He, surrounded by a group of generals, dressed in yellow robes and sitting on the dragon chair, began a three-hundred-year history of the dynasty's glory and humiliation; he, on the back of a chancellor, hung a jade seal around his neck and threw himself into the sea, becoming the end of the dynasty's grandeur and pain.
Among them, there were sixteen other people of the same blood, of the same identity. Some of them are wise and some are dimwitted; some are brave and martial, some are cowardly; some are artistic geniuses, some are masters of power; some of them are fratricidal and their relatives do not recognize them in order to become supreme; some of them refuse to accept the scepter, and they are desperate and insist on not doing it.
These eighteen people, in the three hundred long years, have successively stood on the highest point of that era, or pointed out the country and the mountains, full of ambition; or comfortable and hedonistic, and did nothing; or internal and external difficulties, such as sitting on needles; or in desperate situations, washing their faces with tears...
These eighteen people were all surnamed Zhao, and their dynasty was called the Song Dynasty. Mr. You Biao, a professor at the School of History of Beijing Normal University, invited them to his book, which is "Zhao Song - The Home of the Eighteen Emperors and Real Life". The book is divided into eighteen chapters, each of which introduces a Song emperor according to the chronological order of ascension to the throne.
The founder of the Zhao and Song Dynasties, Zhao Kuangyin, the grandfather of the Song Dynasty, was born in a family of officials and eunuchs, but due to his father's loss of power, the family fell in the middle of the road. For the sake of his future, he went out and wanted to join his father's former colleagues and seek an official and a half-job, but he was sent away with a few pieces of money. Frustrated in the official arena, he wandered into the rivers and lakes, gambled with people, and became a winning general in the casino. At the moment of triumph, the gamblers who were defeated by the red-eyed gamblers were beaten up one by one and robbed of their money.
Seeing this, I suddenly remembered a pause that adults often said when I was a child: "Zhao Kuangyin plays with money - losing and winning." "Dare to love there really is such a thing. I always thought he was hitting someone else. Unexpectedly, it turned out that he had been beaten. The real life of Emperor Zhao is really very different from that in the novel commentary. In the novel review, as long as he arrives at the moment of danger, a red-bearded fire dragon appears above his head, and even the greatest difficulties can be passed. It seems that novel reviews and popular celebrity biographies and chicken soup for the soul have a fight, always at some real nodes, engaged in some artistic processing.
Zhao Kuangyin, who was beaten in the casino, was not a good stubble on the battlefield. Following Chai Rong's eastern expedition to the west, he actually took up a position where all the people in front of the palace were inspected. This is the supreme commander of the Forbidden Army. In the commentary, Chai Rong and Zhao Kuangyin are still brothers, and there is a person named Zheng En. The brothers worshiped together, Chai Rong's eldest, Zhao Kuangyin's second eldest, and Zheng En's third eldest. In the main history, there is no Zheng En, and although Chai Rong trusts Zhao Kuangyin very much, he should not have worshipped him. Because, when the two met, the status was too different, and it was unlikely that they would worship. Otherwise, after Chai Rong's death, Zhao Kuangyin bullied the orphans and widows left behind by Jieyi's eldest brother and snatched the imperial throne of others, which would be even more unjust. Of course, in order to become the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, don't say brothers, even brothers, you can't hesitate to start. For example, Zhao Kuangyin's younger brother Zhao Guangyi, later Song Taizong.
As the founder of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin undoubtedly created an era. In the feudal era, becoming an emperor was equivalent to standing on the highest point of the times. Zhao Guangyi also wanted to seize the highest point. After all, there was only one curtain between him and the Supreme Point. Therefore, in the "Axe Candle Shadow", Zhao Kuangyin died mysteriously. Zhao Guangyi took up his post.
The mysterious death of Zhao Kuangyin not only made Mr. You Biao, who had been studying song history for more than a thousand years, unable to solve the mystery of the "axe sound candle shadow", but even the people at that time, who could tell what was going on? Or, the mystery itself is part of real history.
Taizu Zhao Kuangyin founded the Zhao and Song dynasties. Emperor Taizong Zhao Guangyi opened another era trajectory of the Zhao and Song dynasties. The entire Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin,was isolated far from the edge of the times by his own brother. Zhao Guangyi's descendants have successively become people standing on the highest point of the times.
For Su Dongpo, it can only be a virtual experience; for the Zhao family sitting on the emperor's throne, it is a real life situation.
Standing at the highest point of the times, human desire may be stimulated to the greatest extent. From Emperor Zhenzong Zhao Heng to Emperor Renzong Zhao Zhen, then to Emperor Yingzong Zhao Shu, Emperor Shenzong Zhao Huan, Emperor Zhezong Zhao Xu, and even Emperor Huizong Zhao, who only wanted to be an artist, none of them wanted to establish a famous history.
