will give a brief introduction to the Korean tribute girl. "Gong Nv" is the general term for the beautiful women dedicated to the three dynasties of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties in the two countries of Korea and the Joseon Dynasty. During the period when the Central Plains was strong, the vassal states wanted to pay tribute to the Central Plains, and there were many young girls in it.
Coming back to the subject, I began to explore the causes of the Ming Dynasty and North Korea's peace and pro-diplomacy, and how it developed into a "fragrant rice cake" that flooded the Ming Dynasty's harem. Before the Ming Dynasty, the Central Plains dynasty was influenced by the "orthodox view". In order to ensure the pure bloodliness of the Han regime, has adhered to the principle of not entering the palace of the "Hufu" since ancient times, and the way of marriage with ethnic minorities is more "marriage outside." Not "marry outside". Z3z
broke this tradition from Zhu Yuanzhang. In the early Ming Dynasty, in order to weaken the North Yuan, stabilize the situation in the Northeast, and win over the original Yuan vassal states, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to imitate the marriage of Yuan and Goryeo, and wanted to join the vassal state Korea, The political forces of the Northern Yuan Dynasty and other political forces formed a stable political group, and selected a group of Mongolian and Korean women's palaces.
Hongwu April 22, Zhu Yuanzhang first asked Korea to "make peace". The content of the imperial decree is very cordial, "I have a few children here, and there are good girls from Korea who have innocent families and can be sent to be parents." is full of sincerity. He said to his son that he could not be a concubine. Mixed with a concubine, so that your "tribute girl" can marry well. I feel that Zhu Yuanzhang is probably worried that he has more than 20 sons and it is difficult to marry a daughter-in-law, so he has imported a daughter-in-law. Of course it is a joke.
Tiangong is not beautiful. Although Goryeo responded quickly, the domestic situation in Goryeo was turbulent, coupled with the hesitation between Guyuan and Xinming, which caused Zhu Yuanzhang to be upset, and Kwon Jin and others returned. Goryeo conveyed the imperial edict of "Don't send virgins". After that, Lee Sung-gye overthrew the Goryeo Dynasty and established the Joseon Dynasty, and pro-diplomacy was put on the agenda again. However, there has been no substantive operation that made Zhu Yuanzhang more suspicious of North Korea's "sincerity" and finally "dismissed the in-laws." Z3z
, the old father Zhu Yuanzhang, who wanted to tell his son to be close to him, died in this way and the DPRK diplomatic plan failed to materialize, but it did not affect his own harem that was flooded with Korean tribute girls. There are historical records in that the concubine Han and Concubine Shuo in the harem of Zhu Yuanzhang are all Korean tribute girls. How did come? When Zhu Yuanzhang hit the world, he did not forget to marry a wife. Many Korean tribute girls sent to the Yuan Dynasty were taken into the harem by him. It was also very hard. He gave birth to 26 sons and 16 daughters.
Later, Emperor Yongle also wanted to get married with North Korea, and Emperor Taizong of Korea, after Yongle Emperor proposed a "marriage" plan, made his position very resolute to his courtiers. The Ming Dynasty’s proposal of "getting married" was opposed. The reason was that the Ming Dynasty, like the Yuan Dynasty, controlled and influenced North Korean politics through clan and relatives. Part of the reason for is that the 100-year history of the Goryeo tribute girls has not yet settled, which has brought a very heavy burden to the Korean people and the ruling class.
Luohua deliberately flowed and ruthlessly. As a benevolent and emperor, Yongle Emperor, coupled with his busy schedule every day, tired of dealing with his uncles, was busy, so he agreed to it.
After the success of the battle of Jingnan, Zhu Di ascended the throne as emperor. Z2z also continued his father's policy of marriage with foreign races and developed . In the sixth year of Yongle, he sent envoys to the vassal state of North Korea and asked the King of North Korea to pay tribute to the young and beautiful virgins who were born in the eunuch's house to fill the court. After that, he sent people to the court twice to select virgins.
has been selected several times, and many of them have been canonized as concubines, Zhaoyi, and Jieyu. Zhu Di was very pleased by the Quan family of , who was good at playing jade flutes. She was registered as a good concubine when she entered the palace. After the death of Queen Xu in the palace, the Quan family was still in charge of the affairs of the sixth house. The "Li Dynasty Records" contained: Cheng Zu "The matter of the concubine in charge of the sixth house" , which shows how much Ming Chengzu regarded Concubine Quan Xian.
