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Although the birthday of New China has passed, it cannot stop me from loudly confessing here, "Happy Birthday of New China, Motherland, Love You Forever"! It is another year of National Day holiday, and I also wish my friends and families a happy, healthy and safe National Day holiday.
The epidemic is still continuing, everyone must do a good job of protection, wear a mask, protect themselves, and be responsible for others; small partners at home, your holiday pear white out of a "small force", let's "go back" to the Song Dynasty together.
Today, the song dynasty harem sentient beings return, and we continue to talk about our "old acquaintance", the second empress of Song Renzong, Cao Shi. I believe that many small partners began to approach Empress Cao through the 2020 TV series "Qingping Le".
Empress Cao came from the top high-ranking family of the Song Dynasty, the "Zhending Cao Clan". Cao's grandfather Cao Bin was the founding hero of the Song Dynasty, and her uncle Cao Wei was a famous general of the Song Dynasty, and song Yu, the chancellor of the Song Renzong period, once commented on the Cao family, "Today, the princes of the royal family are headed by Cao", which is also the main reason why the Cao family can marry into the palace twice.
In the TV series "Qing Ping Le", Cao's intelligent and astute attitude in the change of su wei palace also let us see the charm of the tiger girl, but she did not win the love of Song Renzong.
After watching the TV series "Qing Ping Le", many people were fans of the Cao family, but some people thought that she was too virtuous, and everything only considered Song Renzong, and treated Princess Fukang's failed marriage with indifference to the extreme. Today, Li Bai will approach the historical Empress Cao with everyone to explore whether she is as virtuous as she is portrayed in the TV series.
Empress Cao in the "History of Song" "sexually kind and thrifty, heavy crops, often planting grain in the forbidden garden, pro-silkworms, good flying book", it seems that she is indeed a virtuous empress, but from Song Renzong's attitude towards her, we can also figure out something else, is Cao really so virtuous?
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In the first month of the first year of Jiayou, the Song court "accidents" continued, and the heavy snow crushed the palace frame, even if it was broken, Song Renzong felt dizzy when accepting the worship of hundreds of officials, and finally even drooled, and the ministers of the Song court broke out in a cold sweat.
Many things happened during Song Renzong's illness, such as the Khitan emissaries came to congratulate him, Song Renzong was already wrong-mouthed, and he was directly incoherent at the Khitan emissaries' resignation banquet, and finally had to let people go in to rest, and could only be sent away by wen Yanbo, the then prime minister.
In view of the situation of Song Renzong, Wen Yanbo, Fu Bi and others went into the Daqing Hall to pray for Song Renzong's blessings, and stayed in the palace overnight, just in case, as for what if, no one dared to say.
One day, when Wen Yanbo and others asked the emperor about his living in the Inner East Gate Small Hall, Song Renzong ran out of the palace, and while running, he shouted, "The empress and Zhang Mao are plotting a great rebellion", and the words are extremely wrong.
This voice shocked the former harem, believing that the people present at that time were heartbroken, what they had heard, and why they should be allowed to hear this.
In order to hide their inner panic and fear, the internal attendants could only say to Wen Yanbo and others who came to ask about their lives, hoping to "be fair and forgive the disaster for the Son of Heaven"; Wen Yanbo and the others also wanted to leave the scene quickly, so everyone was busy retreating to discuss how to reduce the will and eliminate the disaster.
Empress Cao and Zhang Mao, who were shouted out by Emperor Renzong of Song, showed two extremes. After Listening to Song Renzong's words, Zhang Mao thought that Song Renzong had never liked him, so he hanged himself, but there was no danger, and he was rescued left and right, and did not die.
After Wen Yanbo heard about this incident, he trained Zhang Maoze. "The Son of Heaven has a disease, and the whisperer, how it is!" If Ru is dead, why should the Middle Palace be self-contained? ”
This brings it to the point, Wen Yanbo said that Song Renzong was sick, he didn't know what he said, if you Zhang Mao died, it would be equivalent to indirectly "sitting" this matter, how do you let the Middle Palace live by itself?!
The named Empress Cao was as calm as before, but since Song Renzong had named her, she "did not dare" to come forward to serve until Song Renzong was well, and the "poor" Song Renzong could only be served by the patients of the Ten Pavilions.
Before Song Renzong said this sentence, his physical condition was actually "small healing", so a sudden sentence would shock China and foreign countries.
Everyone is also wondering what song Renzong's state was when he shouted this sentence? Is it sober or confused? What is the meaning of this voice if his mind is clear?
