So who is King Liang Zhuang who can enjoy such a precious treasure? What kind of joys and sorrows did he have in his life?
Zhu Zhanyang, the king of Liangzhuang, was born in June 14 1 7, the ninth year of Yongle. He was the ninth son of the then Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi Renzong. Special mention should be made here to Zhu Zhanyang's biological mother Guo, who is the granddaughter of Wuding's founding father. During the Jinnan War, Guo Ying, as the commander of the Southern Army, confronted Zhu Zhanyang's grandfather Judy many times. After Judy succeeded in usurping the throne, although Guo Ying was not publicly liquidated and obviously had children and grandchildren after her death, the post-Wu Ding title remained vacant for many years. In order to save the family status, the Guo family gave their best daughter to the Crown Prince as a wing for a comeback.
Guo did live up to his expectations. In the seventh, ninth and fourteenth years of Yongle, the eighth son Zhu Zhanlong, the ninth son Zhu Zhanyang and the tenth son Zhu Zhanyi were born respectively. In July of the 22nd year of Yongle (A.D. 1424), Judy died on the way to the Northern Expedition. After the crown prince succeeded to the throne, the Guo family had a chance to revive.
Guo's three sons were named, and Guo herself was named Guifei, and her younger brother could attack and seal the vacancy of Wu Dinghou for 20 years. Excerpt from Guo Guifei's Book:
For Liang Wang, a boy of 14 years old at that time, his mother spoiled the harem, and he was spoiled since childhood, and his life seemed to be beyond the limit perfectly. As the saying goes, extremes meet. Only one year later, Zhu Gaochi will be the guest of honor, and young Liang Wang will suffer two tragedies in his life.
After Injong's death, only five concubines were selected from his harem, but not all of them were martyred like his grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang and his father Judy. For Guo Guifei, she is not only the daughter of a noble family, but also the biological mother of the third prince, and it should not be her turn to be martyred anyway. For example, Zhang's daughter, Gong of England, did not die.
However, after Injong's death, the harem was run by Queen Zhang, so we saw Guo Guifei in the final list of five people. The person behind Guo Guifei's death has always been regarded as Queen Zhang. In "The Wild Man Collection of Wanli" written by a juren in the forty-sixth year of Wanli, it is alluded that the mastermind is actually the palace.
On July 2nd, the first year of Hongxi (AD 1425), the new emperor Zhu Zhanji who succeeded to the throne paid tribute to Guo Guifei and posthumous title. For Liang Wang, the nightmare is not over yet. A month later, his brother Wang Teng Zhu Zhanlong died at the age of 17. It is not clear whether Wang Teng's death was caused by excessive grief. But in just two or three months, my mother and eldest brother passed away one after another. Looking at my first mother Zhang's eyes, I was filled with endless fear.
There is a saying in the Ming Dynasty that Zhu Zhanji, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, gave Liang Wang special treatment because of Guo Guifei's death. The original text is like this:
This passage reflects the superb speaking art of the author of Ming History, because you can't say that he is wrong, but he is not completely right. In fact, a careful review of Shi Minglu shows that in the second year of Xuande, several princes such as Liang Wang also gave the same amount of money, all of which were 50 thousand yuan. But before Xuande went to Wang Fengchen for four years, other kings still donated 50,000 yuan, but Liang Wang increased to 100,000 yuan.
At that time, the princes were Zheng Wang, Wang Xiang, Wang Jing, Wang Huai and Liang Wang, and the palaces of the other four princes were rebuilt by the local government. Only Liang Wang's feudal country is Huguang Anlu, with Wang Ying's palace.
Zhu Dong, Ying, is the 24th son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the granduncle of Zhu Zhanyang, the king of Liang, and Princess Guo is the aunt of Guo Guifei, the mother of Liang. Zhu Dong died in the 12th year of Yongle 15 (A.D. 14 14). Although the princess was buried, her three daughters have been living in Anlu Palace. Now Xuanzong became a vassal for his younger brother, and specially asked Yingjing Palace to move to his former residence in Nanjing as soon as possible.
In the fourth year of Xuande (A.D. 1429), on August 3rd, Zhu Zhanyang, King of Liang, officially landed in Guoan. As a continuation of people's herbal tea, the idyllic poems of Zhuangzi's house in Yunzhou and the houses and fields left by Anlu Guards were given to his younger brother by Xuanzong.
The death of his mother and brother obviously brought great excitement to Liang Wang. Other vassals often do whatever it takes to protect the country, and even insult local officials. For example, Zheng Wang once publicly forced Han Fu, the magistrate of Fengxiang Prefecture. But Liang Wang's life in Guo Feng is so bleak.
