In 961, when the first empress dowager of the Song Dynasty was about to die, she told Zhao Kuangyin: "Don't pass the throne to your son!" ”
At that time, the Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin's yellow robe was added, and someone specially rushed to report to Empress Du: "Your son has become emperor!" ”
Hearing this, Empress Dowager Du smiled faintly: "My son has had great ambitions since he was a child, and now it seems that this is indeed the case." ”
Being officially named empress dowager, which was the greatest honor, the Manchu ministers all came to congratulate him, but Empress Du was sullen.
A minister asked, "As the saying goes, a mother is precious to a son." Now that you are the empress dowager of a country, why are you not happy at all? ”
The empress dowager said: "It is difficult to be an emperor, and if there is no way to govern the country, the throne is naturally long; if there is no way and the country is in turmoil, it is impossible to be a common people." That's what worries me! ”
This is to tell Taizu that the task of governing the country is heavy and the road is long. After Taizu listened, he immediately knelt down in front of the empress dowager and swore: "My son will definitely obey your teachings!" ”
In the second year of the establishment of the Great Song Dynasty, Empress Du fell seriously ill, and she knew that her limit had arrived, so she decided to make a mysterious will and found the hero Zhao Pu.
Empress Dowager Du asked her son, "How did the world come down?" ”
Taizu waited for the soup medicine, and he thought for a moment and said, "I can gain the world because my ancestors and mothers have accumulated great virtue." ”
The empress dowager shook her head repeatedly: "No, it is because Zhou Shizong let the little emperor govern the world." If there were older people in the later weeks who became emperors at that time, would there still be your share in the world? ”
Yes, Taizu even nodded, why didn't he think of it? A few words from the queen mother made him open up.
Seeing her son nodding, Empress Dowager Du quickly made a will: "After you die, pass the throne to your younger brother." The Song Dynasty was able to establish the elderly as kings, which was a blessing for the country. ”
Taizu knelt down and cried and prostrated, "I dare not listen to your teachings!" ”
Empress Dowager Du nodded happily, "You can put the sheji first, the queen mother can't ask for it!" ”
Empty words have no evidence, and the standing words are proof. Empress Dowager Du asked Zhao Pu to write the will into an edict, and at the end of the three words, "Chenpu Book", was then hidden in a gold cabinet and kept by a special person.
I am @ Moonlight Weituo, after Taizu died, he did pass the throne to his younger brother Zhao Guangyi.
In terms of kinship, Taizu expected his son to inherit the throne. However, at the beginning of the Great Song Dynasty, the foundation was still unstable, and for the sake of the long-term development of the country, Taizu took into account the overall situation and gave up the interests of his son.
The influence of mothers on children is far-reaching, and Empress Dowager Du has experienced five generations of chaos, and she can learn lessons from history and prevent micro-gradualism.
Later, Emperor Gaozong of Song had no heirs, so he passed the throne to his adopted son Song Xiaozong. The Song Dynasty's Jiangshan, turning around, returned to the descendants of Zhao Kuangyin.
Song Xiaozong became the most effective emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, rehabilitating unjust cases for Yue Fei, recovering the lost land in the Central Plains, rectifying corrupt officials, developing agriculture, and entering the Zhongxing period of the Song Dynasty, known in history as the "Rule of Qianchun".
