The first empress of Emperor Renzong of Song was named Guo Shi (郭氏), who was from the founding general of the Northern Song Dynasty and was personally selected by the regent Empress Dowager Liu E to enter the palace. With Empress Liu's authority, Guo shi was quite stubborn for the next nine years, and he did not get along well with Emperor Renzong. After Liu E's death, she was deposed and became the last victim of the transition to power.
Although Fan Zhongyan and other officials strongly opposed it, they could not dissuade Emperor Renzong. However, no one expected that even if the political atmosphere of the Song Dynasty was generous, the final outcome of Guo Hou was extremely miserable.
Soon after Emperor Renzong of Song took power, he summoned Fan Zhongyan back to the court to worship as a right counselor. At that time, Fan Zhongyan passed through Taizhou to repair haiyan, teach at Yingtian Academy, and advise Empress Liu to return to power, and other matters had already gained fame and won the attention of the world.
At this time, Ouyang Xiu, who was only in his 20s, wrote a letter to Fan Zhongyan, and the letter he wrote was called "Shangfan Si Zhishu".
The meaning of the letter is probably to say that there are many poets in Luoyang who are your loyal supporters, and everyone believes that after you take office, you must be a good official who dares to speak out. But you have been an official for so long, but you have not made a big fuss, and we are all disappointed. I hope that you will not be in the same dust with the light, and let the people of the world see your righteousness.
Although I don't know if Ouyang Xiu's letter played a role, Fan Zhongyan did not disappoint them later.
When Emperor Renzong was fifteen years old, he had a crush, but Empress Liu forcibly separated them and forced him to marry Empress Guo. In the years that followed, although Emperor Renzong got along well with Empress Guo, the political ecology of feudal society determined that Emperor Renzong could never spoil her alone. However, Empress Guo paid attention to the single-mindedness of love and opposed the rain and dew, which laid the groundwork for the husband and wife to oppose each other.
As a person who came over, Liu E chose to stand in the position of her daughter-in-law out of consideration for the health of Emperor Renzong. At that time, Renzong was the age of spring love, and he could only hope that Mei could quench his thirst in the face of the same young and beautiful beauties in the palace all day. Sima Qian wrote in the historical record that Empress Zhang Xianmingsu was the most effective in protecting Emperor Renzong. Since his ascension to the throne, before Empress Weina, Emperor Renzong's residence has not left the Chapter Sacrifice, so the Eucharist is complete and has reigned for a long time. Zhang dedicated to Emperor Renzong for the greatest merit.
The desire that had been suppressed in the body for many years after Emperor Renzong's pro-government finally broke out, and every day he and his sweetheart Shang and Yang clan tossed and turned the phoenix in the palace. Even if he doesn't understand moderation in sexual affairs, he is still a good emperor who is diligent and loves the people. Soon after Emperor Renzong took over the government, he changed the one-day upper dynasty set by Liu E to the daily upper dynasty, no matter how detailed, everything must be done personally. In this way, he was busy with state affairs during the day and busy with intercourse affairs at night, until he tossed himself to a state of "no hesitation", and it was once difficult to go to the court.
For a time, the ministers of the court wrote letters one after another, accusing Emperor Renzong of being absurd and unscrupulous and not caring for the dragon body. Empress Guo also took the opportunity to accuse Emperor Renzong's concubine Shang Shi of not understanding compassion and shaking the country, and shang clan sneered at Renzong's favor. Empress Guo, who had always been stubborn, slapped Shang Shi in anger, but without thinking, she hit Renzong in the face who rushed to persuade him.
The empress dared to beat the emperor, such a great sin, and went through the history books for an unprecedented time.
This completely angered Renzong, remembering that the former empress dowager had concealed Renzong's lineage, and had long violated the etiquette system, coupled with the long suffering of adolescence, he decided to give the accomplice of the late former empress dowager a complete political reckoning.
