Tang Dynasty woman

Chapter 89
Song Ruoxian took the opportunity to follow Wansui all day long, and accompanied him to dinner and bed, because among the sisters, she was the closest to Song Ruozhao in appearance. Sure enough, Emperor Xianzong transferred his infatuation to Song Ruoxian again, and at the same time handed over the power of controlling the harem to Song Ruoxian alone.Song Ruoxian was even better than Song Ruozhao in terms of having fun, and the extravagance and waste in the palace became more and more day by day, and Emperor Xianzong became more and more frustrated with playing with things.

The three young and beautiful sisters, Song Ruoxian, Song Ruolun, and Song Ruoxun, firmly held the amorous emperor into their trap, while seeking power and accepting bribes. Outside, the eunuch Wang Shoucheng, the lieutenant of Shence, communicated secretly with Song Ruoxian, and Wang Shoucheng reconciled with him again. His buddies formed a large number of followers in the court, oppressing the good and the cowardly, and all the upright ministers in the court were squeezed out of their positions, but they were afraid of the power of Song Ruoxian's sisters, and they dared not speak out. Only the upright Prime Minister Li Zongmin , Li Deyu went to the palace to participate in Wang Shoucheng's collusion with the palace ban, and he was in collusion.Helpless at this time, Xianzong was obsessed with sister Song Ruoxian, so naturally he often heard from Song Ruoxian that Wang Shoucheng was a loyal minister and a good official. Of course, the words of a beauty were more credible than those of other ministers, so no matter how Li Zongmin remonstrated face to face, Emperor Xianzong would never believe it. Song Ruoxian was in charge of all memorials and official documents, and she hid the memorials when she saw any loyal and upright ministers admonishing them.

From then on, Xianzong only listened to the flattery of sycophants, which made the emperor more dizzy, and often rewarded the three sisters in large quantities. They all came to bribe her, even the prince consort had to bribe her. The gold that the son-in-law gave Song Ruoxian privately was 10 taels.Song Ruoxian secretly transported all the money back to Qingyang's hometown, and handed it to her father Song Tingfen for collection, so that he could enjoy it in the Sunrise Palace.Because Song Ruoxian only has the name of a bachelor in the palace, unlike concubines, after the death of the emperor, they can go out of the palace and go home to enjoy the wealth and honor. This is the real intention of their sisters who refuse to be concubines even after they die It's really unpredictable.

It is also for this reason that the Song Ruoxian sisters, who have always been harsh and tolerant, don't mind the emperor favoring other women. They have no sour taste in this regard, and instead work with the concubines to confuse the emperor. The sooner the emperor dies, The sooner they will be free and unrestrained, the Emperor Xianzong can't see through their unpredictable deep scheming, even though they can't smell the sour smell, he will dote on the three tolerant Song sisters even more; so the harem Among them, twenty or thirty beauties surrounded the emperor at once, and attracted Xianzong to have sex in the palace for days and nights with all kinds of charming and lewd voices. His energy gradually weakened.

But at this time, the group of monks and Taoists in the palace saw that the emperor was obsessed with women's lust, so they secretly discussed how to restore the heart of Long Live Lord to practice Buddhism and Taoism. They thought of bribing Song Ruoxian.

3. Regicide and Chaos
Emperor Xianzong led his concubines to play in the imperial palace all day long. He hated not having a good time, so he called Huangfu Bo, the governor, and Cheng Yi, the supervisor of iron, to spend millions of treasury silver to build Linde Hall, Longshou Pool, Chenghui Hall.

There is a Dragon Palace built on the Longshou Pool, which is extremely luxurious, rich and exquisite, and Xianzong and Song Ruoxian lived in it.Soon, Song Ruoxian, who lived in the Dragon Palace, became pregnant, so those flattering courtiers all told that Mr. Ruoxian was pregnant with dragon species, and when October was full, the boy who gave birth to the ground was indeed of extraordinary appearance, with a loud cry .Song Ruoxian took advantage of the joyful opportunity of Emperor Xianzong to hurriedly say that this is a precious son bestowed by God to His Majesty, and His Majesty should bless this son.

Then Song Ruoxian added a few words easily, helping Emperor Xianzong successfully recall the group of monks and Taoists in the past.So Liu Mi and Futu Datong, the alchemists who said they could bless and prolong the life of others, were ordered to set up a dojo in the palace, and performed rituals for 33 days to bless the newborn prince.

