Every day, the world is changing.Despite the changes, Chinese people always say that no matter what the outside world is like, we can stick to ourselves. What is ego?They concretized at least three sentences: "The mighty cannot be subdued, the rich and the honor cannot be promiscuous, and the poor and the humble cannot be moved." It sounds really refreshing and comprehensive, but it seems that they forgot to mention the most important thing. After insisting on these three points, you can still how to live In other words, can you still live! It seems meaningless to ask this question in a peaceful time, such as 2010 A.D. today.But if I say that this incident led to the collapse of a dynasty and the loss of a nation, would anyone believe it?

It seems alarmist, so let's start to recall, starting from the first month of the third year of Song Yuanfu (AD 1100).On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, the 24-year-old Emperor Zhezong passed away, and the new emperor Zhao Ji ascended the throne.Zhao Ji is the eleventh son of Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty. To become the emperor, he is really outstanding in all aspects. First of all, he has a good mother, Zhao Ji's biological mother, Chen Shi, from Kaifeng. According to historical records, she was intelligent, dignified, and as beautiful as a peach or plum. She gave birth to Zhao Ji as a royal attendant.This is very important, it means that she is of very low birth, so she will not be suspected by Gao Taotao, Xiang Shi and other aristocratic harem rulers.On the other hand, she will also naturally get close to Emperor Zhezong's biological mother, Concubine Zhu.

Concubine Zhu is also from Kaifeng, and her family background is also very low. The dual relationship of class and fellow villager made them get close, even with their sons. When Zhezong was not in charge of the government and was suppressed by Gao Taotao, he often asked Zhao Ji to play in the bedroom.Many years later, Zhao Ji, who became the emperor, recalled affectionately that Zhezong, who was twelve or thirteen years old at that time, entertained his younger brother. He could only take out some ordinary fruit cakes and put them in pottery containers, and he could not tell the identity of the emperor at all.The two little brothers hid behind the curtain and ate silently, very happy and very bitter...

Chen's goodness is more than that.This commoner-born woman has an unusually strong side.Song Shenzong died of illness at a young age, only 37 years old when he died, and Chen was even younger at the time, only 32 years old. It was a good time in a woman's life, but suddenly withered. Mrs. Chen moved into the side hall of Shenzong's Mausoleum, and was in a trance all day long, motionless, and soon collapsed, with a dismal appearance.The palace brought food, soup and medicine, but Mrs. Chen waved someone to take them away, saying: "I have to serve the late emperor as soon as possible. I hope that is enough."

Not long after, Mrs. Chen died. She truly loves Shenzong, which is awe-inspiring even in the feudal era.Her death, on the one hand, satisfied her wish, and on the other hand, left enough impression points for her son. Love the house and Wu, respect for the Chen family, aggravated the love of the entire harem for Zhao Ji.Even people like Gao Taotao and Xiang Shi, who came from a wealthy family and are used to the lack of family affection between the father and son of the Tian family, took good care of Zhao Ji, not to mention Concubine Zhu and Song Zhezong's mother and son. Zhao Ji grew up in love and care. After Zhezong ascended the throne, he was granted the title of King of Ningjun. Four years later, he was granted the title of Duanwang by the Military Jiedu Envoys of Pingjiang and Zhenjiang. .The weight of the title and the speed of promotion are second to none among the younger brothers of the emperor.

He himself is also very competitive. By the time the Song Dynasty developed, he was already the eighth generation ancestor. His royal brothers and brothers were already standard princelings, and they were sensual and sensual every day.He is different, limited to the ancestral rules of the Song Dynasty, the occupation of the royal family can only be eating, drinking and having fun, but he has a taste for the same kind of fun. What Zhao Ji likes are pen and inkstone, Danqing, Qinse, Tushi, and Sheyu. The so-called six arts of a gentleman are rites, music, archery, imperialism, calligraphy, and mathematics.Except for archery and driving, Zhao Ji is good at almost everything else, which made the eyes of the scholar-bureaucrat group in Kaifeng brighten and brighten, and they discovered unprecedentedly that the eleventh prince is the embodiment of perfection!

Think about it, Zhao Ji's residence is full of precious books, and every day, there are many high-level scholars, talking about scriptures and mysteries, tuning strings and drums, and splashing ink when he is interested. reached a very high level.These are not all, Zhao Ji has a slender figure, a handsome face, elegant conversation, and a spring of action. Wherever he goes, he is the focus of the crowd. Who doesn't love such a person, not to mention that he is very friendly. The well-known scholar Zhao Lingrang in the imperial family, and the son-in-law Duwei Wang Shen, these two are people who can get in touch with Su Dongpo, a leading figure in the literary world, and promote him to the outside world; The only one who has both ways and no disadvantages.

After achieving this step, Zhezong would not die, and he had a prosperous life, surpassing his peers; after Zhezong died, he would stand out from the crowd of princes, and even if he was elected by the outside world, he would not be able to escape his throne. What's more, this person has another face behind the scenes. This face is hidden very deeply, except for those who are interested in Song history and have studied it carefully, few people know it.After all, in the traditional Chinese impression, Zhao Ji was just a top-notch playboy born with a golden spoon in his mouth, who was suddenly pushed to the forefront by fate and became Emperor Laoshizi involuntarily.