Yan Wenying, the internal servant, privately stabbed this matter to Lü Yijian, the chancellor who had just resumed the dynasty. This made Lü Yijian, who was already at odds with Empress Guo, secretly rejoice, and his departure from beijing was due to Empress Guo. Therefore, he joined the meritorious fan yi and demanded that Emperor Renzong depose Guo's empress dowager on the grounds that he had no children for nine years after his establishment.
Although the empress's crime of beating the emperor is not forgiven, but it is also necessary to find a legitimate reason for killing people. The reason for this "nine years without children" was really too far-fetched, so a group of people led by Kong Daofu, Fan Zhongyun, and Sun Zude wrote to oppose it. Lü Yijian knew that he was wrong, so he suppressed the minister's performance and did not report it.
In desperation, Fan Zhongyan and the others had no choice but to come to the door of the Weeping Arch Hall to meet the emperor. What I didn't expect was that Emperor Renzong didn't see them at all, and Lü Yijian also came with them in front of the temple gate. The next day, the Holy Decree was issued, and Fan Zhongyan was demoted to the outer port as an official, and special envoys were also sent to escort Fan Zhongyan and others out of the city immediately.
In December of the second year of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Renzong issued an edict to abolish it. Edict: The Empress was willing to enter the Dao as childless, and was specially named Concubine Jing, the Jade Jing Chong Miao Immortal Master. Give the name Qing Wu, don't live in Changning Palace.
After Empress Guo was deposed, Emperor Renzong further consolidated his authority and was finally able to enter and exit the harem unimpeded. Unbridled indulgence finally dragged down Renzong's body, and he was once again "hesitant." This time, not only the ministers of the court, but even the harem empress, and the concubines could not bear to look at it, and they wrote to persuade Emperor Renzong to stay away from beauty and take care of the dragon body.
Emperor Renzong had no choice but to ask Yan Wenying to take Shang and Second Concubine Yang out of the palace. Renzong, who had calmed down, was also becoming more and more sober, and the sober Renzong was still a good emperor who was diligent and loved the people. One day, he said to his political participation, "Seek virtue and govern from within." It means marrying a woman of high moral character from a famous family to manage the harem. Soon, a palace maid surnamed Chen appeared in Emperor Renzong's field of vision, and the woman also received the approval of Empress Yang.
Emperor Renzong thought that this time it should be logical, but he did not expect to be unanimously opposed by the ministers, because this woman surnamed Chen was born in Shangjia. In feudal society, the social status of merchants was even lower than that of peasants, and the scholar did not marry the emperor.
In September of the first year of the Jing Dynasty, Emperor Renzong established Cao Bin's descendant Cao Bin as his successor. Although Empress Cao was eligible in all aspects, Emperor Renzong did not like her, and after marriage, Emperor Renzong, in addition to handling political affairs, was to cultivate land and raise flowers and practice calligraphy, Empress Cao did not do too much entanglement, and the husband and wife lived a life of respect and respect.
As the saying goes, "One day husband and wife for a hundred days", the name of Renzong is worthy of a benevolent word, and as time went on, he remembered the long-deposed Empress Guo. In fact, no matter what Empress Guo had done, her ultimate goal was nothing more than "to win the hearts of one person, and the white head was not separated", neither for fame nor for profit.
In fact, I think Renzong is only feeling guilty because of the passage of time, but this makes Lü Yijian suspicious of a dark ghost, thinking that one day Guo Shi will sit in the back seat again, then he must not retaliate against him.
Just at this time, Empress Guo fell ill, and Yan Wenying sent a medical officer to diagnose and treat it, and soon after Guo died of a violent illness. There are also rumors that Guo did not die immediately after Yan Wenying was poisoned, but Yan Wenying falsely reported Guo's death, and then suffocated Guo alive in a coffin.
The rumor soon reached Renzong's ears, and Renzong was furious and sent people to investigate thoroughly, but in the end it was fruitless. Emperor Renzong had no choice but to demote him to Lingnan, which can be described as "many acts of injustice will kill himself", and Yan Wenying died on the way to Lingnan.