Even if he becomes an emperor, he still has to worry about some things that should be troubled, such as the education of his children. The son marries a wife, and the daughter wants to marry, this is something that cannot be avoided, and Zhu Yuanzhang is no exception.
When his fourth son Zhu Di reached the age of twelve, he had already begun to ask for a wife for his son.
How will Zhu Yuanzhang choose his daughter-in-law? Which one did he choose for Zhu Di in the end?
Zhu Yuanzhang's good brother
At the invitation of Tang He, Zhu Yuanzhang joined the Red Turban Army and began his military career.
He made many achievements in the Red Turban Army and was appreciated by Guo Zixing, the leader of the Red Turban Army. Guo Zixing promoted Zhu Yuanzhang many times and entrusted him with important tasks, and also married his goddaughter to him.
In the second year of Zhu Yuanzhang's participation in the Red Turban Army, Guo Zixing gave Zhu Yuanzhang another task - recruitment.
Due to the perennial conquest, the combat attrition in the Red Turban Army was very serious, so it was not long before a soldier was recruited. But such frequent recruitment will definitely consume the young adults in the vicinity.
Zhu Yuanzhang thinks that if he always recruits troops in Haozhou City, it will definitely be difficult to find people who are willing to be soldiers.
So he took the money and went back to his hometown. There are still many people in the village there, and there must be someone who is willing to follow Zhu Yuanzhang.
After all, Zhu Chongba's fame is there, and many people admire him very much.
When Zhu Yuanzhang returned to his hometown to recruit soldiers, many young people came from the surrounding villages, and Zhu Yuanzhang left all of them. He swore to the villagers that he would take them to do something great.
At this moment, another group of people came from the east, all of them following a burly man, still holding a dick in his hand.
Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked, he thought that this person was the head snake here, and he wanted to come over to stop him from recruiting. But this is not the case, this leading man is none other than his good brother Xu Da in the future.
Although Xu Da was born in a farming family, he has been unusual since he was a child, and his personality is very "hard". Since being bullied as a child, Xu Da began to practice martial arts, and avenged himself at the age of seven.
And when Xu Da is doing things, he likes to use his brain to solve problems very much, and he can try not to do it as much as possible.
But this does not mean that Xu Da's martial arts are not strong, after all, he is a person who has practiced martial arts since childhood.
At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know Xu Da and thought he was here to make trouble. saw a group of them coming over, and Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to meet them.
Zhu Yuanzhang greeted him and spoke first: "What are the brothers doing here?" ”
Xu Da, who was in the lead, asked rhetorically: "Is it you recruiting troops here?" ”
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, this person really came to find trouble, but he couldn't be cowardly, Zhu Yuanzhang said: "I am recruiting troops here, what's the matter, what do you want to do?" ”
Xu Da replied: "Since you are recruiting troops here, then we must be here to join the army, otherwise why would we come to you?" ”
Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out that these people were not here to make trouble.
At this time, an old man nearby came over and shouted at Xu Da: "Dazi, are you also going to join the army?" ”
Xu Da said that he felt that they were people who did great things, and in this troubled world, only by going out to make a fortune could they get ahead. Zhu Yuanzhang felt that Xu Da was quite extraordinary, both of them were people with great ambitions, and they talked very openly, and they quickly became acquainted.
After Xu Da followed Zhu Yuanzhang, he was soon entrusted with an important task. Zhu Yuanzhang was very optimistic about him, and handed over most of the army to Xu Da to command, and let him fight in all directions instead of himself.
Xu Da once defeated Chen Youliang in Poyang Lake, and then went east to conquer Zhang Shicheng. Later, he went north with Chang Yuchun to fight against the Yuan army, and later broke through the capital and completely overthrew the rule of the Yuan Dynasty.
It can be said that Xu Da is indispensable in every key battle of Zhu Yuanzhang on the road to reunification.
Even though Zhu Yuanzhang had already proclaimed himself emperor and established the Ming Dynasty, Xu Da still often went on expeditions, led troops against the Mongolia, and recovered a lot of lost territory.
The "Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun" that was surrendered at the beginning was recovered by Xu Da with his troops. Later generations recognized Xu Da as "the first hero of the founding of the Ming Dynasty".
Every miller draws water to his own mill
After Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, he finally lived a good life and no longer had to run around to fight. Xu Da also spent a few days in the capital.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Xu Da also have wives and children and have become families.
Xu Da's first child was a daughter, and Xu Da named her Xu Miaoyun. After Xu Miaoyun was born, she has been carefully taken care of by Xu Da and his wife.
Although Xu Miaoyun is a woman, she is talented and intelligent, and she has the ability to never forget.
After Xu Da found out that his daughter was unusual, he began to teach her to read and write, and did not waste this talent just because Xu Miaoyun was a daughter.
Xu Da once said to his wife: "Our daughter is not ordinary, you can find some teachers for her to teach her to read." ”
Xu Miaoyun was able to worship under the famous teacher and was proficient in the Four Books and Five Classics. Xu Miaoyun's super memory shocked the teacher. She only needs to read it once to be able to recite it. The teacher who taught Xu Miaoyun called her "a glance at a glance", which is not an exaggeration at all.
