The Song Dynasty was founded by the warrior Zhao Kuangyin, but the descendants of him and his younger brother Zhao Guangyi were generally weak and seemed to be family diseases of the Zhao and Song officials. For example, Zhao Guangyi's eldest son Zhao Yuanzuo and third son Song Zhenzong are like this, which is very much in line with the image of "weak Song".
Zhao Zhen, Emperor Renzong of Song, was the grandson of Zhao Guangyi and the longest-reigning emperor of the Song Dynasty. During his 42-year reign, he was "uneasy" (that is, the emperor was critically ill) many times, and the symptoms were ignorance and nonsense.
Song Renzong had three sons, but they all died prematurely, and after the age of 34, he only gave birth to daughters, and until the 13th daughter, the son was still missing. If Renzong is in good health, this is actually nothing, continue to be born! But the problem was that Emperor Renzong was always hesitant, and zaifu was in a hurry, and Li Chu was imminent.
The courtiers were anxious, but in fact, Emperor Renzong himself had plans, and he was consulting with the chancellor Han Qi. Han Qi kept saying to Emperor Renzong:
"The heir of the emperor, the safety of the world is at stake." Since the troubles of the past, all of them have been decided by strategy. ”
That is, to let Emperor Renzong learn the lesson of not establishing a prince and causing trouble, and as soon as possible, the neutral sage in the clan was made the crown prince.
Han Qi, the famous minister of the Great Song Dynasty, is known in history as "the Three Dynasties of the Gregorian Calendar, the Second Dynasty of The Auxiliary Strategy, the Gongcun Sheji, the Descendants of the World, the Children's Pawn, and admire his name." "He is only righteous in his employment, and praises the whole world."
< h1 class= "pgc-h-center-line" >1, the emperor's son married the empress's daughter</h1>
Emperor Renzong of Song had raised a son of the clan in the palace, that is, his cousin's son Zhao Zongshi, who entered the palace at the age of four.
Emperor Renzong's Empress Cao had no children, so she also raised a niece of her own in the palace, Gao Shi, who was about the same age as Zhao Zongshi and a green plum bamboo horse.
After the two children grew up, Emperor Renzong consulted with Empress Cao and asked Zhao Zongshi to marry Gao, which was the famous "Tianzi marrying a woman, and the empress marrying a woman".
In August of the seventh year of Jiayou, in 1062 AD, Zhao Zongshi was officially made crown prince and changed his name to Zhao Shu, which was actually the crown prince, because Emperor Renzong had no other sons.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-center-line" >2, Han Qi first established the emperor</h1>
In 1063, six months after Zhao Shu was made crown prince, Emperor Renzong of Song died suddenly in the night.
After that, Empress Cao did not send a funeral and immediately sent someone to inform the chancellor Han Qi to enter the palace. After Han Qi came, he asked Empress Cao to immediately announce Zhao Shu to the palace and take the throne.
At that time, Zhao Shu was ill, and after he entered the palace, he even said: "I dare not do it, I dare not do it", turned his head and ran.
When Han Qi saw this, he was not alarmed, immediately hugged him, put the imperial robe on his body, and then ordered Wang Jue, a scholar of Hanlin, to draft the edict according to his own words.
The next day, Han Qi read out the will and testament, and Zhao Shu officially ascended the throne for Song Yingzong.
< h1 class = "pgc-h-center-line" >3, Han Qi forced Empress Cao to end the curtain to listen to the government</h1>
Han Qi lied zhao shu, of course, not because of how "wise" he was, but to stabilize the hearts of the people in the world, otherwise a battle for the throne was inevitable.
Song Yingzong was not in good health, so Han Qi asked Empress Cao to bow the curtain and listen to the government.
Later, Song Yingzong's relationship with Empress Cao was very bad. In order to mediate the contradiction between the emperor and the empress, Han Qi spent a lot of energy.
