Ming · Military Officer and Aristocrat

Zhang Ni 張輗

Attested AD 1457 - AD 1457

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Ni was a Military Officer and Aristocrat.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1457 天順元年春正月丙戌
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 12, passages 1, 8
AD 1457 天順元年春正月壬午
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 12, passages 1-2

Career and standing

Regional Commander 都督
AD 1457 天順元年春正月壬午 · Held
Directly stated · History of Ming 12, passage 2
Baron of Wen'an 文安伯
AD 1457 天順元年春正月丙戌 · Enfeoffed · Reason merit in the Gate-Seizing restoration
Directly stated · History of Ming 12, passage 8

Places and affiliations

Polity Ming 明 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Ming 12, passages 2, 8

Events and relationships

Led troops that brought the Emperor out of the Southern Palace
AD 1457 天順元年春正月壬午 · Political · Event Gate-Seizing restoration 奪門迎復 · Leader · With Yingzong (英宗)
Directly stated · History of Ming 12, passages 2, 8

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 12Volume 12 Annals 12: Yingzong Later Records · 2 passages

天順元年春正月壬午，昧爽，武清侯石亨，都督張輗、張軏，左都御史楊善，副都御史徐有貞，太監曹吉祥以兵迎帝於南宮，御奉天門，朝百官。 In the first month of spring in Tianshun one, at first light on renwu, Shi Heng, Marquis of Wuqing, Zhang Ni and Zhang Yue, regional commanders, Yang Shan, left censor-in-chief, Xu Youzhen, vice censor-in-chief, and the eunuch Cao Jixiang led troops to bring the Emperor out of the Southern Palace; he took the throne at Fengtian Gate and received the whole bureaucracy in audience.

論奪門迎復功，封石亨忠國公，張軏太平侯，張輗文安伯，楊善興濟伯，曹吉祥嗣子欽都督同知。 Rewards were fixed for the Gate-Seizing restoration: Shi Heng became Duke of Loyal States; Zhang Yue, Marquis of Taiping; Zhang Ni, Baron of Wen'an; Yang Shan, Baron of Xingji; and Cao Jixiang's adopted son Qin was made vice commissioner-in-chief.