Wang Gong, who lived in the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty, mentioned in his book "Smelling the Near Record",
"To harmony, Renzong sleeps sickly. Shi Xiangfu Wen Zhongmi Tong Zhi Guang after the dedication of light, and Ci Sheng's intention was in Yingzong, preaching the inside and outside, Zhang Mao was also. And the people who served Yingzong's living conditions, Wang Guangyuan also, Cai Kangye. Things are done, and the language is lu public. ”
Before "Jiayou", when Song Renzong fell ill, just in case, the chancellor fu bi consulted with Empress Cao on a successor, and Empress Cao was interested in her niece-in-law Zhao Zongshi (宋英宗), and it was Zhang Maoze who was the one who passed the message.
In fact, judging from the environment at that time, Fu Bi and Empress Cao agreed that there was no problem with the successor, after all, if something happened to Emperor Renzong of Song, the country could not be without a monarch for a day.
But for Song Renzong, who has slowed down, he is not dead, there is a successor of his own will, and Cao Shi is "great disrespect", so Li Bai thinks that Song Renzong who shouted this sentence may be sober. He used this sentence to beat Empress Cao when he was sick, telling her to hide her tail and not do anything out of the ordinary.
In this way, the emperor is not easy, and which woman who follows him is a good stubble?! When the life and death of the husband are uncertain, for the sake of the "country", the first consideration is the successor, so everyone thinks that Empress Cao, who is from the perspective of the Song court, is not a queen? Or do you think she is a rebel in Song Renzong's eyes?
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At the end of "Qing Ping Le", the screenwriter still gave Song Renzong and Empress Cao the "best" ending, Song Renzong pointed to Cao Before his death, pointed to his heart, and the screenwriter interpreted it as Song Renzong had already put Cao in his heart.
Whether Song Renzong has feelings for Cao Shi, we have no way to figure it out, but in the feudal era with men as the sky, Song Renzong is definitely the "heaven" of Cao Shi, and Song Renzong is not only a husband for Cao Shi, but also an emperor that makes her worship and admire, so this relationship is originally unequal.
The "opportunity" for Cao to enter the palace was very delicate, Song Renzong had just sent away the Guo clan that Empress Liu had set up for himself, and the ministers saw his "lustfulness" and hoped that someone could manage the harem, so the famous "second-married daughter" Cao Shi entered the palace.
Did Song Renzong like Empress Cao? It should not be liked, because after Cao Entered the palace, Song Renzong began to miss Empress Guo, who was deposed by him, and maintained correspondence with her, Song Renzong proposed to take Guo into the palace, and Guo said that he would not return to the palace as an empress.
From this, we can know that Song Renzong abolished the Guo clan at that time not because he did not dislike her, but because after Empress Liu's death, in order to eliminate Empress Liu's influence on the Song court and the harem.
Guo's death before entering the palace is unclear, and the "Records of Shuishui" once listed the more mainstream "rumors" at that time, believing that Yan Wenying and Lü Yijian, who had a disagreement with Guo, poisoned her; but in fact, Li Bai has always emphasized that if Guo's death is believed, then Cao is also suspicious, because if Guo returns to the palace, Cao's empress status is very embarrassing.
Many friends think that this is just a speculation of Li Bai, but we can also see the empress's strategy of "retreating to advance" from the "interaction" between Cao And Song Renzong's favorite concubine Zhang Shi.
The "History of Song" records that Zhang Guifei used Song Renzong's favor to usurp Cao's back cover to travel, and everyone knows that feudal society, strict hierarchy, what identity of people use what identity of things, Zhang Is testing.
What is Empress Cao's attitude? "No Jin color", there is no reluctance at all. In the end, it was Song Renzong who "educated" the Zhang clan, "the national cultural relics and ceremonial seals, there are ranks up and down, Ru Zhangzhi comes out, and the foreign court does not put it in."
Empress Cao did not know that Zhang Shi had borrowed the frame of her trip, and the ministers of the Song court must have "worn out their mouths" in front of Song Renzong? She knew, but because of the "cijian" person she had created, she would not reject Zhang's family, so if this matter became only two consequences, the ministers would say that Zhang's pampering and arrogance, giving birth to undeserved thoughts, Zhang's heart was hit; and then it was to let Song Renzong himself see Zhang's "wolf ambition", how to look at the two, Cao's mind is not so simple.
Another point that can prove that Cao Shi is not as virtuous as he appears on the surface, that is, Song Renzong's attitude towards her, and who knows Cao Shi better than the pillow people?
In the previous article, Li Bai once said that Song Renzong is good at "color", but the most loved is only himself, the reason why he loves Zhang so much, there is a love component, but it is more used to tie down the Cao family and the Cao family behind him.
Like many emperors, Emperor Renzong of Song constantly balanced these forces, including the power of the harem, and although childless, the emperor Zhao Zongshi, whom the ministers had always promoted, had a close relationship with the Cao family, he was the niece and son-in-law of Empress Cao, and his wife Gao shi also had the influence of cao behind him.
