On the eighth day of September in the sixth year of Wanli, the emperor's eldest daughter was born. Zhu Yijun became a father at the age of sixteen. For him, who had no children in his previous life, this was a very fresh experience - as if he had grown up again.
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In fact, according to his original idea, it was best to wait until the age of eighteen to get married and have children, and set an example for all people in the world to marry late and have children. However, as his understanding of the Ming Empire gradually deepened, he felt more and more that he could not postpone the days of pro-government.
Three years later; and Zhang Juzheng's lifespan in the original time and space also made him feel that time was urgent, because in terms of political ability and prestige, Zhang Juzheng was the best candidate to initiate and promote reforms. As for the role of role model for late marriage and late childbearing -
- King Lu and the princesses can do it for you.
Zhu Yijun felt guilty for the queen. On the one hand, he let Zhuang Jingjia enter the palace when her mind was immature; on the other hand, when Zhuang Jingjia's body was not fully developed, in order to let her obtain the title of empress dowager after his sudden death.
As a member of the Communist Party of China, he continued to promote reforms and even got Zhuang Jingjia pregnant.
For a comprehensive plan, Zhu Yijun asked the medical school to conduct in-depth research on women's childbirth technology for a year. The medical school was not inspired by her and invented midwifery tools such as forceps. After accumulating some surgical experience, it tried to treat difficult labor women who had given up hope.
Lateral incision surgery and caesarean section surgery.
Even under the premise that the traveler directly taught the knowledge about infection, due to the backwardness of anesthesia and disinfection methods, the success rate of lateral incision was less than 70%, and the success rate of caesarean section was only 30%.
Among the people, the reputation of medical schools for treating dystocia is as good as that of gods. But for Zhu Yijun, this terrible success rate is no different from dying. In desperation, when Zhuang Jingjia was in labor, he actually allocated money and arranged for people to go everywhere
Praying for blessings. The two palaces also chanted sutras and prayed every day to pray for the queen to give birth smoothly. Empress Dowager Li also issued a special edict to summon two eminent monks from Mount Wutai, Zibai and Hanshan, to hold a Dharma assembly in the palace to pray for blessings.
Maybe it was the care of the gods, or maybe Zhu Yijun asked the queen to strengthen her pregnancy exercise. Zhuang Jingjia gave birth to a girl without using the operating room of the medical school. Although she did not give birth to a son, for the ministers, the fertility of the emperor and the queen was improved.
The proof was enough for them to express their congratulations, and some of them asked the emperor not to continue to favor him in the harem, so as to plant more crops and have a good harvest.
After many warnings from Empress Dowager Li and repeated remonstrances from Empress Dowager Chen, Zhu Yijun promised the two palaces that after the empress became pregnant again, he would favor other concubines and have more children - after all, things like postpartum depression were common in later generations.
He also wanted to grow old with Zhuang Jingjia, so he had to be more cautious.
After the birth of the emperor's eldest daughter, she was not named. She was canonized as Princess Rongchang after the full moon. The birth of Princess Rongchang also made other concubines in the harem extremely jealous. Zhu Yijun successively made several suggestions to lead him to "encounter by chance" in the Imperial Garden, Xiyuan and other places.
Only then did the people around the concubine maintain their "temporary loyalty" to Zhuang Jingjia.
On the one hand, Zhuang Jingjia was very intoxicated by the emperor's special favor, but on the other hand, she was also under great pressure. In order to dispel her concerns, Zhu Yijun had to tell her that he hoped that the emperor's eldest son would also be his legitimate son - he explained the same to the two palaces.
The emperor's ability to resist the urge to lower his body during the queen's pregnancy and childbirth also refreshed the views of the people in the Ming Dynasty. Empress Dowager Li compared her husband with her husband and complained sourly to Empress Dowager Chen that she had an odd number - look at Sejong and
The appearance of the late emperor made it difficult to believe that the emperor was a descendant of Sejong.
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Monk Hanshan, who performed rituals in the palace, was one of the monks whom Empress Dowager Cisheng admired more.
In the Ming Dynasty, the development of Buddhism was closely related to the religious policies promulgated by Taizu. Taizu himself had been a monk for a period of time and was very aware of the shortcomings in Buddhist management. After he established the throne, he believed that Buddhism had both negative and negative aspects.
He plays an important supporting role in politics, so for Buddhism, it is a combination of management and utilization. As for him, he was not affected by Buddhism in the slightest when he was creating murderous karma.
In order to facilitate the rule and fool the people, and to minimize the negative impact of Buddhism on production and life, Taizu formulated detailed religious management systems and measures for the promotion and management of Buddhism [Note 1].
These systems and edicts played a decisive role in the development of Buddhism in China. During the Ming Dynasty, the development of Buddhism in China was neither as mixed as it was in the Manchu and later generations; nor was it like in the dynasties that exterminated Buddhism.
There is no place for oppression. It has always been tepid and in a healthy state.
Although Buddhism suffered a huge impact during the Jiajing period because the emperor believed in Taoism, Emperor Longqing believed in Buddhism and corrected Jiajing's policy of advocating Taoism and exterminating Buddhism after he ascended the throne. As for his two wives, they worshiped Buddhism to the point of obsession.
Especially Empress Dowager Li, her Buddhist worshiping activities in the original time and space directly brought the prosperity of Buddhism to its highest peak after the Sui and Tang Dynasties in the late Ming Dynasty.
