In the history of Chinese feudalism, the emperor who came from the side to succeed the great unification made the most trouble after he ascended the throne and respected his father, except for the "Great Ceremony Proposal" of Emperor Ming Shizong, which was the "Pu Discussion" of Song Yingzong.
Whether at the time of the incident or in later life, public opinion in society held a critical and sarcastic attitude, especially in the Qing Dynasty, Yi Zhen, the prince of Guangxu, who also inherited to his uncle, directly expressed his attitude to the two palaces: "In the future, if anyone who enters with the theory of ruling Ping Jiajing will be regarded as a traitorous and evil villain, he will be reprimanded."
However, on the Internet of modern society, there are many remarks in support of Ming Shizong and Song Yingzong, what according to the "Imperial Ming Ancestral Training" should have been Ming Shizong on the throne, what Song Renzong abused Song Yingzong so it is not strange that Song Yingzong respected his own father Yunyun.
Ming Shizong's problem monkey grid has been discussed a lot before, here is not a car, this article is a prequel to Pu Discussion, first discuss the problem of Song Yingzong and his father and mother, talk about Renzong husband and wife to Yingzong, is it more than grace, or too much more than grace?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="5" >01, Benevolent</h1>
Most of the Zhao officials of the Great Song Dynasty did not have prosperous heirs, which is well known, especially Song Renzong Zhao Zhen, who reigned for 42 years, had many concubines in the harem, but did not give birth to a healthy baby boy, resulting in no one to succeed him, and he had to succeed the clan as an heir, and his heir was Song Yingzong Zhao Shu.
Emperor Yingzong of Song, whose original name was Zhao Zongshi ,赵宗實), was a great-grandson of Emperor Taizong of Song, the grandson of Emperor Zhenzong's half-brother Zhao Yuanfen the Prince of Shang, and the thirteenth son of Emperor Renzong's cousin Zhao Yunrang the Prince of Pu, whose biological mother was Junren of Xianyou County.
Emperor Renzong established Emperor Yingzong's status as a prince before his death, that is to say, Emperor Yingzong's succession to Emperor Renzong was a declaration of the existence of heaven and earth and the existence of the ancestors, and both inside and outside the Great Song Dynasty, including foreign Khitan parties, knew that Emperor Yingzong had passed on to Emperor Renzong as a son.
However, soon after Emperor Yingzong ascended the throne, he had a disagreement with Empress Cao, the widow of Emperor Renzong, and the two palaces broke up to the point of almost being strangers, Empress Cao cried to the ministers of the two provinces that the old widow could not live, and Emperor Yingzong complained to Zai zhi that the empress dowager had no grace for him, and the courtiers persuaded him to finish this head and persuade that head, and really pressed the gourd to float up the scoop, and the two women were dizzy and exhausted.
So, why did Yingzong resent Renzong and his wife? Have people kindly chosen you to inherit this flower and flower and choose a vendetta?
The history books clearly record that "Yingzong Fang was four years old, in the middle of the breeding ban, and then he was juju zhou, and he was promoted to the heir, and most of them were praised." (Later Biography of Song Shi Cao), the history book also says that "The great general Zong Shi of Zuo Qianniu Wei was raised in the palace, and the empress bowed to the son." Both out, but also the first, ask for the reward of endless rewards, the clan room Modby. (Continuation of the Zhizhi TongjianChang, vol. 182, May A Shen Article)
If you cite the history books only know how to copy and do not analyze, you will probably feel that the kindness of Renzong and his wife to you Yingzong is stamped by the history books, why did you turn your face and not recognize people after you took the throne?
If you think so, Yingzong is indeed too wronged, so it is necessary to analyze the citations in the history books more and find out whether there is a phenomenon of secrecy for His Holiness, such as the two historical materials listed above and often quoted are nonsense, which can be directly ignored.
Because Yingzong's treatment of Renzong's widow and young daughter was ruthless and ruthless, it really can't be said that it is only a unilateral problem of Yingzong, and there is indeed the fact that Emperor Renzong is unkind and indifferent to Yingzong.
The fact that Yingzong was mistreated by Emperor Renzong was written in the "History of Song" and the "Long Compilation", how did posterity know that he had been mistreated? I know from Fu Yaoyu and Fu Bi's recitals.
