For the rulers of the Southern Song Dynasty, the most tragic period of history was the shame of Jing Kang.
Due to the chaotic power and corruption of the Liao state and the Northern Song Dynasty, the Yu Jin state grew rapidly, and later the Jin state began to covet the treasure of the Northern Song Dynasty after the destruction of the Liao state.
In 1127, the Jin army attacked Beijing, and at that time, the two emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty and the Qin Dynasty took the initiative to kneel and surrender, hoping that the two sides could negotiate peace.
However, the Jin army did not accept the surrender with dignity, but continued to burn and loot, the most excessive of which was to snatch away more than 6,000 women in the entire capital and the imperial palace. Among the more than 6,000 women was Wei Shi, the mother of later Emperor Gaozong of Song.
These women were nominally taken to work in the laundry, but in reality they were military prostitutes in the barracks, and in the eyes of the Jin people, these people were nothing more than tools for them to vent, and washing clothes was just a part-time job for these women.
The slightest gesture was taken away by those who were powerful, and looks generally became the public outlet in the army.
Empress Wei, who was in her 30s at the time, had a good appearance because she lived in a superior life in the imperial palace, so she was accepted by the Jin nobleman at that time, Yan Zongxian, who received the inner room as a concubine.
It is worth mentioning that at that time, in order to suppress the momentum of the Song Dynasty, the Jin people deliberately sent out some meat passages about Empress Wei, and printed them into books, adding large illustrations to them, and these books were once widely forwarded by the people in the Southern Song Dynasty.
The Southern Song Dynasty also tried to ban it many times, but the effect was minimal, so that Empress Wei's reputation was ruined.
Therefore, at that time, the Southern Song Emperor Zhao Zhuo also wanted to rescue his mother, and sent ministers to the Jin State Council many times to negotiate.
Later, the two sides reached an agreement, the Southern Song Dynasty declared himself a vassal to the Jin Dynasty, and the Emperor of the Jin Dynasty crowned Zhao Shuo as emperor, and Zhao Shuo needed to offer 250,000 taels of gold and 250,000 pieces of cloth to the Jin Dynasty every year as a courtier.
After the two sides reached an agreement, the Jin State also sent Empress Wei back to the Southern Song Dynasty, after which the Emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty arranged for Empress Wei to live in the Cining Palace.
Empress Wei's living conditions in Beijing in the early years were not bad, but since the shame of Jing Kang, it can be said that her reputation has been ruined.
When she was escorted from Beijing to Jinguo, she suffered all kinds of bullying, after all, for those high-ranking officials of Jinguo at that time, she was nothing more than a plaything.
Even if he was later adopted as a concubine by Yan Zongxian and gave birth to two sons, he was not too favored and could only survive.
However, although Empress Wei's fate was extremely tragic, compared to other women, she was still relatively lucky, at least there was no problem with food, clothing, shelter and transportation.
Some of the other concubines who went through the ordeal with her, as well as the official women who were taken captive, may not have such a good ending.
After Empress Wei was taken back to the Southern Song Dynasty, she enjoyed 18 years of blessings, and finally died in the 80s.
Although it was relatively tragic during the Golden State period, it still had a good ending in the end.