In the first month of the sixth year of Xuande (A.D. 143 1 year), Prince Liang accepted Kong Qin and was sent to Beijing by Xuanzong. Chengfeng Division is an institution managed by eunuchs in Wang Fu, and the eunuch in charge is called Chengfeng, ranking sixth. As a servant of Liang Wang, Kong Qin was so bold that he dared to insult and kill Liang Wang, and even forced Liang Wang to draw his sword and commit suicide. After Kong Qin was arrested, Liang Wang was even threatened by his accomplices to exonerate him.
Ming dynasty's management of imperial clan was relatively loose, as long as it didn't involve rebellion, even killing people was not a big deal. If Kong Qin had fallen into the hands of the king of Zheng, it is estimated that he would have been killed by a disorderly stick, and the court would not have any big punishment for the prince. It can be seen that Liang Wang is really frightened and does not dare to make trouble at all.
Because of Liang Wang's character, Kong Qin was arrested, but the newcomer was as bold as Ruan Liu. In the second year of orthodoxy, Wang Jing guarded the tomb and made Wang Shun go to Beijing for revenge, saying that Ruanliu had dug a peony flower in the grave garden. They also took away animal heads, flying fairies, seahorses and other things, and cut down trees and planted them. According to the laws of the Ming dynasty, not to mention the prince, even the trees in the graves of ordinary people could not be cut down. Ruanliu not only ran amok, but also threatened Liang Wang to write to the court, saying that Wang Shun, who refused to cooperate, insulted the prince. After the truth came out, Ming Yingzong had to warn Liang Wang to severely punish Ruan Liu and others.
It is because of this cowardice and loneliness that Liang Wang burst into tears when he met Zhu Zhan, the king of May. Wang Xiang originally belonged to Changsha and moved to Xiangyang in the first year of orthodoxy. On the way to move, they passed by Anlu, and six years later, the two brothers met in a hurry.
On the 24th day of the first month of the sixth year of the Orthodox Church (A.D. 144 1), Zhu Zhanyang, the king of Liang, died at the age of thirty. At this time, the emperor has been replaced by his nephew Zhu Qizhen, who is the nephew of Yingzong. After the emperor received the obituary, he dropped out of school for three days, and posthumous title became the village. As for Liang Wang's life, the history books say, "He was talented and tireless".
Similar to what happened to his predecessor in Guo Feng, Wang Liangzhuang has no children but only one daughter. However, unlike Guo Wang's experience, Princess Jifei of Liangzhuang had no children and was not asked to be buried. Off-topic, there are obviously children. Why is Guo's daughter's fate so tragic?
The original match of King Liang Zhuang was Ji of Xuande for two years, but she died unfortunately less than one year after her marriage. Wei is the daughter of Wei Heng from Xiangyang. In the eighth year of Xuande (AD 1433), she was registered as Princess Liang. Xuanzong claimed to love his younger brother. How did he think of arranging marriage for his brother five years later?
In the second year of Jingtai (AD 145 1), in April, ten years after his death, Wei died. The court immediately named Zhang, the biological mother of the two daughters of King Liangzhuang, as Mrs Liangzhuang and Zhang Fu. In the third year of Jingtai, Zhu Zhanyang's eldest daughter was named the monarch of Xinning, and his second daughter was named the monarch of Ningyuan.
The 449 hectares of fragrant fields of Ying and Liang Wang were originally managed by the government, and after Zhu Shiyuan, the father of Ming Shizong, settled in San Francisco, it was managed by Xing Government.
The tomb of King Liangzhuang is located in Zhongxiang City. 200 1 Hosted by Hubei Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, with the participation of cultural relics and archaeologists from Jingmen City. * * * More than 5,300 funerary objects have been unearthed, and their richness and exquisiteness are second only to Dingling in the Ming Tombs. Among the unearthed cultural relics, an olive-shaped colorless sapphire embedded in the top of a gold-encrusted hat weighs about 200 carats, making it the largest sapphire ever discovered.
Conclusion: Liang's first half life was happy and carefree. But in the first year of Hongxi, everything changed a lot. The tragic death of his biological mother left a shadow on Zhu Zhanyang's heart and had a very negative impact on his later life.
Among the princes of the Ming Dynasty I know, there is no one who is as timid as King Liang Zhuang. The death of Guo Guifei is probably not only the jealousy of Zhang and Cheng, but also the court's vigilance against the Hou Shi family in Wuding. At the same time, it is also a "coincidence" that Guo Guifei's three sons all died young and childless.