The fifth year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, which is 1407 AD. In July of this year, Empress Xu, the empress of Emperor Zhu Di of Yongle Emperor of Ming Dynasty, died in Nanjing, while Emperor Zhu Di of Yongle had a crooked mind towards Empress Xu’s sister Xu Miaojin. , He ordered the envoys and female officials in the palace to summon, but Xu Miaojin first pretended to be ill, and then said that he was ugly, and finally cut his hair directly into a nun. Yongle Emperor Zhu Di had no choice but to give up when he learned about it, but since then set up the Xuzhong Palace instead of setting up a queen.
So, who is this woman named Xu Miaojin? And why do you let your emperor's brother-in-law dream? And why does Xu Miaojin prefer to become a nun rather than marry Zhu Di to be a queen?
1. The story of Xu Miaojin
Xu Miaojin is said to be the daughter of the founding hero of the Ming Dynasty, Wei Guo Gong Xu Da. Wei Guo Gong Xu Da has four daughters in total. The daughter was the wife of Ming Chengzu Zhu Di, who was also the Queen Xu of the Yongle Dynasty. At that time, Xu Da's fourth youngest daughter was the aforementioned Xu Miaojin, who was Zhu Di’s sister-in-law.
Xu Miaojin is not only beautiful, but also proficient in poetry and poetry. In particular, she is commendable when she plays a good piano, but Zhu Di doesn’t know what is wrong, so she loves it. His sister-in-law, but Zhu Di still dare not show his love for the face of his wife, Queen Xu.
In the fifth year of Yongle, that is, in 1407 AD, Empress Xu passed away. Zhu Di can be regarded as relieved. He immediately ordered Xu Miaojin to enter the palace and proposed to Xu Miaojin in front of him. Of course, Xu Miaojin declined.
Of course, Zhu Di was not reconciled, and he entrusted Xu Miaojin’s brother to bring a letter to Xu Miaojin. To be precise, it was a love letter, which once again expressed Zhu Di’s own love for Xu Miaojin. Love, and promised to Xu Miaojin that she could continue to take over her sister’s position as the empress of the Ming Dynasty, but Xu Miaojin’s reply was still politely rejected. There was also a letter from Xu Miaojin that refused the Yongle Emperor Zhu Di’s proposal, called " Ju Yongle Emperor Book is also called "Answer to Yongle Emperor Book" or "Report to Yongle Emperor Book".
The letter "The Emperor of Ju Yongle" is beautiful in writing and elegant in style. It is quite like the handwriting of Xu Miaojin, who is a lady of everyone. He first expressed his temperament in his heart, saying that he is weak in nature and does not want to be rich and just want to be alone and leisurely. ; And then respectfully and tactfully rejected the proposal of Yongle Emperor Zhu Di, saying that he deeply felt the pity of his Majesty, which would be hard to repay in death, but he had no use for Yongle Emperor and was not a good match for the emperor; finally, Xu Miaojin He bluntly said that he insisted on going to be a nun and wanted to die with the ancient Buddha.
2. The true and false
Xu Miaojin would rather be a nun rather than be the queen of Yongle Emperor Zhu Di, if this is what It is true that the "Book of Emperor Juyongle" was sealed, and that Emperor Yongle suffered a heavy setback in love. However, this "Book of Emperor Juyongle" was obviously fabricated by folk literati.
On the one hand, the "Emperor of Juyongle" circulated by the people does not conform to the format of ancient correspondence. The communication of ancient people has strict letter format. What's more, when Xu Miaojin wrote a letter to the emperor, the format and language would be stricter.
But the "Book of Emperors of Ju Yongle" circulated among the people obviously does not meet the standard, and there is no beginning, no ending, and no signature. It just mentions the word "Courier" to let people know that this is a letter to the emperor. , And who wrote it and to whom is not clearly specified.
On the other hand, if Xu Miaojin did write a letter rejecting Yongle Emperor Zhu Di’s proposal, then this letter is a private letter, and how can the private letter be made public? The emperor’s personal correspondence is naturally unannounced, not to mention that it contains secrets about Zhu Di’s frustration in love.It is impossible to make it public.
To sum up, this "Book of Juyong Le Emperor" neither meets the letter format and standards, nor can it be circulated and published by Zhu Di, so it is most likely to be A letter fabricated by folk literati, but it is worth mentioning that this fabricated letter has extraordinary literary style and elegant rhetoric. It is indeed a good article.
