PDLP Chapter 476 Popular Science - Old Zhu's miserable daughters-in-law 1
Chapter 476 Popular Science - Old Zhu's miserable daughters-in-law 1
To sum it up in one sentence: not many people live long and die peacefully.
To sum it up in a few words - some died young, some were buried alive with their husbands; some disappeared without a trace, some were recorded nowhere, some were sentenced to death for their crimes; some endured humiliation and endured heavy burdens, some committed suicide with their husbands; some were deposed with their husbands; and some watched their old fathers being executed by order of their father-in-law.
【Chang】died prematurely during childbirth
Chang was the eldest daughter of Chang Yuchun, the second military minister of the founding of the country and the King of Pingzhongwu, and her biological mother was Lan.
Chang was of the same age as Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest son Zhu Biao. Their marriage was arranged when Chang was still an infant.
During the same period, Chang Yuchun served as the deputy of General Xu Da and led an army of 250,000 to the north to attack the Central Plains.
After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Biao was named Crown Prince.
Zhu Yuanzhang immediately asked the Ministry of Rites and the Hanlin Academy to draw up the wedding process for the Crown Prince, preparing to arrange for Zhu Biao and Chang to get married after Chang Yuchun returned victoriously.
However, in July of the second year of Hongwu, Chang Yuchun died suddenly on his way back to the capital. He missed out on the great honors bestowed upon him by Zhu Yuanzhang after the founding of the country, and finally only received posthumous honors, such as the title of Yiyun Tuicheng Xuande Jingyuan Gongchen, Kaifu Yitong Sansi, Shangzhuguo, Taibao, Zhongshu Youchengxiang, and posthumously named King of Kaiping, with the posthumous title of Zhongwu.
In April of the fourth year of Hongwu, Chang was canonized as the Crown Princess.
Note: Lan Yu had not yet emerged at this time. It was not until the tenth year of Hongwu that he followed Xu Da and others and made great contributions. In the twelfth year of Hongwu, he became a general and was named Marquis of Yongchang.
Coincidentally, not long after Lan Yu rose to power, Chang died on November 24, the th year of Hongwu, at the age of . He was posthumously named Jingyi.
In February of the first year of Jianwen, Zhu Yunwen posthumously honored his biological mother, Crown Princess Jingyi Chang, as Empress Xiaokang.
In June of the fourth year of Jianwen, Zhu Di deposed Chang and made her the Crown Princess of Jingyi.
In December of the 17th year of Chongzhen, the Hongguang court of the Southern Ming Dynasty posthumously honored Chang as Empress Xiaokang.
【Wang Shi】died alive with the dead
Wang was the daughter of Saiyin Chidahu, a Hanlin scholar and grand marshal of the Yuan Dynasty, and the sister of Kuokuo Timur (Wang Baobao), the left prime minister of the Secretariat and the Prince of Qi.
In September of the fourth year of Hongwu, Wang was canonized as the Princess of Qin.
At that time, Wang's maternal grandfather passed away, and Wang was actually unable to get married due to the mourning period.
Zhu Yuanzhang asked the Ministry of Rites to study the etiquette system and forced Wang, who was still in mourning, to marry his second son, Prince of Qin Zhu Chong.
This marriage can basically be described as a tragedy. No one was satisfied except Zhu Yuanzhang.
First, Wang’s elder brother Wang Baobao did not marry his younger sister, and he led the people of the former Yuan Dynasty to submit to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Second, Wang was forced to marry despite being in mourning. How could she have any love in her heart?
Third, the King of Qin was born in the south of the Yangtze River and was forced to marry a woman of a foreign race, which in a sense cut off his possibility of ascending to the throne.
In the eighth year of Hongwu, Wang Baobao died. It was no longer necessary for Wang to continue to be the Princess of Qin. Zhu Yuanzhang took another concubine for the Prince of Qin:
【Deng Shi】Taking the blame and being sentenced to death
Deng was the eldest daughter of Deng Yu, Duke of Wei.
After the second concubine entered the palace, the Prince of Qin and Deng fell in love with each other, and the prince turned around and abused Wang in every way.
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang reappeared as a corpse again.
Instead of punishing the King of Qin, he blamed Deng for not guiding the King of Qin in a positive direction and sentenced Deng to death.
It is said that the King of Qin went mad because of this, and did many unforgivable things. As a result, he was poisoned to death by a palace maid who hated him in the 28th year of Hongwu.
After the death of the King of Qin, Wang, who had never been loved in her life and had suffered a lot, was forced to be buried alive with him. She was posthumously named Minlie.
【Xie】died young
Xie was the daughter of Xie Cheng, Marquis of Yongping.
In August of the sixth year of Hongwu, Xie was canonized as Princess of Jin.
