Cao Xueqin, a great writer of the Qing Dynasty, described a couplet in his famous book "Dream of the Red Chamber" about the illusory realm: "When it is false, it is true and false, and there is nothing to do. ”
The meaning of this couplet is that if the false thing is regarded as the real thing, then the false thing is the real thing, and the real thing becomes the false thing. In the same way, when what does not exist is regarded as something that exists, then what exists becomes something that does not exist.
Emperor Gaozong of Song (1107-1187), also spelled Deji, was the tenth emperor of the Song Dynasty (reigned 1127-1162), and was also the founding emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, reigning for thirty-six years, the Second Emperor Hui Qin in Jing Kang's shame was his father and his brother, after these two were plundered by the Jin Dynasty, the world was unowned, and Zhao Shuo, who was still the King of Kang at the time, ran to Nanjing Yingtianfu (present-day Shangqiu City, Henan Province) to claim the title of emperor and established the Southern Song Dynasty.
As an emperor, when encountering things, regardless of whether this matter is true or false, Zhao Shuo first considers his own interests and makes his own small calculations, as for the truth or falsity of this matter, it is related to the lives of others, for Zhao Shuo, it does not matter, the lives of others are the fate of the ants. Therefore, I think it is still very appropriate to apply this couplet of Cao Xueqin to Song Gaozong Zhao Shuo, and there are two cases below, one is false and the other is true, which can expose the extreme selfishness of Song Gaozong Zhao Shuo, and can draw this conclusion of mine.
One is the famous "nonsense": The famous anti-Jin general Yue Fei led the Yue family army to the Northern Expedition, and after a bitter battle, successively recovered Zhengzhou, Luoyang, and other vast places, and then defeated the main force of the Jin army at Haocheng and Yingchang, taking advantage of the situation to march into Zhuxian Town, and the situation of the Northern Expedition was very good. Jin Bing lamented, "It is easy to shake the mountain, but it is difficult to shake the Yue family's army." Yue Fei excitedly said to his subordinates, "Go straight to the Huanglong Mansion, and drink with the kings!" ”
However, at the imperial court, Emperor Gaozong of Song and the traitor qin ju deliberately sought peace for their own selfish interests, and in July 1140, Emperor Gaozong of Song ordered zhao to retreat with twelve "golden tokens", and Yue Fei was forced to return to the dynasty in desperation. Yue Fei said sadly, "Ten years of power, wasted in one fell swoop!" ”
In the course of the Song and Jin dynasties, Yue Fei was framed by Qin Ju, Zhang Jun, and others, and was arrested and imprisoned on charges of "false accusations of treason." Han Shizhong, another famous anti-Jin general who was already idle at home, heard about this and went to question Qin Juniper, who replied: "Although Fei Ziyun and Zhang Xianshu are unknown, their bodies are unwarranted. Han Shizhong asked indignantly, "Xiang Gong, the three words 'unnecessary' are used, how can we serve the world?" ”
In January 1142, the thirty-nine-year-old Yue Fei was killed along with his eldest son Yue Yun and the general Zhang Xian. Yue Fei's confession left only eight words: "Tianri Zhao Zhao, Tian Ri Zhao Zhao!" ”
Yue Fei took "Jing Kang shame" as his own responsibility, was loyal to the country, and was loyal and loyal, so why should he conspire against him? Emperor Gaozong of Song and Emperor Gaozong of Song and Qin Ju wanted to add to the guilt: "There is no need to have it." To have a falsehood is perhaps to have the meaning of murdering the famous general Yue Fei, who has made outstanding achievements, that is, Zhao Zhuo and Qin Ju can do it.
This example of Yue Fei clearly shows that Emperor Gaozong of Song deliberately destroyed the Great Wall by pretending to be true and destroying the Great Wall for his own selfish interests.
It's just that fake things can be deceived for a while, but they can't be deceived for a lifetime. After Emperor Gaozong of Song's son Song Xiaozong succeeded to the throne, he completely rehabilitated Yue Fei's unjust, false and wrongly decided cases, posthumously honored Yue Fei as "Wu Mu" and posthumously honored him as the King of E. This undoubtedly gave Zhao Zhao a resounding slap.
Yue Fei did not have to have this incident because Song Gaozong Zhao Shuo deliberately faked it, so did Zhao Shuo ever do anything to fake it? There is also another famous example of Emperor Ji of Roufu, which shows that Emperor Gaozong of Song had to say that even if it was true, for his own ulterior motives, it would be false.
Emperor Huizong of Song had thirty-four daughters, and generally speaking, the emperor's daughters were called princesses. In the third year of the Northern Song Dynasty (1113), Emperor Huizong of Song adopted Cai Jing's suggestion and, modeled on the title of "Wang Ji" of the Zhou Dynasty, announced that the "princess" would be called "Emperor Ji". In this way, Emperor Huizong of Song made his twentieth daughter Emperor Ji of Ruofu.
