Once upon a time, the Northern Song Dynasty was also a great country in the eyes of the people, but no one expected that the Northern Song Dynasty would perish so humiliated. During the reign of Emperor Huizong of Song, the Northern Song Dynasty's qi was about to run out, and he reused Cai Jing, Gao Qi, and other courtiers to loot the people's fat and people's ointment, so that the people lived in deep water.
In the face of the invasion of the Jin people, Song Huizong did not make the right choice, but instead hurried to abdicate and threw this hot potato to Song Qinzong, but in the end, the two emperors were still captured by the Jin people.
In 1082, Zhao Tuo was born, and everyone was immersed in joy at that time, not expecting that this emperor would deal a fatal blow to the Northern Song Dynasty. It is said that before Zhao Tuo was born, Shenzong had admired Li Yu's portraits and poems many times, perhaps so, in the eyes of Shenzong, Zhao Tuo and Li Yu were very similar.
After Zhao Tuo grew up, he often went to the Qinglou to find fun. Even after becoming emperor, he also loved to go to the Qinglou, and even had an unclear relationship with Li Shishi, a famous prostitute at that time. In the eyes of the world, Zhao Tuo is a second ancestor who covets pleasure.
Zhao Tuo may have been the destined emperor, and during the reign of his father, Emperor Shenzong, he did not think of passing the throne to him. However, after his elder brother Jejong ascended the throne, because he had no sons under his knees, he could only pass the throne to this incomplete brother. After Emperor Zhezong's death, Zhao Tuo naturally became emperor, that is, Emperor Huizong of Song.
After becoming the head of a country, Song Huizong still did not want to forge ahead, he ignored the government and politics, but was very interested in various "miscellaneous studies". Song Huizong likes to play football and play various games, but his favorite is still beauty. At first, the empress dowager specially selected many beautiful and talented women for him, but in the end she was tired of being looked at. The women in the palace could no longer satisfy Emperor Huizong of Song, so he only went to the Qinglou to look for flowers and ask for willows as before.
In fact, Song Huizong still has merit, and his calligraphy is a must. Emperor Huizong of Song created the thin gold body, which demonstrated his artistic achievements, and many calligraphers at that time felt ashamed of themselves. In addition to calligraphy, Song Huizong also had a certain study of painting, and after Zhang Zeduan completed the "Qingming River Map", Song Huizong became the first collector.
Unfortunately, although Emperor Huizong of Song was talented, he was not suitable to be emperor. During his reign, he did not accomplish much, and he even acted overwhelmed in the face of the aggression of the Jin people. Therefore, it is not surprising that the "shame of Jingkang" will occur later.
In April 1127, the Jin people suddenly led their troops and horses to attack Kaifeng. At that time, there was chaos in Kaifeng, the people fled in all directions, and the nobles were looking for a place to hide. Unexpectedly, when the Jin army arrived outside Kaifeng, it proposed to negotiate with the Great Song, hoping that the two sides could solve the problem through negotiations. For the Great Song, this may be a good thing, but they cannot fully trust the Jin people.
Emperor Huizong of Song was simply unable to overwhelm the Jin people, and he finally chose to abdicate and cede the throne to Emperor Qinzong of Song, but instead became the emperor of Taishang. But even so, Emperor Huizong of Song was still unwilling to give up his power, and he was always interfering in the affairs of the dynasty, which made Song Qinzong very dissatisfied.
After hearing the Jin people's request, although many ministers in the court expressed that they would stick to the capital, Emperor Huizong of Song made a statement to negotiate peace with him. Since emperor Taishang had said this, Song Qinzong could only do so. Therefore, Song Qinzong took a group of ministers out of the city and negotiated peace with the Jin people. But who expected, this is actually a conspiracy of the Jin people, after seeing Song Qinzong taking the initiative to leave the city, they took advantage of the situation to arrest him, and used this as a threat to demand that the Great Song open the city gate and surrender.
Things have reached this point, what else can Great Song do? In any case, the Great Song had to ensure the safety of the emperor, so they could only open the city gates, and in this way, the "shame of Jingkang" animal husbandry was revealed.
Except for Zhao Shuo, all the sons of the Zhao family were captured by the Jin people. The Jin did not execute the men, they put the women in the laundry room, while the men were all dressed in sheepskin and farmed in the fields.
Song Huizong and Song Qinzong were imprisoned for nine years, but within these nine years, something happened that surprised everyone. During these nine years, Emperor Huizong of Song not only did not reflect on his own mistakes, but also gave birth to fourteen children with his concubines. In fact, these fourteen children were not all Song Huizong's, after all, those concubines had all been insulted by the Jin people, and perhaps even Song Huizong did not know which children were their own.
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It is also very ironic to say that Song Huizong successfully ascended to the throne because of his brother, but he did not cherish this hard-won throne, but was suspicious and indulged in pleasure. After encountering the "shame of Jingkang", Song Huizong did not examine himself properly, and actually had more than a dozen children with concubines on the territory of the Jin people. After the Lord of a Nation had become a prisoner of the order, he was still very comfortable and continued to live a hedonistic life, which was unacceptable to many of his people.