The alchemist Liu Mi also presented an aphrodisiac called immortality. After taking it, Xianzong felt that his energy was doubled.At this time, besides Song Ruoxian, Xianzong favored more than a dozen people, including Zhang Zhaoyi, Wu Zuopin, and Jin Liangdi. He never tires of battles, he is able to spread the rain and dew, his love is strong, and he summons seven or eight concubines every night, and those beauties are indeed coaxed by him, everyone is happy.

Emperor Xianzong built an alchemy room for Liu Bi in Huaqing Palace when he was happy. Xianzong often accompanied Liu Bi to practice alchemy and burn mercury in the room.After being smelted in the alchemy furnace, these gold nuggets turned into elixir. After taking it, Xianzong felt that it was ten times more effective than pills, and he would feel refreshed and healthy for a long time.Concubine Guo Gui knew about it, so she tried her best to persuade Emperor Dezong, saying that gold and stone are not suitable for the human body, please long live to get rid of gold and stone, and find another way to prolong life.Not only did Xianzong not listen to Concubine Guo Gui, but he would never see her again, no matter how much she asked to see her, she would not agree to it. As for many admonishing doctors, they went to memorials to persuade them, which was the same end.

Seeing that Liu Bi was gaining power, Futu Datong also told Emperor Dezong that Buddhism is boundless. There is a Buddha finger bone on the pagoda of Fengxiang Famen Temple. Bless you, live forever.Emperor Xianzong immediately decreed that the presiding monks of all temples in Beijing, along with the imperial envoys, went to Fengxiang Famen Temple to welcome the Buddha bone.On the day when the Buddha bones arrived in the capital, the alleys were empty, and the roads were crowded with worshiping men and women.

Han Yu, a great Confucian of a generation, a master of articles, and a servant of the Ministry of Justice, saw that Emperor Xianzong only knew superstition about immortals and Buddhas and left state affairs behind him, so he used the matter of welcoming Buddha's bones to write a utterly loyal memorial:

The Buddha, one of the Yi Di's ears!It has entered China since the later Han Dynasty, and it has never existed in ancient times.In the past, Huangdi reigned for 80 years and was 79 years old; Shaohao was 90 years old and was 70 years old; Zhuanxu was 98 years old for 75 years; Emperor Ku was 50 years old for 97 years; Yao was 93 years old , one hundred years old; Emperor Shun and Yu were both a hundred years old, and then Tang was also a hundred years old, Tang Sun Taiwu reigned for 18 years, and Wu Ding reigned for [-] years. Not less than a hundred years old.King Wen of Zhou was [-] years old, King Wu was [-] years old, and King Mu reigned for a hundred years.At that time, Buddhism had not yet arrived in China.It is not because of the Buddha.Buddhism began to exist during the reign of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty. Emperor Ming reigned for only [-] years.Below Song, Qi, Liang, Chen, Yuan, and Wei, people became more and more serious about Buddhism, especially in the age of time.

However, Emperor Wudi of Liang reigned for 48 years. He gave up his life three times before and after to give to the Buddha. The ancestral temple sacrifices did not need to be slaughtered. He ate only vegetables and fruits. Later, he was forced by Hou Jing to starve to death in Taicheng, and the country was also destroyed.If you serve the Buddha, you will be blessed, but you will be even more cursed.From this point of view, it can be known that the Buddha is not trustworthy!Gaozu first accepted Sui Zen, and he proposed to get rid of it. At that time, the beautiful officials did not have far-sighted knowledge, and could not delve into the way of the ancestors, the ancient and modern, and explained the sages to save the disadvantages. The matter stopped, and the officials often hated it!Today, His Majesty ordered the monks to welcome the bones of the Buddha to Fengxiang, to view them from the imperial tower, and to enter the palace. He also ordered all the temples to make more offerings. Although I am very stupid, I must know that Your Majesty is not confused by the Buddha, and this worship is to pray for good fortune.But with the joy of a good harvest and the heart of favoritism, he set up a strange view for the common people in Kyoto, which is very interesting!An You, who is as wise as His Majesty, is willing to believe such things?However, the people are stupid, easy to be confused and difficult to understand; if you see that your majesty said that you really believe in Buddhism, it is said that the Son of Heaven is a great sage, and you still believe in it with one heart. The group undresses and looses money, and from day to night, they follow suit, lest in the future, the old and the young will run around and abandon their livelihoods.If you don't increase the prohibition immediately, if you go to the temples, there will be people who have broken arms and bodies to make offerings to.

