After he lost his fertility, he knew that he could not give birth but accepted concubines, causing the empress's dissatisfaction; Because he did not have a biological son, his enthusiasm for ruling was greatly reduced, resulting in the dictatorship of Qin Hui and the darkness of the dynasty; In order to spend his old age in peace, he threw the pot to Qin Juniper in disguise, "currying favor with the new monarch", and achieved Qin Juniper's reputation for thousands of years. He is the founding emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, Emperor Gaozong of Song, Zhao Zhi.
Emperor Gaozong of Song Zhao Structure
Emperor Gaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty Zhao Zhi passed the throne to his adopted son, later Emperor Xiaozong of Song, in his later years, and he himself was the emperor for more than 20 years, everyone can't help but wonder? Why didn't he pass the throne to his own son? Is it impossible to have a son? Even if he passes on the throne, Song Xiaozong is not from Song Taizong's side, can't he pass on the throne to someone who is closer to him? Or is there something else hidden in this? Let's analyze the "infertility" incident of Song Gaozong and the impact of this incident.
Cause: Song Gaozong couldn't give birth to a son because he was scared by Jin Jun, and he would be infertile if he was too frightened?
The Jin army went south
In 1129, Jin soldiers went south to invade the Southern Song Dynasty, intending to annihilate the nascent regime of the Southern Song Dynasty in one fell swoop. And what about the Song Dynasty? Due to the Jingkang Rebellion, almost all of the Northern Song royal family was taken captive. The rebel armies in various places suddenly lost their leaders, and they did not have much respect for Zhao Shu's small court of the Southern Song Dynasty, and sometimes even resisted.
At this time, the commander of the Song army was Liu Guangshi, but he was very afraid of Jin Bing and fled without resistance. So Jin Bing was able to go straight to Yangzhou. Until Jin Bing was only twenty miles away from Yangzhou, Emperor Gaozong of Song was still enjoying his time in the harem. Hearing the news, he was frightened and quickly dressed and ran. The little life was not lost, but this fright scared him out of impotence and could no longer give birth. This year, he was 22 years old.
Song Gaozong's escape roadmap
22 years old, did he not have a son before?
In fact, he also had a son before him, named Zhao Xun, and in the Miao-Liu Mutiny, a group of generals deposed Emperor Gaozong of Song and installed him as emperor, and later Emperor Gaozong of Song was restored. But on the way to the capital, the son died of excessive fright due to the negligence of the palace maid. Since then, Emperor Gaozong of Song has no biological son.
Of course, it was a pity that he did not have a biological son, but then he did something that surprised everyone.
After being frightened, he has low self-esteem and takes a concubine in a vengeful manner
According to historical records, Song Gaozong was very lecherous and was a womanizer since he was a child.
"King Kang's eyes are like torches, lustful as fathers, and there are many dead maids."
This sentence also vaguely reveals that Zhao Shu is not only lustful, but also sexually abused, so that the maid can be tortured to death.
Just after losing fertility, the country was still in a state of disintegration, and Zhao Zhi began to extensively search for concubines. In order to enrich the harem, so much so that the search is so much, it is similar to bandits robbing people.
However, this also caused the empress's dissatisfaction, resulting in a very stiff relationship between him and the empress at that time.
In fact, this kind of action can still be understood, out of maintaining his dignity, but as everyone knows, the future courtship activities have reduced his enthusiasm for ruling, and a generation of traitors Qin Hui has entered the political stage...
He exhausted all methods in order to seek a son, but neglected to govern the country, resulting in Qin Hui monopolizing power
Of course, he also wanted a biological son to inherit his lineage at the beginning, so he carried out a series of child-seeking activities. Mainly through two aspects:
One: Sacrifice begging the gods
1. Sacrifice to Gaohe:
Dr. Shu Chenyun of the Western Jin Dynasty: "Emperor Wudi of Han was late as a prince, and he began to establish the temple of Gaoyu. Yan Shigu thought: "Gao Yu, the god of seeking children." "It can be seen that ancient emperors held sacrifices to Gao Yu in order to obtain heirs.
It is to pray to a god named Gao Yu who is in charge of asking for children, and Song Gaozong's ancestor Song Renzong used this method, giving birth to several sons in a few years, and naturally Song Gaozong was also convinced.
Song Renzong
2, sacrifice to the Emperor of Sense:
"Emperor Gansheng, that is, one of the five emperors. The prosperity of the emperor will be felt by one. In the leap month of the first year of Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty (963), "Emperor Tai often discussed and Emperor Chi was the emperor of inspiration." Since then, every year in the first month, the Song court held an event to worship the emperor, and the emperor sometimes made personal moves. In the fourth year of Emperor Renzong of Song (1037), "with Song Huode, a statue of the Red Emperor was made in the palace to pray for the prince".
From this, it is known that the sacrifice of the Emperor has the will to pray for the birth of the prince in it.
