Many people now like to keep pets, and cats and dogs have become new members of the family. Among them, the cat is beautiful, elegant, and has a proud personality. It looks at you with its big glass eyes and makes your heart melt with cuteness. Therefore, many people are willing to become poop scavengers and serve their cat owners respectfully.
Cute cats are truly invincible. Not only are modern people irresistible to them, but even ancient emperors cannot escape their charm. Emperor Jiajing, who was known as the Lord of the Ming Dynasty's resurgence, was a proper cat slave. Although it was not his turn to take care of the cats on weekdays, his love for the cats was unmatched by many concubines in the harem.
Emperor Jiajing had two beloved cats, named Xuemei and Shimao.
Xue Meisheng's hair is light green and slightly curly. Its body color is pure gold, without any mottled color, except for its eyebrows, which are white, hence the name "Snow Eyebrows".
The reason for the lion cat is that it looks like the Chow Chow we saw today, with two round eyes that look quite calm and intimidating when opened. The hair around its neck is as long as that of a lion, so Emperor Jiajing named it "Lion Cat".
Emperor Jiajing often took time to play with the two cats, and even ate and lived with them. He doted on them far more than the concubines in the harem, which made the concubines in the harem jealous of the two cats. Real people are inferior to cats.
In addition to loving them, Emperor Jiajing also issued an edict to give cats the highest honor and titles. Because Xuemei was the most favored by Emperor Jiajing, Emperor Jiajing specially named it "Qiu Long" and held a major title ceremony for it in the name of the emperor.
After Xuemei passed away, Emperor Jiajing was very sad and even went without eating or drinking for several days and nights. He ordered the cat to be buried in Long Live Mountain, and also erected a monument for Xuemei and carved an inscription as a memorial.
The sacrificial inscriptions on the stone tablets did not come randomly. Emperor Jiajing specially summoned literati for this purpose. Let these people test their writing skills and choose the winning one.
Not long after Xuemei passed away, the lion cat also passed away. The loss of his beloved cat made Emperor Jiajing even more sad. When burying the lion cat, he ordered skilled craftsmen to build an exquisite gold coffin, which was extremely luxurious.
When the cat was buried, a grand funeral was held for the lion cat, and the ministers of the court were also asked to make sacrifices for the cat. It is said that there was a line of eulogy "turning a lion into a tiger" in the memorial text of Yuan Kun, a bachelor at the time, which won the favor of Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty, and he was used in great importance after that.
What goes above and below is what works. Emperor Jiajing’s love for cats sparked a cat-raising craze in the Forbidden City. It is said that cats living in the palace at that time had official ranks and salaries, and some eunuchs were specially allocated to serve the cats.
Many cats now live in the Forbidden City. They are special guardians of the Forbidden City, useful tools for catching mice and preserving buildings. Although he may be lazy on weekdays, he is a neat little guard when catching mice.
As for why Emperor Jiajing loved cats, later generations speculated that it might be because Emperor Jiajing liked the art of immortality. Because in folklore, cats can communicate with yin and yang and have nine lives, which is a symbol of longevity.
Eternal life was the pursuit of Emperor Jiajing. For this reason, he once indulged in practicing Taoism and refining alchemy, and he did not go to court for more than 20 years. So cats defeated eagles, tigers and leopards and became Emperor Jiajing's favorite pet.
However, there is some truth to this statement, but in fact, cats are soft and cute, and there is little reason to fall in love with them. I think among those who have cats at home, most of them are willing to take care of them because they symbolize longevity. It is simply because they are cute and well-behaved. ?
When it comes to emperors who doted on their sons, the first thing that everyone thinks of must be Kangxi and the deposed prince Yinyi. But there was another emperor in history who doted on his son even more than Kangxi. I was really afraid that it would melt when I held it in my mouth, and I was afraid of dropping it when I held it in my hands. I just wanted to give him all the best things. This person is Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty.
In everyone’s impression, Li Shimin has always been a serious and majestic emperor. But he didn't know that in front of his son, he was just like thousands of ordinary fathers in the world.
Li Chengqian is the eldest son of Li Shimin and Empress Changsun. Li Shimin is very fond of the children born to Empress Changsun, especially Li Chengqian.
Before he ascended the throne, Li Shimin invited two Confucian masters, Lu Deming and Kong Yingda, to teach Li Chengqian, who was six years old. Therefore, Li Chengqian was able to "hear wise philosophy early and observe "Poetry" and "Li" at a young age. As soon as he ascended the throne, he established the 8-year-old Li Chengqian as the prince, and thereafter he paid more attention to him.
