Portrait of Song Shenzong Zhao Yan
Zhao Yan, formerly known as Zhao Zhongzheng, was the sixth emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty, the eldest son of Zhao Shu of the Yingzong of the Northern Song Dynasty, and his biological mother was Empress Xuanren Shengli Gao.
On the 10th day of the fourth month of the eighth year of the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Northern Song Dynasty (戊子, 1048), Zhao Yan was born in the Muqin Mansion, the palace residence of the Prince of Pu'anyi.
In August of the same year, Zhao Zhen of the Renzong of the Northern Song Dynasty gave him the name Zhao Zhongzhen, and soon he was appointed deputy commander of the leading government, and was promoted to the rank of general of Youqianniuwei three times. When he was a child, Zhao Yan knew that 'the ancestors swallowed the ghost, thistle, and spirit martial arts, and counted the defeated soldiers', determined to 'snow the shame of several generations'; when he was more than 10 years old, he had 'great ambitions to prosper, and wanted to ask about the sins of the two realms of the northwest'.
In the eighth year of the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Northern Song Dynasty (癸卯, 1063), Zhao Yan and his father Zhao Shu entered the Qingning Palace. During this time, Zeng dreamed that a god man held him to heaven.
In March of the same year, Zhao Zhen of the Renzong of the Northern Song Dynasty died, and his father Zhao Shu succeeded him as Emperor Yingzong of the Northern Song Dynasty, and Zhao Yan was appointed as an observer envoy to Anzhou and made him the Duke of Guangguo.
In May, Zhao Yan was subjected to the East Palace. According to historical records, Zhao Yan had an extraordinary appearance, different manners from ordinary people, and was studious by nature, and every time he asked for a teaching question, he would forget to eat, and when his father saw it, he often sent internal attendants to stop him. Zhao Yan attaches great importance to clothing and etiquette, and does not use a fan even in hot times. The attendant Wang Tao entered the palace, and Zhao Yan led his brother Zhao Hao to pay homage to him, which shows his respect for his master.
In September, the 18-year-old Zhao Yan was crowned the envoy of the Zhongwu Army and the Pingzhangshi of the Tongzhongshu Menxia, and was crowned the king of Huaiyang County by Jin, and changed his name to Zhao Yan.
In the first year of Emperor Yingzong of the Northern Song Dynasty (甲辰, 1064), he became the king of Ying.
In March of the third year of Emperor Yingzong's reign of the Northern Song Dynasty (1066), he was married to the granddaughter of Xiang Minzhong.
In October of the same year, his father Zhao Shu of Song Yingzong became seriously ill, and Zhao Yan, in accordance with the old system of the Renzong period, requested that he go to the Emperor Yingge on two days to give a lecture, in order to be the heart of the officials of the An imperial court.
In December, Zhao was made crown prince. When he was studying in the East Palace, he was very advocating Legalist doctrine, especially Han Feizi, Yu was quite interested in the Legalist art of 'rich country and strong army', and also read Wang Anshi's "Emperor Shangrenzong's Words and Things", and greatly appreciated his financial management and governing the country.
In the first month of the fourth year of the reign of Emperor Yingzong of the Northern Song Dynasty (Ding Wei, 1067), Zhao Shu of the Northern Song Dynasty Yingzong died, and the 20-year-old Zhao Yan succeeded to the throne, which was for the Shenzong of the Northern Song Dynasty, and in the following year changed the yuan to 'Xining', granted amnesty to the world, and sent Feng Xingji to mourn Liao, honoring the empress dowager as the empress dowager, the empress Gao as the empress dowager, and chancellor Han Qi as the envoy of the mountain tomb.
In the same year, Jiang Zhiqi, an attendant in the Northern Song Dynasty, and Cheng Pengsijia, in the imperial history, were angry at the defeat of 'Pu Yi', and framed and attacked Ouyang Xiu for adultery with his niece.
In December, 21-year-old Emperor Yizong of Western Xia, Li Shuzuoxue, and his 7-year-old son Li Bingchang, took the throne for Emperor Huizong of Western Xia. Li Shuzuo's empress Liang was honored as empress dowager and regent, with his younger brother Liang Yiburi as prime minister. At that time, in order to win the support of the party nobles, the Liang family changed the Han rites of the Li Shuzuo period and restored the Fan rites, so as to encircle them.
