Gossip about Daming's concubines, talk about Zhu Houzhao and his women, and see the complexity of Zheng De dynasty.

Queen Daming, we talked about Zheng Denian. Zhu Houzhao, who lived in the Ming Dynasty, was notoriously playful and was always surrounded by all kinds of beautiful women. Plus he doesn't live in ouchi all the year round, so his concubines really have nothing to say.

However, the Zhengde dynasty is a very interesting period in the history of the Ming Dynasty. We might as well talk about the affairs of Wuzong and the chaos of the dynasty from the perspective of some favored concubines around Wuzong.

Due to the lack of historical materials, I only selected the deeds of several women, so let's talk about them at will.

In Zhu Houzhao's life, the number of lucky women should be an exaggerated number. Only the little girl who was crammed into Huan Yi Bureau and waited for the emperor to summon at any time was already overcrowded. The most direct evidence is that Huan Yi Bureau uses 65,438+600,000 Jin of firewood a year, which is well documented.

As for the familiar town government "Leopard House" where Zhu Houzhao lived for a long time, it was full of beautiful women from all over the world. Please note that I use provide here, not collect. This is a fundamental difference.

But perhaps many people don't know that there are only three queens in Zhu Houzhao's harem. They are Xia Niangniang, Wu Defai and Shen. These three women were all engraved at the wedding of Zhu Houzhao in Zheng Deyuan.

Sadly, three women with real identities have been frequent visitors to Zheng De's bench. Moreover, the three people don't have much contact with the foreign dynasties, so our protagonist is not them, but after all, they are famous. I will mention it here a little to show my respect.

The first woman, Marsh.

Ma Shi is the sister of border general Maang. Maang was suspended for investigation because of a mistake. This kind of thing can be big or small. Maang is looking for connections everywhere. He didn't spend less money, but things never made substantial progress. It happened that Wu Zong was patrolling the border, and Jiang Bin happened to be the general of the border.

Maang and Jiang Bin are old friends, so they want to go the way of Jiang Bin. Two people want to go, ready to vote for the emperor, offer beauty. Maang couldn't bear to have children with wolves, so he gave his sister away without saying anything, that is, Ma Shi.

At that time, Ma Shi was a pregnant woman. I guess Wu Zongxian feels fresh and exciting, plus Ma Shi is beautiful, proficient in riding and shooting, and can speak Mongolian. He liked Wu Zong's spleen and stomach very much, so he took Ma Shi back to the leopard room.

After that, Maang succeeded in my career. Instead of being dismissed, they were promoted, and everyone in the Ma family ascended to heaven. I just wonder if my husband's name is on the promotion list.

The popularity of horses didn't last long. It is said that Zhu Houzhao later began to alienate Maang because of a small matter, and by the way, he also snubbed Maang. I really don't want to say what it is. One thing may not be true, and the other thing is really nasty.

But there is an obvious label on the horse: Bian Jiang.

Maang's relationship is a right-hand man and a life assistant, and also a general at the border.

After the Eight Tigers headed by Liu Jin lost power in the early years of Zheng De, it also represented the temporary end of the era when Wu Zong used eunuch groups to check and balance civilian groups. This confrontation, which seems to end with Liu Jin's punishment, is actually a great victory for Wu Zong.

Because Zhu Houzhao has passed the "Eight Tigers" and completed the centralization in the early days of his administration, showing the majesty of imperial power. What General Wu wants to convey is clear: I killed Liu Jin today to give you face, but if you annoy me, I can always support the second and third Liu Jin to come out.

That is to say, after Liu Jin was killed, Jiang Bin and others began to pay attention to Zhu Houzhao.

Most emperors in the Ming Dynasty generally used eunuchs when dealing with courtiers, such as Wang Zhen in the orthodox year and Wei Zhongxian in the apocalypse year. The other is more capable, and can basically provoke civil service groups to fight, such as Emperor Jiajing.

But Zhu Houzhao used a new way of thinking, using military commanders. Moreover, the military commanders he used were not the prestigious groups in the military system that stayed in Beijing all the year round, but the border generals who fought in the front line. These military commanders are the "second Liu Jin" selected by Wu Zong.

Like eunuchs, these grassroots generals have no foundation in the DPRK, and the rise and fall of individuals depends entirely on the imperial system. For Zhu Houzhao, such people are the most loyal.

There are three security forces in the Leopard Room in Shi Jing, one of which is the border guards who are relieved with the Beijing Army, which is led by Jiang Bin and others. Including the later Wu Zong's southern tour, the security work mainly relied on Jiang Bin, which shows Wu Zong's trust in these border generals.

