Why didn't Song Renzong's orders be carried out? Song Renzong has no real power?

Judging whether Song Renzong is a good emperor depends on Song Renzong's overall achievements. During Song Renzong's administration, he carried out a series of reforms in the country's politics, economy and culture, which made the society present a splendid scene at that time. Economically, due to the very stable society and rapid economic development, jiaozi appeared in Song Renzong period, which was a more convenient way to exchange goods, which made the economy develop more rapidly. In terms of cultural construction, Song Renzong cares about the country's cultural undertakings, vigorously supports the construction of libraries, collates and collects ancient historical books, encourages people to donate books, and will give great rewards at the same time. This measure has greatly stimulated people's creative enthusiasm, thus making great progress in the development of cultural undertakings. Politically, Song Renzong further standardizes the selection of officials, has a strict assessment system for officials' achievements, strictly implements the proper way of selecting talents and appointing people, and attaches importance to national agricultural production.

In addition, Song Renzong has promulgated many measures to alleviate the pressure of people's lives, such as reducing corvees and strengthening the implementation of the policy of benefiting the people within the imperial court. These measures have promoted social prosperity and improved class contradictions. Through the analysis of Song Renzong's achievements, we can be sure that Song Renzong was a good emperor.

Why didn't Song Renzong's orders be carried out?

Before discussing why Song Renzong's orders were not carried out, let's give two positive descriptions of Song Renzong. First, although Song Renzong's orders were not carried out, it doesn't mean that he is a puppet emperor. Secondly, Song Renzong is not without real power. Although Song Renzong's orders were not carried out on the surface, in fact, Song Renzong took the emperor's rights to the extreme. In that case, why didn't Song Renzong's order be carried out?

In fact, the reason why Song Renzong's orders were not carried out was that Song Renzong himself restricted the emperor's rights. As an emperor, he can enjoy all the rights, but Song Renzong's restrictions on his rights are very conscious. On this basis, he also upgraded this restriction to a system. Song Renzong's orders must be approved by ministers before they can take effect, so some ministers would directly refuse Song Renzong's orders at that time.

Song Renzong consciously restrained his rights, which was directly manifested in the minister's failure to carry out some orders issued by him, but in fact, this made Song Renzong indirectly prevent the minister from being rewarded. Song Renzong directly granted some rights to ministers, which made the internal operation of the court more stable, that is, the cooperation of bad COP and bad COP, thus creating a more fair and stable political environment.

It was because of Song Renzong's self-restraint and the combination of the imperial court system that the Song Dynasty became prosperous and powerful. Under this system of mutual restriction, the political development is very clear, and a large number of literati have emerged, such as Ouyang Xiu, Wang Anshi and Bao Zheng. These are closely related to Song Renzong's restrictions on his rights.