The Ming Dynasty "Filial piety, Gong, Yi, Xian, Ci, Ren, Zhuang Lie, Qi Tian, and Empress Shengzhang"--Sun Family, Ming Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji The second queen, the biological mother of Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen, and the sixth queen of the Ming Dynasty.
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Sun is the first woman in Ming Dynasty History of Ming Dynasty to be promoted to Empress by a noble concubine. Sun has ambitions and means, but he has been suppressed by his mother-in-law, Empress Chengxiao Zhang. Because of her mother-in-law, she lost the position of the official concubine in the plan and also lost the influence of the orthodox first year on the court.
Until " The Change of Tumu ", she formally exercised the empress dowager's power to stabilize the situation for the first time; until the "The Change of the Gate", she did her best to help Emperor Yingzong restore the throne. : She is not as qualified as Taizu Ma family; she is not as far-sighted as Chengzu Xu family; she is not as political as Renzong Zhang family. But she did her best, for herself, for her son, and for the Ming Dynasty, she had no regrets.
entered the palace since childhood, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were incompatible. Sun was born in the first year of Jianwen and was from Zouping, Shandong. His father Sun Zhong was the chief clerk of Yongcheng County. Another major event in the first year of Jianwen was that Zhu Di officially launched an army to "Jingnan". Shandong's Sun Family never thought that this daughter of his family would become Zhu Di's grandson's wife in the future.
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Sun did not enter the palace through "study", but was attracted by the light of Renzong Queen Zhang , that is, Zhu Zhanji's biological mother and Sun's mother-in-law. Queen Zhang's mother is also from Yongcheng . She often goes in and out of the palace to "sell" Sun to her daughter.
It is not difficult for us to find out how important interpersonal relationships in small places are in the era when information consultation is not developed. The Sun family must have worked hard on Queen Zhang's mother to take such a "shortcut" and seek wealth for their daughter and the Sun family.
But this also indirectly proves that when he was a child, Sun, should have shown far better qualities than his peers, , so that even the mother of the current crown princess is willing to tie the bridge for Sun.
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So in Yongle th year, Sun, who was 12 years old, officially entered the palace after nodding by Zhu Di. The then crown prince Zhang personally disciplined him and learned the etiquette in the palace, and was trained as the emperor's grandson Zhu Zhanji's child bride .
This practice of selecting girls into the palace in advance was popular in the early Ming Dynasty. Empress Xu of Zhu Di and Empress Zhang of Zhu Gaochi have all had this experience. According to convention, girls who enter the palace in this way will be the main wife of the descendants of the Zhu family in the future.
is why this is, is that the royal family has enough time to observe their personal character; secondly, they can be trained and cultivated before many habits of children have been formed; thirdly, they can reach a tacit understanding with the royal children from an early age.
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Perhaps it is because he disagrees with the Sun family's "enterprise" attitude, or perhaps it is because he is dissatisfied with the girl's performance after entering the palace. In short, mother-in-law Zhang does not seem to like Sun's future daughter-in-law very much.
In the fifteenth year of Yongle, the 19-year-old crown prince Zhu Zhanji married. The concubine was not Sun, but Hu's ( Hu Shanxiang ) that broke out halfway. Sun is just a concubine. This year, Sun was also 19 years old.
Although the history books do not tell us why Sun did not become the official concubine, , in the fifteenth year of Yongle, Zhu Di's Empress Xu had already passed away. The only one who has the most say in the selection of Zhu Zhanji's official concubine is the prince's biological mother Zhang . Obviously, Zhang did not choose Sun.
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Sun and Zhu Zhanji are the same age, while Hu is three years younger than the two. In terms of the age of the concubine, Hu has more advantages than Sun.
Of course, the age gap at the age of three is not the main reason, but based on the difference between mother-in-law Zhang and Sun and Hu later, Zhang's personal preference is the decisive factor in the choice of Zhu Zhanji's concubine.
Hu's temperament is quiet and dignified, and has always been famous for his virtuousness. This kind of soft personality is very popular with my mother-in-law. Why? Because mother-in-law cannot establish a "strong enemy" for herself at home .Sun, who has always been quite scheming, was scheming by his mother-in-law this time, but he just dared not speak out.