At the same time, Zhu Houzhao personally has a militaristic plot. Although the famous "Yingzhou Victory" was covered up by historians in every way, we still have to admit the deterrent effect of this war on Mongolia. Zhu Houzhao was the last emperor of Daming who dared to hold a gun against the enemy after several generations of ancestors in the early Ming Dynasty.

This is actually a microcosm of Zhu Houzhao's military reform in Daming, and it also represents that Emperor Daming bypassed the civil service system and resumed control of military power. All this is closely related to the close relationship between Zhu Houzhao and the frontier generals.

Although it is accidental that Ma Shi can appear beside Wu Zong, there are also inevitable factors. The rise of Jiang Bin, Maang and others is actually in line with the overall strategy implemented by Zhu Houzhao.

The second woman, Liu.

Liu is the prototype of the heroine Li Fengjie in the folk opera The Prince and the Dancer. Actually, the meeting between Liu He didn't have so many details.

Zhu Houzhao or patrol this time, came to Shanxi Pianguan. The emperor felt that the journey was boring and wanted to listen to music. But this is not Beijing, where can we find high-quality female music? It's simple. Ask the local governor. So I found the singer Liu of Jin.

Liu Ye is a married woman, so I deeply despise the priority morally. In my impression, Liu should be my favorite woman, and there are examples to prove it.

Ning Wang Zhu rebelled and wanted to use personal expedition. Only later, because Wang Yangming quickly counterattacked, the personal expedition became a southern tour.

When he left Beijing, he didn't take Liu with him because he was going to war. But the emperor gave a promise that once the rebellion was put down, he would send someone to pick Liu up immediately and took a hair clasp as a token.

Just after leaving Beijing, the news of defeat came back. The emperor's first reaction was to block the news and the army continued south. The second thing is to send someone back to Beijing to meet Liu.

But I lost my hairpin. Moreover, there are many troops, and I don't know the specific lost position. A group of people searched for a long time but couldn't find it. Anyway, let's pick someone up first. Can be sent to the capital of a person to come back, said Liu didn't see the hair clasp, just don't want to go.

After listening to this, without saying anything, he took a few followers back to Beijing overnight and personally received Liu's departure without stopping.

When I first read this story, I thought Zhu Houzhao was a very romantic person. Liu won't leave until he sees the token. Zhu Houzhao left the army alone with the body of tiger balm and regained his beloved woman. If it weren't for Zhu Houzhao's poor reputation in later generations, it would almost become another folk love song.

During his southern tour, Zhu Houzhao was sometimes very playful and often did something out of line. When people around the emperor can't help it, they will invite Liu Qu to persuade them. Every time Liu persuades him, he is willing to give advice. This also shows that Liu is very familiar with his temper, and he has a good way to deal with this playful man.

Sweet feelings are based on mutual respect. The author believes that the pursuit of Liu is not only a simple pursuit of color, but also an emotional investment, otherwise the above effect will not be achieved.

The key word I gave Liu was "Southern Tour".

Knowing that the rebellion of Ning Wang Zhu had been put down, he still insisted on the southern tour. There must be some banter in this, but I think there are also a series of political considerations.

First, take back the relieving.

Wang Yangming was armed. In view of the emperor's innate distrust of the civil service group, and the little friendship between Zhu Houzhao and Wang Yangming, it is understandable that the monarch should take over the military power after counterinsurgency.

Second, eliminate the influence of the rebellion.

The rebellion in Wang Ning is undoubtedly a huge political earthquake for the southern region. When the water is muddy, someone will want to take advantage of it. Zhu Houzhao's southern tour is to reassure people.

The emperor asked Wang Shouren to release Zhu, and he had to rehabilitate the rebellion. Many people think that this is Zhu Houzhao's unreliable performance, but let's think about it from another angle. Are the political effects of Wang Yangming's counterinsurgency and Zhu Houzhao's counterinsurgency the same thing? So, can you understand why Zhu Houzhao attached so much importance to the "captive" ceremony?

Third, the ancestral graves.

Is it what Zhu Yuanzhang should do to go to Nanjing to burn incense for Zhu Yuanzhang? But don't forget that when King Ning rebelled, one reason given was that Zhu Houzhao's father, Ming Xiaozong Zhu Youtang, was an illegitimate child.

Of course, this is an old thing in Chenghua years, so I won't go into details here. Zhu Houzhao's coming to Nanjing to offer incense to Zhu Yuanzhang, the great ancestor of Ming Dynasty, actually has another political meaning: I am the grandson of the Zhu family, and now I am here to pay homage to my ancestors.

In the era of feudal monarchy, Zhu Houzhao's political show was very necessary and timely.