Li Shimin wanted to pass on his empire to his beloved son, so when Li Chengqian was 12 years old, he asked him to go to court to hear court cases and get in touch with national affairs. Later, when Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty went on a tour, Li Chengqian stayed behind as the prince. After he returned to Beijing, he specially hosted a banquet for the officials of the East Palace as a reward.
Doing this is as if the child got good grades today and the parents hosted a banquet for the teacher and classmates. There is no need to say more about my love for my son.
Tang Taizong himself had no religious beliefs and believed that his own abilities were better than those of gods and Buddhas. But when my son was sick, for the first time, both a Taoist priest and a monk came to pray for my son.
In the fifth year of Zhenguan, Li Chengqian fell ill. Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty invited Taoist priest Qin Ying to pray for his beloved son. After he recovered from his illness, he built Xihua Temple and Puguang Temple to fulfill his vows, and called 3,000 people to become monks. In order to accumulate blessings for his son, he reduced the crimes committed by prisoners in prison.
In the seventh year of Zhenguan, Li Chengqian fell ill again. Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty issued an order to ask the eminent monk Bopo of Tianzhu to pray for his son. After Cheng Qian recovered from his illness, Emperor Taizong was overjoyed and gave sixty pieces of silk and silk to Popo.
In the eighth year of Zhenguan, Li Chengqian served in the Canadian Yuan Dynasty. This is a major event in life. Seeing his beloved son grow up, Li Shimin beamed with joy. In order to celebrate his son's Canadian service, he ordered a general amnesty for crimes under the death penalty, and granted the son of a fifth-grade or above as his father and a first-class peerage.
After that, for example, when Li Chengqian got married and gave birth to his eldest son, he hosted banquets for officials, pardoned the world, and made the world happy. Tang Taizong loved this son to his core. It is a pity that as he grew older, Li Chengqian suffered from foot disease and began to become rebellious.
Due to physical reasons, Li Chengqian's temperament began to change, and he did many ridiculous things since then. There are countless things such as pampering male favors, getting close to eunuchs, living a luxurious life, and even attracting Turks into the palace.
Although the mistakes Li Chengqian made were enough to deprive him of his position as prince, Tang Taizong never gave up. He successively selected more than ten veterans and famous ministers to serve as assistant ministers in the East Palace, such as Yu Zhining, Li Baiyao, Du Zhenglun, Kong Yingda, Zhang Xuansu, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, etc.
At that time, some ministers petitioned to abolish Li Chengqian's position as crown prince, but Emperor Taizong rejected it in court. And in order to show that he would never give up on the prince, he turned around and named his minister Wei Zheng to assist and teach the prince.
It is a pity that Li Chengqian failed to live up to his father's hard work in the end, and later committed the serious crime of rebellion due to brotherly quarrel. According to the rules and laws, not only will Li Chengqian's position as prince be abolished, but his life will also be in danger. However, Tang Taizong showed weakness in front of his ministers for the first time and found a way to save his son's life.
After Li Chengqian was deposed, a new prince should be established. When it comes to choosing who to be the prince, Tang Taizong also stood from the perspective of protecting his beloved son. At that time, Li Tai was also a favored son, and many people thought that Li Tai should be the next crown prince. However, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty instead appointed Li Zhi, who was usually inconspicuous, as the crown prince. He said: "If Tai is established, Cheng Qian and King Jin will not survive; if King Jin is established, Tai Cheng Qian will be fine."
In this way, Li Zhi, who had a gentle personality, became the crown prince in the heart of Emperor Taizong's loving father who protected Li Chengqian. After Li Shimin died, he became Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty, and then there was Queen Wu Zetian.
Li Shimin loved and valued Li Chengqian, but unfortunately he was let down in the end, pitiful for his loving fatherly heart. The old saying of "a strict father and a loving mother" still has some truth to it. ?
In 526 AD, a woman's screams of extreme pain came from an ordinary house in Jinyang. One after another, the screams made people tremble. After waiting for a while, a red light suddenly appeared in the room, the woman's voice gradually died down, and then a loud cry of a baby was heard.
It turned out that Gao Huan's wife Lou Zhaojun gave birth to a baby, and the red light shone brightly in the house, indicating that the newborn was extraordinary. And this newborn was Gao Yang, the famous founder of Northern Qi in history.