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But Sun did not give up because she also had an advantage that Hu could not match: deep feelings with Zhu Zhanji .
Before the wedding of Yongle in the fifteenth year, Sun had spent seven springs and autumns in the palace. In the past seven years, she spent day and night with Zhu Zhanji. This childhood sweetheart-like companionship made her know Zhu Zhanji better than Hu.
Seven years of palace life, seeing with my own eyes how the concubines in the palace were intrigue, Sun knew the philosophy of survival in the harem, and Hu's position as the wife of the main wife was destined not to be reliable.
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cleverly took strategies and got what you want
We press fast forward, and time came from Yongle year to Xuande dynasty.
At this time, Zhu Zhanji had succeeded to the throne and was the Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty. My mother-in-law Zhang became Empress Dowager Zhang, Hu became the Empress, and Sun was named the Imperial Concubine.
In the early years of Xuande, Empress Dowager Zhang relied on her rich political experience and helped Zhu Zhanji to govern government affairs. We have mentioned this in the article about Zhang. Logically speaking, the mother-in-law is like the "head of the family", and Sun should be more low-key in acting, but Sun began to officially launch an attack on the position of queen at this time.
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Of course, according to Sun's plan, this matter is carried out in steps.
In the first year of Xuande, Sun was enthroned as a concubine, so he encouraged Zhu Zhanji to win the treasure seal for himself. According to the Ming system, the queen was enthroned and added treasure book and seal, while the imperial concubine only had treasure book but no seal. This is to demonstrate the difference between the identities and identities of the two. Sun's family wanted a treasure seal, but in fact he was challenging the authority of Queen Hu.
In fact, Sun's courage to do this was not only because he believed that Zhu Zhanji would stand on his side, but also because when Hong Xinian's father-in-law Renzong was in power, his father-in-law gave him a set of crown clothes .
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This is said, because this set of crown suits is also a precedent for "illegal system". I can understand the starting point of Renzong. After all, Sun was fostered in the palace since he was a child and has been with his son. Later, I didn't become the eldest wife, so I rewarded something to make up for it.
But in Sun's eyes, this is Renzong's admiration for himself and an important basis for demonstrating his special status. So this time she wants a treasure seal.
At this time, Zhu Zhanji had just succeeded to the throne, and many things still need to be asked for instructions from his mother, Empress Dowager Zhang. Empress Dowager Zhang understood her son's temper and their relationship. She couldn't refute the face of the new king too much, so she agreed to this matter.
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It is from the Sun family that the emperor's concubines after the Ming Dynasty also began to have treasure book and treasure seal.
. During the Sun family's activities, Queen Hu did not speak out. When Sun also received the treasure list and seal, the wind direction in the palace began to change, and Sun was vaguely qualified to be on an equal footing with the queen.
A year later, in November of the second year of Xuande, Sun gave birth to the eldest son of the emperor, Zhu Qizhen, and Hu only had two daughters at this time. Some people say that Zhu Qizhen was not born by Sun, but was born by the palace servants. This legend did not affect the fact that Sun raised Zhu Qizhen at that time, and was Zhu Qizhen's legal biological mother.
The mother is definitely not empty talk, but even more so when it comes to Sun.
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Sun also understood that he had to take action. Although Hu seems to be in poor health, Zhu Zhanji spends less and less time with Hu Family, once Hu Family also gives birth to a son, his eldest son will be inferior to Hu's legitimate son in terms of identity.
We must take advantage of the status of the eldest son of the emperor and his great public opinion, and take Hu off the position of queen as soon as possible.
We regretfully found that those who share the same views as Sun also included Emperor Zhu Zhanji.
So we saw an interesting scene.Zhu Zhanji jumped up and down the stage, asking the Empress Dowager to pay his respects today and meeting with court officials tomorrow; Sun quietly hid in the palace to raise his son, not making noise or making noise, and rumors in the palace about the emperor's deposed queen have been circulating.
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Empress Zhang and the court officials knew what Zhu Zhanji wanted to do, but the deposed queen for no reason was unprecedented in this dynasty. So each of them pretended to be confused. This is a historical book that blames the court officials. Because he could not resist Zhu Zhanji's forced statements several times, Yang Shiqi and others gave the emperor an inadvertent idea: let Hu take the initiative to resign.
