I plan to get drunk on the madness figure. To the wine as a song, strong music is still tasteless. The belt gradually widened and there was no regret. Haggard for the people of Isaac. —— "Butterfly Love Flower Leaning on the Dangerous Building Wind"
China has a long history, after countless dynastic changes to have today's good life, in the feudal society of a long time ago, the most powerful person in the country is the emperor. Nowadays, court dramas occupy a piece of the sky on the big screen, and have won the hearts of countless viewers, and a TV series is basically about the harem concubines in the story who use all means to get grace.
On how many women there are in an emperor, you can see it from the sentence "three thousand harem beauties", and you can also feel how moist the life of the ancient emperor was. These concubines are kind on the surface, but they are often cunning women who hide knives in laughter, and it is impossible to find good confidants in the palace.
Once you enter the Forbidden City, you can only serve one man for a lifetime, so it is normal for concubines to compete for favors. All the emperors we know, the beauties of the harem are innumerable, and now a man can only marry a wife, in ancient times men can marry several wives, as the emperor is even more OK, women have no right to choose, most of them are forced to enter the palace according to the system.
But not all emperors are ruthless, there are still some emperors who are very affectionate, and the emperor to be talked about next is a typical example, he has only married one wife in his life, he is Zhao Shu.
Blood relations for ancient people is still more important, men marry wives and concubines is nothing more than to continue the incense, inheritance is one of the most important things of the ancients, if you really did not give birth to a son, will be the family of sons more of the inheritance of one to themselves. Zhao Shu was inherited, he was originally the son of Zhao Yunrang, the King of Pu, because Zhao Zhen, the Emperor of Song Renzong at that time, had no sons under his knees, so he took Zhao Shu into the palace as a prince, and after the death of Song Renzong, Zhao Shu naturally became the fifth emperor of the Song Dynasty.
Zhao Shu was not born to Song Renzong, but it is strange that Zhao Zhen did not appear, he did not have a son to take over his position when he was old, he once had a son, but he died without living for a few days, so there would be no prince who fought for the throne and became emperor. However, he did not disappoint, and performed well in all aspects, and after Zhao Zhen's death, Empress Cao began to bow to the government. In order to win over Zhao Shu, Empress Cao brought her sister's daughter Gao Taotao to the palace, which was later Empress Gao.
Gao Shi was the wife of Song Renzong and the niece of Empress Cao, who had lived in the palace since childhood, and could be said to be a green plum bamboo horse with Song Renzong. At that time, Empress Cao watched as Emperor Renzong of Song brought in her nephew Zhao Shu and wanted him to inherit her throne, so she did not want to bring in her niece, and after Zhao Shu became emperor, Gao Taotao also became empress.
Song Yingzong and Empress Gao grew up together, basically never separated, and they also knew each other very well, and naturally the feelings between the two were also very deep, and when Zhao Shu sat in the position of emperor, Empress Cao also became Empress Cao. According to the records, Empress Gao and Song Yingzong gave birth to a total of eight children after marriage, and half of their sons and daughters each accounted for, which sounds quite surprising now, because these eight children were all born to Empress Gao, and Song Yingzong did not have other concubines, which shows that the life of the two is very happy.
Although Song Yingzong was an emperor, not everything was decided by her alone. Empress Cao felt that monogamy was too ridiculous, and no such thing could happen in any dynasty, and she felt that this problem was in her niece, and her personality was too strong to cause Song Yingzong to dare not have other women, so she made the decision to send two talented women to Song Yingzong.
The two talented women who were sent did not get the grace of Song Yingzong later, and Song Yingzong was still with Gao every day. Empress Cao was in a hurry, so she directly found Gao Shi, and she told Gao shi that it was normal for an emperor to have many women, and every dynasty and every generation was like this, but no matter how Much Empress Cao tried to persuade Gao Shi, she couldn't do it.
Some scholars have said in their research that the most critical reason why Song Yingzong did not take a concubine was that Empress Gao had a strong personality. In books such as the "History of Song" and the "Long Compilation", there is no record of Song Yingzong's other concubines, but some people say that Song Yingzong is a soft persimmon, has no opinion, in short, everything is said.
Song Yingzong was weak and sickly from childhood, until he grew up, he would relapse from time to time, and by 1067 AD, Song Yingzong could not resist leaving the world, and when he died, he was only thirty-six years old, compared with his uncle Song Renzong, that is, he lived four years longer than him, if Song Renzong knew that the heir to the throne he had painstakingly chosen would be deposed so quickly, it was estimated that he would be angry enough to jump out of the coffin.
After the death of Emperor Yingzong of Song, Empress Gao was deeply saddened. Although both husband and wife knew Song Yingzong's physical condition, they still did not dare to accept this result, but fortunately, he was prepared as the best candidate for the crown prince before he died.
Song Yingzong also made many achievements during his reign, but there were also mistakes, he had his own unique points in the selection of talents, but in fact, it also caused a lot of losses, and a series of problems appeared after the national treasury was empty. With his permission, Sima Guang's Zizhi Tongjian was able to proceed smoothly, and in general, it was still relatively good, at least after his death, it won the praise of many people.
Under the arrangement of Song Yingzong, Empress Gao was responsible for helping her son ascend the throne, and only after her son grew up to be able to rule on his own did Empress Gao leave the court, and with her help, the country was governed in an orderly manner. When her son was nine years old, Empress Gao immediately held a succession ceremony, officially allowing him to take over the entire dynasty, that is, the later Song Shenzong. And she lived a leisurely life, because the harem was only a woman, so there was nothing to worry about, and finally because of illness, she left at the age of sixty-one.
For the feudal society at that time, it was very rare for the emperor to be able to marry only one wife. Not only the emperor, the men of that era may not be able to do it, how infatuated Song Yingzong has to be as an emperor, and it is really fortunate that Gao Shi can marry such a good man.
The only regret is that Song Yingzong only served as emperor for four years before he died, and he could not love the woman with white head and old age. After the death of her husband, Gao Shi still endured grief to govern the country, remembered her husband's instructions, and helped Song Shenzong ascend to the throne, and such a woman was also admirable.
Reference: "Song Hui To Compile Manuscripts"