Emperor Guangzong of Song was the twelfth emperor of the Song Dynasty and the third emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, and he was the third son of Emperor Xiaozong of Song, and his mother was Empress Guo of Chengmu.
Emperor Xiaozong of Song had four sons, Zhao Kai, Zhao Kai, Zhao Kai, and Zhao Ke the Prince of Shao. At first, he chose his eldest son, Zhao Yu, as his successor. Zhao Yixian was generous, and both Emperor Gaozong of Song and Emperor Xiaozong of Song loved him. Unfortunately, he did not have the life of an emperor and died young at the age of twenty-four.
After the crown prince's death, it was reasonable to say that Emperor Xiaozong of Song should have his second son, Zhao Kai. Zhao Kai has been intelligent since childhood, and he is magnanimous and generous. Although he was born into the royal family, he was not arrogant. Fathers and sons, brothers, princes and nobles, and eunuchs and palace ladies are treated equally and treated with courtesy.
In fact, strictly speaking, he is very suitable, but Song Xiaozong thinks that he is too generous. Instead, he took a fancy to the old third Zhao Huan and felt that the third son, Zhao Huan, was more like himself, so he made Zhao Huan the crown prince.
I have to say that Song Xiaozong's vision of people is debatable, not only is it bad, but it is too bad.
In the fourteenth year of Chunxi (1187), Emperor Gaozong of Song died. Although he was not the biological father of Song Xiaozong, Song Xiaozong was also grief-stricken, and decided to keep filial piety for him for three years, coupled with Song Xiaozong's exhaustion and fatigue in political affairs, so he planned to give the Throne to his son, so in the sixteenth year of Chunxi (1189), Song Xiaozong was the Zen throne, Zhao Huan ascended the throne, and the following year was the first year of Shaoxi, which was for Song Guangzong.
To say that the second elder is thick, then the third elder Song Guangzong is timid as a mouse, and the typical wife is strict.
Empress Dowager Li Fengniang of Song Guangzong, when Emperor Gaozong of Song heard that Li Fengniang was good-looking, he was fooled by the Taoists, so he asked emperor Zhao Huan to marry Li Fengniang. However, I did not expect that Li Fengniang was a person with a lot of jealousy, and her personality had very big flaws.
Song Guangzong was 42 when he took over, but he was frail and sickly, and his health had not been good. Coupled with the fact that this Li Fengniang tortured him not lightly, not only controlling the harem and not allowing him to get close to others, but also alienating him from the father-son relationship with Song Xiaozong, resulting in a deep contradiction between the two. The timid Song Guangzong was unable to grasp the power over time, and his wife Li Fengniang began to intervene in politics.
However, the two were a little too arbitrary, especially after Song Xiaozong was seriously ill, Li Fengniang also forbade the father and son to meet, which shows how timid Song Guangzong was, especially after Song Xiaozong's death, both of them were unwilling to attend the funeral, which made Manchu Wenwu very resentful, so he launched a palace coup to force Song Guangzong to abdicate and give way to his son.