Zhu Neng died of illness on the way to the south, and Zhu Di let Zhang Fu take over as the coach directly. And Zhang Fu did not disappoint Zhu Di, won one victory after another, and returned triumphantly in the fifth year of Yongle, changing Annan to Jiaozhi. And Zhang Fu also relied on this battle and was named the Duke of England.
From the seventh year of Yongle to the thirteenth year of Yongle, Zhang Fu was ordered three times to go to conquer the rebellion in Annam and deter the southwest.
Later, he followed Zhu Di and participated in Chengzu's third to fifth northern expeditions;
In August of the twenty-second year of Yongle, Zhang Fu became the Taishi.
Although Zhang Fu's sister Zhang did not give birth to a son and a half daughter for Zhu Di after entering the palace, there is a brother who has such great achievements and is a great minister, and his father Zhang Yu has saved Zhu Di's life, Zhu Di will treat Zhang well.
Zhu Di is not a favorite of the Zhang family, after all, in addition to Queen Xu, Zhu Di's lifelong favor is Wang Guifei and Quan Xian Concubine, as for Zhang's Zhu Di is more of a name, in February of the seventh year of Yongle, Zhang was named a concubine.
is governing the palace internally, and there must be the post of assistant proclamation, and the words are virtuous...... Don't forget the rules of history, but it is to make Youyi appear in the book, and Tefenger is a concubine.
It can be seen from Zhu Di's canonization of Zhang's that Zhang's temperament is cautious, dignified and soft, and can afford to "co-promote". That is to say, after Empress Xu died of illness, Concubine Zhang Guifei became the most respected woman in the harem, the de facto queen, acting as the queen and ruling the six palaces.
It's just that there are very few records about Zhang Guifei in history, and there is no time for her death.
However, according to historical data, it is speculated that Zhang Guifei should have died of illness shortly after being canonized as a concubine.
Zhaoxian Guifei Wang was promoted to Zhaorong in February of the seventh year of Yongle, but Wang was directly promoted to Zhaorong in Zhaorong's position soon after. The Wang family itself was favored, and assisted Empress Xu in handling the affairs of the Six Palaces when Empress Xu was there. It's just that after Queen Xu died of illness, Concubine Zhang Guifei had the highest status in the harem because of her background, and she was naturally the undoubted "master of the harem".
If it weren't for Zhang Guifei's sudden death, how could the Wang family be named a concubine so quickly?
In addition, in the eighth year of Yongle, Zhu Di's favorite Concubine Quan Xian also died of illness, and after Concubine Quan Xian died of illness, Wang Guifei began to manage palace affairs. It can be seen that after Concubine Quan Xian died of illness, Wang Guifei became the de facto "master of the harem". If it weren't for Zhang Guifei's death, how could the Wang family replace Zhang's position?
After Zhang Guifei died of illness, she was posthumously named Zhaoyi Guifei.
epilogue
Before Empress Xu died of illness, Zhu Di had never canonized the harem concubines, which shows Zhu Di's love for Empress Xu; after Empress Xu died of illness, Zhu Di sealed the harem in February of the seventh year of Yongle. And from this canonization of the concubines, it can be seen that Zhu Di attaches great importance to or favors these three concubines:
Concubine Quan Xian was named Concubine Xian in the second year after entering the palace, and her status in the harem was second only to Zhaoyi's concubine Zhang;
The Zhang family was directly canonized as a noble concubine, with the highest status in the harem;
Concubine Zhang Guifei and Concubine Quan Xian managed the six palaces together, and this time the concubines were canonized, and the Wang family was only named Zhaorong. However, it was soon in this year that the Wang family was directly promoted to the rank of concubine, and her status directly surpassed that of the much-loved Concubine Quan Xian. And after the death of Concubine Quan Xian, Wang Guifei became the highest-ranking concubine in the harem and managed the six palaces until her death.
Concubine Quan Xian, Concubine Zhang Guifei and Concubine Wang Guifei were the three most important concubines around Zhu Di after Queen Xu's death.
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