After losing his country, Tran Thuc Bao was still fully treated by Sui Van De Duong Kien, so every day he lived in a dream, at the age of 52 he died in Luoyang. Many historians questioned whether, during these years of dreamy life, Tran Thuc said he often remembered the beautiful silhouette, the beauty that was said to be the famous painter Truong Le Hoa. Illustration You are from a poor background According to historical records, Truong Le Hoa came from a military family in Yangzhou, Jiangnan. However, in the life of her parents, the family fell into poverty and poverty, Le Hoa’s father and brother had to go to knit mats to earn a living. At the age of 10, Truong Le Hoa, thanks to her beautiful face, was recruited to the palace as a maidservant, serving Prince Tran Thuc Bao. In fact, the world has been in turmoil for a long time, the palace maids who are recruited to serve the royal family will not be bound by too many regulations, and their status is not limited, even a farmer’s son can enter the palace to work. job. Therefore, Truong Le Hoa seized this opportunity. Not long into the palace, with her heavenly beauty, Truong Le Hoa was noticed by Crown Prince Tran Thuc Bao and became happy. Because of constant love, Truong Le Hoa quickly became pregnant and gave birth to a fourth son for the Crown Prince, named Tran Tham. Right after that, Le Hoa gave birth to the 8th child for Tran Thuc Bao, Tran Trang. When Tran Thuc Bao succeeded and became the emperor of the country, Tran Truong Le Hoa was given the title of noble concubine, with great power, even surpassing the empress. When Tran Thuc Bao was injured, he did not even meet the queen, leaving only the noble concubine Truong Le Hoa to serve, enough to see how much this beauty was loved. Not stopping there, Tran Thuc Bao was so delusional that he even brought Truong Le Hoa to the royal court. Originally, it was stipulated that the concubine was absolutely not allowed to participate in the main court, if she violated the law, she would not be spared. However, at that time, the world was in turmoil, and the rules were no longer strict. Consort entered the court with the emperor hoàng Truong Le Hoa not only leisurely entered the court, but when she entered the court, she did not stand beside the emperor like other great ministers. This beauty sat on the emperor’s lap, sometimes the two even cuddled each other, making it difficult for the courtiers to endure. The worst part was, because she often had to go to court to listen to political stories, gradually Truong Le Hoa began to get involved in court affairs. She relied on Tran Thuc Bao’s favor, openly supported a group of trusted mandarins, and eliminated those who were against her will. After that, Le Hoa also invited the sorcerer to enter the royal palace to set up an altar to sacrifice, to display enough for superstitions to fascinate the emperor, and to be believed by the emperor. Since then, she has been swayed by the nobles, blatantly criticizing, arbitrarily conferring titles, accepting bribes, drawing factions. Just like that, the court was no longer disciplined, and soon it was disordered. When the Sui led troops to attack the Southern Dynasty, Tan Vuong Duong Quang surrounded the palace. Tran Thuc Bao couldn’t run in time, he only had to lead Truong Le Hoa to hide under a dry well in Ngu Uyen. But in the end, both were still found and captured by the Sui army. According to historical records, when he saw Truong Le Hoa, Duong Quang was also captivated by her unparalleled beauty, intending to take her home as his concubine. However, Chief historian Cao Quynh saw this and quickly intervened, saying that Truong Le Hoa was no different from Dat Ky, a demon who fascinates the king, holding back will face disaster. Hearing that, Duong Quang, although deeply mourning for the beautiful woman, was still more important to the national affairs, so the wrong person killed Truong Le Hoa. It can be said that, because it is so beautiful, Truong Le Hoa from the most favored place finally has a taste of jade. This is a predetermined outcome. However, in retrospect, historians admit that, even if Truong Le Hoa did not participate in the main court, Tran Thuc Bao would still lose the battle, Nam Tran would still perish. In fact, Nam Tran was originally a small country, economically and militarily unable to compete with the Sui dynasty. Only about the war. Emperor Van De went to fight a battle and sent out 50,000 troops, while the whole of Nam Tran, the demographics of all, young and old, were only 200,000, so what can we do to fight back? Consort Quy was originally a maid, even though she had no children, she was still favored by the Qianlong King Despite her small background, Cao Thi has outstanding appearance and gentle personality. She was selected by Emperor Yongzheng to serve in the palace to serve Bao Than Vuong Hoang Lich, also the later Qian Long Emperor. Not long after, she continued to be promoted by Ung Chinh Emperor to Trac Phuc, the position only after Di Phuc promoted to Phu Sat Thi. After Emperor Ung Chinh died, Bao Than Vuong Hoang Lich succeeded him. At this time, although she still had not given birth to any children for him, Cao Thi was still made a concubine, only under Queen Phu Sat. Even after that, the entire Bao yao clan with the Cao family name was raised and merged into the Manchurian Tuong Hoang Ky, the identity of the Bao robe was completely washed, helping to increase the position and status of Consort Cao Quy in the harem. more than ever. Since being married to Emperor Qianlong, Consort Cao Quy has always received favors, which makes Empress Phu Sat very jealous. Whenever she was sick, the Emperor was always very worried and gave her the best herbs. During a time when Consort Cao Quy fell seriously ill, Emperor Qianlong was very heartbroken. In order to make her happy, Emperor Qianlong issued an edict to elevate her to the rank of Imperial concubine, which was also the first time in his harem to have this concubine status. Unfortunately, Hoang Quy consort Cao Thi could not survive and died at the age of 34. Emperor Qian Long mourned, often wrote poems for her and called her “Tue Hien Hoang Quy consort”. Besides Hieu Hien Thuan Empress, Tue Hien Hoang Quy is the only concubine that makes Emperor Qianlong over the years still keep writing such memorial poems. After Du Lang was completed, Imperial Consort Tue Hien Hoang was transferred to be buried here, next to Queen Hieu Hien Thuan and Queen Triet Man Hoang. She is also one of the rare 5 concubines who were buried with the Qianlong Emperor in Du Lang’s palace. And yet, later, when Emperor Gia Khanh ascended the throne, changed the family name “Cao Thi” of the royal concubine Tue Hien Hoang to “Cao Giai Thi”, classified as one of the Manchu nobles.

