Chapter 450: Declare peace and discord
"There are strange things every year, and there are a lot of Xuanhe", this is the evaluation of Zhao Ji in later generations for 26 years, using six era names, and the positioning of the last era name "Xuanhe". Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Xuanhe, which began in February 1119 and ended in the autumn of 1125, lasted seven years, and as Zhao Ji gave way to Zhao Heng and changed the year name to Jingkang, the Northern Song Dynasty immediately entered the countdown to death.
Zhao Ji was an emperor who "could do everything, but could not be a king alone", and he had a wide range of hobbies throughout his life, such as poetry, calligraphy, painting, gardening, beauty, and superstition. From these hobbies, it can be seen that he was very fond of pleasures, and he pinned these pleasures on the will of God.
It is indeed the will of heaven, as the eleventh son of Song Shenzong, he should not have been his emperor, but after a turn, it still fell on his head, if there is no meaning of the underworld, no one believes it.
Therefore, after the initial frustration of enthusiasm, he began to run the court according to his own ideas.
On the third day of November in the fourth year of Daguan (1110 AD), Zhao Ji sacrificed heaven and earth in Yuanqiu, in view of the continuous occurrence of droughts, comets, etc., so he announced that the following year changed the yuan to "Zhenghe", which means "political affairs and stability".
"Shangshu" cloud: "Shu Zheng is only peaceful, and all countries are Xianning." This is where the word "political peace" comes from.
Zhenghe lasted eight years, which is the longest of the six era names used by Zhao Ji, and during this period, it was indeed as he wished, the political affairs were harmonious and stable, no natural disasters, no rebellion, no foreign invasion, and he really enjoyed the wonderful taste of being an emperor during this period.
Everything is so beautiful, a year name makes his wish come true, Zhao Ji is very proud in addition to pleasure, so in the seventh year of Zhenghe, he claimed to be the emperor of Shenxiao, and made the Dao Yuan canonized as the "Emperor of the Daojun".
Zhao Ji was very satisfied with the glory of the Zhenghe period, and this era name also made him extremely proud, and now he is the sect leader Daojun Emperor, how can his wish not be easy to achieve?
On the first day of November in the eighth year of Zhenghe (AD 1118), this day coincided with the coincidences of Shuodan and the winter solstice, which was a happy event of "the era of heaven", and the following year was the 20th year of Zhao Ji's accession to the throne, which was also a happy event, so it was announced that the yuan was changed to "heavy harmony", which means "double harmony in the world".
It's just that this era name was canceled after only three months, because "Chonghe" is somewhat similar to the previous "Chongxi" of Liao Xingzong, so Zhao Ji decided to change to a more meaningful era name, that is, "Xuanhe".
Preface to Ji Kang's "Qin Fu": "It can guide the spirit and promote harmony." "Xuanhe" means "the world is dredged and reconciled".
In fact, Zhao Ji's desire is not high, he just hopes that the world will be peaceful and peaceful, there will be no chaos, no natural disasters, and no external invasion.
In order to ensure the smoothness of Xuanhe, Zhao Ji even changed the Xuanhe Palace, which specializes in collecting calligraphy and paintings, to the Baohe Palace, in case the two collide.
is such a simple wish, Zhao Ji still prayed as the sect leader Daojun Emperor, but the result was still Xuanhe discord.
The completion of the Xuanhe year made the "Sect Leader Daojun Emperor" eat a big fly at the beginning.
This matter first started with a person named Lin Lingsu. Lin Lingsu, a Chinese Taoist celebrity, is a native of Yongjia, Wenzhou. The family background is modest, and he was a scholar of Su Dongpo.
Once, Su Dongpo asked his ambition and replied with a smile: "Born as a marquis, dead to build a temple, not for the noble." The marquis is famous, and the temple food is not separated from the ghosts. I am willing to be a god and give it to my ambition. So he was angry and abandoned himself as a Taoist priest.
After learning from Taoism, Zhimu traveled far away, and later obtained his book "Five Thunder Jade Book", so that he could practice the Five Thunder Law. Zhenghe came to the capital in the last years, and it happened that at this time, the head of the sect, the Taoist Emperor, was crowned, which was the best time to promote Taoism.
