Expanding this article, let's start with a passage in the Book of Swords and Vengeance.
In the book, Chen Jialuo, the chief helmsman of the Red Flower Society, and the Qianlong Emperor first met on the banks of West Lake in Hangzhou, when Qianlong was playing the piano.
What about Chen Jialuo? With the flow of the piano, elegant as the wind, coming and going, the heroes cherished each other, and when they left, Qianlong gave Chen Jialuo a jade pendant, which was engraved:
Deep love does not live, wisdom will hurt, humble gentleman, warm as jade.
This is a fictional story, but there is one person in history who fits this sentence very well, and he is the eighth emperor of the Ming Dynasty: Ming Xianzong Zhu Jianshen.
Zhu Jianshen film and television stills
In the early years, Zhu Mishen sat on a roller coaster like a roller coaster, and there were many miracles.
In 1447, in the Forbidden Interior, the Zhou clan of the harem of Emperor Mingying's Zhu Qizhen gave birth to his first crown prince, Zhu Jianshen.
As soon as he landed, Zhu Jianshen's head was covered with many halos, but Zhu Qizhen was not very optimistic about him, because he expected Empress Qian to give birth to a son and succeed him as a concubine.
Therefore, at this time, Zhu Jianshen's identity was at best that of an emperor's eldest son.
Two years later (1449), the Ming Dynasty underwent great changes, and Zhu Jianshen and his father were about to fall into that terrible whirlpool.
In June of that year, the four-way cavalry of the Wallachian Army attacked the side, and the Taishi also swung his sword out of its sheath first and attacked the area around Datong and Xuanfu.
When the news reached Beijing, Zhu Qizhen, instigated by the eunuch Wang Zhen, brazenly sent troops to march in person, despite the opposition of his courtiers, and as a result, he experienced the "Siege of Tumu" on the way back, and the 500,000 people and horses he brought were almost completely annihilated by the Wala Department.
Previously, the Ming Dynasty was in the limelight of submission, and the sea was rising, but overnight, Zhu Qizhen lost the family property.
Not only that, Zhu Qizhen was taken prisoner, and the Wala people also used him as a hostage to break through the Bauhinia Pass and come to Beijing.
Film and television stills of Zhu Qizhen
Beijing is in crisis, where will the Ming Dynasty go?
At the critical time, Empress Sun (Zhu Qizhen's biological mother) came out to preside over the overall situation and made three decisions.
1: Yaozun Zhu Qizhen as emperor taishang and did not accept the threat of the Wallachians;
2: Zhu Qiyu, the king of the Line of Fire, was made emperor and shouldered the heavy responsibility of defending the family and the country;
3: Li Zhu saw Shen as the crown prince, which means that Zhu Qiyu was rightly inherited by him after his death.
On the surface, this is a stopgap measure, which actually reflects the great wisdom of Empress Sun, which not only saved the life and dignity of Zhu Qizhen, but also turned Zhu Qiyu into a pawn, and especially importantly avoided the disputes brought about by the "suspicion of the lord and the country".
Killing three birds with one stone is exquisite.
When the Soldiers of The Wallachians came to the city of Beijing, Zhu Qiyu ascended to the throne, and with the army of Shangshu Yuqian to turn the tide, resisting the first round of wild attacks by the Taishi, thus winning the defense of Beijing and pulling the Ming Dynasty back from the brink of life and death.
Soon, zhuqi town was also brought back to Wala and enjoyed the scenery of the desert.
Here to add a point: Zhu Qiyu and Yu Qianli have great achievements in the world, and they are brave, but with the changes of the times, they all ended in tragedy in the future.
Empress Sun's film and television stills
The war was over and all was calm.
A few months later, the Wallachians released the news that they agreed to release Zhu Qizhen from the south, and at the same time sent emissaries to Beijing to lobby, telling Zhu Qiyu that as long as he handed in the state certificate, he could release him immediately.
Who said that Vala only had ferocious cavalry! This trick is really powerful:
1: It shows that Wala has no subordination with the Ming Dynasty, but is a country with diplomatic relations;
2: Zhu Qizhen is a hot mountain fence, do not accept proof that Zhu Qiyu is a hypocrite who covets power, then, the two dragons may not be able to do something, perhaps can once again provide an opportunity for the Wallachian department.
