During the Song Dynasty, Song Zhenzong gave birth to a son with a concubine surnamed Li, the queen's surname at that time was Liu, who was deeply favored, but she never gave birth, so Song Zhenzong let her recognize the son born to Concubine Li as the prince, and strictly ordered the palace people not to leak secrets, even Concubine Li herself did not dare to mention it on any occasion, otherwise it would inevitably lead to death;
This child grew up slowly, and was always brought up by Queen Liu, and the child never thought that Queen Liu was his biological mother!
After the death of Song Zhenzong, the child succeeded to the throne, which was widely praised by later generations as Song Renzong;
When Song Renzong first became the emperor, he was only 13 years old, and Empress Liu listened to the government and monopolized power, and no one dared to spread this matter!
Concubine Li died of illness within a few years, in order not to cause trouble for herself and her son, she did not dare to recognize mother and son to death, Queen Liu learned the news and asked the Internal Affairs Office to bury her simply, in order to avoid people's eyes, the prime minister disagreed, insisted on a thick burial!
Empress Liu called the prime minister in private and scolded her, saying that you are the prime minister, and what you should worry about is the major affairs of the state, and you should not interfere in the affairs of the harem! The prime minister said: I am qualified to ask about all the affairs of the country, and today I will leave the words here, if the queen is still like leaving a way back for the Liu family, she should bury Concubine Li, if the queen does not consider the future of the Liu family, then I will not say it!
After listening to it, Empress Liu was thoughtful, and a little understood the prime minister's painstaking efforts, so she ordered a thick burial of Concubine Li; and the specifications are extremely high, in accordance with the standards of the Queen Mother, the coffin is made of golden silk nanmu, the coffin is filled with mercury, and the funeral goods are readily available!
After the death of Empress Liu, someone in the palace told Song Renzong about Concubine Li, the emperor who had grown up was shocked, and summoned a lot of old people in the palace to inquire, after repeated confirmation, he was heartbroken, crying in the palace for many days, thinking of his mother who had been guarding the cold palace all his life, he was close at hand, but he had never fulfilled his filial piety for a day, he issued an edict to the world, scolded himself for being an unfilial person, and issued an edict to posthumously crown his mother as the queen mother, and ordered the Internal Affairs Office to rebury Concubine Li with the gift of the queen mother, and was furious, and was ready to liquidate the Liu family after the funeral!
After the death of Empress Liu, the Liu family lost the biggest support in the court, the ministers did not dare to offend the anger of Renzong, no one helped them speak, and the Liu family saw that the extinction of the clan was imminent, and they were panicked!
When Concubine Li was reburied, Renzong held the coffin and wept bitterly, after the coffin was opened, he saw that Concubine Li, who was carefully protected by mercury, had a lifelike face, intact body, and the coffin and funeral goods were extremely luxurious, not losing the standard of the Queen Mother, Renzong was very relieved and grateful, and his grief was reduced a lot. He said to the left and right: Fortunately, I saw it with my own eyes, and I almost wronged the Liu family!
After the funeral, instead of pursuing the Liu family, Renzong treated the Liu family more and more!
During the era of his rule, there were many talents, second to none in the history of the Song Dynasty, Su Shi once praised and said: "The life of Renzong, known as Toshi, the descendants of the third generation, relied on it." ”
Renzong died of illness at the age of fifty-four and was buried in Henan, after the news of his death came out: Jingshi (Kaifeng) boycotted the market and cried for several days, although beggars and children all burned paper money and cried before Da Nei; even Liao Guo knew about his death, and was also very sad: the people of Yan Realm cried from far and near!
Such an emperor, I like and respect!