Under the influence of detective novels, film and television dramas, and criminal investigation series such as "Today's Statement", we all seem to have some criminal investigation awareness, such as the death of a person, who is most likely to be the murderer? That is who he/she has a vendetta against, or who can get the most out of his/her death, which is an important train of thought.
Pretend to be Li Jingfei
There was such a suspicious case in the harem during the Wanli years, the deceased was Li Jingfei, who was second only to Zheng Guifei, and in the history books, some people believe that she died of illness, and some people say that she was victimized by someone, and there is constant entanglement. Nearly half a century after her death, she was posthumously honored as empress dowager by her grandson, which may have been something she could never have imagined.
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Peng Yin (戊寅), the concubine of the Zhou clan as a concubine, and the Li clan as a concubine. - Records of the Myōshin Sect
Li Jingfei's origin is quite mysterious, her family lineage, birth year, etc. are unknown, she first appeared in the historical records in the twenty-second year of the Wanli calendar, she gave birth to the sixth son of the emperor Zhu Changrun in October, and in November she was crowned as a concubine together with Duan Concubine. In the existing historical materials, it is clearly recorded that the status of the Zhou clan before the concubine was duan concubine, and no title of the Li clan was written, that is to say, the Li clan was directly crowned as a concubine by a palace person without any position. According to the canonization of the emperor's eldest son and mother, Princess Wang Gong, this can also be confirmed. In other words, Li Shi should also be born as a palace girl.
Princess Wang Gongfei's mother and son in the film and television drama
Although the same palace concubine, but the meaning is absolutely different, Wang clan concubine because the son she gave birth to is the eldest son of the emperor, and there is pressure from the Empress Dowager Cisheng, the Wanli Emperor had to make her a concubine, the Li clan is different, at this time the harem already has several princes, the birth of the sixth son of the emperor has no special significance. Zhou Duanfei, who was crowned at the same time as Concubine Jing, can also prove the special favor of Concubine Jing, zhou and Concubine Zheng were one of the nine concubines, so many years, even if the fifth son of the emperor was born Zhu Changhao, Zhu Yijun did not have any expression, this time and Li Jingfei were canonized at the same time, maybe they still hitched a ride on Concubine Jing.
The first noble concubine Li Clan favored the Zheng clan. —Vance and the Ming History Manuscript
The sudden rise of Li Jingfei has added many variables to the originally large Wanli Harem, and the originally quiet Xianfu Palace has also become noisy and lively. Zheng Guifei, who has been favored for more than a decade, finally has a strong opponent. Three years later, Li Jingfei gave birth again, gave birth to the seventh son of the emperor, Zhu Changying, and gave birth to two sons in succession, Li Jingfei's grace was naturally not shallow, watching the Wanli Emperor want to add a concubine again, just at this time, Li Jingfei, who had only been giving birth for eleven days, suddenly died.
Concubine Li died, and was given the title of Imperial Noble Concubine, and the ceremony followed the routine of the Imperial Noble Concubine Shen of the Temple, and the Funeral Ceremony Department asked the officials to choose around the Mourning Tomb on Tianshou Mountain. - Records of the Myōshin Sect
The death of Concubine Li Jingfei was very sad for the Wanli Emperor, and he immediately issued an edict posthumously appointing Li Shi as an imperial concubine, and all the major gifts were done according to the customs of Emperor Shen's concubines of the Jiajing Emperor, and ordered the ceremonial department to go to Tianshou Mountain to choose a feng shui treasure land to bury Aifei. The courtesy name of the Li clan was Gong Ke HuiRong and Jing, and the sixth character "Jing" was recorded in some historical books as "Jing", most likely to avoid the posthumous title "Xiao Jing" when Emperor Mingguangzong's birth mother Wang Shi was posthumously crowned empress, so it was changed to the character "Jing".
Zhu Yijun, who has always been miserly, also specially praised the auxiliary ministers who wrote inscriptions and inscriptions for Li Shi, and also gave silver and banknotes, which were not common for the Wanli Emperor, which showed the favor of the Wanli Emperor for Li Jingfei, and also showed that these auxiliary ministers were careful to do things, so that Zhu Yijun, who had lost his beloved concubine, had a little comfort.
