Chapter 22 Er Guangzong is afraid of his wife

Song Guangzong Zhao Dun was the third son of Song Xiaozong, born to Xiaozong's original wife Guo.The Guo family was born in a famous family, the sixth grandson of Empress Guo of Song Zhenzong.Guo died of illness before Song Xiaozong succeeded to the throne, and was posthumously named queen.The Guo family had four sons: the eldest son, Zhao Yu, was granted the title of King Deng; the second son, Zhao Kai, was given the title of King Qing;According to patriarchal law, all the sons of the Guo family were legitimate sons, so Song Xiaozong first made his eldest son Zhao Shu the crown prince, but Zhao Shu died of illness not long after.According to the order, it should be the second son Zhao Kai's turn to be the crown prince.But Song Xiaozong preferred the third son Zhao Dun, thinking that Zhao Dun was "heroic and martial", while the second son Zhao Kai was too generous and kind. .However, to be fair, Song Xiaozong himself is not a heroic man, and his precious son Zhao Dun is not a "self-like".

After Zhao Dun became the prince, he was still respectful to Song Xiaozong at first. When Song Xiaozong was in a good mood, Zhao Dun was also "moved with joy", and when Song Xiaozong was unhappy, Zhao Dun was "sorrowful and worried."But he was not sincerely humble to his father, it was just a superficial thing he was forced to do in order to keep the crown prince.After doing superficial articles like this for a long time, it is inevitable that I will get bored.After the age of forty, Zhao Dun had been the prince for more than ten years, and he began to imply that Song Xiaozong would pass on the throne as soon as possible, intentionally or unintentionally.One day, Zhao Dun deliberately said to Song Xiaozong: "My beard has started to turn white. Someone specially sent me medicine to dye my beard, but it didn't work for me." The implication is that your son already has a white beard. , It's time to get over the addiction of being an emperor.Song Xiaozong naturally understood his son's intentions, but pretended not to understand, and replied solemnly: "What's wrong with a white beard? It just shows your maturity to the world."

After Zhao Dun hit a wall, he didn't dare to openly try again, and turned to please the Empress Dowager Wu (Empress Gaozong of Song Dynasty), hoping to rely on the power of the Empress Dowager to win the throne.Empress Dowager Wu also understood Zhao Dun's intentions, and had hinted to Song Xiaozong, but Song Xiaozong said that the prince still needs to practice.This series of events left a heavy shadow in Zhao Dun's heart, which directly caused him to start to doubt his biological father. Until February of the sixteenth year of Chunxi (1189), Song Xiaozong took the initiative to give the throne to Prince Zhao Dun because he wanted to mourn for Song Gaozong.At the age of forty-three, Zhao Dun finally got the throne he had always dreamed of.The most ironic thing is that he has been impatient to be the emperor, but has done nothing after ascending to the throne.Not only that, all kinds of jealousy and hatred he had towards his father before began to be gradually induced by various external factors, which led to the "palace incident" that lasted for several years.

At the beginning of Song Guangzong's accession to the throne, he led the concubines in the palace to visit Jujing Garden.Originally, this was not a big deal, but it was criticized for not inviting the Taishang Huang.The ministers wrote letters one after another, pointing out that when Song Gaozong was alive, Song Xiaozong would respectfully invite Song Gaozong to accompany him every time he traveled, but Song Guangzong only cared about playing by himself.The implication is to accuse Song Guangzong of being unfilial, and Song Guangzong is naturally very unhappy after reading the memorial.Just at this time, Song Xiaozong sent an eunuch to give the jade cup to Song Guangzong, but Song Guangzong couldn't hold it firmly for a while and broke the jade cup.The eunuch returned to Chonghua Palace and reported to Song Xiaozong, deliberately saying: "When the officials saw that the jade cup was a reward from the Supreme Emperor, they were very angry and broke the jade cup." Song Xiaozong was naturally very unhappy when he heard this.The rift between father and son gradually arose.

Another time, Song Xiaozong visited the East Garden. According to the convention, Song Guangzong, as his son, should go to serve.But until the family banquet, there was still no sign of Song Guangzong.Song Xiaozong's unhappiness can be imagined because his own son didn't even have the minimum courtesy.It just so happened that the eunuch next to him liked to tell tales, deliberately caught chickens in the garden, and shouted: "I can't catch chickens today!" At that time, people in Lin'an called begging for wine and food as "catching chickens". It has been reduced to the point where it depends on others.The eunuch dared to be so arrogant, obviously the tension between Song Xiaozong's father and son had become public, and the conflict was further aggravated by the instigation of Song Guangzong's empress Li Fengniang.

