Song Renzong One day in the middle of winter in the second year of Mingdao (1033), something big and small happened in the palace: Song Renzong, who had just taken power, was accidentally slapped by the queen Guo.
At that time, Song Renzong favored Shang Meiren and Yang Meiren, and was very cold to the young queen Guo. Shang and Yang were quite arrogant because of this, and Empress Guo was treated coldly and was quite jealous and hated. When the two meet, they are often unhappy. On this day, Shang Meiren was arrogant and harsh in front of Song Renzong. Empress Guo could no longer bear it and slapped Shang Meiren in the face. Song Renzong quickly stood in front of Shang Meiren. Queen Guo's slap did not touch Shang Meiren's face, but slapped the emperor's neck, leaving a mark on his hand.
Queen Guo
In fact, it is not uncommon for favor and fighting in the harem in the past dynasties. In theory, this is just the emperor's family matter, and the queen is also unintentional. So if you criticize and educate a few words, or hit 50 blocks on both sides, the matter will be over.
However, the family matter of was infinitely magnified to the height of state affairs by Song Renzong, and was taken to the court as a political issue, and thus launched a protracted political game. And the people in this game include the powerful emperor Song Renzong, the prime minister Lu Yijian, the eunuch Yan Wenying, and the censor Fan Zhongyan, Sun Zude, etc. So, what do these all kinds of people want to get in this game?
Let’s talk about Emperor Song Renzong first.
In fact, the fact that Guo's ability to become the queen was the result of Song Renzong's difficulty in violating his mother's order and being forced to do so. Song Renzong did not like Empress Guo, so he always wanted to find an opportunity to depose Guo, but he was worried that there was no excuse. This slap incident provided him with a good opportunity. Song Renzong then turned small things into big things, turned family affairs into state affairs, and finally abolished the position of Guo's empress, "Issue Jingfei and Yujing Chongmiao Immortal Master, and was given the name Qingwu and lived in Changle Palace."
This is the reason why this happens is to put it bluntly because of Song Renzong mother Empress Dowager Liu. Renzong was only thirteen or fourteen years old when he ascended the throne and was regent by Empress Dowager Liu. However, Empress Dowager Liu left the curtain for 11 years. During these 11 years, Song Renzong gradually grew from a child who was ignorant of the world to an adult with his own thoughts and opinions. However, although he has his own opinions, he cannot make decisions. He wants to do what he wants to do. , the empress dowager said it was not the time, and he wanted to play, but the empress dowager blocked him. What annoyed him even more was that all the officials of all sizes promoted by the Empress Dowager were obedient to the Empress Dowager, and seemed to respect himself as the emperor but were perfunctory. Song Renzong, who was neglected, thus developed a resistance to his mother, and the older he was, the stronger he became.
Song Renzong
Early the second year of Mingdao, Empress Dowager Liu finally returned to power to Song Renzong and soon returned to the west. As soon as Empress Dowager Liu passed away, Song Renzong's long-lasting depression was finally released. This change can be seen from the words of Shi Jie, the left-behind prosecutor in Nanjing (now Shangqiu, Henan): " advocates the best plays, the woman is in the palace, drinking without seasons, bells and drums are day and night."
Song Renzong is like a horse that has broken away from the reins, galloping across the grassland of desire, buying drunk every day and singing every night. At the same time, from the first day of taking power, Emperor Renzong of Song started to eliminate Empress Dowager Liu's power, "all those appointed by the Empress Dowager will be dismissed." By demoting and dismissing the court ministers whom Empress Dowager Liu valued at that time, Song Renzong wanted to achieve his goal of "de-Liu Hua".
and Queen Guo just hit the gun. Empress Guo's slap in the face just gave him the reason to depose the queen and gave him the opportunity to take this opportunity to regain power. When Empress Dowager Liu was alive, Empress Guo relied on her being Empress Dowager Liu's man, dominated the harem and was very jealous. However, now it has entered the era of Emperor Renzong of Song, Empress Guo still treats people with the attitude of Empress Dowager Liu's era, which means that she cannot keep up with the times. But then again, what if Empress Guo keeps pace with the times? Can it change the fate of being abolished? not necessarily. Because for Song Renzong, the abolition of Empress Guo was an inevitable link in his conception of "de-Liu Hua", and the quarrel was just a reason. Even if Empress Guo was not deposed this time, she would be deposed for other reasons next time.