In the eighth year of Hongwu, Xie gave birth to Zhu Jihui, the eldest son of Prince of Jin and the second grandson of Taizu.
She died in May of the ninth year of Hongwu, becoming the first daughter-in-law of Zhu Yuanzhang to pass away.
At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang had to rack his brains with officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Hanlin Academy to decide on the specifications for her funeral.
The emperor and the Empress Dowager wore the Dagong mourning clothes. All the concubines wore the Xiaogong mourning clothes. The Princess of Nanchang wore the Dagong mourning clothes. The Crown Prince, the Princes, and the Princesses all wore the Xiaogong mourning clothes. The Prince of Jin wore the Qisui mourning clothes. The Prince of Jingjiang wore the Xiaogong mourning clothes, and the Princesses wore the Hemp mourning clothes. The court was suspended for three days.
【Xu Shi】died young due to overwork
Xu was the eldest daughter of Xu Da, Duke of Wei.
Xu loved reading and was known as a "female scholar". Zhu Yuanzhang personally asked Xu Da to act as a matchmaker and betrothed her to his fourth son, Zhu Di.
In the first month of the ninth year of Hongwu, Xu was canonized as the Princess of Yan.
In March of the 13th year of Hongwu, he followed Prince of Yan Zhu Di to Beijing.
During the Jingnan Rebellion, facing the siege of Peking by Li Jinglong's army, Xu resolutely put on armor and went up to the city walls, becoming the number one contributor to the victory of the defense of Peking.
After Zhu Di succeeded in his rebellion, he changed the fourth year of Jianwen to the thirty-fifth year of Hongwu, and in November he canonized Xu as empress. The edict of canonization clearly stated that Xu had half of the emperor's military merits.
On the fourth day of the seventh month in the fifth year of Yongle, Empress Xu died and was posthumously named Renxiao.
In September of the 22nd year of Yongle, Emperor Renzong Zhu Gaochi gave his mother the posthumous title of "Empress Renxiao Ciyi Chengming Zhuangxianpei Tianqi Shengwen" and enshrined her in the Taimiao.
[Feng] probably died of old age
Feng was the daughter of Feng Sheng, Duke of Song.
In June of the tenth year of Hongwu, Feng was canonized as the Princess of Wu.
In the first month of the eleventh year of Hongwu, King Wu Zhu Su was renamed King Zhou, and Feng became the Queen of Zhou.
In the 22nd year of Hongwu, King Zhou slipped away from his fiefdom of Kaifeng to Fengyang to meet his father-in-law Feng Sheng in secret, which violated Zhu Yuanzhang's ban on princes leaving their fiefdoms. As a result, King Zhou was demoted to Yunnan by Zhu Yuanzhang.
Later in February of the 28th year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang found a reason to execute Feng Sheng.
During the reign of Emperor Jianwen, Feng was imprisoned together with Prince Zhou for four years. They were not free until Zhu Di succeeded in suppressing the rebellion.
In June of the 20th year of Yongle, Princess Feng of Zhou died.
Feng and King Zhou had two sons: the eldest son, Crown Prince Zhu Youdun of Zhou, and the second son, King Zhu Youjie of Runan.
It was the second son Zhu Youjie who falsely accused his father of treason to Zhu Yunwen, which led to the dethronement of King Zhou and his entire family.
After the Jingnan Rebellion, Zhu Di asked the King of Runan, Zhu Youjie, to move to Dali, Yunnan.
Zhu Di finally took advantage of Feng's death to transfer his nephew Zhu Youjie and his family back to Kaifeng.
【Wang Shi】Neither die early nor live long
Wang, daughter of Wang Bi, Marquis of Dingyuan.
In the 12th year of Hongwu, she was canonized as the Princess of Chu.
In the 14th year of Hongwu, he and Chu Wang Zhu Zhen went to Wuchang Prefecture in Huguang.
In April of the 15th year of Hongwu, she gave birth to her legitimate son Zhu Mengwan.
It is worth mentioning here that the Prince of Chu was the first prince in the royal family of the early Ming Dynasty to have a illegitimate eldest son. Before the birth of the legitimate son, two illegitimate sons had already been born in the Prince of Chu's mansion.
The father-in-law of the King of Chu, Marquis Dingyuan Wang Bi, escaped the Li Shanchang case and the Lan Yu case, but as the father-in-law of a prince guarding the border, he could not escape the fate of being cooked after the cunning rabbit dies and was executed by Zhu Yuanzhang in the 27th year of Hongwu.
Wang died on November 1st of the 30th year of Hongwu.
【Wu】died young
Wu was the daughter of Wu Fu, Duke of Qian.
In February of the 15th year of Hongwu, she was canonized as Princess of Qi.
