The Qing Dynasty was born after entering the customs and gave birth to the first deposed empress, that is, the original Boljigit clan of the Shunzhi Emperor. Before that, the Ming Dynasty, still in the capital of Beijing, was born shortly after the first deposed queen, that is, Hu Shanxiang, the original partner of Emperor Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji.
As we all know, Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty and set the capital at Nanjing. After Zhu Di ascended the throne, for the comprehensive consideration of many factors, he decided to move the capital to Beiping and changed his name to Beijing. However, after Zhu Di ordered the capital to be moved, the capital of Beijing was built for many years, and it was not officially moved until the nineteenth year of Yongle. However, because Zhu Di was busy with the conquest, he actually rarely worked in the Forbidden City, and even died on the way back to the division on the Northern Expedition.
Therefore, his son Zhu Gaozi was the first Ming emperor to ascend the throne in the Forbidden City. However, Zhu Gaozi died after only ten months on the throne, and he wanted to return to Nanjing, but this matter was stranded because of his sudden death. Later, crown prince Zhu Zhanji ascended the throne and deposed his concubine Hu Shanxiang within three years of Xuande. But not long after the capital was Beijing, the first deposed queen was born.
Hu Shanxiang was born in the fourth year of Jianwen, most of the Ming Dynasty empresses were not born high, Hu Shanxiang is no exception, but it is not from ordinary people's families. Her great-grandfather was a former official in Fujian Province, her grandfather's deeds are unknown, her father had two sons and seven daughters, and Hu Shanxiang was the third of the seven daughters.
According to the record: "Empress Hu, after the abolition of Emperor Xuanzong, was named Shanxiang, a Jining person, and his father gave birth to seven daughters." Hongwu Chu, the eldest daughter named Shanwei, gave the matter of talent to the court, filled the palace, and was quite an envoy. Rong was therefore given the command of the Jinyi Guard. ”
That is to say, Hu Shanxiang's eldest sister Hu Shanwei entered the palace as a female official in the early years of Hongwu, and her father Hu Rong's father was awarded the title of Jinyi Wei Hundred Households by virtue of his daughter's nobles. Therefore, before Hu Shanxiang married Zhu Zhanji, he already had these backgrounds in his family, which was more than enough than the top and the bottom.
From Hu Shanxiang's eldest sister, it can be seen that Hu Rong attaches great importance to his daughter's education and succeeds, so Hu Shanxiang is also a virgin by nature, a solemn demeanor, and a good name. Many people have told Hu Rong that his daughter will definitely be "expensive" in the future, and over time, Hu Rong has begun to have this expectation.
In the fifteenth year of Yongle, the imperial court decreed that zhu Zhanji, the emperor's grandson, should be chosen as a concubine, according to Hu Shanxiang's epitaph: "Tai guan played, houxing Zhilu ye." Ordered the eunuch Huang Yan to ride to Lu, and later with Xuan Yan. First of all, living alone in a small building, opening the house every day, there is red and white gas coming out of the house, the moon does not disperse, and Li Lu gathers to think that Chery has been fruitful. ”
To put it simply, it was an auspicious omen at that time, and sure enough, Hu Shanxiang was elected later. However, this kind of thing can be ignored, just like when many emperors were born, there were records of heavenly descent and auspicious rui and the like.
If you want to become an imperial concubine, at that time, you had to get the approval of Emperor Zhu Di, Crown Prince Zhu Gaozi, and Crown Princess Zhang, which was not easy. But in the end, Hu Shanxiang stood out, indicating that he was indeed virtuous and a candidate for a virtuous queen. Hu Shanxiang was elected as the imperial concubine, and his father Hu Rong was once again promoted to the position of secretary of Guanglu Temple.
Although Hu Shanxiang was virtuous and loved by the elders, Zhu Zhan basically did not like her, but liked the Sun family. Sun Shi entered the palace earlier than Hu Shanxiang, and he had been with Zhu Zhanji for a long time and had an emotional foundation. However, because the elders made Hu Shanxiang a concubine for Zhu Zhanji, sun could only be a concubine.
After Zhu Gaozi ascended the throne, Zhu Zhanji became the crown prince, and Hu Shanxiang was also promoted to crown princess. Zhu Gaozi died after only ten months on the throne, and after Zhu Zhanji ascended the throne, Hu Shanxiang was made empress and Sun Shi became a noble concubine.
According to the epitaph: "Xuandejian, Hai Nei feasted, and the car driver was quite fortunate. After each multiplication, there is no flattery and obedience, and the habitual service attendant is Yu Ruye. It can be seen that Hu Shanxiang is a virtuous queen, quite like the style of empress ma. However, in the third year of Xuande, Zhu Zhanji announced that he would depose her.
