Li Renxiao was rich in an open and enterprising spirit, and he soberly realized that only by adopting the advanced Han culture and the relatively perfect feudal state system could Western Xia stand among the powerful countries for a long time. He promulgated a series of decrees to vigorously promote Han culture and "use sacred learning to safeguard the country". In June 1144 (the fourteenth year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty and the first year of the Western Xia Dynasty), Renxiao ordered the establishment of schools in various prefectures and counties, with 3,000 students. In order to cultivate the children of the Party Xiang Clan, an aristocratic primary school was set up in the palace, and the children of the Royal Clan between the ages of seven and fifteen were required to study and study.
Statue of Lee In-hyo
RenXiao also often attended the school to give lectures and lectures. In July 1145 (the fifteenth year of Shaoxing and the second year of the Western Xia People's Celebration), he imitated the Central Plains system and founded the Great Han Taixue, and Renxiao personally went to Taixue to pay tribute to the Most Holy Ancestor Confucius. He also established "internal studies", selected famous Confucian students to preside over lectures, and attached great importance to using Confucian doctrine to cultivate and rule talents. Reverence for Confucianism is also bound to revere the Confucian master Confucius, China's Central Plains Dynasty from the Tang Dynasty to the Confucian master Confucius as the King of Wenxuan, to the Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing dynasties have been sealed, but there is no "emperor" seal.
Confucius, the creator of Confucianism
Ren Xiao honored Confucius, the ancestor of Confucianism, with the title of Emperor, and honored Confucius as "Emperor Wenxuan", and ordered all states and counties to build a towering Temple of Confucius. This broke the standard of confucius by successive Han rulers and raised the status of Confucianism. In August 1147 (the seventeenth year of Shaoxing and the fourth year of the Western Xia Dynasty), Renxiao implemented the imperial examination, established the "roll call of merit" method, planned to test people, and set up a boy section, and the number of officials who were admitted by the imperial examination was increasing. Due to the great development of Ren Xiao's civil rule, the demand for books increased sharply. In September 1154 (the twenty-fourth year of Shaoxing and the sixth year of the Western Summer Dynasty), Renxiao sent envoys to the Jin Dynasty to buy various books.
Confucian temple
While accepting Han culture, Renxiao also reformed the parts of the superstructure that were incompatible with the economic base in order to promote economic development. The ruling class of the Western Xia, like the ruling classes of the Central Plains in previous dynasties, also attached great importance to the ritual music that played a major role in maintaining feudal rule. During the Renxiao period, it basically followed the Han etiquette implemented in the early period, but in order to adapt to the changes in the economic base, it focused on making greater reforms of lilly. In 1145 (the fifteenth year of Shaoxing and the second year of the Western Xia People's Celebration), Li Yuanru, the music official of Renxiao, collected the achievements of the Han dynasty music books, combined with the specific conditions of the Western Xia, re-repaired the music books, and formulated a new official music. After three years of hard work, the new official music was made, and Ren Xiao gave him the title of "New Law".
Music official Li Yuanru
Renxiao also revised and formulated a series of decrees on the basis of summarizing the laws of the previous generations, and compiled and sealed the "New Law for the Revision of the Great Year", "The New Law for the Year of the Pig", "The New Law", "The Book of Official Titles" and other legal codes. In 1147 (the seventeenth year of Shaoxing and the fourth year of the Western Xia People's Celebration), in order to alleviate class contradictions in the country, the Law of Relief was also formulated. The formulation of this series of laws and decrees made the legal system of Western Xia more and more complete, and further consolidated the feudal ownership system of Western Xia. Ren Xiao is a humble, good at advice, and the lord of Zhongxing who promotes outspokenness and frugality.
Renzong Li Renxiao
In September 1155 (the twenty-fifth year of Shaoxing and the seventh year of the western summer), in the autumn was high and refreshing, Ren Xiao led a group of horses to hunt in Helan Mountain with great interest, and the horses galloped on the road. At this time, the horse fell and was injured, and Ren Xiao was very annoyed and very upset, and in anger, he ordered the road builders to be killed. All the officials in the entourage were silent, but the shang food official Ah Hua bluntly advised Ren Xiao from the sidelines, pointing out that hunting should not be, let alone killing people for a horse, and how could a noble animal be a lowly person. After listening to Ah Hua's blunt advice, Ren Xiao's anger subsided, and he gradually calmed down, believing that what he said was reasonable, not only did not blame, but rewarded Ah Hua with silver coins, and used it as an example to encourage the minister to speak bluntly and advise. He also reformed the central organs, removing the Zhongshu and the Privy Council from the inner and outer doors in order to make advisers and to make the emperor aware of the affairs of the world, "there is no hidden knowledge on the top, and there is no feeling in the bottom."
Renzong Helan Mountain Hunting
Ren Xiao praised Daochong's integrity and talent, and in May 1171 (the seventh year of the Southern Song Dynasty and the second year of the Western Xia Qianyou), he was appointed Zhongshu Ling, and later promoted to minister of state. RenXiao also advocated frugality, and in May 1163 (the first year of the Southern Song Dynasty and the fifteenth year of the Western Summer), he ordered the prohibition of luxury and the economy of state financial expenditure. Because of these practices of RenXiao, which produced a good social effect, the Western Xia, which stood tall in the northwest region of the motherland, was socially prosperous and the national strength was strong. Ren Xiao was a Zhongxing lord who advocated wenzhi and devoted his life's energy to Western Xia. His heroic name and his immortal exploits for the development of the Western Xia Kingdom have been recorded in the annals of the History of the Chinese Nation.