Korean tribute girls also have titles including: Han as Li Fei, Choi as Hui Fei, Yang as Shu Fei, Ren as Shun Fei, Lee as Zhaoyi, Lv as Jie Yu, etc., Cheng Zu The titled North Korean concubines accounted for more than half of all concubines. It can be seen that there are a large number of Korean concubines in Chengzu's harem. Z4z
said Zhu Yuanzhang beforePreference for the North Korean tribute girl, the purpose is to disintegrate the North Yuan forces and quickly stabilize the situation in the early Ming . So, what is the reason for Zhu Di's three conquests of tribute girls to North Korea? Is it because the Central Plains women are not good-looking, and the North Korean women are exceptionally beautiful? Exotic machines? The woman from Jiangnan Water Town was the first to stand up. Besides, Zhu Di himself bluntly said that the tribute girl is ugly. "The girl you sent here last year was fat, hemp, short, and short. They weren't very good!" This is also the reason why I personally sent someone to select it twice later. Z4z
Zhu Di certainly has his own considerations. The decision to move the capital to Beijing has made North Korea's geographic and political importance increasingly prominent because of its special geographical location. Z2z's handling of relations with North Korea has become an extremely important part of his diplomacy. Z3z
Zhu Di himself and North Korea can be said to have a deep connection. When he was stationed in Beijing as King Yan, he had many contacts with North Korean envoys. And according to historical data, it is proved that Zhu Di’s biological mother was not the Queen of Bigfoot Horse, but was probably the concubine of Goryeo. So can have special feelings for North Korea . Combined with Zhu Di's character, he is a king of who is willing to open and close, and is determined to open up. He has always adopted very active methods in diplomacy and military politics. It is no surprise that half of the concubines in the palace are Korean women after three requests for tribute from North Korea.
arrived at Ming Xuanzong, he was more in love with North Korean tribute girls than his grandfather Zhu Di. Ming Xuanzong ordered North Korean women to pay tribute, and is not limited to beautiful virgins. Some women who can cook North Korean food and kabuki who are good at North Korean singing and dancing have also been tributed to Beijing. As a result, there are more Korean tribute girls in the palace than during Zhu Di's reign. Of course his purpose is very simple, purely for pleasure. After becoming an ancestor, that is, Zhu Di’s several expeditions, the Mongolian power began to split and weaken, and the Korean tribute girl gradually lost its original political significance .
After Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty, with the decline of Mongolian power and the maturity of the relationship between China and North Korea, the Korean tribute girl gradually lost its political necessity as a "pro-diplomacy". In addition to the fact that the election of tribute girls for years to disturb the people has caused North Korean people's complaints, because most tribute girls are in a miserable situation in the Central Plains, North Korean families do not want their children to be sent out. The tributary relationship between the Ming Dynasty and North Korea was normalized. It was the exchange of money and treasures and other vulgar objects. It was also said that the "tribute girl" was changed to a cryptic name, that is, it was not registered and proceeded in secret.
To sum up, the Korean tribute girl's "fragrant rice cake" by the emperor in the early Ming Dynasty is closely related to the traditional "peace and pro-diplomacy" in Chinese history. It is a special form of "peace and pro-diplomacy", and more For political reasons . To a certain extent, the political, economic, and cultural ties and exchanges between North Korea and the Ming Dynasty were strengthened.
References: Baidu Encyclopedia, "The Tripartite Relations between Ming Dynasty, Ming Dynasty, Mongolia and North Korea with Foreign Concubines in the Harem", "An Analysis of the Causes of Peaceful Diplomacy between the Ming Dynasty and North Korea-Focusing on the Issue of Tribute Women"
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