On August 27, 1062, Emperor Renzong, who had been made crown prince, entered the palace for the second time, because Emperor Renzong's obsession with giving birth to a son was not dispelled, and the favored eunuch concubines around Emperor Renzong did not support Emperor Yingzong's establishment, so Emperor Renzong was very cold to Emperor Yingzong.
The emperor does not care about the adopted son, the situation of the spare tire prince in the palace can be imagined, the palace people have a pair of rich eyes, accustomed to watching people cook, holding high and stepping low, very mean to Yingzong, who is not welcomed by the emperor, there are many deductions in the dietary supply, and the family cannot eat enough.
And Empress Cao, who was estranged from Emperor Renzong, almost lost herself in the last year of Jiayou, so where did she dare to intercede for Emperor Yingzong to provoke Emperor Renzong? There was only a limit to what she could do, that is, to secretly bring some food to the Yingzong family, and there was no more.
Yingzong was not only mistreated in his diet, but his situation was also very bleak, because the emperor treated him coldly, "people inside and outside, even the relatives of the old mansion," no one dared to contact Yingzong, it can be said that he was simply a plague god that everyone avoided.
In this case, the inspector Fu Yaoyu wrote to Emperor Renzong and advised Emperor Renzong to give preferential treatment to Emperor Yingzong: Since you have already passed through the family's house, you should treat people harshly, you should treat the family as a courtesy, and let the prince serve around day and night, which can not only reflect the emperor's love, but also let the prince show his filial piety.
Emperor Renzong was high in the spring and autumn, and the imperial heir was not established, and Yao Yu asked jianzong to build a sage to comfort the world. And Emperor Yingzong was the crown prince, and there was a Si Que offering, and Emperor Renzong was unknown. Yao Yu said: "Since Your Majesty has rebuilt the imperial heir with the clan community, it is advisable to use family etiquette to make the prince serve around the day and night, and to communicate the sincerity of kindness and filial piety." There is a gap in the courtesy of this day, so it is not so long that he is close to him and cherishes the country. "So the edict has a very generous offering. (History of song, biography of Fu Yaoyu)
The "Biography of Fu Yaoyu" says that Emperor Yingzong was mistreated by Emperor Renzong, which is obviously also for Emperor Renzong, whether Emperor Renzong is really unaware or not, but it is true that he did not care about his step-son Emperor Yingzong, so the people in the palace dared to treat Emperor Yingzong harshly.
Later, when Emperor Yingzong ascended the throne and the two palaces fell out of harmony, the ministers mediated from it, and the privy councillor Fu Bi advised Emperor Yingzong on the eighth day of the leap month of the first year of Zhiping (1064), and once again mentioned the past when Emperor Yingzong was first established as a prince living in the forbidden city, and was snubbed and mistreated.
He also eavesdropped that His Majesty had just been established as a prince and summoned to live in the forbidden middle, when the former emperor was chattered by the left and right, not without little confusion. None of the people inside and outside, even the relatives of His Majesty's old residence, dared to correspond to the inquirer. His Majesty's food and drink were all provided, and the empress dowager did not dare to be the lord, but Xiao Xi was afraid and tried everything to steal food. Isn't Your Majesty unconscious? ("Continuation of the Zizhi TongjianChang Edition", vol. 201 leap May Decyl Unitary Article)
Therefore, from the performance of Fu Yaoyu and Fu Bi, it can be seen that when Emperor Yingzong was made crown prince, he was indeed snubbed and mistreated, and Emperor Renzong did have unkind behavior.
However, here is still to refute a rumor, there are many comments related to Yingzong on the Internet that Yingzong has been treated harshly since he first entered the palace, what "left his biological parents from childhood, lack of love, and lack of clothing and food", this statement is unhindered and imprecise.
Because there is no historical data that can prove that Yingzong was mistreated the first time he entered the palace, when he was only the identity of the emperor's nephew, and the young Renzong could not imagine that he would not be able to give birth to a son until he died, and he had not fallen into that despair, so there was no possibility of mistreating Yingzong.
