Foreword: Ninghua Old Chen Vinegar, originated from YiyuanQing Vinegar Field, is a well-known long-established brand in Taiyuan, Shanxi. As a foreigner, the author has no intention of tasting the quality and taste of the old vinegar in Ninghua Province, but I am very interested in his name.
Ninghua Ancient City is located on the banks of the Fenhe River, 50 kilometers southwest of the city of Ningwu County, Shanxi Province. Because of its unique geographical location, it was once known as one of the "Woniu City (Xinzhou) Horns" in Shanxi, and it was a place where soldiers and families of all generations had to fight. After the Ming Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang unified the country, the feudal kings, of which the third son Zhu Zhuo was made the King of Jin and the feudal state was in Taiyuan, Shanxi. The sons of the King of Jin took the place name of Shanxi as a title. Among them, Zhu Tang's fifth son, Zhu Jihuan, was enfeoffed as the King of Ninghua, and Ninghua Province became a place name in Taiyuan City. According to legend, the ancestor of YiyuanQing Vinegar Farm is from the vinegar factory in the Ninghua Palace, so the use of Ninghua Province as the brand name complements each other.
Today, the author's brushstrokes will go back to more than 600 years ago to see the story of the ups and downs of this King of Ninghua and his descendants in this Taiyuan City.
Century-old shop Ninghua old vinegar
The old King of Jin was deposed
Zhu Jihuan was born on June 14, 1387, the 20th year of Hongwu (1387 AD), the mother of the Jin Dynasty Fan clan, and his father Zhu Tang was the son of Empress Ma. Zhu Tang, the King of Jin, died in March of the thirty-first year of Hongwu (1398 AD) at the age of 41. If this King Gong of Jin could live two more years, whether there would be a Jingnan War, I am afraid that he would have to put a question mark.
The Jin Dynasty had dominated Shanxi for more than twenty years, and the country was rich and strong, which was the biggest thorn in Zhu Di's eye after the usurpation of the throne. However, when the situation was unstable, Zhu Di still had Huairou as the main force for the Jin King's Yimai Sect. In August of the second year of Yongle (1404 AD), Zhu Jihuan was crowned king of Ninghua. In December of that year, Zhen Xiwei commanded Sun Zhen's niece Sun Shi (孙氏), who was crowned Princess ninghua.
King Gong of Jin had 7 sons, the eldest son Zhu Jixi attacked and sealed the King of Jin, the second son Zhu Jiye was made the King of Gaoping, the third son Zhu Jixi was made the King of Pingyang, the fourth son Zhu Jixuan was made the King of Qingcheng, the fifth son Zhu Jihuan was the King of Ninghua, the sixth son Zhu Jixi was made the King of Yonghe, and the seventh son Zhu Jixi was made the King of Guangchang.
Stills of Zhu Di and Yao Guangxiao
In order to divide the Jin Dynasty, Zhu Di came up with a trick to break through each one. Immediately after the Jing Dynasty, he set out to build a palace at Pingyang (平陽, in modern Linfen, Shanxi), and ordered Zhu Jiye, the King of Gaoping, and Zhu Jixi, the Prince of Pingyang, to move to Pingyang, accompanied by the second king, four thousand horse infantry officers of the Three Guards of Taiyuan. At the end of that year, a palace was built in Luzhou to prepare for the resettlement of Zhu Jixuan, the king of Qingcheng. Of course, the King of Jin was well aware of the fourth uncle's intentions, and once hoped that Zhu Di would take back his life on the grounds that King Qingcheng was "too young to bear to leave". However, Zhu Di's attitude was resolute, and he strictly ordered King Qingcheng to "choose a day to serve his mother and go with him.".
In addition to these small moves, Zhu Di also chose the ambitious King of Pingyang, Zhu Jixi, as a breakthrough. Beginning in the first month of the twelfth year of Yongle, Zhu Jixi, together with his younger brother Zhu Jixuan the Prince of Qingcheng and Zhu Jixuan the Prince of Yonghe, launched a series of impeachments against his eldest brother Zhu Jixi, the King of Jin. Zhu Di, who was in the middle of the river, pushed the boat along the water, and in March ordered Zhu Jixi to be detained in Xuanfu and disposed of it when he was on the occasion of his northern expedition to the class. At the end of the year, Zhu Jixi and his son Zhu Meigui were deposed as Shuren, and Zhu Jixi, who had made great achievements, was enfeoffed as the King of Jin.
