Foreword
When it comes to the empress, I believe that the first thing that comes to mind is the emperor's appendage. In the feudal dynasty, the concubine was a representative of the imperial power, but there was no shortage of great women who were admired at any time.
What I want to talk about today is Zhu Zhanji's second empress-Empress Sun, Zhu Qizhen's biological mother, her life is also a very brilliant and dramatic life.
In the Ming Dynasty, under the influence of Empress Ma, only Empress Sun was the only one in the Ming Dynasty who was taken to the position of queen by a concubine. Therefore, in the subsequent history books, most of them will record that Zhu Zhanji of Ming Xuanzong loved this Empress Sun very much, otherwise he would not depose Empress Hu for her.
Empress Sun's life is also extremely brilliant, it can be said that because of Zhu Zhanji's favor, she enjoyed honor even when she was not the queen before.
Empress Sun and Empress Zhang, the wife of Ming Renzong, are fellow villagers, and Empress Sun's father met Empress Zhang, which allowed Empress Sun, who was in her prime, to enter the palace to accompany Empress Zhang, and it can be said that Empress Sun was raised by Empress Zhang, which is why she met Zhu Zhanji.
The friendship of childhood sweethearts, the two should have entered the palace of marriage after they were older, but at this time there was an accident.
Originally, the position of the concubine was one of the Sun family and the Hu family, but according to folklore and the Ming Dynasty, there was a saying that there was a virtuous man. Therefore, the beautiful Sun became the concubine, and the dignified and virtuous Sun became the concubine.
In ancient times, it was very superstitious, so after the appearance of celestial phenomena and the like, everyone would inevitably choose the more Ruizhao Hu family, so the Sun family and the princess passed byBut Sun is very ambitious, and she is not satisfied with the position of the grandson concubine.
Although there is only a difference of one word, but the difference is big, in ancient times, the respect and humility of the concubine, although in the court is a concubine, but in the final analysis, it is also a concubine.
I still remember that as mentioned earlier, the Sun family was raised under the knees of Queen Zhang since she was a child, and it can be said that she has been the queen trained by Zhu Zhanji since she was a child, and she suddenly became a concubine, and the psychological gap also made the Sun family unbearable.
But fortunately, Zhu Zhanji did not have a good impression of the generous Hu family, but he loved the Sun family very much. This also gave Sun a little comfort in his heart. After Zhu Zhanji succeeded to the throne, he was very entangled in the choice of the queen.
In fact, according to the reason, there is no need to think about this at all, no matter how you look at it, it should be the Hu family, but Zhu Zhanji does not like the Hu family very much, but loves the Sun family even more. In his heart, he must want the woman he loves more to ascend to the throne of the queen.
In the end, it was Zhu Zhanji's mother, Empress Zhang, who made the decision and established the Hu family as the queen, which is also an undoubted thingBut Zhu Zhanji also gave all the favors he could give to the Sun family.
After Sun was established as a concubine, the Ministry of Rites gave the golden seal of the concubine to Sun, but this is actually an act of transgression, because the concubine did not have a gold seal for so many years before the Ming Dynasty, which is an act of provoking the authority of the queen, but it is the emperor who makes this kind of behavior, so don't say anything.
But this Sun family is not willing to be only a noble concubine who can only be in charge of the golden seal, what she really values is the queen's throne. Under Sun's instigation, Zhu Zhanji moved his heart to abolish the queen. It can be said that this is the first copy of the Ming Dynasty, and there has never been a deposed queen like the Hu family for no reason before.
But the emperor and the queen have no emotional foundation, as the emperor who has already mastered the power, even the courtiers and the queen mother feel that it is inappropriate, but there is no way to change the emperor's mind.
Sun finally sat on the throne of the queen as she wished, which can be said to be a major turning point in her life. Zhu Zhanji's love for the Sun family is also recognized in history, and it also makes future generations sigh.
Arguably"Childless and sick".In four words, the queen who has no respect and favor from the emperor will end up.
In fact, in the first few years when Sun first ascended to the throne, she was still very depressed. Because her mother-in-law, Empress Zhang, remembered Hu's pity for her in every way, and even let Hu's position be above Sun's at some banquets, which also planted seeds in Sun's heart.
As mentioned above, Empress Zhang has the grace of nurturing Sun, so what Empress Zhang does, whether it is because she is Zhu Zhanji's mother, the queen mother, or the nurturing grace since childhood, the Sun family can only endure it.
After all, Empress Zhang in her early years was also a legendary woman, it can be said that both Xuanzong and Renzong thought that Empress Zhang was very good and was the best candidate for queen, and it can be said that Zhu Qizhen's subsequent accession to the throne also had the credit of Empress Zhang. It is also because of this that the relationship between Sun and Empress Zhang has slowed down.
Empress Zhang died in the seventh year of orthodoxy, and when Empress Zhang died, the power fell into the hands of the Sun family, and at this time, the Sun family, who was not suppressed by her mother-in-law, could finally show her skills.
But the good times did not last in the fourteenth year of orthodoxy, under the instigation of the eunuchs, Zhu Qizhen drove the expedition in person, and encountered Waterloo in Tumen Fort, not only defeated, but also as the emperor Zhu Qizhen was captured, this battle can be said to be the most humiliating battle in the history of the entire Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Qizhen has a full 200,000 troops in his hands, on the other hand, there are only 30,000 tiles, and the six-fold gap is still a fiasco.
But Daming could not do without the people in power, at that time Zhu Qizhen's youngest son was only three years old, and it was well known that the lord was suspicious, so this was not the best choice, and then Zhu Qizhen's younger brother Zhu Qiyu got the regent. The Sun family did not take into account the issue of bloodline, but focused on national affairs.
After Zhu Qiyu ascended the throne, he set up Zhu Qizhen's youngest son as the crown prince, which can be regarded as a success. But as we all know, who can remain indifferent when it comes to power.
In the following period of time, the Sun family has been sending clothes and other things to Zhu Qizhen, who was far away in the tile, until Zhu Qizhen returned to the Ming Dynasty in 1450, and the internal fighting in the Ming Dynasty at this time was also very serious.
Zhu Qiyu did not give up his position to Zhu Qizhen, but enshrined him as the emperor and recuperated in the South Palace. If you say it well, you will recuperate, and if you say it badly, you will be imprisoned. But at this time, Zhu Qiyu did not abolish the prince, and after a year, Zhu Qizhen suddenly came back, and his foundation was not stable.
So at the very beginning, Zhu Qizhen endured it. But three years later, Zhu Qiyu deposed the crown prince Zhu Jianshen and set up his own son as the crown prince, which can be said to be the fuse that the two parties are doing.
The relationship between the two parties can be said to have plummeted, and then with the help of Xu Youzhen and several others, a competition for the throne began. The Sun family acquiesced in this matter, in fact, the Sun family was also involved, and the result was needless to say, Zhu Qizhen successfully returned to the position of the emperor, and Zhu Qiyu was defeated.
There are only a few words in the history books, but the competition for the throne is fierce and bloody at all times.
Empress Sun is the first queen mother in the history of the Ming Dynasty to succeed and the first empress dowager with a emblem, as we all know, no matter which dynasty is taboo for relatives to interfere in politics, but for Empress Sun Zhu Zhanji is to give himself the honor of the Sun family.
In the change of seizing the door that year, the Sun family also occupied an important position in it, and Long Yun said that the reason why Chen Geng was inseparable from the Sun family can also be said to be another major achievement of the Sun family.