"Old lady, I hope you can teach us more and tell us the origin of this mysterious book." Seeing that Old Madam Hu knew these things, Taoist Jin begged gently.
Old Mrs. Hu put down the photo, her eyes seemed to be far-sighted, and she said slowly: "This is a long story, let's start with the fortune of my Hu family. Can you see the archway in front of the post?" The old lady said Seeing everyone nodding, his tone became proud: "This archway has stood in Huangtian Town for thousands of years. It has been my family's royal archway since the Song Dynasty. Speaking of it, we have to talk about it from the Song Dynasty." The Hu family's ancestral home is Qingzhou. During the reign of Zhezong of the Song Dynasty, the Hu family moved from Qingzhou to Yongming County. After that, the Hu family settled in Guangtian Town, Yongming County.
Although they were from a foreign family, the Hu family was rigorous, honest and honest in running the family, and had several generations of officials. During the Huizong period, the family had accumulated more than ten years of experience, and finally produced a scholar named Hu Xianhe.
Taizu of the Song Dynasty once set a rule that officials should not be punished and should be treated well by the scholar-officials. If you get a Jinshi, you will basically enter the bureaucratic class and become a member of the scholar-officials.
After Hu Xianhe Zhongdi, he successively served as a bachelor of Wenhua Pavilion and deputy envoy of the Privy Council. Because of his outstanding talents and good handling of affairs, he often walked in front of Huizong's imperial court and was greatly appreciated by Huizong.
Huizong loved poems and songs more than handling government affairs. When he was meeting the emperor, Huizong happened to hear Mr. Hu mention that he had a sister named Yuxiu in his family, who was the most talented scholar in the world. .
A saint's royal calligraphy was a great honor. Master Hu felt so honored that he returned to his hometown and built a talented woman's building, where he collected Song Huizong's handwriting for future generations to worship and admire.
Since Hu Yuxiu was extremely talented and learned, and her identity was known to the court, she was naturally noticed by the royal family. Song Huizong had already appointed her to be married to the prince as a concubine, and she could enter the palace only when Hu Yuxiu came of age. Accompanying the driver.
A few years later, Hu Yuxiu grew up and was selected into the Northern Song Dynasty palace to become the crown prince's concubine according to the engagement agreement.
At this time, the prince Zhao Huan already had many concubines in the palace. Although she was granted marriage by Huizong and entered the prince's palace, she was only appreciated for her talent and learning, but her appearance was not outstanding, and she was even very ordinary. This also caused her to be in the prince's palace. He was treated coldly in the palace. After seven years in the prince's palace, he was only pampered for three nights.
The East Palace is actually a smaller version of the Northern Song Dynasty Palace. Without the favor of the prince, life is basically not very good, and it can even be said to be miserable and lonely.
At this time, it was basically impossible for Hu Yuxiu to come out of the East Palace again, but she really missed her hometown thousands of miles away. If she sent a letter home to express her loneliness, she was afraid of being discovered by the eunuchs and maids who were imprisoned in the palace. , being labeled as a hater of officials, I had no choice but to suppress my depression for the time being.
Later, as time went by, these depressions accumulated more and more, and Hu Yuxiu's heart became more and more depressed. As a talented woman, how could she continue to let herself be decadent? So, she used the Huizong calligraphy she had learned to create a brand new style. Chinese character variant, Nüshu.
Most of these characters are rhombus-shaped
"many"
The "bird" form looks like bamboo leaves and bird wings combined together, making it look extremely light and timeless. At first, she was afraid that the people in the palace would not convey the message to her, so she just embroidered the words on handkerchiefs, silk, and cloth. She falsely claimed that she was using Huizong's calligraphy treasures to make patterns, and sent these things out of the palace as rewards for embroidery.
After these women's books arrive in their hometown, someone will tell their mother and close sisters how to spell the meaning and how to reply to the letter. From this, the pain and loneliness in their hearts will be told to their families so that their families will know. .
After that, if she wanted to contact her family, she would send letters back to her hometown in the form of Nu Shusi Pa to relieve the pain of missing her relatives.