Emperor Yingzong's mistreatment occurred after he was made crown prince for the second time he entered the palace, but it was not the first time he entered the palace so miserable. And how did Yingzong, who was later treated coldly by his heir apparent, vent his resentment after he ascended the throne?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="5" >02, Yingzong is not filial piety</h1>
In the eighth year of Jiayou (1063), on March 29, Emperor Renzong died; on the first day of April, Emperor Yingzong took the throne; on the night of the fourth day of April, Emperor Yingzong began to fall ill, and on the night of the fourth month of April, Emperor Yingzong began to fall ill, and on April 28, he began to administer the government; on the third day of The first month of June, he began to administer the Imperial Purple Palace; on May 13, 1064, Empress Cao officially returned the throne, and on the second day of the first leap month, Empress Cao was forced to hand over the Fu Treasure.
Soon after Emperor Yingzong took the throne, the usually suppressed resentment immediately broke out, and he began to exchange eyes for eyes and for tat, releasing his inner resentment.
First of all, on the day of the great funeral of Emperor Hachirenzong in early April, he "cried out and walked wildly, unable to make a ceremony", and the funeral was the day when the body was officially moved into the coffin, which was also a ceremony that the widowed filial son had to preside over.
Emperor Yingzong could not become a courtesy because of his illness, not only did he not fulfill the obligation of filial piety, but also let everyone be anxious about his illness, and the aftermath of the dead could only be handled hastily.
Subsequently, Yingzong had been ill, and all the affairs of Emperor Renzong's funeral were held by the ceremonial officials, and Yingzong did not attend at all, and even the consolation ceremony of condolences to him by the courtiers did not come forward.
Even by April 16, Yingzong, who was already in good health in the Eucharist, still did not appear to preside over the funeral on the grounds of illness and fulfilled his son's duties, until April 24, when Emperor Renzong was 24 days after the death of the deceased, Emperor Yingzong came out to perform the ceremony and rolled up the curtains to accept the consolation of the hundred officials.
After entering September, Emperor Renzong's Yongzhao Mausoleum was completed, and he could send his palace to the cemetery, as early as the third day of june, there was an edict for Empress Gao Taotao to escort the coffin of her father-in-law Renzong, but by the time the palace was started, Empress Gao was actually ill and naturally could not make the trip.
On the sixth day of the first month of October, Emperor Yingzong went to pay tribute to Emperor Renzong's Zi Palace, and together with Empress Cao, he wept to send Renzong's coffin out of Xuande Gate; on the fifteenth day, Emperor Renzong's Zi Palace was enshrined in the Yongzhao Mausoleum, and on the twenty-seventh day, the Yongzhao Tomb was buried in the imperial hall.
On the second day of the first month of November, Emperor Renzong's Lord Yu entered Beijing from the mountain mausoleum, and the Lord Yu was the wooden lord god tablet that carried the soul of the deceased, made in the cemetery, and then welcomed home to be enshrined in the Taimiao Temple, along the way, in order to avoid the wandering of the soul, it was necessary for the filial son to sacrifice to appease the god, from the mountain to the Taimiao Temple, a total of nine times, which is called Yu Sacrifice.
Because the previous five Yu sacrifices were all on the way, they were all sacrificed by Zong Zhengqing, and after entering the capital, the Yu sacrifice should be sacrificed by the emperor's filial piety.
On the third day of the first month of November, the Six Yu Ceremony was held for Emperor Renzong at the Jiying Hall, but Emperor Yingzong, who was a filial son, did not show his face and still let Zong Zhengqing perform the sacrifice.
On the same day, Zhizhi Ancestor Wuxuan, Sima Guang of zhizhiyuan, And Wang Yu of Yushizhong, and others asked Emperor Yingzong to personally sacrifice the next three Yu to fulfill the obligation of filial piety.
After Emperor Yingzong received the recitation, he also asked the court to discuss whether he should go to kiss Yu Renzong. Of course, everyone agreed with the suggestions of Sima Guang and others, and Emperor Yingzong issued an edict saying that he would participate in the Seven Yu of the Fourth Grade.
