Speaking of the Song Dynasty, many scholars have called it "Weak Song", of course, the reason why the Song Dynasty is called "Weak Song" is also for a reason, because the Song Dynasty is heavy on literature and light on martial arts, and the surrounding countries are relatively strong, even small countries such as Western Xia and Dali, the Song Dynasty is not willing to fight with them, and the Tang Dynasty before the Song Dynasty is a relatively strong dynasty, so it is not strange to call the Song Dynasty "Weak Song" compared with the two.
Among the emperors of the Song Dynasty, in addition to the Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin and the Song Taizong Zhao Jiong, there is another emperor who is more famous, he is Zhao Zhen, the temple number Renzong, that is, the emperor that Bao Zheng saw every time he met the king in the TV series "Bao Qingtian". Zhao Zhen was the fourth emperor of the Song Dynasty, the son of Emperor Zhenzong of Song, and the grandson of Emperor Taizong of Song. Historically, he was a benevolent emperor and an emperor with a lot of stories.
The prototype of "Tanuki For Prince" is Zhao Zhen. Although the tanuki cat for the prince is a interpretation of the TV series, the historical Zhao Zhen was indeed raised by his adoptive mother. The legend of the tanuki cat changing the prince first appeared in the Qing Dynasty novel "Three Heroes and Five Righteousness", in which The Concubine Liu of Song Zhenzong and Concubine Li became pregnant at the same time, and if anyone had a son at that time, it was likely to become the empress of the palace. In order to become the empress of the palace, Concubine Liu stole the child born to Concubine Li with the corpse of a tanuki cat, and Emperor Zhenzong was furious and beat Concubine Li into the cold palace. Later, the child born to Concubine Li was made a prince, and with the help of Bao Zheng, the truth of the "Tanuki Cat for Prince" came out, Zhao Zhen and her birth mother recognized each other, and Liu Fei committed suicide.
After all, a story is a story, and real history is not the same as a story. In the main history, Zhao Zhen was indeed born to The Li Family, but the Li Family was only the maid of the Liu Family, and after the Li Family gave birth to the boy, the child was always raised by the Liu Family, so Zhao Zhen did not know that his mother was the Li Family. And Liu Shi also became Zhao Zhen's "guardian", and Zhao Zhen always thought that his mother was Liu Shi.
After Li's death, Liu originally wanted to bury Li with ordinary etiquette, after all, her heart was unwilling to recognize Li's identity. However, lü Yijian, the prime minister at the time, urged Liu to bury Li with the highest specifications. Lü Yijian told Liu That if you want to save your Liu clan in the future, then you must bury the Li clan thickly. Liu Shi realized the seriousness of the problem, so she ordered someone to bury Li Shi according to the etiquette of concubines.
When Zhao Zhen was young, it was always Liu Zhen who listened to the government, at this time Liu Shi had become the empress, Zhao Zhen was very afraid of Liu Shi, and there was no climate formed politically, so it was impossible for anyone to tell Zhao Zhen the truth at that time. On the other hand, because Liu Shi was in power, the ministers of the court did not dare to take the initiative to tell Zhao Zhen the truth, and this situation was not broken until after Liu Shi's death.
After Liu's death, the ministers around him told Zhao Zhen the news. At that time, Li Shi had died, and Zhao Zhen was shocked when he got the news, and the people around him told him that Li Shi had died. Zhao Zhensheng was furious and sent troops to surround Liu's mother's house, on the other hand, he decided to open a coffin for autopsy to see if his mother really died. When Zhao Zhen opened the coffin of her birth mother, she found that her birth mother was soaked in mercury and lay peacefully in the coffin. It should be noted here that in ancient times, there was a habit of soaking mercury in burial, and mercury can be preserved, so although Li Shi has passed away, he is still alive.
After seeing her birth mother lying so peacefully in the coffin, Zhao Zhen couldn't help but sigh: "How can people believe what they say?" After returning to the palace, on the one hand, he removed the soldiers who surrounded Liu's mother's family, on the other hand, he personally incense Liu Shi and apologized to her portrait, and the story of "Tanuki Cat for Prince" was also revealed.