What kind of wife the emperor marries is related to the future and destiny of himself and even the whole country. For this, Zhang Taihou has a deep understanding. Zhang was the wife of the Ming emperor. When he was a prince in Beiping, his mother Xu personally chose a man with low intelligence and outstanding personality as his eldest son. Later, the prince became the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhang also became the crown prince. Because Zhu Gaochi is not good at riding and shooting, and the two younger brothers look at the position of the prince, they often alienate the father-son relationship between Zhu Gaochi and Chengzu Judy. After the death of Queen Xu, Judy gradually became dissatisfied with his eldest son. On several occasions, he fell into the trap of his younger son, cut the prince's diet and planned to abolish him. At this critical moment, due to Zhang's cautious attitude, he can always win the favor of Queen Xu and cultivate a good son. Judy finally gave up the idea of abolishing the prince. However, Zhang's husband, Ren Zong, died suddenly only ten months after he ascended the throne. Zhang's son, Tang Xuanzong, not only ascended the throne in his teens, but also died ten years later. Zhang's grandson, Yingzong, acceded to the throne at an early age. In these unpredictable moments, the military and political affairs of the entire Ming Empire were carried out smoothly, thanks to Zhang's rule. All this proves how important a good queen is to the emperor and the dynasty.
Recalling the past, Zhang was more cautious when choosing a wife for his grandson.
In the spring of the seventh year of the Orthodox Church (A.D. 1442), after a lot of screening, the girl money in Haizhou (now Lianyungang, Jiangsu) was selected by Zhang Taihou and became the quasi-queen of Yingzong. Qian is sixteen, slightly one year older than Yingzong.
The ceremony after Qian published the book was also the first wedding ceremony of the emperor in the history of the Ming Dynasty. Before that, the emperors had completed their lifelong events long before they ascended the throne, and the book was just a scene after they ascended the throne. Therefore, under the management of Zhang Taihou, the process of establishing money is extremely grand. This is also the last great event that Zhang did for the royal family in his life. Because she died five months after the wedding.
On the third day of May in the seventh year of orthodoxy, Zhang Fu, a British public official, was the ambassador, and Yang Shiqi, a university student in Huagaidian, Shao Shi Ministry of War, was the deputy ambassador. He held a festival and went to Qianfu to accept the gift of asking names.
On the seventh day of May, lord protector Zhu Yong, Yang Pu, the minister of Shaobao Ritual and a university student in Wuyingdian, and Guo La, the minister of the official department, made a trip to Qianfu to receive the gold medal.
On May 19, British public officials Zhang Fu, Shao Shi Ministry of War Minister Yang Shiqi, a college student of Huagaidian, and Wang Zuo, a minister of the Ministry of Housing, led the Long Ting and civil and military officials who laughed at the ceremony and placed the queen's book treasure, and then sent books to Qianfu to greet the ceremony. With the kowtow of civil and military officials and women at home and abroad, Qian, who was only 16 years old, was welcomed into the Forbidden City wearing a four-phoenix crown in Kowloon and a red skirt and became the queen of the young emperor.
Since then, the 15-year-old emperor has a wife, and he no longer stands alone in the highest palace in the world to meet people's expectations. In this way, a touching and desolate love in the ancient court of China began.
Queen Qian was born in poverty. Of course, the poverty of officialdom is still very unusual in the eyes of ordinary people. Zheng Qian, her great grandfather, was an old subordinate of Judy when she was the prince of Yan, and served as the deputy envoy of Yanshan, always loyal to Judy. Grandfather Qian Tongguan was the commander-in-chief of Jinwu Youwei, and his father Qian Gui inherited the ancestral Wu Zhi. He followed Ming Chengzu and Ming Xuanzong to the north for many times, and rose to the commander-in-chief of the capital with military exploits. It was not until his daughter was elected queen that Qian Gui was promoted to the position of Governor of China Government.
Although the marriage was concluded at the instigation of his grandmother Zhang Taihou, Yingzong was still satisfied with his queen. Because two relatives of Queen Qian were martyred in the civil service reform, and Queen Qian herself was disabled because of Yingzong, who lamented that the rank of the Qian family was too low and planned to follow the example of Xuanzong Dynasty and add a title to this family.