However, on the fourth day of the first month, the hundred officials all waited step by step for the emperor to come to the sacrifice, and when the time for sacrifice had passed, there was no trace of the emperor, and then news came from the palace that the emperor was suddenly ill again, so it could not come, and today's Yu sacrifice was still performed by Zong Zhengqing.
The hundred officials ended the Seven Yu in shock, and Sima Guang, who was angry at Yingzong's words without believing it, was once again indignant when he returned to the court, but no matter how Ironic Sima Guang tried, Yingzong did not see it, and anyway, on the grounds of illness, insisted on not participating in Emperor Renzong's Yu sacrifice.
Helplessly, Sima Guang and Lü Shi again requested that the medical officer be held accountable, and since the emperor said that he was ill and could not participate in the Sacrifice of Filial Piety, why did the medical officer say that the emperor LiuMai was peaceful and not sick? Will the Emperor Lie? Of course, the medical officer was lying, so the medical officer's contempt should be investigated, but Yingzong still pretended to be dead.
After the nine yu sacrifices, the weeping ceremony was performed, and after the weeping ceremony, the god lord of Renzong could enshrine the Temple of Ansheng, and once the god lord was in the temple, it meant that the funeral was almost over.
By the seventh day of the first month of November, when the pawns were crying, Yingzong, who should have been crying, had no expression on his face, and not a single tear had fallen, at this moment, I believe that not only Empress Cao was extremely cold and angry, but the heart of the Wenwu Qunchen was also full of mixed feelings, and Yingzong did not want to do this face work?
In addition to not fulfilling his obligations in the aftermath of his father Renzong, Emperor Yingzong's attitude towards his mother Empress Cao in the harem was also extremely bad, not only was he not respectful and filial, but he was also often disobedient, scolding the people around Empress Cao, extremely mean, and had no love for the five daughters left by Emperor Renzong, so that they moved out of the original palace to make room for Emperor Yingzong's daughters, and this almost face-tearing situation began after he took the throne.
In the face of such a cold heir, Empress Cao, who felt that she was wronged in every way, naturally had to cling to power and draw warmth through power.
The courtiers also found that the two palaces were not harmonious, so as early as April 27, The worried Sima Guang could no longer hold back the letter to Emperor Yingzong, advising him to thank Emperor Renzong for his kindness, filial piety to the empress, care for his sister, and remind him to follow the etiquette and not to listen to the villain to chase after his father.
When Emperor Yingzong did not see it, the relationship between the two palaces continued to deteriorate, and by June 23, Sima Guang again wrote to the empress dowager and the emperor, advising the two women to take into account the overall situation and pay attention to their respective images, but no matter how much sentimental text Sima Guang wrote, it was a pity that neither of the two parties could listen to it under the domination of personal feelings, and the relationship was still getting more and more tense day by day.
Sima Guang and Lü Xie repeatedly wrote bitterly and persuaded this and that, but at this time, Emperor Yingzong no longer saw the gentle appearance of the past, and Empress Cao did not see the virtuous shude of the past, and the mother and son were swords and swords, and the cronies around them were fighting each other, and the resentment between the two palaces deepened, and even rumored that Empress Cao had the intention of abolishing the establishment.
On May 13, 1064, Empress Cao was forced to return to power, and on May 17, Emperor Yingzong issued an edict restricting the rights of the empress dowager, stipulating that any demand for the empress dowager must be approved by the emperor before it can be supplied.
That is to say, if the empress dowager wants to order small things such as medicine and fruit bait and daily utensils, she cannot get them without the consent of the emperor! This is not to mention The anger of Empress Cao, that is, the minister was also shocked by Yingzong's riotous operation, the empress dowager's front foot is still in power, and your back foot is like this thin old lady, it seems not very authentic, right? Can you imagine Jia Pardon Jia Zheng daring to limit Jia Mu's needs?
To this end, Sima Guang once again wrote to Emperor Yingzong, suggesting that he give the empress dowager the highest level of authority and treatment, so as not to affect the emperor's reputation, and suggested that Emperor Yingzong and the empress give the harem power to the empress dowager. Obviously, Sima Chu was thinking about peach, thinking with his toes, and Yingzong would not pay attention to his superiors.
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In the face of the cold and ruthless heir, how did Empress Cao respond?