In October of that year, he and Prince of Qi Zhu Yu went to Qingzhou Prefecture in Shandong.
The King of Qi was proud of his military prowess and had a violent temper. In addition, Wu Fu, the Duke of Qian, died the second year after their marriage. The relationship between the couple was quite ordinary.
Wu eventually died young, but there is no record of the exact time, so it is speculated to be during the Jingnan period.
Zhu Di then appointed a new Qi Wangfei for the King of Qi:
【Deng】died young
Deng was the daughter of Deng Yu, the King of Wushun in Ninghe.
In the 35th year of Hongwu, she was canonized as the Princess of Qi.
The King of Qi was stripped of his title and demoted to a commoner during the Jianwen period. His title was restored only after Zhu Di successfully pacified the rebellion.
In the fourth year of Yongle, the King of Qi was deposed again.
Deng died in the ninth year of Yongle. Because the King of Qi had been demoted to a commoner, Deng could only have a hasty burial according to the rules.
Zhu Di finally decided to grant her the gift of a princess, giving her the final respect.
【Yu Shi】Died young by self-immolation
Yu was the daughter of Yu Xian, Marquis of Yingshan, and the sister of Yu Hu, the commander of Ningxia.
There is no record of the time of canonization.
In the eighteenth year of Hongwu, the country of King Tan was moved to Changsha, Hunan.
In the 23rd year of Hongwu, Yu Hu was involved in the Hu Weiyong case and was killed immediately. Zhu Yuanzhang summoned Prince Tan to Beijing.
Zhu Zi was horrified and burned himself to death with his wife Yu. After that, the country was abolished because there was no son left.
【Da Tangshi】Taking the blame and being sentenced to death
Da Tang was the eldest daughter of Tang He, Duke of Xin.
In March of the eighteenth year of Hongwu, Da Tang was canonized as the Princess of Lu.
At the end of that year, Da Tang followed Prince Lu Zhu Tan to Yanzhou Prefecture in Shandong.
After Da Tang arrived at his fiefdom, it was said that he and Prince of Lu Zhu Tan committed evil deeds and castrated children to make elixirs.
Upon hearing the news, Zhu Yuanzhang was furious. Prince Lu was sentenced to shaving his head and beard, and Da Tang was directly sentenced to death.
[Xiao Tangshi] probably died of old age
Xiao Tang was the second daughter of Duke Xin, Tang He.
In July of the 20th year of Hongwu, she was canonized as Princess of Lu.
In December of the 22nd year of Hongwu, Prince of Lu Zhu Tan died of poisoning from taking elixir.
At this time, Xiao Tang should have been buried alive with the emperor.
It happened to be the first month of the 23rd year of Hongwu, when Duke Xin of Xin, Tang He, suddenly suffered a stroke. After weighing the pros and cons, Zhu Yuanzhang could only grant Tang He special permission to return to his hometown in Fengyang to "return home and take care of the sick."
After Tang He passed away, young Tang returned to her fiefdom to raise the only son of the royal family, the illegitimate son Zhu Zhaohui, until he grew up and successfully inherited the title of King of Lu.
On March 25th of the eighth year of Xuande, the concubine Xiao Tang of Prince Luhuang passed away.
【Lan Clan】disappeared
Lan, the daughter of Lan Yu, Duke of Liang.
In October of the eighteenth year of Hongwu, Lan was canonized as the Princess of Shu.
In the 21st year of Hongwu, she gave birth to Zhu Yuetun, the eldest son of the King of Shu.
In the 23rd year of Hongwu, he followed the King of Shu, Zhu Chun, to Chengdu Prefecture, Sichuan.
In February of the 26th year of Hongwu, the Lan Yu case broke out.
Lan's father, Duke of Liang Lan Yu, and his brother Lan Naoer were all arrested.
Zhu Chun, the King of Shu, witnessed his father-in-law and elder brother-in-law being tortured to death in the capital. Lan Yu was "skinned and stuffed with straw" and spread to the nine borders. When it was reported to Chengdu, Zhu Chun pleaded with Zhu Yuanzhang to bury Lan Yu.
According to the Shu Police Records, the blue jade human skin had been kept in the Shu King's Palace. The blue jade human skin was dressed in flesh and sculpted into a statue, which was enshrined on the tower of the Duanli Gate in the Shu King's City. More than 200 years later, when Zhang Xianzhong attacked Chengdu in the late Ming Dynasty, he found the statue on the tower, dressed in duke's clothes, gold clothes, human skin, and the head, hands and feet were all flesh.
Here we have to say that the King of Shu was still somewhat responsible in this matter.
And the King of Shu did not marry another concubine.
However, Princess Lan of the Shu Kingdom disappeared from the official history books of the Ming Dynasty, and it is unknown what happened to her.