Those who don't know his other face will usually sigh. With his talent, if he can devote his life to calligraphy and painting, China will have another great Danqing master.Letting him be the emperor really harmed both the Song Dynasty and himself. It's fake!Zhao Ji does have the talent for painting and calligraphy, but he also has an inflated heart for power. First of all, there are problems with the composition of his artistic cells.Art is the extension of the soul, what kind of soul and what kind of desires can have what kind of expression.For example, some people are indifferent, and they only choose the rime and rime in the empty mountains, spiritual valleys and orchids to paint in the endless world. The more elegant the more interesting; The more handsome he is.Embodied in Zhao Ji, it is the ultimate delicacy and subtle nobility.

People with these two points are, without exception, conceited, especially when some special things happen to him. In Zhao Ji's Prince Duan's Mansion, two strange things happened.One day, two white cranes suddenly fell from the sky and landed in his courtyard, lingering for a long time, singing and dancing. Since ancient times, the sound of cranes in the hall is a rare auspicious auspicious event in a thousand years, especially in the important place of Kyoto.For a time, the whole city was a sensation, and many well-known ministers flocked here.Of course, the purpose was not to see any cranes, but to flatter King Duan.

You are auspicious, you get rich, you get promoted! At that time, everyone in the palace was in high spirits, only the housekeeper Yang Zhen was covered in cold sweat from fright.Get rich, get promoted...they are all princes, what is the next promotion, is it the emperor? ! He immediately stood up and drove people out, saying as he drove, "This is a stork, not a crane, a stork, not a crane!" The cranes and the people were finally driven away, and within a few days, strange things reappeared.Outside Zhao Ji's bedroom, a clump of Ganoderma lucidum suddenly grew.Now it's almost doubly auspicious. Cranes descended from the sky, and they may have rested for a while after being tired from flying, which belongs to mobile auspiciousness.But the Ganoderma lucidum came out of the ground and settled outside Zhao Ji's window with incomparable accuracy. This is the auspiciousness, the top auspiciousness, exclusive to Zhao Ji anyway. All of a sudden, all the people in the whole government came to Zhao Ji to congratulate him and ask for a reward. At the same time, the good news flew to all parts of the city like wings, which was much more than last time.At the critical moment, a hand stretched out and instantly stopped the broadcast of the good news. Butler Yang Zhen, he pulled out the Ganoderma lucidum grass like a dog's tail grass, threw it aside, and said that it was an edible fungus, not Ganoderma lucidum at all!The crowd dispersed in frustration, Yang Zhen heaved a sigh of relief, but when he turned his head, he found that Zhao Ji's gaze was a little fixed, as if he was thinking. How could a pretentious person be able to withstand one after another of supernatural events.After these two incidents, Zhao Ji suddenly wrote a note one day, quietly called a confidant servant, and said to him: "This is my birthday horoscope, you can take it to Daxiangguo Temple, every hexagram stand Do the math once and see what the result is." The servants went and counted the stalls one by one. A lot of money was spent, but nothing was counted. They were all common clichés.Until finally, in a corner, I met a fortune teller in rags and starving to death. The gentleman glanced at the note, then at the servant, suddenly looked very depressed, threw the note back, and said, "Dude, I've had a hard time, why are you still making fun of me?" The servant was puzzled and asked him what he meant. The husband sneered, "This is the horoscope of the emperor's birthday, it's not yours at all!" The servant turned pale with fright, ran back to the palace, and reported it to Zhao Ji.Zhao Ji pondered for a long time, and asked his servant to come back the next day and tell the fortune teller his name to see what he had to say. The next day, the fortune teller said: "Go back and tell His Royal Highness that you are the son of heaven, and you must treat the people well in the future." Pretty cliche, isn't it?Very common and fictitious, right?But this fortune teller has a name and a status in history.After his words came true, Zhao Ji let him rise to the top of the sky, and he became a high-ranking official and a dignitary. His name is Chen Yan. After a series of psychological hints, Zhao Ji took the initiative to attack.He is smart. On the one hand, he continued to build a good relationship with Zhezong and Concubine Zhu. On the other hand, he deliberately flattered the people around the Empress Dowager, and showed his favor to eunuchs and maids as a prince. What a great sincerity.Soon, the Empress Dowager Xiang was surrounded by praises and praises, and everyone said good things about Zhao Ji.Think about her, a widowed old lady with no children, who is in frustration and defeat. With such a good son who shows filial piety, can she not be put down smoothly? After that, there was the matter of the Queen Mother fighting for the throne for him, otherwise, how could the Nine Five Artifact fall on Zhao Ji's head for no reason.During that day, Zhao Ji's people rushed between the palace and the palace, reporting to him everything that was happening.After being nominated to the queen mother, Zhang Dun objected, and Zhao Ji's reaction was very strong. Sometimes he looked up to the sky and screamed, and sometimes he fell to his desk and meditated. There was a huge difference between gain and loss, between the emperor and the prince! He wants the throne, and he wants to hold the supreme authority over the life and death of all people in the world.