At this time, it was already the last year of Xuanhe. Jin soldiers were invading south, eyeing the paradise of the Central Plains. Huizong was accustomed to poetry, songs, and elegant life, and had long lost his blood. When he heard that the Jin Dynasty was attacking the Song Dynasty, he was so frightened that he gave the Zen throne to the prince, and he was alone. People took refuge in palaces.
Zhao Huan was reluctantly promoted to the throne of monarch, and his concubines were all promoted to imperial concubines and moved into the palace. Hu Yuxiu, as the crown prince's concubine, was promoted from crown prince to concubine Hu after Zhao Huan ascended the throne. , became a bird kept in a golden cage in the court of the Northern Song Dynasty.
The white-haired palace maid is lonely and red, and the lonely palace talks about Xuanzong. She originally thought that if there was no accident, she would be like the white-haired palace concubine. She would not be able to wait until she died of old age to come to the palace to show her kindness to her family and see her for the last time. However, in the times, it is inevitable that people will Being threatened by the world, we often have no control over ourselves.
Only two years after becoming Princess Hu, Bianjing, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, was captured. The Jin people burned, looted, and burned the city. Poor Menghua City in Tokyo. After this disaster, its prosperity was gone, and only ruined walls were left. The emperor, clan, and About 3,000 concubines, clan wives, nobles, and bureaucrats were all kidnapped and taken northward, and escorted to the capital of the Jin Kingdom.
When the city fell, Princess Hu was also escorted to the Kingdom of Jin by the Jin people! The most noble person in a country was reduced to a prisoner. Not to mention having enough food and clothing, it was difficult to save his life. When heading north, many palace maids and concubines fell down and never got up again because of the difficult and dangerous journey. The Jin people were barbaric and rude. , actually burned it on the spot and scattered the ashes.
As mentioned earlier, the Jin people were the lowest among the Yi and Di. They themselves were uncivilized barbaric tribes. After the Northern Song Dynasty clan arrived in Beijing, what awaited them was not preferential treatment, but deeper humiliation.
Huizong and Qinzong were stripped naked and put on sheepskins to lead the sheep. They knelt down to thank Jin Taizong for granting them the title of Duke of Huunde and Marquis of Chonghun. As for their concubines, they were either given to nobles or sent to the laundry house. She worked as a coolie, and even Jin Taizong coveted the beauty of Empress Zhu and wanted to force Empress Zhu to be his concubine.
After being demoted as a concubine and having to commit herself to him, Empress Zhu could not bear the humiliation and chose to commit suicide by drowning herself in the river that night. Concubine Hu was the one who took care of Empress Zhu at the time. Seeing that Huizong and Qinzong were as cowardly and incompetent as a tortoise, she could not even say a harsh word. I dare not say it, but my heart is filled with sorrow and I am drowned in death.
Compared with their loyalty and steadfastness, the princes, nobles and concubines of the Manchu Dynasty in the Northern Song Dynasty seemed to be living a meager life, preferring to suffer humiliation to live. In contrast, Jin Taizong looked at Empress Zhu and Empress Hu with admiration and praised them.
"If you are pure and clean, you can be chaste. When you are drunk, you can be sober. You will not give in to your integrity, and you will always be loyal." Even though the people of the Jin Dynasty are despicable, they still admire the loyal and strong people. Emperor Taizong of the Jin Dynasty named Empress Zhu the Chastity of Jingkang County. Madam, at the same time, she also named Princess Hu the Chaste Lady of Jincheng County and allowed her to be sent back to her place of origin for burial.
After that, the bodies of Empress Zhu and Concubine Hu were escorted south along the river by the Jin generals to their respective hometowns for burial.
Hu Yuxiu did not come back when she was alive, but she was buried with dignity when she died. Even because of this, she was specially commended by the Jin people, and even her family was protected.
Her tomb is called the Imperial Concubine's Tomb, also known as the Empress's Tomb. The Jin people also built a memorial archway for Lady Chastity of Jincheng County at the entrance of the village.
Later, Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty restored the country to the Southern Song Dynasty. In order to praise her for her service to the country, he helped her change her title and canonized her as the Concubine Jingkang Zhengjie. At the same time, she was allowed to build a temple to receive her feast.