When Zhu Jisheng first slandered Zhu Jixi, the king of Gaoping, Zhu Jiye, was already dead, and of the remaining 4 county kings, Zhu Jixian, the king of Guangchang, was still young, Zhu Jixuan, the king of Qingcheng, Zhu Jixuan, the king of Yonghe, and Zhu Jixi, the king of Jin, were all in one breath, and among the brothers of the King of Jin, only Zhu Jihuan, the king of Ninghua, really adhered to the principle.
The new king retaliated
Zhu Jisheng is a person with a rough personality and will be rewarded with wide-eyed eyes. King Ninghua did not have a heart with him at the beginning, and now that he has become the King of Jin, he naturally wants Zhu Jihuan to suffer a little. Zhu Jisheng had a strong executive power, and he could do what he said, and immediately after he was crowned King of Jin, he detained him in Jining Province under the pretext of "Zhu Jihuan's faults". The so-called Jining Province belongs to Shanxi According to the Cha Division, and the seat of governance is in Taiyuan.
Zhu Jihuan and his old mother Fan Shi were illegally imprisoned by the King of Jin for trumped-up charges, and even Nian Lu was suspended. Such a bitter head, King Ninghua ate for four years. During this period, the mother and son "sold out of food and clothing", and their lives were miserable.
During the twelve years of Yongle, the third brother, Ji Xi, the King of Jin, was negligent and detained his subjects in Ji Ning Dao. The years are not good, the day is very difficult, and the mother's clothing and food are sold out. And each year lu rice is stored in Yousi, and Yongle has been re-allocated since sixteen years. —Records of Emperor Xuanzong of Ming Dynasty, Vol. 10
In addition to attacking the King of Ninghua himself, Zhu Jisheng, the new King of Jin, also carried out a precise attack on Zhu Jihuan's in-laws. Fan had a niece who was married to Yan Neng, the Left Guard of Taiyuan. As a result, Yan Neng "sat down and removed thirty thousand guards", and his wife should accompany him. Thirty thousand Wei in the northeast, from Shanxi to the northeast, is it determined that it is "removal" rather than "charging the army"? Zhu Jihuan's original consort Sun died in the sixth year of Yongle, after which the daughter of Wang Zhen, the commander of the Taiyuan Left Guard, was chosen as the successor concubine of the King of Ninghua, because of the filial piety between the two parties. As a result, Wang Zhen happened to be "sitting on the incident to charge the 30,000 guards" at this time, and since he had not yet passed the door, the Wang clan wanted to charge the army with his father. King Ninghua could not bear it, and wrote to Emperor Xuanzong to plead for mercy, and the history books recorded that "Shangguan Song Mercy Ran" agreed to Zhu Jihuan's request.
Ruins of the Ninghua Royal Palace
At that time, Zhu Jihuan's old mother Fan Shi was "suffering from wind disease", and the doctors of the Jin Dynasty were not allowed to treat her, and the folk doctors were afraid of the power of the palace and did not dare to treat her. The King of Ninghua was forced to be helpless, and could only find the inspector of Shanxi, Yushi Zhusheng, who was planning to return to Beijing to report for duty, and pleaded with him to say a few kind words in front of the emperor and send a tai doctor to treat the old mother.
Nong Yin, inspector of Shanxi, yushi Zhusheng said: "The subject returned to The Capital, and resigned from the king of Ninghua." Wang Zhichen said: There is a mother who suffers from wind disease and has no medical treatment. The Jin government did not cooperate with it, and it did not dare to take it between the military and the people, and it was really urgent. Ru also played the emperor for me, begging Yiliang to cure the mother's disease, and if the mother was reborn, she did not dare to forget the great virtue. "The Lord heard the pity, that is, the Hospital was ordered to choose a good person of the healer, and dispatched it to the stagecoach. - Ming Xuanzong Records Volume XV
Turn over the serfs to sing
Zhu Jisheng, the king of Jin, was not only flying around, but he probably did not think of the blow to the Jin king's palace, and it would not stop because the prince was replaced. In August of the first year of Xuande, Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han, a veteran ambitionist, plotted a rebellion in Le'an, Shandong. Emperor Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji personally marched and put down the rebellion with great ease. Zhu Jixi, who had had a very good relationship with Zhu Gaoxu since the Taizu era, suddenly found himself as if he had become the next target of the imperial court.
At this time, the king of Ninghua, who had endured humiliation and burden for many years, discovered the new trend of the imperial court, and he immediately reacted, playing Zhu Jisheng as "disloyal and filial piety, and deceitful and deceitful". After mastering Zhu Jisheng's real hammer to poison and kill his mother-in-law Xie Shi, Zhu Jihuan sent someone to "rush to The Beijing Division" to report the news.