Under the efforts of Kou Zhun, Emperor Zhenzong reluctantly signed the "Alliance of Yuanyuan" with the outside world, although he lost some money and materials, it can be regarded as maintaining peace for decades; Fan Zhongyun was bent on reform, but Emperor Renzong failed to persevere to the end, and the implementation of the "New Deal for the Qing calendar" ended hastily; with the assistance of Han Qi, Emperor Yingzong also wanted to show his ambitions, but he had no choice but to die young; Wang Anshi formed a reform alliance with Emperor Shenzong, but in the end he did not come to an end; in the political whirlpool of the new and old party struggles, Zhezong suffered and became a short-lived emperor; as for Hui and Qin Emperors, Even more so, in the "shame of Jingkang", it ended up with the tragic end of a country and a family.
They are either lucky or unfortunate, they all stand on the highest point of the times, and deeply appreciate the artistic conception of "the high place is not cold".
Among them, the most unfortunate was Zhao Huan of Qinzong. The ten-year-old prince was trembling and afraid of being deposed; when the Jin soldiers were suppressing the situation, he was forced to take over a big black cauldron thrown to him by his father and became the king of the country.
When Hui and the Second Emperor of Qin fell to the dust from the highest point of the times, Emperor Gaozong Zhao was lucky to stand up. It was not easy for him to be an emperor. Under the pursuit of Jin Bing, he spent the first few years of the Southern Song Dynasty in fear. After struggling to stand firm, he faced the dilemma of having no heirs. Zhao Guangyi was in the same vein, except for Gaozong's side, who escaped by chance, all the other clan members became prisoners of the Jin soldiers. History made a joke with Taizong. He took the throne from his brother and nephew to great ease, and finally obediently returned it.
The descendants of Zhao Kuangyin, who had been hovering on the edge of the times for more than a hundred years, once again stood on the highest point of the times. "Fat water does not flow into the fields of outsiders", and Emperor Gaozong, whose heirs were hopeless, had no choice but to choose Taizu's seventh grandson as his heir.
From a commoner to a commoner, suddenly becoming the heir to the imperial throne, standing on the highest point of the times, Emperor Xiaozong Zhao Was undoubtedly the luckiest of the two Song Emperors. For this luck, he fulfilled a "filial piety" character with his deference to Emperor Gaozong's life. Emperor Xiaozong also wanted to make meritorious achievements and recover his homeland, but he did not dare to go against Emperor Gaozong's wishes. Gaozong, who had personally experienced the murderous atrocities of the Jin soldiers, only wanted to take a corner of peace. Otherwise, he would not have conspired with Qin Ju to kill Yue Fei, who was bent on resisting Jin and restoring the Central Plains in the north.
During the Northern Song Dynasty, famous generals and famous ministers and celebrities were born. In the Southern Song Dynasty, there were very few people who could be called liufang hundreds of generations. It was enough to leave a stink for ten thousand years, but there were a bunch of them, starting from Qin Juniper, Han Nongxuan, Shi Miyuan, Jia Xiangdao, Chen Yizhong, and the treacherous power overlapped. It is no wonder that in the Partial An Dynasty, there are few holy kings, and those emperors are too weak. Below Emperor Xiaozong, Emperor Guangzong Zhao Was a madman, Emperor Ningzong Zhao Kuo was a puppet, Emperor Lizong Zhao Yun was a tiger with a snake's tail, Emperor Duzong Zhao Yu was born with mental retardation, and by the time Emperor Gong Zhao was in a state of flux, the Southern Song Dynasty regime was already crumbling, and no one was powerless to return to heaven. As for Emperor Duanzong Zhao Fu and the last emperor Zhao Fu, who were ordered to hurry up on the stage when the country was in danger, they were just two ignorant children.
On the surface, the emperors of the Southern Song Dynasty still seem to be standing on the highest point of the times. In fact, from the time of Emperor Gaozong, imperial power had already given way to Xiang power. Except for the Lizong dynasty, all the other dynasties were equally powerful. The emperors lived a very humiliating life. Otherwise, Emperor Ningzong would not have cried and shouted that he was not the emperor. The scene in the book describing Emperor Ningzong's succession to the throne is very interesting. "When Empress Dowager Wu ordered Zhao Kuo to put on a yellow robe, Zhao Kuo was so frightened that he fled around the temple pillar, and shouted loudly in his mouth, 'Sons and daughters can't do it, can't do it.'" ”
In fact, in this world, there is nothing in this world that cannot be done. As recorded in the last chapter of the book "The Great Catastrophe of the Imperial Tombs" of the Book of Zhao song, "When the Chinese dynasties changed dynasties, they often adopted a policy of protection for the tombs of the previous emperors. And "the tomb robbery of Yang Lian Zhenjia and others was fully supported by the Yuan Dynasty officials." Even the matter of stealing the tombs of the emperors of the previous dynasty was done, and what else could not be done? Those who once stood on the highest point of the times, the eighteen emperors of the Zhao and Song Dynasties, could have imagined that when their era was over, they could not even preserve the mausoleum where the bones were stored. However, this is their home country and real life.