In this year, Western Xia surrendered his troops to the Song Dynasty, and the Northern Song Dynasty Zhiqingjian City (present-day Qingjian, Shaanxi) planted troops to welcome it, and built the city of Suizhou (present-day Suide, Shaanxi). Western Xia was furious and booby-trapped Yang Ding, the commander of the Northern Song Dynasty security army (present-day Zhidan, Shaanxi), to take revenge.
In the first year of the reign of Emperor Xining of the Northern Song Dynasty, the fourth year of Emperor Xianyong of Liao, and the first year of Emperor Huizong of Western Xia (戊申, 1068), the court of the Northern Song Dynasty degraded the seeds and placed (Hubei) Suizhou.
In April of the same year, Wang Anshi entered Beijing and was ordered, and Emperor Shenzong of Song summoned Zhao Yanzhi to the palace to listen to the political, military, financial and economic reform strategies, and deeply felt that this person was a person who could achieve great things with himself.
In February of the second year of the reign of Emperor Xining of the Northern Song Dynasty, the fifth year of Emperor Xianyong of Liao, and the second year of Emperor Huizong of Western Xia (己酉, 1069), Emperor Shenzong of Song Zhao Yan took Wang Anshi as the governor of government affairs, mainly responsible for changing the law, and at the same time adjusting personnel arrangements to form a new ruling body. The measures to change the law are roughly divided into three parts: the law of rich countries, the law of strengthening the army, and the law of taking soldiers. However, as soon as the new law was promulgated, it immediately attracted accusations and invectives from the government and the public, not only criticizing the new law in terms of content and efficiency, but also making a big accusation in ideology and morality, declaring that Wang Anshi 'changed the ancestral law', "enlightened the heart with the art of enriching the country and strengthening the army, wanted to make a near contribution, and forgot his old learning", and 'the shang decree is called Shang Martingale, and when he speaks of wealth and profit, he goes against Meng Ke, despises the old and becomes a follower, and abandons public theories as customs'. In the face of the court's discussions, Wang Anshi was unmoved, and put forward the slogan 'the changes of the sky are not enough to fear, the words of the people are not enough, and the laws of the ancestors are not enough to keep'. Zhao Yan of Song Shenzong expressed support for the reform of the law, advocating equal emphasis on moral merit and fame, and opposed the old school's empty words and morality, but did nothing in politics. In the dispute between the two factions, Song Shenzong Zhao Yan successively dismissed a group of officials who had negative views on changing the law.
In July of the same year, Empress Dowager Liang of Western Xia, under the guise of Emperor Huizong Li Bingchang, went to the court of the Northern Song Dynasty to request the restoration of Western Xia Fanyi, which was granted.
In the third year of the Northern Song Dynasty Shenzong Xining, the sixth year of Liao Daozong Xianyong, and the first year of the National Day (Geng, 1070) of the Emperor Huizong of Western Xia, Song Shenzong promoted Wang Anshi to the position of Tongzhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi, so new laws such as the Farmland Water Conservancy Law, the Young Seedlings Law, the Equal Loss Law, the Baojia Law, the Exemption Law, the Shiyi Law, the Baoma Law, and the Fangtian Jun Tax Law were promulgated successively, and the law was changed to enter a climax.
At that time, in order to formulate and implement the new law in a timely and effective manner, Emperor Zhao Yan of Song Shenzong specially ordered the establishment of a special agency for the three departments of regulations (Hubu, Duzhi, and Yantie), presided over by Wang Anshi and Chen Shengzhi, a member of the Privy Council. In this institution, Song Shenzong listened to Wang Anshi's recommendation and appointed a group of newcomers such as Lü Huiqing, Zhang Wei, Cai Que, Zeng Bu, Lü Jiawen, Shen Kuo, and Xue Xiang. However, although the new law was strongly supported by the emperor, it was difficult to implement. Because the new law violated the interests of privileged big bureaucrats, landlords and businessmen in many ways, the reform was strongly opposed from the beginning. This opposition force was supported by the Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager, and Empress Shenzong. In addition, the new law itself had many flaws, so that some honest ministers also stood up against it, even Su Zhi, Han Qi, and Sima Guang.
