Red Tide Introduction: When the emperor is generally a word, saying one thing and saying the same thing, it is said that they should not be afraid, but it is really a difficult scripture for every family, although the emperor is mighty in the hearts of the people, but what if you meet a tough empress? The Song Dynasty's Guangzong Emperor Zhao Huan touched on this matter, this empress surnamed Li was not only beautiful in appearance, but also arrogant and sinister in temperament, better than men. Constantly playing with right and wrong in front of her husband and in-laws, and even forbade the emperor's husband to visit his parents. No, the unlucky Zhao Wei was actually forced out of neuropathy.
According to the Records of the Imperial And Wild, When Song Xiaozong heard that his son was ill, he personally visited Ouchi to take care of it, and seeing that Emperor Guangzong was already delirious, he muttered to himself in his mouth, and he could not help but be very worried, and angrily rebuked Empress Li: "The emperor is very important to the society, and you do not take good care of him, so that he is ill." In case you can't recover, when the clan destroys your Lee clan. It can be seen that the contradiction between Li Hou and her father-in-law is frozen three feet away from the cold of a day, and secretly she and her father-in-law are no longer at odds. Several times, Guangzong prepared to see his parents, but was stopped by Li Hou. It can be seen that Guangzong is weak and sick, unable to decide things on his own, and often obeys Li Hou's wishes.
Emperor Guangzong of Song was the third son of Emperor Xiaozong of Song and was born to Emperor Xiaozong of Song. Guo was born into a famous family and was the sixth grandson of Empress Guo of Song Zhenzong. Guo died of illness before Emperor Xiaozong of Song succeeded to the throne, and was posthumously honored as empress. Guo's symbiotic four sons: the eldest son, Zhao Yu (赵愭), was the Prince of Fengdeng; Second son Zhao Kai, King Fengqing; The third son, Zhao Huan, began to be crowned Prince Gong, later Emperor Guangzong of Song; The fourth son died prematurely. Emperor Xiaozong of Song first made his eldest son Zhao Yu crown prince, but Soon after Zhao Yu fell ill and died. In order, it should be the turn of the second son, Zhao Kai. However, Song Xiaozong preferred the third son Zhao Kai, believing that Zhao Kai was "heroic and martial", while the second son Zhao Kai was too generous and benevolent, in fact, he felt that Zhao Kai was weak, and Zhao Kai was fortunately made crown prince in this context.
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After Zhao Huan became crown prince, he began to pay respect to Emperor Xiaozong of Song, but he was not sincerely humble to his father, but he was forced to make a superficial article in order to keep the position of crown prince. Such a superficial article has been done for a long time, and it is inevitable that it will be bored. After the age of forty, Zhao Huan had been the crown prince for more than ten years, and he began to consciously or unconsciously hint at The early succession of Emperor Xiaozong of Song. One day, Zhao Wei deliberately said to Song Xiaozong: "My beard has begun to turn white, and someone specially sent me medicine to dye my beard, but I am useless." "The extraneous sound is that your son already has a white beard, and it is time to be too addicted to being an emperor." Song Xiaozong naturally understood his son's intentions, but pretended not to understand, and replied solemnly: "What is wrong with white beards?" Just enough to show the world your old achievements. ”
After Zhao Huan touched the nail, he did not dare to openly test it anymore, but instead courted the empress dowager Wu Shi (Empress Gaozong of Song), hoping to rely on the strength of the empress dowager to obtain the throne. Empress Wu also understood Zhao Huan's intentions and had hinted to Song Xiaozong, but Song Xiaozong said that the prince still needed to go through training. This series of events left a heavy shadow in Zhao Huan's heart, which directly led him to start to fear his own father.
It was not until February of the sixteenth year of Chunxi (1189) that Emperor Xiaozong of Song took the initiative to give the throne to the crown prince Zhao Wei because he wanted to serve the funeral of Emperor Gaozong of Song. Forty-three-year-old Zhao Wei finally looked forward to the throne that Chao Si had imagined. The most ironic thing is that he has been eager to become emperor, but after ascending to the throne, he did nothing. Not only that, but his previous jealousy of his father and emperor began to be gradually induced under various external factors, which led to the "palace incident" that lasted for several years.
