Self Rescue of the Faint King

Born in the fifth year of Yuanfeng in the Northern Song Dynasty (1082), Zhao Ji was the No. 11 son of Song Shenzong.First named Duanwang.In the third year of Yuanfu (1100), his elder brother Zhezong Zhaoxu (the sixth son of Shenzong) died. Because he had no children, the empress dowager Xiangshi summoned Liduan Wangji to succeed him. Zhaoji was 19 years old at the time and changed his year name to "Jianzhong Yasukuni".This is the beginning of Zhao Ji's ruling regime, which lasted for 25 years.

Soon after Zhao Ji came to the throne, he reused Cai Jing, Wang Fu, Tong Guan, Liang Shicheng, Li Yan, and Zhu Mian, who were called the six thieves at that time.Zhao Ji also used the banner of "Shaoshu" to designate Sima Guang, Wen Yanbo and other Yuyu people as "Yuanhu treacherous party", and Zhang Mao and others as "Yuanfu party members", and carved stone court halls to show his reprimand.

Zhao Ji lived in poverty and extravagance. He and the six thieves raised taxes indiscriminately, plundered the people's fat and anointment, built large-scale construction projects, and built palaces and gardens such as Huayang Palace.He sent Zhu Xun to set up Suzhou-Hangzhou Yingfeng Bureau to search for exotic flowers and stones in the south of the Yangtze River, called "Flower and Stone Gang", transport them to Bianjing, and build "Fengheng Yuda" (that is, the meaning of abundance, prosperity, peace and wealth)) The garden named "Gen Yue" quickly squandered the wealth accumulated by the Northern Song Dynasty government over the years. "Hua Shi Gang" caused many people to lose their homes and property, and their families were ruined.

Zhao Ji also respected Taoism, built palaces and temples, claimed to be the leader of Taoism, and often asked Taoist priests to tell fortunes.His birthday is May 5, which was considered unlucky by Taoists, so he changed it to October 5; his zodiac sign is a dog, so he ordered to ban the slaughter of dogs in Bianjing.

In the seventh year of Xuanhe, in October 1125 A.D., the Jin army invaded southward on a large scale. The Eastern Route Army led by the commander of the Jin army Zong Wang, led by Guo Yaoshi, a rebel general in the Northern Song Dynasty, took Bianjing directly.The Jin soldiers drove straight in, approaching Bianjing.Huizong was afraid and anxious, and wrote the words "Biography to the Crown Prince". In December, he announced his abdication, claiming to be the "Supreme Emperor", and gave way to his son Zhao Huan (Qinzong). He took Cai Jing, Tong Guan and other thieves with him, and fled to Mengcheng, Bozhou, Anhui (now Mengcheng, Anhui Province) in a hurry under the pretext of burning incense.In April of the following year, the Jin soldiers who besieged Bianjing were repelled by Li Gang and returned to the north, and Zhao Ji returned to Bianjing.

At the end of November in 1126 AD, the Jin soldiers went south again. Bianjing was captured on December 11, and Emperor Jin abolished Zhao Ji and his son Zhao Huan as commoners.In the second year of Jingkang, at the end of March 12 AD, the Jin emperor general Hui, the second emperor Qin, together with thousands of concubines, clans, and hundreds of officials, as well as musicians, skilled craftsmen, dharma drivers, honor guards, crown clothes, ritual utensils, Astronomical instruments, treasures and playthings, royal collections, maps of state capitals all over the world, etc. were escorted to the north, and all public and private savings in Bianjing were plundered, and the Northern Song Dynasty perished.Therefore, it happened during the Jingkang period, which is known as the "Jingkang Change" in history.

Zhao Ji was imprisoned for 9 years.On Jiazi Day in April 1135, he finally died in Wuguocheng due to unbearable mental torture. Jin Xizong buried him in Guangning, Henan Province (near Luoyang City, Henan Province today).On Yiyou Day, August 4, according to the agreement, Song and Jin transported Zhao Ji's remains back to Lin'an (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province), where they were buried in Yongyou Mausoleum by Song Gaozong, and the temple was named Huizong.

