Little emperor of subjugation
In the tenth year of the Southern Song Dynasty (A.D. 1274), Song Duzong died of illness, and the prince succeeded to the throne, namely Song Gongdi. Historically, people also called him the little emperor, the young emperor and the virtuous emperor. Song Gongdi acceded to the throne at the age of four, assisted by Empress Xie. Emperor Gong acceded to the throne at a young age, and the country inherited from him was riddled with holes, so his life was doomed.
In the first month of A.D. 1276, the Yuan army invaded south and reached the gate of Lin 'an. Seeing that Yuan soldiers will attack the city this day, the Southern Song Dynasty court is doomed.
So, Queen Xie immediately sent Minister Yang Yingkui to the garrison of the Yuan Army to present the national seal, and in the name of Emperor Gong, presented the surrender letter to the commander-in-chief of the Yuan Army. The words in the surrender book are very humble and pitiful: the treacherous court official in the Song Dynasty erred in the country, and the time was running out, and the Yuan Dynasty flourished. I am willing to lead a hundred officials to the Great Bay; On the orders of the Empress Dowager Tai, I hereby cut off the imperial name and dedicate all counties and counties in the Song Dynasty, such as Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangdong, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan and Huaibei, to Dayuan Sheng Chao. I pray that the poor three hundred-year Song Dynasty of the Yuan Dynasty will not be cut off, so that future generations can rely on it, and the people of the Song Dynasty can enjoy their natural life. If this is the case, then the great kindness of the Yuan Dynasty will not be forgotten, and I will think of it every day.
Although this report is very sad and full of the bitterness of a dying dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty has not spared the little emperor.
Years of imprisonment
Bo Yan soon occupied Lin 'an City, and then Yuan Shizu sent a letter to Emperor Song to meet him. Empress Dowager Cixi rushed to Dadu under the protection of Xiao Gong Di and her entourage, but Empress Xie refused to go because of illness.
Emperor Gong was only seven years old and didn't know anything. The Queen Mother is just a woman's family, just grateful for Yuan Shizu's kindness of not killing, and doesn't know any national integrity at all, so this orphan and widowed mother was especially looked down upon in the Yuan Dynasty. They put Emperor Gong and the Empress Dowager under house arrest, insulted them in every way and prohibited them from having any contact with the outside world. At that time, the four ladies-in-waiting who went to Dadu with the empress dowager couldn't bear the abuse of the fierce Yuan people, and all hanged themselves within ten days after arriving in Dadu. One of the ladies-in-waiting also left a desperate poem: "It is neither insulting the country nor humiliating the body. The world ate Song Lu and was ashamed to be a minister of the North. When a concubine died, she remained loyal. Loyal minister and dutiful son, hope to be rehabilitated. " Yuan Shizu looked down on the shame of the whole empress dowager to drag out an ignoble existence, so he cut off the heads of four ladies-in-waiting and hung them at the door of the whole empress dowager to show his shame. The whole queen mother was very concerned about the young Emperor Gong and could not bear to commit suicide. However, due to the fact that the heirs of the Southern Song Dynasty had already established Zhao Yun as Duanzong, the wily Yuan Shizu made Gong Di the third division of the government and the chief administrative officer, lord protector, just to show kindness to the world, in fact, in order to take advantage of Gong Di's potential appeal and restrict Duanzong, and by the way, those Song generals who have not yet joined.
Empress Dowager Cixi asked Yuan Shizu to move to the south. Empress Yuan Shizu sympathized with Empress Dowager Cixi, so she interceded for Empress Dowager Cixi. However, Yuan Shizu didn't agree for fear of causing complications, but he didn't intend to kill Empress Dowager Cixi and Song Gongdi. It is said that Yuan Shizu is going to let Emperor Gong and Empress Dowager die slowly in the deep courtyards of most cities. But by the end of A.D. 1282, Emperor Gong was suddenly ordered to move out of Dadu and was placed in Shangdu (now the north bank of East Lightning River in Zhenglan Banner, Inner Mongolia). Also let the whole Queen Mother go to the generous Zheng Zhi Temple to have her hair cut, and soon the whole Queen Mother died there quietly. It turned out that a monk in Fujian explained the recent astronomical events to Yuan Shizu, saying that he looked at the stars at night and found that Saturn might invade the emperor. Therefore, as usual, I am worried that someone will hurt Yuan Shizu in a few days, and I hope Yuan Shizu will be vigilant. Yuan Shizu didn't believe what the monk said at first, but not long after the monk left, an official in Zhongshan County (now Dingxian County, Hebei Province), not far from the metropolis, reported that there was a madman in the county who claimed to be the king of the Song Dynasty, and threatened to gather troops and plunder Wen Tianxiang, the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, in Beijing to revive the Song Dynasty.
Hearing this, Yuan Shizu couldn't help believing what the monk said. Immediately moved Emperor Gong to Shangdu, and then killed Wen Tianxiang, the prime minister of the Southern Song Dynasty who had been imprisoned for four years. The following year, all the demoted Song officials were moved to the mainland, which relieved their worries.
Devoted to the Buddha, he was still killed.
In the 25th year of Yuan Dynasty, Gong Di 19 years old, and the rule of Yuan Dynasty was gradually consolidated. This winter, Yuan Shizu gave Gong a lot of money to study Buddhism in Tubo (now Tibet).
After Emperor Gong entered Tibet, he stayed in Sakya Temple and changed his name to Hezun Magic Weapon. He also learned Tibetan. Gong Di is clever and good-natured. He studied Buddhist scriptures and became the host of Sakya Temple. It stands to reason that Emperor Gong has entered the Buddha at this time, and he has no other thoughts and concentrates on practicing. However, three years after he arrived in Yuan Yingzong, Emperor Gong was suddenly executed in Hexi (now Hexi Corridor in Gansu). How did this happen? It turned out that a poem he accidentally wrote caused a catastrophe:
Message to Lin Hejing, How long will the plum blossom last?
Guests under the golden platform should not come back.
Huang Jintai mentioned in the poem refers to the earthen platform built by Yan Zhaowang near Chaoyangmen during the Warring States Period, and Yan Zhaowang put gold on the platform to attract the world's wise men for their own use. Lin Hejing was a famous scholar in Qiantang in Northern Song Dynasty. He is cold and has been a friend of Mei all his life. It is this poem that Emperor Gong was executed on the charge of inciting people in the world.
Yuan Yingzong's killing of Emperor Gong is also the practice of past dynasties. When Emperor Gong died, the hearts of poets all over the world died. When Emperor Gong didn't die, the adherents of the Song Dynasty would always think that the Song Dynasty was still there, because although Duanzong and Wang Wei were both dead, Emperor Gong was still alive and would come back. He's just a monk somewhere.
Song Gongdi is a wise man, but he inherited the throne at a young age. He was born at an inopportune time, and he must have a lot of hardships in his heart. But he devoted himself to studying Buddhist scriptures and became a master of translating them. He once translated the famous Buddhist book "Justice for Ming", and his life was not wasted.