In August of the same year, Empress Dowager Liang of Western Xia personally gathered 300,000 soldiers and horses, carrying 100 days of dry food, plundered the border along the Northern Song Dynasty, and attacked the city of Dashun in a big way. At that time, the army was stationed in Yulin, more than 40 miles away from Qingzhou (present-day Qingyang, Gansu) in the Northern Song Dynasty, and used it to build a troublesome fort; Li Fugui of Zhizhou of Gyeongju in the Northern Song Dynasty sent a general to attack, but was defeated and returned. Later, because the Tubo leader Dong Yu took advantage of the void to lead his troops to attack the western territory of Western Xia, forcing Liang Yiburi to withdraw his troops in a hurry.
In the fourth year of the reign of Emperor Xining of the Northern Song Dynasty, the seventh year of Emperor Xianyong of Liao, and the second year of the National Day (Xinhai, 1071) of Emperor Huizong of Western Xia, the court of the Northern Song Dynasty continued to issue tributes, abolished poetry and Ming Jing, and tried to enter the priests with scripture and righteousness. At that time, Chen Shunyu of Zhi County in Shanyin (present-day Shaoxing, Zhejiang) refused to issue money to young seedlings, Liu Meng of Zhixian County of Changgezhi County (Henan) and Liu Meng of Zhixian County of Huyang (present-day Tanghe, Henan) refused to implement the law of exemption from military service, and Jiang Qianbang of Jiang Qianbang Qianbang of Zhixian County of Chen Liu (present-day southeast of Kaifeng, Henan) refused to pay the Qingmiao Law in Yamen, and no one dared to go.
In the same year, the supervisor sued Su Shi of the court, Han Wei, the prefect of Kaifeng, and Yang Yi of the imperial history, all of whom were demoted to local officials because they attacked the new law.
In this year, Western Xia captured the city of Funing in the Northern Song Dynasty (present-day Mizhixi, Shaanxi).
In the fifth year of the reign of Emperor Xining of the Northern Song Dynasty, the eighth year of Emperor Xianyong of Liao, and the third year of the National Day (壬子, 1072) of Emperor Huizong of Western Xia, the Northern Song Dynasty continued to promulgate the City Yi Law and the Baoma Law. Si Tianjian Lingtailang You Ying, Ruzhou Fubi, and Supervisor Yushi Zhang Shangying were all demoted to local officials because they attacked the new law in their writings.
In the sixth year of the reign of Emperor Xining of the Northern Song Dynasty, the ninth year of Emperor Xianyong of Liao, and the fourth year of the Emperor Huizong of Western Xia, Wen Yanbo, the privy envoy of the Northern Song Dynasty, was also demoted to a magistrate because of his attack on the new law.
In the same year, the Northern Song Dynasty's Taohe Road pacified Wang Shao and attacked Tubo and built Wushengcheng, which was named Xizhou (present-day Lintao, Gansu).
In the seventh year of the reign of Emperor Xining of the Northern Song Dynasty, the tenth year of Emperor Xianyong of Liao, and the fifth year of the National Day of Emperor Huizong of Western Xia (Jia Yin, 1074), the Tubo chieftain Mu Zheng captured Hezhou (present-day Linxia, Gansu) of the Northern Song Dynasty, and Wang Shao entered the dynasty and fought back, Mu Zheng was defeated, and the four prefectures of Min (present-day Min County, Gansu), Tang (present-day Gansu County), Tao (present-day Lintan, Gansu), and Di (present-day Qinghai Xuanbu) all fell to the Song Dynasty, appeasing more than 300,000 Qiang and conquering more than 2,000 li, all of which have been lost in 200 years.
In April of the same year, the land of selfishness was very solid, and it was called the 'old party', and he repeatedly confused the Empress Dowager Cao and the Empress Dowager Gao, and repeatedly told Song Shenzong Zhao Yan: "The ancestral law cannot be changed lightly, and Wang Anshi is in chaos in the world." Wang Anshi was uncomfortable and begged to quit. Emperor Shenzong of Song had no choice but to belittle him as the prefect of Jiangning (江宁, in present-day Nanjing, Jiangsu).
In this year, the Northern Song Dynasty was dry for a long time, and Jian'an came to Zheng Xia to enter the 'Displaced People Map'.
