2019 Hunan Satellite TV hit drama " Ming Fenghua " tells the story of Sun Ruowei , as the daughter of an old minister of Jianwen, was rescued in the massacre of in the Jingnan Battle. Ten years later, he entered the palace to assassinate Zhu Di, but unexpectedly met the crown prince Zhu Zhanji and fell in love. Finally, he went through the Five Emperors and Six Dynasties and saved the Ming Dynasty from danger several times.
In this drama, there are not only Zhu Di, but also Zhu Gaochi, and Zhu Zhanji's legendary story. The women behind them also contributed to the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty.
Although the Ming Fenghua focuses on telling the stories of these emperors, as a TV series adapted from the novel, although the background is Ming Dynasty , we still cannot regard it as a historical drama, because many characters in it are very different from historical prototypes. Today we are talking about the wife of Ming Renzong Zhu Gaochi, Empress Dowager Zhang.
As Zhu Di, who won the world on horseback, riding and shooting is an indispensable course. During Zhu Di's years of growth, he often mingled with military generals, and therefore, Zhu Di's combat ability was extraordinary.
So, as an emperor who values riding and shooting skills, he does not like his eldest son Zhu Gaochi, who is fat and cannot even get on horseback. Although he had already made Zhu Gaochi the crown prince at that time, his favorite son was still Zhu Gaoxi, who was good at riding and shooting skills. He even wanted to change Zhu Gaoxi to the crown prince for a while.
It was not until the crown princess Zhang gave birth to the clever crown prince Zhu Zhanji that Zhu Di had no idea of re-establishing the crown prince.
Zhu Gaochi can firmly sit on the throne of the prince. In addition to the strong obstacles of Zhu Di and the ministers in the court when Zhu Di wanted to depose the prince and change the second son Zhu Gaoxi to the prince, there was also a large part of the reason for his wife Zhang to be extremely filial to her parents-in-law. Zhu Di and the queen liked her very much, especially after giving birth to the intelligent crown prince Zhu Zhanji, so Zhu Di had no idea of deposing the prince. It can be said that Zhu Gaochi's lineage later became emperor Zhang's family.
In the TV series, although Zhang is the crown princess, he is petty and focuses on everything based on the ideas of the crown prince and his son. However, the real Zhang in history is extremely intelligent, kind-hearted father-in-law Zhu Di and his mother-in-law like her very much, and they can easily resolve the problems Zhu Di gave to Zhu Gaochi every time.
Later, Ming Renzong Zhu Gaochi succeeded to the throne and Zhang was enthroned as the queen. Although Zhu Gaochi was a wise ruler, he was in poor health. He died less than a year after he succeeded to the throne. He was said to be in Zhu Zhanji, so Zhang became the first empress dowager in the history of the Ming Dynasty.
Because Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty was young, the government affairs at that time were subject to the Zhang family. Not only was Zhang extremely intelligent and stable in the country, but his son Zhu Zhanji was also extremely filial to her. He greeted her daily life every day and served her daily life. If there were any tributes from all directions, he would first send them to her.
Later, because his wife Hu only had two daughters, and he loved his concubine Sun at that time, he despised Hu's position as queen and changed Sun to the empress.
After Hu was deposed, he went to Chang'an Palace to eat vegetarian food and worship Buddha. He had no complaints, but Empress Dowager Zhang felt sorry for Hu, who had never been deposed. He often summoned Hu to accompany him. During the palace banquet, Hu also ranked above Empress Sun .
Not long after, Zhu Zhan died of genetic disease and could only be passed on to Zhu Qizhen, who was only 9 years old, succeeded to the throne. The imperial edict before Emperor Xuanzong of Ming Dynasty was ruled by the Zhang family.
Since then, Empress Dowager Zhang has been respected as Empress Dowager Zhang. Because the new emperor was young, the ministers in the court tried their best to dissuade Zhang from the back of the curtain, but Zhang repeatedly refused, "Don't destroy the laws of the ancestors. All things are not urgent." That is to refuse not to destroy the ancestors' system. Therefore, even though the government is in the hands of Zhang, she has never been obedient to the government.
Although Zhang controls the government affairs, he never lets internal relatives interfere in politics. Although her younger brother Zhang Sheng is smart, Zhang never lets him interfere in the government affairs. Moreover, during the Zhang family's rule, they hated eunuchs Wang Zhen . She knew that Wang Zhen had the intention to usurp the power and often suppressed and prevented eunuchs from usurping the throne. It was her actions that Wang Zhen was extremely afraid of Zhang and even shivered when he saw Zhang.
Because of this, although Wang Zhen was determined during the years of Zhang's rule, he could not usurp the power. The national power in the early years of Emperor Yingzong of Ming Dynasty steadily improved, and the Ming Dynasty was full of prosperity.
Zhang devoted his life to the Ming Dynasty, and until the end of his life, he was still concerned about the situation in the court and passed away in the report of the court officials. During the 18 years when Zhang was in the throne, she tried her best to eliminate factors that threaten the empire, worked hard to consolidate the Ming Dynasty, and ended her extraordinary life.
