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Song Ningzong Zhao Kuo was the only son of Song Guangzong, so Song Guangzong attached great importance to his education, and Song Guangzong not only gave him all the books he collected in the Eastern Palace, but also personally selected a number of famous Confucians such as Huang Bao, Chen Fuliang, and Peng Guinian to serve as his teachers. After Song Ningzong ascended the throne, he personally listed 10 historical bibliographies and a list of 10 people, saying to Peng Guinian: "There are too few books to read, and I plan to increase the number of lecturers to 10, each of whom specializes in one book." Among the lecturers he selected were huang bao and others from the former Jia Wangfu, as well as Zhu Xi, a great Confucian he had admired for a long time, which was the best choice for the time being.
However, Song Ningzong only paid attention to quantity and did not have enough understanding of the meaning in the book, so it was impossible to use it flexibly. When he was in power, the folds of his courtiers were piled up in large quantities and could not be disposed of in time. He even sometimes needed the guidance of the courtiers, and for the approval of the important ministers, Song Ningzong always wrote a single word directly, and rarely made a clear refutation, and sometimes encountered the tit-for-tat point of view of the two ministers, Song Ningzong still gave both sides a letter of approval, which made the minister not understand who was right.
These are the normal ways for the emperor to express his will, perhaps Song Ningzong is unwilling to be bound by this, so he chose the abnormal way of governing as "Imperial Pen", Song Ningzong himself is not enough to manage the government, and the transmission of the imperial pen will pass through the hands of eunuchs, which creates an opportunity for some powerful ministers, who collude with eunuchs and harems to exert influence on the imperial pen and use the imperial pen to act as the emperor.
Although Song Ningzong rarely had his own opinions on political affairs, he attached great importance to the opinions of the Taiwan Counselor. The Song Dynasty's Taiwan counselors had the power to correct the emperor's political negligence and impeach hundred officials, and their discussions represented the public opinion of the time to a certain extent, and the monarchs of the Song Dynasty attached great importance to the Taiwan counseling. But Song Ningzong was even more than that, and he once said to people: "Those who are counselors, the public opinion is self-explanatory, and the heart is afraid." "However, the Taiwan Counsel is based on the premise that the Emperor has the knowledge of others, and only an upright Taiwan Counselor official can make the Taiwan Counselor play a normal and good role." Song Ningzong himself lacked the ability to distinguish talents, so some people with ulterior motives wantonly introduced people from the party to enter the taiwan counsel, thus controlling the way of speech. Song Ningzong never discriminated between the opinions of the Tai Emperor, and as a result, the Tai Zhi also became an effective tool for the powerful ministers to crack down on dissidents and control Song Ningzong.
Although Song Ningzong's ability to manage the government was not good, he was very concerned about the suffering of the people. Before taking the throne, he escorted Gaozong's coffin to Shanyin for burial, and on the way he saw the scene of peasants struggling to harvest crops in the fields, and said to the left and right with emotion: "Usually in the deep palace, how can you know the hardships of labor!" After taking the throne, Song Ningzong would issue an edict exempting all kinds of taxes almost every year.
In his personal life, Song Ningzong also practiced frugality, dressed simply, and his eating utensils were not luxurious. Even during the Lantern Festival, he sat alone in the cold candlelight and did not celebrate with a feast, because he knew that many people outside did not even have food to eat.
The Southern Song Dynasty philosopher Yuan Xie once commented on Song Ningzong: "Your Majesty has lived in Chen for more than twenty years, silently worshipped, has no entertainment, has no pleasure in drinking, does not do extravagance, does not cultivate goods, does not practice tyranny, and does not have any things that the previous emperors have lost their morality." ”
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Reference: Zhao Song: The Eighteenth Emperor's Home Country and Real Life
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