The Jin Army Besieges the City, and the Song Emperor Is a Woman

Several factors related to the Empress's problem Favorable factors 1. The social environment during the Northern Song Dynasty was relatively enlightened. Although the Cheng-Zhu school of Neo-Confucianism had some influence in the late Northern Song Dynasty, its main impact was in the philosophical realm, unlike Zhu Xi's emphasis on the Three Cardinal Guides and Five Constant Virtues.

Wow, I couldn't sleep tonight, so I checked the comments section, and it's really lively! 🙂 I'll chime in with a few words too! First of all, this is not a serious historical work in the traditional sense, so please don't take it too seriously, fellow historians. From the beginning, I wanted to make this book more lighthearted.

The gongs rang urgently, and the barbarian cavalry pressed on to the city. Boats sail west on the Bian River, hoping for traces of immortals. People were terrified, and chaos broke out among the imperial guards. Emperor Hu wanted his son to succeed him, but it was to no avail. The princess rose up in the face of danger, defying fate. Good ministers and valiant generals gathered together.

Women in the Song Dynasty had a relatively high status, and with the country in crisis, the men of the Zhao family only wanted to escape and no one wanted to take the position. It was normal for the protagonist to rise to power. The civil and military officials also hoped for a wise and virtuous ruler. The protagonist also ascended the throne legitimately after Emperor Huizong abdicated. The scholar-officials only recognized legitimacy, and the protagonist was the legitimate ruler.

In the Song Dynasty, an era of highly developed commodity economy, women enjoyed a very high status, arguably the highest in history, which was determined by the economic foundation. In ordinary society, women could appear in public as normal and earn a living by hiring labor or running businesses; many women even became the economic pillars of their families.

At the author's invitation, a "friend of the author" came to manage the comments section. Let me just say a few things here. First, this book is neither a complete work nor a hundred-fold book; see Chapter 67, Author's Note, for details. Second, please be friendly.

In the Song Dynasty, an era where women were expected to be more careful about losing their chastity than to starve to death, you, an empress? Are you kidding me?

Why make such a fuss when the offspring can simply adopt a two- or three-year-old child from the imperial clan?

The author says she won't get married, but there might be a romantic subplot, and it doesn't specify whether the children are adopted or born. I'm so worried! Could the author please clarify this?

It's difficult to find something that's neither purely orange nor purely citrus, and also free of any harmful elements. As for the claim that the Song Dynasty could not produce a female emperor, I don't think it's important. After all, it's a novel, not a thesis. The key is how the author writes it. At this word count, I don't have the courage to open the first chapter yet.