Portrait of Yelu Hongji and Xiao Guanyin
In the eighth year of the reign of Emperor Xining of the Northern Song Dynasty, the first year of Emperor Taikang of Liao, and the first year of Emperor Huizong of Western Xia (1075), Emperor Shenzong of Song Zhao Yanfu made Wang Anshi a scholar of the Guanwen Temple and Tongping Zhangshi. Therefore, Wang Anshi wrote the "Three Classics and New Meanings" and promulgated the scholar official. However, Song Shenzong Zhao Yan was no longer as obedient as earlier, and sometimes did not even pay attention to his opinions, Wang Anshi sighed: "The world is like boiling soup, the next fire, and then splashing a spoonful of water, how can there be a time to boil?" "Unable to do so, coupled with physical illness, he repeatedly asked to leave his post.
In the same year, Jiaotoe (present-day Hanoi, Vietnam) attacked the Northern Song Dynasty, trapping the prefectures of Qin (present-day Qinzhou, Guangxi) and Lian (present-day Hepu, Guangxi).
In this year, the privy envoy of the Northern Liaoning Yuan, Yelu Yixin, took charge of government, deeply hating Empress Yide Xiao Guanyin, and falsely accused her of adultery with his concubine Zhao Wei. Therefore, Zhao Wei was imprisoned, nailed and tortured, forced to falsely accuse, Xiao Guanyin hanged, and the history is called the 'Ten Incense Words' wrongful case.
In the ninth year of the reign of Emperor Xining of the Northern Song Dynasty, the second year of Emperor Taikang of Liao, and the second year of Emperor Huizong of Western Xia (Bingchen, 1076), Li Bingchang, Emperor Huizong of Western Xia, was 16 years old and began to personally govern the government, and the real power remained in the hands of Empress Dowager Liang and Liang Yibian. At that time, Li Bingchang liked Han Confucian culture, captured many Han scholars in battles with the Northern Song Dynasty, and often consulted them on Song Dynasty etiquette.
In June of the same year, Wang Anshi's beloved son Wang Yun died in the prime of life, and in grief, his spirit was stimulated, and he could not concentrate on political affairs.
In October, Emperor Shenzong of Song dismissed Wang Anshi from his position and sentenced Jiangning Mansion. Wang Anshi served as a phase twice, a total of 6 years before and after, changed the law and became strong, and was credited to the country, and the old party hated it to the bone.
In that year, Jiaotoe captured Yongzhou (present-day Nanning, Guangxi) in the Northern Song Dynasty, slaughtering the city, killing 58,000 people. The Southern Court of Xuanhui of the Northern Song Dynasty sent Guo Kui to attack him, fought at the Fuliang River, beheaded Li Hongzhen, the prince of Jiaotoe, and Li Qiande, the king of Jiaotoe, sent people to surrender to the military gate, and since there was no longer a war with China.
In the tenth year of the Northern Song Dynasty, the third year of Emperor Taikang of Liao, and the third year of Emperor Huizong of Western Xia (Ding, 1077), Liao Yelü Yixin also falsely accused the crown prince Yelü Hui and the Northern Yuan Xuanhui to make Yelü Tart Buye and others rebelled, Liao Daozong Yelu Hongji personally interrogated, Yelu Tart was also loaded with heavy weapons, roped around his neck, could not breathe, could not bear his coolness, but begged for a quick death, was falsely accused, so he deposed Yelu Huan as a commoner and imprisoned him in Shangjing (present-day Bahrain Zuoqi, Inner Mongolia).
In the same year, Jeremiah sent people to assassinate the prince, falsely claiming that the prince had died of illness. Yeluhonji summoned the prince's wife, and Yelu Yixin killed her. At that time, a woman surnamed Li offered 'blackmail Google', and Yelu Hongji was impressed by this, so he admitted the prince's children to the palace.
In the first year of Emperor Shenzong of the Northern Song Dynasty, the fourth year of Emperor Taikang of Liao, and the fourth year of Emperor Huizong of Western Xia (戊wu, 1078), Emperor Shenzong of Song made Wang Anshi the Duke of Shu. At that time, Song Shenzong walked to the front desk from behind the scenes and personally presided over the change of the law, but the change of law was still accompanied by opposition. Song Shenzong, who lost Wang Anshi, his right hand, and faced great pressure alone, was very annoyed and decided to implement tougher measures to push the new law.
