This past incident is about the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Ming Chengzu Zhu Di, that is, the famous Yongle Emperor.
Zhu Di (stills).
That's right, it's the buddy who sent troops to Nanjing, drove his nephew (Zhu Yunwen, the second emperor of the Ming Dynasty) from the throne, and then became the emperor himself.
What ruined the three views is that during the reign of Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, he reached out to North Korea many times, and asked for something, do you know?
Ask for itBeauty
And moreover
Moreover, Zhu Di is a naked opening, the kind that is unobstructed, and does not care about his image as an emperor.
At the turn of the spring and summer of 1424, Emperor Sejong of Joseon ( Yi Yu , ) sent an envoy named Yuan Minsheng ( who was very good Chinese ) , who traveled thousands of miles to Beijing to meet Ming Chengzu Zhu Di. At that time, Zhu Di was 63 years old.
Note: At that time, the Kingdom of Korea was a vassal state of the Ming Empire.
As soon as Ming Chengzu saw this Korean envoy Yuan Minsheng, he began to complain, he said:
You old kings of Korea have respect for me, and you will give me dried fish or something. But you, the new king of Korea, are not sincere to me. The last time I asked him for one of the old king's eunuchs, he sent me another person, who was obviously perfunctory to me and was not sincere to me. I'm old now, what I eat and drink, I don't feel fragrant, and you North Korea gave me tribute to Su fish, purple shrimp, and salmon, and I can send some more in the future. When Concubine Kwon was alive, the souvenirs you North Korea sent me were all my favorite food. However, after Concubine Quan died, I didn't like the food, wine, clothes, or anything you sent. ”
Note 1: The "old king" mentioned by Zhu Di refers to Li Fangyuan, Taizong of Joseon, and the "new king" refers to Li Ying, Sejong of Joseon, who ascended the throne in 1418 and has only been on the throne for more than 5 years, so Zhu Di calls him "little king" and "new king".
Note 2: The "concubine Quan" mentioned by Zhu Di refers to the "Gongxian Concubine", who is also a woman paid tribute to him by Joseon, surnamed Quan, who died in 1410.
Ming Chengzu is the emperor, he naturally speaks without taboos, and he doesn't need to consider the feelings of the listener, so he just said it casually.
However, the speaker has no intention, but the listener has a heart.
Yuan Minsheng, the North Korean envoy who was kneeling at the foot of the steps, listened to Zhu Di's words of complaining about North Korea, his heart rose to his throat, and he was so nervous that he didn't know what to do, and his heart beat a drum, thinking about how to explain.
North Korean envoy Won Min Sang (image).
At this moment, the eunuch Haishou, who was standing beside the emperor, opened his mouth to break the deadlock.
Haishou said to Yuan Minsheng coldly, and he came out with such a spitting sentence:
"You North Korea should send two beautiful ** to Long Live Lord! ”
When Yuan Minsheng heard this, his three views were destroyed.
Wow, that's a blunt enough to say.
Dare to love the emperor of the Ming Empire, and the eunuchs around him, they are all straight men of Chiguoguo.
Yuan Minsheng was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to answer.
As soon as the eunuch Haishou's voice fell, Zhu Di felt very happy, why was he happy? Because, Haishou said what he wanted to say, but he was not too embarrassed to say.
After all, Haishou is an old eunuch who has accompanied Zhu Di for many years, and he knows what the emperor wants.
Portrait of Zhu Di's court.
At this time, Zhu Di suddenly laughed out loud because he was happy, and he said to Yuan Minsheng:
In addition to this (pretty**), do you have any maidservants in North Korea who are over 20 years old and under 30 years old, who are good at cooking and brewing? If so, please pick five or six and send them to me! ”
When Yuan Minsheng heard this, he hurriedly kowtowed and said: Obey the order, obey the order, and do it quickly.
After the audience, Yuan Minsheng left the Forbidden City in fear, thinking to himself, our North Korea worshiped such a ** country as the Ming Dynasty, and it is really low, this emperor, what he wants is a woman, and he dares to treat us as North KoreaNow, he Zhu Di is in the four hundred states of China, can't he find a beauty? It is also specified that it is necessary to **, and the face is not.
Dissatisfied is dissatisfied, the orders of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, North Korea, as a subject country, still dare not slack off.
According to the Ming Dynasty court portrait restored Zhu Di's true appearance.
So, Won Minsheng returned to North Korea, wrote the process and dialogue of this meeting with Ming Chengzu, and reported it to King Sejong of the Joseon Kingdom in 1510, and it was written into the "Records of the Joseon Dynasty".
The Records of the Joseon Dynasty is a national treasure of South Korea, referred to as the "Records of the Joseon Dynasty".