Xu Miaoyun is not rote memorization, but learning the truth.
When Xu Miaoyun was studying, every time she read about the virtuous things done by the ancients, she would stop to meditate and imitate, and learn the good virtues of the ancients.
Later, Xu Miaoyun's fame grew, and even officials in the court heard about it. Xu Da's eldest daughter is quite talented and proficient in Confucianism, so Xu Miaoyun is also known as "female students".
"Zhusheng" refers to those who have read through the Confucian classics and are able to work in the classics and history. Xu Miaoyun can be called a "female student", which is enough to prove Xu Miaoyun's talent.
But only talent can't be a queen, as the daughter of the first military general of the Ming Dynasty, Xu Miaoyun can still go to the battlefield and fight with the enemy, but this is for the future.
When Xu Miaoyun was born, Zhu Yuanzhang had not yet been proclaimed emperor, and they were still living in the barracks.
At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang and Xu Da were waiting outside the camp tent together, waiting for the birth of Xu Da's first child.
The two waited anxiously outside, and a cry startled the two battle-hardened generals.
Then the midwife took Xu Miaoyun out and gave Xu Da the good news.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the little girl in swaddling clothes and said: "This girl must be a rich and noble person, you treat her well, and let her be my daughter-in-law in the future." ”
Xu Da pushed Zhu Yuanzhang aside with a palm, his expression was very disgusted.
At this point in time, there are still six years before Zhu Yuanzhang becomes emperor. Although Zhu Yuanzhang said that he was the leader, they didn't see each other so much, this was just a joke between them.
Who knew that Xu Da's daughter was so fresh and refined, and she was called the first talented woman by the world, so Zhu Yuanzhang really remembered Xu Da's daughter.
One day in the third year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang called Xu Da into the palace to drink.
When the two of them were about to drink, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly talked about Zhu Di, saying that his son was both civil and military, and his appearance was dign......ified, and he praised Zhu Di, who was only eleven years old, to the sky.
Xu Da is naturally not happy, what are you Zhu Yuanzhang talking about? So Xu Da also began to praise his daughter.
The two argued until midnight, and Zhu Yuanzhang revealed his original purpose. He said to Xu Da: "Since both of them are so good, it is better to give them an engagement, they are talented and beautiful, and they are very compatible!" ”
Xu Da suddenly sobered up and said, "No wonder you brought me here to drink, you were waiting for me here!" ”
Zhu Yuanzhang began to reason with Xu Da again: "You see that we two brothers have known each other since they were little soldiers, and they are still so good to this day, and they can still sit together and drink."
Since ancient times, monarchs and ministers like the two of us have generally become in-laws, and you see that the two children are quite suitable, so you agree. ”
Xu Da also understood Zhu Yuanzhang's hard work, so he agreed to this family business. Zhu Di and Xu Miaoyun got engaged in the third year of Hongwu, Zhu Di was eleven years old at this time, and Xu Miaoyun was nine years old.
Zhu Di and Xu Miaoyun officially got married in the ninth year of Hongwu. In fact, Xu Miaoyun entered the palace as early as three years ago, that is, when she was twelve years old, accompanied Zhu Di, and accepted the teachings of Queen Ma.
Later, Zhu Di was named the King of Yan at the age of twenty-one and was responsible for guarding Beiping, so Zhu Di rushed to Beiping with all his belongings.
Originally, Queen Ma said that the conditions over there were not very good, so she could let Xu Miaoyun stay in the palace, and it would not be too late to go over when she was cleaned up over there. But Xu Miaoyun insisted on sharing hardships with Zhu Di, and also went with Zhu Di.
Leave the tiger girl behind the door
With the passage of time, the older generation of people has grown old. In the eighteenth year of Hongwu, Xu Da died of illness in Nanjing City at the age of 54. Zhu Yuanzhang held the funeral of this good brother extremely luxuriously, and let him deserve to enjoy the Taimiao.
In the thirty-first year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang's legendary life also came to an end. He passed the throne to his grandson, Zhu Yunwen.
This indirectly led to the occurrence of the Battle of Jingyan, where Zhu Di raised troops to attack his nephew and seize the throne.
And Xu Miaoyun, as Xu Da's daughter, when fighting, she can wear battle armor, stand on the city wall to inspire soldiers to fight bravely to kill the enemy, and can also make suggestions when making battle plans.
After Zhu Di ascended the throne, the first thing he did was to crown Xu Miaoyun as the queen. Zhu Di had a total of nine children in his life, the first seven of which were born to Xu Miaoyun. In the nine years after marriage, Zhu Di did not spoil others.
Just when Zhu Di became the emperor and was ready to grow old with Xu Miaoyun, Xu Miaoyun died after only five years as the queen.
After that, Zhu Di never set up a queen again. Although Xu Miaoyun has only been alive for a short period of forty-six years, her contribution is enormous.
She is Zhu Di's virtuous and internal helper internally, and she can also become the pillar of the battlefield externally, so Xu Miaoyun is known as the "second virtuous queen" of the Ming Dynasty after Queen Ma.