Queen Qian is deeply grateful for her husband's kindness. However, she doesn't want the family to lose merit because of herself and damage her husband's reputation as a "good king". So as soon as Yingzong's plan was put forward, she declined it. Yingzong thought that the modesty of Queen Qian was just a gesture, so he repeatedly proposed to promote her husband. To his surprise, Queen Qian's attitude was not at all polite. No matter how she proposed, she refused. After understanding his wife's mind, Yingzong respected Queen Qian even more.
For the royal family, the biggest purpose of marrying a concubine is to have more children. Empress Qian knew this well, so she never stopped Yingzong from getting close to the harem. So people in the palace are always happy. Among these women, the folk women's week from Changping, Beijing is the most prominent. In the tenth year of orthodoxy (A.D. 1445), she first gave birth to a daughter, Princess Chongqing, for the eighteen-year-old Yingzong, and in the twelfth year of orthodoxy (A.D. 1447), she gave birth to her eldest son, Zhu Jianjun (later renamed Zhu Jianshen), for the twenty-year-old Yingzong. In addition to the Zhou family, there are also concubines of Wan and Wang, who gave birth to three sons to Yingzong in a year or two.
However, it is puzzling that so many women have given birth to sons and daughters, but the fertility of Qian Niangniang, the owner of the Sixth Hospital, has been unsatisfactory. Although she was loved for six or seven years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, she never gave birth to a child for her husband. However, unlike his father Xuanzong, Yingzong had great hopes for the Queen to finally have a son, because he was afraid that if she passed it on to an illegitimate child, it would lead to a similar ending for the Queen Qian. Although Yingzong himself is an ordinary eldest son born less than a hundred days ago, the same thing did not happen to Yingzong's son. Zhu Jianshen, the eldest son of this ordinary family, is two years old. However, Yingzong still did not canonize him as a prince, and had been waiting patiently for the news that Queen Qian was pregnant.
However, before the good news of Zhonggong's pregnancy came, the accident happened. In July of the 14th year of orthodoxy, due to the oppression of eunuch Wang Zhen, the Walla Department of Northwest Mongolia was given an excuse to send troops to revolt first, and the border of Ming Dynasty was tight again. At present, when the struggle between the founders is fierce, Wang Zhen, a troublemaker with no military and political knowledge, is whimsical and encourages Yingzong to "go out in person"
Yingzong grew up among a group of palace officials headed by Wang Zhen. They listened to Wang Zhen's advice and regarded it as trust. They even knelt down and begged for mercy when Wang Zhen angered Zhang Taihou. Now there is no Zhang Taihou's restraint, especially the "Sanyang" veteran who assisted Yingzong (Yang Shiqi of Taihe, Jiangxi, who knows people well and is very famous among courtiers, Yang Pu of Shishou, Hubei, and Yang Rong of Jianou, Fujian, who is decisive and resourceful. The three men each had their own strengths and cooperated sincerely, pushing the Ming Dynasty to the peak of Ren Xuan's rule. Together, they were called the first sage of the Ming Dynasty. After Yang Shiqi died in 1444, Yang Pu died in 1446, and Yang Rong died in 1440), no one in the DPRK had enough power to stop Wang Zhen, let alone the absurd idea of "using personal expedition".
The preference of English sects for listening and faith soon led to bad results. Along the way, Wang Zhen blocked all the news against Yingzong, gave orders at will in the name of the emperor, and changed his mind from time to time. In the end, in order to protect the vehicles loaded with their private treasures, Yingzong and his accompanying officials and soldiers were forced to spend the night in the barren hills without city defense and water. They are just the meat of the Walla army and are easily surrounded by opponents. Due to lack of water, the soldiers' fighting capacity is extremely low. After the chaos, hundreds of civilian military commanders died in the suburbs, and Yingzong became a prisoner of the Walla army, which triggered a "civilian change" that shocked the world.
On August 18th, the 14th year of Orthodox Church, the news that Yingzong was captured was introduced to Beijing. Now that the emperor is a hostage, we can never talk about China again. Probably because the excuse of sending troops to rebel was an unfair reward, the courtiers decided to try to redeem the emperor with money first. After learning of this decision, Queen Qian immediately donated all her private wealth, hoping to give it back to her husband for treasure.
However, a large number of jewels greatly increased his appetite. The more he felt that Yingzong in his hand was a "rare commodity to live in", the more ambitious he wanted to unify Mongolian ministries, and the more he thought that Yingzong could be used to force the Ming Dynasty to make more concessions, and even threatened to further seize the territory and even the political power of the Ming Dynasty.