Portrait of the Wanli Emperor
University scholar Zhang Wei and Shen Consistent Inscription: Today, the celebrant Of Ceremonies Chen Zhi went to the cabinet and issued a ceremonial book, for the sake of preaching, and discussed the burial of the imperial concubine Li Shi. Oral edicts: "The Imperial Concubine Li Shi served respectfully, gave birth to a prince, and was allowed to be buried in the right cave of the Shou Palace, which was discussed in the cabinet meeting." —Notes on the Living of the Wanli Emperor
However, for the Wanli Emperor, all this was not enough, and just two days after the Wanli Emperor had chosen an auspicious place for the imperial concubine at Tianshou Mountain, he suddenly changed his mind, he wanted to bury aifei in the right room of his imperial tomb underground palace, and also sent a message to the cabinet to discuss the matter.
This matter is by no means simple, the Ming Dynasty respects the left, the left chamber is the burial place of the empress Qianqiu, the right chamber should be buried second only to the empress, if the emperor does not succeed, the crown prince's birth mother should be buried. At this time, Empress Wang was alive and well, and the left chamber was naturally the place where she should be buried after her death, and the Wanli Emperor had not yet built a reserve, and his favorite crown prince was the third son of the emperor, Zhu Changxun, and according to etiquette, the eldest son of the emperor should be Zhu Changluo, so the one who was eligible to be buried in the right room should be Wang Gongfei, or Zheng Guifei in the heart of the Wanli Emperor, how could it be Li Jingfei's turn.
The Wanli Emperor in the Mystery of the Ming Palace
In fact, when Emperor Mingyingzong's Concubine Liu Jingfei died, Zhu Qizhen also left a will for his son Zhu Jianshen, ordering Empress Qian to be buried with Liu Jingfei in his imperial tomb underground palace after Qianqiu, and did not even think of Zhu Jianshen's biological mother, Zhou Shi, who did not make the trip due to irregularities and obstruction from Empress Zhou. It is naturally not easy for the Wanli Emperor to do this now, and the Qunchen have spoken out to stop it, first, saying that it is not in line with the ancestral system, and secondly saying that there is no precedent, so that the Wanli Emperor can only choose another auspicious place at Tianshou Mountain.
It can be seen that Li Jingfei was extremely favored by the Wanli Emperor during this time, and judging from the storm of ordering Concubine Jingfei to be buried in the Imperial Tomb Underground Palace, Li Jingfei's grace during this period even exceeded that of Zheng Guifei, and the mystery of Li Jingfei's death in the historical data is even more suspicious.
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Ming Dynasty officials only said Li Jingfei Xue, in general, did not say specifically why it was wrong, that is, normal death or illness death, to Li Jingfei by the palace daughter Jinfeng only three years to deduce, she will not be very old, at most should not exceed thirty years old, this is obviously not the end of life, if she is not because of external forces to die, death from postpartum complications may be extremely large. Of course, this is a speculation made by assuming that she died without external forces, and the history books do not think so.
The first noble concubine Li Shi was favored by the Zheng clan, and because of his illness, the Zheng clan made Zhang Ming, the superintendent of the imperial pharmacy, kill him. - "Biography of the Empress Dowager of the Ming Dynasty ▪"
The Ming remnant Wan Sitong participated in the revision of the Qing Dynasty official revision of the "History of Ming", compiled into a book of "Ming History Draft", the final version of the "History of Ming" was revised on the basis of this book, the "Ming History Draft" clearly pointed out that Li Jingfei died at the hands of Zheng Guifei, Zheng Guifei took advantage of Li Jingfei's postpartum illness, ordered people to use drugs to assassinate, which is very in line with the reasoning that the criminal motive drives the crime.
Empress Wang Image
Just think, the biggest beneficiary of Li Jingfei's death is not the favored Zheng Guifei, judging from the attitude of the Wanli Emperor to her after Li Jingfei's death, this motive is established, and in addition to Zheng Guifei, there is actually a beneficiary in the harem.
The two princes born to him were sent to the Middle Palace King as loving mothers and co-breed Xianfu Palace. —Liu Ruoyu's "Zhi Zhongzhi"
Another beneficiary of Li Jingfei's death was Empress Wang. As we all know, Empress Wang has no children and only one daughter, so Empress Wang has been subject to Concubine Zheng guifei for many years, and once Princess Li Jingfei died, her two sons were raised by Empress Wang, of course, the concubine died, and it is very normal for an empress without a son to raise the concubine's child, from this point of view, Empress Wang is not without suspicion.
