Emperor Renzong

Emperor Renzong

Emperor Renzong, the main line of the book is the 42 years of Renzong's reign, which shows the complicated political struggle within the court in the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty and the military and diplomatic struggle against Xixia and Khitan.

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In the early years of Renzong, Empress Dowager Liu Caiping listened to the government from behind the curtain, eliminated the alien forces by tough means, relegated prime ministers Ding Wei and Cao Li to the south to die, and forced Renzong's biological mother to death by virtue of power. When she forgot herself and wanted to become queen, she was strongly resisted by the Prime Minister Lu Yijian, the little emperor Zhao Zhen and others, and finally did not dare to risk the world's condemnation. In the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty, Lu Yi Jian made a positive contribution to the stability of the dynasty. However, as a representative of the vested interest group, this limitation made him reject and oppose the reform ideas of Du Yan and Fan Zhongyan, and formed the first party struggle in the history of the Song Dynasty. As a result, the political situation of this period lasted for more than 20 years, until Pang Ji and Han Zhongyan Qi and Fu Bi were the prime ministers, and then they gradually became calm and orderly. Renzong had no son. Before he died, he established Zhao Zongshi as emperor and renamed zhao shu as Yingzong. In the history of Song Dynasty, Renzong may not be the most promising emperor, but he can faithfully follow the instructions of Taizu and become the most benevolent emperor in this dynasty.

About the author

Li Zhiliang, male, born on November 16, 1950 in Huanghua City, Hebei Province, Han nationality. He graduated from the Chinese Department of Zhengzhou University in July 1982 and graduated from the workshop on Ancient Books Collation and research of Northeast Normal University in July 1984. Professor in 1997. Now he is the tutor of master of classical philology. Since 1994, he has directed more than ten graduate students in classical philology. During his teaching period, he has published more than 50 academic works and ancient books. Among them, "Song Dynasty prefect general examination" won the 13th China Book Award. Other works, such as the annals of Anyang collection, have also won provincial awards. Ouyang Xiuji annals has been listed as a major ancient book collation and research funding project of the National Ancient Book collation leading group. In addition, it also undertakes the collation of several Song Dynasty notes in the series of notes on historical materials of Tang and Song dynasties by Zhonghua Book Company.

Book recommendation

The first two historical novels of Zhao Song Dynasty, Huode Hongji and Fengrong Diding, compiled by Li Zhiliang, a scholar of Song Dynasty literature, have attracted the attention of many history lovers since they were published in June 2006. In April 2007, after careful market research, Jiangsu literature and Art Publishing House adjusted the binding and title of this ten volume masterpiece to a certain extent, and launched the third volume of the book, Emperor Renzong. The author gives a comprehensive description of Zhao Zhen, the fourth emperor of the Song Dynasty, and his important historical figures and events.

Song Renzong is the only son of Zhenzong Zhao Heng (the emperor who made the alliance with Khitan). His mother is just an ordinary palace maid from Hangzhou. By chance, he became pregnant with the prince, which aroused the envy of empress Liu. Relying on his noble status, Liu took the prince as his own. As a result, Zhao Zhen, the prince, grew up in his teens and thought Liu was his biological mother. This Liu family is the original form of Empress Dowager Liu in the Beijing Opera "cat for Prince". But "civet cat for Prince" is a joke after all, so in the second book, the author has roughly restored the truth of history. At the beginning of the third film, Zhao Zhen was already a 13-year-old son of heaven. At this time, Empress Dowager Liu listened to the government behind the curtain, and the power of the imperial court was in her hands. After Liu came to power, he successively cut off Ding Wei and Cao Yong, the former powerful officials who were disrespectful to her, and placed her relatives and friends Liu Mei, Zhang Qi and others in key positions. Then he appointed the rookie Lu Yijian as prime minister, gradually stabilizing the situation. A few years later, a courtier advised her to become the second Empress Wu Zetian. Under the firm prevention of Lu Yi Jian and the true affection of Zhao Zhen, he finally gave up the idea. Song Dynasty is a dynasty with the most women in power, and the first one in power is empress dowager Liu. At this time, Zhao Zhen's biological mother, Li, was still alive. In order to prevent Zhao Zhen from noticing, Liu transferred Li to Gongxian County to guard Zhenzong's grave. Unexpectedly, Li's sister-in-law discovered that Liu had no choice but to take Li back to Yaohua palace to practice alone. When Liu knew that his life was coming to an end, he poisoned Li to death. After Zhao Zhenjun came to the world, his uncle Zhao yuanyan solved the mystery of his birth mother. Zhao Zhen was in agony. However, under the persuasion of LV Yijian, Fan Zhongyan and others, he finally preserved the dignity of the imperial court and still respected Liu as the Empress Dowager. In the latter part, Renzong repeatedly asked for his son, and finally chose zhao shu as his successor, which was song Yingzong, the fifth emperor of the Song Dynasty. Song Renzong was the longest emperor in the Song Dynasty. This man is a kind-hearted man and does not like to kill people. He is the emperor who has the most scholars after Zhao Kuangyin. He is also a generation of benevolent monarchs who are praised by later generations. The famous officials of Song Dynasty, such as Fan Zhongyan, Yan Shu and Ou Yangxiu, are the pillars of the country growing up in this era. The book focuses on depicting the achievements and shortcomings of several generations of prime ministers, such as Lu Yijian, Yan Shu, Du Yan, Jia Changchao, Fu Bi and Han Qi, in this historical period. On the premise of fully studying the history of Song Dynasty, the author objectively affirmed the uglified Lu Yi bamboo slips and eulogized his contribution to stabilizing the imperial court in that period. And for Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu's personal defects, also gives an objective description. The author tries to make the novel conform to the original appearance of history, and does not make up the characters. I believe that after reading, the readers will be brought into a colorful and humanistic atmosphere by the author's sometimes delicate and sometimes wild strokes. Because the whole book needs organic connection, the second half of the third part also involves Su Shi, Wang Anshi and other rising stars. Their appearance is very distinctive, and readers will probably laugh after reading it. In addition to these main characters, the author also interspersed a lot of content related to the folk customs, imperial examination, official system, religion, and so on, as well as the diplomacy between the Song Dynasty and Khitan, the fierce war with the Xixia, the dispute between the harem, the danger of the eunuch, and the hardships of the ordinary people. The story is full of ups and downs, exciting and fascinating. Often the front of some inadvertent coloring, just behind the key characters, key story foreshadowing, so some critics said: "see the Zhao Song Dynasty need special attention, can't let go of any small characters and plot, otherwise the back is likely to be unable to connect."

Zhao Zhen, Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty

Song Renzong (1010-1063), the fourth emperor of Northern Song Dynasty (1023-1063). The sixth son of emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty was born in 1010, the third year of Xiangfu in Dazhong. In 1018, he became the crown prince and was named Zhao Zhen. In 1023, he became the emperor at the age of 13. He died in Bianliang palace in 1063 at the age of 53. He was in office for 41 years. During his reign, the Song Dynasty was faced with the situation of bureaucratic expansion. There were many redundant officers and soldiers, but the foreign wars were defeated many times. Although Xixia had become a minister to the Song Dynasty, the border crisis remained. Later, although the "Qingli New Deal" was once carried out, it failed to achieve full success. Its mausoleum is Yongzhao mausoleum. His posthumous title is ti Tian FA Dao Ji Gong Quan de Shen Wen Sheng Wu Rui zhe Ming Xiao emperor.

Please refer to Baidu Encyclopedia: Zhao Zhen for details

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