Zhu Zhanji's reason after his abolition was that the empress was "childless and sick", that is, the empress had no sons and was often ill, and such a person was not suitable for the world of motherhood, so he let him become a Taoist nun and also gave him the title of "Jing Ci Master". At the same time, he was satisfied with the establishment of his favorite Sun Shi as the queen.
The empress dowager was known to the whole world, so when the news came out, "the world heard it and pitied it." But in fact, everyone in the DPRK knows that Zhu Zhanji did this entirely to straighten out his favorite Sun Shi. The Sun clan was not only favored, but also gave birth to Zhu Zhanji's eldest son, Zhu Qizhen.
In fact, Hu Shanxiang gave birth to two daughters for Zhu Zhanji, namely Princess Shunde, who later married Shi Jing and Princess Yongqing, and died early. However, Zhu Zhanji cited "no son" as the reason for Hu Shanxiang's "unqualifiedness." Hu Shanxiang was not an unreasonable person, she knew her husband's intentions, there was no other way but to complete, so in accordance with Zhu Zhanji's request, she took the initiative to resign from the empress.
The elders who originally favored Hu Shanxiang are now only Left with Empress Zhang, Zhu Zhanji's biological mother, and she did not prevent her son from deposing the empress dowager for reasons of not interfering in politics, but she was still very distressed about Hu Shanxiang's suffering. Therefore, even if Hu Shanxiang was deposed, Empress Zhang still cared for her, and whenever she encountered a palace banquet, Empress Zhang put Hu Shanxiang above Empress Sun.
With the care of his mother-in-law, Hu Shanxiang's life was not too sad, but in the seventh year of orthodoxy, Zhang Shi, who was already the empress dowager, died. The only mother-in-law in the world who loved her died, and Hu Shanxiang cried bitterly. To make matters worse, in the first month of the eighth year of orthodoxy, Hu Shanxiang's eldest daughter, Princess Shunde, also died, at the age of 24.
From this moment on, Hu Shanxiang had no relatives in this world, nor did she have any people or things worth worrying about. Therefore, in November of the same year, Hu Shanxiang died at the age of 42. After Hu Shanxiang's death, he was buried in Jinshan only as a concubine, and it was not until the seventh year of Tianshun that Emperor Mingyingzong Zhu Qizhen posthumously honored him as "Empress Gong rang Chengshun Kangmu Jingcizhang" and built a mausoleum for him, but not a temple.
In fact, when Hu Shanxiang was deposed without fault, the people of the world were very sympathetic to her, and even Zhu Zhan's basic people later regretted it when they remembered it, and the "History of Ming" recorded: "After Emperor Xuanzong also regretted it." Taste the self-explanation: 'This is a juvenile affair.' So why did Zhu Zhanji regret it?
First, Hu Shanxiang herself was virtuous, and according to the standards set by Zhu Yuanzhang, she was a qualified empress. However, Zhu Zhanji used such absurd reasons as "childless and sick" to say that he was unqualified. Although Empress Sun was favored, she had nothing to surpass Hu Shanxiang except to give birth to the eldest son for Zhu Zhanji.
Even if the empress was childless, Zhu Zhanji wanted to make Zhu Qizhen the crown prince, there was no need to depose the empress. Because when Zhu Qizhen ascended the throne, it was possible to honor her mother as the empress dowager at the same time as her birth mother, which did not conflict. Therefore, later Zhu Zhanji thought about this matter and also felt that he had deposed a virtuous queen, hu Shanxiang was not wrong, and he was really sorry for his original wife.
Second, we all know that Zhu Zhanji is a Ming Jun, who is his idol? It was his grandfather Zhu Di, not his benevolent and honest father Zhu Gaozi. Zhu Zhanji wanted to become an emperor like his grandfather, who was destined to be a celebrity for eternity, and he could not add any stain to his body.
However, the empress was deposed without fault, which shocked the people of the world, which made Zhu Zhanji suffer a certain amount of criticism. Although this was not enough to prevent him from becoming a good emperor, it had already added a stain to his life. Therefore, when Zhu Zhanji looked back, he felt very regretful and thought that it was all his youthful impulsive behavior.
In fact, when Zhu Zhanji was about 30 years old after his abolition, it was precisely when he was young and vigorous, he was in charge of his own home and could do whatever he wanted. However, whoever inherits a little of his father's personality, he will not abolish the queen, so this incident from the abolition also reflects Zhu Zhanji's personality.
It also proves that in addition to being an emperor who has been widely praised by later generations, Zhu Zhanji is also a man who will lose his mind for love, and has flesh and blood.
(References "History of Ming", "Records of Ming Shilu", "Records of the History of Tongshi of Sheng Dynasty")