The specific source of the dialogue between Zhu Di and Yuan Minsheng that destroys the three views is in volume 25 of "Joseon Records and Sejong Records", and the original text is like this:
"(Yongle) Emperor Yuan Min Sheng said: 'The old king is sincere to me, as for the dried fish, all of them are offered. Now the little king does not serve me sincerely, and the one who asked the old king to make fire the day before yesterday should not ask him to send it. I am old, food and drink are tasteless, if Su fish, purple shrimp, and salmon, you must enter in the future. When Concubine Quan was alive, all the things she ate were suitable, and after her death, everything she ate, made wine, and other things were not suitable. Neiguan Haishou stood in the emperor's side, and Min Sheng said: "Sacrifice two good **." The emperor laughed happily and said, "I will choose five or six maids from twenty to thirty and thirty years old, who are engaged in making food and wine." ’”
Note: "Fireman" means "eunuch".
Okay, then back then, Won Minsheng returned to North Korea and told King Sejong of North Korea, saying**The emperor of the Ming Dynasty wants the beauty of our North Korea, to be beautiful, and to be**.
Want**? Give you a roll of the eyes.
King Sejong of North Korea, received such a request from Emperor Zhu, unexpectedly, not unexpectedly, but after all, the Ming Empire is a ** country, and he can't be lazy, so Sejong instructed the Korean kingdom to choose some beauties to come up, and to **.
As a result, the provincial governments screened 28 beauties and gathered them in Seoul (today's Seoul), ready to send them to Beijing, but unexpectedly, at the turn of summer and autumn of that year, Zhu DiDeathFinish. He's dead.
Therefore, King Sejong of Joseon ordered the 28 beauties to go back to their respective homes.
In fact, Zhu Di has reached out to North Korea many times in his life to ask for beautiful women, one of which happened sixteen years ago, that is, in 1408, when the king of North Korea was not Sejong, but Sejong's father, Joseon Taejong, named Li Fangyuan.
In April 1408, Zhu Di sent Huang Yan, a eunuch of Qincha, and others to organize a group to go to Korea to select beautiful women for Zhu Di
He went to Korea and told King Li Fangyuan that there were well-born women, and he selected a few to send them. ”
Zhu Di's original words are easy to understand, and I won't translate Lao Feng.
Note: At that time, the word "恁" meant "you".
So, the eunuch Huang Yan went to North Korea that time and brought back five beauties to Zhu Di.
However, after Zhu Di enjoyed it, he was not satisfied, his name was Huang Yan, and he went back to North Korea again to send such a holy message to Taizong of North Korea:
The women who came in and went here last year were not very good, fat and fat, numb and short, and short. Just look at the respect of King Er, the concubine of the concubine, the beauty of the beauty, and the Zhaorong of Zhaorong, all of them have been sealed. Now the king has a woman to seek, and there are more than two women, and the small one is only one, and she will be in the future. ”
Translate ** words for you:
Last year, the North Korean king Li Fangyuan, the North Korean women sent to me (Zhu Di), were either too fat, or had spots on their faces, or they were short, and they were not beautiful, but I Zhu Di saw that you Li Fangyuan respected me, so although these girls you sent were not beautiful, I also gave them all titles, some were concubines, some were named beauties, some were named Zhaorong, Li Fangyuan, do you have any other beauties? Keep sending it to me! Send one more for less, two more for more! ”
Note 1: "Zhaorong" is one of the rank names of ancient royal concubines.
Note 2: "箇" is a common and false character for "individual".
Joseon Taejong Li Fangyuan (image).
Interestingly, Ming Chengzu Zhu Di is not only picky about the figure and appearance of North Korean women, but also really cares about whether people are **.
Once, North Korea sent a beautiful woman surnamed Huang to Zhu Di and named her "Huang Concubine".
After Zhu Di slept with Concubine Huang, he found herIt's notSo, Zhu Di was very unhappy and asked her: Why aren't you **?
This Huang Concubine from North Korea is really weird, she said to Zhu Di 1510:
Hooray, I have only slept with two men, one of whom is mineBrother-in-law, named Kim Deok Jang, and the other is my neighbor in North Korea, who works as a government official in the Yamen. ”
Brother-in-law
Alas, it's unsightly.
It was a beautiful picture. I didn't dare to look at it.
Brother-in-law, you sleep too. I don't know what Concubine Huang, a North Korean girl, thinks.
So, after Zhu Di heard this, his three views were also ruined, he was furious, and said: This North Korean country, how can you send me some garbage and broken things!
Zhu Di was furious and paced around the hall, and he asked someone to write a letter of state, to scold the king of Joseon.
At this time, a palace maid surnamed Yang secretly ran out and told Concubine Han Li.
Who is Concubine Han?
Concubine Han Li was also a beauty sent by North Korea, and Zhu Di doted on her at that time.
Concubine Han Li and Concubine Huang have a good relationship, they are both sisters in North Korea, and it is normal for them to have a good relationship.