However, Empress Wang's subsequent actions seemed to clear this suspicion, and she helped the emperor's eldest son Zhu Changluo everywhere, and did not fight for them because the sixth son of the emperor and the seventh son of the emperor were her adopted sons. Not only that, from common sense, it is inferred that the harem concubines are far better than a single one, especially for the empress who ranks in the middle palace, the rise of Li Jingfei is what Empress Wang is happy to see, how many years, finally someone can balance Zheng Guifei, Empress Wang even if she wants to occupy Li Jingfei's children, she will not want to lose the person who balances Zheng Guifei, not to mention that she is the empress of the Middle Palace, if she wants to raise a child of Li Jingfei, the Wanli Emperor should not refuse, do not have to use such fierce means, the gain is not worth the loss.
Zheng Guifei in the film and television drama
Then, the biggest suspicion still fell on Zheng Guifei.
Many people think that Vance and his people have a great prejudice against Zheng Guifei, of course, this is no wonder Vance tong. Wan Sitong's teacher is a generation of famous scholars Huang Zongxi, his father Huang Zunsu is one of the seven gentlemen of Donglin, the Donglin Party had a far-reaching influence on the Tai, Tian, and Chongsan dynasties at the end of the Wanli Period, and because of the dispute between the state and the three cases at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Donglin Party can be said to have no good feelings for Zheng Guifei, and Wan Sitong was influenced by the teacher, and naturally had a deep prejudice against her, so although he said it was conclusive, he could not easily think that Zheng Guifei killed Li Jingfei. The Qing Dynasty official Revision of the History of the Ming Dynasty eventually deleted this sentence.
The temple noble concubine Li Niangniang was ill, and The eunuch Zhang Ming under the name of Lady Zheng niangniang died of healing. —Liu Ruoyu's "Zhi Zhongzhi"
In the twenty-ninth year of the Wanli Calendar, a sixteen-year-old boy tortured himself in the palace because of his strange dreams, and after entering the palace, he followed the eunuch Chen Zhi, the grand eunuch of the Si Li Supervisor, who wrote a history book about what he saw and heard in the court during the Chongzhen period, called "Zhi Zhongzhi", he was Liu Ruoyu, this history book is of great significance, he wrote history from a very rare angle, and it is a court history that is little known to the outside world.
Zheng Guifei in "The Mystery of the Ming Palace"
According to Liu Ruoyu's personal experience, he really should know a lot of court experience, so his account of Li Jingfei died due to ineffective medical treatment is quite credible. However, he also pointed out that Zhang Ming, the superintendent of the imperial pharmacy who treated Li Jingfei, was a subordinate of Zheng Guifei, and he wrote after this sentence in a very subtle way:
At that time, the accumulated words were like a pure thing, and since then, Zheng Niangniang has no one to share with the favor. —Liu Ruoyu's "Zhi Zhongzhi"
Chun Yuyan in this sentence is the person who huo Guang's wife Huo Xian sent to assassinate Empress Xu, the so-called "Chun Yuyan thing" refers to the use of patient diseases, in the name of healing, but Liu Ruoyu wrote very cautiously, only to say that at that time many people said that Li Jingfei was like Empress Xu of the Han Dynasty, and Zhang Ming was the Chun Yuyan of the Ming Dynasty, then huo Xian of the Ming Dynasty was not clear at a glance. Then, Liu Ruoyu then said another sentence, since then there has been no one to share the favor of Zheng Guifei, the combination of the upper and lower sentences found very strange, liu Ruoyu in the end to help Zheng Guifei exonerate, or is it that she was harmed? This seems to be for all the writers to judge for themselves.
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After Li Jingfei's death, Empress Wang carefully raised two princes, one as the Prince of Hui, the other as the King of Gui, and after the Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian was attacked by the Dashun army and committed suicide in Jingshan, the Ming Dynasty princes in Jiangnan began to chase deer, among which Zhu Yourong, the son of Zhu Changying, the King of Gui, was also able to establish a state in Guangdong, and he posthumously named his grandmother, who had been dead for nearly half a century, as Empress Xiaojing, which may have never been able to imagine by Li Jingfei.
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Tomb of the Four Concubines of the Divine Sect
Li Jingfei's front most of the people are born of mysteries, there are only three years of recorded history, but she left a fire for the Ming Dynasty, which made the Ming Dynasty continue to live for more than ten years in the south, which is also a legend, hundreds of years later, the tomb of the imperial concubine on Tianshou Mountain is especially present, wordlessly pouring out the glory and legend of Li Jingfei.
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