His martial arts were not as good as those of Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the dynasty, he did not have the conquest merits of opening up the territory and expanding the territory, and he was culturally inferior to the artists who could write and paint words and draw words like Song Huizong, but he was diligent and earnest, an honest man, ruled the country with benevolence, and did not have great turmoil in his office.
When he was just in power, he was even forced to humiliate and seek peace like the northern peoples, pay tribute to the old coins, and his ancestors' dynasty was almost unsafe to his generation, but it was such a bad hand, and under his unremitting struggle, it became a generation of prosperity, he was Song Renzong, Zhao Zhen.
The Song Dynasty was a tradition of emphasizing literature over martial arts, and was more tolerant of civilian officials, and Song Renzong gave full play to this tradition. Legally, you can't beat the minister, you can't insult the secretary of state, you can't kill if you don't plot rebellion, and there is a systematic system of officials, once the official is reduced to the emperor's harem attendants, the little eunuch who combs his hair can't look at it, but Song Renzong still obeyed, or was the first to cut off the eunuch who had accompanied him for many years.
Emperor Renzong of Song was generous and gentle, and he appointed a wide range of talents, such as letting Fan Zhongyan carry out the "New Deal of celebrating the calendar", and most of the famous rulers of the Song Dynasty appeared during the Renzong period. Once Bao Zheng was very excited when he spoke, and the saliva splashed on Renzong's face, and Renzong accepted her suggestion while wiping his face with his sleeve.
Song Renzong did not engage in literal hell and was very tolerant of literati. In Sichuan, there was an old Xiucai who did not succeed in the examination to write a poem to rebel, and Chengdu Taishou tied him up in the capital, but he said: Lao Xiucai consciously cherished the talent and did not meet, and wrote poems to vent his anger, how can he be punished? So I gave him an official to do. This environment played a crucial role in the development of culture and the prosperity of Song Ci.
Song Renzong was particularly "slamming the door", reluctant to drink water, reluctant to buy beautiful clothes for his wife, the bed tents and bedding he used were gray and worn, and the prime minister Han Qi could not look down, but Renzong said that this was also the anointing blood of the people and could not be wasted casually.
Officials offered delicious clams, and Emperor Renzong heard that the price was very expensive, and he was so angry that he could not eat them. Afraid that the imperial chef will develop the habit of slaughtering sheep at night and not drinking mutton soup when he is hungry at night. When he was hungry and wanted to eat roast lamb, the attendant asked him why he didn't ask him to procure it, and he said, "If you open your mouth, you will disturb the people because this is yuan's order, so it is better not to open your mouth." ”
There are many emperors in history who like to show off with diligence and thrift, but the only one who can really show off for forty years is Renzong, during his reign, it was the most peaceful half century of the Song Dynasty, the economy was developed, the people's livelihood was improved, and the culture was greatly prospered, and Song Renzong was such an emperor of Wenzhi, worthy of the temple name of "Ren".