In order to cut off the first attempt and get rid of the embarrassing situation of "the country has no long monarch", with the single-handedly support of Yu Qian and other ministers, on September 6th, Zhu Qiyu, the prince of the prison, became Emperor Mingjing.
For the fact that she also broke the contract first, and Yingzong could not return, Queen Qian was like thunder, and she got the exact news that her younger brother Qian Qin and her younger brother Qian Zhong were also killed in the "rebellion". She was helpless, and when Zhu Qiyu became a reality, Queen Qian felt powerless to her husband's situation and could only cry day and night in despair. In the darkness, she finally realized how much more she could do for her husband.
From then on, every time in the dead of night, there will always be a faint cry for help and kowtow from women in the deserted palace. That's the 23-year-old queen's money. In desperation, she adopted the most helpless method of folk women, hoping that God would have mercy on her sincerity and let her husband live. The queen of money prays day and night every day. No matter how sleepy and tired she is, she just lies down and refuses to sleep. Overwork, poor diet, cold ground, and the cold in winter have been attacking her body for a long time, and her legs have been seriously injured, which can no longer be cured and seriously damaged. Crying day and night soon blinded her eyes. For her own disability, Queen Qian didn't mind and refused treatment. She willingly believes that this is the price that God wants her to pay for getting her husband back.
Finally, under the proper command of Yu Qian and other officials, Vara was forced to return to Yingzong.
On the third day of August of the first year of Jingtai, 22-year-old Ming Yingzong returned to Beijing from Mobei. He was greeted by a pseudonym "Tai shang huang". Emperor Mingjing's power has been firmly established, and he regards his brother as his main hidden danger. Although Yu Qian took back Yingzong at his strong insistence, he resolutely refused the request of the Ministry of Rites that everyone (including Jingdi himself) pay tribute to Yingzong at the ceremony of returning to Beijing, and put Yingzong in seclusion at the first time.
Ying Zong, who finally got rid of his opponent, never thought that his own younger brother would meet him in this way. He didn't expect that what was waiting for him in the Nangong was no longer the attractive wife in his mind, but a disabled woman with a broken body. After the initial consternation, Zhu Qizhen soon learned the cause of his wife's disability. Although the history books never mention Zhu Qizhen's reaction at that time, we can still guess. Yingzong has just been hit hard in his career and family, but suddenly he feels that his wife regards himself as life. In contrast, it is really mixed feelings. Not only does he not dislike his wife's disability, but he really understands what is affectionate and treats his wife as a treasure.
From then on, Emperor Yingzong, Queen Qian and a group of concubines lived alone in the Nangong and lived a life of "the emperor's father" in fear.
To be fair, Jingdi did not replace his brother when he was a supervisor. After being elected emperor, he was much more talented and diligent than Yingzong. In his hands, the Ming Dynasty maintained the upward development momentum. However, with the passage of time, Jingdi's thought has undergone fundamental changes. In order to consolidate his power and pass on the throne to future generations, he has no affection for his brother. Although he is not a murderer, his fear of fear is getting heavier and heavier. He not only tried his best to drive his nephew away from the throne, but also did not allow Yingzong to step out of the Nangong.
Jingdi's attitude made the snobbish eunuch imperial secretary even more unhappy. The imprisoned Yingzong not only failed to get the living treatment and political status that accorded with the title of "Thai shang huang", but even the daily food and clothing became difficult to maintain. Yingzong was trapped in Nangong, depressed and anxious, and lived like a year.
Husband's situation is in the eyes of the Queen of Money. While comforting her husband in every way, she propped up her sick body and led the concubines in the Nangong to do embroidery in exchange for some food.
In the process of relying on and comforting each other, seven long years have passed. In the first month of the eighth year of Jingtai (A.D. 1457), Jingdi fell ill and his condition quickly worsened. This sudden accident made Yingzong's life fundamentally reverse again. At the age of thirty, he regained the throne of the emperor. /kloc-in the early morning of 0/7, Shi Heng, Xu Youzhen, Zhang Di, eunuch Cao Jixiang and others rushed into the Nangong to support the British Restoration.
Now that Yingzong has re-entered Dabao, of course, he will be named queen again. As the wife of Yingzong, Qian should be the queen. But at this time, the accident happened suddenly.