Longevity of the Forbidden City From 1406, a magnificent ancient palace began to be built in China, that is, the Forbidden City. It was built for a total of 14 years until it was completed in 1420. Although it was built only 14 years ago, its preliminary preparation work was very thorough. After all, it’s been more than 600 years since the Forbidden City was built, hundreds of years of ups and downs are enough to destroy most things in this world, but why has the Forbidden City not collapsed in the last 600 years? The Forbidden City went through the Ming and Qing dynasties. Because it is an ancient building with a wooden structure, there is no way to avoid the risk of fire, and it has been continuously restored throughout the centuries. Even in modern times, after the founding of the People’s Republic of China, in order to better protect the Forbidden City, the Chinese government carried out a comprehensive renovation of the Forbidden City. While sorting through the cultural relics inside, a secret was discovered after pry open the floor tiles of the Forbidden City. Floor tiles in the Forbidden City Many people wonder if the Forbidden City has existed for the past 600 years because of its foundation? For projects, although the role of the foundation cannot be ignored, other parts are equally important. In addition to the massiveness of the Forbidden City, one can certainly come across the floor tiles that can be seen everywhere in the Forbidden City. As an ordinary citizen, surely everyone will have satisfactory floor tiles for their home, not to mention the magnificent Forbidden City, the residence of the emperor. Talking about the Forbidden City, there is always a saying handed down in folklore. Also because of this saying, when the Forbidden City was being extensively restored, every corner of it was thoroughly studied. The saying goes, “The palaces, the ancient royal palaces, the wards in the Forbidden City, are all paved with golden square bricks”. So the floor tiles used in the Forbidden City are gilded tiles? Of course not, of course gold here does not refer to that metal bearing the symbol Au. The reason they are called yellow bricks is because the ancient craftsmen put a little tung oil (tung tree oil, or elm dong – Vietnamese call it sloppy) into the mold when making these bricks. As the emperor’s palace, even the floor tiles, of course, must be made of the best materials. This type of brick is not available to everyone. The secret under the golden bricks in the Forbidden City The floor tiles of the Forbidden City are not only made of good materials, but are also harder than ordinary bricks, and are also more labor-intensive to make than ordinary bricks. Except for the emperor, the people who used these bricks in ancient times were all powerful officials and nobles. And the secret that keeps the Forbidden City from falling for hundreds of years is also hidden under these golden bricks. In the Forbidden City, the error between each yellow brick is very small, it takes 3 years to make 50,000 gold bricks, moreover it can only be produced in Suzhou. However, successful crafting does not mean it will be used, as these golden bricks will be tested one by one after they are delivered to the Forbidden City. The selection criteria were even comparable to those of the emperor’s concubines, which required rigorous screening. According to records in the mandarin books of the “Works of the Law” of the Qing dynasty, a gold brick two meters long, each worker can only be sharpened 3. When laying the floor, three workers, including a main tiler and two assistants, can only lay 5 tiles a day. For example, when laying the floor tiles in Thai Hoa Palace, they needed 1573 masons, 944 pavers and 1888 assistant workers. From the above information, it can be understood that placing golden bricks in the Forbidden City is very laborious and time consuming. Originally, this project was labor-intensive, paving a floor was not easy, while the foundation of the Forbidden City was paved for fifteen floors. At that time, Minh Thanh To guarded against theft, worried that someone would dig a tunnel into the Forbidden City, so he asked for 15 floors of bricks. The total amount is equivalent to the current 80 million yuan. Behind the successful installation of these bricks is the hard work of countless workers. After paving the floor in the Forbidden City, in order not to reveal this secret, all the workers were ordered to become mute. Therefore, after finding out this secret, they all sighed and said that Chu Di (Ming’s ancestor Zhu Di – the 3rd emperor of the Ming Dynasty) was indeed an outstanding tyrant in history. .

