History is the memory of things that have been said and done. —Carl Baker
In ancient China, the family family of a person was born basically determined his life. Ordinary people's men want to change their fate, either study hard in the cold window, maybe they can get a meritorious name; or they join the military and make contributions in the chaotic world. The woman is much more pitiful, living in the boudoir all day, and can only look forward to marrying a ruyi langjun in the future. But fate is really wonderful, actually let a dowry maid step up to the heavens, and eventually become the queen of a country!
A queen of humble origins
According to the Book of Southern Tang, "Empress Yuanjing of Liezu, Song Shi, nicknamed Fujin". The Song Fujin in the text is the lucky guy that this article will talk about. The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms were the chaotic world of China, and Song Fujin was born in this period, like duckweed in the waves, separated from his family in the chaos of the war and horses, and lived a displaced life from an early age. His father's name was Song Yun, and he was a man of reading, and Song Fujin was influenced by him, and he knew both books and dali, and could also recite poems. Because of this, she was favored by Shengzhou Assassin Wang Rong and made her the personal maid of the Wang family.
At the same time, wu had a minister named Xu Wen, who had an adopted son named Xu Zhihuan, who also served as a shengzhou assassin. Later, the Xu and Wang families married, Xu Zhihuan married Miss Wang, and Song Fujin, as a dowry maid, followed his master into the Xu mansion and became a concubine.
What is a concubine?
Concubines are generally divided into three types: the first is that the sisters marry the same husband, if the sister is the right wife, the sister is the concubine; the second is a woman with a higher status, with other women of the clan to marry, the woman is the right wife, the clan woman is the concubine; the third is song Fujin, as a personal maid, marrying with the master. However, unlike concubines, concubines have a much higher status, not only have a formal status, but also can attend various events.
The reason for this situation is purely for political considerations, because concubines are closely related to the "mother's family", and if the wife dies early or cannot have children, the concubine will take her place, so as to protect the interests of the "mother's family" to the greatest extent.
The Wang family has been pampered since childhood, although he also knows the book Dali, but he has never served anyone, and after marrying into Xu Mansion, he naturally has to serve his in-laws and serve Xiang Gong, and it is inevitable that there will be some complaints. And Song Fujin has been wandering since childhood, being clever and clever, and the work of serving people is not a problem at all. To say that she was still blessed, the Wang family had not been able to have children for many years, and Song Fujin soon gave birth to a son for her. Later, Wang Died Prematurely due to illness, and Song Fujin was naturally supported as his wife and became the hostess of the Xu family.
Best Helper
After Xu Zhihuan took control of the southern Wu dynasty, under the persuasion of Song Fujin, he leniented the punishment, appointed people on the basis of merit, and often went to the people to observe the diseases and hardships, and tried to help those who had difficulties. After the establishment of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Xu Zhichen also had no intention of exhausting his military efforts to let the common people recuperate. In 942, when the state of Wu Yue suffered a catastrophe, the group of ministers urged Xu Zhihuan to take the opportunity to send troops to attack Wu Yue, xu Zhihuan not only did not agree, but sent people to send a lot of condolences to Wu Yue.
In his later years, Xu Zhihuan was obsessed with Taoism and bent on refining Dan into immortals, but as a result, Dan Yao was poisoned, and his personality became irritable and irritable, and he killed at every turn. Fortunately, Song Fujin maneuvered in the middle and saved the lives of many ministers, which is really a rare help from Xiannei.
The legendary queen who knows the advance and retreat
In 939, Xu Zhihuan proclaimed himself emperor to establish the Southern Tang Dynasty, Song Fujin was crowned empress, and their son Xu Jingtong was also made crown prince. The previous wife, Wang Shi, was only posthumously honored as a concubine.
In 943, Xu Zhi died of poisoning, and the crown prince Xu Jingtong succeeded to the throne. Because of their popularity and ability, the courtiers all wrote to implore Empress Song to bow to the government. However, Song Fujin did not covet power, but completely handed over the country to his son to take care of, and he lived deep in the palace and no longer cared about the affairs of the country. In 945, Song Fujin died, and a generation of legendary empresses came to an end.
A close-fitting maid born in a chaotic world, with a humble origin, but eventually became the queen of the mother's world, I have to say that she is very lucky. But in an era in which the word "lucky" alone did not seem convincing enough. I want to say that it is also her own ability, which is beyond the reach of ordinary people!