Because Queen Qian is not only seriously disabled, but also her fertility has been completely destroyed by the disease, Zhou, the biological mother of the eldest son of this ordinary family, can't help but be fascinated by her old mother-in-law, grandmother Sun, her stepmother and her son in the palace after her son was re-established as a prince and herself was promoted as an imperial concubine, hoping to take this opportunity to go further and taste the noble taste of being a queen.
Soon, a eunuch named Jiang Mian appeared (unfortunately, the prime minister of Jiajing period, Jiang Mian, had the same name). He advised Queen Sun: "Queen Qian is childless and disabled, so she is not suitable to be a queen. We should promote Zhou Guifei to be the queen, so as not to lose the face of the Ming Dynasty. " Queen Sun also thinks it makes sense.
When Yingzong heard the news, he was furious and denounced Jiang Yan, but the status of the empresses remained the same. Zhou's plan ended in failure. She never imagined that Yingzong could not abandon his wife who loved him deeply and beat him to death. The decision is not in his own hands, but Zhou can only endure her grievances.
Under the protection of her husband, Qian returned to the queen's business.
Queen Qian's father died shortly after her daughter first became a queen. Unfortunately, a pair of sons were martyred in the "National Revolution". Qian Qin, the eldest brother of Queen Qian, had only one daughter after his death. Finally, his brother Qian Zhong's wife became pregnant and gave birth to his son Qian Xiong. Father-in-law Xin Wei was carefully trained by Yingzong. Under the care of his uncle, Qian Xiong was promoted quickly. Before he was an adult, he became a viceroy and was promoted to his grandfather's position. Only when it comes to pursuing the title of the Qian brothers and making Qian brothers a real "noble family", the Qian Queen has repeatedly refused. Yingzong can't beat his wife and thinks he is still young. Qian Xiong also had a great chance to make meritorious deeds and be crowned Hou again, so he stopped insisting.
However, Yingzong did not think that although he was still young, the days given to him by God were running out.
In December of the seventh year of Tianshun (AD 1463), Ming Yingzong, who was only 36 years old, fell ill and his condition deteriorated rapidly. On the sixth day of the first month, he was unable to take charge of the state affairs, so he had to let the Crown Prince Zhu Jianshen act as an agent in the Wenhua Temple. 16, Yingzong knew that his life was coming to an end. He summoned cabinet ministers and eunuchs and dictated the testamentary edict in public.
At this time, although Yingzong was exhausted, his heart was very clear. He has nothing to worry about his dynasty: the Crown Prince has grown up, and he chose a queen who can take on the heavy responsibility of mother instrument, leaving behind a capable and loyal team of assistant ministers. The only thing that worried him was the situation of his wife, Queen Qian, after his death.
Yingzong remembered the eunuch's suggestion to abolish it, and he knew what was hidden behind it, but he always thought that he could protect his wife behind him forever, but he never thought that he would die in front. He was very worried that Zhou Guifei would retaliate, bullying Queen Qian with her son's power and even abolishing her title.
Therefore, after dictating the testamentary edict, Yingzong also specifically told his heir, the Crown Prince: "The queen's name has been set, and she must be filial when she dies." Having said that, Yingzong still felt uneasy, fearing that his son would eventually yield to his mother's will. So he held the hands of scholars and ministers and repeatedly told him, "Long live the Queen Qian and be buried with me." Li Xian tearfully withdrew from Yingzong's bedroom and added this sentence to the testamentary edict.
Yingzong's life was fruitful, but it was precisely because of the ignorance of teenagers that he almost overthrew the foundation of the country. But he left his last words of "offering sacrifices to the palace princess", but he could not erase the fact that it was indeed a good policy. Before Yingzong, even Judy, the founder of Wade, Zhu Gaochi, Injong and Zhu Zhanji, Xuanzong of Yingrui, never made this decision, nor did they think of changing this selfish habit. Therefore, this decision is called "the Festival of Emperors in Past Dynasties", and it is also the brightest lamp in Yingzong's life. Crown Prince Zhu Jianshen ascended the throne for Xianzong. The first important thing after Xian Zong ascended the throne was to honor the Empress Dowager. According to common sense, the respected empress dowager should be the first mother of the new emperor, and then the biological mother. Just as the courtiers were discussing how to get on the emblem, the thick stick came in.
