Emperor Wanli wanted to make Zheng Guifei the queen, but why didn't it come true?

On August 18th, 162, the weather was cloudy and the sun was dim. Although it is midsummer, the Forbidden City is filled with a sense of "cold" and "ominous". The civil and military ministers of the Ming Dynasty stood in front of Yude Palace. Some of them looked flustered, some pretended to be calm, and some had ulterior motives, but no matter what their mentality, they could not stop the thirteenth monarch of the Ming Dynasty, Wanli Emperor Zhu Zhu Yijun, from dying in Yude Palace.

Emperor Wanli wanted to make Zheng Guifei the queen, but why didn't it come true? However, to the surprise of civil and military ministers, Emperor Wanli refused to die because he had an unfulfilled wish. Before his death, he left a legacy to Prince Zhu Changluo, the future Ming Guangzong: to make Zheng Guifei the queen-because only in this way, after Zheng Guifei's death, can he make use of his distinguished queen status and finally be buried in Dingling.

Emperor Wanli already had a queen. She died in April 162, that is, Xiao Duan Xian (Sister Wang Xi). Xiao Duan was a justified queen. Although she died before Emperor Wanli, there is no doubt that she was buried in Dingling. In fact, another bad karma's concubine was Empress Dowager Wang (Wang Gongfei), who died in October 1611 (the tomb is currently buried elsewhere). One year after the death of Emperor Wanli, Emperor Apocalypse, the grandson of Emperor Wanli, succeeded to the throne. He named his grandmother Wang Gongfei as Empress Xiaojing, and Empress Xiaojing was buried in Dingling along with Emperor Wanli. It seems quite confusing, but the truth is simple, because Wang Gongfei's son is Zhu Changluo, who was later Ming Guangzong, and the Apocalypse Emperor is Zhu Changluo's son, the grandson of Empress Xiaojing-this shows a truth: a family is towards a family.

Emperor Wanli wanted to make Zheng Guifei the queen, but why didn't it come true? Emperor Wanli hates Wang (Wang Gongfei), the Empress Dowager Xiaojing, which is what we often say is that husband and wife are at odds. She can be buried in Dingling, which is something that Emperor Wanli never expected.

Empress Dowager Xiaojing was buried in Dingling. Emperor Wanli wouldn't have thought of it and couldn't control it. However, his attempt to make Zheng Guifei the queen was strongly opposed by his ministers, because it violated the "etiquette" of his ancestors! The reason behind this is not complicated, because in the Forbidden City, an imperial concubine wants to be promoted to queen, and the ceremony of conferring the queen must be presided over by the emperor himself. Once the Wanli emperor died, the ceremony of conferring Zheng Guifei could not be held naturally. Zheng Guifei's colorful dream of becoming a queen really lost six colors, leaving only one "pale".

facing the gap between etiquette and law, imperial power can't be crossed. Emperor Wanli's heart was really painful, but what made him feel more painful was yet to come. He didn't expect that after more than 3 years, Dingling, known as indestructible and eternal, was "protectively" excavated by archaeologists.

The excavation is to protect October 4th, 1955, which is a memorable day. On the desk of the relevant department, there is a Report on Excavation of the Ming Changling Mausoleum. In this report, it is clearly written: Today, great achievements have been made in the construction of all walks of life, and our cultural undertakings have also made rapid development. In order to further strengthen and prosper cultural undertakings, we request to excavate the Chang Ling of Zhu Di, the ruler of the Ming Dynasty in the Ming Tombs.