When Gao Yang was young, he was unattractive and taciturn, but in fact he was as wise as a fool.
When he was older, he was appreciated by Emperor Xiaojing of the Eastern Wei Dynasty and served successively as a regular servant of Sanqi, a general of Hussar, Zuopushe, and Shangshuling. In the seventh year of Wu Ding's reign, he was granted the title of prime minister and gradually gained control of the central government.
In the eighth year of Emperor Wu's reign, Gao Yang forced Emperor Xiaojing of the Eastern Wei Dynasty to abdicate. After that, he founded a country and proclaimed himself emperor. The country was named Daqi, the reign was named Tianbao, and it was called Northern Qi in history.
After Gao Yang proclaimed himself emperor, he worked hard to improve governance, strictly investigate corruption, and ensure clean governance. Externally, they attacked Kumoxi from the north, chased Khitan from the northeast, defeated Rouran from the northwest, defeated Shanhu in the west, and captured Huainan from the south, developing the Northern Qi Dynasty to its peak.
After conquering the Four Kingdoms and conquering the Central Plains, Gao Yang's personal reputation reached its peak, and he was called the "Heroic Emperor" and the first generation of the Northern Qi Dynasty. However, as his achievements expanded, Gao Yang gradually began to relax, and his will was wiped out by wine and sex. In the end, from a generation of British masters, he became a fatuous monarch. In the later period of his rule, he enjoyed extravagance, killed ministers indiscriminately, was tyrannical and acted absurdly, showing no signs of being the leader of a country.
I don’t know when, but I developed a fetish for cross-dressing. He often wears gorgeous women's skirts and applies makeup and powder to dress up as a woman. He was not ashamed, but walked around the market openly and openly. He would often take off his clothes and run naked in the streets. Even in the cold winter, the people of the capital can still see the figures of their monarchs running on the streets in *** clothes.
Gao Yang once asked his cronies why the Han Dynasty was able to revive the Han Dynasty. The cronies said that it was because the previous one did not wipe out all the Liu surnames. Gao Yang heard this and thought it made sense. His throne was taken from the Eastern Wei Dynasty. In order to prevent something like the Guangwu Zhongxing from happening, he ordered people to kill all the Yuan surnames in the Eastern Wei Dynasty.
All members of the previous clan were killed and no one escaped. They did not even spare the infant in swaddling clothes, and even allowed the soldiers to pick up the baby with a gun and then throw it away. One edict killed 721 people.
Gao Yang was addicted to wine and sex, and drank until he was unconscious all day long, becoming a true drunkard. He often ordered people to collect beautiful women from the people into the palace for the pleasure and indulgence of himself and his cronies. After getting drunk, he often goes crazy.
Gao Yang had a beloved concubine who was unparalleled in beauty. Gao Yang liked her very much, and they stayed together like glue all day long. Once when Gao Yang was drunk, he thought that his concubine had had an affair with his mortal enemy. He became so angry that he drew his sword and killed the man, then held the body in his arms and continued drinking.
After he sobered up, Gao Yang saw his beloved concubine’s body lying in his arms, but he didn’t panic at all. He very calmly took the knife to dismember the concubine, and then made the concubine's concubine into a pipa. When drinking and having fun, he would often play the bone pipa and cry when he was emotional, which made the listeners' hair stand on end.
Because this was not the only ridiculous thing he did when he was drunk. Gao Yang later became mediocre and drunk all day long, and the Queen Mother Lou couldn't stand it. One day after Gao Yang got drunk, he hit him with a cane and scolded him harshly.
Gao Yang showed no sign of weakness. He grabbed the crutch and cursed: "How dare you, an old woman, scold me like this? See if I don't marry you to Hu Di tomorrow."
Empress Dowager Lou was so angry that she immediately fainted and fell seriously ill. When Gao Yang woke up, he realized the ridiculous thing he had done and regretted it endlessly. He knelt in front of the Queen Mother's bed and swore that he would never drink again, but he did not give up his alcohol addiction in the end. Drinking will cause trouble, just have a small drink, but if you become addicted, it will harm your body and nature.
After ten years of natural protection, Gao Yang, who was exhausted by drinking and sex, died suddenly at the age of 34. A generation of British masters eventually degenerated into a faint king who was hated by the people. ?
The cat’s name is Jiajing