The popularity of "The Ming Dynasty" made everyone remember that Zhu Qizhen married a Mongolian Gegeqimuge and gave birth to a mixed-race prince. It was entertaining, but the joke was a little too big.
Since the subject mentioned this issue, let me say a few words.
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Those things about marriages in history
When it comes to marriages, stories such as Zhaojun’s departure from the fortress and Princess Wencheng’s marriage to Tibet will naturally come to mind. Whether she was forced to do so or willingly, it was a princess from the Central Plains dynasty who married into the Western Regions or the frontier fortress. This is a very narrow understanding.
Just like marrying a daughter is a marriage, marrying a daughter-in-law is also a marriage. When a Chinese marries a foreigner, it is a transnational marriage, and when a foreigner marries a Chinese, it is also a transnational marriage. Broadly speaking, marrying a foreign princess or princess is also a marriage.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, marriages between vassal states were very common. The Marquis of Lu married a daughter of Qi, and the King of Qin married a daughter of Zhao. They were both political marriages and a type of marriage.
The main purpose of the Han Dynasty's marriage was to marry the princess away to the Xiongnu and the Western Regions for temporary recuperation; the Tang Dynasty's marriage was to strengthen relations with Tubo and maintain good-neighborly friendship.
It’s not like the Ming Dynasty didn’t skip marriage. Didn’t Zhu Yuanzhang accept Concubine Concubine, a woman who paid tribute from Goryeo (North Korea)? Some historians believe that Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Ji, the king of Zhou Ding, were born to Concubine Ji.
No matter what the situation is, for Goryeo, isn't it just Zhaojun leaving the country or Princess Wencheng marrying Tibet?
The Ming Dynasty’s discordance policy meant that Ming Dynasty princesses would not be married off to foreign lands, but it did not affect the Ming Dynasty emperors from marrying women from foreign lands as concubines.
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Those things about Zhu Qizhen, the Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty
In the 14th year of Zhengtong (1449), Grand Master Wala invaded the territory of other countries, and the Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty thought of himself He was so high that he couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to mind his own business. At the instigation of the eunuch Wang Zhen, he wanted to give Wala some color.
The Wala are a nomadic people in the north. At first, they were one of the nomadic peoples in the north, like the Mongolian people. Later they were merged into the Mongolian people. In the late Qing Dynasty, they were called Desert Mongolia.
In the early Ming Dynasty, Wala still had a certain degree of power. The Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty went on a personal expedition, but he never thought that due to tactical errors, he would be defeated by the Wala army led by Taishi Yexian at Tumubao (today's Huailai County, Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province). Sixty-six ministers including Minister Wang Zuo were killed in the battle, and Ming Yingzong himself was captured.
After Wala captured Ming Yingzong, he thought that the rare goods were valuable, so he took the opportunity to bargain with the Ming Dynasty, hoping to make a fortune.
After all, he was the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Although he was a prisoner, he still had great use value. Wala was polite to Zhu Qizhen at first. During this period, it may not be impossible to have some stories with Mongolian Princess.
In "The Ming Dynasty", Qiu Muge is the sister of Wala Yexian. She is optimistic about Zhu Qizhen and pledges herself to him, hoping that Zhu Qizhen will return to the Central Plains court and become a queen or concubine. Something like that.
At that time, the Ming Dynasty was in its heyday, and its strength in all aspects was far superior to that of Oara. The civil war was just a defeat in a battle, and it was very accidental.
The Ming Dynasty did not need to use the method of marriage to seek peace with Wala in exchange for Ming Yingzong. On the contrary, the Ming Dynasty did not take Ming Yingzong seriously, nor did it take Wala seriously.
At that time, Yu Qian, the left minister of the Ministry of War, advised the Queen Mother Sun to appoint Zhu Qizhen's younger brother Zhu Qiyu as the new king and refused to negotiate peace with Oara.
Grand Master Wala also saw that there was no oil and water first, and released Zhu Qizhen back a year later. It is unknown whether Zhu Qizhen brought back Wala Gege, and there is no clear record in the history books. As for giving birth to a mixed-race prince, that's a bit nonsense.
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After the Civil War Incident, the princes of the Ming Dynasty changed.
Before Ming Yingzong went to war, with the approval of Empress Dowager Sun, his eldest son Zhu Jianshen, who was only two years old, was appointed as the crown prince, and his half-brother Zhu Qiyu was left as the regent.
After the civil war, Zhu Qiyu became the new king. In the third year of Jingtai (1452), Zhu Qiyu deposed the crown prince Zhu Jianshen as the king of Yi and established his son Zhu Jianji as the crown prince. However, Zhu Jianji died in infancy the following year.
In the eighth year of Jingtai (1457), Zhu Qizhen, the Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, was restored due to the coup of seizing the gate, and Zhu Jianshen was re-established as the prince.
This is something recorded in history books. It is unclear whether Zhu Qizhen married Wala Gege, and it is even less clear whether he gave birth to a son, but he definitely did not give birth to a mixed-race prince.
As the prince, Zhu Jianshen was a pure bloodline of the old Zhu family. He was already two years old before Zhu Qizhen was captured. Although it was abolished due to civil engineering changes, the bloodline has not changed. This is an undisputed historical fact and there should be no doubt.