If life is only as it first sees, Song Renzong and Zhao Zhen may not suffer the blow of the triple family tragedy. He has worked hard to find maternal love all his life, but unfortunately the love between mother and child is always missing; He tried to pursue marital happiness, but was repeatedly frustrated; He also hoped that his descendants would continue, but the imperial heir was unkind and unfilial. Why did this once-acclaimed emperor suffer so much in his family life?
1. The mother and son of the royal bloodline are by mistake
Song Renzong Zhao Zhen has been separated from his biological mother Li since he was a child. It is said that Zhao Zhen was taken away by Liu E as soon as he was born and raised as a parent. Liu E was originally Song Zhenzong's concubine and had a humble status. In that year, after the death of Song Zhenzong, Song Renzong's grandmother, Empress Dowager Zhao, came to the dynasty and canonized Liu E as the queen, and Zhao Zhen also entered the Forbidden Land.
Zhao Zhen ascended the throne as the emperor at a young age, and the relationship between mother and son is naturally difficult to be intimate. Liu E, as an adoptive mother, strictly requires Zhao Zhen to only allow Jinyi to travel at night, and never allow him to mess with flowers and grass. It wasn't until the elderly Liu E drove the crane to the west that the surrounding eunuchs told Zhao Zhen's biological mother's life experience. It turned out that Li was just a maid of Liu E, and soon after Zhao Zhen was born, she disappeared from Yulong, and she didn't even have the chance to see her for the last time.
Although Liu E is angry and negligent, her merits and demerits are beyond reproach for cultivating the prince for the country. On the other hand, the Li family is really disappointed in his duty as a biological mother. However, fate made people, Li unfortunately died, and Zhao Zhen never saw his mother's face. This mother and son are really a tragedy of mistakes and passing by!
Second, the best period of the palace is always hard to find
Zhao Zhen grew up in the palace since he was a child, and he is well-informed about the beauties of the harem. When he grew up and ascended the throne, choosing a queen was naturally the most important thing for him. At that time, Zhao Zhen was most fond of Zhang Meiren's beauty and talent. It's a pity that the Empress Dowager Liu, who was in power, did not agree, but instead registered the Guo family who entered the palace at the same time as the queen.
Guo is the granddaughter of Guo Chong, the envoy of the Hedong Army, and has a prominent background and won the favor of Empress Dowager Liu. Although Zhao Zhen didn't like Guo very much, he had no choice but to reluctantly marry her. After marriage, Zhao Zhen was estranged from Queen Guo, but became closer and more fond to Zhang Meiren.
Queen Guo was fierce by nature, and when she saw this, she was furious and slapped Zhang in the face. Zhao Zhen hurriedly came to theorize when he heard the news, but Guo was too excited, and a palm accidentally fell on Zhao Zhen's neck. Zhao Zhen was extremely corrupt, so he deposed the Guo family as a concubine, and only made a thin position of "pure concubine". Although Zhang Meiren was favored, she could not escape the fate of being "reprimanded" in the end.
After a few years, Zhao Zhen suddenly remembered Guo's Ji Qiu Duanfang and sent envoys to visit her. Guo was still reserved as a queen, and politely rejected Zhao Zhen's invitation to a private meeting. Zhao Zhen had no choice but to re-canonize her as the queen. Who knew that at this moment, Guo died unexpectedly, and some people speculated that it was plotted by Zhao Zhen's henchmen.
In this way, Zhao Zhen's position as queen finally fell to Cao Bin's granddaughter Cao. Although the Cao family came from a prominent background, it was obviously not Zhao Zhen's favorite. And his favorite Zhang Meiren also disappeared at the age of thirty-one, which made Zhao Zhen very sad. In general, Zhao Zhen's married life can be described as full of twists and turns!
3. Zhao Zhen's royal benefit for the new era
During the reign of Zhao Zhen, he not only personally governed well, but also vigorously promoted scholars and scholars, and respected Wenzhi and martial arts. Song Renzong loved calligraphy and had the reputation of "Zhao Wengong", and his diligence in martial arts was even more well-known. Under his advocacy, the culture of the Song Dynasty was vibrant and prosperous.
As an emperor, Zhao Zhen is most praised for the implementation of the "main tax field" policy. The core of this policy was to reduce the burden on farmers by placing the fields under the management of the government and requiring the peasants to pay only land taxes. After the implementation of this policy, the quality of life of the peasants has been greatly improved, and the foundation for social stability has been laid.