3, chasing Cheng Ying, Gongsun Pestle, and Han Yu
According to the "Records of History", in the third year of the Duke of Jin Jing (597 BC), Tu Anjia wanted to kill Zhao Shuo and others, and after Han Jue stopped it to no avail, he advised Zhao Shuo to flee, but Zhao Shuo refused and asked Han Yu to protect Zhao. Tu Anjia led people to kill Zhao Shuo and others, when Zhao Shuo's wife was pregnant and later gave birth to a son. Zhao Shuo's guest Gongsun Qiusu and Zhao Shuo's friend Cheng Ying used a stratagem to leave Zhao's orphan Zhao Wucun and adopted Cheng Ying in the mountains. Fifteen years later, the situation changed, and Han Yu took the opportunity to suggest to the Duke of Jin Jing to restore the worship of the Zhao clan, so "Cheng Ying and Zhao Wu attacked and slaughtered Anjia and destroyed his clan." Fu and Zhao Wutianyi as before". After the incident, Cheng Ying committed suicide, "Zhao Wufu Qi declined for three years, sacrificed for it, Spring and Autumn Temple, the world will not die."
Cheng baby protects Zhao
Cheng Ying, Gongsun Qiusu, and Han Yu became Zhao's benefactors. Because the emperor of the Song Dynasty was also surnamed Zhao, it was also hoped that sacrificing them would allow the descendants of the Southern Song Dynasty to continue.
Two: Treat your own infertility with medication
Previously, when Song Gaozong left Yangzhou, he had lost his fertility, and after more than a year, Song Gaozong gradually realized that his condition was very serious. The "sea atmosphere" disease does not know what it refers to, but infertility disease is related to the country.
There is no doubt that Emperor Gaozong of Song did not pin his hopes entirely on praying to God and worshipping ghosts in order to obtain an heir, and he never gave up medical treatment. I won't repeat them here, but he is therefore fortunate to be a jianghu Langzhong Wang Jixian, who, like Qin Huan, will only curry favor with the emperor, form a party for personal gain, and make the imperial court miasma.
Qin Hui is authoritarian
However, from another aspect, this is also the great wisdom of Song Gaozong...
Still waters run deep? The son of the courtship was just to throw the pot to Qin Juniper, but to protect himself, but he achieved Qin Juniper's eternal infamy
In the end, Emperor Gaozong of Song did not give birth to a son after all, and in his later years, he was tired of politics and passed the throne to his adopted son, who was later Emperor Xiaozong of Song.
However, after Emperor Xiaozong of Song came to the throne, he showed extraordinary filial piety to Emperor Gaozong of Song, even more than to his own biological parents. So what's going on here?
Song Xiaozong
In fact, this is still because of Song Gaozong's attitude towards Song Xiaozong.
Emperor Gaozong of Song began to adopt two adopted sons, Zhao Zhuo and Emperor Xiaozong of Song, Zhao Yang. Originally, it was just under pressure, and he did not intend to develop them in the direction of the prince. However, it was not until later when Emperor Gaozong of Song found that he could not produce a son anyway, so he passed the throne to Zhao Yang (but both the ministers and the empress dowager preferred Zhao Zhuo). Therefore, Song Xiaozong was naturally grateful, and treated Song Gaozong even more than his own biological parents.
But in fact, this is just a good move made by Emperor Gaozong of Song, in order to blame Qin Hui to protect himself!
In fact, at that time, Song Gaozong's reputation among the people was not very good, and he failed to recover the homeland of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the people were dissatisfied.
The nostalgia of the people of the Southern Song Dynasty for their homeland
What to do about it? He wants to spend his old age in peace and also wants to protect a good reputation, at this time, Qin Hui is a good candidate to blame.
Why he was not able to regain the lost territory, because Qin Hui was arbitrary; Why did he spend his energy on seeking a son, because Qin Hui was arbitrary and authoritarian; Why did he not govern the country well, or because of Qin Hui's arbitrary and authoritarian power.
In this way, after passing the throne to Song Xiaozong, he did not oppose Song Xiaozong's Northern Expedition, and Song Xiaozong also obeyed him. In this way, he created an innocent image for himself, even more ugly Qin Hui and preserved his reputation. This is his great wisdom and foolishness, and it is also a manifestation of the maturity of his political skills.
epilogue
Emperor Gaozong of Song's child-seeking activities had many effects, the most direct of which was the wanton taking concubines and spending a lot of time seeking children. This made Qin Hui's dictatorship possible, making the dynasty corrupt and dark at that time.
However, the courtship activity also provided him with an excuse to marry Qin Hui to save his reputation and late life. It can be said that Jin Jun scared him into childlessness, but also gave him a step, and also indirectly allowed him to enjoy his old age in peace, living eighty years old, and is one of the rare high-lived emperors in Chinese history. #My Treasure Author##History Talk#