《大宋病人》内容简介

　　大宋承平日久，仁宗皇子纷纷夭折，一个偌大帝国面临后继无人的窘境。

　　宋英宗继承大统，却突然疯癫，“疯王”背后有无隐秘的操纵者？

　　宫婢作假，太后垂帘，宰相进药，谁是压倒“疯王”最大的稻草？

　　灾害竟成祥瑞，尊号大过民生，道德叙事包裹着怎样的权力真相？

　　本书将带领读者在四年内历经三朝，直面两个皇帝的暴崩。无后的困扰，疯癫的冲击，还有帘幕后参与决策的太后在女权不彰年代的低吟，以及忠奸之辨下宰臣的迥异命运。

　　继承人危机下，金光闪闪的大宋王朝，也不过是一个草台班子

　　宋仁宗御临宇内四十一年，三位皇子先后夭折，最大的遗憾是没有皇位继承人。本书从仁宗崩逝前的宫婢韩虫儿诈孕案写起，结合皇帝、皇后、侍卫、宰辅、谏臣多重视角，以侦探小说的笔法，力图拨开仁宗选定接班人反复之谜，展现嫡长子继承制下专制皇权的脆弱。

　　权力也是疾病，宋英宗癫狂的背后，是人性不能承受的权力之重

　　宋英宗被立为皇子的过程多有波折，又逢仁宗宫婢怀孕的冲击，多方诱因使其即位后疯癫不能视事。本书深挖赵氏皇族的精神病家族病史，把致病的社会性因素放到权力结构中考量，揭开“顺天应人”包裹下的权力真相，书写大宋王朝文治盛世背后的内部痼疾和认知缺陷。

　　从宫婢到太后的不同面孔，权力场上的旁观者反而成为关键变量

　　宫婢为不被鞭笞，吃顿好饭，竟捏造震动大宋朝廷的诈孕案？曹太后有废掉英宗之心，为何在最后一刻妥协？皇后高滔滔不显山露水，其实是真正的幕后操纵者？本书爬梳遭后世润饰的宋代文献，大篇幅展示女性如何在皇权世界进退求生，听取沉默者在女权不彰年代的低吟。

　　作者简介

　　韩福东，调查记者出身，2008至2015年为《南方都市报》首席记者，后为阿里巴巴高级公关专家、三六零高级市场总监、哔哩哔哩公共事务总监，近年来致力于非虚构历史写作。

The Patient of the Great Song Dynasty

The Great Song Dynasty Chengping for a long time, the Renzong princes died one after another, a huge empire faced the dilemma of no successor.

Song Yingzong inherited the great unification, but suddenly mad, "mad king" behind the secret manipulators?

Palace maidservant fraud, Empress Dowager curtain, prime minister into medicine, who is the biggest straw to overwhelm the "mad king"?

What kind of truth of power is wrapped in moral narrative?

This book takes the reader through three dynasties and the collapse of two emperors in four years. The confusion of no queen, the impact of madness, and the low voice of the queen mother who participated in decision-making behind the curtain in the era of poor women's rights, and the different fate of the ruler under the discrimination of loyalty and adultery.

Under the succession crisis, the glittering Song Dynasty was just a straw team

In the forty-one years of Emperor Renzong's reign, the three princes died successively, and the biggest regret was that there was no heir to the throne. This book is written from the emperor, empress, bodyguard, prime minister, remonster-minister's multiple perspectives before the death of Renzong, trying to dispel the repeated mystery of Renzong's choice of successors, and show the fragility of the authoritarian imperial power under the system of first-born succession.

Power is also a disease, behind the madness of Song Yingzong, human nature can not bear the weight of power

There were many twists and turns in the process of Song Yingzong being appointed as the prince, and the impact of the pregnancy of the maidservant of the Renzong palace, many inducements made him mad after taking the throne. This book delves into the family history of mental illness of the Zhao royal family, considers the social factors of illness into the power structure, uncovers the truth of power under the "following heaven and responding to people", and writes about the internal ills and cognitive defects behind the prosperous era of the Song Dynasty.

From the different faces of the palace maidservant to the queen mother, the onlookers in the field of power have become the key variable

Palace maidservant not to be whipped, eat a good meal, and fabricate a fake pregnancy case that shook the Song court? Empress Dowager Cao wanted to abolish Emperor Yingzong, so why did she compromise at the last minute? The queen is the real mastermind, isn't she? This book covers the Song Dynasty documents that have been embellished by later generations, showing how women survived in the world of imperial power and listening to the murmurs of the silent in the era of poor women's rights.

About the author

Han Fudong, an investigative journalist, was chief reporter of Southern Metropolis Daily from 2008 to 2015, then senior public relations expert at Alibaba, senior marketing director at Three Sixty, and director of public affairs at Bilibili. In recent years, he has devoted himself to writing non-fiction history.