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Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Secret That's Not a Secret

Last time, we talked about the great turmoil in the late Ming Dynasty. Emperor Tianqi died and Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne, which led to the final defeat of the "Eunuch Party" and the "Donglin Party" luckily won.

At this time, Zhu Youxiao, Emperor Xizong of the Ming Dynasty, had already traveled to "Xian'an Palace" to visit his long-awaited "nanny" and "life mentor" Hakka. Although Hakka, as a "nanny", ascended the throne to Zhu Youxiao and proclaimed himself emperor.

Still staying in the palace violated the ancestral system of the feudal dynasty for thousands of years, but because of the special relationship, nothing happened.

As we all know, Emperor Tianqi Zhu Youxiao was the famous "Carpenter Emperor" in history. His characteristic is that "carpentry is the main job and the emperor is the side job." The reason for this may be that Zhu Youxiao's cultural level is too low and his personality is too introverted.

The hobby is too niche, but it cannot be separated from someone's strong support.

This person was the "nanny" who nursed Zhu Youxiao since he was a child. After all, Emperor Tianqi relied too much on her psychologically. Without her encouragement and comfort, his life would probably be like a year. Therefore, Zhu Youxiao taught government affairs to "

The "nanny" had no choice but to do so. After all, the "nanny's" assistant Wei Zhongxian was very capable!

Although Zhu Youxiao became the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he was still controlled by the "nanny" Hakka on marriage matters after he became an adult. He put the entire harem under his clutches and gave birth to Empress Zhang, Concubine Rong, and Concubine Hui successively.

The prince was killed, and finally the full-term pregnant Concubine Chang Yu was starved to death in a small black room for seven days.

Although Zhu Youxiao sensed that something was wrong, he was deprived of power and was powerless. In addition, he was frightened when he fell into the water and fell ill. He lost his fertility and had no choice but to die. However, this is what the "nanny" Ke Shi wanted.

, to control the "baby" psychologically and physiologically, and to control the country remotely.

In fact, Zhu Youxiao's succession process was quite difficult and complicated, because the "Donglin Party" worked hard for this. Therefore, Zhu Youxiao was also very interesting. Within a month after taking the throne, he had sealed many

People who want money give money, officials give officials, and each performs his or her duties. I hope I won’t bother myself with carpentry.

However, what many people don't know is that on the tenth day after Zhu Youxiao ascended the throne, an old woman was canonized and titled "Mrs. Saint." Why was an ordinary "wet nurse" so valuable in Zhu Youxiao's eyes?

Status? This involves Zhu Youxiao’s life experience and personal privacy.

You must know that the profession of "wet nurse", especially in the palace, mostly comes from ordinary people and has no social status. Generally, when the children they nurse grow up, they go back and forth wherever they go. Throughout the ages, from the Western Zhou Dynasty

This has been the case since the beginning, and the Ming Dynasty was no exception.

Not only did this "Hakka" not go back, she even regarded herself as one of the emperor's "eight mothers", and actually made Emperor Tianqi respect and rely on her. There must be some ulterior secret in this. According to historical records

, Hakka, formerly known as Ke Yinyue, is the daughter-in-law of Hou Er, a villager in Baoding Prefecture, North Zhili.

"Hakka" had a charming appearance and gave birth to a son at the age of eighteen. In the same year, Wang Cai in the palace gave birth to Zhu Youxiao. According to ancient practice, the royal family had to select a suitable wet nurse among the people to feed Zhu Youxiao. At this time,

Ke Yinyue went through numerous selections, defeated countless competitors, and successfully entered the palace.

When she first entered the palace, she was unfamiliar with life and the place, so she had to keep her tail between her legs. Therefore, as a "nanny", Keshi was very diligent during this period and was always available. Two years later, her husband died of illness, but

Keshi still completed the breastfeeding work conscientiously in the palace and got along well in the palace.

Later, the palace people discovered that Hakka often missed work and left the palace, and her whereabouts were very strange. She frequently visited various entertainment venues. After investigation, it was found that Hakka often picked up people at the airport and went out for trysts. As a wet nurse in the palace, she menstruated in this way. , but was not punished. Some people discussed it, but no one reported it.

This ordinary-looking wet nurse is anything but ordinary. The "wet nurse" was actually a temporary worker in the Ming Dynasty, because when the children she fed grew up, she would have to leave the palace and leave. In addition, according to the Ming Dynasty official's It is stipulated that once the prince or princess reaches six years old, the wet nurse must leave the palace.

However, as Zhu Youxiao's "nanny", Ke Yinyue refused to leave. She had the audacity to stay in the palace for more than ten years, and no one could understand because the emperor would not let her leave. As long as she As soon as he left the palace, Zhu Youxiao could not think of tea, food or sleep, which frightened the ministers.

Later, Zhu Youxiao simply built another palace for the "nanny" so that he could visit the "nanny" at any time so that he could continue to experience the meticulous care in life, including how to deal with "puberty" before being canonized as a queen and accepting concubines. Impulse", and all kinds of difficulties in having sex in the future.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao not only refused to let the "nanny" go, but also sealed the title of "Mrs. Fengsheng", which resulted in the "Hakka"'s status in the palace being not as high as usual.

In the Ming Dynasty palace, except for the emperor, the empress dowager, the emperor, the empress, the concubine and people with extremely high status, who were not as good as the "crown prince" and could ride in sedan chairs in the palace, the rest all entered and exited the palace on foot. For example, Cabinet University Scholar Liu Yijing, second grade, over sixty years old, still walks in and out of the palace.

However, this "sainted lady" could not only ride in a sedan chair in the palace, but also had a dedicated person to take care of her. Whenever there was a festival, Emperor Zhu Youxiao would personally go to congratulate her and treat her to a meal. Of course, this was also a "junior" "The act of showing filial piety to the "elders" is indeed understandable and in line with etiquette.