As early as April 16, 1063, in the eighth year of Jiayou (1063), Wang Jue, a scholar of Hanlin, went to Shangshu, saying that Emperor Yingzong's eucharist was already in place, and asked the empress dowager to dismiss "Quan Tong to listen to the government".
Through Wang Jue's performance, it can be known that at that time, Emperor Yingzong's body had no problems and did not affect his performance of the emperor's duties, so he asked the empress dowager to return the government, but Empress Cao only asked Wang Jue to draft an edict on the return of the government, but did not implement it.
Because the relationship between the two palaces had already begun to be discordant since Emperor Yingzong ascended the throne, how could Empress Cao possibly agree to return the government? However, the hundred officials were not accustomed to Empress Cao, and Empress Cao did not have the ability to control the hundred officials.
On April 28, Qunchen asked Emperor Yingzong to come to the court, and Emperor Yingzong agreed to Qunchen's request to let him go to work, and from this day on, although Empress Cao did not remove the curtain, the ministers did not play to her.
On the third day of June, Emperor Yingzong again said that he was ill and did not go to work, and only met with the ministers of the two palaces on a regular basis, empress Cao continued to listen to the government, and the relations between the two palaces continued to deteriorate, and Sima Guang once again adjusted the relations between the two palaces, but it did not work.
With Emperor Yingzong's various misdeeds in Emperor Renzong's funeral, the relationship between the two palaces became even more irreconcilable, and in November, Sima Guang and Lü Xie successively went to the empress dowager and the emperor, asking the empress dowager to emulate Ma Mingde and tolerate Yingzong with a motherly heart, and asked Emperor Yingzong to fulfill his filial piety and serve his mother, and to eliminate the gap, but no matter how the Tai Counsellor mediated, it would not help.
When The Chancellor Han Qi was busy with the Yongzhao Tomb and returned to the capital from Gong County, he received a document from Empress Cao, which contained lyrics written by Yingzong that expressed resentment, as well as a list of mistakes committed by Yingzong.
Han Qi tore up the documents in front of the envoys and directly let the envoys bring words to the empress: Doesn't the empress dowager always say that Her Majesty is restless? What is so strange about His Majesty's words and deeds that are out of line?
Faced with Han Qi's actions to defend Yingzong, Empress Cao was not content to be discouraged, and when she summoned Zaizhi the next day, she cried to Han Qi and others through the curtain that Yingzong was not right, indicating that she had been forced to have no place to stay, and the Xianggong had to give her the master.
Han Qi, who was deeply favored by Emperor Renzong, did not empathize with Emperor Renzong's widow, and he continued to defend Emperor Yingzong: His Majesty's misbehavior was all due to illness, and when His Majesty was well, it would not be like this.
Empress Cao was very unhappy by Han Qi,Here Ouyang Xiu saw that the empress dowager's tone was not right, so he turned on the flickering mode, praising the empress dowager's benevolence and virtue how well-known she was in the world, when Empress Wen Chengzhang was so arrogant, the empress dowager did not put up with it, and now how can she not bear it with her son?
Then, Ouyang Xiu made his position clear to the empress dowager: Emperor Renzong reigned for a long time and was convinced by the people of the world, so everyone supported the crown prince he designated to take the throne, and now that the empress dowager is living in the palace, we are only five or six readers, if it is not to carry out Emperor Renzong's last wishes, who in the world will obey?
The implication is that the new emperor is designated by your husband, we are only acting according to your husband's will, and if you want to abolish the establishment, we will not support it, so you do not have to force the emperor here.
Listening to Han Qi's words, Empress Cao could only be silent, which was that Han Qi and Ouyang Xiu bullied Empress Cao's weakness, and Liu E saw that they dared to say so.
Empress Cao, who was unwilling, could not swallow this breath, and turned her head to the Privy Council to seek comfort: The old widow is bitter! There is no place to tell the pain!
The Privy Counsellor Fu Bi, Hu Su, and Wu Kui listened to Empress Cao's pitiful complaints and accompanied her grief for a while, but apart from persuading the empress dowager to relax, no one said what Empress Cao wanted to hear.