Li Fengniang, from Anyang, was Li Daonv, the envoy of the Qingyuan Army.It is said that when she was born, there were black phoenixes gathered on the stone in front of Li Dao's camp, which was amazing, so Li Dao named the newborn daughter Fengniang.When Li Dao went to Hubei as a teacher, he heard that the local Taoist Huangfu was good at showing people, so he asked him to show his daughter.When Huangfutan saw Li Fengniang, he was shocked and said: "This girl is the mother of the world, please take care of her properly." Later, Huangfutan was favored by Emperor Gaozong of Song Dynasty, and he happened to talk about Li Fengniang.At that time, King Gong Zhao Dun was not yet married, so Song Gaozong ordered Li Fengniang to be Princess Gong. After Zhao Dun made the crown prince, Li Fengniang was promoted to the crown princess.

Li Fengniang is beautiful in appearance, but her temperament is arrogant and sinister, which is better than that of men.After she became the crown princess, she kept soliciting rumors among Song Gaozong, Song Xiaozong and Prince Zhao Dun.Song Gaozong was very dissatisfied with it, and once said to Empress Wu: "It's a woman who raised me, and I was wronged by Huangfu." It means that I was deceived by Taoist Huangfu Tan.Song Xiaozong was also dissatisfied with his daughter-in-law's actions, and severely reprimanded him: "You should learn the virtues of empress Taishang (referring to Empress Wu of Song Gaozong). If you interfere with the prince's affairs again, I will abolish you!" He has a grudge against Song Xiaozong.

When Song Xiaozong was preparing for the Zen seat, he summoned the ruling ministers of the Privy Council of the three provinces to inform him that he wanted to practice inner Zen.The ministers all agreed, but only Huang Qia, a member of the Privy Council, didn't say a word. Song Xiaozong thought it was strange, so he specifically asked for his opinion.Huang Qia replied: "The prince can take on great responsibilities, but the Li family (Li Fengniang) is not enough to honor the world. I hope your majesty will think twice."Huang Qia knew it well, so he said: "Your Majesty asks me, and I dare not not answer. When your majesty thinks of what I said, I am afraid that I will never have the chance to see this minister again." So he asked to resign.

Song Xiaozong didn't take it too seriously, he didn't expect to be picked up by Huang Qia.After Li Fengniang became the empress, her strong desire for power grew stronger and stronger, and she even wanted to surpass the emperor. Once, Empress Xie of Song Xiaozong couldn't understand Li Fengniang's arrogance and rudeness, so she persuaded her to pay attention to her status as a queen, and she should be well-mannered.Not only did Li Fengniang not listen, but she sarcastically said on the spot: "I am a married couple of the official family!" Xie was originally the maid of Song Gaozong Empress Wu's, and was later rewarded to Song Xiaozong. Xiaozong's favorite, Jin named her queen.Li Fengniang's remarks were undoubtedly a satire of Xie's humble status.Xie was furious and told Song Xiaozong about it.Song Xiaozong decided to depose Li Fengniang, and summoned the veteran Shi Hao to discuss the matter of deposing the queen.Unexpectedly, Shi Hao thought that Song Guangzong had just ascended the throne, and if the empress was abolished immediately, it would arouse discussions from all over the world, which was not conducive to the overall situation, so he firmly disagreed with the abolition of the empress.At this time, Song Xiaozong had abdicated as the Supreme Emperor, and without the support of the ministers, he had to give up the matter of abolishing the empress.But this matter was learned by Li Fengniang. She 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, his original wife.The emperor ruled the world and possessed supreme authority, but was afraid of his wife at home. Such a situation is rare in Chinese history. The most typical example is that Emperor Hui of Jin was afraid of his wife Jia Nanfeng in the past.Song Guangzong's situation was not much better than Jin Huidi's. Song Guangzong could only obey Li Fengniang's words.But he is the emperor after all, and he is bound by his wife, so he is inevitably unwilling, so he wants to change this situation.The queen lives deep in the inner palace, unable to communicate with the outside world, and can only rely on eunuchs.Song Guangzong wanted to take the bottom line and kill all the eunuchs who were trusted by Li Fengniang, but he was cowardly and hesitant.After Song Guangzong's plan was known to the eunuchs, they sowed rumors between Song Guangzong and Li Fengniang.Therefore, whenever Song Guangzong said that he hated eunuchs, Li Fengniang would cover them up.Fear of his wife and suspicion of his father made Song Guangzong tortured physically and mentally, under great psychological pressure, and suffered from a kind of palpitation.

