In 954, a generation of Ming Emperor Guo Wei died. He passed the throne to his adopted son Chai Rong. In China's thousands of years of feudal dynasties, this is the only time that the throne has been willingly passed on to people who are not related by blood. Many friends do not understand why, in fact, this time the transfer of the throne is uncontroversial and unquestionable.
Guo Wei had a total of three concubines, of which Empress Chai and he were a couple in distress, and the two had a deep affection. Empress Chai had not been able to have children, and in order to comfort her, Guo Wei raised Empress Chai's nephew Chai Rong by her side. After that, the other concubines gave birth to two sons for Guo Wei, but Guo Wei regarded Chai Rong as his own, and Chai Rong was also cautious and generous, and the family was happy and harmonious.
The Later Han Emperor Liu Chengyou had no way and wanted to murder Guo Wei, but he was discovered. Guo Wei raised his troops to serve the king, and all the way he was invincible, and the soldiers came to the capital city. Liu Chengyou was furious and killed all of Guo Wei's family who remained in the city, including Guo Wei's two biological sons.
Although Guo Wei changed to Han Lizhou, from the perspective of blood, he was already a queen. Theoretically, the Guo family and other sons and nephews are not instruments, and li Chongjin is more closely related to Chai Rong in blood, and this talented martial artist will be Guo Wei's nephew.
But it is because of the relationship between Guo Wei and Chai Rong that the layer of adoptive father and son, coupled with the love for the late empress, and Chai Rong's own talent, that Guo Wei crossed the blood barrier and made the choice of no one who has never come before. In order to make Li Chongjin cut off his thoughts, Guo Wei also asked him to bow to Chai Rong before his death, in order to determine the division of kings and subjects.
When Chai Rong ascended the throne, his biological father did not die, and even lived until chai Rong died and Chen Qiao mutinied. His name was Chai Shouli and he was the elder brother of Empress Chai. He had five sons and three daughters, so he passed Chai Rong over to Guo Wei very early.
After Chai Rong became emperor, he could not give himself the name of his biological father. It is reasonable to say that the son became the emperor, and if the father is still alive, he should be honored as the emperor. For example, Emperor Huizong of Song was afraid of becoming the king of the subjugated country, and passed the throne to Emperor Qinzong, who himself was the Emperor Taishang; after Li Shimin launched the Xuanwumen Rebellion, Li Yuan abdicated as Emperor Taishang; after Qianlong Zen was given the throne to the Jiaqing Emperor, he also became the Emperor Taishang.
The common denominator of the above situations is that the throne was originally inherited from the hands of the Emperor Taishang, which is called orthodoxy. Although Liu Bang did not come from his father's hand, he recklessly revolted and overthrew the tyrannical Qin, which was also the destiny of heaven, so he could also honor his own father as the Emperor Taishang.
The situation in Chai Rong was not like this, the reason why he became emperor was entirely because Guo Wei passed the throne to him, and even when he was an adopted son, he was called Guo Rong. If he recognized Chai Shouli as the Emperor Taishang, then he denied that Guo Wei was his father, and it was not right to get the throne, that is, an ungrateful and unscrupulous thief.
Don't think that it was a chaotic world at that time, you don't have to pay attention to these, you really think that the Son of Heaven is a strong soldier and a strong horse. If you don't follow the rules, everyone will have a voyeuristic view of the throne, and Chai Rong will not be able to control the arrogant generals under his command from the legal point of view. Not only him, but the later Jiajing Emperor also made a big ceremony in order to give his dead biological father the title of emperor. In the last years of the Qing Dynasty, when the Guangxu and Xuantong Emperors succeeded to the throne, their fathers lived well, and although they held great power, they never dreamed of becoming emperor taishang.
This is the power of the Chinese ritual system, which has been passed down for thousands of years, and even the emperor has to follow the rules. After Chai Rong succeeded to the throne, he could only give his biological father, Chai Shouli, a high-ranking official Houlu. Before, Guo Wei would not treat him badly, but now that his son is emperor, his official position has gone further. During the reign of Emperor Sejong, Chai Shouli added The Golden Purple Guanglu Doctor, the Inspector Sikong, and the Guanglu Qing.
Solving the problem of fame and position, the next problem is placed in front of the father and son. The two met, who was bowing to whom? Theoretically, if a king does not worship his subjects, it should be Chai Shouli who kneels down to Chai Rong. But from the perspective of human morality, can Chai Rong, as a son, be at ease?
Before Chai Rong succeeded to the throne, this did not matter, Chai Rong always "treated Chai Shouli as the brother of his birth mother (in fact, his aunt). After Chai Rong became emperor, in order to avoid embarrassment, Chai Shouli took a lot of honorary titles and went to Luoyang to retire.
In this way, since Chai Rong ascended the throne, Chai Shouli has been in Luoyang, even if Chai Rong died, the two fathers and sons have never seen each other again.
However, Chai Shouli is in Luoyang, and should not be as lonely and sad as we think. He was very arrogant and caused a lot of trouble. At that time, Luoyang was the retirement place for the parents of many high-ranking officials, and the fathers of The Chancellor Wang Pu and Han Lingkun, the Marquis of Yu, were there. Modern people have the saying that they are pit daddies, but these old people are pitting their sons who are famous all over the world. They acted arbitrarily and misbehaved, and the people of Luoyang avoided this, calling them "Ten Fathers".
Not only that, the history books record that Chai Shouli "tasted to kill people in the city, there were people who heard about it, and Sejong did not ask." That is to say, Chai Shouli once killed people in luoyang, and the relevant departments reported it to Chai Rong, and Chai Rong was also indifferent. In fact, Chai Rong really did not have many choices.
Chai Rong reigned for only five years, and he grew stronger in the later zhou, initially having the strength to dominate the world. However, he was like a meteor, passing away prematurely, leaving behind regrets for eternity. However, his father, Chai Shouli, had lived through the Chen Qiao Mutiny and died of illness during the Northern Song Dynasty and Song Taizu at the age of 73.