Empress Sun is not Zhu Qizhen’s biological mother, but the son of the man who seized the palace. Is this credible?

Ming Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji was one of the acclaimed emperors of Ming . The author wrote about him and his son, Zhu Qizhen , the "tiger father and dog son". Zhu Zhanji can be regarded as doting Zhu Qizhen into the sky. He not only established the crown prince early in the morning, but also abolished the queen Hu Shanxiang, and replaced Zhu Qizhen's birth mother, Sun Guifei, as the queen. A family of three and Hemeimei ushered in a happy ending.

Although the family should be neat and tidy, there has always been a saying that grandson queen is not Zhu Qizhen’s biological mother, but the son of her man who seized the palace. The reason why this incident has convinced many people is that as one of the twenty-four histories of " Ming History", it is recorded like this:

The son, that is, the Yingzong, has become more and more important."

Just like this, the story of Queen Sun’s seizure of the son of the palace man has been rumored to be true. Over time, everyone will naturally doubt Zhu Qizhen in the end. Is it her own. So today we will analyze it, is it credible?

Attitude to historical materials

First, let us understand how various historical materials about this matter are recorded. The first one is the clear record in the "Records of Ming Yingzong":

"Yingzong, Fatian Lidao Renming Chengzhao Wenxianwu to Deguang Xiaorui Emperor, Taboo Qizhen, Xuanzong Xuantian Chong Dao, wise and sacred Qin Wen Zhao Wu Kuan The eldest son of Emperor Renchun Xiaozhang, his mother is filial piety, Gong Yixian, kindness, Zhuang Lieqi, and the eighth queen of sacred chapters, born in the second year of Dingwei with on November 11."

"Mingshu" is the end of the Ming Dynasty A historical book written by Fu Weilin in the early Qing Dynasty.Fu Weilin was a scholar in the Shunzhi dynasty of the Qing Dynasty. When he compiled the "Book of Ming Dynasty", he referred to the records of the Ming Dynasty to examine the similarities and differences. Therefore, in the "Book of Ming", Zhu Qizhen is also regarded as Queen Sun's own attitude.

Next, I will talk about historical materials that are opposed to it. In addition to the "History of the Ming Dynasty" mentioned earlier, there are "Miscellaneous Records of Yupu" and " Sin Weilu ". In fact, the source of the historical data behind the two attitudes can completely tell which statement is more credible.

The most trustworthy above is the "Ming Yingzong Records", because this is the chronicle of the Ming Dynasty official history books, if it is not credible, then I really don’t know what’s credible, it’s difficult Isn't it the "History of Ming Dynasty" compiled only in the Qing Dynasty?

Next we put aside the "History of the Ming Dynasty", and let's talk about "Miscellaneous Records of Yu Pu" and "Sin Wei Lu". The author of "Miscellaneous Yupu" is called Wang Qi, character Yuanyu, nicknamed Mengsu Taoist. He was born in the seven years of Xuande in the Ming Dynasty. It can be seen that he is a few years younger than Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen.

Therefore, "Yu Pu Za Ji" was written earlier than "Ming Shi". In this book, some unofficial histories from the Hongwu dynasty to the orthodox dynasty are mainly written. That is to say, in this book, there is the first record that Zhu Qizhen is not Empress Sun's birth. It is said that Empress Sun took the palace man's son, and then he was established as a queen. The things written in "Yu Pu Za Ji" are undocumented, that is to say, they cannot be taken seriously at all.

"Xin Wei Lu" is a historical book written by Zha Jizuo in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. Its original name was "Ming Shu", which was later changed. It can be seen that this book is already a work of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and its credibility has been greatly reduced. Moreover, it is purely a private compilation, and even dare not make it public after it is written. Can you believe it?