In fact, if the Jin King was to be disposed of on the grounds of colluding with the King of Han, Zhu Zhanji really had some insufficient evidence. However, after King Ninghua handed over evidence of his poisoning of his mother-in-law, the deposed King of Jin was immediately justified. In April of the second year of Xuande, Zhu Jisheng, the King of Jin, was deposed as a Shuren and sent fengyang to guard the imperial tomb with his family. In the case briefings written to the royal palaces in the world, this article was even more emphasized.
If the evil of the ji xi is even worse than the evil of the wolf! To kill his mother-in-law Xie with poison. Is it tolerable, or is it intolerable? He had summoned jingshi and sent him to the capital emperor to inform him of the matters reported by King Ninghua and others, and ambushed them one by one. Now I have recorded his illegal deeds and sent a look at them, and the flesh and bones have rebelled, and the words are painful, but they are deeply understood. - Ming Xuanzong Records Volume 27
HanWang stills
The fall of Zhu Jisheng, in which the powerful King of Ninghua naturally raised his eyebrows and exhaled, and the quality of life was also greatly improved. In March of the third year of Xuande, Wang Shi, who had already removed filial piety, was crowned as the successor concubine of The King of Ninghua, and Zhu Jihuan's five sons were also made generals of Zhenguo. Zhu Jixiu, the king of Yonghe, was unceremonious when he first stepped on Zhu Jihuan, and now that he has moved to Fenzhou, the king of Ninghua has unceremoniously taken his royal palace in Taiyuan for himself.
In order to reward king Ninghua for his merits, Emperor Xuanzong also gave him a lot of preferential treatment. Zhu Jihuan requested that three hundred soldiers be transferred back to Fuzhong to prepare imperial Datong, and the emperor specifically allowed half of them to be given. He also gave him more than sixty acres of land in the ancient city of Taiyuan County, Shanxi. After Emperor Xuanzong's death, crown prince Zhu Qizhen ascended the throne for Emperor Yingzong.
In the second year of the reign of Fan Shi , Emperor Yingzong posthumously honored her as Lady Gong of Jin. As for the request of king Ninghua to go to Fan's tomb every year on the festivals of Qingming, Zhongyuan, and Mengdong, and to perform incense at the Jinci Temple in Taiyuan County, Emperor Yingzong agreed. For the clan after the Xuanzong Dynasty, this was already an imperial favor. However, Fan's cemetery was used around forty-five zhang, the actual land used was 155 zhang, and seventeen acres outside the cemetery, and finally the actual land was 90 mu, which was a big violation. In the end, it was with King Ninghua doing self-criticism that this storm was settled. Eunuchs in the palace of Ninghua in the fourth year of orthodoxy falsely accused Zhu Jihuan's third son, Zhu Meiyuan, of claiming to be the third prince with intentions of rebellion, but this frightened the king of Ninghua into a cold sweat.
Despite this, Emperor Yingzong still had considerable trust in Zhu Jihuan. In the eighth year of orthodoxy, king Ninghua called the mansion old and decaying, and Emperor Yingzong ordered Yousi to give materials and craftsmen to help repair it. In the twelfth year of orthodoxy, Yu Qian (yes, that is, Yu Qian) of The Dali Temple, zuo Shaoqing, broke the news that many of the eunuchs in the palaces of the counties of the Jin Dynasty in Shanxi were ordinary people who bought their own purification. In the Ming Dynasty, it was a felony in the palace, and the news came out that Zhu Jihuan, the king of Ninghua, Zhang Zhu, a professor in the royal palace, and others all confessed their guilt. So the matter was once again gently revealed.
Shang: "The king is self-proclaimed, and the pearls and so on are all the first sins, so don't ask." The mountain waited to be retained by the king, and was not allowed to do so in the future. —Ming Yingzong Records Volume 152
The Transformation of the Civil Fort
For Yingzong's love, Zhu Jihuan also repaid The Peach. On August 15, the fourteenth year of the orthodox dynasty, the "Tumu Fort Change" that shocked the Ming court occurred, the emperor Zhu Qizhen was captured, and the entire army of Wen and Wu was destroyed. After hearing the news, king Ninghua went to the imperial court and was willing to take his son to Beijing with the army to kill thieves. Of course, whether King Ninghua's move was to kill the enemy or flee, everyone could also have their own judgment. In the end, the newly enthroned emperor Zhu Qiyu did not agree to Zhu Jihuan's request, asking him that he "did not have to come."
