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Starting from Zhao Kuangyin, the emperors of the Song Dynasty were unanimously silent.

The shocking 17.2 really hurt their hearts.

Except for Zhao Gou, he has no children and cannot understand the psychology of an old father.

The emperor who had a daughter really became filled with hatred when he thought that his delicate and soft daughter would be bullied to death.

After Song Renzong woke up, he lay on the bed and shouted: "Bring the princess back, quickly, bring the princess back."

As long as he thought of his daughter being shut up helplessly in a dark dark room, in the cold weather, with no one to care about her, not even a brazier, and the quilt she was covered with was so dirty that she had lice, his heart felt like dripping. Blood.

He gritted his teeth in hatred when he thought that the princess was so cold before she died that she had to get charcoal to make a fire, but her face was burned.

Li family, Li family...

He thought that it was his mother's family, wanted to make more compensation, and also wanted to improve the status of the Li family, so he let the princess decline. The result...

Is this how they treat princesses?

Thinking about his married daughter, Song Renzong regretted it.

No wonder the princess was always depressed and cried when she came back. It turned out that she had suffered a great injustice at the Li family.

The fairy is right. The Li family is not a kind family. If it is a good family, it is not a princess. After all, it is a relative who is closely related to them. Even if they are not too kind, they must be able to live with it.

Song Renzong made up his mind to make peace with Li Wei when he brought the princess back this time. Even if he raised his daughter for the rest of his life, he would never let her marry someone he didn't like again.

At this moment, he also wanted to take good care of his body, strive to live longer, and teach the princess how to be self-reliant. Even if he died, the princess would not be bullied like that if she could stand up.

Song Yingzong also felt sorry for his daughter.

He is actually an extremely kind emperor.

But no matter how kind a person is, when it comes to his beloved children, he will turn into an angry beast.

Thinking that his daughter would be bullied like that after she got married, that she would be trampled into the mud by someone named Wang, Song Yingzong turned livid with anger.

Prince Zhao Xu, who later became Song Shenzong, hurried in.

"Father, my sister's marriage needs to be discussed again."

Song Yingzong nodded: "Well, of course we have to discuss it again."

Since he knew that the man named Wang was not a good man, he definitely couldn't let Baoan marry him again.

Not just the Song Dynasty

Many emperors in other dynasties also considered the issue of princesses.

However, the emperors of the Tang Dynasty did not pay much attention to this issue.

Who knows that the princesses of the Tang Dynasty were not easy to get along with, and they were bullied when they got married? It's a joke, it's good that they don't bully their husband's family, but any princess with a slightly gentler personality will be praised as extremely virtuous. Anyway, the emperors of the Tang Dynasty really couldn’t imagine what was going on in the Song Dynasty?

How did the emperors of the Song Dynasty raise their daughters?

The emperors of the Ming Dynasty didn't look very good.

After all, the fairy said that the lives of princesses in the Song Dynasty and Ming Dynasty were not very good.

Some emperors of the Ming Dynasty began to send messages to inquire. Wuyou saw it, but ignored it. After all, we were talking about the emperors of the Song Dynasty, and it was impossible to talk about the princesses of the Ming Dynasty in such a big way.

Wuyou looked at it for a while and commented: "Song Shenzong Zhao Xu, the eldest son of Song Yingzong, was the sixth emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty. Song Yingzong died after reigning for four years, and Song Shenzong succeeded him. Song Shenzong ascended the throne at the age of twenty, which was when he was a young man. , young and flamboyant, full of energy. He has always seen the hidden dangers under the prosperous appearance of the Northern Song Dynasty. He knew that if there were no reforms, the Northern Song Dynasty would eventually be like an old car, which would eventually collapse and be dismembered due to various problems. , perish..."

"In the second year after he ascended the throne, he appointed Wang Anshi as the governor of political affairs to carry out reforms."

"This is also what we often call Wang Anshi's reform. We have talked about some things about Wang Anshi's reform before. We will not explain it in detail here. We will only say that Wang Anshi's reform ultimately failed."

"As for the reasons for the failure, there are many. One is that the emperor's support was not enough, another was that the officials appointed by the reform were seriously corrupt, and another was that the reform was not flexible enough."

"Wang Anshi was an idealist. He believed that the officials who supported the reform around him were dedicated to the public good and eager to carry out a reform in the Northern Song Dynasty, which was burdened by three redundancies. However, he did not expect that there were many officials among them. They are all gathered together because of interests, and the reform is only for their own interests, and these people make the reform change its flavor."

"Perhaps the measures he formulated are good, but if they are passed on from one level to another, when they reach the bottom, they become a tool to persecute the people. The reform has made many people's lives more difficult than if they had not changed the law."

"Actually speaking, no matter what kind of change it is, it cannot be separated from people. No matter how good the rules and regulations are, it will be a piece of waste paper without the right people to implement it."

"In addition, the difficulties faced by different places are also different, because the terrain is different and people's customs are different. When reforms are put in, some are suitable and some are not. If you want to change, you cannot be rigid. You must learn to adapt to local conditions. .”

"Actually, I want to say one more thing. Reforms cannot be carried out in one fell swoop or on a large scale. They must first be implemented in a small area, experiment for one or two years, see how the people respond, and then look at the progress of the changes. If there are any bad aspects, the good ones should be retained, and the bad ones should be adjusted. Once the implementation is mature in one place, then slowly spread it across the country... This is how we are responsible to the country and the people."

Wuyou paused here.

"Dynasties are different, humanities are different, and folk customs are different. I don't know what kind of reform is more appropriate. This needs to be formulated by the monarch and ministers based on the actual situation of their own country. But no matter which dynasty it is, no matter who it is, We must not rush, we must experiment slowly, and we must choose some more practical officials to assist us, so that we can truly carry out the reform.”

"Well, I've said a bit too much. Let's talk about Song Shenzong again."

"Generally speaking, Song Shenzong was a young and promising emperor. He wanted to reform the shortcomings of the Song Dynasty and wanted to strengthen himself through reform. Unfortunately, his will was not strong enough, and various reasons led to the reform. fail."

"Well, here we have to talk about the policy of emphasizing civility and suppressing military affairs formulated by Song Taizu. The Song Dynasty emphasized sharing the world with scholar-bureaucrats. This led to the civil servant group becoming more and more powerful, and eventually coerced the emperor of the Song Dynasty. In many things, the emperor could not do it at all. host."

"It was precisely because the civil service group was too powerful that the Song Dynasty's national power declined. Wang Anshi's reform led to party strife. There were reformist officials who supported the reform and conservative officials who opposed the reform. In this way, the two groups fought for their own political ideals. The fighting continued for a long time, and it has developed to the point where we did not want to be right or wrong, but just opposed because of opposition. This fight was protracted and continued for a long time, so that the Northern Song Dynasty declined even more."

"Here we have to praise the ancestors of the Qin Dynasty. Look at their reforms. Even if the monarch dies, even if Shang Yang dies tragically, the Qin laws after the reform are passed down. This also makes the Qin Dynasty's national power become stronger and stronger, and it can eventually unify the world."

"But what about the subsequent reforms?"

"Wang Anshi's reform was abolished after the death of Song Shenzong. Zhang Juzheng's reform in the Ming Dynasty was abolished as soon as Zhang Juzheng died... From this we can see that it is often important to follow the right person."

Wuyou smiled when he said this: "Song Shenzong was thirty-eight years old when he died, which is not considered a long life. After his death, his son Song Zhezong Zhao Xu succeeded to the throne. This was a rare and powerful emperor in the history of the Northern Song Dynasty."