The most famous queen of the Ming Dynasty was the Empress Renxiao of Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty. Empress Renxiao is her nickname, and Zhu Di's empress is named Xu. Of course, Xu's background is not an ordinary eunuch. Xu's father is Xu Da, who followed Taizu's expedition to the east and west, and the daughter of Xu's proper general.
Xu was gifted and intelligent since childhood, with a gentle personality. As a child, Xu read poetry and books, especially ethics. This is also the reason why after marrying Zhu Di in the future, he can be liked by the Queen Mother. Xu is not only easy-going, but also has an excellent memory. But she can recite all the books she has browsed.
In 1377, Xu was canonized as Princess Yan. After marrying Zhu Di, the Xu family adhered to women's morals and strictly followed the discipline. Honor your in-laws, serve your husband on weekdays, and dare not have any slackness. With the Battle of Jingyan, Zhu Di succeeded to the throne smoothly, and the Xu family was naturally named the queen.
Xu, who loves to read, has attached great importance to Confucianism since he became the queen. In order to strengthen the teaching of harem women, Xu summarized the teachings of Queen Ma to himself in the past. The main points of it were compiled into a book and made into 20 articles of "Internal Training".
Later, in order to benefit the people, the palace people compiled the "Persuasion Record" on the basis of the "Internal Training" and attached it to the "Internal Training". After Zhu Di succeeded to the throne, Xu routinely advised Ming to become an ancestor: recuperation and advocating benevolent government.
Xu is also a person who cultivates both inside and outside, and not only wrote the "Internal Training" for the harem. In Xu's view, if a person continues to do good deeds all his life, then he will definitely be protected by the gods.
Once upon a time, Xu's younger brother Xu Zengshou once sold *** to an enemy country, when he was killed by Emperor Hui. After Ming Chengzu succeeded to the throne, he also wanted to add a knight to this younger brother of the Xu family. Not surprisingly, Xu was adamantly opposed.
However, Ming Chengzu did not listen to Xu's meaning. Instead, he added an official to Xu Zengshou and promoted him to the title, and let his son inherit the title. However, the Xu family is neither grateful nor grateful for Ming Chengzu's approach. After all, in her opinion, Ming Chengzu's approach violated the Gangchang.
The Xu family is very gentle and easy-going, and treats Taizu's original queen with great respect. For Queen Ma's teachings to herself, Xu is even more in mind. In order to carry forward Queen Ma's admonition to herself, Xu even compiled it in the "Internal Training".
For the content of the "Internal Training", it records in detail how to serve one's in-laws. In Xu's view, serving one's in-laws should be treated as one's own parents, and one should treat one's in-laws the same as respecting heaven and earth. The most important thing to treat your in-laws is respect, which is the first principle of all behavior.
In Xu's opinion, serving in-laws cannot only look at their own faces. If you have a smile and your heart is not sincere and respectful, this is not true filial piety. Only respecting your in-laws from the inside out is the nature of filial piety. It is precisely because of Xu's words and deeds that Queen Ma likes her very much.
Queen Xu's treatment of Ma is as recorded in "Internal Training", and she respects her very much. After the death of Queen Ma, Xu even ate vegetarian food for three years to express his condolences to Queen Ma. If Queen Ma knew in heaven, she would also be grateful to the Xu family for her respect.
Although on the issue of the canonization of Xu's younger brother, Ming Chengzu and Xu had some differences. On other important matters, all the suggestions put forward by the Xu family will be adopted by Ming Chengzu. The first ethics of harem women must be to spread out for the royal family.
Of Ming Chengzu's 9 children, 6 were born to the Xu family。Xu not only treats her in-laws with respect, but also respects her husband, even in the face of concubines whose status is not as good as hers, she is also very gentle and generous. In order to prevent the harem concubines from confusing the monarch, the Xu family would train the concubines to serve the lord.
As the head of the harem, Xu himself not only remembered the "Internal Training", but often took the concubines to read poetry and books, in order to prevent the concubines from forgetting the ancestral teachings. In order to prevent the concubines from being loose and extravagant, the Xu family would take the concubines to get up early and go to bed late in order to fulfill the duties of the concubines.
Xu's contribution to the Ming Dynasty was not only to give birth to 6 children. More importantly, she is able to educate each child impartially. and provided quite important advice for Zhu Di's successor.
At that time, Zhu Di liked Gao Xu, whose personality was similar to his own, but Xu really saw it. In Xu's eyes, the eldest son, Gao Chi, is diligent and studious, and has a better chance of becoming a benevolent monarch. For this reason, Xu did not hesitate to let Zhu Di get tired of himself and admonished Zhu Di many times.
Although the palms and backs of the hands are full of meat, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, the Xu family also needs to make trade-offs. Zhu Di likes Gao Xu, in Xu's opinion, his personality is not very good, and he cannot take on the responsibility of king.
Because his mother's family was once the general who assisted Taizu in ascending the throne, the Xu family warned Zhu Di many times that he must not be too kind to his mother's family. Not only that, Xu also exhorted Zhu Di to seek talents and cherish the people. For the sake of the Daming Jiangshan Society, Xu can be said to have paid all his efforts.
Before Xu passed away, he also had some homely conversations with the crown prince Gao Chi. In the past, when Zhu Di was stationed in Beiping City, Xu followed him for many years. She remembered the wives of the former soldiers who had given too much for the victory of the war. I thought that I would have the opportunity to go to patrol with Zhu Di in this life, but now it's too late.
Perhaps the Xu family contributed too much, and after only four years on the queen's throne, the Xu family died of illness. Xu's death was a very heavy blow to Zhu Di。He personally selected Xu's hobby, named "benevolence and filial piety", which is also the best interpretation of Xu's past life.
Xu's seemingly short life has actually done a lot of things. She not only set a good example for the concubines in the same palace, but also left quite valuable memories in the last years of Queen Ma. Xu assisted Zhu Di and became an unforgettable virtuous helper in his life.
Because of this, after Xu's death, Zhu Di did not appoint anyone else as the queen. Everyone puts the interests of others above others, but Xu puts the interests of others above herself, and perhaps this is what makes her greater.
Maybe when Xu Da followed Zhu Yuanzhang to fight everywhere, he would not have thought that he would become a relative of the emperor. Xu Da's daughter, Xu, was canonized as Princess Yan by Zhu Di. In the first half of Xu's life, he followed Zhu Di and was stationed in the vast Gobi.
If it weren't for Zhu Di's actions in the future, maybe the two of them would spend their lives in the vast north. The bloodshed and strife of history often exist in a moment. Zhu Di jumped from King Yan to the Supreme of the Ninety-Five, and the Xu family was naturally made the queen mother.
Xu's life is full of meekness and modesty, she does not fight or grab all her life, but Zhu Di gave her everything. For the sake of Daming Sheji, the Xu family gave birth to 6 children. In order to continue the glory of the Ming Dynasty, Xu made suggestions for Zhu Di.
Xu recorded all her knowledge in her life in the "Internal Training", she did not hide it, but spread the content of the "Internal Training" to the harem and the ears of the courtiers, wives and daughters.
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