If the major emperors of ancient China are to be ranked according to the "good temper", this Song Renzong Zhao Zhen can definitely be regarded as the best. Yes, you heard it right, it is the protagonist of the "Tanuki Cat for Prince" - Song Renzong Zhao Zhen!
A good-tempered emperor
According to the "History of Song", the fourth emperor of the Great Song Dynasty was a very good tempered man, even if the palace eunuchs in the palace made some small mistakes, he generally would not punish or scold, so at that time, the little palace eunuchs were particularly fond of working under Song Renzong.
To take another well-known example, Bao Zhengbao Qingtian, a famous minister of the Great Song Dynasty and chief judge of the case, is a "thorn head", which is called an outspoken counselor to say that it is good to hear, and it is a direct minister who is "quite unable to speak". It is also said that at that time, Bao Zheng was directly outspoken and confronted, without the slightest regard for the majesty of the Heavenly Son, expressing his opinions in front of his face, and even when he was emotionally excited, the spitting stars sprayed into Song Renzong's face, and Song Renzong did not dare to say anything in the face of Bao Zheng, only dared to cover his face with the sleeves of his clothes, which showed that Song Renzong was very lenient to his courtiers. Seeing this scene, we can't help but think of Wei Yan and Tang Taizong, how similar this pair of monarchs is.
The Empress beat the Emperor
The emperor treats outsiders like this, but it is not bad to think that his treatment of concubines will not be too bad. However, everything is also accidental, and Zhao Zhen's matter about the empress is one of them. Zhao Zhen's first empress, known as Guo Shi (郭氏), was a posthumous grandfather, Guo Chongguan (郭崇官), who was the envoy of pinglu junjiedushi (平鲁軍節度) and his father was Guo Yungong (郭允恭), the deputy envoy of Guanzhi Chongyi. When Song Renzong was 14 years old, the 13-year-old Guo Shi, with the support of Empress Liu, was made empress of Song Renzong.
This is a political marriage, it is conceivable that the two of them themselves have no love, and even Zhao Zhen still has a certain antipathy and boredom towards it, and this marriage is doomed from the beginning to have no good ending!
At that time, Song Renzong actually had a favorite person, her name was Zhang Shi, Song Renzong originally wanted to make her empress, but Empress Liu of the Lin dynasty was more like Guo, and finally under the pressure of the empress, Song Renzong had to compromise and make Guo empress.
After Guo became empress, with the support of Empress Liu, he ran amok in the harem and had a jealous personality, not only monitoring Song Renzong's tracks, but also restricting him from going to other concubines, which caused Song Renzong to dislike her more and more.
After Empress Liu's death, Song Renzong broke out, directly snubbing Empress Guo, and instead favoring the two beauties of the Shang clan and the Yang clan, making the Guo clan even more jealous. After the two beauties were favored, they began to constantly tell Empress Guo's various truths in front of Song Renzong, which made Empress Guo even more angry.
Once, when Shang Meiren was mocking Empress Guo in front of Song Renzong, she happened to be overheard by Empress Guo, who appeared, and Empress Guo, in anger, disregarded her manners and demeanor, and strode forward to slap Shang Meiren's face fiercely. Song Renzong saw that the situation was not good, and hurried forward to persuade him, but Shang Meiren saw this and hurriedly hid behind Song Renzong, and as a result, Empress Guo slapped Song Renzong's neck hard.
The Queen's Ending
You say that this Guo clan has made such a big mistake, the average emperor will definitely be furious, at least a slap or something, but he did not, but broke his mouth and scolded this "shrew". Coupled with the fact that there was a prime minister Lü Yijian who had always been at odds with Empress Guo at that time, the last hand caused Guo to lose the position of empress.
Emperor Renzong of Song soon deposed Empress Guo and sent her to the Taoist Temple, giving her the name Qingwu. Two years later, Empress Guo fell ill, and the eunuch Yan Wenying of the Song Ren Sect sent the imperial doctor to see Guo, but a few days later, Guo died violently, at the age of 23. Therefore, both the palace and the imperial court suspected that Yan Wenying had killed Guo, and of course, there was also a saying that the chancellor Lü Yijian had killed Guo.
In fact, at that time, the combination of these two was a mistake, plus they were only thirteen or fourteen years old, what could Guo Shi understand? He knew only that the man he loved most didn't like her and liked other women, she was angry, she was jealous, she was alone in the palace and crazy. Unfortunately, when she came back to God, it was too late, 21 was sent to the Taoist Temple, and at the age of 23, Xiang Yu was damaged, thus ending her life.
Song Renzong actually had old feelings for Empress Guo, after Guo's illness and death, he issued an edict to restore Guo's empress title and bury it with a generous ceremony, which is also the only bit of comfort for his spirit in heaven, born in the imperial palace, it is destined to be a tragedy, what do you think?
References: History of the Song Dynasty, Baidu Encyclopedia