In ancient China, both men and women were very conservative. Most couples, not to mention free love, basically meet for the first time on their wedding day. But Zhu Zhanji has a childhood sweetheart.
The little lover's father is Zhong Sun, the main book of Yongcheng County, and an authentic Jiupin Sesame Officer. However, I was fortunate enough to receive a noble person who returned home to visit relatives-Mrs. Peng, the mother of the Ming Crown Princess Zhang.
Zhong Sun asked his 10-year-old daughter to accompany Mrs. Peng. The little girl is beautiful and smart, and she is very popular with her wife. Besides being happy, Mrs. Peng Chengbo also asked Zhong Sun if he would like his daughter to be the concubine of her future emperor's grandson ("good grandson" Zhu Zhanji). Why wouldn't Zhong Sun?
Mrs. Peng is really not joking. After returning to Beijing, she found an opportunity to tell Chengzu that she had found a "loyal and virtuous" good woman who could be the companion of the emperor's grandson. Because the crown princess Zhang Xiaoshun was virtuous and won the favor of the queen, she agreed to her mother's request.
In the eighth year of Yongle, when he was only ten years old, he entered Beijing and was raised by Crown Princess Zhang to guide court etiquette. Sun Shi and Zhu Zhanji started their happy life in the East Palace.
In the fifteenth year of Yongle, Cheng Zu thought that the "good grandson" had come of age, so he chose a concubine and prepared to get married. It was Hu Shanxiang who chose a concubine for Zhu Zhanji, not Sun Shi.
Hu Shanxiang, the chief secretary of Shandong Chengxuan, was born in Jining, Yanzhou (now Jining, Shandong), and the third daughter of Guangluqing Hu Rong (she had a sister who was a female official in the palace at that time). She was chosen because she was "virtuous in nature, solemn in manner and quite famous".
Hu Shanxiang is the only one who left his name among many empresses in the history of Ming Dynasty. Not to mention concubines, there were forty queens in the Ming Dynasty. Even outside the expanded Ming history, only the names of five or six queens can be found.
But it doesn't matter. It is important that Zhu Zhanji likes Sun Shi since he was a child. As for why Cheng Zu chose Hu Shanxiang, no one knows and no one dares to ask. Zhu Zhanji, don't ask questions. He can't even show his unhappiness.
Peng's wife often nags her daughter Zhang about this, but Zhang, as a very capable woman, knows that her only appropriate attitude in this matter is to accept it happily. In this way, Hu Shanxiang became the great-grandson princess of the emperor, and Sun Shi became the great-grandson wife and concubine of the emperor.
Eight years later, Zhu Zhanji became emperor. But the emperor can't do whatever he wants. He can't change the queen recognized by two emperors (Chengzu and Renzong). Had to according to this example conferring Hu Shanxiang as the queen, Sun Shi as the imperial concubine. However, Zhu Zhanji had a little thought on the system of conferring ceremony.
There are great differences in the conferring of empresses in the Ming Dynasty. First of all, only the empress can enter from the Daming Gate (in the Ming Dynasty, only the emperor could use it every day). Secondly, the queen has a golden book (certificate) and a golden treasure (seal), while other concubines have only a golden book (even those with low status have no golden book).
In order not to wronged Sun Shi, Zhu Zhanji made an exception and made a treasure for her (it is absolutely impossible to walk through the Daming Gate). Put her on an equal footing with Hu Shanxiang from the certificate. But Sun Shi is still not satisfied and still wants to be a queen. The only way is to have a son, and then the mother will be expensive.
Although there is no rule that a son can be promoted to queen, his biological mother can be promoted to queen after his son becomes emperor. There are many such examples in the past dynasties, but Sun Shi didn't have such a plan.
Hu Huanghou and Xuanzong have been married for nearly ten years, and there are no sons, only two princesses, Shunde and Yongqing (at this time, other concubines have no children). So the first thing is not to let Hu Shanxiang have a son (or the eldest son, the next emperor who is basically sure, Sun Shi is completely hopeless). The method is simple, seize the opportunity to blow the pillow wind.
