We've all heard of the tanuki for the prince, which is a strange folklore, and even if there is no official historical record, it is good to listen to the right to be entertained after a meal.
It has always been a folklore that the tanuki changed the prince, and it is said that this case was solved by our famous Bao Qingtian Bao, and the cracking of this case also found his biological mother for Song Renzong.
It is said that during the Song Zhenzong period, shortly after the death of the queen, Concubine Liu and Concubine Li were pregnant with a child at the same time, in order to compete for the status of the queen, Concubine Liu colluded with the eunuchs and the mother, and on the day of Concubine Li's delivery, she replaced the newborn baby with a skinned tanuki, seeing this, the emperor was very angry and thought that Concubine Li was a demon, so he gave birth to such a demon, Concubine Li was sent to the cold palace, and Concubine Liu was named queen.
The child who was replaced by the tanuki was not executed, but was put into a food box by the eunuch Chen Lin and sent to the palace of the Eight Sages to be raised, the Eight Sages King was an upright minister, except for the name, he had been secretly raising the child, after Concubine Liu became the queen, she still had to kill the poor Concubine Li in the harem, fortunately, Concubine Li learned that she had escaped from the people. Since then, she has changed her name and surname, and Empress Liu in the palace should probably be a wicked person with evil retribution, and her child died shortly after birth. With the efforts of the Eight Sages King, the replaced child succeeded to the throne as emperor, that is, Song Renzong.
Concubine Li, who lives in the people, has been caring about her son for many years, until one day, Concubine Li met the wise and martial Lord Bao, when Lord Bao heard about this unjust case, how could he ignore it?So he took Concubine Li back to Kyoto and tried to make her recognize Song Renzong. The news of the acquaintance of mother and son reached the ears of Empress Dowager Liu, who died of convulsions.
Of course, legends are legends after all, and there are many places that do not correspond to history. First of all, in history, Song Renzong's biological mother Li was only Concubine Liu's maid, not a concubine, so she was naturally not qualified to compete with Concubine Liu. In addition, due to the historical status, the child was raised by Concubine Liu as soon as he was born. This is also what Song Zhenzong agreed. There is no need to steal it with a tanuki. After Concubine Li's death, Concubine Liu promoted her to Concubine Chen and buried her in the specifications of the empress. In the end, even if the story is true, it is impossible to solve the case. When Bao Zheng first became an official, the two women had been dead for four or five years.
So why is this story so widespread?
The story of the tanuki changing the prince was widely spread in the Ming Dynasty, and it was recorded in detail in the book "Bao Gong Case" in the Ming Dynasty, and the famous Wan Guifei of the Ming Dynasty was shadowed.
Wan Guifei is the concubine of Zhu Jianshen in the Ming Dynasty, this woman is not beautiful, but because she has a never-giving company with Ming Xizong in her childhood, and her biological mother Zhou Guiren did not care much about him in the political environment at that time. Ming Xizong's feelings for Wan Zhen'er have long surpassed the love between men and women. Concubine Wan Guifei couldn't tolerate other women in the harem. How could she tolerate other women giving birth to their husbands?Therefore, the pregnant concubine mysteriously miscarried. Everyone knows who did it, but Zhu Jianshen doesn't believe it, and no one can say. However, there is no sealed wall in this world, and Wan Zhen'er is confused by the harem, which almost makes Zhu Jianshen cut off the descendants. He put his cronies outside, and like all happiness and disaster, such a demonic woman also caused anger outside the palace gates. People denounced this selfish woman in the form of fabricated stories.
What is the real Concubine Liu in history?Concubine Liu, formerly known as Liu E, was the wife of the silversmith Gong Mei, who was favored by Song Zhenzong because of her beauty and wit, and the silversmith was also a person who knew current affairs too well, and without saying a word, she gave his wife to Zhenzong in the name of her sister, and Liu E, who became a concubine, won the special favor of Song Zhenzong with her wit and beauty, and was awarded the title of concubine. A few years later, because she had the only son of Song Zhenzong, Liu E became the queen of tens of millions of accusations, realizing a gorgeous counterattack from an ordinary wife to a mother of a nation. Liu E will not only pay attention to her husband, but also have a unique perspective on politics. In addition, Song Zhenzong was not in good health in the later period, and Liu E dealt with a lot of things, which caused strong dissatisfaction among the ministers led by Kou Zhun. They proposed that the emperor run the country, but was vetoed by Liu E's auxiliary political minister, Ding Wei. This method was not good, Kou Zhun was forced to be anxious, and asked Zhenzong to abdicate as the emperor, and the prince succeeded to the throne, killed Ding Wei, and abolished Empress Liu. According to the "Records of the Words and Deeds of Famous Ministers of the Five Dynasties", Empress Liu's excessive interference in court politics had already made her husband very dissatisfied, and Kou Zhun's idea just catered to Song Zhenzong's thoughts.
Liu E is probably endless. Kou Zhun leaked the secret after drinking, and happened to hear Ding Wei's henchmen. Of course, Ding Wei wanted to tell Liu E, Liu E immediately dismissed the prime minister, and Kou Zhun could only carry this cauldron for Song Zhenzong. After Zhenzong's death, Liu E swept Ding Wei, Wang Zeng and other ministers, completely controlled the government, and became the first empress dowager in history to listen to the government. Liu E's appointment of virtuous ministers laid a solid foundation for the prosperity of Renzong, and later generations commented that Liu E "has the talent of Lu Wu, but does not have the evil of Lu Wu".