This was a fatal problem– the Walas sent envoys endlessly to urge, and the crowd of ministers flew like snowflakes.
Zhu Qiyu was overwhelmed and under great pressure, so he had to summon his ministers to discuss. When he was at a loss, Yu Qianyi said bluntly and gave him a reassuring pill:
The heavenly throne has been determined, Ning Fu has him, you are already the emperor of the dynasty, there is nothing to worry about.
Zhu Qiyu adopted this sentence, but Yu Qian pit himself.
Yu Qian film and television stills
A year later, Zhu Qizhen returned to Beijing.
Zhu Qiyu embraced him warmly outside the Dong'an Gate, but in his heart he hid a cold steel knife - at this time, he had the supreme power in the world and could decide his brother's life and death.
This was a huge temptation, Zhu Qiyu chose power, so he placed his brother in the Nangong, which on the surface seemed to be a resettlement, but in fact it was imprisoned, and a prisoner was seven years.
From this day on, Zhu Qizhen's father and son fell into the ice cellar, and then the story of Zhu Jianshen began.
In the third year of Jingtai (1452), Zhu Qiyu's eldest son Zhu Jianji was 4 years old, and Zhu Qiyu took some other measures against his subordinates, suddenly deposing Zhu Jianshen's crown prince, degrading him to the title of Prince of Yi, and at the same time holding Zhu Jianji on the throne.
Zhu Jianshen went from crown prince to prince who paid salaries from the imperial court overnight, and this year, he was 5 years old.
In the face of this sudden change, Empress Sun had no authority in the past, and the Emperor Taishang was powerless, and the group of courtiers collectively silenced, and Zhu Jianshen could only carry it alone.
Juvenile Zhu Mishen film and television stills
In history, it is not uncommon for the prince to be deposed, but it is rare to reverse the overturn, in other words, Zhu Jianshen is a lamb to be slaughtered, as long as Zhu Qiyu's wrist moves, his life is in danger at any time.
After Zhu Jianshen was deposed, his treatment was repeatedly reduced, and what was even more tragic was that the eunuchs and palace ladies who had served him fled in panic and scattered.
Fortunately, there was no invincible road in heaven, and heaven sent a protective god for Zhu Jianshen, and this person was Wan Zhen'er, a palace maid who was 17 years older than him.
In the next few years, Wan Zhen'er accompanied Zhu Jianshen through the darkest years - countless terrified nights, tightly holding Zhu Mishen in her arms, coaxing him while stroking his hernia, so that Zhu Jianshen could sleep peacefully.
Ouchi is cruel, the former slaves turn back to bully the two siblings, Wan Zhen'er takes care of them carefully, in Zhu Mi's heart, she is the warrior who guards herself.
On a cold day, time is as long as a big river - Zhu Mishen is full of love for Wan Zhen'er, and he also has an inexplicable affection, on a winter night, Zhu Mishen's eyes are confused, falling into a love network, and he vows to protect this woman for a lifetime.
Many people in later generations ridiculed Zhu Jianshen, saying that he starred in an unrequited "sister-brother love". But in the author's opinion, all this reflects the greatness of Zhu Jianshen, whether poor or rich, the true color of the performance, dare to do, do not give up.
Wan Zhen'er film and television stills
In the first month of 1457 (the eighth year of Jingtai), an extremely strange thing happened in the Ming Dynasty, when a group of ministers such as Xu Youzhen and Shi Heng smashed the walls of the Nangong Palace to welcome Zhu Qizhen and once again proclaimed him emperor, that is, the "change of seizing the door".
After the change of the gate, Zhu Qizhen made some decisions, which had a profound impact on the Chenghua Dynasty.
1: Zhu Qiyu was not recognized as emperor, and only after more than twenty days did he depose him as the King of Qi, and arranged for the eunuch Jiang An to bear him with a golden veil, and after his death, he was given the title of "戾".