Emperor Ji of Roufu's nickname was Huan Huan, her real name was Zhao Duofu, also known as Zhao Huan Huan, and her birth mother was Wang Guifei. As the emperor's beloved daughter, Emperor Ji of Joofu was born beautiful and beautiful as a flower, and her life before the age of sixteen was delicate and happy.
Emperor Huizong of song has very good artistic cells, calligraphy and painting, poetry and literature, proficient in everything, good at horseback riding, archery, a strong interest in exotic flowers and stones, birds and animals, even Keju, is a good hand. However, politically, he was dimwitted, appointing traitorous ministers such as Cai Jing and others, forcing internal officials to rebel against the people, and the people's uprisings continued one after another. Facing the jin state step by step, Emperor Huizong of Song was helpless and retreated step by step. When compiling the Huizong Ji in the History of Song, he couldn't help but throw his pen and sigh: "Emperor Huizong of Song can do everything, but he can't be a king!"
In the second year of Jing Kang, that is, in March 1127, the Jin army attacked Beijing, and the father and son of Emperor Huizong of Song and Emperor Qinzong of Song, as well as thousands of concubines of the two palaces, crown princes and emperors, and ministers of the imperial family, were all captured and escorted to the Jin Kingdom together with the musicians, craftsmen, and plundered crowns, ceremonial utensils, astronomical instruments, treasures and playthings, royal collections, and maps of the state capital of the world.
The sixteen-year-old Emperor Ji of Roufu was not yet married, and was also driven north, and finally arrived at Shangjing(present-day southwest of Ning'an County, Heilongjiang), the capital of the Jin Dynasty.
As the saying goes: I'd rather be a peaceful dog than a difficult person. Even if you are a royal emperor with golden branches and jade leaves, once you are captured by the enemy in the dying world, the rest of your life will be dark, and you will suffer more humiliation and suffering than the common people.
On the way north, Emperor Ji of Johor suffered many humiliations. After arriving in Shangjing, Emperor Ji of Ruofu first served Jin Taizong as a maid, and was not favored, so she was assigned to the Huan Yi Yuan, which was also the official brothel of the Jin Kingdom, where in addition to engaging in hard labor, she also needed to serve the nobles of the Jin Kingdom for many years. Later, Emperor Ji of Roufu was favored by the general of the Jin Dynasty, Emperor Ji of Jin, but Emperor Ji of Rufu was only regarded as a tool to vent his desires, but after he was tired of Emperor Ji of Ruofu, he chose a man named Xu Huan and married Emperor Ji of Ruofu to him.
In November of the third year of Jianyan (1129), Zhen Cai, who was serving as the governor of Chaosanlang and Zhizhou (蕲州, in modern Puchun, Hubei), captured a woman who claimed to be Emperor Ruofu, the younger daughter of Princess Wang Guifei, while besieging the bandit Liu Zhong. Zhen Cai did not dare to be sloppy, and hurriedly reported the news to the Southern Song Dynasty court through Han Shiqing.
Therefore, Zhao Zhuo sent his confidant eunuch Feng Yi and Wu Xin'er, a female relative of the clan, to inspect it. The eunuch Feng Yi was Zhao Zhao's internal attendant when he was King Kang, and had previously listened to the palace of Ruofu's biological mother, Wang Guifei, so he still had some impressions of Emperor Ji of Ruofu.
After Feng Yi and Wu Xin'er saw Emperor Ji of Roufu, they felt that her appearance was very similar to that of Emperor Ji of Roufu in their memories, and Feng Yi asked about some old things about the Song Palace, and Emperor Ji of Roufu could answer.
When Wu Xin'er examined the body of Emperor Ji of Roufu, she found that Emperor Ji of Roufu had a pair of big feet, which was very different from the delicate feet that had been carefully wrapped before, and asked her what was going on?
Emperor Ji of Roufu cried and said, "The Golden People are expelled like cattle and sheep, and they have traveled thousands of miles barefoot, how can they stay the same?" After these two people listened, they also wept unceasingly.
Therefore, the two reported to Zhao Shuo, which was the real Joofu Emperor Ji. In August of the fourth year of Jianyan (1130), Zhao Shuo sent a huge welcoming team to welcome the sister into the palace, and when Emperor Ruofu saw Zhao Shuo, he was able to call out Zhao Shuo's nickname when he was a child, and the two of them sued that everything in the Fenjing Palace was not wrong at all. Zhao Zhuo was very happy and made her princess of Fuguo.