3. Who exactly is Xu Miaojin
Actually, the existing historical materials have confused Xu Miaojin’s identity. It stands to reason that Xu Da Although there are four daughters in historical records, according to historical records and the calculation of the ages of several daughters, Xu Da's fourth daughter was in a critically ill dying state when he was born. It is uncertain whether he can give birth to this fourth daughter. So how can you say that this fourth daughter is Xu Jinmiao?
According to "Qinxuan Collection·The Third Daughter of Wuning King Zhongshan Xu Family", Xu Miaojin should be Xu Da's third daughter, and Xu Da's Among the three daughters, the eldest daughter was married to the king of Yan Zhu Di, who was later Queen Xu; the second daughter was married to the king of Zhu Gui, also known as the royal concubine; and the third daughter was married to the king of An Zhu Ying, also known as the queen of An. .
So, Xu Miaojin is very likely to be Princess An. In other words, the Xu Miaojin coveted by Zhu Di is not only Zhu Di’s sister or Zhu Di’s younger sister, the relationship suddenly becomes complicated, and if there are two levels of relationship If established, Yongle Emperor Zhu Di will inevitably not escape the name of "beasts".
But who exactly is Xu Miaojin? Is it Princess Ann? Or the ordinary talented Xu family?
Fourth. The confusing and confusing relationship between folk tales and historical notes
According to the Record of Ming Taizu, Xu Da did have four daughters, respectively It is Queen Xu, Dai Princess, and Princess An, but there is no record of the fourth daughter, and the marriage and whereabouts are completely unknown. Is this fourth daughter Xu Miaojin?
This undoubtedly left a huge mystery for later generations, giving people a huge space for doubts and imagination, and the folks have developed various imaginations with such doubts and deduced all kinds of The story, "Juyongle Emperor Book" is one of the typical.
and in the Jiajing period, Zheng Duanjian, a Shangshu from the Criminal Department at that time, recorded in his note "Jin Yan" that Xu Da's second wife was named Xie, which is Xie family, the Xie family is the biological mother of Empress Xu, the acting princess and the fourth daughter. Madam Xie was summoned by Yongle Emperor Zhu Di to talk to the palace after Empress Xu died of illness. Zhu Di proposed to this Madam Xie to marry Madam Xie’s youngest daughter. As a queen, Mrs. Xie wanted to politely decline and told Zhu Di that her youngest daughter was not worthy of the emperor, but Emperor Yongle was very angry and said, "Who should I choose if my wife and daughter are not returned to me?"
means that if your daughter does not marry me, what kind of son-in-law do you want to choose? The words are quite threatening. Therefore, this fourth daughter eventually became a nun if no one dared to marry, and this may be Xu Miaojin's fourth daughter should be the object of Zhu Di's proposal.
But this story is still too dramatic, and there is no way to determine whether the fourth daughter exists. After all, it is almost impossible for Xu Da to have a child before his death, and even if he gave birth to the fourth daughter, it would be the same when Yongle Emperor proposed marriage. Twelve years old.
It was totally unreasonable in ancient times when the 22-year-old was still waiting to be married, let alone Xu Da’s daughter, and the time of the incident was wrong. Mrs. Xie was in the period of Zhu Yuanzhang, that is, the 22nd year of Hongwu. He passed away a month ago and was named Mrs. Zhongshan Wang. How could Zhu Di talk to the dead?
Summary
As mentioned above, although folk and wild history have been rumored about the marriage proposal between Xu Da's fourth daughter Xu Miaojin and Yongle Emperor Zhu Di, it is very likely that the literati made up.
However, we cannot completely deny the existence of Xu Miaojin. After all, Xu Miaojing is very likely to be Princess An, and if that is the case, it is possible for Yongle Emperor Zhu Di to favor his younger sister-in-law and concubine An, after all. Zhu Di once left out and even persecuted King An.
And Princess An has no records as early as when King An was in Pingliang, and it is very likely that Princess An was proposed by Zhu Di, and Princess An refused to become a nun, Zhu Di. This was the time to give up, but because of his anger and Wang An, he was sent to the feudal clan Pingliang. To this day, there is still a legendary Wanggu'an where Wang Gu'an was a monk in Beijing.
However, speculation is after all speculation, after all, inference is only inference, we do not know the truth of the matter, but this is also the fascinating part of history.
Reference materials: "Ming Dynasty", "Ming Shilu", "Jinyan", "Qinxuan Collection·The Third Daughter of Wuning King Zhongshan, Xu Family", "Juyongle Emperor Book", "Jiansheng Wild Hear", "Longxing" Ci Ji》
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