Song Xiaozong heard that after his son was ill, his blood was thicker than water, and he still loved his son eagerly, so he called the imperial doctor to inquire and prepared a prescription. He planned to give the medicine to his son for trial when Song Guangzong came to greet him.However, the eunuch took the opportunity to stir up trouble and provoked Li Fengniang to say: "The Taishang official (Song Xiaozong) combined the medicine, and if he wanted to wait for the emperor to go to greet him, he ordered him to drink it. If something unexpected happened, wouldn't it worry the clan and society?" It means Song Xiaozong Have ulterior motives. Before that, Song Guangzong wanted to make his only son, Zhao Kuo, the son of Li Fengniang, the crown prince, but Song Xiaozong disagreed.Song Xiaozong preferred Zhao Kai's (Song Guangzong's elder brother) son Zhao Jian, who was more qualified to be the crown prince. At that time, Song Guangzong replaced his elder brother Zhao Kai as the crown prince, but now Song Xiaozong wants to make his brother's son the crown prince. , which undoubtedly made Song Guangzong feel great doubts and fears.Therefore, he no longer went to Chonghua Palace to greet him regularly, which gave Li Fengniang an opportunity.Li Fengniang listened to the eunuch's words and believed that Song Xiaozong combined medicine to take the opportunity to poison her husband. A few days later, Song Xiaozong called Song Guangzong's family banquet. Li Fengniang didn't let Song Guangzong know, so she went to Chonghua Palace alone, and proposed to Song Xiaozong that her son Zhao Kuo be the heir.Song Xiaozong pondered and did not answer.Li Fengniang couldn't hold back, and even asked her father-in-law: "The ancients have a saying, to establish a son is to grow up. I was hired by Liuli, and Zhao Kuo was my own. Why can't I be crowned prince?" Because Song Xiaozong was not Song Gaozong's biological son , Li Fengniang's words made Song Xiaozong furious, and immediately walked away.After Li Fengniang went back, she not only cried to Song Guangzong, but also added embellishments about the combination of medicines, thinking 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 pay his father's respect. Li Fengniang not only has a strong desire for power, but is also jealous by nature. She is a famous jealous woman in history.Song Guangzong doted on another noble concubine, Huang, and Li Fengniang was deeply jealous, so she took advantage of Song Guangzong's opportunity to go out of the palace to sacrifice, and killed Huang Guifei, and then lied about "violent death".Song Guangzong knew that there was a fraud, but there was nothing he could do.Once, Song Guangzong washed his hands and saw the slender and white hands of the maid who was waiting on the side. He liked it very much and couldn't help saying "good".A few days later, Li Fengniang sent someone to bring a food box to Song Guangzong, and when she opened it, it was the maid's hands.Song Guangzong was so frightened that he didn't dare to speak out, 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 fell ill suddenly. After Song Xiaozong heard about it, he rushed over to visit him in person.Song Guangzong was unconscious and could not recognize his father.Song Xiaozong was full of anger and had nowhere to vent, so he reprimanded Li Fengniang sharply, saying: "It's because you didn't take good care of the emperor, which made him sick like this. If anything happens to the emperor, I will destroy your Li family!" Li Fengniang panicked and waited. After Song Guangzong's condition improved, he made a big fuss, falsely claiming that if Song Guangzong went to Chonghua Palace to greet him, he would be kept by Song Xiaozong.After Song Guangzong heard about it, he was even more afraid to go to Chonghua Palace. Song Guangzong refused to pay respects to Song Xiaozong, and his filial piety was at a disadvantage. All the ministers came to remonstrate, but Song Guangzong refused to listen. This is the famous "passing the palace" incident in history.In December of the third year of Shaoxi (1192), the ministers Fuque wept and admonished, but Song Guangzong refused on the spot, so he reluctantly agreed.Who knew that after a few days, Song Guangzong still had no intention of going to Chonghua Palace.The ministers played again, and Song Guangzong went to Chonghua Palace only once.After that, Song Guangzong went to Chonghua Palace twice to greet Song Xiaozong on Changzhi Festival and New Year's Day of the following year. After that, he never stepped into Chonghua Palace again.The ruling and opposition parties discussed this move a lot, and the Tai students also joined the ranks of officials to persuade them. Hundreds of people jointly signed a letter, asking Song Guangzong to pass the palace.But Song Guangzong remained the same and ignored him at all. When it was Song Xiaozong's