In 1135, the body of Song Huizong was burned by the Jin army

Mondo History Updated on 2024-01-29

In 1135, after the death of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, the Jin soldiers went so far as to carry out a vicious desecration of his body. They roasted the corpse on a fire for three days and three nights, during which time they kept pouring water. This terrible process culminated in a lamp oil, which was poured into a small puddle. Some daring Jin soldiers even tried to light it to test the effect of the lamp oil.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, due to the persecution of the situation, Song Huizong and Song Qinzong were forced to follow the Jin people and become their captives. History is there. At that time, 15,000 women were also taken captive by the Jin people and became their trophies. Nearly a third of these women were killed by the Jin people even before they arrived in the Jin country, and the rest became the playthings of the Jin people in the Jin country.

However, Song Huizong and Song Qinzong turned a blind eye to all this, did not dare to rebel against the Jin people, and could only survive under the rule of the Jin people. This history is considered a great shame for the Song Dynasty, and if it were known to the people, the country would have endured such turmoil.

In 1135, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty died, and the Jin people planned to use his corpse to refine oil. This shocking news reached Song Qinzong's ears, and he couldn't believe that Jin Ren would behave so disrespectfully towards his father. However, when he witnessed the scene of the Jin people roasting Song Huizong's body on the fire, he finally believed all this.

Angry and desperate, Song Qinzong tried to stop the Jin people's actions, but he was unable to resist them alone. In the end, he was put to the ground by Jin Ren**, and he could only watch his father's corpse be insulted. Song Qinzong's cry: "You are just a group of beasts that are not as good as things!."But he was indifferently ignored by the Jin people. The Jin people believe that oil refining is a sacred and serious matter, and any interference will not be tolerated.

The Jin people put Song Huizong's body on the fire and roasted it for three days and three nights, during which the flames were blazing and never stopped. In order to maintain the fire, the Jin people sent people to guard the sidelines, and once the fire weakened, they immediately increased the firepower. Three days later, the Jin succeeded in refining oil from Song Huizong's corpse and dumping it in a pit. At this moment, the dignity of the Great Song Dynasty was completely trampled ......

Although Song Huizong and Song Qinzong became captives of the Jin, their lives were not hard. As a former emperor, Song Huizong was not severely tortured in the Jin Kingdom, and even gave birth to many children in the Jin Kingdom. They lived in a palace prepared by the Jin people, and were served by nearly nine hundred maids. Although they are not as glorious as they were when they were emperors, they are still "little emperors" in reality.

This history makes people ponder, is the Song Dynasty really so fragile?This is not the case. Yue Fei, a famous anti-Jin general, defeated countless Jin soldiers during the Northern Song Dynasty, but due to policy reasons, the Song Dynasty fell into a poor and weak situation. The negative attitude of Song Huizong and Song Qinzong led to the eventual fall, and they preferred to live under the rule of the Jin people rather than fight for dignity and become the object of spurning by future generations.

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