In 1100, Song Huizong came to the throne. Song Huizong was a defeated emperor, but he was an artist and calligrapher. The square hole coins he cast are one of the most exquisitely made coins in China. Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty used his own original "thin gold style" to personally write the Qianwen "Chongning Tongbao", "Daguan Tongbao" and "Xuanhe Tongbao". called.
In 1200 AD, the sixth year of Qingyuan in the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhu Xi died in this year. The Supreme Emperor Song Guangzong Zhao Dun died of illness at the age of fifty-four.
For the history of this period, please refer to "The Storm of the Two Song Dynasties":
The traitor assisted the government
Song Huizong Zhao Ji, who had no children after the death of his emperor brother, became the prime minister Zhang Dun accidentally ascended the throne of emperor after making a mistake. In the early days of his accession to the throne, Song Huizong was young and high-spirited, and he wanted to govern the country well. He issued edicts to seek talents and opened up channels of speech. For a time, the whole court was politically clear, and he even left a beautiful talk about being open-minded and accepting advice. So, what is the reason for the rapid decline of a prosperous country that once accounted for 80% of the world's GDP? What was the reason that made the twenty years of Song Huizong's reign the darkest political period in the Northern Song Dynasty? The three prime ministers who were highly used by Huizong of the Song Dynasty during his reign: Cai Jing, Wang Fu, and Li Bangyan were all written in the "Biography of Traitors" in history books. So why are they called traitors? What do they have to do with the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty?
Eunuchs in Charge
Song Huizong appointed three treacherous ministers, Cai Jing, Wang Fu, and Li Bangyan, as prime ministers, which led to Song Huizong’s 25 years in power and became the most political crisis in the history of the Northern Song Dynasty. Dark times. When Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty was in power, the eunuch Tong Guan who was in collusion with Cai Jinghang was in charge of military power. In 1115 AD, Wanyan Aguda, the leader of the Jurchen tribe who was originally under the rule of the Liao Kingdom, proclaimed himself emperor and established the Jin Kingdom, and began to attack the Liao Kingdom. Tong Guan encouraged Song Huizong to join forces with the Jin Dynasty to destroy the Liao Dynasty. As a result, he not only laid the foundation for the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty, but also suffered repeated defeats in the war against the Liao Dynasty.
The Romantic Emperor
When Huizong of the Song Dynasty first came to the throne, he also had great ambitions to be a good emperor. But Song Huizong was just an artist. He neither had the talents of a politician, nor knew how to recognize talents, nor how to govern the country. Therefore, during the more than 20 years of Song Huizong's reign, traitors assisted the government, and eunuchs took charge. Soldiers, these corrupt officials and sycophants tried every means to please Song Huizong, and took advantage of Song Huizong's various hobbies to extort money from the people and exact extortionate taxes. Song Huizong loved strange stones and trees, so he promoted the construction of flower and stone guides all over the country. Song Huizong believed in Taoism, so all the civil and military officials in the dynasty wore Taoist robes. Song Huizong was greedy for women, and the prime minister Wang Fu even took the emperor to visit a brothel. Such an emperor, Just the black sheep.
Jingkang Incident
The more than 20 years of Song Huizong's reign was the darkest political period in the Northern Song Dynasty. Corrupt officials took advantage of Song Huizong's various hobbies to blackmail the people and extort exorbitant taxes, making it difficult for the people to make a living. At that time, the Jurchen Kingdom of the Jin Kingdom and the Liao Kingdom had been living in peace for hundreds of years, but Song Huizong insisted on resisting the Jin and destroying the Liao Dynasty, which quickly led to the decline of the Song Dynasty, and eventually the famous Jingkang Incident occurred.
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