In addition, Zhao Zhen also issued amnesty decrees on several occasions to pardon or reduce the punishment of criminals. This not only demonstrates the royal benevolence, but also makes the people of Li full of yearning and care for the Zhao Zhen Dynasty. It was these policies and measures for the benefit of the people that made Zhao Zhen famous and became a "virtuous monarch" respected by the people.
However, the praise of a generation of wise saints does not seem to hide the shadow of his family's tragedy. Even though he is decisive and wise in major national affairs and diligent and conscientious in bringing benefits to the people, Zhao Zhen cannot escape the dilemma of family grievances after all. For such a wise monarch, family life has become an obsession that he can't let go, which shows the pain and helplessness in his heart.
Fourth, the adopted son succeeded to the throne and gave birth to a daughter who was humiliated
For many years after Zhao Zhen ascended the throne, he has always had no children under his knees. In his later years, he selected a child from his younger brother Zhao Zhen's family as his heir and was registered as Yingzong. After Yingzong ascended the throne, he became more and more indifferent to Zhao Zhen's only biological daughter, Zhao Huirou.
At first, when Zhao Zhen ascended the throne, Zhao Huirou was still young and was generously supported by the royal family in the forbidden palace. As for Yingzong's succession, not only was his biological mother Zhao Zhen's favor much worse than before, but Zhao Huirou was gradually distant. Once, the Ying Sect sent someone to send a message to send Zhao Huirou out of the palace.
Zhao Huirou was in great pain and reluctant to leave the place where she was born and raised. Helplessly, Yingzong insisted, and she had to leave the royal residence crying. Since then, he has lived a life of poverty, during which he has suffered countless insults and insults.
The root cause of Yingzong's treatment of his aunt is nothing more than the tyranny of eunuchs. After Yingzong ascended the throne, the power was gradually controlled by relatives and eunuchs, and these people, in order to seek personal gains, attacked the side branches of the royal family everywhere and suppressed Zhao Huirou and others.
What happened to Zhao Huirou is really deplorable. She was originally a royal clansman, and her biological mother was the first emperor Song Renzong, so she should have been sheltered. Helplessly, power changed hands, and Yingzong avoided her. What's more, it is not surprising that the eunuchs of the relatives corrupted the dynasty, resulting in the anomie of the royal order, and the abuse of the collateral.
Fifth, the mother and son are filial and filial piety lacks a game of chess
Summing up the life of Song Renzong Zhao Zhen, it is not difficult to find that he experienced hardships in family life. Whether it is his mother, wife or daughter, he seems to lack the kindness and love he deserves.
After Zhao Zhen was born, he was taken away by his adoptive mother Liu E, and passed by his biological mother Li, which was doomed to the fate of missing maternal love. Although Liu E is strict and loves him a lot, she can't replace her biological mother's embrace after all. It was not until Liu E's death that Zhao Zhen knew the whereabouts of his biological mother, but at that time, the Li family had passed away for many years, and there was no possibility of reuniting the relationship between mother and son.
In terms of married life, Zhao Zhen is also bumpy. He loved Zhang Meiren the most back then, but he was forced to marry Guo by Empress Dowager Liu. After marriage, he was even more fond of Zhang, which caused the dissatisfaction of Empress Dowager Guo. Although Guo was later re-admitted as a concubine, she died young soon after. Zhao Zhen had to marry another Cao family, but he also lacked sincere love for her.
Zhao Zhen's only biological daughter, Zhao Huirou, was even more cold at the hands of her adopted son Yingzong, who succeeded to the throne. Yingzong not only reduced the favor of his biological mother Song Renzong, but also expelled Zhao Huirou from the royal residence, leaving her destitute. As a clan relative, Zhao Huirou's experience is really miserable.
In the final analysis, although Song Renzong enjoyed the honor of the emperor with supreme power in his life, in his family life, he never won the love of his mother and wife, and the filial piety of his sons and daughters. It is this lack of this, coupled with the rampant eunuchs of foreign relatives, that has led to his repeated family tragedies. As a generation of wise monarchs, Zhao Zhen is indeed worthy of people's nostalgia, but his unfortunate personal life experience is also sad!