It's not a trivial matter to be immoral and spread laughter everywhere.The Buddha is originally a barbarian and Di, who does not understand the Chinese language, wears special clothes, does not speak the words of the ancestors, and does not obey the laws of the ancestors; he does not know the righteousness of the monarch and his ministers, and the relationship between father and son. If he is still alive, he will come to the capital. Then, it's just that when Xuanzheng sees, the concierge is set up, the clothes are given, and the guards come out of the country, so as not to confuse the public.What's more, his body has been dead for a long time, and his rotten bones should be banned in the palace?Begging and paying Yousi, cast all kinds of water and fire, eliminate the doubts of the world, eliminate the confusion of the previous generation, and let the people of the world know that the actions of the great sage are definitely out of ordinary things.If the Buddha has a spirit, he can cause misfortune, and if there is misfortune, he will be added to his body!Heaven has learned from you, and I will not regret it!

Xianzong read it but angrily accused Han Yu of blasphemy against gods and Buddhas, and he was about to be sentenced to death immediately.Fortunately, the prime minister, Pei Du, upheld justice and wrote a letter, saying that although Han Yu's language is crazy and rebellious, he is loyal in heart, and he should be tolerant to open his way.Xianzong was still furious, and after Cui Qun's group of ministers pleaded repeatedly, the emperor read it for the sake of the ministers and prime ministers, and demoted Han Yu from the position of Minister of Punishment to the governor of Chaozhou.

From then on, Emperor Xianzong stayed with monks and Taoists all day long in the palace. Not only did no civil and military men in the Manchu Dynasty dare to persuade them, but they followed the holy will.But Huangfu Bo did a better job. In order to make himself a traitor who was scolded by everyone behind his back, he took the lead in enshrining the honorary title of Emperor Xianzong, and called him the Emperor of Yuanhe Shengwen Shenwufa Tianyingdao. Make a lot of congratulatory gifts.As a result, the families of the people were ruined for a while, the young and the strong were displaced, the fields were barren, and the ghosts cried at night.

At this time, Liu Bi combined the cruel golden stone elixir. After taking it, Xianzong, who had long been exhausted because of his lust for women, was very brave again, so Liu Mi was able to be reused as a Hanlin waiting for imperial edict.Because Emperor Xianzong took too much medicine, he was poisoned by heat and had a very irritable temper. When he got angry, he would kill the eunuchs who were accompanying him indiscriminately. All the servants were in danger, so Wang Shoucheng, Chen Hongzhi, Ma Jintan, Liu Cheng , Wei Yuanyuan and other eunuchs were secretly plotting major events.

At this time, the trusted ministers of Xianzong formed various factions, Liu Mi, Huangfu Ping and Tutu Chengcui, and eunuchs Wang Shoucheng and Chen Hongzhi also formed dead parties and fought against each other.Xianzong only cared about indulging in the lust of immortals and Buddhas, and allowed ministers outside the court and eunuchs in the palace to compete for power with each other.

There are many private parties, and each party has a prince, and each prince has the heart to seize the throne, so all the private parties and princes are secretly planning and operating in a hurry.In such a big environment, Prince Li Hengyi was very panicked when he heard that he was very likely to be murdered, so he quietly sent someone to ask Ji Yu's uncle Sinongqing Guo Zhao.Guo Zhao went to the palace to meet the crown prince, and persuaded him, "Your Highness only needs to be filial and respectful, and wait for the destiny. Don't be afraid."

In a few days, it will be New Year's Day in the 15th year of Yuanhe, and all the officials gathered in Linde Hall to congratulate.Emperor Xianzong's spirit was very healthy, and he gave all the officials a banquet in the Mingguang Hall.During the banquet, the monarchs and ministers threw songs in the pot, and they didn't break up happily until dusk.Unexpectedly, the next day, the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs was notified that the emperor's holy car had already arrived. The minister hurried into the palace and walked to the front of the Zhonghe Hall. Inside the hall was the imperial bedroom. Surround the gate of the palace, and don't let all the ministers go in.Looking at the door, the group of eunuchs Wang Shoucheng, Chen Hongzhi, Ma Jintan, Liu Cheng, Wei Yuansu and others held their swords and glared.Chen Hongzhi said loudly to the ministers outside the door: "Long Live Lord died of poison due to mistaken intake of golden elixir last night."