birthday, a group of ministers jointly played, and invited Song Guangzong to Chonghua Palace to celebrate his birthday.During the event, Xie Shenfu said: "Father and son are close relatives, the law of nature is clear. Emperor Taixiao loves His Majesty, just as His Majesty loves King Jia. Emperor Taixiao is already old, and after a thousand years, how can His Majesty see the world?" Song Guangzong was a little moved, so he agreed palace.Just as she was about to set off, Li Fengniang suddenly came out from behind the screen, took Song Guangzong's hand, and said delicately: "It's so cold, the officials should go back and have a glass of wine first!" Song Guangzong didn't want to go to Chonghua Palace, so He plans to go back to the harem with Li Fengniang.Chen Fuliang, a member of Zhongshushe, was so anxious that he ignored the etiquette of the emperor and his ministers, ran up and grabbed Song Guangzong's hem, and protested: "Your Majesty can't go back again!" Li Fengniang tried her best to hold Song Guangzong back.Chen Fuliang also resolutely refused to let go, and followed Dao Pingfeng all the time.Li Fengniang was furious, and scolded, "What place is this? Are you scholars going to chop off the donkey's head?" Chen Fuliang had to let go and burst into tears. Li Fengniang sent an eunuch to ask Chen Fuliang why he was crying. Chen Fuliang said: "If a son refuses to listen to his father, he will cry. This saying has been recorded in the Book of Rites. The minister is like the son, the king is like the father, if he refuses to obey, how can he not cry? "The eunuch came to report to Li Fengniang, and Li Fengniang was furious, and even passed down an order that she would never see the Supreme Emperor again. In the fifth year of Shaoxi (1194), Song Xiaozong fell ill. For three months in a row, Song Guangzong never visited his father in the palace. Not only that, but also had banquets with Li Fengniang every day.The emperor has completely lost the hearts of the people by acting like this.Because Song Guangzong didn't listen to the advice, all the ministers went to the shuffle to ask for dismissal, and stayed at home to treat the crime. As a result, there was a phenomenon of "seeking to go from the court, like a mouthful", and Song Guangzong ignored them all. Before Song Xiaozong died, he wanted to see his son Song Guangzong, looked around, but couldn't speak, and shed tears helplessly.When the news spread to the court, Prime Minister Liuzheng, Minister of the Ministry of War Luo Dian, Chen Fuliang from Zhongshushe, Peng Guinian from Living Room, etc. all came forward to persuade Song Guangzong to go to the palace to perform his last filial piety.Liu Zheng even grabbed Song Guangzong's hem and cried to remonstrate, but Song Guangzong refused to listen, and finally only agreed to be visited by King Jia Zhao Kuo.In June, Song Xiaozong died in Chonghua Palace amidst infinite regret and loneliness. Song Guangzong still didn't believe that his father was really dead, and suspected that it was a trap, so he claimed that he would not be sick, not only did he not go to Chonghua Palace, he even refused to preside over the funeral.Prime Minister Liuzheng and Minister of Rites and Privy Council member Zhao Ruyu (children of the clan) had no choice but to invite Empress Dowager Wu (Empress Gaozong of Song Dynasty), who was already in her eighties, to preside over the funeral. Because Song Guangzong said that he would not be sick, there was a commotion in the court.Shangshu Zuoxuanlang official Ye Shi suggested to Prime Minister Liuzheng that King Lijia be the crown prince.Prime Minister Liu Zheng agreed, so he planned to report to the emperor.Six days later, Song Guangzong issued an instruction: "It's been a long time, and I want to retire." After Liu Zheng received the instruction, he felt uneasy and worried that it would cause a catastrophe, so he deliberately fell down on the ground when he was in court. Wrestled, and then called sick and left the court.As soon as Liu Zheng left, the government became more chaotic.After Zhao Ruyu conspired with his relative Han Yuzhou (the great-grandson of Han Qi, the minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the son of the Empress Dowager Wu's sister), Zhao Ruyu believed that Song Guangzong had lost popular support and was no longer suitable for the throne, so he asked the Empress Dowager Wu to issue an edict, saying that Song Guangzong was willing to abdicate automatically As the Supreme Emperor, Jiawang Zhao Kuo became the emperor. The scene of Zhao Kuo ascending the throne was quite dramatic.When the Empress Dowager Wu ordered Zhao Kuo to wear a yellow robe to ascend the throne, Zhao Kuo resolutely refused.Since ancient times, when a new emperor came to the throne, there were not a few people who pretended to refuse.But Zhao Kuo was obviously one of the rare people who