After reading this short resume of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, Yang Guang could only sigh. It is a wonder that there are such emperors in this world.

But now he is Zhao Ji, who just became emperor and became the penultimate emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty.

In the third year of Yuanfu, the frivolous and unusable King Duan became a master, but he was too sad (excited), so he was taken advantage of.

Becoming the emperor again, and facing such a bad situation, Yang Guang was not only not depressed, but rather eager to try.

But after reading Zhao Ji's resume, Yang Guang became contemptuous. How can such a person be an emperor?

After being contemptuous, Yang Guang thought about his situation carefully. After the death of Emperor Shenzong, Zhezong was the queen mother who listened to the government because of his young age.

Xiangshi used a large number of conservatives, basically abolished Shenzong's new law, the reformers were relegated, and the court was conservative and lifeless.

Although Zhezong was in power, he also used Zhang Dun as prime minister and restored many new laws, but within a few years, he passed away again at the age of 23.

This is not a good embryo either, most of the cause of his death was due to excessive womanizing, and because of his obsession with womanizing, he had no heirs left behind, that's why Zhao Ji, who was supported by the Xiang family, came to the throne.

Although Zhao Ji was a literary youth (playboy) when he was King Duan, he was quite filial to the Xiang family.

The battle between the reformists and the conservative party was fierce, and after various disputes with Zhezong, Xiang Shi naturally did not want to choose a king who was not easy to control. Zhao Ji, who had always been an idiot in business affairs, fell into her eyes, and Zhao Ji was a filial son. Child, the Xiang family has no parents, so it is understandable to choose one of the bastards who is filial to him to be the next emperor.

Rao was the prime minister of the current dynasty, Mr. Zhang Dun, who objected, and also said King Duan's comment that "King Duan is frivolous and cannot rule the world".

However, it was still impossible to stop the Empress Dowager Xiang from pushing King Duan to take the throne. With the efforts of Xiang Shi, Zeng Bu and others, Zhao Ji became the eighth emperor of the Song Dynasty.

He wants to set off a huge social change, so naturally he needs to be united and the government orders are smooth.

However, the conservatives and reformists in the court struggle fiercely, and it is actually not easy to do something.

Faced with such a situation of external and internal troubles, Yang Guang's eager expression made the system very happy. He has cooperated with so many emperors, and Yang Guang is the most temperamental towards it.

Perhaps Yang Guang's temperament also affected the system's personality to some extent. In short, the two cooperated happily.

Reborn again, every time it is the life of the emperor, Yang Guang feels that he is cute!

The courtiers found that it seemed that there were not many new government orders from the government. It was almost the same as before. After the harem was canonized, the emperor remained silent.

This situation made the reformers very uneasy. Of course, the conservatives didn't have much joy. Logically speaking, the conservatives were the foundation of the emperor.

But up to now, it has been less than half a year, and the emperor has not seen the reward, so naturally he is restless.

No one knew what the emperor was thinking, so it was understandable that the courtiers were uneasy.At this time, everyone thought of their backer, Queen Mother Xiang.

Unexpectedly, the queen mother was ill, and the emperor was busy fulfilling his filial piety, so he ordered that no one should disturb the queen mother.

The news of Xiang's illness has always been kept secret, and now it seems that it can't be covered up, so the emperor released the news.

Now, everyone wanted to understand why the emperor came and went in a hurry every day. Everyone knew that the official family was a dutiful son.

After earning enough reputation, Xiang Shi also died in unwillingness. She didn't want to understand whether it was Zhao Ji's previous hiding too deep or she was blind. She thought he was easy to control, so she chose him. Be emperor.

When the Queen Mother Xiang died, Yang Guang didn't do anything. She really died of illness, but he speeded up the process.

At the end of the third year of Yuanfu, the Empress Dowager Xiangshi passed away. It was really an unlucky year for the death of two noble people.

As for the New Year, it was of course done in a hurry. Zhao Ji's harem was relatively clean, with one empress and two concubines.

The two concubines are female officials who have served by Xiang Shi's side, and Xiang Shi put them by Zhao Ji's side, so one can imagine his thoughts.