In the second year of Emperor Yuanfeng of the Northern Song Dynasty, the fifth year of Emperor Taikang of Liao, and the fifth year of Emperor Huizong of Western Xia (1079), Li Ding in the imperial history of the Northern Song Dynasty, falsely accused Su Shi of Zhizhou of Huzhou (Zhejiang) of writing poems to slander the imperial court and slander the monarch, and used the verses written by Su Shi to take the meaning out of context and imply it: "His Majesty sends money to help the poor, and he says: 'If the children have a good voice, they will be in the city for a year and a half.'" His Majesty's Ming Law course examines the group of officials, and he says: "Read ten thousand books without reading the law, so that Jun Yao Shun knows no skill." When His Majesty builds water conservancy, he says: 'If the East China Sea knows its idea, it should teach to rebuke the halogen and change the mulberry field.' His Majesty is careful not to forbid salt, and he says: 'Shall you hear the edict and forget the taste, and there will be no salt in March.' 'Everything else that should be said is mainly a slander. Su Shi then went to prison, sought his release, and was demoted to the rank of deputy envoy of the (Hubei) Huangzhou regiment.
In July of the same year, Liao Yelü Yixin again wanted to murder the imperial grandson Yelü Yanxi, and the Liao Daozong Yelü Hongji accepted the minister's proposal and ordered the imperial grandson to accompany him to the autumn hunt, so that the attempt failed.
In the third year of Emperor Yuanfeng of the Northern Song Dynasty, the sixth year of Emperor Taikang of Liao, and the sixth year of Emperor Huizong of Western Xia (Gengshen, 1080), Emperor Huizong of Western Xia issued an edict to restore Han rites.
In the same year, Emperor Shenzong of Song changed the title of Wang Anshi to the Duke of Jing.
In April of the fourth year of Emperor Shenzong Yuanfeng of the Northern Song Dynasty, the seventh year of Emperor Taikang of Liao, and the seventh year of Emperor Huizong of Western Xia (Xin You, 1081), the Western Xia general Li Qing claimed that Emperor Huizong Li Bingchang had returned to the Northern Song Dynasty with Henan land, and Empress Dowager Liang heard about it, beheaded Li Qing, imprisoned Emperor Huizong Li Bingchang in Mu Ping, 5 miles away from Xingqing Palace (present-day Yinchuan, Ningxia), and sent Liang Yiburi, Zhimeng, and others to gather soldiers and horses, control the main road of Heliang, and cut off the capital from the outside world. However, the news of Li Bingchang's imprisonment of Emperor Huizong of Western Xia still came out, and the whole of Western Xia was shocked, and the royal family relatives and tribal leaders in various places supported the city fortress to confront Liang's parent party, and Liang Yiburi repeatedly sent his cronies to hold silver medals, and no one obeyed.
In May of the same year, Yu Zanghuama, the Tubo clan of the Tubo clan who was always dissatisfied with the dictatorship of Zhuliang, sent a note to Xizhou of the Northern Song Dynasty on the grounds that the lord of Western Xia was out of office, claiming that 'the emperor of Western Xia and the empress dowager were at odds with mother and son, and the empress dowager killed the emperor's heavy ministers, so that the whole country was in turmoil, and if troops were sent to ask for it at this time, Western Xia would definitely respond to the whole country. ’
At that time, in response to the civil strife in Western Xia, the court of the Northern Song Dynasty had two factions: the main war faction was represented by the chief of Yanyan Road, who said in Shangshu: "When there is civil strife in Western Xia, we should raise a teacher to answer for the crime, this is a golden opportunity." "The anti-war faction, represented by Sun Gu of the Privy Council, Teng Yuanfa of the Zhi Yuan, etc., held the reason that 'it is easy to raise troops to fight and solve problems, and it is necessary to advocate the strategy of politically dividing the territory of Western Xia.'" In the end, the anti-war faction's claim was rejected by Song Shenzong Zhao Yan.
In June, Emperor Shenzong of Song deployed an army of nearly 500,000 and attacked Western Xia in five ways, but there was no commander. The eunuch Jinghe made Li Xian out of Lanzhou (Gansu), the eunuch Jinghe made Li Xian out of Lanzhou (modern Jingchuan, Gansu), the eunuch Wang Zhongzheng made Gao Zunyu out of Suizhou (modern Suide, Shaanxi), the eunuch Wang Zhongzheng went out of Lin Prefecture (modern Shenmu, Shaanxi). The provinces were like a broken bamboo, besieging Lingzhou in Western Xia (present-day Lingwu, Ningxia), with no siege equipment, and Li Xian did not arrive. At that time, the western Xia Jianbi cleared the wilderness, and the Yellow River Irrigation Song Camp; The Song army collapsed, killing more than 200,000 people, and the whole country was shaken. An official who accompanied the army at that time wrote the "Poem of the Western Expedition", which truly recorded the tragic situation under the city of Lingzhou: Qinggangxia Liweizhou Road, ten to the army and nine did not return. The white bones are like rustling and snow, and Jun Mo looks at the countryside platform.