Emperor Ji of Roufu was still young, and for her happiness, Zhao Zhuo personally selected Shi Gao Shirong for the defense of Yongzhou as the horse of Emperor Ji of Ruofu, chose an auspicious day, and married her. Zhao Chou gave this sister a rich dowry, totaling eighteen thousand taels. For more than ten years after that, Zhao Zhuo also rewarded Emperor Ji of Roufu with a large amount of gold and silver treasures.
In the midst of Jing Kang's shame, Zhao Shuo's birth mother Wei Shi, as a prisoner of the Jin Dynasty, was also escorted to the Shangjing Huan Yiyuan as a slave, was humiliated, and was later favored by Emperor Jin's chancellor, Yan Zongxian, as a concubine, and gave birth to two children. That is to say, both Wei Shi and Emperor Ji of Ruofu had served Yan Zongxian.
In the "Continuation of Stealing Anger" written by Tuoming Xin, it is recorded that during the Shaoxing period, Song Qinzong was detained in a temple in Shangjing, and one day, he happened to see Wei Shi and Yan Zongxian walking together, and a slave maid holding a three- or four-year-old child, following behind. Both Wei Shi and the child were dressed in bearded clothes, and the child called Wei Shi a mother, so that Song Qinzong knew that Wei Shi had become a concubine of Yan Zongxian."
According to the "Record of the Prisoners of Song" compiled by jin Guoren, Wei Shi once entered the "Huan Yi Yuan". In fact, the emperors, princesses, imperial concubines, and maids of the Northern Song Dynasty were all insulted by the Jin people.
According to the "History of Jing Kang Barnyard", the Jin official issued a notice saying that Zhao Shuo's mother Wei Shi, his wives Xing Shi and Jiang Congliang were allowed, and the Jin people also said that Wei Shi had remarried to the leader of the Jin State, Guanyan Zongxian.
In the twelfth year of Shaoxing (1142), after receiving a large area of territory and a large amount of gold and silver compensation from the Song court, and removing yue Fei, a confidant of his confidants, the Jin emperor Jin Xizong recognized the existence of the small imperial court of the Southern Song Dynasty, and under zhao Cuo's struggle, Jin Xizong agreed to release Zhao Shuo's biological mother Wei Shi, as well as return the bones of Song Huizong Zhao, Empress Zheng, and others.
After Wei Shi lived in the Jin Dynasty for sixteen years, Emperor Gaozong of Song finally redeemed his mother at great cost. After Wei Shi returned to the Southern Song Dynasty, mother and son met, hugged and cried, and then Wei Shi was crowned empress dowager by Emperor Gaozong of Song.
During a chat, Empress Wei heard Empress Dowager Wei say that Emperor Ji of Roufu had already returned, and Empress Wei was shocked and hurriedly said, "This is impossible, this Emperor Ji of Roufu must be a fake, and I myself have seen Emperor Ji of Roufu die in Shangjing." ”
Zhao Shuo listened very confusedly, and the identity of Emperor Ji of Roufu was identified by Zhao Shuo himself and the old man in the palace, and it was genuine and unmistakable.
Why didn't Empress Wei ever meet Emperor Ji of Roufu and be sure that Emperor Ji of Roufu was a fake? Zhao Zhuo was very clever, and he quickly understood that how could he not know empress Wei's tragic experience in the Jin Kingdom.
Therefore, Zhao Shuo immediately ordered that Emperor Ji of Roufu be imprisoned for examination, and a large punishment was served, where emperor Ji of Roufu could bear this crime, the chief judge got the confession he wanted as he wished, and quickly reported the "true feelings" to Zhao Shuo: This Emperor Ji of Ruofu was Li Jingshan, a female nun of Kaifeng, Li Jingshan was a native of Fenjing (Kaifeng), and after The capital was breached, she was plundered to the north by the rebels. On the way, I happened to meet a palace girl named Zhang Xi'er. This palace lady had served in the palace of Wang Guifei and was well aware of many palace secrets, and she also said that Li Jingshan's appearance and temperament resembled that of Emperor Ji of Roufu. Li Jingshan was very touched by this coincidence, not only paying attention to memorizing various secret events, but also imitating the princess form that Zhang Xi'er said, and since then she has called herself "Emperor Ji of Ruofu".
Immediately afterward, a eunuch named Li Yu, who had just escaped from the north, claimed to have met Emperor Ji of Roufu in the City of Five Kingdoms, saying that she was married to a general of the Jin Army named Xu Huan, who died soon after, and he personally buried Emperor Ji of Ruofu.
The confession was given, and the testimony was also given, so poor Emperor Ruofu was executed by order of Emperor Gaozong of Song.
Twelve years after Gao Shirong, a donkey horse, slept with Emperor Ji of Roufu, he was identified as a false princess, and he also inexplicably became a fake horse and was removed from all ponies, which became the laughing stock of his life. The people of that time sneered, "Captain Has always been like Maitreya when he was born; he went to the human world and went to the place where he ate porridge." "
At the beginning of the oath, Feng Yi, the eunuch who identified Li Jingshan as the Emperor Ji of Roufu, mistook the princess because of his poor work, and was annoyed by Emperor Gaozong's Zhao Zhao to be assigned to the supervision of Zhaozhou. Seven years after the "Fake Roufu" case, Feng Yilao died in his home.