So, Concubine Han Li found Zhu Di and cried to intercede for Concubine Huang.
She said: Long live Lord, our King Sejong, he is innocent, think about it: those bad things about Concubine Huang in her hometown, for exampleSleep brother-in-lawWhatever, how could King Sejong know? So, please don't give an edict to scold our King Sejong.
After listening to Concubine Han Lifei's explanation, Zhu Di thought about it calmly, it was indeed reasonable.
So, he called Concubine Han Li and punished this Concubine Huang, so Concubine Han Lifei slapped Concubine Huang in front of Zhu Di, ** It hurts, Zhu Di said, it's okay, it's okay, don't fight, forget it.
Later, this was done.
You must know that at that time, these Korean women who were sent to the Forbidden City, as well as the nurses, nannies, maidservants and so on that they brought with them, were all the eyes and ears of the Korean Kingdom in the Ming Dynasty, and the North Korean envoys would come to Beijing every once in a while to understand the situation. It is recorded in the historical material "Records of the Li Dynasty and King Sejong Zhuangxian I", and the original text is like this:
Emperor (Zhu Di) to HuangNon-**Naiyun: 'WithBrother-in-lawJin Dezhang and his neighbor soap are all in the same place. 'The emperor is angry, he will blame the country, the edict has been completed, there is a palace man Yang Fang Pet, know, Han is the reason, Han begging to the emperor and said: 'The Huang family is private at home, how can my king know? 'The emperor realized, and then ordered Han to punish him, and Han criticized Huang's cheeks. ”
Speaking of this Concubine Han Li, she is actually a hard-working woman, and later Zhu Di died, and she was forced to be buried and died in Beijing.
On August 12, 1424, Zhu Di died and was succeeded by his eldest son Zhu Gaochi (Ming Renzong).
Zhu Gaochi ordered: Zhu Di's concubine should commit suicide and be buried, and there were more than 30 women on the list of martyrs at that time, and Concubine Han Li was one of them.
The emperor of the empire back then, he was so domineering, when he was alive, he wanted you to sleep with him, and after he died, he wanted you to be buried, and the woman who was the emperor in that era was really miserable.
Before the funeral ceremony, Zhu Gaochi talked to Concubine Han Li and asked her: You are about to give my father a funeral, what do you haveLast wordsTo say?
At that time, Han Lifei had a wet nurse, named Jin Hei, who came to Beijing from North Korea with her, the mother and daughter, the love was as deep as the sea, Han Lifei said to Zhu Gaochi: The only thing I can't rest assured about is my mother (referring to the nurse Jin Hei), she is old, please be merciful and allow her old man to return to China (North Korea).
Zhu Gaochi verbally agreed.
Concubine Han Li finished her last words, and the eunuch escorted her to the main hall.
In the main hall, there were already more than 30 women, crying thereThe cry shook the skyOn the beams of the main hall, knots are knotted one by one, and on the ground, small stools are placed one by one.
People are greedy for life and afraid of death, this is biological instinct. Other girls marry into your Zhu family for enjoyment, not to go to the gallows, who would have thought that there would be today.
Zhu Gaochi prepared good meals for these more than 30 hard-working women and let them eat the last meal of their lives.
However, the women were crying, and no one could eat.
After eating, as soon as the table was withdrawn, the eunuch helped Zhu Di's women onto a small stool one by one and put their heads in the knots.
After Concubine Han Li's head was knotted, she cried to Jin Hei, the nurse who was staring at her
Mom, I'm leaving! Mom, I'm leaving! ”
Before she finished shouting, the eunuch pulled the small stool under Concubine Han Li's feet and pulled it away, Concubine Han Li's legs were in the air, and she pounced a few times, her throat was hum-woo-woo, and after a while, it stopped.
He's dead. This sad past, after the wet nurse Kim Hei returned to Korea in 1435, as a witness to the scene, she told the North **1510 with tears, therefore, it was also recorded in the "Li Dynasty Record, Sejong Zhuangxian King Record I", the original text is like this:
and the collapse of the emperor (Zhu Di), the palace peopleMartyrdomThere are more than 30 people. On the day of death, they are all paid in court, and they are all promoted to the courtThe cry shook the palace。A small wooden bed was placed on top of the hall, and a rope was placed around it, and the head was contained in it. Then they went to their beds, and they all died of pheasants. When Han was dying, he said: "Mother, I'll go!" Mother, I'll go! Before the words were finished, a eunuch went to bed, and he died with Cui's family. At the beginning of the deceased, the ancestors also ascended to the church, and the benevolent sect entered the resignation. Han wept and said to Renzong: "My mother is old and wants to return to her country." ’”
Reading this, I was once again struck by history. In the depths of history, bloody and cruel. These women are so pitiful.