When it comes to the famous emperor of the fallen country in history, I have to say that Li Yu, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and Zhao Yao, the emperor of the Song Dynasty. Many people think that the two entered the wrong line, could have relied on their talents, and were born in the imperial family. Li Yu lived during the war-torn Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, and Emperor Huizong of Song did live during the period of the rich and great Song Dynasty. Although Song Huizong was talented, in fact, his level of governance of the country was not as bad as Li Yu's, and in the more than twenty years of his reign, he led the country to the peak of culture, and many people ridiculed him that he would do everything, but he would not be an emperor, is this really the case?
Emperor Huizong of Song was born in 1092, his father was Emperor Shenzong of Song, who died when he was two years old, and was successively crowned as the King of Ning and the King of Duan. After his father's death, his brother Song Zhezong succeeded to the throne, which means that the throne could not have been inherited by him. At the age of 15, he had his own mansion and lived outside the palace. In such a living environment, he likes to play with birds and play football. According to legend, Gao Li won the favor of Zhao Li because he could play football. In addition, his biggest hobbies are painting and writing. If it continues to develop in this way, it must be a first-class artist.
However, the good times did not last long, and he died of illness at the age of 23, and Song Zhezong died early, and there was no heir under his knees. As the second eldest of his brothers, he inherited the throne. He was in a very, very wealthy age. However, the ills of the country behind the seeming prosperity have been very deeply anointed, leaving a mess after Wang Anshi's change of law, and the surrounding regimes are eyeing the tiger. After he succeeded to the throne, he dismissed some conservative officials, and Sima Guang, Su Shi, and others at that time were dismissed and exiled. He also appointed reformist officials.
Among them, Cai Jing was one of the most trusted confidants of Emperor Huizong of Song. A few days after Cai Jing was appointed prime minister, he presided over the newly created Department of Speech and Deliberation. This department was modeled after the old system of the Three Divisions of the Shinjong Dynasty, aimed at overcoming bureaucratic obstruction of reform measures, and since then it has undertaken drastic social reforms. A comprehensive and series of reform measures on the welfare of the poor, education, official appointments and royal offices were announced, as well as fiscal matters including currency, tea law, taxation and exemption laws. Immediately after Cai Jing took office as Zaichen, he began to expand these measures to the whole country and find some ways to provide permanent funding for these initiatives.
On August 20, 1102, all the states and counties received orders to establish an amphibious house for the poor. Twenty days later, Kyoshi also set up a nursing home originally founded by Jejong in 1098. In May 1103, he ordered the opening of sick shops throughout the country. On the third day of February 1104, he ordered the establishment of the Oze Garden, further expanding the measure originally initiated by Shinjong. By October 1107, welfare services had expanded to provide shelter for the homeless in winter, when it was most dangerous to have no shelter in the winter.
Nursing homes provide food, clothing and shelter to those who are unable to sustain themselves, especially widows and widowers without adult children, as well as orphans and abandoned children. The relevant regulations stipulate the rations and monetary standards that each person should receive, 0.7 liters of rice per day for adults, half a meter per day for children, 10 yuan per day for small cash, and 5 yuan for winter heating. Special measures will be taken when the weather is coldest or the accommodation needs are greatest. To prevent the spread of the epidemic, Wu Juhou wrote a song, "The hospital built should be treated according to the severity of the patient, so as to prevent gradual infection." He also made a kitchen house, thinking that the dormitory of the soup medicine dieter, and the patients were divided into different rooms, and each place could be repaired for 10 HOS houses, so that the transport division planned to repair the building. To this end, Emperor Huizong of Song adopted the suggestion and established Anjifang.
In order to solve the problem of burial of the poor after death, the Leaky Garden was also founded. According to the regulations, officials should record information about the dead buried in each cave, and each grave should be excavated at least 3 feet deep. The name, age and date of burial of the deceased shall be recorded on the funeral sign. The operation of the nursing home and the leaky garden has recently been confirmed by archaeologists. In present-day Henan Province, archaeologists have discovered a cemetery site with 849 burials arranged compactly, in addition to 372 brick epitaphs inscribed with the names, ages, dates of death and burial of the deceased, and the number of where they were buried. In addition to the welfare system, Emperor Huizong of Song also carried out a series of educational reforms. During the reform period, the scale of Taixue was expanded, and in order to accept students, Emperor Huizong of Song also specially built a yong. There are four classrooms and one hundred dormitories. To this end, a number of specialized schools have also been established. Improve the treatment of students. However, these measures, the symptoms are not the root cause, and the country at that time did not get better.
Unfavorable in the political circles, but the field of art is a good hand, Song Huizong's harem beauty more than 10,000, children have more than 80 on this also have to befriend Master Li outside the palace, poetry, calligraphy and painting is not bad, but also created their own "thin gold body", can be called a master of calligraphy, to this day still no one has surpassed, ranking the famous calligraphy masters is completely appropriate. Another thing that Song Huizong can do is painting, is the founder of Gongbi Painting, and his achievements in landscape painting, figure painting, flower and bird painting are very high, and his heirloom paintings have sold more than 60 million. During his reign, the status of painters can be said to be very high, and he organized the establishment of the Hanlin Academy of Calligraphy and Painting, excavated a group of painting talents, and increased the salaries of painters. He also listed painting as part of the college entrance examination, which can be regarded as the originator of the art examination. The use of poetry as an examination for the development of literati painting injected fresh blood. The famous painter Wang Ximeng was cultivated by him and created the famous "Map of a Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains".
In addition, Emperor Huizong of Song was an avid Taoist believer who worshipped gods and read relevant scriptures, but unlike other emperors, he was not obsessed with alchemy and immortality. In 1125, the Jurchens invaded, and Emperor Huizong of Song pretended to have suffered a stroke and hurriedly passed the throne to his son, Song Qinzong. During the siege of Kaifeng, he prepared to flee to the southeast, but returned to the capital as the situation improved. However, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse, the Jurchens continued to besiege Taiyuan in October of that year, the Jin besieged Taiyuan, and in November, they invaded Liu Kaifeng, and Emperor Huizong of Song, Emperor Qinzong of Song, and others were taken captive by the Jin, and the city of Kaifeng was looted, which was the difficulty of Jing Kang, which was the shame of future generations. When he arrived in Yanjing, Emperor Huizong of Song regretted it, and his relatives around him also died one after another.
In 1126, the humiliated Emperor Huizong of Song completed his life.