Zhou, the mother of Xianzong, pretended to be the emperor's old mother, and sent a trusted eunuch to the meeting to announce the imperial edict: "People who are sick and abandoned by Queen Qian are not worthy to be called the queen mother, but should be the only queen mother. Queen Qian has no children, how can she be the queen mother? It is high time to follow the precedent of Xuanzong in Hu Huanghou and abolish it. "
As soon as this was said, the ministers immediately exploded the pot. Gu's minister of life was personally appointed by Yingzong, and he knew the virtue of Queen Qian. He resolutely opposed Zhou's claim: "The will of the late emperor has been made, how can it be changed at will!" Shi Peng, a great scholar, immediately expressed his support for Li Xian: "Ancestors and ancestors are higher than the gods of heaven and earth. Since the emperor governs people with filial piety, how can he respect his biological mother but not his biological mother? " . Two records began, and ministers echoed them. And the ones behind him were finally defeated by public anger.
Zhou Guifei originally wanted to send reinforcements to his son Xian Zong, but Xian Zong was much more sober than his mother who was soaked in old vinegar on this issue. Instead, he persuaded her mother to accept the fact that the two palaces were respected together.
The auxiliary ministers were very dissatisfied with Zhou's oppression. Ministers are even more angry at the thought that Queen Qian was heartbroken over her husband's death day and night, and that the imperial concubine of Zhou Dynasty was able to separate her spirit from the struggle for power and profit for herself. Therefore, when the Empress Dowager was given the emblem, she lost no time in proposing that it was difficult to distinguish the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager, and a special honorific title should be given to Empress Qian to show the difference. For this opinion, Xian Zong immediately expressed his support, and Bao Qin, the eunuch he trusted, quietly said to Li Xian: "Actually, this was the emperor's intention, but he was forced by the imperial concubine, so he dared not take the initiative to raise it.
In March of the first year of Tianshun, that is, two months after Yingzong's death, Empress Qian was honored as "Empress Dowager Cixi" and Imperial concubine Zhou was honored as "Empress Dowager". Zhou can only sulk about this.
After this battle, the auxiliary ministers knew that Queen Zhou was not a good friend, and they expected that she would one day get into trouble with the imperial edict of "being buried with Queen Qian". Therefore, when building a mausoleum for Yingzong, Li Xian and Shi Peng proposed to build three tombs in the underground palace at the same time.
Xian zong and his courtiers are well aware of the mystery of this proposal. Zhou is also very clear. She will never be willing to die in front of her husband as a foil to the Queen Mother Qian, crying bitterly and resolutely opposing it. Xian zong and courtiers also dare not rush her, and the matter finally went away.
Although Empress Zhou was beaten on the title and treatment of Empress Dowager Cixi, she did not stop there. Although Queen Qian never competed with her for the right to dominate the harem, Queen Zhou didn't buy it.
On July 21st, the first year of Chenghua, in accordance with the will of Yingzong, Xianzong and Wu held a grand wedding. However, the young emperor did not love his beautiful young queen, but a maid-in-waiting Wan who was 19 years older than himself. Wan's scheming and fierceness are no match for her. Under the slander of Wan, Xian Zong's pity for Oh disappeared, and he decided to abolish it after only one month of marriage.
Empress Qian felt unreasonable and opposed her son's request for abolition. At this time, the opinions of the Empress Dowager Zhou became very important. And Zhou's performance at this time is also very memorable-according to unofficial history's records, the Empress Dowager Zhou originally thought that Wu had no fault and was a qualified queen. However, since Queen Qian expressed her support for Wu, Queen Zhou immediately changed her mind and insisted on opposing Queen Qian.
With Zhou's ulterior motives and Xian Zong's stubborn mother and son echoing each other, Qian finally failed to keep being chosen as her son by her husband. Poor Wu was only a puppet queen for a month and a day, and was abandoned in the cold palace at the age of fifteen.
Because Empress Qian did not support Xian Zong in abolishing Wu Zetian, Xian Zong gradually had a bad feeling towards his first mother. In the third year of Chenghua (A.D. 1467), Xian Zongjin named Zhou Shou, the brother of Zhou, the biological mother, as "Qingyun Bo" and posthumously awarded Zhou Neng, the father of Zhou, as "Qingyun Hou". Don't even mention the promotion of my mother's family (Qian Chengzong, the nephew of Queen Mother Qian, was named "An Changbo" only after Xiaozong, the son of Xianzong, ascended the throne). The situation of the money queen is getting more and more difficult. She doesn't care about her maiden name. What really made her hard to face was the cold and polite expression on her son's face, much like his father.
