I don’t think Song Huizong was a good emperor. I think he was a mediocre emperor. When he was emperor, he also did good things. During his reign, he established relief for the poor people in Bianjing. system, the court provided relief to the old, the weak, the disabled, young children, widows, etc. He also introduced large-scale medical security from the court to the people, and donated medicines and medicines to the people. However, he also did bad things. During his reign, , excessively pursued a luxurious life, purchased flowers and stones in the south, collected exotic flowers and stones and transported them to Bianjing to build gardens and palaces. He believed in Taoism and called himself Taojun emperor. He appointed corrupt officials and eunuchs to levy and extort money, which aroused peasant uprisings everywhere. For example, Fang La and Song Jiang only appointed talents based on their personal preferences. For example, Cai Jing became the prime minister just because he was good at calligraphy. For example, Gao Qiu became the third minister of Kaifu Yitong just because he was good at Cuju. Moreover, he Foreign policy made a mistake. In the second year of Xuanhe, envoys were sent to make an alliance with the Jin Dynasty and attack the Liao Kingdom. Five years later, the Jin Army destroyed the Liao Kingdom. They lost their lips and teeth and lost the buffer place of the Liao Kingdom. The Jin Army went south that year. Invasion of the Song Dynasty, and he was passive. Before the Jin army could attack, he gave up his position and even ran away. ~What do you think the courtiers at the time would have thought? So in summary, he should not be an emperor, he is only suitable to be a great poet and artist. It is a pity that his fate is not good~. ~
No king in Chinese history who lost his country would be called a good emperor, and Song Huizong was no exception.
Although he has made achievements and contributions in literature, it is a pity that his official position is an emperor. After he became emperor, he continued to indulge in factional disputes, and a large number of official talents were buried. The policies that survived Wang Anshi's new law were ultimately unable to save the crisis-ridden Northern Song Dynasty. Emperor Huizong thought that when the world was at peace, he could concentrate on his art, and even pursued a luxurious life. He purchased "Flowers and Stones" in the south, collected exotic flowers and stones and transported them to Bianjing to build gardens and palaces. He believed in Taoism and called himself " "Emperor Daojun", appointed corrupt officials and eunuchs to impose excessive taxes and extort taxes, which triggered peasant uprisings everywhere. Among them, the most serious problems were caused by the new party Cai Jing becoming prime minister and the eunuch Tong Guan being general.
In the second year of Xuanhe in the Northern Song Dynasty (1120), the Song and Jin countries formed a maritime alliance and agreed that the Jin Dynasty would attack Zhongjing in Liao Dynasty, while the Song Dynasty would attack Yanjing in Liao Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, the rest of the country returned to the Jin Dynasty. Later, the Jin soldiers captured Liao Zhongjing, and the Song Dynasty's 200,000-strong army was defeated. Yanjing was captured by the Jin people, Emperor Tianzuo was captured, and the Liao Kingdom was destroyed. The Jin Dynasty's campaign to destroy Liao Dynasty seriously exposed the corruption of the Song army. The Song court actually asked the Jin people to fulfill it, but the Jin people accused the Song people of not fulfilling their agreement to attack Yanjing. The Song Dynasty used Sui coins to buy back the sixteen states of Yanyun.
When the Song and Jin Dynasties went to war, Huizong saw that the situation was in danger, so he moved to the throne of the prince Zhao Huan. Zhao Huan ascended the throne in tears and became Qinzong of the Song Dynasty. However, Huizong himself was the one who was involved in the war. He ignored generals such as Li Gang and Zhong Shidao and focused on seeking peace. When the Jin people attacked the Song Dynasty for the second time, they even used the superstitious Taoist priest Guo Jing to defeat the enemy with the "Six Armor Method". However, the magic army was defeated. The Jin soldiers took the opportunity to attack the city in four groups, and the Jin army captured Bianjing.
The Jin people captured Huizong and Qinzong, and brought back 100,000 people from the Zhao royal family and the common people of the capital to the north; during this period, no less than a thousand of Huizong's concubines, princesses and maids were insulted by the Jin soldiers. The poor and glorious Zhao family would eventually be defeated by Huizong, and no one would come back alive.