▲ Zhao Gou in the TV series Zhongjing Yuefei
1 Politically, Song Gaozong and Zhao Gou founded the Southern Song Dynasty regime in Lin 'an, and through continuous efforts, they solved the thorny problems such as peasant riots, mutiny and migration, and stabilized the regime.
He signed the Shaoxing Peace Treaty with Jin, which objectively laid the foundation for the peace situation in the late Southern Song Dynasty and ensured the continuation of the Song Dynasty's rule.
The History of Song Dynasty compares Zhao Gou and Liu Xiu, and defines them as wise kings of ZTE.
▲ Zhao Gou in the TV series Zhongjing Yuefei
Economically, Song Gaozong has implemented border laws to encourage refugees to farm. During his reign, he never collected rent from refugees, and agricultural production was restored and developed.
During the reign of Song Gaozong, he encouraged the development of overseas trade and promoted the progress of navigation technology. Also making money in Lin 'an to promote the development of the financial industry.
Culturally, Song Gaozong was good at calligraphy and painting, which influenced the development direction of calligraphy in the Southern Song Dynasty. He is well versed in calligraphy theory, and has written a volume of A Record of Momo. He also advocated people to learn calligraphy, which played a great role in the prosperity of the Southern Song Dynasty.
▲ Zhao Gou's calligraphy works
Song Gaozong was keen to protect the famous ancient calligraphy and painting works, and collected many famous ancient calligraphy posts and paintings lost by the war in Xuanhe Neifu.
Zhao Gou, Song Gaozong has fifteen works, such as The Fisherman's Ci, which are short in words and high in artistry.
4 the successor is well chosen. In the thirty-second year of Shaoxing (1 162), in June, 55-year-old Song Gaozong abdicated to his adopted son Zhao Shen on the grounds that he was "tired and diligent" and wanted to have more rest.
It is generally believed that Zhao Shen was the most successful emperor in the Southern Song Dynasty. During the reign of Zhao Shen, it was called "Gan Chun rule" in history.
Zhao Shen was emperor for 27 years. In the first 25 years, Emperor Zhao Gou lived well. Zhao Gou has a certain influence on Zhao Shen. Speaking of it, Zhao Gou also contributed to "dry and pure rule".