Through the attitude of the ministers of the two provinces, Empress Cao understood that her road to abolition was not feasible, and she was even more stubborn in holding on to her authority. From the attitude of the two provinces, it can also be seen that the shifu clique's natural defense and resistance to female governance, preferring to face the male emperor who is not filial piety, rather than supporting the empress dowager who wants to change her step-son.
Empress Cao's words and deeds were soon known to Emperor Yingzong, so the first thing Emperor Yingzong said when he saw Han Qi, who had returned to Beijing, was: The empress dowager treats me with no grace!
Han Qi replied unceremoniously: You know so many Saint Ming emperors in ancient times, why did you just praise Emperor Shun as a great filial piety? Other emperors are not filial piety? That's because filial piety and loving parents are very common things, there is nothing worth praising, only filial piety to those unloving parents can be called great filial piety, and His Majesty's filial piety is still a little far from Emperor Shun.
The implication is: Do you mean to say that the old lady is not kind to you? Can you be emperor without grace? See what you've done? Yingzong was not a fool, of course, he understood Han Qi's meaning, first, to remind him not to ruin his reputation, and second, to warn him to pay attention to proportions and not to embarrass public opinion too much.
In addition to the prime minister mentioning him, after the feast began in December of that year, the attendants and attendants also moved closer to filial piety when they told Yingzong about the Confucian classics and historical experience, reminding Yingzong to emulate the Ming Emperor and filial piety to the empress.
Although Emperor Yingzong expressed his advice and also had a dimwitted morning province for Empress Cao, the relationship between the two palaces did not break the ice, so Sima Guang went up three times in a row, and asked Emperor Yingzong not to treat Emperor Renzong's fifth daughter poorly, so as not to lose the love of the empress dowager and the expectations of the people.
In April of the first year of Zhiping (1064), Emperor Zhongzong of Quan Yu suggested that Emperor Yingzong appear in public, and the excited Emperor Yingzong ordered the Taichang Temple to formulate relevant costumes and ceremonial guards, and the courtiers also echoed, and when the court confirmed the costumes and ceremonial guards, Emperor Yingzong said as if he had just remembered: This matter should be discussed with the empress!
Han Qi went to give Yingzong a head start again, and Empress Cao certainly did not want to let this unfilial son go to the news and stand in the C position, so she used the excuse that the emperor's illness was good, and I was afraid that it would be inconvenient to travel. Han Qi ignored the empress dowager's excuse: His Majesty himself felt that it was no problem to go out.
Empress Cao continued to find reasons: Now those plain honor guards are not complete, wait until they are ready. Han Qi said: These are all small things, and they are not difficult to deal with.
The depressed Empress Cao had no way to directly oppose, so she had to agree to the relevant departments to choose a good date in case the emperor went out, but this time Empress Cao also played a careful eye, suggesting that the relevant departments delayed time, after all, not every minister did not put the empress dowager in his eyes like Han Qi Ouyang Xiu.
However, Empress Cao's dragging trick did not last long, and on April 18, Sima Guang went up to the emperor to determine the name of "asking for rain" and determine the date of travel.
Empress Cao did not stop the emperor from appearing in public, and on April 28, Emperor Yingzong prayed for rain at the Xiangguo Tianqing Temple and Fengquan Temple, and faced the new emperor who appeared for the first time, "Shishu cheered and celebrated" .
Subsequently, on May 12, Empress Cao was forced by Han Qi to withdraw the curtain, and the next day she wrote a letter to return the government, although the old lady withheld the emperor's fu treasure and did not give it to the emperor, but by the second day of the first leap month, she handed over the fu treasure under the compulsion of the imperial historians.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="5" >04, Monkey said</h1>
Did Emperor Renzong of Song and Empress Cao really treat Emperor Yingzong with kindness? Is Emperor Yingzong's extremely meanness toward his mother really just a grudge? Is the two sides more favorable than excessive, or too much more than the grace?
In monkey view, although Emperor Yingzong was made crown prince, there were places where he was mistreated, but the sins he suffered were nothing compared to the benefits he received. This point Was not clear to Emperor Yingzong as his son Shenzong.