In order to balance this power, Song Renzong lifted up the Zhang clan, and despite the objections of the ministers, he constantly gave Zhang's uncle Zhang Yao zuo the official Jinjue, which was not only jealous of the Cao family, but also because he was aware of some of Cao's thoughts and small actions, so Cao Girl was really not a female classmate without a story.
Jiayou's sentence "Empress Cao and Zhang Mao plotted a great rebellion" in the first year of Jiayou has many meanings, and may even contain Song Renzong's doubts about the death of his favorite concubine Zhang, of course, this is only a speculation.
Zhang's death and Guo's same, violent death, sudden death, here does not rule out that she died because of the child's early death and depression, but also does not rule out that there are other reasons, Cao's suspicion is not small, interested in small partners can see Li Bai's previous article analysis.
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In the eighth year of Jiayou, Song Renzong died with the regret of not having a son, and Empress Cao fulfilled her wish, and her niece and son-in-law, Zhao Zongshi, finally sat on the dragon chair as the "only" prince.
Since she got the desired results, should Empress Cao rest well and recuperate? She didn't, and the life of her "tossing" titular son and actual niece and son-in-law began.
The "Continuation of the Zizhi TongjianChang" records that Song Yingzong was "crazy" from the third day of sitting on the throne, and could not even participate in the funeral of Song Renzong, and finally participated in it, but it was also "a wild call, and could not become a ceremony".
Many small friends are curious, this Song Yingzong and Song Renzong are not father and son, but look at this "condition" and Song Renzong is similar. When the official family fell ill, the ministers were about to visit the sick, and Han Qi, who was the prime minister at the time, began the daily routine of visiting the palace.
After entering the palace, he was "surprised" to find that when he met Song Yingzong, the young emperor had no symptoms of illness, but he just did not take medicine; even if he sometimes had symptoms, the "crazy words" he said were all criticized by Empress Cao, and soon Han Qi understood that the feelings of the mother and son were not as harmonious as imagined.
Song Yingzong was making trouble, after his condition improved, Shangchao only listened to others and did not say a word himself; Empress Cao was not idle, crying to Han Qi, Ouyang Xiu and others every day, thinking that Song Yingzong was not filial to himself, and even his niece Gao Shi was not good to her, and soon the relationship between mother and son became the focus of Song Ting's attention.
For the sake of the future of the Great Song, the ministers without exception stood by Song Yingzong's side, and Qi even said things like "If the empress dowager takes care of it, then everyone will naturally take care of it."
To put it bluntly, Han Qi was complaining that Empress Cao was using the relationship she had been operating in the palace for many years to condone the palace people's disrespect for Song Yingzong, who was newly seated on the dragon chair, which made Cao Shi very "chilling". But I have to say that from the description of the "Long Edition", we can see that the palace people did have a more "sluggish" attitude towards Song Yingzong and the empress, which definitely had the reason for Empress Cao.
Another piece of evidence that Empress Cao did not share a heart with Song Yingzong in the Shushui Chronicle and the Long Compilation is that there was a palace maid named Han Worm who claimed to have been favored by Emperor Renzong of Song and was pregnant with a widow.
Empress Cao, who knew about this matter, did not give birth to Zhang, but secretly raised this palace girl, and finally ten months later, Han Worm did not give birth to a child, and it was proved that she actually had a disease, Empress Cao was furious, disposed of the relevant responsible person, and also sent Han Worm to the Taoist Temple, and this matter was exposed.
The "Incident of Song Renzong's Widow" made the emperors of the Song court realize that Empress Cao had once planned to "subvert" the throne of Song Yingzong, and some people had a different view of this "kind and thrifty" empress dowager in their hearts.
During Song Yingzong's illness, he had always been Empress Cao's deputy in government affairs, and after perceiving that Empress Cao had many thoughts, after Song Yingzong recovered from illness, the ministers urged Empress Cao to return power, for which Empress Cao was also angry, and was very dissatisfied with han Qi, the prime minister at the time, and said that "teaching to do is also by Xiang gong, and not teaching to do is also by Xiang Gong".
Therefore, although during the Zhihe period, Empress Cao once wanted to establish her niece and son-in-law Zhao Shu (Song Yingzong) as emperor, the subsequent Song Yingzong did not thank Empress Cao and said such words as "The empress dowager treated me with no grace".
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After reading today's article, how do the friends evaluate Empress Cao of Song Renzong? Hurry up in the comment area to leave a message, share your thoughts, Pear Bai looks forward to everyone's praise Oh ~
In Li Bai's view, how could a Cao girl from a top Xun noble family be a stupid white sweet? We will not make up our minds, everyone will express their own opinions, we look forward to more historical materials in the future to let us approach this "story-rich" Empress Cao.
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Reference Books:
"The Story of ShuiShui"
"Continuation of the Zhizhi TongjianChang"
History of the Song Dynasty