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At the beginning of Song Guangzong's reign, he led his concubines in the palace to visit the Jujing Garden. Originally, this was not a big deal, but it was criticized because he did not invite the Emperor Taishang. The courtiers wrote letters one after another, pointing out that when Song Gaozong was alive, Song Xiaozong had to invite Song Gaozong to accompany him every time he traveled, but Song Guangzong only cared about his own play. The implication was to accuse Song Guangzong of filial piety, and Song Guangzong was naturally very unhappy after reading the recital. Just at this time, song xiaozong sent eunuchs to give the jade cup to Song Guangzong, and Song Guangzong did not hold it steady for a while and broke the jade cup. The eunuch returned to Chonghua Palace and reported to Emperor Xiaozong of Song, deliberately saying: "When the official family saw that the jade cup was a reward from the Emperor Taishang, they were very angry, and the jade cup was broken. Song Xiaozong listened and was naturally very unhappy. The gap between father and son gradually arose, and the contradiction was further exacerbated by the provocation of Empress Li Fengniang of Song Guangzong.
Li Fengniang, a native of Anyang, was the daughter of Li Dao, the emissary of the Qingyuan Army. It is said that when she was born, there were dark phoenixes gathered on the stones in front of Li Dao's camp, which was amazing, so Li Dao named her newborn daughter Fengniang. When Li Dao went to Hubei, he heard that the local Taoist priest Emperor Fu Tanshan showed people a picture, so he asked him to show his daughter a picture. As soon as Emperor Futan saw Li Fengniang, he was shocked and said, "This daughter is a mother in the world, please be sure to raise her properly." Later, Emperor Futan was favored by Emperor Gaozong of Song and accidentally talked about Li Fengniang. At that time, King Gong of Zhao had not yet married a relative, so Emperor Gaozong of Song ordered Li Fengniang to be Princess Gong, and after Zhao was crowned prince, Li Fengniang was also made a princess.
Li Fengniang has a beautiful appearance, but her temperament is arrogant and sinister, better than a man. After she became the crown princess, she constantly played between the three palaces of Song Gaozong, Song Xiaozong, and crown prince Zhao. Emperor Gaozong of Song was very dissatisfied with him, and once said to Empress Wu: "It is a woman who will be planted, and I am mistaken by the emperor." It means that he was deceived by the Taoist emperor Futan. Song Xiaozong was also dissatisfied with his daughter-in-law's behavior, and sternly reprimanded: "You should learn from Empress Taishang (referring to Empress Wu of Song Gaozong), and if you interfere in the affairs of the crown prince again, you will be deposed!" Li Fengniang thus held a grudge against Song Xiaozong.
When Emperor Xiaozong of Song was preparing for the Zen throne, he summoned the ruling ministers of the Privy Council of the three provinces and informed him of his intention to perform internal Zen. The ministers all agreed, and only knowing that huang Qia, the privy councillor, did not say a word, Song Xiaozong felt very strange, so he specially consulted him. Huang Qia replied, "The crown prince can take on a great responsibility, but Li Shi (Li Fengniang) is not enough to be a mother to the world, and I hope that Your Majesty will think twice." Song Xiaozong silently refused to answer, asking him to openly admit that he was dissatisfied with his daughter-in-law, which was quite embarrassing. Huang Qia knew this, so he said, "Your Majesty asked the minister, and the minister did not dare not answer." When His Majesty remembered his minister's words, he was afraid that he would never have the opportunity to see Wei Chen again. So he asked for his resignation.
Song Xiaozong didn't take it too seriously, and he couldn't imagine that he would be hit by Huang Qia later. After Li Fengniang became empress, her strong desire for power exploded day by day, and she even wanted to be above the emperor.