This is not to whitewash the old good man Renzong, because he did not subjectively abuse Yingzong's thoughts, but only the obsession with his own son, so that he was not willing to pass the side branch, so he subconsciously ignored the step-son, and the eunuchs held high and low deduction diet is only a bad complication that Renzong ignored.
Of course, it is also a fact that Emperor Yingzong was treated harshly in the palace, and he could not help but have resentment from others, but he was able to inherit the flowers and rivers and pass them on to his descendants, indeed thanks to Emperor Renzong's adoption of him and his succession, otherwise, Emperor Renzong had at least 80 nephews of the Sect's generation, so why was he?
What's more, the people around Emperor Renzong were not optimistic about Emperor Yingzong, and when Emperor Yingzong repeatedly refused to know the zheng temple, Ren Shouzhong and other nobles recommended the young son of Zhao Yuanyu, the King of Yan, and Zhao Yunchu, who had been raised in the palace, but was vetoed by Emperor Renzong, and finally under the advice of the chancellor, he established Yingzong who he felt had feelings.
This is the kindness of Emperor Renzong who chose to establish Emperor Yingzong, a fact that Emperor Yingzong could not hide, and then Empress Cao supported the kindness of Emperor Yingzong.
When Emperor Renzong died without leaving a will, Empress Cao closed the palace door and secretly summoned Zaichen Liming to enter the palace, and before Zaichen entered the palace, Empress Cao protected Yingzong, and the next day, after determining the wishes of zaichen, she pushed Yingzong in front of Zaichen and supported Yingzong to take the throne.
If Empress Cao had other ideas at this time, whether it was to support Zhao Yunchu or Zhao Yunbi, Yingzong, as the heir apparent, did not want to ascend the throne, or even risk his life, see the story of Empress Taizong Li Mingde and the eunuch ministers trying to abandon The Crown Prince Zhenzong and establish another Zhao Yuanzuo, and the story of yang Guizhi, the empress of the Southern Song Dynasty, and Shi Miyuan, the empress dowager of the Southern Song Dynasty, who abandoned the stepfather Zhao Yun and the story of Zhao Yun.
Therefore, Emperor Renzong and Cao Hou treated Yingzong more favorably than they did, and what Yingzong did was indeed too cold and thin, and there was a loss of temperament, which showed that Yingzong's cool and thin nature was indeed a fight with Zhu Houxi.
As Sima Guang advised Emperor Yingzong:
Since you have passed on to Emperor Renzong, the empress dowager is your mother, and now that the king of Pu has passed away, His Majesty's unfinished filial piety to his birth parents should be dedicated to the empress.
A gentleman who has received a favor from a man cannot fail to repay, not to mention that the empress dowager has three great kindnesses to your majesty? First, the empress dowager made her majesty the heir, and the empress dowager had contributed; second, on the night of the first emperor's reign, it was the empress dowager who decided to welcome her majesty; third, after her majesty's practice, her majesty had a physical illness, and it was the empress dowager who took care of you and stabilized China and foreign countries.
None of these three great virtues are inexhaustible to Your Majesty's children and grandchildren, so how can your Majesty not fail to serve the Empress Dowager? You have accepted Renzong's great cause, but you have treated Renzong's widow so poorly, how will the people of the world think of Your Majesty?
Some people may say that Emperor Yingzong obviously did not want to be emperor, it was Emperor Renzong who forced others to be yunyun, although there are indeed people in the world who are indifferent to fame and fortune, but Song Yingzong is definitely not in this rank, because from his image in the history books, we can know that he is not a person without ambition, willing to be indifferent, and has no intention of power.
His luck lies in the fact that he met Empress Cao, who was weak and suffered from Stockholm syndrome under the cold treatment of Emperor Renzong, and if he met the strong Liu E and Yang Guizhi, where he had gone to stay cool, Han Qi Ouyang Xiu was the same.
That's it.
The image comes from the internet intrusion and deletion.
References: Long Edition, Song Hui Compilation, Shushui Chronicle, Song History, etc.
Through appearances, we search for historical truths, take history as theory, tell personal opinions, and refuse excessive interpretation and conspiracy theories that are divorced from the human environment. Friends who like Liaoxia Jinyuan and Zongmiao Qianqi and harem gossip can pay attention to monkey grid.