The Southern Song Dynasty was founded in the midst of turmoil, relying on the "Four Generals of Zhongxing" and humiliation to survive and support half of the country. However, just after the Southern Song Dynasty gained a firm foothold, the royal family encountered a serious crisis. It is no exaggeration to say that the degree of tossing and turning was far stronger than the strength of their common hatred when facing the Golden Man.
The beginning of the story begins with The Song Emperor Gaozong Zhao Shuo, who had a hard time continuing the Song Dynasty Guozuo, but because of fear, he lost the ability to have children. Zhao Zhuo originally had a son, but he also died early in his turbulent and displaced life, which made him face the dilemma of no successor. At that time, he asked Zhang Jieyu to adopt Zhao Bojiu, and the favored Wu Cairen also made a fuss about adopting Zhao Bojiu.
Both were adopted in the palace as heirs of the emperor and were also rivalries between the two concubines. However, Zhao Boqun was very good at being a person, not only pleasing Tonzong Song and Zhao Jieyu, but even after Wu Cairen became empress, he also put down mustard and favored him. In this way, Emperor Gaozong of Song abdicated the throne early as Emperor Taishang, ceding the throne to Emperor Xiaozong of Song, who changed his name to Zhao Xuan.
Although Song Xiaozong was the adopted son of Emperor Gaozong of Song, he adhered to filial piety and not only obeyed Emperor Gaozong of Song, but even treated Empress Wu very well. However, Emperor Xiaozong of Song's own son, Zhao Huan, was not filial at all. Although Emperor Xiaozong of Song had four sons, when he decided to abdicate and become Emperor Taishang, he could only give the throne to the third son, Zhao Huan.
It is also the relationship between the Emperor Taishang and the emperor, Song Gaozong and Song Xiaozong performed the good story of true love in the world and the deep love between father and son, while Song Xiaozong and Song Guangzong were like enemies. In particular, Song Guangzong's empress Li Fengniang stirred up dissension, which made the father-son relationship very tense. This matter has even become a hot topic of discussion between the government and the opposition, and has become a hidden danger in the Southern Song Dynasty.
Because at that time, the society was madly rumored that Song Guangzong did not practice filial piety, and never greeted the Emperor Song Xiaozong. On the Chongyang Festival in September of the fourth year of Shaoxi, the Hundred Officials advised the Emperor that he should go to Chonghua Palace to visit his father. However, Song Guangzong was reluctant to make the trip under the obstruction of Li Fengniang. The focus of the world fell on the emperor's behavior, from the high-ranking officials and nobles to the pawns of the peddlers, and the words spoken were already very difficult to hear. As a result, too many students refused to go to school and offered their opinions one after another. Many officials resigned because their advice was not answered, and the discussion of humanity by the emperor gradually turned into a political crisis.
The bigger crisis was that in May of the following year, emperor Xiaozong of Song was terminally ill, and Song Guangzong still did not visit. After the death of Song Xiaozong, Song Guangzong was not even willing to preside over the ceremony. Before the incident, the imperial court can still cover up, this kind of thing came out, Song Guangzong has actually lost the qualification to rule the country and become the lord of the world.
Zhao Ruyu, Han Nongxu, and other ministers of the DPRK could not stand this crazy emperor anymore, and specially asked him how to deal with it. Song Guangzong was probably indeed crazy, and thought that he also wanted to abdicate as Emperor Taishang. Therefore, the ministers did not hesitate to ask Zhao Kuo, the king of Lijia, to ascend the throne. Zhao Kuo was the only son of Song Guangzong, and this arrangement was problematic and in the interests of Song Guangzong himself.
However, Song Guangzong was unwilling to preside over neither his father's ceremony nor his son's enthronement ceremony. The ministers had no choice but to search their intestines and scrape their stomachs, turn out the ancient etiquette system, and propose that the empress dowager Wu Shi preside over the enthronement ceremony of the new emperor.
This Wu clan is the Wu Cairen and Empress Wu of Emperor Gaozong of Song mentioned earlier. By now, she was very old, she was the grandmother of Song Guangzong and the great-grandmother of Zhao Kuo of Song Ningzong. The problem is that she is also in her eighties and even has to wipe her grandson's ass.
Empress Wu's life was also quite difficult, she came from a family of martial arts, and was elected to the palace after the change of Jing Kang. At first, his status was very low, but with his wit and a little bit of fur kung fu, he was deeply loved by Song Gaozong and got the opportunity to be promoted step by step. When the news of Empress Xing's death in the Jin Kingdom came, Emperor Gaozong of Song, with the consent of his mother Empress Wei, made Wu empress.
Although Wu Shi was both wise and courageous, he did not have psychological politics when he was young, and he did not expect to make a curtain to listen to the government in his old age. In the name of Song Guangzong, she announced Zhao Kuo's succession to the throne, and the next day she crowned Zhao Kuo's wife Han Shi as empress. After doing these two things, he immediately withdrew the curtain and returned to politics. She is perhaps the latest and shortest empress dowager in Chinese history to listen to the government.