Ding Wei, Shufu Ninghua Wang Jihuan said: "Desheng, I want to follow the army and kill thieves with my son and six people, in order to repay the favor of the country, which shows the loyalty and indignation of my relatives." However, he chose to train troops in an attempt to eliminate the thieves. Welcome to the car driving, has been disposed of. — Ming Yingzong Records Volume 183
Battle for the throne
The time of Zhu Jihuan's death is not recorded in the Ming Shilu. Wang Shizhen, a famous literary scholar of the Jiajing Dynasty, recorded the first year of Jingtai in his book "The Collection of YishanTang". However, in the second year of Jingtai, Emperor Zhu Qiyu once wrote a letter to Zhu Jihuan, and the wording in it was very harsh. The origin of this incident lies in Zhu Jihuan's fourth son, Zhu Meifang, who "adultered and occupied Le's wife" and forced her husband to divorce his wife. In his letter, Emperor Jingtai severely rebuked Zhu Jihuan, his uncle:
Does the unknown uncle know what happened? If you don't know, you don't know. Knowing and not forbidding, is not strict also! — Records of emperor Ming Yingzong, vol. 23
Regardless of the outcome of this matter, at least it proves that Zhu Jihuan was still alive in April of the second year of Jingtai, and that the "Collection of Beiji of The Mountain Hall" is wrong. However, in the following year, in the third year of Jingtai, it can be confirmed that Zhu Jihuan has died, and his nickname is Yi Jian. For the sake of the title of King of Ninghua, Zhu Jihuan's sons also caused a storm.
Jingtai Emperor stills
Neither of Zhu Jihuan's two previous princesses bore him a concubine. Therefore, after his death, he should be attacked by Zhu Meilang, the eldest son of Shu. The two unscrupulous sons mentioned above, Zhu Meiyuan and Zhu Meifang, jumped out in an attempt to take the concubine. The two claimed that Zhu Meiyang's biological mother, Jiao Shi, was a happy woman, and that she was not born in the royal palace, and may not be Zhu Jihuan's own son at all.
This trick is too cruel, and in the Ming Dynasty, "disordered sect branch" was a capital offense. Zhu Meiyang quickly defended himself in the chapter, first explaining that his birth mother Jiao Shi was a palace person given to his father by Zhu Jixi, the king of Jin. Secondly, their own "birth form sealing", which can be found in the Sect. In the end, the Metropolitan Court ruled that Zhu Meiyuan and Zhu Meifang had falsely accused them, and Emperor Jingtai then sent an edict to reprimand the two, warning them that they would be punished for committing further crimes.
The eldest son of Zhao Mei Lang Shu is already clear, do not investigate. And he rebuked Mei Yuan and Mei Fang, and made them change their previous lives and mourn their filial piety together in order to enjoy wealth forever. If you don't, the ancestral law is there, and you don't dare to be selfish! — Records of emperor Ming Yingzong, vol. 214
In The leap month of That Year, Zhu Meiyang attacked the King of Fengninghua, and Chenghua died in February of the seventh year of Chenghua at the age of 60. In September of the eighth year of Chenghua, Zhu Zhongxun, the second son of King Shun of Ninghua, attacked King Fengninghua.
Not Xiaozi Zhu Zhongyi
Compared with his suffering grandfather Zhu Jihuan, the King of Ninghua Yijian, and his framed father, Zhu Meiyang, the King of Ninghua, Zhu Zhonghong's life was smooth and he developed a character of arrogance and self-esteem. There are no righteous gentlemen around him, only a group of rogues and evil people who are in harmony with evil.
The king of Ninghua gradually became dissatisfied with his usual beauty, and even hit the idea on the head of the women of the good family. He repeatedly defiled the military women under the needle lead of Ma Jian, a dog-legged Taiyuan Left Guard sergeant. In the face of Hao Jun and other soldiers who dared to resist, Zhu Zhongxiu, with the assistance of Ma Jian and the evil young Zhang Bin and others, personally beat Hao Jun and others to death with golden bones. A total of 17 people were killed. In addition, he did not spare the concubine Li Suzhen left by his father, and he really achieved the extreme that a beast could do. In addition, Zhu Zhongxiu had a conflict with his brother Zhu Zhongzhen, the general of Zhenguo, and actually openly sent someone to smash the gate of his brother's mansion.
In a fit of rage, Zhu Zhongzhi stabbed his brother in the face of Emperor Xiaozong's court. After this matter was verified by the Shanxi Inspector and other officials, Zhu Zhongge removed the crown belt and Lu Mi and ordered him to wear a turban and stay idle. Ma Jian, Zhang Bin, and others were all executed.