In the fourth year of Chenghua (A.D. 1468), in June, the depressed Queen Qian died and finally got rid of the depressed life. According to Yingzong's will, Queen Qian should be the only woman who can be buried with him. However, just after the death of Queen Qian, Queen Zhou resolutely opposed the theory of joint burial and asked her son to choose another cemetery for Queen Qian. This, in turn, just proves the foresight of Li Xian and Shi Peng when they first built the Yingzong Mausoleum.
At this time, Xianzong was already very inclined to his mother. He and Zhou considered various reasons together, and then Pai and Wynn called some assistant ministers and announced that they would discuss the funeral of money.
Shi Peng immediately saw through the emperor's tricks. Before Xianzong could speak, he took the lead and said, "Empress Qian and the first emperor buried Yuling together, and God only entered the ancestral temple. This is the last wish of the first emperor. What else can I talk about? " Seeing that it was not stopped, Xianzong had to interrupt the meeting in a hurry.
The next day, Xian Zong, who had been puzzling over the countermeasures all night, called the ministers again to discuss the matter again. Shi Peng refused to let the emperor say anything and repeated what he had said the day before.
Xianzong was torn to pieces by the big hat of Prime Minister Xiao, and one after another was given away for free. The excuse that I thought about all night was also shattered. He had to simply take a trip to the old man in the harem: "I don't know what you said?" I'm just worried that once Queen Qian is buried, my mother will lose the opportunity to be buried with the first emperor!
Shi Peng was relieved to see that the emperor had shown his cards: "The emperor is very filial to the Empress Dowager of both palaces, and it has long been a world-famous' sage's act'. In order to fulfill filial piety, it is necessary to conform to etiquette. " Cabinet Minister Shang Lu also stated: "If the Queen Mother Qian is not allowed to be buried, it will definitely damage the reputation of the emperor in the future." Liu, a college student, followed suit: "The way of filial piety is to keep righteousness, not the temporary life of the elders!"
Xianzong was bombed by the assistant minister, and Venus appeared in front of him. He stammered a little, remained silent for a long time, and finally said, "If you don't even listen to your own mother's orders, can you still be filial to your son?"
When I heard the emperor say this, I quickly thought of my previous plan, so I suggested to Xianzong: "The money queen can be buried on the left side of the first emperor, and the position on the right side can be vacated for the future use of Empress Zhou."
Later,, and Liu jointly wrote to Xian Zong: "The Queen Mother is the opponent of the first emperor, and she is in the palace. Your majesty is honored as the empress dowager, telling the world. The relationship between the first emperor and the whole couple, your majesty's affection for mother and son, is righteous. Today, the uterus will be buried with Yuling, and the Lord should be the temple. This is a hard-won gift. I'm more skeptical than hearing that I'm going to be buried in another place. People who secretly say that the emperor is so hesitant will be treated equally with the former emperor after the queen mother's death, and will not be ancestors. In ancient times, Emperor Wen respected his mother, Empress Bo, and lived in Changling. Song Renzong worships her biological mother, while Empress Liu still lives in the ancestral temple. Today, if the system of the mausoleum temple is slightly different, it will be ridiculous. "
However, for this plan, Empress Dowager Zhou resolutely refused to accept it. This sparse chapter was not approved by Xianzong, but was handed over to the courtier meeting.
Xian Zong originally thought that his ministers could understand their own ideas and could refuse the suggestions of the auxiliary ministers by "many hands make light work", but he never expected that this suggestion was unanimously responded by 99 courtiers headed by Li Bing, the official minister, and Yao Kui, the official minister.
Faced with such a result, Xian Zong, sandwiched between the minister and his mother, was in a dilemma like a mouse in a bellows. There's really nothing we can do. He had to cry to ministers and rogues: "What you said is absolutely right, but you have to have pity on me. I asked my mother for comfort many times, but I couldn't get her consent. Now it is unfilial for me to violate etiquette, but it is also unfilial to violate my mother. Do you think of a way for me? "
Ministers were deeply dissatisfied with this unprincipled emperor, and they all aroused indignation and vowed to seek justice for the widowed Queen Mother Qian. On the same day, Wei Yuan, as a modest Zhan Shike, gave advice. The next day, the battle was even bigger. Headed by Yao Kui, a minister of does, he put the sparse chapter signed by 470 ministers on Xianzong's desk. They all pleaded for the Queen Mother Qian, demanding that the British couple be buried together.