However, it was so unfortunate that Xiang Shi went there by himself before he could enjoy the fruits, and he took advantage of the two women in vain, and became a master.

Although the emperor didn't like to see these two women, the queen would not be mean to them in life, honestly, it was not a problem to live in peace.

As for the queen, although her appearance is ordinary and she is not favored by the original owner, Yang Guang is quite satisfied with her now, not only because of the eldest son of the emperor, Zhao Heng, but also because the queen is a capable person. He is quite frugal.

Yang Guang is very relieved to let such a person take care of the harem.

With the new year and new weather, the government changed its name to "Jianzhong Yasukuni" expressed its ambition.

Take the righteous way as the criterion to make the country stable and peaceful.

Today's Song Dynasty is not short of money, which makes Yang Guang breathe a sigh of relief, as long as he has money, as long as he has money.

With money, many things can be done.

After a simple new year, the official family seems to be cheering up. Although everyone knows the dark history of the official family, but for the sake of the lord, the big guys can't mention those now, just hope this Bit is really wise and mighty.

Zhang Dun was most anxious. What he said was obviously a personal attack. The emperor was not careless. He knew that his end might not be very good.

However, Yang Guang did not take any specific punishment measures against Zhang Dun, and it was still business as usual.

The Song Dynasty is now "redundant officials", "redundant soldiers" and "redundant expenses". With so many problems, it is really incredible that there are more than 5000 million stocks in the imperial treasury.

New year, new weather, new officials and new measures, this is inevitable. Everyone is looking forward to the changes in the court, especially the conservatives who supported Zhao Ji at the beginning.

Now, the reformers are going to go home and have a rest. Zeng Bu (Zeng Gong's younger brother) and others haven't noticed that the wind direction has changed.

It is ridiculous to say that this former reformist, Wang Anshi's right-hand man, has become the current leader of the conservative party.

But the fact is that, because of the conflict of interests, he was most against Zhang Dun's restoration of the new law, but because of Zhezong's support, Zhang Dun naturally won a big victory.

Zhang Dun is not entirely a good person. When attacking conservatives, this ruthless person makes people chill, and his friend Su Shi is also one of the victims.

The first discussion note thrown out by the officials was about the evaluation of officials.

Now that it is a new atmosphere, it is natural that the original assessment system cannot be followed. As long as the courtiers who have passed it around, they all agree with the value of the discussion papers thrown out by the officials.

The phenomenon of redundant officials in the Song Dynasty is particularly serious. Everyone knows this. As for the change, how should it be changed?

Who doesn't have a few relatives and friends?If the official's thoughts are followed, there may be three relatives and six friends among the laid-off idlers, so it's good to know the original intention of the official.

However, there was a lot of opposition in the court, and the courtiers seemed to put aside the partisan disputes in the past, and began to oppose the so-called New Deal of the officials.

Their reactions were naturally within Yang Guang's expectations, and what he took out was the final version, so he naturally knew that it couldn't be done overnight.

Since he opposed the new assessment system, Yang Guang threw out another agenda item, setting up nursing homes all over the country.

This is a good thing, and everyone wants to agree, but the officials actually want to hand over this business to Queen Wang, which makes everyone hesitate.

You must know that at this time in the society there are already many sayings and practices about women's self-discipline, among which Zeng Bu's wife is one of the leaders. She and Li Yi'an are named after each other, which shows that the world admires the confinement of women.

Of course, there is also fear that there will be another Wu clan in this dynasty. When Xiang clan was in charge, Zhezong used this to attack her and force Xiang clan to return to power with Zhezong.

It is clear at a glance whether everyone opposes or supports such a proposal when the officials come up with such a pawn.

But just rejected the new official evaluation system, is it not good to oppose the official nursing home proposal again?

It seems that everyone has been mistaken. Who would have guessed that the young literary and artistic youth (playboy) turned out to be a secretive old fox?

Zhang Dun was extremely happy while being embarrassed. Although he had misread it, he was still very happy to bear this embarrassment if Song Dynasty had a capable and shrewd king.

Zhang Dun's thoughts can be regarded as leaving a way out for himself, so that Yang Guang will not kill him.