Once, Empress Xie of Song Xiaozong was not accustomed to Li Fengniang's arrogance and rudeness, so she kindly advised her to pay attention to the identity of the empress and should be properly mannered. Li Fengniang not only did not listen, but sneered on the spot: "I am a married couple of the official family!" Xie was originally the maid of Empress Wu of Song Gaozong, and was later rewarded to Song Xiaozong, who was favored by Song Xiaozong because she could write large characters and was good at riding and shooting, and was crowned empress. Li Fengniang's remarks are undoubtedly a satire on Xie's humble status. Xie Shi was furious and told Song Xiaozong about this. Emperor Xiaozong of Song decided to depose Li Fengniang and summoned the old minister Shi Hao to discuss the matter of the abolition. Unexpectedly, Shi Hao believed that Song Guangzong had just ascended to the throne, and if he immediately abolished the empress, it would cause the people of the world to discuss, which was not conducive to the overall situation, and resolutely disagreed with the abolition of the empress. At this time, Emperor Xiaozong of Song had abdicated as Emperor Taishang, and could not get the support of his ministers, so he had to give up the matter of abolishing the latter. However, this matter was learned by Li Fengniang, who hated Song Xiaozong to the bone and decided to provoke the father-son relationship between Song Xiaozong and Song Guangzong so that she could control Song Guangzong herself.
The most puzzling thing is that Song Guangzong loves and fears Li Fengniang's original wife. The emperor came to the world, had supreme authority, but was afraid of his wife at home, which was rare in Chinese history, the most typical example of which was the former Jin Hui Emperor who was afraid of his wife Jia Nanfeng. Song Guangzong's situation was not much better than that of Emperor Hui of Jin, and what Li Fengniang said, Song Guangzong could only obey his orders. But after all, he was the emperor, subject to his wife, and it was inevitable that he would be unwilling and wanted to change this situation. The empress lived in the inner palace and could not communicate with the outside world, but could only rely on eunuchs. Song Guangzong wanted to kill all of Li Fengniang's close eunuchs, but he was cowardly and hesitant. After Song Guangzong's plan was known to the eunuchs, they played a trick between Song Guangzong and Li Fengniang. Therefore, whenever Song Guangzong said something that hated the eunuchs, Li Fengniang shielded them. Fear of his wife, coupled with suspicion of his father, Song Guangzong was physically and mentally tortured, psychologically stressed, and suffered from a kind of shyness.
When Song Xiaozong heard that his son was sick, his blood was thicker than water, and he still loved his son, so he summoned the imperial doctor to ask questions, prepared a prescription, and planned to give the medicine to his son to try when Song Guangzong came to greet An. However, the eunuch took the opportunity to stir up trouble and provoked Li Fengniang to say: "The Taishang family (Song Xiaozong) combined medicine, and if they wanted to wait for the emperor to go to greet an, they would order them to drink." If there is an accident, won't it be a worry for the clan community?" This means that Song Xiaozong has ulterior motives.
Prior to this, Song Guangzong wanted to make his only son, Zhao Kuo, the son of Li Fengniang, crown prince, but Song Xiaozong disagreed. Song Xiaozong preferred Zhao Kai (Song Guangzong's brother) son Zhao Yu ( Zhao Kai ) , who was more qualified to be made crown prince , when Song Guangzong replaced his brother Zhao Kai as crown prince , and now Song Xiaozong wanted to make his brother 's son the crown prince , which undoubtedly made Song Guangzong feel greatly suspicious. Therefore, he no longer regularly went to Chonghua Palace to greet Ann, which gave Li Fengniang an opportunity to take advantage of it. Li Fengniang listened to the eunuch's words and believed that Song Xiaozong's combination of medicine was an opportunity to poison her husband.
A few days later, Song Xiaozong summoned Song Guangzong's family to a banquet, and Li Fengniang did not let Song Guangzong know, went to Chonghua Palace alone, and proposed to Song Xiaozong to appoint his son Zhao Kuo as a reserve. Song Xiaozong did not answer. Li Fengniang couldn't hold back, and even rebuked her father-in-law, saying: "The ancients had a saying, "The ancients have said that the concubine is the chief, I was hired by the Six Rites, and Zhao Kuo was born to me, so why can't I be made crown prince?" Because Song Xiaozong was not the biological son of Song Gaozong, Li Fengniang's words provoked Song Xiaozong's anger and immediately whisked away. After Li Fengniang returned, she not only cried to Song Guangzong, but also added oil and vinegar to talk about the combination of medicine, believing that Song Xiaozong had the intention of abolishing Song Guangzong. Song Guangzong believed it to be true, and for more than a year after that, he never went to Chonghua Palace to ask his father for peace.
