China has a long history of thousands of years, during which countless central feudal dynasties were born, more than 400 emperors of all sizes were born, and Song Huizong Zhao Yao is definitely a relatively famous one, but his reputation is not the same as other kings, because xianliang or the reigning national strength is famous, Zhao Yao as an emperor, but is a famous calligrapher and painter in Chinese history, his self-created "thin gold body" is a must, but Song Huizong is not a good emperor, greedy for pleasure he made flowers and stones, As a result, peasant uprisings occurred frequently in China, and finally in the first year of Jing Kang, he was taken captive by the Jin soldiers under the soldiers in the city, and died tragically in the Five Kingdoms City.
In order to reflect their supremacy, the ancient kings deliberately asked the people to avoid their own respect, for example, during the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty, in order to avoid Sima Zhao's secrets, wang Zhaojun of the Han Dynasty was changed to Wang Mingjun, which made people laugh, and the Han Dynasty in order to avoid the secret of Empress Lü Lü, Liu Bang specially ordered to go to the whole country to change the pheasant name to pheasant. The kings believed that in doing so, they could effectively deter the people and preserve their dignity.
Therefore, Emperor Huizong of Song also did something that made people have nothing to say, when Emperor Huizong of Song had just taken office, and reused Tong Guanfan, Fan Zhixuan, Cai Jing, and others who had no other skills, but wrote well. He also especially shoots horses.
Therefore, he was deeply appreciated by Emperor Huizong of Song, and one day, in order to cater to Zhao Yao, Fan Zhixuan came up with an idea, and he suggested to Emperor Huizong of Song: "Your Majesty's zodiac belongs to dogs, and now there are people everywhere in the world who eat dog meat, which is a blasphemy against Your Majesty!" "Song Huizong was writing and painting, he slapped his head on the door, yes, how can these people eat dogs?"
So in the second year of Chongning (1102), Emperor Huizong of Song ordered that the slaughter of dogs and eat dog meat was prohibited throughout the country, otherwise it would be severely punished.
In the Song Dynasty at that time, the life of the common people was relatively rich, so they still had the ability to consume a meat meal for a few days, but at that time there was no popularization of pork, many people thought that pork was filth, and killing cattle was prohibited, although the number of sheep was sent through the Liaoxi Xia trade, but it was not the meat that ordinary people could afford to consume, and they could only buy dog meat to relieve their hunger on weekdays, but Song Huizong's order came down, but it completely cut off their thoughts, so the people's resentment boiled.
However, the ministers did not have any objections, the scholar class, the mutton can still be eaten, anyway, "the full man does not know that the hungry man is hungry", it does not matter to himself, let the people toss it! If you oppose the ban on dogs, you may offend Fan Zhixuan, and there is no need to touch that moldy head.
However, there was a righteous petty official who could not look at it anymore, that is, the later Song Dynasty minister Li Gang, who was still a minor official of the Tai Academy at this time, but Li Gang, who was born a commoner, was well aware of the sufferings of the people, and he decided to dare to advise Emperor Huizong of Song.
Therefore, when there was a heavenly court, Li Gang took the opportunity to ask Song Huizong: "Why does Your Majesty forbid the killing of dogs?" Song Huizong said: "Widows belong to dogs, how can we let civilians slaughter dogs at will, and become a system." Li Gang immediately asked, "What is Your Majesty's father, Emperor Shenzong?" Song Huizong was stunned, "It belongs to the cat! Li Gang took the opportunity to say, "Your Majesty, why don't you forbid the keeping of cats?" Then the rats would not be killed. Song Huizong listened, dumbfounded, he was very fond of cats, Zhao Yao also understood Li Gang's painstaking heart, knew that this order was also a bit exaggerated, so he revoked his will, with Li Gang's resourcefulness, dog meat was once again served on the table of ordinary people.