Xuanzong was one of the few Emperor Wen Qing in Ming Dynasty, and he liked to play. In addition, many people ignore that Xuanzong grew up with Judy. His temper and personality are similar to Judy's, and he doesn't like being bound and persuaded. Hu Shanxiang often gave advice to the playful emperor, which caused Xuanzong's dissatisfaction. "It's lucky to be able to climb to the top, and it's easy to get rid of it. It' s ironic to count, I' m a little annoyed. "
Every time Hu Shanxiang tried to annoy Tang Xuanzong, Sun Shi would seize the opportunity to blow pillows to comfort Tang Xuanzong. So Xuanzong disliked Hu Shanxiang more and more until he stopped seeing the queen. The emperor did not go to the queen, so the queen could not have a son.
But people are also counting the days. Sun Shi doesn't even have a daughter, let alone a son. According to Xuanzong's love for her, it should be that Sun Shi got some kind of disease, which caused her infertility. But Sun Shi was clever and came up with a brilliant idea.
Commentary: There is another saying that there is a daughter, "Princess Changde, born in the 22nd year of Yongle, was born to Queen Zhang. Orthodox married Xue Huan for five years. Six years of Chenghua (Ming history). However, it is doubtful that both Hu and Sun are Zhang Queens (Hu Shanxiang is honored as a male queen and a little queen). Or maybe Sun Shi can't get pregnant again after giving birth for some reason.
In the Ming Dynasty, in order to ensure the seriousness and accuracy of the emperor's lineage inheritance, eunuchs were required to record the time, place and name of women sleeping in the palace. And the emperor also needs to give a token to the sleeping person. In the future, if a woman is pregnant, she should check the records, check the time of pregnancy and show her token as proof.
Sun Shi found several ladies-in-waiting. When Xuanzong went to her bedroom for the night, she took turns to serve the emperor in bed. So the eunuch's record is hers, and the emperor's keepsake is also for her. After that, these maids gave birth to sons, and according to the records, they were all hers. If you insist that Xuanzong himself was cheated without knowing it, then I can't refute anything.
Not long after, a maid-in-waiting became pregnant. After Xuande gave birth in November of the following year, the maid-in-waiting naturally disappeared into the harem. Xuanzong happily told the world that Sun Guifei gave birth to her eldest son (later Zhu Qizhen, Ming Yingzong).
This is simply a blatant derailment. Can Cycas bloom if people have not given birth to children for more than ten years? But there is no way, Xuanzong has actively cooperated, what else can others say? And the point is that this child is really Xuanzong's son anyway.
Commentary: Later, there was almost a riot because of this. Xuande ten years, Xuanzong died. Because everyone in the palace knows that Zhu Qizhen is not the real son of Queen Sun, there are rumors that the throne will be passed on to Xuanzong's younger brother. It was Zhang Taihou who called his ministers to announce "this new son of heaven" in public!
Palace officials and foreign officials believe that Sun Shi's goal has been achieved, and her position as the eldest son of the emperor has strengthened her position. And according to the "stand at attention" ancestor system, as long as the children can grow up healthily, it is certain that Sun Shi's mother will become the empress dowager by virtue of her son (there is also a premise that Hu Huanghou can't give birth to a son). But Sun Guifei wants more!
Four months after the eldest son was born, Xuanzong awarded the title of Crown Prince of Baby. Although it is very hasty (the infant mortality rate in ancient times is very high, and it is generally not established as an heir very early), it still makes sense. But Xuanzong did not let the prince recognize the queen as his first mother.
Most of the time in ancient China, people thought that the eldest son was the most reasonable heir. But wives may not always give birth to sons, so in order to consolidate the position of concubines as heirs, these concubines are often allowed to admit that their first wife is their mother. This recognition of mother is not our modern recognition of "godmother", and children born out of wedlock need to sever their relationship with their own biological mother.
In other words, his biological mother is no longer his mother, and even if they meet, they can't call each other mother and son. Willing to know each other will have to wait until after he ascended the throne. There are also many illegitimate children who completely abandon their biological mothers in order to maintain their status, and the typical one is the ancestor Judy.
The crown prince was not placed in the palace, but was still raised by the imperial concubine. This is a signal transmitted by Xuanzong to the outside world. This signal was understood by the queen and ministers of North Korea. Because the queen was not at fault, Xuanzong didn't want to be rude (accusing Queen Luo Zhi out of thin air like Ming Xianzong), and he wanted the queen to resign herself. However, Hu Huanghou is quite car-scrapping. He just didn't take the crop and pretended not to know.