Li Fengniang not only has a strong desire for power, but also has a jealous nature, and is a famous jealous woman in history. Song Guangzong favored another noble concubine, Huang Shi, and Li Fengniang was deeply jealous, so she took advantage of Song Guangzong's sacrifice in the palace to kill Huang Guifei, and then falsely claimed to be "violent death". Song Guangzong knew that he was deceitful, but he had no choice. Once, Song Guangzong washed his hands and saw that the hands of the palace maids waiting next to him were as white as jade, and he liked them very much, and he couldn't help but say a "good" word. After a few days, Li Fengniang sent someone to send a food box to Song Guangzong, and when he opened it, it was the hands of the palace maid. Song Guangzong was too frightened to speak up, and the sadness in his heart could not be relieved. This series of events directly led to the aggravation of Song Guangzong's condition.
Once, Song Guangzong suddenly fell ill, and when Song Xiaozong heard about it, he personally rushed to visit him. Song Guangzong was unconscious and could not recognize his father. Song Xiaozong was full of anger and had nowhere to vent, so he scolded Li Fengniang sharply, saying, "It is because you do not take good care of the emperor, so that he is sick like this." If something happens to the emperor, I will destroy your Li family!" Li Fengniang was greatly panicked, and when Song Guangzong's condition improved, she made a big move, falsely claiming that if Song Guangzong went to Chonghua Palace to greet An, he would be retained by Song Xiaozong. After Song Guangzong heard about it, he did not dare to go to Chonghua Palace.
Song Guangzong did not ask Song Xiaozong for peace, filial piety was at a loss, and the courtiers came to the court one after another, but Song Guangzong refused to listen, which is the famous "passing the palace" incident in history. In December of the third year of Shao Xi (1192), the group of ministers wept and advised, and Song Guangzong resigned on the spot, but reluctantly agreed. Who knew that after a few days, Song Guangzong still did not go to Chonghua Palace together. The group of ministers once again played the invitation, and Song Guangzong went to Chonghua Palace once. Later, on the Changzhi Festival and the New Year's Day of the following year, Song Guangzong went to Chonghua Palace twice to greet Song Xiaozong, and after that, he never stepped into Chonghua Palace for half a step. There was a lot of discussion about this move, and the students also joined the ranks of the group of courtiers, and hundreds of people jointly wrote a letter asking Song Guangzong to pass through the palace. But Song Guangzong still reasoned with me and simply ignored it.
When it came to Song Xiaozong's birthday, the group of ministers jointly played and invited Song Guangzong to go to Chonghua Palace to celebrate his birthday. Xie Shenfu said: "Father and son are closest relatives, heavenly reason is clear, Emperor Taixiaozong loves His Majesty, and His Majesty loves King Jia. Emperor Taixiaozong's Spring and Autumn is already high, and after a thousand years of age, why does His Majesty see the world?" Song Guangzong was somewhat impressed, so he agreed to go to the palace. Just as she was about to leave, Li Fengniang suddenly came out from behind the screen, grabbed Song Guangzong's hand, and said delicately: "The weather is so cold, the official family still has to go back to drink a glass of wine first!" Song Guangzong originally did not want to go to Chonghua Palace, so he planned to go back to the harem with Li Fengniang. Chen Fuliang, a member of the Zhongshu She, was so anxious that he disregarded the etiquette of the monarch and the courtiers, ran up and grabbed Song Guangzong's clothes, and protested: "Your Majesty must not return again!" Li Fengniang tried to save Song Guangzong. Chen Fuliang also resolutely refused to let go, and kept following behind the Dao Screen. Li Fengniang was furious and scolded, "What is this place?" Are you guys going to cut off a donkey's head?" Chen Fuliang had no choice but to let go and burst into tears.
