I will never be Renzong

Chapter 164

Inside the Chongzheng Hall, Zhao Zhen was holding a book in his hand, but all he could think about in his mind was the matter of having a son.

According to the official history, Song Renzong was an emperor with a rich and colorful harem life. He had many concubines and got married at the age of 13. But for some reason, no heirs were born. Until the fourth year of Jingyou, the Yu family gave birth to Zhao Zhen's first son. One child, Zhao Fang, the eldest son of the emperor.

Thinking about Song Renzong Zhao Zhen's 1022-year career as an emperor from 1036 AD to 14 AD, and before the age of 26, the harem was always empty, which is really incredible.

Zhao Zhen thinks that it is probably because Liu E's listening to the government behind the curtain has caused huge psychological and physical pressure on Zhao Zhen, so he has been unable to have children.

Zhao Zhen thinks that the former is the most suspected. If Zhao Zhen gave birth to a son while Liu E was hanging the curtain, once Zhao Zhen had any unruly actions and wanted to take charge of the government, it would definitely arouse Liu E's suspicion. It is not known whether he would have any other ideas for power.

And the most important point is that once the emperor gives birth to a son, it means that there will be successors in the country, and it also shows that the emperor has matured, so there is no need for the queen mother to hang down the curtain!

As for Zhao Zhen not being able to give birth, that is nonsense.

According to historical records, from the 4th year of Jingyou (1037) to the 1061th year of Jiayou (28), that is, from the age of 52 to [-], eight women gave birth to sixteen children for him, on average. Two children in three years is really not a small number.

But why did Song Renzong, who had a good reputation in the end, not even have an heir?As a result, the sons are all short-lived and left behind, and the daughters are also delicate and anxious.

Zhao Zhen studied Song Renzong before traveling through time, and specially discussed with others the reasons why Song Renzong had no successors. He mainly summarized it into two points.

First, the proportion of princesses is too high. Among Song Renzong's sixteen heirs, there are [-] princesses, accounting for more than [-]%. All three children are daughters.

Judging from Song Renzong's treatment of the beauty Zhang, as well as Wen Cheng's empress Zhang, and Dong, Song Renzong is relatively a more dedicated emperor. It is estimated that he was a light-hearted emperor in his previous life, so he has so many little lovers in this life.

Second, the premature death rate is too high.

Throughout the life of Song Renzong and Zhao Zhen, the sixteen children are like big waves washing the sand, and only four princesses survived to adulthood. Some people attribute this to genetic problems, which seems unscientific, because Song Renzong's princes and daughters also have living For example, the tenth daughter of Song Renzong, Princess Lu, lived to be more than 80 years old, and went through the seven dynasties of Renzong, Yingzong, Shenzong, Zhezong, Huizong, Qinzong, and Gaozong.But there are also mental disorders, such as Princess Fukang Zhao Huirou.

Some people say that when the Song Dynasty built the imperial palace, a large amount of mercury was used for anticorrosion, which led to such a high mortality rate.

Some people say it is a hereditary disease in the family.

Princes were relatively scarce in the first place, and the premature death rate was so high. As a result, none of the three princes could escape the fate of premature death.

The eldest son, Zhao Fang, was born in May of the fourth year of Jingyou, but died on the day he was born.

The second son, Zhao Xin, was born in August of the second year of Baoyuan, and died of a sudden illness in February of the second year of Kangding. Song Renzong wept miserably. (If you want to read Zhao Xin's story, please go to the next door "Being a Prince Through the Song Dynasty")
The third son, Zhao Xi, was born in August of the second year of Kangding, but in the first month of the third year of Qingli, before he was canonized as king, he unfortunately fell ill and died. Song Renzong was so sad that he ignored the court for three days.

Song Renzong went from adolescence to middle-aged and old age, but there was no crown prince in the palace. From Song Renzong to civil and military officials, they all fell into deep anxiety. There were also some restlessness with ulterior motives inside and outside the court, such as the doctor's son Leng Qing He even started to opportunistically pretend to be the prince.It's just that Bao Zheng went out to investigate later, the so-called prince was pure nonsense.

As for Song Renzong's illness in the later period, it has something to do with indulgence in wine and sex, and it is also related to the many disasters and disasters of the Song Dynasty.

In the second year of Zhihe, the capital encountered a rare heavy snow, and the disaster was extremely serious. Song Renzong didn't know whether it was out of intention or under the bewitching of some stupid minister, he stood barefoot in the snow at night , I prayed that it would not snow anymore, and the heavy snow really stopped when it was approaching dawn.

But in the early court, Song Renzong's eyes suddenly went dark, and then he fell on the dragon chair and passed out. He just turned around three days later, but fell into a state of insanity and fell seriously ill.

So after Song Renzong recovered from his illness, the ministers began to give Song Renzong eye drops constantly. They all thought that Song Renzong was too old to have a son anymore, so give up and stop struggling.

However, Song Renzong was obviously willing to let fate take his chances like this, so he established the Ten Pavilions. The so-called Ten Pavilions are ten outstanding, good-looking, and good-looking royal maids.

When Song Renzong was seriously ill, they were nurses who worked day and night. After Song Renzong recovered from his illness, these young women took on the important task of giving birth to the prince.

In order to have a prince born, it can be said that Song Renzong tried his best to plant rice and sow seeds in the vast wilderness of Shige, so that he looked depressed, indulged in excessive sexual activities, and was low in energy.

From the perspective of probability, Song Renzong was so hardworking that he would not be able to delay all the talents. Finally, his hard work paid off. In the autumn of the third year of Jiayou, Dong and Zhou in the Ten Pavilions were all pregnant with dragon seeds.

Song Renzong made a lot of preparations for the sake of the prince's auspiciousness and gifts, such as the "pregnancy order", which rewarded each pregnant woman in the world with three dendrobiums for raising grain.Another example is the amnesty of prisoners in the world twice, the commutation of crimes, and the release of release.

In addition, all kinds of gold, silver and jewelry were prepared for rewards, and gold and silver were even cast into flowers and fruits. There was also an unannounced visit to the descendants of the Zhou royal family, and the longest member of the Chai family was named Chongyi Gong.

People in the world pin their hopes on God, but God's will often fails to fulfill people's wishes. Dong and Zhou gave birth to two princesses in succession in Jiayou four years. Song Renzong was disappointed, but it also proved one thing, that is, he is still young, so He tossed hard again.

However, Dong's two children in succession turned out to be princesses, and Zhou's also gave birth to another child, but she was also a princess. In the sixth year of Jiayou's reign, Song Renzong finally became desperate and compromised, and began to select the heir to the throne from among the clan's children, and finally selected Zhao Zongshi.

Zhao Zhen came through time travel. Now, after taking good care of his body systematically, his fertility is probably no problem, and Wang Xiang'er has already given birth to a son for him. Although it is true that he is an illegitimate child, it also proves from the side that he is okay.

Because he has been deliberately avoiding the dangerous period of the concubines, he has been on the throne for five years, and now he has only two daughters. Now he has taken charge of the government. Except for the mountain of civil servants that is still on top of his head, the rest have Nothing can bring too much pressure on him.

It can be said that Dangxiang has been crippled. Although the Liao Kingdom is very strong, the Song Dynasty now has a breeding base for excellent war horses, and it must be able to compete with the Liao Kingdom in a few years.

So if you want a son, Zhao Zhen just needs to work hard.

(End of this chapter)