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Before being killed, Liu Zhun, the little emperor of the Liu Song Dynasty, cried out: "May the imperial family never be reborn in the next life", and the scene was so miserable that everyone who saw it was moved. In fact, whenever the Empire State Building collapses, not only the lives of the fallen monarchs are difficult to protect, but also the fate of princes, grandchildren, concubines and princesses, they are either killed, or humiliated, or displaced, and few are safe and quiet, enjoying the rest of their lives. So, as the last empress of the Song Dynasty, what was the final outcome of Quan Shi, the wife of Emperor Duzong of Song?
01 Lucky to enter the palace
Quan Shi (全氏), whose birth year and real name are unknown (quan jiu), was a Zhejiang huijian (元稽人), whose father Quan Zhaosun Guanzhi (全昭孙官) was eventually killed in the battle to quell the rebels in Xi'an. As a family of eunuchs, the Jeon clan has a brief history of books, and has been stationed in various places with his father since childhood. In the first year of Jingding (1260), the childless Song Lizong chose a concubine for his nephew and adopted son Zhao Yu, and the daughter of Gu Hao, the prefect of Lin'an, was once elected, and even the royal family held a dowry, but the final "winner" was Quanshi, which was unexpected.
Image of all empresses
It turned out that Gu Ping was a confidant of Ding Daquan, the minister of power, and the reason why his daughter was chosen as a princess was entirely due to Ding Daquan. However, not long after the royal dowry was held, Ding Daquan lost his position and stepped down, Gu Hao was deposed as his henchman, and even his daughter regretted that he would lose the opportunity to enter the middle palace in the future. After the cancellation of the dowry for Gu Nu, Song Lizong summoned his ministers to discuss a new candidate for the crown princess, and Quan Shi, who had not previously been on the list, was fortunate to become a candidate this time.
Considering that Quan Shi was the niece and granddaughter of The Emperor's biological mother, Lady CiXian, and serving his father Quan Zhaosun to and from the rivers and lakes, the Taiwan courtiers were prepared for hardships and obstacles, and if they were rich and noble, they would certainly be able to play a role in warning Zhao Yu and helping her husband succeed in his career. To this end, the group of ministers advocated that the Quan clan should be chosen as the crown princess, and Song Lizong was naturally happy to push the boat along the water because of his filial piety to his mother. However, the stakes of the Crown Princess were so important that Song Lizong felt the need to conduct an examination of the Quan clan first.
Portrait of Song Lizong
To this end, Song Lizong summoned the Quan clan into the palace and said to her: "Your father Zhaosun, who died in the past during the Baoyou years, is sad to think of. Quanshi responded: "Although the father of the concubine is pitiful, the people of Huai and Hu are even more pitiful." Song Lizong was deeply surprised after hearing this, and afterwards praised the ministers for his kindness and proper speech, and was the best candidate for the concubine. Because of this, in November of the second year of Jingding (1261), Emperor Lizong of Song issued an edict to crown quanshi as lady of Yongjia County, and a month later he officially crowned her as a crown princess.
As the only idiot emperor of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Yu had experience of drug poisoning in the womb, so he was born weak, his hands and feet were weak, and his intelligence level was far lower than that of normal people, which belonged to the real innate low energy. Because of this, Emperor Lizong of Song made Quan Shi a crown princess, and the most important intention was to make her play the role of a virtuous helper, in order to save the future emperor's mistakes and prevent the Song Dynasty from being destroyed in the hands of this stupid son.
Song Do sect Image
However, it turned out afterwards that Song Lizong's expectations were all disappointed, and Quan Shi did not play a good role as a "Xiannei helper", not because she failed to live up to the expectations of the old emperor, but because Zhao Yu was really a "mud can't support the wall". After the Quan clan married Zhao Yu, although the married life was quite unfortunate, they still gave birth to two sons, the eldest son died shortly after birth, and the youngest son was the Song Gong Emperor Zhao Yu, the king of the Song Dynasty.
02 Empress career
In October of the fifth year of Jingding (1264), Emperor Lizong of Song, who had just arrived at the age of Huajia, died, and the crown prince Zhao Yu was enthroned as Emperor Duzong of Song. After Zhao Yu ascended the throne, because he wanted to guard the funeral for The Former Emperor, he did not immediately appoint Quan shi as empress, but postponed the posthumous ceremony until two years later, in the first month of the third year of Xianchun (1267). After the Quan clan was in the middle of the palace, her family was greatly smeared, not only three generations of ancestors were posthumously awarded high-ranking officials and honorary titles, but also more than a hundred children, relatives, and clansmen were also rewarded, which can really be described as "one person got the ascension of the chicken dog to heaven".