Generally speaking, for Zhu Houzhao, the advantages of South China outweigh the disadvantages. Zhu Houzhao is naturally in a good mood, because he can meet many political demands and travel around. And this beautiful woman, Liu, is the icing on the cake.

Third place, Wang Mantang.

The name Wang Mantang sounds very festive, but the girl's life is full of tragedy. Wang Mantang, a native of Hebei, is famous for his beauty in his hometown. Zhu Houzhao auditioned for Female Xiu at her wedding, and Wang Mantang was also sent to Beijing to participate in the selection. Unfortunately, I have no choice.

However, after attending this "draft", Wang Mantang's mood is much higher. It's just like many folk artists who take part in the talent show now, although they didn't get a good ranking in the end, they just feel that they are a wrist, and all kinds of appearance fees are rising, and they are finally eliminated by the times.

Wang Mantang is also a typical high or low. Over time, I got a heart attack. Because I dreamed that I married a man named Zhao Wanxing in my dream, and I have been very rich since then, so I took this dream as a revelation from God and waited for this Zhao Wanxing to appear every day.

Wang Mantang's dream was accidentally known by a man named Duan Chang.

Duan Chang used to be a Taoist priest and knew some tricks of fools. In order to get the beautiful Wang Mantang, he found a monk to perform a play. Let the monk go to the Wangs to tell his fortune, and then he will appear in the Wangs as Zhao Wanxing.

As the section chief expected, he successfully married Wang Mantang. And continue to use Wang Mantang's dream to create momentum in the countryside, saying that he will be rich after mixing with him. Gradually, Duan Chang became more and more famous and more and more people gathered around him. In the long run, he began to rebel and even changed his title. And Wang Mantang also became a village woman.

To tell the truth, this long-term force is a mob, which can barely be regarded as a bandit gang. If it weren't for the intersection of Wang Mantang and Wu Zong, I don't think Duan Chang would have entered the history books.

Later, the government used a little trick to eliminate Chang Duan and others, and Wang Mantang was also arrested. When the government was preparing to deal with the gang leader, news came from Zhu Houzhao: Leave Wang Mantang behind.

It turned out that when Wang Mantang became Mrs. Zhazhai, because Duan Chang's influence gradually expanded, Wang Mantang's brilliant name spread. Zhu Houzhao also heard about it. When the emperor heard that the beautiful lady was arrested, he became interested.

Zhu Houzhao met Wang Mantang, which was the end of Zheng De. At that time, Zhu Houzhao fell into the water on his way home from the south of China, and was recovering from illness in Beijing. The emperor was very weak, but he managed to see Wang Mantang. You know that.

So Wang Mantang may be the last woman before Zhu Houzhao died. And my label for Wang Mantang is "rebellion".

If the emperor of a feudal dynasty is not competent enough, historians will use a lot of pen and ink to render the scene of natural and man-made disasters and people in dire straits when the monarch comes to the DPRK.

In fact, the uprising never stopped in the Ming Dynasty for more than 270 years. What was the rebellion of the feudal dynasty? Peasant uprising is rebellion, bandits regard mountains as king is rebellion, and citizens' meetings and discussions are also rebellion.

Why do we have to do that？ This truth is very complicated in the Ming Dynasty. Some people really become refugees because they can't eat, some people become refugees because of disasters, some people are forced by local government corruption, some people are provoked by regional contradictions, some people are gangsters who make money, some people gamble on money, some people are blinded by heresy, but more often they are trapped in Rainbow.

In fact, when Zhu Houzhao came to North Korea, people's lives were not so bad. When Liu Jinlai was used for reform, the state wanted to carry out tax reform, and did not increase the income of ordinary people through excessive taxes. On the contrary, the tax relief in the disaster area during Zheng De's reign was no worse than that during Hongzhi's reign (Ming Xiaozong).

The reason why I use Wang Mantang's example is to tell you that many things can't be summarized in a few simple words in history books. Even if it can, the historian's pen is not necessarily objective and fair. If you like history, I hope you can look up some information yourself and think independently instead of following the advice of historians.

It is not rigorous enough to use the stories of Ma Shi, Liu Shi and Wang Shi to piece together the situation of Zhu Houzhao's "favorite concubine" in Ming Wuzong. But if I want to write about three crowned queens, it is really impossible to cook without rice.

Fortunately, these three women are still representative to some extent. Combined with Zheng Denian's incident, they provide us with another perspective on Zhu Houzhao. Women in feudal times, whether happy or not, were, after all, accessories of male power at that time. It is difficult for them to choose the life they want, and it is really embarrassing to think about it.

May the tragedy of history not be staged today. May all lovers get married.

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