When the news of the defeat in the Battle of Lingzhou came, Song Shenzong was at bedtime, and after getting up, he hurried around the bed, and did not sleep all night, so that he fell ill.
In this year, Emperor Yelu Hongji of Liao Daozong realized what Yelu Yixin had done before and deposed his official post and henchmen.
In the fifth year of Emperor Yuanfeng of the Northern Song Dynasty, the eighth year of Emperor Taikang of Liao, and the eighth year of Emperor Huizong of Western Xia (壬戌, 1082), the Northern Song Dynasty changed the official system and official name, Zhongshu Province took the order, Menxia Province deliberated, Shangshu Province implemented, and imitated Tang Law.
In July of the same year, Emperor Shenzong of Song adopted Xu Xi's proposal to storm Yongle City at Hengshan, 25 miles west of the former Yin Prefecture (present-day Yulinnan, Shaanxi), intending to use this as a base to attack Xingqing Prefecture in Western Xia.
In September, Yongle City had just been built, Western Xia fell to the country, Yongle City fell, more than 200,000 Northern Song soldiers were lost, Western Xia Yue soldiers (Shaanxi) Mizhi City was returned, counting last year's Battle of Lingzhou, Northern Song soldiers and Shuqiang and Yibao (militia), the dead reached 600,000. When the war report reached Bianjing, Song Shenzong Zhao Yan wept in the dynasty, not eating for it, and knowing that the strength of the army could not be trusted.
In the sixth year of Emperor Yuanfeng of the Northern Song Dynasty, the ninth year of Emperor Taikang of Liao, and the ninth year of Emperor Huizong of Western Xia (癸海, 1083), Western Xia attacked Lanzhou in the Song Dynasty (Gansu), but could not overcome it, and led the troops away.
In June of the same year, Empress Dowager Liang of Western Xia and Liang Yiburi, under the discussion of the people, although Li Bingchang, Emperor Huizong of Western Xia, was restored, but still controlled power. In the name of Emperor Huizong, they sent envoys to the Northern Song Dynasty, with the title of Chennagong, in order to regain the Northern Song Dynasty's 'gift of the year'; at the same time, they continued to harass and raid the Northern Song border on the grounds of claiming back the old territory of Western Xia.
In October, Emperor Yelu Hongji of Liao Daozong posthumously crowned the late crown prince Yelu Hui as the Prince of Zhaohuai and reburied him with the gift of the Son of Heaven. Soon, Yelu Yixin tried to take refuge in the Northern Song Dynasty with his hidden weapons, but the incident was blamed.
In the seventh year of Emperor Yuanfeng of the Northern Song Dynasty, the tenth year of Emperor Taikang of Liao, and the tenth year of Emperor Huizong of Western Xia (Jiazi, 1084), Sima Guang, a bachelor of the Duanming Hall of the Northern Song Dynasty, compiled the Zizhi Tongjian, which lasted 19 years.
In the same year, Western Xia attacked Lan and Yan (present-day Yan'an, Shaanxi) prefectures, both of which were defeated.
In the eighth year of Emperor Yuanfeng of the Northern Song Dynasty, the first year of Emperor Da'an of Liao, and the eleventh year of Emperor Huizong of Western Xia (1085), Zhao Yan of the Northern Song Dynasty was hit by a spiritual blow due to the disastrous defeat in the Western Xia War, and Wang Jue and others asked for the early establishment of the Crown Prince. At that time, Song Shenzong also had a sense of foreboding, so he changed the name of the 10-year-old sixth son Zhao Xu to Zhao Xu and made him the crown prince, and all state affairs were temporarily handled by the Empress Dowager Gao.
In February of the same year, Liang Yi, the minister of Western Xia, died, and Empress Dowager Liang installed Liang Yiburi's son Liang Yixi as the minister of state, and Liang's aunt and nephew continued to control the imperial government.
In March, Zhao Yan, the Shenzong of the Northern Song Dynasty, who had reigned for 19 years, died at the age of 38, and was buried in the Yongyu Mausoleum, known as the 'English Liewu Shengxiao Emperor'.