Ice is given in the summer, charcoal is given in the winter, a house is given in the palace, and a house is given back outside the palace. Moreover, the house outside the palace is in an excellent location, less than a quarter of an hour's walk from Tiananmen Square, and has unlimited potential for appreciation. "Hakka" also has hundreds of servants to serve it. , you can come in and out of the palace at will, go wherever you want, it can be said to be very willful!

A wet nurse, a wet nurse of an emperor. It is too much to say that the emperor wants to repay the kindness of feeding. After all, this person is still a "temporary worker" with a bad life style. What qualifications do he have to ask his "owner" to treat him as a god? , the Buddha came to worship? But a year later, something even more outrageous happened.

In the second year of Tianqi (AD 1622), Zhu Youxiao, Emperor Xizong of the Ming Dynasty, decided that he wanted to have a concubine! Emperor Ma, even having three thousand beauties in the harem was not an exaggeration. Everyone thought it was normal to have concubines. However, the "nanny" Hakka I am not happy because this will threaten my psychological and physical control over my "baby".

According to records, "Hakka" was already thirty-five years old at that time. She was an old aunt, not to mention a widow who lost her father in her early years. As the saying goes, "A woman is like a wolf at thirty, a tiger at forty, and at fifty, can sitting on the ground absorb soil?" "Faced with her own "little fresh meat", the old aunt with strong physiological needs will definitely disagree.

As a "wet nurse", she disagreed with the "wet nurse emperor"'s decision and was very unreasonably unhappy. What's even more strange is that Zhu Youxiao didn't get angry, let alone reprimand the Hakka family. Instead, he smiled and said in person Went to Hakka's house, talked nicely for a long time, and made a decision on the spot.

"I will leave all the responsibility for my good fortune to you!" Okay, all the affairs of the harem are completely in the hands of old auntie Hakka.

Many people, especially the ministers in the DPRK, were very dissatisfied with this incident. After all, in the feudal dynasty, family affairs were state affairs! It is absolutely unacceptable for a "wet nurse" to stay in the palace for many years and want to interfere in the harem. !Therefore, some bold ministers went to court and demanded that the Hakka family must leave the palace.

This matter is indeed disgraceful. After all, the emperor still has to save face. Otherwise, if he has a queen or a concubine in the future, when he is blessed with a concubine, will he still have to accept the on-site supervision of the "nanny" at all times? To put it nicely, " Guiding work”, to put it bluntly, is “invading personal privacy”.

Zhu Youxiao had no choice but to agree to the ministers' suggestion and tactfully asked the "nanny" Hakka to move out of the palace on her own initiative. However, "Hakka" was very casual. After all, the "nursery emperor" had already built a large palace for himself outside the palace. Anyway, you can go in and out of the palace at any time, I'm just worried that your little son will feel uncomfortable.

Sure enough, the old aunt "Hakka" had just crossed the palace threshold with her front foot, and before her back foot had stepped out, the "nursing emperor" Zhu Youxiao immediately sent an order to the "cabinet" and said this: "I left the palace today. He didn't eat lunch until late in the evening, he thought about it until late in the evening, and was very sad. At that time, he went to the palace to offer comfort, so that the outer court could not be upset."

This probably means: "Today the nanny left the palace, and I didn't eat lunch. I was thinking about her all day long, and my heart ached. I'd better let her come back and comfort me, and you ministers should stop bothering me." !" This shows that the relationship between the "wet nurse" and the "wet nurse" is no longer an ordinary relationship!

In fact, in terms of age, the "nanny" Hakka is eighteen years older than Emperor Zhu Tianqi. Logically speaking, there should be no other conjectures. After all, it is not appropriate to be an "old wife and young husband". However, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty in this regard , has a record of existence. A ready example is Zhu Jianshen, Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty during the "Chenghua Period".

At that time, Concubine Wan Guishen was Zhu Jianshen's wet nurse. There was a nineteen-year age difference, but they finally got together legitimately? In terms of age gap, this "Hakka" was not even as big as "Concubine Wan Guishen". Of course, her IQ and EQ were not as good. The "Concubine Wan Gui" is very tall, so it is indeed quite normal for some scandals to spread.

Even later, the leader of the "eunuch party" Wei Zhongxian teamed up with the "old aunt" Hakka to do all kinds of bad things, but the "good baby" Zhu Youxiao, who was raised by the "old aunt", could only turn a blind eye and deliberately Unintentionally locking yourself in the "carpentry work", out of sight, out of mind, and just let it go.

However, although the "old aunt" Hakka was still prosperous before "Emperor Chongzhen" Zhu Youjian came to the throne, the "Emperor Ruer" lost his backer when he died, and the "anti-food tenant" Wei Zhongxian also died After that, the "old aunt" Hakka who had done all the bad things was ordered by "Emperor Chongzhen" to arrest her and settle the accounts with her.

In the face of coercion and inducement, the "old aunt" had to confess all the bad things she had done. After that, "Emperor Chongzhen" Zhu Youjian ordered that this "bad woman" who had changed the dynasty and had cruel methods be sent to the "Huanyi Bureau" "To do hard work is actually to kill her as soon as possible in disguise, so as to avoid long nights and dreams.

As for what happened later, the "old aunt" Hakka who had done all kinds of bad things was beaten to death with sticks, her sons and brothers were beheaded in public, and her whole family was sent to the frontier. It was a story later. However, Fang Congzhe, a great scholar, was allowed to stay in the imperial court. It was a long wait in the study room, and I didn't even wait for Zhu Youxiao to come back until the sun went down.

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