Qing Pingle: How good is the historical prototype of Empress Cao? The guards rebelled, and she stepped forward to save Song Renzong
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Recently, the "Empress Cao" played by Jiang Shuying in "Qing Ping Le" has become the object of national pain. And "Zhao Zhen", played by Wang Kai in the play, was scolded by the "scumbag" as a dog with a bloody head. Because the role of "Zhao Zhen" sees a love one, is a "scumbag" no doubt, but pity the "Empress Cao" who loves him deeply. Loved him all his life, but never got his love.
Most of the characters in "Qing Ping Le" are based on history, so many characters have prototypes in history. The "Zhao Zhen" in the play is Zhao Zhen of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the "Empress Cao" is the second empress of the Northern Song Dynasty, Empress CishengGuangxian. Don't look at the "Empress Cao" in the play is pitiful, but in fact, the historical Empress Cao is even more pitiful, but she has become the final winner.
Empress Dowager Cao of Cishengguang was born into the Gaomen family of the Zhending Cao clan. She is the daughter of shogun, and the Cao family began in the five dynasties of the late Tang Dynasty and became a top family clan by the Northern Song Dynasty. Cao's great-grandfather was Cao Yun the Prince of Wei, and his grandfather Cao Bin was the founding father of the Northern Song Dynasty, who made great military achievements and served as a privy councillor. After his death, King Wuhui of Zhou.
As Cao Bin's granddaughter, Cao Clan is naturally quite excellent. After Empress Guo, The first empress of Emperor Renzong of Song, was deposed, Empress Dowager Zhang Huiyang, Song Renzong's adoptive mother, took a fancy to the Cao clan and elected her to the palace as empress.
Cao, who was familiar with poetry books and was a showy girl, became an example for the harem after becoming an empress. She is loving, frugal, cautious and daring. Compared with the previous Empress Guo, the Cao clan can definitely be the mother of the world and be respected by all the people. However, Cao's appearance was not outstanding, and Song Renzong valued beauty and did not like Empress Cao's virtuousness, so Empress Cao was not favored. During her 28 years as empress, Empress Cao did not give birth to a son and a half daughter for Song Renzong, which shows that Song Renzong's love for this empress is not deep.
However, this lack of favor also has Empress Cao's own reasons. She knew that Song Renzong didn't like herself and preferred Zhang Guifei. But she didn't care at all, and never fought for the wind. Not only that, Empress Cao attached great importance to the harvest, often planting grain in her palace and raising silkworms to collect mulberry. Although you are an empress, you live like an ordinary person. Therefore, the palace eunuchs in the palace all liked the empress.
Empress Cao was not only virtuous, but also graceful. In the first month of her 14th year as empress, several guards in the palace committed trouble, and Empress Cao happened to be serving Song Renzong. After she heard the news, she immediately got up and locked Song Renzong in the bedroom for protection. Under her arrangement, the rebels were finally captured and Song Renzong was safe and sound. However, Song Renzong actually suspected that this rebellion was self-directed by Empress Cao, in order to compete for favors in front of him. He was not grateful to Empress Cao at all, and wanted to depose her and make Concubine Zhang Guifei empress. Fortunately, the ministers tried their best to stop it, and only then did they retain Empress Cao's position.
Being able to sit firmly in the position of empress under the favor of Zhang Guifei, the Cao clan has always been obedient to people with virtue. Although she didn't mind not fighting for the wind and being jealous, she was not a fool and would let Zhang Guifei step on her head. Therefore, when Zhang Guifei was pampered and proud and wanted to travel with the empress dowager, Empress Cao deliberately agreed to Zhang Guifei's request. When Song Renzong learned of this, he not only did not obey Zhang Guifei, but also reprimanded her for disregarding the etiquette. After the ministers knew about it, they praised Empress Cao even more, and they rejected Zhang Guifei in various ways. It was this kind of wisdom that made Cao Shi stand firm in the position of empress. However, Empress Cao never received the love of Song Renzong, and Song Renzong also misunderstood that Empress Cao had an affair with Zhang Maoze (an internal servant). This incident made Empress Cao no longer willing to be close to Emperor Renzong of Song.
Although her husband does not love her, she has a good adopted son, Zhao Shu. Zhao Shu was the younger son of Zhao Yunrang, the Prince of Pu, and was taken into the palace by Emperor Renzong of Song when he was a child and raised by Empress Cao. Because Emperor Renzong of Song had few heirs and died early, the thirty-one-year-old Zhao Shu was made crown prince. After the death of Emperor Renzong of Song, he succeeded to the throne as emperor, that is, Emperor Yingzong of Song. Empress Cao, on the other hand, was made empress dowager and assisted Emperor Yingzong of Song.
However, Song Yingzong only reigned for four years before he died, and was later succeeded by his son Song Shenzong. Empress Cao was given the title of Empress Dowager and assisted Emperor Shenzong of Song, who had considerable respect and filial piety to Empress Dowager Tai. It was not until the empress dowager was 64 years old that she died. Later, she was given the title of "Empress Dowager Of Cishengguang" and was buried with Zhao Zhen.
Empress Cao did not receive the love of her husband in her life, but she assisted the three emperors of Song Renzong, Song Shenzong, and Song Yingzong. She was also praised by later generations as a rare empress dowager of the Song Dynasty.