2: On the day of the seizure, Yu Qian was immediately imprisoned, and soon after the great hero was wrongfully killed;
3: Zhu Mi was bitter and willing, and was once again made a prince, ending his roller coaster-like career;
4:8 years of trembling, so that Zhu Jianshen became introverted, shy, left a stuttering problem.
In the first month of 1464, Emperor Mingyingzong Zhu Qizhen fell seriously ill and died soon after, before which he abolished the "martyrdom" system, saving the lives of many miserable women, which was a miracle.
However, what he never expected was that Zhu Jianshen told his father that he wanted to marry Wan Zhen'er and make her empress.
Zhu Qizhen was wrong, the harem panicked, the group of courtiers refused, and soon, Zhu Jianshen, who was 20 years old at the time, began his era.
Zhu Qiyu film and television stills
During his father's serious illness, Zhu Jianshen went to the regency of the Wenhua Temple to have a slight understanding of the situation in the DPRK and China, and his father told him that he must rely on the old ministers of that year, such as Li Xian, the first assistant of the cabinet.
However, Jin Yiwei du commanded Menda not to think so, and he wanted to take advantage of Zhu Jianshen's unstable foothold to bring down Li Xian.
Because the two of them had formed a bond in the Yingzong Dynasty—Menda was arrogant, and the Jinyi guards framed Zhongliang, and bad things were done, so Li Xian made a statement to Zhu Qizhen:
Wanton is a drama, the sage repeatedly asks for prohibition, and the emperor summons him to speak.
From then on, Menda hated Li Xian to the bone and decided to get rid of it quickly. Then, he arranged for the Eastern Palace attendant Wang Lun to take bribes and sell officials to Li Xian, but unexpectedly, the dirty deeds were exposed by the courtiers, what did Zhu Jianshen do?
"On the beheading of the prison, there is no huge amount of money", Menda was guilty of several crimes, Wang Lun was beheaded, and Qian Pu, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy who intended to replace Li Xian, was expelled from the court.
Li Xian was unharmed, and entered Shaobao, Huagaiden University, and zhijing feast. Favored by this honor, Li Xian "learned that life is known, and what he said is endless" to repay Zhu Jian with a deep fist.
Unfortunately, two years later, Li Xian's death was over, and Zhu Jian was deeply saddened and dropped out of the dynasty for a day, which showed his tenderness for his subordinates.
Portrait of Lee Hyun
As mentioned earlier, Zhu Jianshen vowed to marry Wan Zhen'er, who was 17 years older than himself.
And this incident was equivalent to an uncrossable mountain 600 years ago - Wan Zhen'er was from a humble origin, and the age difference between the two people was very different, so it was rejected by the harem collectively, and the subordinates also thought that this was an "unsympathetic love" and a loss of royal dignity.
However, Zhu Jianshen ignored it and was determined to be with Wan Zhen'er, and in the end, his birth mother, Empress Zhou, was forced to die to resolve the crisis.
Next, Zhu Jianshen had no choice but to make Wan Zhen'er an imperial concubine and began the road of unavoidable election.
At that time, his father had found three women for him, namely Wu, Wang and Bai, and fostered them in other palaces. In the end, Wu stood out and was made empress, but Wu sat on the empress throne for less than a month.
Why?
General Ye Shi records that in order to push Wu to the throne, the Wu family stuffed a lot of silver into Zhu Jianshen's personal eunuch Niu Yu, so Niu Yu committed fraud when he was registered, which led Zhu Mishen to say in the edict that Empress Wu "acted lightly and was polite and slightly polite".
In fact, the careful reader will surely find that this should not be the main reason, and the reason why Zhu Jianshen deposed Empress Wu was the seed of his deep love for Wan Zhen'er in his heart.
After the big wedding, Zhu Jianshen broke the convention, stayed in the Wan Gong night and night, and ignored the harem love, which made Empress Wu of the Zhenggong angry and stomped her teeth, planning to find a ballast to clean up Wan Zhen'er.
Once, under the pretext of Wan Zhen'er's violation of etiquette, she beat Wan Zhen'er to pieces in her own palace, and even the palace women present were frightened.
Here, we will not discuss Empress Wu's right and wrong, but this scepter rebuked her and pushed herself to the end of the road.
