Emperor Xiaozong of Song was the second emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty. However, he was not Zhao Shuo's biological son, but an adopted son. Zhao Yun's succession to the throne also represents the return of the throne from Zhao Guangyi to the Taizu Zhao Kuangyin lineage. Zhao Yun was very accomplished, and later generations called him "Zhuo Ran as the head of the emperors of Nandu". His main achievements can be summarized as: rectifying politics, reforming the military, vigorously advocating the Northern Expedition, developing the economy, and cultural prosperity!
On October of the first year of Jianyan, Zhao Ziyi, who was the head of the imperial family, had a son born, named Zhao Boqun, and according to the family tree, King Xiu was a line of prince Zhao Kuangyin. Since Zhao Guangyi ascended the throne, Zhao Kuangyin's line was basically unrelated to the imperial throne, and Zhao Boqun, as the seventh grandson of Zhao Kuangyin, originally did not want to become emperor, but his luck was too good.
As the first emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhao Zhuo had a son, but his son died of fright during the Miao-Liu Mutiny. Zhao Zhuo himself also had physical problems and did not have any more children. However, the Great Song Dynasty still needed people to inherit, so he prepared to select the sons of the Clan as heirs, that is, to choose a male from the Zhao Family Clan as his adopted son, and finally inherit the Jiangshan of the Great Song Dynasty.
Under such circumstances, Zhao Boqun was selected and sent to the imperial palace. In the second year of entering the palace, he changed his name to Zhao Yao, of course, he was not the only one who was accepted into the palace by Zhao Zhao, and others were not adopted by Zhao Zhao. However, Zhao Boqun passed many tests, and at the age of 30, he was made crown prince, changed his name to Zhao Xuan, and succeeded to the throne in the same year as Song Xiaozong.
Emperor Xiaozong of Song was the most promising emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, and during his reign he did many things in favor of the Southern Song Dynasty, such as rectifying politics. During the Southern Song Dynasty, there were many political problems, such as when Qin Ju was the prime minister, he controlled the power of the DPRK and Formed a complex political force. As soon as Zhao Yun came to power, he greatly shortened the period of prime minister and limited the power of the prime minister by participating in the government affairs.
In order to restrain the Zaizhi clique, he strengthened the supervision function of the Taiwan Counselor, and strengthened the power of the Appointment of the Taiwan Counselor, which is equivalent to his firm grasp of the Taiwan Counselor, and these are all in his service. In addition, we will strictly abide by the family law that foreign relatives are not allowed to interfere in politics, and there will never be a situation in which foreign relatives such as Han Nongxu and Jia Xiangdao will seize power.
Moreover, he did something similar to wang Anshi's reform period, laying off redundant personnel, strictly limiting and reducing the number of enyin, and it has to be said that it was indeed a good thing for the imperial court.
To say that the place where he succeeded to the throne was relatively influential, it was yue Fei's rehabilitation, which won him a good reputation and made him sit firmly on the throne, but this also revealed a signal that he was a main war emperor.
Zhao Yun was an emperor of the main war faction, and since he rehabilitated Yue Fei, he had carried out military reforms and implemented the compulsory military service system, which not only increased military strength, but also saved military expenditure, and he attached great importance to the selection of military generals, and the military talents recommended by various localities were not limited by the number and ascension to the throne, and those who passed the military examination must also be familiar with military politics for seven years, which was very in line with the military at that time.
After rectifying the military, Zhao Yun started the Northern Expedition, known in history as the Longxing Northern Expedition, although it achieved great victories in the early stage of the Northern Expedition, but especially Zhao Yun gained the upper hand due to indecision and the lord and faction, and finally ended with the Longxing Peace Conference, but this time the peace talks also won a certain position for the Southern Song Dynasty, which was higher than the status of the Shaoxing Peace Conference, which was also the impact of Zhao Yun's military reform.
As an emperor who wanted to make a difference, the development of the economy was a must, and he issued an edict to reduce the burden on the people and lighten the small amount of money. Attaching importance to the timeliness of official merit, the collection of taxes at that time was very chaotic, not only could not be completed on time by the imperial court, but also brought a heavy burden to the people, and finally solved this problem under the repeated strict requirements of Zhao Yun.
In order to develop the economy, vigorously build water conservancy, and it is not a face project, and great attention is paid to timeliness; during his reign, water conservancy was very developed, and farmland was free of drought and waterlogging.
Moreover, during his reign, he set the sub to be issued by the state, which is different from the previous Jiaozi, the Jiaozi is a locally issued paper currency, but the Huizi is issued by the household department, which is an official paper money, which greatly improves the credibility of the Huizi, which is the highest national paper money. It will be handed over to the state for issuance, which is conducive to economic development and prosperity.
During his reign, the Southern Song Dynasty saw a situation of a hundred schools of thought, and before that, the imperial court supported one school of doctrine and suppressed another for its own rule. However, Zhao Yun's reign was different, and he adopted an inclusive policy of Wang Anshi Xinxue and Cheng Zhu Lixue, which to a certain extent allowed the rapid development of ideas. There were not only famous thinkers Zhu Xi, Lu Jiuyuan, Chen Liang, and Ye Shi; but also famous literary scholars, such as Lu You, Fan Chengda, Yang Wanli, You Yuan, and the famous lyricist Xin Shuyi, who were all active during Zhao Yun's reign.
During the reign of Zhao Yun, political clarity, social stability, economic prosperity, and cultural prosperity, the history books called "Zhuoran is the head of the Nandu emperors", is the southern Song Dynasty worthy of the name of the lord of Zhongxing. During the reign of Zhao Yun, when the national strength of the Southern Song Dynasty was at its strongest, his achievements in political, economic and military aspects were also the highest in the Southern Song Dynasty, and the later monarchs could not be compared.
Zhao Yun was the most accomplished emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, and his years were successively Longxing, Qiandao and Chunxi, plus during his reign, the people were rich, the grain was abundant, and the peace and happiness were known in history as "the rule of Qianchun".