Li Fengniang also sent a eunuch to ask Chen Fuliang why he was crying, and Chen Fuliang said, "If the son does not listen to his father, he will cry, and this phrase has been recorded in the book of etiquette." How can a subject, a son of a king, a father of kings and a son, not obey, not cry?" The eunuch reported to Li Fengniang, and Li Fengniang was so angry that she even passed on the decree that she would never see the Emperor Taishang again.
In the fifth year of Shaoxi (1194), Song Xiaozong fell ill, and for three consecutive months, Song Guangzong did not visit his father once in the palace, not only that, but also feasted with Li Fengniang every day. In doing so, the emperor completely lost the hearts of the people. Because Song Guangzong did not listen to the advice, the courtiers neglected to ask for their own dismissal and stayed at home for sin, so there was a phenomenon of "raising the court and begging for a mouthful", and Song Guangzong ignored them all.
Before Song Xiaozong died, he wanted to see his son Song Guangzong, looking around, but he couldn't say it, and helplessly shed tears. When the news reached the DPRK, The Prime Minister Liu Zheng, Bingbu Shangshu Luodian, Zhongshu Sheren Chen Fuliang, and Qiju Sheren Peng Guinian all came to the court and advised Song Guangzong to go through the palace to perform the final filial piety. Liu Zheng even pulled Song Guangzong's robes and wept, but Song Guangzong did not listen, and finally only agreed to let Zhao Kuo, the King of Jia, go to visit. In June, Song Xiaozong died in Chonghua Palace in infinite regret and loneliness.
Song Guangzong still did not believe that his father was really dead, and suspected that it was a trap, so he said that he could not get sick, not only did he not go to Chonghua Palace, but he also refused to preside over the funeral. Zai Xiang Liuzheng and Zhao Ruyu (a disciple of the Imperial Household) had no choice but to ask Empress Dowager Wu (Empress Gaozong of Song), who was already in her eighties, to preside over the funeral.
Because Song Guangzong said that he could not get sick, there was a commotion in the DPRK. Shang Shu zuo xuan lang official Ye Shi proposed to the chancellor Liu Zheng that Li Jia be made crown prince. The chancellor Liu Zheng agreed, so he planned to report it to the emperor. After six days, Song Guangzong issued a directive: "After a long time, I want to retire." After Liu Zheng received the instructions, he was uneasy in his heart and worried that this would cause a big disaster, so he deliberately fell down during the upper dynasty, and then said that he was ill and left the dynasty. As soon as He left, the government became even more chaotic. After conspiring with his cousin Han Nongxu (the great-grandson of the Northern Song dynasty chancellor Han Qi and the son of Empress Dowager Wu), Zhao Ruyu, believing that Song Guangzong had lost the hearts of the people and was no longer suitable for the throne, asked Empress Dowager Wu to issue an edict saying that Song Guangzong was willing to automatically abdicate as Emperor Taishang, and that Zhao Kuo, the King of Jia, would take the throne.
The scene of Zhao Kuo's ascension to the throne is quite dramatic. When Empress Dowager Wu ordered Zhao Kuo to wear a yellow robe to ascend the throne, Zhao Kuo resolutely resigned. Since ancient times, the new emperor has ascended the throne, and there are not a few people who pretend to resign. However, Zhao Kuo was obviously a very rare person who really did not want to be an emperor, and he could not resign, so he was so frightened that he fled, and while circling around the pillar of the palace, he shouted loudly: "Sons and daughters can't do it, can't do it!" In the end, Empress Wu ordered the chancellor to hold Zhao Kuo hostage and forcibly force him to wear a yellow robe, which led to a smooth ascension to the throne for Emperor Ningzong of Song.
When his son Zhao Kuo officially became emperor, Song Guangzong did not know the news, but at this time he had no choice but to say: "Why didn't you let me know beforehand?" Song Guangzong had only been on the throne for five years, and he was faint and did nothing. After he was forced to abdicate, Li Fengniang was also abandoned by power with her husband's loss of power. In the sixth year of Qingyuan (1200), Li Fengniang fell ill and died. Two months later, Song Guangzong, who had been emperor for six years, also fell ill and died, at the age of fifty-four.