Zhu Jian was so angry that he did not listen to anyone's advice, preferring to rebel against his mother, Empress Zhou, and immediately ordered the abolition of Wu's throne, for the simple reason that the empress moved her favorite and infatuated woman one by one.
Soon, the second-in-command Wang clan was made empress, and this Wang clan was weak in nature, Mingzhe protected himself, and never stole the limelight from the emperor with Wan Zhen'er, thus winning a good death.
Therefore, there was a spectacle in the Xianzong Dynasty - Wan Zhen'er was the real master of the harem.
Here to add a point: Some wild histories record that Wan Zhen'er was fierce and vicious, let the concubines abort, and made the harem grass barren, but in fact, those are deceptive nonsense, with the purpose of devaluing and smearing Zhu Jianshen.
The real them are, admiring each other, admiring each other all their lives, and guarding this rare love with their lives, of course, Zhu Jianshen's tenderness and gratitude are indispensable.
Portrait of Zhu Mishen
Zhu Jianshen led his homeland forward: exempted one-third of the people's field rent, released the women who were suffering in the Court, destroyed the Jinyiwei Prison and torture equipment in one fell swoop, and restarted the mechanism for assessing officials at all levels, and prospered for a while.
The following year, the Yaos in Guangxi rebelled, and the great general Han Yong defeated the rebels in a canyon and changed the nameless canyon to "Broken Vine Gorge".
Soon, the army retreated, and Han Yong brought back a Yao woman, this woman's surname was Ji, talented, and beautiful, Zhu Jianshen and her encounter once had the next generation of Ming Jun- Zhu Youfan.
In the second year of Chenghua, the rectification of the regimental and camp system was completed, and the general Zhu Yong broke the Jingjing and Xiang bandits in Nanzhang, captured the leader Liu Tong, and his henchmen fled into Sichuan, leaving behind these people, who were the "Jingxiang displaced people" who had been constantly rioting and acting as mountain thieves since the end of the Yuan Dynasty.
Zhu Jianshen divided their fields, gave them cattle and horses, ordered them to develop handicrafts, and solved this century-old catastrophe hanging over their heads once and for all.
Mr. 纪 Image
In the same year (1466), Zhu Mishen did something earth-shattering. The History of the Ming Dynasty contains:
Ding Jiao ,Spoken to Yu Qian, restored his son Crown Official.
Meaning: From July 28 of that year, the whole world can pay tribute to Yu Qian, the great hero, and also give his son the official position of crown.
At this time, less than ten years after Yu Qian was unjustly beheaded (1457), Zhu Jianshen ascended to the throne less than two years ago.
Zhu Jianshen said in the edict: The former emperor knew his mistakes, but he had pity on him.
Zhu Jianshen confessed his mistake on behalf of his father. At that time, this not only rebelled against the previous emperor, but also turned over the feudal customs.
Only because Zhu Jianshen knows: Axiom is in the hearts of the people, and the people's hearts cannot be violated - today, people can go to the west lake to worship Qianquan thanks to Zhu Jianshen, it is he who makes this hero shine brightly.
The following year, a Zuo Shuzi named Li Chun (李淳) went up to the song and demanded that Zhu Qiyu (Emperor Jingtai) depose the crown prince in that year, and Zhu Jianshen replied to him after seeing the song:
Emperor Jingtai's affairs had passed, and he didn't care about it, and besides, this was not something that his subordinates should talk about.
Li Chun was sad and never mentioned it again. But I didn't expect:
In December, he regained the throne.
This decision, any word on the installation seems pale - Zhu Jianshen chose to forgive the second uncle who persecuted his father and abolished his crown prince's throne, (and also repaired the mausoleum for him), he did not use hatred to retaliate with tit-for-tat, but interpreted the righteousness with conscience and tenderness.
The iron-blooded and tender-hearted Zhu Mishen's heart was as wide as the sea.
The emperor of the Ming Dynasty believed: the son of heaven guards the gate of the country, and the king dies in the community.
On this point, Zhu Jianshen is a powerful practitioner who does not give in to the country and the mountains, never tolerates the enemy, and is overbearing in iron blood.