Once, Han Qi entered to see Empress Cao. Empress Cao shed tears to tell Emperor Yingzong's disrespect and her own grievances, and said: "The old man has no tolerance, and he must be the master of justice!" ”
Han Qi said, "This disease has passed away, and the illness has already happened, so it must not be." Child disease, mother can not tolerate? ”
Later, Han Qi met with Yingzong, and Yingzong said to Han Qi, "The empress dowager treats me with no kindness. Han Qi persuaded, "It is not enough for parents to love and sons to be filial." Only if the parents are not kind and the sons do not lose their filial piety, this is worthy of praise. Besides, how can parents not be loving? ”
After that, the relationship between Emperor Yingzong and Empress Cao gradually eased.
Six months after Emperor Yingzong ascended the throne, his health gradually improved and he could personally go to the court, but Empress Cao had no intention of returning to the government.
Therefore, Han Qi forced Empress Cao to withdraw her curtain and return to power by resigning her position. Empress Cao said angrily, "It is also called by Xianggong, not also by Xianggong!" ”
Han Qi stood outside the curtain, and if he did not remove the curtain, he would not go down to the temple, and Empress Cao had no choice but to return the government.
< h1 class= "pgc-h-center-line" >4, Han Qi set up Tianzi for the second time</h1>
Emperor Yingzong of Song reigned for only four years.
In 1066, Emperor Yingzong was once again hesitant and delirious.
Han Qi understood that the Song Dynasty had once again reached the moment of succession, so he asked Emperor Yingzong's eldest son Zhao Yan to stay away from Emperor Yingzong.
After that, Han Qi asked Emperor Yingzong to make a prince early, and sent the paper and pen to Emperor Yingzong, who wrote "Liying Wang Huan as the crown prince" while shedding tears.
In the first month of the fourth year of Zhiping, in 1067, Emperor Yingzong of Song died, and Han Qi urgently summoned the crown prince Zhao Yan to inherit the throne.
However, just then a strange thing happened, Shi Zai:
"Emperor Chuyan drove, urgently summoned the prince, did not arrive, emperor fu manual."
In other words, the prince had not yet arrived, and the hand of Yingzong, who had died, moved again!
At that time, Zeng Gongliang, the governor who was guarding Emperor Yingzong's body, was shocked, and he immediately ran to find the prime minister Han Qi, and suggested that he should not rush to let the crown prince succeed to the throne, in case the emperor is not dead, we are all guilty of great rebellion!
But Han Qi was not moved, and said: "The first emperor is reborn, that is, the Emperor Taishang." ”
So the crown prince Zhao Yan took the throne for the song god emperor.
Han Qi's life has been the three emperors, the two dynasties of Gu Ming, the doubts of the change, the silent, can be called the Great Song Yingzong and Shenzong two dynasties of the Dinghai God needle, is the Song Dynasty has a number of Sheji ministers.
In the eighth year of Xi Ning, in 1075 AD, Han Qi died, and Emperor Shenzong of Song wrote a monument for him "The Founding Father of the Two Dynasties" for him.
Wang Fuzhi commented on Han Qi in the "Treatise on Song":
"Han Gong's talent, honest and heroic, can not be allowed to do what people do, what people dare not do, so Bingzheng is in the face of danger to block the place of danger, restore his doubts, indeed he can not extricate it." And the order of the delicate understanding, there is no curved body to seek detailed secret use. Therefore, the festival of its founding of the dynasty is directly based on Yi and Zhou's own responsibilities, and there is nothing to give in. ”
The Tang Dynasty had twenty-four meritorious servants of Lingyan Pavilion, and the Song Dynasty had twenty-four meritorious heroes of Zhaoxun Pavilion, and the list is as follows:
Zhao Pu, Cao Bin, Xue Juzheng, Shi Xizai, Pan Mei,
LI Xun, WANG Dan, LI Jilong, WANG Zeng, LÜ Yijian,
Cao Wei, Han Qi, Zeng Gongliang, Fu Bi, Sima Guang,
Han Zhongyan, Lv Yihao, Zhao Ding, Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun,
Chen Kangbo, Shi Hao, Ge Hao, Zhao Ruyu
Han Qi, among them.