Portrait of Jia Rudao
Song Duzong was an extremely famous emperor in Chinese history, and due to his low IQ and lack of interest in governing the country, he entrusted all the major affairs of the military state to The Minister of Power Jia Xiangdao to take care of at the beginning of his reign, and he was happy to be a "happy son of heaven". Relying on the emperor's favor, Jia Seemed to deceive the Heavenly Son and suppress the courtiers, and all those who disagreed with his political views were relegated from the court, while those close to him were all a bunch of inflammatory, greedy and shameless people. Under the rule of this pair of shameless monarchs of the Song Dynasty, the erosion of the situation can be imagined.
After Song Duzong handed over Jiangshan to Jia Rudao to take care of, he hid in the deep palace and lived a "free" life of left hand and right hand sister all day long. According to the historical records, Song Duzong drank and entertained with his concubines all day, and did not pay attention to state affairs, and even when he had to approve the reading of the chapter, he had to be represented by the four most favored palace people, known as the four ladies of spring, summer, autumn and winter. At this time, although Quan shi was a legitimate empress, she was inferior to 4 ladies in terms of favor, and her kind advice was always regarded as "ear wind" by Song Duzong. In this regard, the whole empress can only be blamed in vain.
Kublai Khan's plan to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty
In this way, under the reckless behavior of Song Duzong and Jia Xiangdao's courtiers, a good and elegant Jiangshan was made into a miasma, thus providing a good opportunity for Meng Yuan to go south to destroy the Song. In the first month of the ninth year of Xianchun (1273), after the Mongol Yuan army captured Xiangfan, the gateway to the central part of the Southern Song Dynasty, it immediately marched towards Lin'an with the momentum of destruction and decay, and the Song Dynasty was defeated one after another, and its demise was only in the day. However, at this time, the 35-year-old Song Duzong was too braided because of excessive wine color, and luckily did not become the king of the fallen country, in July of the tenth year of Xianchun (1274).
03 Years of national subjugation
After The death of Emperor Duzong of Song, his 3-year-old concubine Zhao Yu (赵㬎) was proclaimed emperor, Empress Quan was promoted to empress, and Emperor Duzong of Song's mother Xie Daoqing was honored as empress dowager and regent of the dynasty. However, the Quan clan, who was born in a troubled world, did not enjoy the honor of the empress dowager for a few days, and suffered the pain of national subjugation. On the eighteenth day of the first month of the second year of Deyou (1276), with no reinforcements and no fighting spirit inside, the empress dowager Xie Daoqing decided to surrender, and the Song Dynasty, which had been established for more than 300 years, collapsed (the remnants continued to fight until 1279).
Original world image
After Empress Xie and Emperor Gong of Song surrendered, they were taken captive to the north along with most members of the imperial family. Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty, treated the Southern Song Dynasty royal family kindly, not only crowning Zhao Yu as the Duke of Yingguo, but also treating his family kindly. However, quan grew up in Jiangnan since childhood, and it was difficult to adapt to the dry climate in the north, and it was not long before they complained bitterly. Empress Chabi was sympathetic to Quan's difficulties and had asked Yuan Shizu to send the latter back to Jiangnan, but Kublai Khan considered that Quan's status was special and was afraid that he would be used by people with ulterior motives, so he did not agree.
The court of the Yuan Dynasty firmly believed in Lamaism in Tibet, and the ignorant Zhao Yu grew up day by day, was influenced by the surrounding environment, and gradually developed a strong interest in Lamaism. Yuan Shizu was very pleased with this, so in the twenty-sixth year of the Yuan Dynasty (1289), he issued an edict to send the 18-year-old Zhao Yu to the Sakya Monastery in Tibet to become a monk, with the title of Hezun. At the same time, Yuan Shizu also ordered Jeonju to become a nun at Dadu Zhengzhi Temple. Since then, Zhao Yu and his mother have been separated from each other for thousands of miles, and they have not seen each other for the rest of their lives.
Sakya Monastery
Jeonji, who was forced to work as a nun at Jeongchi-ji Temple, lived in depression and depression every day, and whenever he thought of his son, who could never see him again thousands of miles away, he couldn't help but burst into tears. Day after day, this state caused the Quan clan, who was unsatisfactory and weak, to gradually become seriously ill and die within a few years of leaving home. Quan's only last wish was to hope that her son would live his life in peace, but what she did not expect was that more than 30 years later, Zhao Yu, who was a high monk, was executed by Yuan Yingzong for a "reverse poem" in the third year of Zhizhi (1323).
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