It turned out that there was a queen, and this person was the Guo family. Queen Guo has never been favored. At first, I took a fancy to beautiful Zhang and wanted to make her queen. However, Empress Liu, who was in charge of state affairs, tended to the Guo family, which became the queen.
Song Renzong doesn't like Queen Guo, but Queen Guo is also very jealous and constantly competes with the concubines in the harem. In order to keep Song Renzong away from other concubines, she even sent someone to watch the emperor, which made Song Renzong very angry. After the death of Empress Liu, Song Renzong began to neglect Queen Guo.
Finally, Song Renzong deposed Queen Guo because she had no children. The queen was abolished, so her adoptive mother, Queen Yang, took Cao Shi into the palace. Finally, at the unanimous request of ministers, Cao Shi was made queen. Cao is six years younger than Cao. Actually, I don't like her, but I want Zhang, her favorite princess and queen. Why?
First, Queen Cao was married. Before she entered the palace, she was engaged to Li Zhi, Li's son. However, Li left her marriage on her wedding day. Give it back to your parents' home in the future? So when Queen Cao entered the palace, she was 18 years old.
Second, the ministers demanded it. Song Renzong had no feelings for Cao Shi, but Empress Yang took a fancy to her. Out of filial piety, Song Renzong could not disobey Empress Dowager Cixi. But ministers forced him to do so, which made him very disgusted, so he transferred his anger to Cao Shi.
On the 15th night of the first month of the eighth year in Li Qing, several guards rebelled. Thanks to Cao's calmness, she protected Song Renzong. However, instead of ingratitude, Song Renzong thinks that this rebellion is the credit that Queen Cao can show off in front of her. Therefore, afterwards, he not only did not thank Queen Cao, but even attributed the credit to Zhang, the favorite princess, and promoted her to the imperial concubine. It can be seen that I really don't like Queen Cao.
In that case, why did he agree to let Cao Shi be the queen? In fact, as long as everyone knows the family background of Queen Cao, all the puzzles will be solved.
Cao Shi became queen because of her distinguished family background. Her grandfather was Cao Bin, the founder of the Northern Song Dynasty. At the beginning, Cao Bin destroyed Houshu, Nantang and Northern Han successively, and made outstanding achievements, which was highly valued by emperors such as Song Taizu, Song Taizong and Song Zhenzong. When Cao Bin died, Song Zhenzong personally went to pay homage.
Cao Bin, posthumous title, Song Zhenzong, was the secretariat, the king of Jiyang County, posthumous title, and paid tribute to Wu Hui. He felt that it was not enough to recognize Cao Bin's achievements before his death, so he named his wife Mrs. Gao as Mrs. Han, raised all the people in the Cao family, and even the servants of the Cao family were knighted.
As the saying goes, like father, like son, after Cao Bin's death, his sons continued to serve the court. Cao Bin has seven sons, six of whom are military commanders. Cao Can, the eldest son, was as independent as his father when he was in Song Taizong. The fourth son Cao Wei is the most capable. He made many achievements in the northwest, which made the Tangut? Dare not peep at the edge until you die? .
Song Zhenzong once said: Liu Yun and Cao Biner are the only people who can stand on their own feet without slamming the door. ?
Ouyang Xiu also said:? King Cao Wu Hui, a famous nation, has unparalleled achievements. ?
Queen Cao was born in such a prominent family. It is obvious why Queen Yang and her ministers chose her. So even if Song Renzong doesn't like her, she must still respect the opinions of the Queen Mother and ministers.
As for the reason why Empress Cao has been neglected, it has not been abolished. In addition to the strong family background behind Queen Cao and the support of Korean literati, there is also her own caution and tolerance.
Song Renzong's favorite is Zhang Guifei. She always wanted to be a queen. However, he is also arrogant and arrogant, and he doesn't care about Queen Cao at all. Once Zhang Guifei wanted to travel. In order to show her position in the palace, she planned to use the queen's etiquette.
More unexpectedly, Song Renzong also agreed with her to do so, and asked her to borrow it from the Queen. After listening to her explanation, Queen Cao did not show any unhappiness, but readily agreed to her. Zhang Guifei went back and told Song Renzong happily that Song Renzong felt a little guilty about the tolerant attitude of the Queen, so he persuaded Zhang Guifei not to use the Queen's etiquette, which was unreasonable after all.
Although Queen Cao didn't get the favor, she kept the position of the harem with her caution and tolerance. She stayed in the palace for 28 years. Until her death, the Cao family did not decline, but became more prominent and even reached? Today, it is said that Cao is the leader of the vassal king. The degree of.