Chong Trinh Emperor can be considered as the emperor with the most tragic fate in the history History of the Ming Dynasty . Unlike other kings who lost their country in history, during the 17 years of Sung Trinh De’s reign, he always ruled the kingdom, carried out reforms, wiped out the parties in the court, and always worked diligently. hope to save the tragedy of the decline of the Ming dynasty. Unfortunately it’s too late! The court at that time had hundreds of thousands of holes, politics was chaotic, moreover Ming Dynasty At that time, it was in the “downhill without brake” stage, the people lamented endlessly. The area of ​​Guangdong, Xiamen, even Hainan has snowfall, drought in the North, floods in the South, it is this extreme weather phenomenon that has fueled the fire of hatred among the people when life Theirs had fallen into an impoverished stalemate. Because of that, peasant uprisings arose everywhere, for the Ming court, it was cold and foggy, and things that were bad are now getting worse. Starting from the first year of Chong Trinh (ie 1628), there was a great drought in the North of China, the land was white and the grass could not grow, in the “Han Nam custom of the district” it was recorded that: Illustrations. “In the first year of Chongzheng, the whole Shaanxi region was red like blood. In the fifth year there was a famine; in the sixth year there was a flood; in the seventh year there was a locust plague, causing a loss of crops and famine; in September of the eighth year, Xixiang In the tenth year, there was a great drought, Luoc Duong had a great flood, and houses were ruined; in the ninth year, there was a great drought and locusts; in the tenth year, the autumn crops were completely lost; in the eleventh summer, locusts flew through the sky; … in the tenth year. three great droughts; … the fourteenth year of the great drought.” The appearance of the rebels Because to cut spending, Emperor Chong Trinh ordered the removal of the epidemic station, the savings were used for military expenses in the Northeast. But no one expected that this staff reduction would bring back Chong Trinh De a very strong enemy, which is Ly Tu Thanh. After being dismissed, Ly Tu Thanh joined the insurgent army and soon became Thunder King. In 1644, the insurgents attacked the Forbidden City. Faced with the situation of dehydration near the shelf, along with the scene of the insurgent army breaking through the main gate of Beijing, Emperor Chong Trinh’s heart was like cold ashes, completely hopeless. In fact, this emperor could have fled with his court officials to the south, to Nanjing, continuing to maintain Ming domination. Because at that time, Nanjing has always been Beijing’s subsidiary capital, Beijing has a key force, and Nanjing also has a part. Moreover, there are still some descendants of the Zhou family, who did not follow Beijing, still continue to live in Nanjing. So even if Beijing was later destroyed, Emperor Chongzhen could still establish a new government in Nanjing. If Emperor Chongzheng can escape from Beijing, with his status, position and talent, the Ming dynasty still has the opportunity to rebuild and rebuild again. But Chong Trinh De was a brave Emperor. Outside of the chaotic army, he sadly looked back at the palace and his relatives and then chose to commit suicide according to the country. The fate of the concubines who served the Chong Trinh Emperor It is surprising that many of his concubines have committed suicide with him. Emperor Chong Trinh wholeheartedly took care of the country, so his harem concubines were not many. Moreover, the affection between Emperor Chong Trinh and Empress Chau was also very good, so he did not favor many other girls. Therefore, there are very few records of his concubine in history, moreover, there are also some people of high status who died at a young age. By the time the country died, there were not many people who personally paid their respects. The relationship between Chong Trinh De and Chau Empress has always been very good, extremely close, the feelings of the two can be compared to the love of a loving couple. Chong Trinh De and Chau Empress parted for the last time, after saying goodbye, Empress Chau also hanged herself and died. In addition to the Empress, there is also Consort Yuan. After parting, Consort Yuan also tied her neck with a rope, unfortunately because her body was a bit fat, so the rope broke. Yuan Gui fell to the ground, was in a coma for a while, and then regained consciousness. When the Qing army entered, she was arranged by the Qing army in a suitable position, enjoying her old age. Concubine Dien Quy was also one of the concubines of Emperor Chong Trinh. She was also favored by the king. Unfortunately, her health was always not good, so the three princes she gave birth to were also sick and died young. Tian Guifei couldn’t get over such a shock, was too pitiful, caused constant illness, and eventually died prematurely. Consort Vuong Thuan is also one of the concubines who died early. She came from a poor background, was a maidservant next to Chau Empress, the relationship between the two of them was very good. During his time at Tin Vuong Palace, he served Emperor Chong Trinh and Empress Chau. After that, he went to the palace with the Empress, always serving by her side. Once she happened to be blessed by the Emperor Chong Trinh, she became pregnant with a dragon race. Unfortunately, after giving birth, she died of bleeding. Emperor Chong Trinh’s harem still had a few other concubines, but because of his low status, he could not personally say goodbye. Most of them chose to commit suicide, following the Chong Trinh Emperor. In the face of the threat of dehydration, the weak women showed their last resilience, taking their own lives to express the last resistance, truly making people feel.