Song Huizong was the most accomplished of many emperors in history,Chinese and some people in later generations commented that Song Huizong did everything well, but he could not be an emperor. It is said that when Emperor Huizong of Song was born, his father dreamed of Li Yu, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, which may be a hint from heaven that both were very artistic emperors, but neither had outstanding performance in governing the country. Song Huizong and Li Yu do have many similarities, during their reign, they only paid attention to their own pleasures, did not consider the suffering of the people, especially Song Huizong, obsessed with female color, surrounded by countless beautiful women.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > favor zheng</h1>
Song Huizong's first wife, Empress Wang, was an ordinary-looking woman who would not please Emperor Huizong of Song, and Emperor Huizong of Song did not like this wife, at that time Emperor Huizong of Song was very fond of Zheng Guifei and Wang Guifei, both of whom looked above ordinary people, with sharp teeth, they were originally just the palace women who took care of the empress dowager in the empress dowager's palace, every time Song Huizong went to the empress dowager's palace, it was the two of them who were responsible for serving Song Huizong, and the empress dowager saw that Song Huizong loved these two women very much, and when Song Huizong ascended the throne, The empress dowager gave these two palace ladies to Emperor Huizong of Song. Among these two women, Song Huizong was more fond of Zheng, Zheng was a woman who liked to read, Song Huizong admired her talent very much, and even asked Zheng to help him read the song, after the death of Empress Wang, Song Huizong made Zheng a new empress.
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Song Huizong favored a lot of concubines, Liu Guifei is a very special one, just entered the harem, Liu Guifei got the favor of Song Huizong, Liu Guifei's family background is not good, but Liu Guifei looks very handsome, can be described as a flower and moon, Liu Guifei was originally only a talent when she entered the palace, in a very short period of time, she was promoted to the seventh level to become a noble concubine, but her face was short, and not long after becoming a noble concubine, Liu Guifei died. Liu Guifei once planted plantains in the yard with her own hands, when planting plantains, she said that she could not see the plantains grow up, when the attendants around her told this sentence to Song Huizong, but Song Huizong did not pay attention to it, two days later, Liu Guifei died, Song Huizong did not have time to see her last side, the heart was very sad, and wrote Liu Guifei's life deeds into a poem.
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Song Huizong's internal attendant Yang Jian told Song Huizong that there was a woman who was very outstanding in appearance and could be comparable to Wang Zhaojun, so Song Huizong summoned this woman, the woman Liu Shi was from a humble background, but her face was very beautiful, Song Huizong looked at her, he forgot about the dead Liu Guifei, and was with Liu Shi day and night, if Liu Shi was not by his side, then he could not do anything, the food was not fragrant, and he could not sleep. Liu Shi is also an unusual woman, she sews a new dress for herself every day, surprises Song Huizong every day, for a long time, Song Huizong is very fond of her, but with the passage of time, Liu Shi is no longer young and beautiful, song Huizong lost interest in her.
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Song Huizong was only a prince when he was addicted to female color, at that time there were many beautiful women around him, but after a long time, the women around him could not meet his needs, he would go to the Qinglou to find beautiful women, and even brought the Qinglou women back to the palace to live, after becoming the emperor, Song Huizong's vices still did not change, although his harem beauty was countless, he still felt that there was no fun, looking for flowers and willows everywhere.
At that time, there was a Qinglou woman named Li Shishi who was deeply loved by Song Huizong, song Huizong would often go to Li Shishi at night, secretly spend the night with her, and even go to the early dynasty, many ministers in the court knew about this matter, and found various excuses to cover up for Song Huizong, although the ministers all knew that the emperor's behavior was not allowed, but no one stood up to accuse Song Huizong, causing Song Huizong to become more and more arrogant. There was an official named Cao Fu who advised Song Huizong to take care of his body and not to do anything ridiculous and generous, which not only did not make Song Huizong restrain his behavior, but made Cao Fu lose his official position.
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In history, the vast majority of emperor harems are beautiful women like clouds, countless beautiful women, but like Song Huizong to see an emperor who loves one, in order to satisfy their own desires, Song Huizong regardless of his own identity, and even punished the ministers who advised and advised, it can be seen how unqualified Song Huizong is. Perhaps for Emperor Huizong of Song, he should not have been born in an imperial family, if he had only been born in an ordinary family, with his literary talent, he would definitely leave a name in history. However, he was chosen to become an emperor, no matter how high his achievements in painting and calligraphy, it is difficult to be recognized by people, after all, as an emperor, he did not do his job well, did not experience the suffering of the people, and eventually let the Song Dynasty perish.
References: Xuanhe Legacy