Taboo? It is a unique culture in ancient China, which sometimes often brings a lot of trouble to people. The so-called taboos are generally taboo for the venerable. To put it simply, things and words related to elders or people with high official positions should be used with caution. For example, the most typical example is that once the emperor took a name in ancient times, the words in his name The common people cannot mention that among the three provinces and six ministries, there is a "Ministry of Civil Affairs". Because Li Shimin violated the taboo after he ascended the throne, it was changed to "Ministry of Households".
This is not the most embarrassing taboo. Li He, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty, could not pass the imperial examination for his whole life because he violated the taboo. The reason is why? Li He's father's name is Li Jinsu, and there is a word "Jin" in his name. "Jin" has the same pronunciation as "Jin" in the Jinshi subject, so people at the time reported that he could not take the Jinshi subject examination. Although his teacher Han Yu defended him in every possible way, Li He finally He still had to leave the examination room.
Under normal circumstances, the emperor also knew that it was easy for people to use words that were taboo, so the names of the royal family usually chose relatively uncommon words. Taizu of the Ming Dynasty even specially stipulated a bunch of difficult words for the names of his own family. One of the purposes of knowing the characters is to prevent common people or scholars from committing taboos without knowing it and suffering unjust injustice.
Song Huizong, who was born in 1082 AD, had no chance to become emperor. However, because Song Zhezong did not have a suitable heir to inherit the throne at that time, Zhao Ji, as Duan Wang, was helped to ascend the throne of emperor by the Queen Mother. Zhao Ji was a man of great literary attainments. It is said that his father, Shenzong, was very envious when he saw the portrait of Li Yu, the queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Zhao Ji was born not long after that. History books record that he was so literary and elegant that he was a hundred times more talented than Li Yu. ?.
However, just like the example of Li Yu, in history, most people who were too luxurious and beautiful in literary attainments were not good emperors. At that time, many people opposed Zhao Ji's succession, but in the end he still sat on the throne of emperor. Because he was preoccupied with studying literature and art, Zhao Ji had almost no idea about political governance. At that time, a group of treacherous ministers Cai Jing and Gao Qiu catered to Zhao Ji's mentality. They did not talk to Zhao Ji about governing the country at all, but only talked about literature, art, eating, drinking, having fun, and anecdotes. Interesting facts.
There is a man named Fan Zhixu here. In order to attract the attention of Song Huizong, he proposed that the emperor is a dog, but now people in the world like to eat dog meat. This is a sign of the emperor. It is disrespectful, and it will also affect the fate of the emperor and the fate of the country in terms of feng shui and taboos. How could Zhao Ji know so much? When he heard him say such words, he was immediately panicked and wanted to issue an order to ban people in the world from eating butchered dogs.
This made the ministers furious. There are countless people in the world who make a living by running dog meat restaurants. If the emperor bans the slaughter of dogs because of his own selfishness, then these people will definitely As a result, they lose their livelihood. If such consequences were caused, how would people all over the world view Song Huizong and the Song Dynasty court? So the ministers stopped Zhao Ji from making this decree.
But when he heard that eating dog meat would affect his own destiny and the fate of the country, Zhao Ji was of course panicked. How could he care about the remarks of the ministers? It must be enforced. But at this time, a courtier stood up and retorted to Zhao Ji: Your father, Emperor Shenzong, was born in the year of the rat. Does he want to ban private cats from catching rats? ?After these words, Song Huizong immediately had nothing to say and had to give up.
This incident also shows the level of governance of Song Huizong. As the saying goes, it is pitiful to sit down at the front table in the middle of the night and not ask about the people or ghosts and gods. ?, Ghosts and gods are not things that rulers should consider. Only by gaining the support of the people in the world can we ensure the prosperity of our country and ensure that our destiny will not be in vain.