Either soft or hard. Xuanzong summoned ministers Zhang Fu, Zhouyi, Xia Yuanji, Yang Shiqi and Yang Rong to say:
Of course, ministers would protest, but the civil servants at that time had not recovered from the blows of Hongwu and Yongle, so they were naturally unable to stop the emperor who had made up his mind.
This is a bit too much, not only forced Hu Huanghou to resign, but also changed his status and became a court Taoist, which is equivalent to divorcing his wife and driving him out of the house. This means that Hu Huanghou is no longer a member of the royal family, and the royal family has nothing to do with her in the future.
This should be that Sun Shi didn't want to leave Hu Shanxiang any chance to turn over. However, this kind of treatment puts Hu Shanxiang in an extremely embarrassing position. The average person divorces his wife, and the woman has at least a chance to go back to her family to protect herself. As a former queen, it is impossible for Hu Shanxiang to return to her family, but staying in the palace has no identity, and her actual status is no different from that of ordinary maids.
Think of the queen of the mother instrument world, once reduced to civilians. Even if no one commands them, some people with dark psychology in the palace will deliberately find fault with them in order to satisfy their dark desires. More importantly, it may win the favor of the new queen Sun.
At this time, Hu Shanxiang's mother-in-law finally stood up. Fortunately, she didn't come to hurt people. At this time, Zhang, the biological mother of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, was promoted to empress dowager (she was the first empress dowager of the Ming Dynasty and later became the first empress dowager).
Zhang was well aware of his son's affection for him and didn't want to cause conflicts in the imperial court, so he didn't object to his son's abolition. But she doesn't want her son to make a tragedy. Zhang is still like a queen to Hu Shanxiang, and often asks her to accompany him at Qingning Palace.
Moreover, she will invite Hu Shanxiang to attend the court banquet and put Hu Shanxiang above Queen Sun. The purpose is clear, warning everyone in the harem not to think too much about Hu Shanxiang. Zhang knows that in the harem, there are almost no people who give timely help, and people who fall when they are down are everywhere.
With the protection of Zhang Taihou, Hu Shanxiang's life is still safe. Although Xuanzong regretted that he was "a teenager", he did not restore Hu Shanxiang's status to his death (Hu Shanxiang was still a Taoist when he died), and Sun Shi's opinion should be in the majority.
Some people may think that this is just speculation, and Sun Shi is not necessarily so bad. There is really no evidence to prove this, but the harem is sinister. Let's say a few coincidental circumstantial evidences.
Zhang Taihou died in October of the seventh year of orthodoxy. On the fifth day of November in the eighth year of Orthodoxy, Hu Shanxiang died of illness, and posthumous title was named "a quiet and kind fairy teacher". She died at the age of 42, and her life expectancy was basically the lowest among the concubines of the Ming Dynasty. Only the queen Zhang and Tuesday, who were forced to die, were left behind.
When discussing the specifications of her funeral, Yang Shiqi proposed to bury her with a gift from the Queen, but some people said, "This is not the intention of the court." . In the end, you can't enter the imperial tomb. Under the persuasion of his queen's relocation, Yingzong "was innocent and was abolished as a fairy teacher." No problem, people are afraid of the queen mother, so it is better to have a funeral. "Restored Hu Shanxiang's identity and rebuilt the mausoleum.
Note: "Concubine" is a general term for women who have not been officially titled, such as princes, emperors' concubines and maids-in-waiting. It's a pity to bury Hu Shanxiang with the specifications of the Forbidden City.
Queen Sun's subsequent days were also ups and downs. In the fourteenth year of orthodoxy, she was captured by Vala, and Queen Sun had to support her younger brother to ascend to the throne. Later, Zhu Qiyu abolished the post of Prince Zhu Jianshen (son of Zhu Qizhen), and there was nothing she could do.
In the eighth year of Jingtai, Sun also supported the emperor's father to launch a "change to seize the door". Fortunately, the two brothers didn't meet directly, otherwise how could she see her beloved Zhu Zhanji in the grave?