Guo Zhao asked loudly, "Can the Emperor Daxing leave a will?" Wang Shoucheng replied, "The will ordered the crown prince Li Heng to be the successor, and he was appointed Sikong and Zhongshuling Han Hong to take the post. The prince is now in the dormitory. .”

Tutu Chengcui, who was caught off guard and made it difficult for Li Yun, the second prince supported by his own faction, to ascend to the throne, was extremely disappointed, and asked loudly and angrily: "Long live Lord was drinking and having fun yesterday, why did he die without illness today?" ?As courtiers, we cannot serve decoctions and medicines in person, but we have to pay homage to the corpse! How can you hang a sword in the palace to stop the ministers!?" As he said, he grabbed the party they wanted to support with one hand The sleeve of the robe of Li Yun, the second prince Li Wang, rushed into the palace.The halberd-wielding warriors blocked the palace gate with their halberds, and two quarrels broke out. Huangfu Po and Linghu Chu saw that the quarrel became more and more violent, so they stepped forward and tried their best to persuade Tutu Chengcui and Li Wang Li Yun to leave the palace.

Unexpectedly, the next day, Tutu Chengcui and Li Wang Li Yun were stabbed to death on the way back to the mansion. People in the capital all rumored that the group of eunuchs sent assassins to do it quietly.At this time, the palace was surrounded by eunuchs, and no one dared to tell the new emperor the news. Tutu Chengcui and Li Wang Li Yun lost their lives in vain.The legend of the people in the Manchu capital is that Emperor Xianzong was also stabbed to death by eunuchs.

At dusk that day, Emperor Xianzong came back to the palace after the banquet, and when he reached the gate of the Hall of Zhonghe, he ordered the guards to retreat, leaving only two young eunuchs holding a pair of gauze lanterns, and slowly walked into the palace.As soon as he walked to the main corridor, he suddenly heard the sound of men and women laughing and playing in the room. Xianzong's temperament, which had been made very irritable by the pill, immediately made him lose his temper, but before he had time to shout angrily, the room A man and a woman ran out, the man ran away in front, the woman chased after her and kept calling "little darling", the man pretended to run away, but kept turning his face, He smiled at the woman, intending to hook her and chase after her.Emperor Xianzong came towards him, but neither of them noticed until the man bumped into Emperor Xianzong.

Xianzong shouted loudly, and the couple just stopped.Through the light in the corridor, Xianzong saw clearly that the man was Wang Shoucheng, the eunuch, and the woman was Song Ruoxian, a scholar.Xianzong saw his favorite person do this kind of thing with his own eyes, so angry that he couldn't speak, he pulled out the sword hanging from the little eunuch's waist, and stabbed Song Ruoxian's breast.Unexpectedly, Wang Shoucheng also swung his sword behind him, and reached the position a little faster and one step earlier than him.

When Emperor Xianzong was stabbed deeply in the waist and eyes, the sword that Xianzong stabbed at Song Ruoxian still stayed in the air.Emperor Xianzong yelled "Ah yo", fell to the ground and died.

When Song Ruoxian saw the catastrophe of regicide, he was so frightened that he cried out "Yeah".Wang Shoucheng took a step forward and pressed Song Ruoxian's mouth.When he got to this point, he simply kept on doing nothing, and immediately summoned a group of powerful accomplices in the palace, Chen Hongzhi, Ma Jintan, Liu Cheng, Wei Yuansu, and lieutenant Liang Shouqian, etc. Decided to hypothesize that the emperor accidentally swallowed the golden elixir and collapsed due to poisoning. At the same time, he placed the emperor's body on the dragon bed, wiped off the blood, stuffed the wound on his waist with cotton wool, covered it with a dragon robe, and buried the body in the palace. In the palace, no one was allowed into the palace to see the emperor's corpse.

Then they borrowed the emperor's edict to summon the prince Li Heng to enter the palace, and kept him in the east side hall until the emperor's coffin was finished. Then the prince Li Heng was able to take over the emperor's throne, called Mu Zong, and changed his year name to Taiji Hall. Changqing.

This year was 820 A.D. From this year, from this generation of emperors, from then on, the abolition and establishment of the emperors of the Li and Tang Dynasties were all controlled by eunuchs.

After Mu Zong Li Heng came to the throne, he honored Mu Zong's biological mother, Guo Guifei, as the Queen Mother, so the Queen Mother Guo was welcomed to live in Xingqing Palace.Every good day, Mu Zong led the concubines of the six palaces to accompany the Empress Dowager Guo to visit and have a banquet in the imperial garden.

(End of this chapter)