The news spread from the palace to the market. A little beggar in Kaifeng street was shocked, then burst into tears and stumbled towards the palace. Who knows, the entrance of the palace is crowded with people, ragged beggars, gentle scholars and childlike children, crying, wearing white linen and burning paper money to "see the emperor off". The next day, the smoke of burning paper money filled the whole empty city, so it was dark.
When the news spread from DaSong to Liao, the monarch of Liao was frightened and rushed up to grab the hand of the messenger of Song and said, "What did you say? How did his father die? " At this point, tears fell: "I want to erect a monument for him to show my condolences."
From the poor to the enemy, they can't stand his death. -The emperor made this. He is an idol superstar. It was not until 700 years later that Emperor Qianlong, who looked much worse than himself, had to admit that the three emperors he admired most in his life, except his grandfathers Kangxi and Emperor Taizong, were Song Renzong.
Dad doesn't hurt, and neither does mom.
When Song Renzong was born, the crying of the baby greatly eased the pain of the civil and military officials who craned their necks. All the princes died before him. Therefore, he was named "Yi Li". Five-year-old Feng Qingguo is a nine-year-old prince. His 13-year-old father changed his name to Zhao Zhen immediately after his death, and he became the emperor.
Compared with the nine sons of later generations, this guy's beautiful life is enough to make emperors jealous.
However, as we all know, Song Renzong's youth was extremely difficult. -His confused father Song Zhenzong signed a shameful League of Legends, always worried that ministers would use the prince's shelf to empty themselves. The more he looks at his son, the more he has the illusion of killing people: in short, let me strike first.
The ministers couldn't stand it anymore: "How many sons does your majesty have? Kill if you want? " This forced Zhenzong to face a consequence: if the prince was killed, he would be finished.
Although the prince saved his life, his father's suspicion did not diminish. On his deathbed, Shinrikyo was full of thoughts: this son can't be trusted and must hand over power to the queen.
Zhao Zhen, a boy of 13 years old, succeeded to the throne after his father died and lived an uncomfortable life. The biggest test comes from his "mother"-Empress Zhang Xian.
Thanks to the "joke" in "Civet cats for princes", everyone knows that the biological mother is Liu and the queen mother is the bad king in the play. But in fact, Queen Zhang Xian is not a traitor, but smart, agile and politically savvy. Naturally, she sat behind Song Renzong and listened to the politics of 1 1 year.
The taste of power, once tasted, does not want to give up; What's more, Wu Zetian's smart women from the deep palace to the court are in power. Zhang Xian put the emperor's robe on her body and deliberately asked her minister, "What kind of emperor is Wu Zetian?"
This little gesture made the atmosphere tense, and the Queen Mother and her courtiers began to see the strength. Ironically, both sides are under the banner of "protecting the emperor". Young Zhao Zhen became a shield for the struggle between the two factions and spears thrown at each other, and he was treading on thin ice on the throne.
If Zhao Zhen is just an idiot, it's over. The days of gangs will be over. But when he was a child, he could see through his father's favorite Wang Ruoqin at a glance. "This is really a treacherous demon." . Such an enthusiastic child has become a "sandwich biscuit". What kind of inner pain will there be? The only thing that future generations can imagine is that during this 1 1 year, he loved calligraphy and practiced it well. Perhaps, practicing calligraphy is practicing thinking.
Therefore, Zhao Zhen has become an abnormal phenomenon. From Lv Zhi to Cixi, many emperors' mothers were in power in China. They are either sensitive, timid or extremely cruel. But Zhao Zhen sympathizes with the weak and forgives the world. It is this that determines the direction of reform in the early Northern Song Dynasty: the climax is short and the aftertaste is long.
Brief introduction of Fan Zhongyan's New Deal
1033, Song Renzong came to power.
He is too aware of the mess he took over: his father swaggered through the city to save face, and even sealed the "Five Mountains" in one breath to make up for the injured self-esteem of the "Five Mountains Alliance". At that time, Emperor Taizong wanted to build Huashan Mountain, but he gave it up because it was too expensive. It is conceivable that the treasury of the Song Dynasty was consumed to such an extent.
Song Renzong's first fire is to grasp the economy. The foreign war subsided and the domestic style was simple, which reversed the economic recession and ushered in the golden age of development. At this point, he found a suitable reform broker.