What was the purpose of Prime Minister Lu Yijian's advocated and promoted the deposed empress of Song Renzong? After Empress Dowager Liu passed away, Song Renzong and Prime Minister Lu Yijian discussed the removal of Privy Dowager Zhang Qi, Privy Dowager Deputy Envoy Xia Shun and others on the grounds that they depended on Empress Dowager Liu. After the discussion, Song Renzong told Empress Guo about this during a casual conversation, but Empress Guo said, "Yi Jian is the only one who does not attach to the Empress Dowager? But he is very clever and good at adapting to changes." This sentence reminded Song Renzong, and Lu Yi Jian was immediately dismissed. Fortunately, there was no one more trustworthy than Lu Yijian than Song Renzong, so he returned to preaching within the year. Later, after entering the city, Lu Yijian knew that Yan Wen should have learned that it was Empress Guo who was interfering with it, so he held a grudge. When Song Renzong discussed with him whether to abolish the queen, he did not hesitate to directly urge Song Renzong to make up his mind to abolish the queen on the grounds that "it was also found in ancient times." Therefore, Lu Yijian advocated that the motive of the deposed queen was to avenge private revenge.
Yan Wenying, as the eunuch leader, revolves around the emperor every day, absolutely takes the emperor's disgust as disgust and the emperor's like. Empress Guo accidentally injured the emperor, and the emperor hated Empress Guo, so he followed the emperor's ideas and suggested that the emperor depose the empress. This behavior is actually a habitual skill in the officialdom, which is the so-called "stepping on the shoulders of a comrade to climb upwards." If the emperor is satisfied, he will naturally gain great benefits, and the eunuchs will also have to pursue their future. Therefore, what Yan Wen should seek in the deposed queen was the emperor's favor and his own wishful thinking.
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 According to the ancestral system, the queen should not be abolished easily, not to mention that Empress Guo did not make any major mistakes. So more than ten people, including the Censor Central Committee, Kong Daofu , Censor Fan Zhongyan, Sun Zude, and others knelt outside the palace gate, shouting loudly, saying, "There is no mistake in the future, and it cannot be abolished." However, when Emperor Renzong of Song wanted to "de-Liu Hua", Empress Guo was a pawn that had to be sacrificed, and this would not be changed by the words of the censors and censors.
Empress Guo was eventually deposed and spent her last days of sadness and loneliness with the Qinglantern Ancient Buddha in Changle Palace. She died of illness two years later at the age of 24. These censors were convicted for their words and were demoted and punished. Kong Daofu came out to be a magistrate of Taizhou (now Taizhou, Jiangsu), Fan Zhongyan came out to be a magistrate of Muzhou (now Jiande, Zhejiang), and Sun Zude and others were fined for half a year. After a few days of glorious days after the beauties of Shang and Yang, under repeated criticism from the court officials, Song Renzong had to send them out of the palace as a buffer for a series of adverse effects brought by the deposed queen.
Why did Kong Daofu, Fan Zhongyan and others take the risk of hitting the emperor to get into this muddy water?
Because these officials who were born in the teachings of Confucius and Mencius have developed a stubborn and tenacious literati character under the influence of traditional culture, and regard safeguarding national interests as their lifelong ideal. They firmly oppose what they think is wrong, and they always insist on what they think is right, even if they are demoted or even sacrificed. Opposing the abolition of the queen is a manifestation of their adherence to the truth.
When the queen accidentally slapped the emperor in the face, everyone played their own roles with their own thoughts, and worked hard to find their own things, thereby pushing this incident to a deeper level. This is politics. But what is sighing is that in the entire incident, whether it is Queen Guo or the beauties of Shang or Yang, they all became tools for interests and eventually became victims of politics irreversibly.
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Author｜Yan Jianhuai
Source｜《Baijia Forum》 magazine
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