If you want to talk about the name Zhu Di, presumably people who don't know much about the history of the Ming Dynasty may not really know who this person is. But if you say the four words "Yongle The Great", I think everyone who knows something about ancient Chinese history should not feel strange.
In fact, at the beginning, Zhu Di was not an emperor, but was assigned by Zhu Yuanzhang to Beiping to become the King of Yan against the northern tribes. The one who was the emperor at that time was actually Zhu Di's nephew Zhu Yunjiao, who was also the historical Jianwen Emperor.
Similarly, Empress Xu was only Princess Yan in the beginning. As for why Xu Shi was able to marry Zhu Di, it was also necessary to start with Xu Shi.
Although Xu Shi's name is not recorded in the history books, she is the biological daughter of Xu Da, the King of Zhongshan, who followed Zhu Yuanzhang to fight in the early years. Because he was born as a general, Xu's own ability in the art of war was naturally not bad. Don't think that Xu Shi is a woman, it is impossible, if someone knows who Xu Da, the King of Zhongshan, is, presumably there will be no such doubts.
In short, Xu Shi showed a unique talent in the art of war since he was a child, and her father Xu Da did not let her waste because Xu Shi was a daughter, so he invited her to teach Mr. Xu over and over again. Over time, Xu's talent truly became the ability she possessed. As the news that "the Xu family has a daughter who has just grown up" gradually spread in Nanjing, even Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but ask.
Zhu Yuanzhang not only asked questions, but also directly named Zhu Di, the King of Yan, who had a very good relationship with Xu, and expressed the idea of Xu as a daughter-in-law as it was. According to normal routines, Zhu Di, who knows that there is no hope of "ascending the throne", will definitely refuse to "arranged marriage" in every way. But in fact, Zhu Di was very happy with Zhu Yuanzhang's behavior of marrying Xu to him.
As mentioned in the previous article, because Xu Shi grew up in Shomen since childhood, he not only knew the art of war, but also knew the book Andri. And his own son of the emperor is simply a pair made in heaven and earth, and most importantly, Xu Shi also has a good feeling for him.
As a result, under the supervision of Zhu Yuanzhang, Xu Shi became Zhu Di's wife. And Zhu Di, who married Xu, did not disappoint others, and the husband and wife not only respected each other as guests, but also had a tendency to develop into "soul mates". Soon, Xu gave birth to a child for Zhu Di. Readers and friends who have read the history of the Ming Dynasty should know that Zhu Di was the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and he only had nine children in his lifetime. However, few people know that only two of Zhu Di's nine children were born by others after Xu's death. Zhu Di's first seven children were all from the Xu family.
In fact, ancient princes and even emperors "only love one person in their lives", but even if these emperors love this person no matter how much, they will more or less do a little "like the new and hate the old" thing. But Zhu Di was completely different, whether it was when he was the "King of Yan" or when he was the "Yongle Emperor", Zhu Di's eyes and heart were only Xu Shi.
Of course, Xu Shi is not an empty and beautiful vase, her knowledge and ability not only made Zhu Di take many detours, but also helped Zhu Di a lot after Zhu Di launched the "Battle of Jing".
We all know that the "Battle of Jingnan" was actually a rebellion, but Zhu Di and the Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunjiao were uncles and nephews, so Zhu Di was not attacked by the masses like the previous rebels.
As a princess of Yan, Xu Shi actually felt that Zhu Di's arrangement in the army was really dangerous at the beginning of the Battle of Jingnan, so he vaguely mentioned a few words. Zhu Di was not surprised that Xu Shi knew that he was going to "rebel", after all, the two were about to develop into "soul mates". Moreover, Zhu Di was only a woman of xu at that time, and it was impossible to hide this kind of thing from coming and going.
After knowing Xu's idea, Zhu Di took Xu Shi to consider it, and indeed felt that this arrangement could easily put Beiping City, which was the headquarters, into danger. Because at that time, not far from Beiping City was a nomadic tribe that could go south at any time, plus once Zhu Di and Emperor Jianwen had reached a stalemate, Emperor Jianwen would definitely have the idea of sneaking deep into Beiping City alone.
According to Xu's deduction, Zhu Di suddenly realized that when he launched the Battle of Jingnan next, he directly left an elite force in Beiping City. It is precisely because this elite unit that remained in Beiping City resisted one sneak attack after another for Beiping City in the four-year stalemate of the Battle of Jingnan.
It is precisely because of this that Zhu Di's feelings for Xu Shi in his heart have become more profound, and as soon as he ascended the throne, Zhu Di immediately could not wait to crown Xu Shi as empress. The world said that Zhu Di was short-tempered, but in fact, he just gave his tenderness to Empress Xu. As for the fact that Zhu Di had other women entering the palace later, in fact, there was no way to do it, because at that time, zhu Di also had a lot of people to help him, and in order to live a good life in the future, it was normal for these people to marry their daughters to Zhu Di to maintain stability, but Zhu Di was the only one in his heart.
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