Ding Ugly, zhao zhong yi rape to take his father's concubine, rob people's wives, and cruelly kill many people. Leather removed the crown with lumi, so that the turban was idle. Ma Jian, Zhang Bin and eleven others were executed. - "Fifty-Seven Records of Emperor Ming Xiaozong"
However, Zhu Zhongxiu's vicious habits were difficult to change after the Knight, but instead intensified, and in the following four years, he continued to raid women into the palace. Those who disobeyed were not only given sticks, but also indiscriminately executed, and as many as six or seven people were killed before and after. In addition, Zhu Zhonghong was psychopathic, and even willingly wore a green hat, forcing Princess Wu and her concubines to have an affair with Wu Gang and Bai Zong, who were good at patting him on the ass. Regarding zhu Zhonghong's deeds, the concubine Ning Hua Shun Princess Zhao Shi became frightened and died of anxiety. The birth mother, Liu Shi, was injured by the unfilial son with a wine cup because of a kind word of persuasion to her son during a banquet.
Stills of Ming Xiaozong
In the eighth year of Hongzhi, a group of intolerable palace people escaped from the palace overnight and were captured by patrolling soldiers, and this matter was exposed. Emperor Xiaozong ordered the eunuch Luo Lu, The Prince Jianzhi of Dali Temple, and Jin Yiwei to command Ye Guang, the eunuch, to shanxi to investigate. Zhu Zhongxiu sent people to pay bribes to the investigation team, but instead framed his younger brother Zhu Zhongzhi and Princess Wu for having an affair. Not only that, Zhu Zhonghong, under the protection of Luo Lu and others, lynched his brother and princess in the palace in an attempt to beat him into confession. The birth mother Liu Shi intended to save people, but was knocked to the ground by Zhu Zhongsu, and even more so by the contrarian son who beat his mouth with a stick, and the blood flowed all over the ground.
After the news came out, Emperor Xiaozong then sent the eunuch Chen Kuan, the executioner Dai Shan, and the Jinyi Wei commander Tongzhi Wang Ling to Shanxi to investigate the case. In the end, the Metropolitan Inspection Bureau reported that Princess Wu did not admit to adultery, and the Queen Mother Liu was reluctant to testify against her son. However, due to the bad impact of this matter and the existence of circumstantial evidence, Emperor Xiaozong ordered Zhu Zhongyi to be deposed as a Shuren and sent to Fengyang for life imprisonment inside the high walls. Wu Shige went to the concubine number, and the fleeing palace people sent huan clothing bureau. Wu Gang and Bai Zong were beheaded, but Luo Lu and the others were not pursued.
In the third year of Zhengde, Zhu Zhongtai, who had been imprisoned in Fengyang for 14 years, died, and Emperor Wuzong was specially allowed to be buried in Taiyuan. In the eighth year of Jiajing, Zhu Zhongfeng's grandson Zhu Biaofan begged for the seal, and Emperor Sejong specially approved his attack, at this time it had been 34 years since Zhu Zhongfeng was deposed. In the fourth year of Longqing (1570 AD), Zhu Biaofan died and was given the title of Kanghe. In the third year of the Wanli Calendar (1575 AD), Ning Huakang and Zhu Zhiye, the son of Wang, attacked the seal, and died in the thirteenth year of the Wanli Calendar (1585 AD). In the nineteenth year of the Wanli Calendar (1591 AD), Zhu Xinlang, the son of King Gongduan of Ninghua, attacked the throne, and died in the twenty-first year of the Wanli Calendar (1593 AD), giving him the title of Zhuang Ding. In the twenty-seventh year of the Wanli Calendar (1599 AD), Zhu Shenyi, the son of King Zhuangding of Ninghua, attacked the seal and died in the thirty-eighth year of the Wanli Calendar (1610 AD). In the forty-fourth year of the Wanli Calendar (1616 AD), Zhu Minji, son of King Wenyu of Ninghua, attacked the seal, and it is unknown thereafter.
Conclusion: I didn't expect that there were so many stories in the Ninghua Wang family behind the old vinegar in Ninghua Province. However, folklore says that the vinegar mill of the Ninghua King's Mansion was set up by Zhu Jihuan, the King of Ninghua Yijian, in order to filial piety to his father Zhu Tang, the King of Jingong, in fact, Zhu Jihuan was only 12 years old when Zhu Tang died, and he had not yet been crowned the King of Ninghua. Folklore is, after all, wild history, and sometimes it is good to listen to gossip, but it cannot be deeply investigated.