But I believe this will happen in the end because of Queen Mother Zhang's nod.
Empress Dowager Zhang really feels sorry for Hu's daughter-in-law. She is not a quarrel by nature and is weak and sickly, so she is not a rival to Sun's family. Today, Sun's mother is noble because of her son, and the position of Empress Hu is difficult to stabilize. More importantly, my son doesn't even care about the relationship between Hu and his wife.
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Empress Dowager Zhang understood that if Sun continued to urge Zhu Zhanji to make trouble like this, one day Hu would be in danger and there would be no peace in the harem. Instead of this, it is better to let the couple leave a little decent attitude after taking the initiative to resign, and to take care of the Hu family while they are still alive.
So, Hu agreed to resign from the position of queen, retreat to Chang'an Palace, and devote himself to practicing Taoism. Empress Dowager Zhang couldn't stand it anymore, so she took Hu to her bedroom and lived there. As long as she was present, she would protect Hu everywhere.
Although Sun was worried about this, it was not the most important thing. In the third year of Xuande, she finally overthrew the Hu family and replaced it, becoming the new mother of the Ming Dynasty. This year, Sun was 30 years old. She believed that her mother-in-law would die one day and that she would eventually become the real master of the harem.
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Stand up in the face of danger and finally succeeded
10 in the tenth year of Xuande, Zhu Zhanji, the Emperor Xuanzong of Ming Dynasty, passed away. Zhu Qizhen, the eldest son of the emperor, who was only 9 years old, officially succeeded to the throne, and changed to orthodox the following year. Sun became the second empress dowager in the Ming Dynasty, and his mother-in-law also became the first empress dowager in the Ming Dynasty.
When Zhu Zhanji died, because Zhu Qizhen was young, the people in the court were unstable, and there were even rumors that Empress Dowager Zhang wanted to establish a foreign vassal. How come Sun had no idea in his mind? However, the mother-in-law is alive and has a high prestige among the ministers. Sun, Zhu Qizhen's biological mother, has no influence at all.
At this moment, Sun finally saw the way her mother-in-law could make the world apart.
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mother-in-law summoned the ministers to guard their lives and quickly set the tone of Zhu Qizhen as the new emperor. When the emperor was young and unable to take charge, the "Three Yangs" of the cabinet were in charge of government affairs, let the six ministries control the ministers, let the veteran Zhang Fu assist in military affairs, and control the entire macroeconomic situation at once.
While Sun was sighing at her mother-in-law's thunderous skills, she finally thanked her mother-in-law for everything she created for Zhu Qizhen. Sun also saw the gap between herself and her mother-in-law again. So in the early years of Zhengyi, Sun chose to be content with himself, try not to cause trouble for his mother-in-law, and stayed wholeheartedly at his son.
This period should be a rare time for this mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to get along.
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In the seventh year of Zhengtong, the Empress Dowager Zhang died. The mountain that was insurmountable for decades before Sun finally collapsed.
But I believe Sun did not feel any relief or pleasure. Sun should have more respect for this mother-in-law whom she loves and hates. Only after she became the queen mother-in-law did she finally understand the difficulties of her mother-in-law for so many years.
Fortunately, his son Zhu Qizhen has grown up and taken charge of the government, and the court has become more stable. Sun has become the queen mother. In the days to come, she wants to enjoy the joy of family.
But history has destined Sun to follow in the footsteps of his mother-in-law.
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Zhengtong 14 years, "The Change of Earth and Wood".
Hundreds of thousands of elite main forces of the Ming Dynasty were exhausted in one battle, dozens of court officials died in martyrs, and Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Qizhen was captured by the Mongolian Wala tribe. When the news came back to the capital, the high court was in an uproar.When Sun heard that his son had not come back, he was even more bolt from the blue and almost fainted.
It is not difficult for us to imagine that when Sun was still in the pain of "losing his son", the concubines in the palace surrounded Sun's bedroom, and they were all in vain. The ministers who were the first to recover from the spirit also passed the news to the palace and inquire about the empress dowager's words.
The entire Ming Dynasty focused on Empress Dowager Sun at this time.