really didn't want to be an emperor. He couldn't make up his mind and ran away in fright. In the end, it was Empress Dowager Wu who ordered the ministers to hold Zhao Kuo hostage and force him to wear a yellow robe, so that he ascended the throne smoothly, for Song Ningzong. Song Guangzong didn't know the news until his son Zhao Kuo officially became emperor, 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 fatuous and ineffective.After he was forced to abdicate, Li Fengniang was also abandoned by power as her husband lost power.In the sixth year of Qingyuan (1200), Li Fengniang died of illness.Two months later, Song Guangzong, who had been the Supreme Emperor for six years, also died of illness at the age of fifty-four. After Song Ningzong came to the throne, he held the funeral ceremony for his grandfather Song Xiaozong, and summoned the prime minister to stay in order, and the court was considered stable.But soon, courtiers started a new round of party struggle.Because of his meritorious support, Zhao Ruyu served as a privy envoy and concurrently served as the right minister; Han Yuzhou served as the privy council.The temporary alliance formed by the two due to interests soon fell apart.The first thing Zhao Ruyu did after he came to power was to recommend Zhu Xi to be the attendant and lecturer of Huanzhang Pavilion, which was called Song Ningzong's Taoism. In fact, he wanted to work with Zhu Xi to exclude Han Yuzhou. Zhu Xi, also known as Zhonghui, later known as Huiweng, the old man of Yungu, the sick old man of Cangzhou, Dunweng, was also called Ziyang.Born in Wuyuan (now Wuyuan, Jiangxi), he lived in Jianyang, Fujian.He is a famous Confucianist in the Southern Song Dynasty, known as "Zhu Zi" in the world.Zhu Xi learned from his father Zhu Song when he was young.In the thirteenth year of Shaoxing (1143), Zhu Song died of illness. Zhu Xi obeyed his father's will and went to Wufuli in Chong'an (now Wuyishan City) to stay with Liu Ziyu, Zhu Song's best friend during his lifetime.Liu Ziyu regarded Zhu Xi as his own son, and built Ziyang Building for Zhu Xi's mother and son to live in, and Zhu Xi then settled in Wuyi.In Wuyi, the Southern Song Confucian scholars Hu Xian, Liu Mianzhi, and Liu Zihui all taught Zhu Xi.Zhu Xi became a Jinshi when he was only nineteen years old. After Zhu Xi arrived in Lin'an, he immediately formed a buddy with Zhao Ruyu and worked together to deal with Han Tuozhou.Han Tuozhou won the support of officials from the main combat faction, such as Shen Zhizhengshi Jingbori, because of his strong advocacy against gold.Han Tuozhou and Jingtong's faction fought fiercely with Zhao Ruyu and Zhu Xi's factions. Han Tuozhou's faction finally won and dismissed Liuzheng, Zhu Xi, and Zhao Ruyu from the court successively.Jing Bo was then promoted to the right chancellor, and Han Tuozhou joined the third division of Fuyitong, which was more powerful than the prime minister.Zhao Ruyu fell ill on the way to be demoted, and when he arrived in Hengzhou (now Hengyang, Hunan), he was embarrassed by the guard Qian Qian and died violently there. After Han Tuozhou's faction came to power, they began to oppose Taoism in an all-round way.The ministers who opposed Taoism in the court and China exposed the deceit and hypocrisy of Zhu Xi's Taoism one after another, calling Taoism a fake school.The Daoxue group that Zhu Xi worked so hard for quickly disintegrated, and Daoxue became notorious.In fact, this is a political incident artificially created by Han Yuzhou to attack political opponents. All his political opponents are accused of being Taoists.In the second year of Qingyuan (1196), Taoism was banned, Zhu Xi was demoted to two levels, and his student Cai Yuanding was also exiled to Daozhou (now Dao County, Hunan Province).Two years later, Zhu Xi died of illness.Zhu Xi's official career was bumpy all his life. He was an official for seven years, and he was in office for only forty-six days. Shizhi: "It's not that I love wind and dust, but I seem to be misled by the front. When the flowers fall and bloom, they always rely on the monarch of the East. When you go, you have to go, and you live no matter how you live. If your head is full of mountain flowers, don't ask where the slaves will go." Yue Lin sentenced him to be released from prison on the same day, and he was released from prison. Han Tuozhou also established the "Pseudo-learning Against the Party" record, headed by Zhao Ruyu, Liu Zheng, Wang Lin, and Zhou Bida, the former chief executives, including Zhu Xi, Peng Guinian, Chen Fuliang, Xue Shusi, Liu Guangzu, Ye Shi, Lu Zutai, There are fifty-nine people including Cai Yuanding.In May of the fourth year of Qingyuan (1198), Emperor Ningzong of the Song Dynasty banned it as a fake school again, comparing it to "Shaosheng's treacherous party".This is the famous "Qingyuan party ban" in history.