Reasonable analysis

From the perspective of historical data, it is sufficient to show that Queen Sun is not the birth mother of Zhu Qizhen and it is not credible. Of course, there are still people who will say that even if the official claims are true, it may not be unfounded, and maybe this matter has been concealed.

can let the official hide things, I think it’s impossible for Queen Sun to do it alone.Only the Xuande Emperor Zhu Zhanji was able to have such great power. Then we think about it, how credible is Zhu Zhanji's conspiracy with Queen Sun?

A concubine's pregnancy is a major event. Every day's daily life will be recorded. The details include what you ate and how much you ate, for fear of problems that cannot be pursued. To give birth to a child, you must be pregnant for October, even if you were born prematurely, you would have to be pregnant for several months. Moreover, there is no historical record that Zhu Qizhen was born prematurely. Just ask about pregnancy in October, if Empress Sun is a fake, then how can she hide so many people up and down in the palace?

According to historical data, we know that Zhu Zhanji is very fond of Queen Sun. When we first learned that she was pregnant, Zhu Zhanji would definitely take care of her, so the first person who couldn't hide it was her husband Zhu Zhanji. Even if he took 10,000 steps and said that Zhu Zhanji really liked Sun, she must use her son as an excuse to make her a queen, and tell everyone in the palace to keep this matter secret, but Zhu Zhanji couldn’t hide it. One person, that is his mother, Queen Mother Zhang.

You know, Queen Mother Zhang is not a silly white sweet, but a famous female politician in the Ming Dynasty. She has always liked Empress Hu Shanxiang. Hu Shanxiang has already given birth to two daughters for Zhu Zhanji, and she might be able to give birth to an offspring one day. She has no reason to suddenly help the Sun family, or in this absurd way.

On the other hand, the Queen Mother Zhang supported Hu Shanxiang in such a way, but did not interfere with Zhu Zhanji's abolition of her on the grounds of "childless and sick". Doesn't this also reflect from the side that Zhu Qizhen was born to the Sun family? Because of this, after Zhu Zhanji wanted to set up the prince's biological mother, the queen mother Zhang couldn't find a reason to object.

also wrote this in "Miscellaneous Yupu", saying that Zhu Qizhen himself did not know that he was not the birth of Queen Sun, but his wife Queen Qian, telling the truth on his deathbed He believed that Hu Shanxiang was innocent and was abolished, and he also asked Zhu Qizhen to restore Hu Shanxiang's status.

People really want to laugh here. Zhu Qizhen himself didn't know that he was not the daughter of Empress Sun. How could his wife know? Even if Queen Qian really knows, why didn’t her mother-in-law, Sun’s death tell it until Zhu Qizhen’s death, because she was afraid that her husband would not be able to die?Want to piss him off alive?

Besides, Zhu Qizhen regained the title of Hu Shanxiang. It was about half a year before his death. Could it be that he was "dying" for half a year? In fact, as a descendant of the Qian family, she persuaded her husband to restore the position of Hu Shanxiang because of other considerations, so I won't repeat them here.

To sum up, "the concubine also has no children, and the yin takes the palace man's son as his own son" is unreasonable and unreliable.

Why did it spread

Then again, since Queen Sun did not have the son of a palace man, why did such a rumor still appear?

In fact, the most important thing is that Zhu Zhan gene for her, abolished the "naturally pure, solemn manner, quite virtuous" Queen Hu. It can be seen from Empress Dowager Zhang's love for Hu Shanxiang that she must be virtuous and virtuous, and she is a good queen. From her willingness to agree to Zhu Zhanji's initiative to resign as queen, it can be seen that she is a good woman who knows how to advance and retreat.

Therefore, when Zhu Zhanji announced the abolition of the empress, the whole country was shocked. People felt sorry for the empress who had been abolished without any fault, so some people stood up and slandered Empress Sun. As the so-called three people become tigers, as "Yu Pu Za Ji", "Xin Wei Lu" and even "Ming History" record the son of Queen Sun who seized the palace, more and more people believe that this is true over time.

(References "Ming Yingzong Records", "Ming Dynasty History", etc.)

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