Emperor Daojun met with Lin Lingsu and asked him what his Taoism was. Lin Lingsu replied: "The ministers know the heavenly palace, the middle knows the world, and the lower knows the underworld." "It's omnipotent. So Emperor Daojun was overjoyed, kept him and gave him reuse.
Lin Lingsu is powerful, his power can be compared with the prime minister's power, and he is called "Taoist two mansions" by the people of Beijing, and he is in and out of the front and back, and even fights with the kings, and is even more powerful and blessed to the people, bullying at will, and the people of Beijing hate it.
In order to suppress Buddhism, Lin Lingsu also suggested to Zhao Ji that the Buddha be renamed the Great Jue Golden Immortal and the monk as a virtuous scholar. Zhao Ji actually played it, and issued an edict in the first month of the first year of Xuanhe, changing the Buddha to the Tao, changing clothes, and calling the surname; The left and right streets were changed to the Institute of Ethics, and the Department of Monk Records was changed to the Department of Scholars, which was subordinate to the Institute of Ethics. Soon, the female crown was changed to a female way, and the nun was a female virtue.
But the good times didn't last long, and within a few months, there was a big flood in the capital, and Zhao Ji ordered Lin Lingsu to cast a spell to retreat the water.
As soon as Lin Lingsu led his apprentices to the city, the people rushed to him with wooden sticks when they heard the news, vying to kill him. Lin Lingsu had to flee in panic to avoid disaster.
At this time, Zhao Ji knew that Lin Lingsu was hated by the people, so he was unhappy. A few days later, Lin Lingsu met the crown prince Zhao Heng on the road, but because of his arrogance, he did not avoid it at all. Zhao Heng was angry, so he asked Zhao Ji to sue him.
Zhao Ji was finally furious, belittled Lin Lingsu as a doctor of Taixu, and returned to his hometown in Wenzhou. He also ordered Jiang Duanben to sentence Wenzhou and supervise him. Soon, Jiang Duanben revealed that Lin Lingsu's residence exceeded the system, and Zhao Ji finally ordered him to be resettled in Chuzhou. It's just that before the edict arrived, Lin Lingsu was dead, and Zhao Ji had to order someone to bury him with attendants.
This may seem like a small matter, but in fact it has a huge impact. Because since Lin Lingsu was released back to Wenzhou, the Taoist priests have gradually fallen out of favor. Not only that, but the government and the opposition have raised doubts and criticisms of the Taoist theories advocated by Lin Lingsu and other Taoists. Zhao Ji also felt that the so-called Taoism was difficult to justify, so in the first month of the second year of Xuanhe, he issued an edict to abolish Taoism, combine Confucianism and Taoism, and no longer put Taoism elsewhere. Since then, the status of Taoism and Taoist priests has been declining.
Taoism is abolished, and the status of Taoism is no longer good, as the leader of the Daojun Emperor, Zhao Ji's belief collapsed all of a sudden, and he already had a premonition that the passing years were unfavorable.
In fact, his hunch was right, not only was he right, but he was also rated as a prophet by later generations because he improvised a poem in the autumn of the first year of Xuanhe.
"The moral party is happy to make prosperity today, and all countries are natural, and they know that the Golden Emperor is the main one, and it will happen without waiting for the spring breeze." Sure enough, the Jurchens established the Jin State, committed the Beijing division in the winter of the seventh year of Xuanhe, and the city fell on December 25, Taishi prepared for the beginning of spring, and unearthed cattle to welcome the New Year, but it was useless.
Before the first fly was eaten, the incident of Xuanhe discord continued to be staged, and in the first year alone, three major events occurred that determined the fate of the Great Song Dynasty, thus pushing the Great Song Dynasty to the point of no return.
The first was that the Jin State sent an envoy to the Great Song Dynasty to discuss the joint resistance of the Song and Jin Dynasty against Liao.
The second is the battle of Song and Xia, Tong Guan was eager to seek merit and ordered an attack, but was attacked by the Western Xia, lost 100,000 soldiers, and returned defeated, but he concealed the battle situation and reported to the court that he had won the battle.
The third was the Songjiang Uprising, which set off the banner of the people's resistance to the oppression of the imperial court.