In that year, the little Prince of Mongolia violated the border, and Zhu Mishen ordered his men to go forward to suppress it, so that the Little Prince of Mongolia could no longer fight back and completely withdrew from the front line of the Great Wall.
Next, the author and everyone to expand the "Chenghua Plough Garden".
In the early years of Chenghua, the leaders of the Jurchen (Later Jin) of Jianzhou, Ai Xinjueluo and Dong Shan, did not want to stay in the ice and snow, and repeatedly invaded the northeast border, and the imperial court sent envoys to suppress them, but they were ambushed and their heads were in a different place.
When the war report reached Beijing, Zhu Jianshen overturned the copywriting, became angry, and personally wrote an edict:
Pound its nests and eliminate its species.
The angry Ming army smashed the Lair of the Jurchens and captured Dong Shan alive. In this battle, the military strength of the Jianzhou Jurchens was wiped out, and it is said that only two people were left.
Portrait of Ai Xin Jueluo and Dong Shan
Twelve years later (1479), the Jurchens made a comeback and provoked again. This time, Zhu Jianshen made careful arrangements and issued a unique order to the general:
Fight, suppress, and exterminate the prisoners.
In the face of foreign enemies, Zhu Jianshen swung his iron fist and resolutely destroyed them.
Without further ado about the process, let's look at a war report sent back by Wang Zhi, the supervisor of the army:
The officers and men attacked on all sides and sent light horses to burn their nests. The thief was defeated, beheaded 659 levels, captured 486 people, broke more than 450, obtained more than 1,000 cattle and horses, and armor and weapons were not counted.
The "Chenghua Plough Court" eliminated the northeastern frontier, allowing the future Jurchens to shrink outside the Guanwai for a hundred years, and Zhu Jianshen delayed the pace of the Later Jin invasion of the Central Plains.
What is even stranger is that the Ming dynasty was cultivated by the Qing court, and no matter how they smeared Zhu Jianshen, they still left evidence that they were razed to the ground.
Pulling aside the dark clouds to see the clear sky, the author asserts here that Zhu Jianshen can be counted as a generation of Ming Jun, and the reason why he was smeared was because he had too deep a grudge with the Qing court, because he almost made the Houjin people extinct, and there was no hope.
Zhu Jianshen's left arm was tender, and his right hand was iron fist to do so many things, but no one was perfect, and during his reign for more than twenty years, his three measures: building a west factory, opening an imperial palace, and privately aiding officials were very criticized by future generations.
Ostensibly, these measures were intended to enrich the imperial family and strengthen the centralization of power, but inadvertently destroyed the old order and destroyed the moral beliefs of the students.
Fortunately, his son Emperor Mingxiaozong Zhu Youxian went with the trend and went rough and refined, completely changing the situation.
In the first month of the twenty-third year of Chenghua (1487), wan Zhen'er, 58 years old, died suddenly and violently.
Zhu Jianshen rushed to Wan Zhen'er's bed, hugged her and cried bitterly, and announced that he would quit the dynasty for three days.
At this time, Zhu Jianshen had no spiritual dependence, and he stood silently in front of Wan Zhen'er's spirit and said to himself: You are gone, what is the meaning of my life?
Sure enough, 7 months later, Zhu Jianshen left with Wan Zhen'er.
Wan Zhen'er summoned him like a god, but what about Zhu Jianshen? I want to climb into the clouds and accompany my wife for a lifetime.
Portrait of Wan Zhen'er
Finally, I would like to conclude this article with a short story.
One day, Zhu Mishen went to the harem to inspect his private money, and seeing that the gold and silver there were decreasing, he asked the eunuch what was going on, and the eunuch replied: The money was used to build mausoleums, repair the palace, and daily expenses.
Zhu Jian was silent, he was well aware of the eunuchs' tricks, but he did not expose them on the spot, but just threw a sentence before leaving: You have embezzled money, and my son will find you to settle the account in the future.
Perhaps, this is another smear joke, but: humble gentleman, gentle as jade, deep love is not long-lived, wisdom will be hurt, this sentence is really appropriate to use on Zhu Jianshen.
References: History of the Ming Dynasty, etc
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