Ming Xiaozong is an outstanding monarch in the history of the Ming Dynasty, Empress Zhang is the empress of Ming Xiaozong, Ming Xiaozong and Empress Zhang have a very good relationship with each other, although Ming Xiaozong is a generation of emperors, but only married Empress Zhang a woman in his lifetime, Ming Xiaozong and Empress Zhang lived like ordinary people every day, which can show that Xiaozong and Empress Zhang are deeply in love.
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Ming Xiaozong's mother Ji Shi was born from a lowly background, and occasionally was blessed by Ming Xianzong and became pregnant with Ming Xiaozong, but she was jealous of Wan Guifei, and the Ji clan who was pregnant many times did not succeed, and finally left Ming Xiaozong Zhu Youfan, Zhu Youfan was also murdered by Wan Guifei many times after he was born, and his childhood and adolescent life can be described as full of ups and downs, and it is this kind of ups and downs that makes Ming Xiaozong Zhu Youfan understand the dangers of the harem very early, understand the speculation of the people's hearts, and the struggle in the harem is even more profound.
Many people have explained that Emperor Xiaozong Zhu Youfan only married Empress Zhang to a woman in his lifetime, in fact, this is only one of the reasons, the more important reason must be that the relationship between Ming Xiaozong and Empress Zhang is very good, Empress Zhang must be a charming woman, not only has an excellent appearance, but also has excellent wisdom, must be a talented woman. This can be seen from the details of the lives of Emperor Xiaozong Zhu Youfan and Empress Zhang. The history books record that Ming Xiaozong and Empress Zhang must have risen and slept together every day, and when they had time, they would read poems and paint together, listen to the piano and watch dances, talk about the past and the present, and share the day and night. Ming Xiaozong created the Hongzhi Zhongxing of the Ming Dynasty, which can be described as a very accomplished emperor, such an emperor must be a dragon phoenix among people, can have a common language with such an emperor, let such an emperor pamper himself, not any woman can do it, so Empress Zhang must also be a very good woman.
Why did Emperor Ming have only one wife?
Ming Xiaozong was a very accomplished emperor of the Ming Dynasty, succeeded to the throne at the age of seventeen, reigned for 18 years, and created the Ming Dynasty's prosperous era "Hongzhi Zhongxing", but such a magnificent emperor only married one wife of Empress Zhang in his lifetime, which is a myth in this feudal society of polygamy, why does Ming Xiaozong only have one wife? The specific reasons are as follows.
Reason one: Ming Xiaozong is a prince who grew up in the harem, since his mother conceived Ming Xiaozong, he was framed by his father Ming Xiaozong's favored concubine Wan Guifei, after Ming Xiaozong was born, he was murdered by Wan Guifei, and he was secretly raised in the palace before Ming Xiaozong was six years old, fearful and malnourished, so he caused a very weak physique, suffering from weakness for life, such a life experience made Ming Xiaozong see through the harem's deception, and he hated the harem concubines even more. Therefore, after Emperor Xiaozong took the position of emperor, he was determined to change this situation and not let such a fight occur in his harem, so he only married One wife of Empress Zhang for the rest of his life.
Reason two: Ming Xiaozong deeply loved his wife Empress Zhang, and Ming Xiaozong only lived in this world for thirty-six years, in such a short life, Ming Xiaozong, as a diligent emperor, did not have time or energy to manage another feeling. In fact, love can make people unswerving, Ming Xiaozong loves his wife Empress Zhang in this way, and in the short life of Ming Xiaozong, Empress Zhang has always been in the most beautiful age of a woman, which makes Empress Zhang full of charm, Ming Xiaozong has no time, no energy, and no heart to love others, so he only married Empress Zhang for life.
Reason three: A very important reason is that Empress Zhang must be a very outstanding woman, a woman full of charm, must be a woman who cultivates both inside and outside, must be a woman who shares the common language and ideological realm with Ming Xiaozong, such a woman makes Ming Xiaozong love very deeply, so there is no possibility of other women joining in.
Why did Emperor Ming have only one wife? On the one hand, it is related to the personal experience of Ming Xiaozong, and on the other hand, it is related to the personal charm of Empress Zhang.
The harem of Emperor Mingxiaozong
Ming Xiaozong was a very accomplished emperor of the Ming Dynasty, this emperor was made crown prince very early, his birth mother died very early in the harem struggle of Eryu and I, ming xiaozong, who had lived in the harem since childhood, was very precocious, and it can be said that he was also deeply affected by the harem struggle, so after adulthood, there were no three thousand beautiful women in the harem of Ming Xiaozong, and there was only one wife in the harem of Ming Xiaozong, that is, Empress Zhang who was smart and virtuous.
According to official sources such as the History of Ming and the Book of Ming, Emperor Xiaozong of Ming married only one of empresses Zhang of Xiaokangjing in his lifetime, and did not appoint any other concubines. In the imperial tombs of the past, there were concubines to accompany the burial, while the Tai Tomb of Emperor Ming Xiaozong only buried Ming Xiaozong and Empress Zhang. In that feudal era of polygamy, it was a matter of course that the emperor's harem was a group of beautiful women, and the adult healthy emperor had only one empress in his life, which was unique in history, and Ming scholars praised and depreciated due to the limitations of the times when describing this matter.
Mao Qiling's "Records of the History of Tongshi of the Sheng Dynasty" and Tan Qian's "Guoyu" record that in addition to Empress Zhang, there were five wives in the Ming Xiaozong Palace: Lady Jingshun Shao, Lady An He Zhou, Lady Liu of Anshun, Lady Meng of Rongshun, and Lady Xiang of Rongshan. However, in the Ming Dynasty system, the title of concubine was not the title of concubine, but a foreign woman (Gonghou Bo and Yi Erpinguan Zheng room) or an inner lady (a senior palace person or a nursing mother), and the title of a female official in the inner court (such as Ming Xiaozong's nanny was given the title of Lady Zuosheng, and the Ming Shilu records that "Hongzhi fifth year of the first month of the first month Yi hai gave the 'palace person' Zhou Shi as Lady An He, and gave her a funeral." "Emperor Tianqi's wet mother Keshi was named Lady Fengsheng, Renzong Mu Yang's wife Weisheng, etc., all of whom were women with husbands and families), so it is obvious that these five wives were not actually concubines of Emperor Mingxiaozong.
All in all, there was only one wife in The harem of Emperor Mingxiaozong, that is, Empress Zhang, who shared the hardships with Emperor Mingxiaozong, and the two people had a very good relationship, in addition to which Emperor Mingxiaozong never had any concubines.