Under such stimulation, Empress Dowager Zhou flew into a rage. No matter what the courtiers say, the imperial edict of the palace is still to choose another burial place for Queen Qian.
Facing the obstinacy of Empress Zhou, Minister Daming's stubbornness broke out again. Another day has passed. Thirty-nine colleagues from Wei Yuankai and forty-one colleagues from Yu Shikang joined the ranks. Just after the morning, they collectively knelt outside Yu Wenhua's door and burst into tears, and the whole harem was shrouded in mourning.
The distraught Queen Zhou asked her son to order the ministers to stop crying and retreat. The ministers kowtowed to the emperor again and again with sad faces, but refused to kowtow, saying, "I dare not retreat without the will of the queen mother."
In the sunshine of Beijing in June of the lunar calendar, on the bright blue bricks of the Forbidden City, ministers knelt down from Shi Si (9 am to 1 1 p.m.) to the angel in the afternoon (3 pm to 5 pm), crying incessantly.
Seeing that the ministers were unanimously determined to die, Xianzong couldn't hold on any longer. Queen Zhou never imagined that Queen Qian was so respected in the eyes of officials. Afraid of causing more trouble, she finally agreed to the courtier's request.
In July, the first mother of Xianzong, Queen Qian, officially went to posthumous title to be the "Queen Xiao Zhuang's tribute to Tianqin" and put the shrine in the ancestral temple, alongside Yingzong. At the same time, it was announced that Queen Qian would be buried with Yingzong in Yuling in September.
However, the unwilling Empress Zhou finally became a ghost. Because there was no place reserved for the Empress to be buried together when the mausoleum was built for Yingzong, it is necessary to rebuild the buried tomb for Empress Qian and Empress Zhou in the future, and then open a tunnel leading to Yingzong's tomb from the underground. When building the tomb, Queen Zhou secretly instructed the eunuch who handled the matter to deliberately dig the wrong tunnel in Queen Qian's tomb, which not only staggered the direction of Yingzong's tomb by dozens of feet, but also blocked the tunnel by half. On the other hand, there is a spacious tunnel in the cave left for the Empress Dowager Zhou, which leads directly to the tomb of Yingzong. In addition, the Empress Dowager Zhou is not allowed to put the memorial tablet portrait of Queen Qian next to Yingzong in Fengxian Hall, which is dedicated to the gods of emperors of past dynasties.
In March of the seventeenth year of Hongzhi (AD 1504), Empress Zhou died of an old illness, and was named "filial piety, filial piety, chastity, obedience, and strong support from Kang Yiguang, a God-given queen". At this time, the emperor is her grandson, Zhu Youtang.
Although Empress Zhou tried her best to take the place of Empress Qian at Yingzong's side, she was still devoted to taking care of her grandson. Xiaozong thanked his grandmother for her care and held a grand funeral for Empress Zhou, and was buried in the Yuling of Yingzong.
Xiaozong was surprised to find the secret of the tunnel under Yuling when he consulted the map of Yuling. He told the university students Liu Jian and Li Dongyang about it, and planned to dig a tunnel for the Queen Mother Qian. And decided not to sacrifice the memorial tablet portrait of Empress Zhou and the memorial tablet portrait of Empress Ji to Fengci Hall instead of Yingzong ancestral temple.
Zhou Guifei tried hard to please the British Sect all her life, but in the end she didn't achieve the goal of sharing incense with her husband. However, Ming Xiaozong's idea of opening the tunnel in the tomb of Queen Mother Qian finally had to be abandoned, because both Qin and Yin and Yang teachers thought it would affect Feng Shui.
"Born in the same cave, died in the same cave", the promise that Yingzong would never forget until he died, finally became a bubble. Only when children and grandchildren sacrifice to the ancestral temple can his soul find the money queen with him. However, when the soul returned to its resting place, he waited and waited, but he could only wait for a Zhou Guifei, but he could not wait for his wife. It's just that even if Zhou Huangguifei can keep a close eye on her husband, can she really let go of her husband's love for the money queen and many concubines before his death, and can she overcome the loneliness that her husband can't take away the position of queen when he is alive?