In the sixth year of Longqing's reign, the newly appointed Empress Dowager Cisheng, together with Feng Bao, Duke Zhu Xizhong and other dignitaries, donated a large bell to Huanggu Temple. Huanggu Temple has always had a close relationship with the Ming Dynasty court that worshiped Buddhism. Empress Dowager Li donated the bell
In fact, it shows the world the trend of worshiping Buddhism in power.
After Empress Dowager Li took the lead, she immediately set off a trend of worshiping Buddhism in the world where there was already a certain foundation of Buddhism. "Many Buddhist temples were built inside and outside the capital, spending tens of thousands of dollars." After Zhu Yijun traveled through time, Empress Dowager Li used the internal funds to build Buddhist temples.
His interest turned to Mongolia, Ningxia, Tibet and other places. However, in order to curry favor with the Mercy Saint, the Han dignitaries donated temple lands, gold and silver, which far exceeded their investment in the border areas.
In the second year of Wanli, the Li Ke inscribed "Three Prohibitions on Left Taoism" to Shi Zhongliang Shi, which said: "Today, there are countless temples and nunneries, large and small... Temples of obscenity incite public customs." He also said, "
Heretics whitewash their appearance to deceive the common people, but they are not as prosperous as they are today." - If Zhu Yijun hadn't stopped him, Empress Dowager Li would have killed him.
Empress Dowager Li could shout and kill her when dealing with her, but she did not dare to do so to Zhang Juzheng. As a disciple of Legalism in the guise of Confucianism, Zhang Juzheng was an atheist in the absolute sense.
With the support of Zhang Juzheng, the Ministry of Rites issued a series of orders to "forbid left Taoism", reiterated Taizu's increasingly disintegrated "Book of Affirmation of Buddhism", and put an end to the disorderly development of Buddhism. In the early years of Wanli, the Empress Dowager Cisheng
The original meaning of Buddhism is also not very clear - the use of internal funds to build Bixia Yuanjun's Empress Temple is a clear example. Faced with the Buddhist trend of "transcending etiquette" and "extravagant consumption" at that time, he was also very disgusted. Therefore, Zhang Juzheng was justified.
The suppression of evidence is no longer opposed.
After Zhu Yijun gradually took control of the political affairs, Empress Dowager Li had a lot of time to worship Buddha and study Buddhism in depth. She became a devout Buddhist earlier than before.
Religion in China has never achieved the lofty status of the Papal States in the Middle Ages. Buddhists all know that "it is difficult to establish dharma without obeying the ruler of the country" and "all the Buddhist deeds performed by ascetics are nothing more than blessings for the country and the emperor's yinyi."
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As the biological mother of the emperor, the Empress Dowager Cisheng was highly valued by Buddhism. At that time, all the eminent monks who were famous all over the world regarded it as their most sacred mission to give lectures in the palace.
In the first year of Wanli, Cisheng used the pretext of "protecting the country and selecting monks to chant sutras", and the Senglu Division summoned eminent monks to the palace to teach the Dharma, and Hanshan was among them.
Hanshan had a lot of wisdom when he was young. Before he started practicing Buddhism, his master saw that he was very smart, so he asked him to study Confucianism and Taoism first. He also learned knowledge about worldly affairs, and he was better at cultivating human feelings.
Teach by words and deeds.
In this way, Hanshan was like a cheater after his ordination. He worked hard all the way, and soon gained a great reputation. Because he was well versed in the world, he was able to understand the Dharma in a simple and easy-to-understand way for Empress Dowager Li, and he was also able to penetrate deeply into the practice of lay people.
Empress Dowager Li was very happy when she explained the realm clearly.
In the spring of the fifth year of Wanli, Han Shan made a vow during his spiritual practice. Following the emperor's example of piercing blood to copy scriptures and praying for the Queen Mother, he wrote scriptures in gold and blood to repay his parents' deep kindness. When Cisheng heard about it, he was deeply moved and felt that Han Shan would practice it.
, broke the rumor that "Buddhists must abandon their parents and family to cut off the worldly ties", and ordered Zhu Yijun to "give gold and paper to help" in the name of the emperor.
In the autumn of the same year, three eminent monks, Zibai, Miaofeng and Hanshan, held a grand blessing ceremony in Mount Wutai to wish the emperor a long heir. This matter suited Empress Dowager Li even more. In addition to sponsoring alms, she also made a vow to
A pagoda of Sakyamuni Manjusri relics was built on Wutai Mountain to bless the birth of the first prince.
At the end of the year, the news of Zhuang Jingjia's pregnancy was confirmed. Regardless of how much effort her son made, Queen Mother Li immediately concluded that this was the role of the Wutai Mountain Dharma Assembly, and she fell deeper and deeper into worshiping Buddhism.
When Zhuang Jingjia was about to give birth, how could Empress Dowager Li not find her most trusted eminent monk to protect the Dharma? Therefore, Zibai and Hanshan were ordered to return from Wutai Mountain and chant sutras and pray day and night at the completed Rensheng Temple. Waiting for the empress to give birth smoothly, Empress Dowager Li
He said to Zhu Yijun: "Look, the eminent monk is chanting sutras and your wife has a normal delivery. What else can you say?!" Zhu Yijun couldn't laugh or cry after hearing this.
But the fly in the ointment is that Queen Mother Li thinks that Princess Rongchang should be a boy. Well, there must be something wrong at some point, otherwise it shouldn't be the case.
Of course you have to ask if you have questions, so on September 19th, the day when Guanyin Bodhisattva became a monk, Master Hanshan was taken to the Yangxin Hall. Cisheng and the emperor wanted to personally ask why the queen's first child was a daughter.