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Why were there so many foolish emperors in the Song Dynasty?
In 1127 AD, the iron cavalry of the Jin Dynasty entered Kaifeng. Because not long ago, the emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty handed over the letter of surrender to Wanyan Zonghan’s account, and the Northern Song Dynasty no longer existed. On this day, it was called “the shame of Jingkang” by later generations. The king of subjugation was Song Qinzong Zhao Huan.
Song Qinzong can be regarded as the only “mediocre and stupid” emperor in the history of the Northern Song Dynasty. Although his father, Song Huizong, was faint, he was not mediocre at all. Art is omnipotent, unsurpassed through the ages, and is a master figure. It’s just that being an emperor is too “frivolous” and misled the world.
His aptitude is ordinary, and he is indecisive, weak and incompetent. He has no insight into politics, but he is quite suspicious of his officials. He dismissed Li Gang, dismissed his commander-in-chief, fascinated ghosts and gods, and killed an undeserving Northern Song Dynasty.
If you start from Qinzong and count upwards, there are seven emperors in the Northern Song Dynasty (except Taizu), which can more or less be called a “faint” word; counting down, there are eight emperors in the Southern Song Dynasty (except Gaozong), also It can also be called a “yong”.
Needless to say, the founder of the country, Zhao Kuangyin, the great ancestor Zhao Kuangyin, is talented, has super high political wisdom and military talent, and is quite creative. His younger brother Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi was a little worse. He was a “little man” who “didn’t know how to fight” in the military.
In the Zhenzong Dynasty, the Chanyuan alliance, if there is no Kou Zhun, I am afraid it will not be able to win. As for the late Zhenzong’s alienation from Kou Zhun, he made a lot of auspicious auspiciousness, even changed the year name, called “Dazhong Xiangfu”, and mobilized teachers and mobilized people to Fengchan Taishan. It should not be too much to say that he is “faint”.
As for Renzong, although he had some stupid actions (such as being so lustful that he almost exhausted himself, such as hastily stopping the Qingli New Deal), he must not be said to be mediocre, because he created a prosperous era that the Northern Song Dynasty had never had before. The irony is that one is “one can’t do everything but be good to be a king”, the other is “everything can be done but can’t be a king”; one opens the way to the prosperity of the world, and the other is on the road to the end of the world. Renzong and Huizong seem to be the same The front and back sides of the mirror are like water and fire, yang and yin, new party and old party, existing in the dawn and dusk of the Northern Song Dynasty like an absurd comedy.
When it comes to the new party and the old party, Shenzong and Zhezong have to be mentioned. Shenzong was a very wise and promising monarch, but Xining’s reform failed invisible. Shenzong, who was in it, should feel very at a loss. He is diligent, keen, courageous, and dedicated to employing people. Wang Anshi can also be called a master of reform.
Zhezong probably couldn’t figure it out, so he attributed Shenzong’s failure to the fact that the implementation of the policy had not been long enough, so he resolutely decided to continue the “introduction” of Shenzong’s career with indomitable courage, but unexpectedly dragged the Northern Song Dynasty into The bottomless abyss of faction.
Shenzong and Zhezong are both monarchs who dare to work hard. They are “faint” and unclear, but they are by no means mediocre. As for the Southern Song emperors after Jingkang, most of them seemed mediocre.
Putting Gaozong aside for the time being, this is too complicated a character. Since Emperor Xiaozong, there were few heroes in the Southern Song Dynasty. Xiaozong can be regarded as a monarch who really wants to make a difference, but his talent and political skills imitate Gaozong everywhere, but he always feels like “fairly imitating”; although his ambition to regain the Central Plains is very firm, he does not have that strength. He has done nothing in his life. In terms of achievements, the word “mediocre” is not an exaggeration.
As for his descendants, Guangzong is almost depressed, Ningzong is almost autistic, Lizong and Duzong are extremely dependent on powerful officials, and they are so mediocre that they can no longer be called stupid. At lastEmperor Gong, Duanzong or Emperor Bing are the aftermath of the last generation, and mediocrity and stupidity are no longer worth mentioning.
Maybe Song Taizu combined the spirit of heaven and earth too much, maybe after more than a hundred years of long-term ignoring or guarding against torture, his descendants (emperors after Emperor Xiaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty) were mediocre and ineffective. And the descendants of Emperor Taizong’s lineage (emperors from Taizong to Gaozong in the Northern Song Dynasty) are so stupid, and the government orders are reversed. If you want to guess, could it be that the sound of the candle shadow and the axe and the behavior of forcing the death of the younger brother and nephew back then damaged the evil spirit?
