Zhao Yu abdicated the throne and was sent by Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty, to Tibet (present-day Tibet) to study Tibetan and Buddhist scriptures, and later became a monk to engage in buddhist scripture research and translation.
Foreword: There are indeed many puppet emperors in history, especially the emperors who were forced to ascend the throne when they were young, they did not have their own judgment on government affairs because they ascended the throne at an early age, most of them needed some auxiliary politicians, and they also became puppets, to say that the most famous puppet emperor in history should be the last emperor Puyi, in fact, in addition to him, there was also a puppet emperor in the Song Dynasty who was quite famous, he was the Song Gong Emperor Zhao 㬎 (xiǎn).
<h1>The last emperor of the Song Dynasty</h1>
In fact, there are still many cultural inheritances during the Song Dynasty in China, and many cultural fields in this period have new developments, but there is a problem in the Song Dynasty, that is, it is often invaded by foreign tribes, and most of the emperors of the Song Dynasty feel that it is not good to govern the country by force, especially in the last years of the Song Dynasty, such invasions are more frequent, and also accelerate the demise of the Song Dynasty.
After the death of Emperor Duzong of Song, Zhao Yu was put on the throne, not all emperors caught up with the good situation, such as Zhao Yu, he was only 4 years old when he ascended the throne, he did not understand anything at all, and at this time his grandmother Empress Xie was listening to the government, he was only a puppet emperor, and in addition to being a puppet, the Song Dynasty he took over also caught up with natural disasters, heavy rain and floods and frequent earthquakes in the year of his reign, in addition, when he ascended the throne, the Song Dynasty had already had many places taken by the Yuan army, and his Song Dynasty was also shaky.
<h1>Surrender to the Yuan Dynasty and take refuge in Buddhism</h1>
When he was 5 years old, the Yuan army also directly attacked the Song capital, and when there was no way to retreat, it could only surrender the Yuan army under the instructions of Empress Xie, and Kublai Khan did not massacre the imperial family on a large scale, but left them names, mainly to rule the people of the Great Song, so Zhao Also survived, from a puppet emperor to a prisoner. As he grew older, he became more and more cautious, and in order to avoid his second thoughts, Kublai Khan also betrothed one of his daughters to him and made him a donkey.
After becoming a horse, Kublai Khan was still not at ease, always felt that Zhao Yu would have a rebellious heart, so he always wanted to kill him, Zhao Yu knew Kublai Khan's suspicions through others, so he also asked himself to go to Tubo and the monk to study at the age of 18, such a practice did temporarily dispel Kublai Khan's idea of killing him, and after he took refuge in Buddhism, he also had a high degree of understanding and soon proposed his own achievements.
<h1>Legend has it that he was the father of Emperor Yuanshun</h1>
This is mainly recorded in the history of the wilderness, after Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, he found one thing, that is, the portrait of Emperor Yuanshun was more like a Han Chinese, and had some similarities with Emperor Gong of Song, which also made him suspicious, and later sent someone to investigate, and found that Emperor Yuanshun's mother had been to Tubo for a period of time and studied Buddhism with Emperor Gong of Song.
After his mother returned to the Yuan Dynasty, she was recruited into the palace by the emperor at that time to be an imperial concubine, and she was conceivable soon after, and the Yuan Shun Emperor was born prematurely at the time of birth, which also largely caused similar speculation in the folk, but this conjecture was only folklore, and there was no factual basis.
To sum up: at the age of 5, Zhao Was not killed, and when he was 18 years old, he also escaped being killed on the pretext of becoming a monk, and he has been studying Buddhism for many years in Tubo, and has never left Tubo again in his life, but even so, he did not escape death in the end, and when he was 52 years old, he was crowned with a hat of rebellion because of a poem, because of the word prison, he was executed by Yuan Yingzong. The emperor did it for a year, and his whole life was manipulated by others.
References: Buddha's Tales, History of Gengshen, Collected Histories
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