Immediately after Zhao Shuo began to deal with all those who knew the details of Wei's background, according to the "Records of the Chronicles of the Lineage Since Jianyan", the Song Dynasty poet and minister Hong Hao was trapped in the Jin Kingdom for fifteen years, and after he returned to China, he was initially praised by Song Gaozong as a loyal and fierce minister who was "loyal to the sun and the moon, determined not to forget the king, although Su Wu could not pass", but at this time he became a criminal minister who "made a word that is not rooted, listened to by the drums, and almost shook the state", and was exiled to Lingnan, and his two assistants Zhang Shao and Zhu Ben were also martyred and severely suppressed by Qin Ju.
The Twenty-Second Chronicle of The Chronicle of the Twenty-Second Chronicle records that Bai Chen, an official who returned with Webster, was also "stabbed with the Wan'an Army" because of his "obedient remarks".
As Wang Ciweng, who had contact with Yan Zongxian in Jin, at first, Zhao Zhuo intended to criticize him, because Wang Ciweng was good friends with Qin Juniper, and was Qin Juniper's dog-headed military division, and was spared under Qin Juniper's protection.
The reason why these people were convicted was that they knew that it was related to Empress Wei's scandal in the Jin Dynasty.
Empress Wei is now the empress dowager, and she certainly does not want others to know that she once had a career as a prostitute in the Five Kingdoms City, and she will not hesitate to kill people and kill people.
Poor Princess Ruofu became the first victim of Emperor Gaozong of Song and Empress Wei to cover up the truth. The "Suiyuan Essay" said that "Roufushi is a princess, and Empress Wei is evil in her words, so she is cursed", killing people to kill people, and there is no proof of death.
After receiving repairs from Emperor Gaozong of Song and Empress Wei, the other officials knew that if they wanted to survive, they could only keep Empress Wei's previous scandals secret and did not dare to mention them again.
After all, Empress Wei had lived in the Jin Dynasty for sixteen years, and her suffering could not have been passed on. In order to cover up the court scandal, Emperor Gaozong of Song made a fuss about Empress Wei's age and inflated her to ten years.
Regarding the age of Empress Wei when she was captured, the Kaifeng Fuzhi records that at that time, "Concubine Qiao Guifei was forty-two years old. Princess Wei xianfei was thirty-eight years old. According to the "Biography of Princess Wei Xianfei of Song Shi", Empress Wei was born in the third year of Yuanfeng (1080), and was already forty-eight years old when Jing Kang was in the second year (1127). In the two historical records, Empress Wei's age difference was as much as ten years.
In order to cover up the scandal in the court, Emperor Gaozong of Song also took pains to start from the tenth year of Shaoxing (1140), and every time Empress Wei "celebrated her birthday, solstice, and Shuo, all of them performed congratulatory gifts from afar" ("The Biography of Princess Wei Xian"), and recorded the ceremony in the annals of history, according to which it was indicated that "Empress Wei hunted in the north, nearly fifty years old, and then married a chieftain, would it be better to do this?" The young Emperor Ji of the Yu Chieftain," married a fifty-year-old woman, and would rather come out of this", emphasizing that Empress Wei was nearly fifty years old and had long lost her fertility. But if you want to cover up the misaki, this is more and more like this place without silver three hundred and two ah.
After Empress Wei returned to China, she not only never mentioned what she had suffered in the Jin Kingdom, but instead instructed Emperor Gaozong of Song to "give envoys to the two palaces, and it is advisable to make them universal; otherwise, there is a distinction between the other and the other, and it is easy for the people to speak." This means that we should have more contact and more ventilation between mother and son, otherwise, there will be a difference between you and me, and it will be easy for the villain to slander and separate from it. Empress Wei's words were very strange, she did not do anything wrong, she was not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door, she was bright and upright, and she was afraid of what villain's evil words hurt her? This also confirmed exactly what Empress Wei wanted to hide.
In order to keep the secret of his biological mother, Emperor Gaozong of Song took pains to kill Emperor Ji of Roufu by mistake, severely punished the relevant ministers who knew about it, and revised the historical materials involved.
However, the eyes of the masses are shining brightly, and justice is free for the people. When Emperor Gaozong of Song pretended to be true, he was both true and false, one was false and the other was false, and these two famous cases, in the end, only increased people's insults to his selfishness and ignorance.
Therefore, when encountering things, not only the top, not only the book, not the flattering, and seeking truth from facts, this is the correct way to solve the problem. Friends, you say, right?