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The situation Sun's current situation is even more difficult than the current situation that his mother-in-law had to deal with when Zhu Qizhen succeeded to the throne at that time. At this time, Sun hoped that his mother-in-law would still be alive and could help her make a decision.
After all, he is Empress Chengxiao's daughter-in-law, and after all, he is the granddaughter-in-law recognized by Zhu Di. Sun finally began to deal with the crisis. Two Queen Mother’s imperial edicts were issued from the palace one after another. First, he made the 3-year-old eldest son Zhu Jianshen the crown prince; second, he ordered Zhu Qizhen to supervise the country.
At the same time, Sun immediately began to collect the fine and soft property from the palace and sent people to the Mongolian Tatar tribe in order to exchange a large amount of money for Zhuqi Town.
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How could the Oirat people let go of this "long-term meal ticket" by Zhu Qizhen? Sun finally realized the reality: his son would not come back in a short time.
The country cannot be without a king for a day, who will become the new emperor?
Crown Prince Zhu Jianshen? The age is too young. When the Oirats attacked the capital at any time, the new king's youth would be a political nightmare. The most important thing is that Sun did not have the political experience and ability to control the bureau at that time. bullying the "silly and sweet" Hu family still has the strength to do, but after personally dealing with the cunning court officials, Sun really has the will but lacks the strength to do it.
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Sun had to choose to compromise. Under the persuasion of Yu Qian and others, he had no choice but to admit that King Zhu Qiyu was the new monarch, namely the Ming Dynasty Emperor Daizong. What Sun could do was to set up his grandson Zhu Jianshen's position as crown prince early. Since he could not protect his son, he would protect his grandson.
But with the great victory of the "Beijing Defense Battle" led by Yu Qian, Zhu Qiyu's reputation reached its peak. After Zhu Qiyu gradually settled on the throne, he began to seek easy crown prince. How could a monarch who gained power leave his own son without having to pass the throne to his nephew?
Shortly after the end of the "Beijing Defense Battle", Emperor Yingzong Zhu Qizhen was also released by the Oirats. But as soon as he entered the city, he was placed under house arrest by his younger brother Zhu Qiyu and went to Nangong.
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His son was under house arrest, and his grandson's position as crown prince was shaky, but Sun could not do anything. At the beginning, she was able to go in and out of Nangong to meet her son Zhu Qizhen. But later, there was a news from Zhu Qiyu's people, saying that if Empress Dowager Sun enters Nangong again, she would leave the Empress Dowager there too.
This is a threat issued by Zhu Qiyu, the Ming Dynasty emperor. Sun understood, and for the sake of her grandson, she endured it. Therefore, during the eight years of the Jingtai Dynasty, there were not many historical materials about the Sun family. In the year when the "Tigong Incident" occurred, she was already 51 years old and .
Zhu Qizhen was placed under house arrest in Nangong for seven years, and Sun was also depressed in the harem for seven years. During this period, his grandson Zhu Jianshen was removed from the position of crown prince. The "Golden Sword Case" broke out in Nangong and went through several dangers. Sun must have never thought that he would be unable to meet his own son or grandson.
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until she received the news that the military general Shi Heng , a group wanted to launch a coup for the restoration of Yingzong. Without thinking, Sun mobilized all the remaining resources to help his son get out of the dilemma.
In the first month of the eighth year of Jingtai, the "Secret of the Gate" broke out, and Emperor Yingzong of Ming Dynasty Zhu Qizhen ascended the throne again and changed his reign to Tianshun. Sun finally made a breakthrough. At this time, there are still six years left before her death.
Conclusion
I believe that the last six years of Sun's life should be very peaceful and peaceful. Recalling her life, she was cautious when she first entered the palace, her grievances and reluctance when she was booked as a concubine, her complacent ambition when she was promoted to the queen, her supreme when she was the queen, her father-in-law's expectations, her mother-in-law's majesty, Hu's resentment, her husband's passion, her son's loss, and her grandson's helplessness, she should be open to her. Her inner peace is the origin of all pursuits.
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On the fourth day of September of the sixth year of Tianshun, the sixth queen of the Ming Dynasty ended her ups and downs at the age of 64, and also witnessed the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty for more than half a century. But sometimes I can't help but feel dazed, is it history that remembers her or she created history?
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