Chapter 422
But fortunately, Empress Ma's father-in-law is also the landlord Ma Yiliang's good friend Guo Zixing is still very reliable.

Guo Zixing and his wife treated Ma Xiuying as their own, and regarded her as their adopted daughter.Under the guidance of Guo Zixing and his wife, Ma Xiuying "can go up to the hall and go down to the kitchen", she is both smart and courageous.

However, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the people were in dire straits, and rebel armies from all over the country rose up one after another. Among them, the most influential one belonged to the White Lotus Sect of Guo Zixing. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang was still Zhu Chongba. Because of its bravery, skill in combat, shrewdness and ability, the credit is shared with everyone, so its influence gradually spread among the team.

Guo Zixing saw that Zhu Yuanzhang was so capable, so in order to win him over, he betrothed Ma Xiuying to Zhu Yuanzhang.Marry a chicken with a chicken, marry a dog with a dog, although Zhu Yuanzhang is a rough man, but Ma Xiuying did not dislike him, on the contrary, the two respected each other after marriage, and she took care of Zhu Yuanpingzhang's life in every possible way.

It's a pity that Zhu Yuanzhang's ability aroused the jealousy of Guo Zixing's sons. Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was so loved by his father, they kept saying bad things about Zhu Yuanzhang behind his back. Found an excuse to imprison Zhu Yuanzhang.

It was a famine at that time, the people had no crops, and the camps were full of hunger and food. Naturally, the prison chiefs couldn't care about Zhu Yuanzhang who was imprisoned.

Zhu Yuanzhang was so hungry that his chest was pressed against his back, and he sighed in his heart: "At the beginning, my parents were starved to death. Do I have to follow their old path? God is so short-sighted. I am not reconciled. I I'm not reconciled..."

Zhu Yuanzhang was in a daze of hunger when he suddenly saw Ma Shi appear in front of him when the curtain was raised.She looked around for no one, carefully unbuttoned her chest, took out a piece of hot cake and handed it to Zhu Yuanzhang.After Zhu Yuanzhang devoured it, he found that Ma Shi's chest had been burned.

It turned out that Zhu Yuanzhang was imprisoned. When Ma Xiuying found out, she secretly went to the kitchen to make pancakes, but Guo Zixing’s son bumped into her when she was just cooking. In order not to reveal her secrets, she had to hide the pancakes in her arms and chatted with him for a while as if nothing had happened. In less than half an hour, Ma Xiuying's chest was scalded by the cake.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Yuanzhang was so moved that he couldn't speak. What could a husband ask for if he had a wife like this, and he secretly swore in his heart, "I will live up to her in the future."Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang eating in embarrassment, Ma smiled happily, regardless of his hungry stomach.

In order to help Zhu Yuanzhang get out of trouble, Ma Xiuying gave all her belongings to her stepmother, tried her best to please her, and persuaded her stepmother to intercede with Guo Zixing, and Zhu Yuanzhang was finally released.

Of course, Ma Xiuying's contribution to Zhu Yuanzhang is not only that.According to the "Book of Ming Dynasty", Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang were injured in a certain battle. Ma Xiuying ran with serious injuries on his back. Thanks to Ma's big feet, Zhu Yuanzhang finally recovered his life.

In order to let Zhu Yuanzhang have no worries, Mrs. Ma not only took care of him in all aspects of life, but also acted as a secretary to organize Zhu Yuanzhang's military order documents during the march and the notes he wrote later. When needed, she can take it out immediately, and she has never made a mistake.

Zhu Yuanzhang marched and fought in the wild. When Ma went out with the army, he never complained about suffering and tiredness. Whenever he had time, he organized women in the rear to sew clothes, shoes and socks for the soldiers; All the money in the family rewards the soldiers to boost morale.

Rather than saying that Guo Zixing was Zhu Yuanzhang's nobleman for a while, it is better to say that Ma Xiuying was Zhu Yuanzhang's nobleman for the first time.

It was thanks to Ma's all-round support that Zhu Yuanzhang was able to give full play to his military talents and obtain a steady stream of material and spiritual power in the process of fighting the country with many crises. In 1368, Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, and Ma Xiuying was canonized as empress.

At this time, the husband and wife have been together for 16 years. Now that Zhu Yuanzhang's great career has been accomplished, Empress Ma can enjoy the glory and wealth as a matter of course.

However, she still maintained the frugal style of her career, wearing old clothes, eating simple tea and light meals, and disliked luxury. Although there were countless people serving Zhu Yuanzhang in the palace, she still took care of her husband's daily life.Zhu Yuanzhang was grateful for what Empress Ma had done, often praised her virtues to the monarchs and ministers, and compared Ma to Empress Changsun.

After Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, he couldn't wait to "compensate" Empress Ma for her sufferings over the years, so he ordered to search for Empress Ma's relatives, and wanted to give them official titles, but Empress Ma refused and never agreed to do so. He confiscated a lot of property from Ma's relatives, but he was not appointed an official.

Therefore, strictly prohibiting foreign relatives from intervening in politics became an important regulation of the Ming Dynasty, and it was written into the Ming Emperor's instructions. Therefore, when choosing the princes and concubines for the princes and princes, they were all selected from the folks, so that the daughters of ordinary people's families had Feishangzhi. The opportunity to sit on the Phoenix head.

Before Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, there was only Ma Shi, a woman. After he ascended the throne, he became the emperor, with three palaces and eight courtyards, and three thousand beauties. As a woman, Empress Ma was not jealous of other concubines at all. When they were pregnant, she tried every means to protect their concubines. My child, is the continuous heir of the royal family.

When Zhu Yuanzhang conquered the world, Ma was just an ordinary woman. The all-round support for Zhu Yuanzhang was more derived from a wife's love for her husband. All she wanted was to give Zhu Yuanzhang a warm home.

After Zhu Yuanzhang came to the throne, he was the emperor, and Empress Ma's pattern changed from loving her family to patriotic.

Once, Empress Ma asked Zhu Yuanzhang: "How are the people living now?" He replied: "Your Majesty is the father of the world, and my concubine is the mother of the world. How can I not ask about the peace of the people?" Zhu Yuanzhang was speechless.

After fighting side by side for many years, Empress Ma understands Zhu Yuanzhang's ambition and family and country, so she has to maintain this hard-won country so that the people can have enough food, wear warm clothes, and no longer be displaced with their families.

Therefore, whenever the country encounters a disaster, she takes the lead in leading the concubines in the harem to eat and drink, save money, and pray to God. Difficulties will come, and once the people suffer, rebellion will arise."

In the 15th year of Hongwu, Empress Ma was seriously ill. She knew that she could not be cured. In order not to hurt the imperial physician, she refused to be cured. Before she died, Zhu Yuanzhang asked her what her wish was. As in the beginning, all descendants are virtuous, and the subjects get what they deserve."Zhu Yuanzhang burst into tears.

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When Zhu Biao came to Qianqing Palace, he saw that Zhu Yuanzhang was sitting there alone in a daze again, and there was a trace of tears in the corner of his eyes. He knew that his father and emperor were missing his mother and queen again, and Zhu Biao also understood how sad he was. He immediately said:

"Father, the Bureau of War has improved the firecracker. Its power is not the same as the previous firecracker. I hope that the father will approve it and popularize it in the army as soon as possible!"

(End of this chapter)

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