After the establishment of the Song Dynasty, the strategy of chongwen and suppression of martial arts was implemented, and under such circumstances, the civil officials of the Song Dynasty reached an unprecedented peak in history. Because of this, it can be said that the civil officials of the Song Dynasty were the happiest. It is undeniable that during the Song Dynasty, there were also many famous generals, such as Di Qing, Yue Fei, Cao Bin and so on.
Among all the famous generals of the Song Dynasty, Yue Fei was definitely the most famous. During the Song Dynasty, there was a very diligent and loving emperor, who was Zhao Zhen of Song Renzong. Historically, there were many emperors with the temple name Renzong, but the most qualified of them was definitely Song Renzong Zhao Zhen. During the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song, a very well-known minister also appeared.
This minister is Bao Zheng. It is undeniable that Bao Zheng lived during the Song Renzong period, and his talents could be displayed. Then again, during the song renzong period, a thrilling thing happened, that is, Song Renzong was assassinated. This assassination incident not only almost killed Song Renzong, but Song Renzong's attitude towards it was difficult to understand.
Song Renzong himself was not at all enthusiastic about this assassination of the king, and it was unbelievable that Song Renzong actually took the initiative to propose not to continue to pursue the case. The assassination of Song Renzong can be inferred from the records of Li Tao's "Continuation of the Zizhi TongjianChang", "The Biography of Song Shi Houfei", and Ouyang Xiu's "Guitian Record". In these historical sources, it can be inferred that Song Renzong was stabbed.
Late at night on the eighteenth day of the eighth leap month of the eighth year of the eighth year of the Song Renzong calendar, Song Renzong was awakened by a scream, and he wanted to ask the eunuch He Chengyong what had happened. So the eunuch He Chengyong told Song Renzong to punish the little palace girl who made a mistake again, and beat her harder. Empress Cao at that time was furious when she heard it. When is it, you still dare to deceive the emperor.
Song Renzong could never have imagined that at this time, outside the palace, someone was actually looking for Song Renzong with a murder weapon. After some investigation, it was learned that outside Song Renzong's palace, it was Yan Xiu, Guo Kui, Wang Sheng, and Sun Li who wanted to assassinate Song Renzong. At that time, the situation was that the concubine was dead, which made Song Renzong very moved.
In addition, a large number of forbidden troops arrived, quickly reversing the dangerous situation. After the forbidden army arrived, the assassination attempts of Yan Xiu, Guo Kui, Wang Sheng, and Sun Li were definitely unsuccessful. It is reasonable to say that the ending of these four people is definitely not much better, under the circumstances at that time, Yan Xiu, Guo Kui, Wang Sheng, and Sun Li will definitely be exterminated.
However, Song Renzong's attitude was to make big things small and small things small. This is related to The character of Song Renzong. The Song Shi Benji commented that he was benevolent in nature and loyal in his use of torture. Although the murder of Yan Xiu and others in the palace was of a bad nature, Song Renzong was also reluctant to investigate deeply. But the problem was that Yan Xiu and the other four were Song Renzong's personal bodyguards.
If Song Renzong did not pursue this matter, the consequences would be unimaginable. Emperor Renzong of Song sent his ministers into the palace to investigate. Song Xi was sent into the palace to try such a case, but after reviewing it for half a day, no one was found. Then, after this incident appeared, Song Xi did not find out anything, but the appearance of this matter was obviously that the palace guards were obviously in trouble.
On the night of the palace coup, the empress's behavior impressed Song Renzong, who ordered all the palace doors to be closed, and the concubines were too frightened to stay in the palace. In addition, Zhang Meiren of Song Renzong risked her life and ran from her palace to Emperor Renzong to protect the emperor with a weak woman.
So who is the real mastermind behind the assassination of the king? This is already a historical mystery. First of all, there are many doubts in this case. To this day, people have not stopped speculating about this. But the question is, Song Renzong is so honest and loves the people, how can someone still assassinate him? This point does not stand up to scrutiny.
As for who assassinated Song Renzong and who was the host behind the scenes, I am afraid it is impossible to know. To this day, this event is one of the mysteries of history. Some people even want to pull this case to Empress Cao, but this statement is only speculation, and there is no evidence at all. Eventually Emperor Renzong of Song pardoned the palace guards.