After careful consideration, Fan Zhongyan, who has a high voice from the masses, entered the field of vision. 1048, Song Renzong published a brand-new "Cabinet List": Fan Zhongyan was transferred back to Beijing to preside over the government affairs, together with Shu Shu's deputies Fu Bi and Han Qi.
Fan Zhongyan has been in politics for 28 years, and the reform has been brewing in his heart for a long time. Ten policies were completed in one fell swoop: pursuing, wooing, paying tribute, long-term election, cultivating public land, cultivating mulberry trees, repairing military equipment, reducing corvee, Qin Enxin and re-ordering. Song Renzong made a decision on the spot: it must be implemented nationwide.
However, only one year and four months later, Fan Zhongyan, Fu Bi and Han Qi were transferred from Beijing, and the reform suddenly stopped. Song Renzong doesn't trust him? No, throughout the ages, there have been many reformers, such as Shang Yang tearing down cars and Zhang Digging graves, but Fan is unscathed and the "holy family" is not deep. Did political opponents plot against him? Not exactly. Learn a few fonts from Fan's cronies, forge a letter, and force Renzong to abdicate. It is impossible for Song Renzong not to see this clumsy political trick.
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The only problem is that it is too hasty.
On one occasion, Fan Zhongyan checked a list of officials, and all incompetent officials were unceremoniously written off. Fu Bi standing to the side can't stand it. "Fan Xiao, you can hurt a family."
Fan Zhongyan said very seriously, "If you don't hurt a family, you will hurt everyone."
Fu Bi stayed. Yes, officials want to innovate; But you only read the list. Why do you feel that you are a weak official? Fan Zhongyan is an idealist. He just found the goal of reform, but he couldn't find the complicated and elaborate implementation method. Faced with this false abdication letter, Song Renzong saw a potential crisis: how to implement the New Deal? He stopped decisively.
The best times of literati
Fan Zhongyan left, and Yueyang Tower left his poet's swan song, "Worry about the world first, and enjoy the world later." However, Song Renzong will not leave, and Kaifeng will continue his political deployment. In 2003, conservative big noble Wen Yanbo took over as Prime Minister of Fan Xiao.
This time, Song Renzong chose the right reform promoter. In the next ten years, Wen Yanbo silently realized Song Renzong's reform intention with silence and hard work. Bao Zheng and Du Yan are both talented ministers. Without slogans and arguments, Fan's ten policies were revised one by one and put into practice.
1050 or so, Wen Yanbo felt that the "cross-currency" of Song Renzong banknotes had been piloted in Sichuan for many years, and the time was ripe to promote it to the whole country. Officials in Chang 'an, Shaanxi Province are eager to "make contributions", saying that iron money should be completely abolished and only paper money should be used. When this sentence came out, the people quickly sold iron money and snapped up goods, and Chang' an's economy was in chaos. At the critical moment, Wen Yanbo didn't force the implementation of "paying for money", but took out his own silk and came to Chang 'an: "Come, come, today I sell silk and only accept iron money." Immediately stabilized people's hearts. Since then, the court advocated "paying the children", and no one resisted, because the people trusted the rulers.
Perhaps, Song Renzong's implicit and gradual approach missed the opportunity of possible great changes and could not cure the root cause of the country; Perhaps, the success of this method depends too much on his generous charm, which makes it difficult for future generations to follow suit. But in any case, the dispute between the new party and the old party has subsided; Wang Anshi, the core figure of future political reform, was promoted; The peak of talent gathering has arrived. Among the "Eight Masters of Tang and Song Dynasties", except Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan in Tang Dynasty, the other six were very active in Renzong period. Lin Yutang said that this was the "best period" for China literati.
Many years later, Wang Anshi's radical reform failed, and Song Shenzong restored his grandfather Renzong's moderate improvement. Liao Wang summoned his generals and said, "Don't disturb the border again, Song will return to the road of Renzong." . Liao people may not understand why the Song Emperor they were afraid of was called Renzong. Benevolence is the core pursuit of Confucianism; In the history of China, he was the first emperor to be honored as "Renzong", and he made great contributions to the prosperity of the Northern Song Dynasty.