This has led to two consequences: 1. The country has no new regulation and control measures, and the state affairs are allowed to be at peace with the situation, and the officials are at peace with the country, thus passing down the legend of prosperity that has been envied through the ages. 2The emperor fell ill, and the courtiers went up on top. Someone has to run the country, right? A large number of famous ministers came out, and this kind of behavior of taking care of the emperor and managing the country well made all the courtiers of all dynasties admire and create their immortal legends. But there are limitations. Imagine that if you are a virtuous minister, you have to follow the emperor. The emperor is sick and cannot make his own decisions. So the Renzong Dynasty became a flat lake and autumn water, flat sand and geese, everything followed the old system, and the peace was the mainstay.

In the previous narrative, the Renzong dynasty gave us the impression of external failure and constant compromise. Stick to the rules internally, get by. Especially Song Renzong himself was too tolerant and too weak, and he connived so much that his courtiers dared to be rude to his face. Such an emperor is too much of a failure. What can be said that the Great Song Dynasty has become so prosperous? How is this going on?

The reason can be compared to famous emperors in history who were diametrically opposed to Song Renzong, such as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. This is a real big man, with an iron-fisted policy both internally and externally, regardless of whether he is a strong man at home or a Hun outside the country, as long as he provokes him, he will not be unlucky. Let the Han people after a thousand years be proud! But wait a minute, look at the folk life and the country's color at that time. After years of war, Weijia world, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty himself was as strong as a god, and the life of the people of the Han Dynasty.

Needless to say, look at his own "Edict of Guilt": "Since I ascended the throne, I have done something rebellious and rebellious, making the world miserable, and I cannot regret it." From now on, those who have harmed the people and wasted the world will be stopped" This is a helpless truth! No matter what the purpose, no matter whether the war is won or lost, the consumption of national strength and people's livelihood is staggering. Even if he saved his family money with the "rule of Wenjing", he couldn't withstand the endless conquests. Also: this "Edict of Guilt" is not only a summary of the war, but also a confession of internal affairs! He ruled the country by force, used various methods to nationalize the people's money, and supported him to do those great deeds. These things add up. Except for the Huns, who were driven far away by him, the people of the Han Dynasty have worked hard for decades, and returned to the pre-liberation period overnight, and they are completely poor!

In this contrast, looking at the prosperity of Kaifeng City, the wisdom of Song Renzong can be reflected. Compared with the toughness of Han Wu, to experience Song Ren's "weakness", how did he govern the country so civilized and prosperous under the situation of foreign bullying and rudeness of his ministers?

Song Renzong has been silently hiding behind the scenes, and his courtiers can speak freely no matter what kind of personality they have. There is no danger to his life to work for the country.

Isn't this kind of governance very clever? And his courtiers were 100% loyal to him, and no one ever thought of betraying him! Isn't it strange, you say? He would have been the ideal usurper!

Putting all these aside, just say that his kindness and the prosperity of this dynasty are the best gifts to the people of the Great Song Dynasty!

On June 16, 214 palace maids were released from the palace. On July 14, the most arrogant Liu and Huang families in the "Ten Pavilions" were expelled from the palace, and became monks first as Taoists and then as nuns. 15th. 236 palace maids were released from the palace.

On September 16th, Guangnan West Road raised the point of imprisonment and made Li Shizhong play: Xiao Zhu, the governor of Yongzhou, wants to kill Jiaozhi, and Zhang Shizheng, the governor of Yizhou, wants to take the Anhua army. Please strictly restrain Xiao Zhu and others so as not to cause trouble. The imperial court from it.

On November 9, Zhao Guangyi's grandson and Zhao Zhen's cousin, Zhao Yunrang, the king of Runan County (his own son Zhao Shu was the next Great Song Emperor Song Yingzong), died, and he was posthumously crowned King Pu. More than 5 years later, Zhao Shu, who had ascended the throne as emperor, ordered his ministers to discuss the status of his biological father Zhao Yunrang. The history is known as the "Pu Yi Controversy"

In May of the 5th year of Jiayou (1060), Dong gave birth to Zhao Zhen's 11th daughter again. But the prince who looks forward to the stars and the moon all day can't be born...

On July 12, the 250 volumes of the "New Tang Dynasty Book", one of the 24 official histories edited by Ouyang Xiu and Song Qi, were compiled. Come to pay tribute to the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Great Song Dynasty?

May 29, 1061, 6th year of Kayu. The Great Khitan stayed in Tokyo, and the king of Chen, Xiao Ara, came to the court, painfully stating the pros and cons, causing Yelu Hongji to be displeased. Xiao Ge, the privy envoy of the North Court, took the opportunity to slander, and Xiao Ara, who was not guilty, was executed. Everyone is wronged. Later generations commented: If Xiao Araa does not die, there will be no disaster of the emperor's uncle Yelu Chongyuan and the king of Wei, Yelu Yixin.

On August 10th, the Third Pavilion and the Secret Pavilion were ordered to proofread the "Book of Song", "Book of Southern Qi", "Book of Liang", "Book of Chen", "Book of Wei", "Book of Northern Qi" and "Book of Zhou", which were listed as 24 official histories in later generations. It can be seen that because of Li Yanshou's "Southern History" and "Northern History", the historical books about the Northern and Southern Dynasties were compiled in the Tang Dynasty, and they were incomplete in the Northern Song Dynasty.

On August 20, Fu Bi resigned as prime minister after his mother's funeral. As a result, the superstructure of the Renzong Dynasty made the most recent adjustments: Prime Ministers: Han Qi, Zeng Gongliang; Governor's Affairs: Ouyang Xiu, Sun Luan; Privy Envoy: Zhang Yu; Privy Deputies: Bao Zheng, Hu Su. Of course, there is another person that needs to be highlighted: Sima Guang, who was transferred back to the capital, held a very wonderful position: Xiu Juzhu (who had just been appointed as an advisor to the Imperial Court not long ago), which was an envoy who was closer to the emperor than the pavilion scholars. Every day is to write a diary for the emperor, and he can understand every move of the emperor to the greatest extent. In this way, he can grasp the emperor's psychological dynamics for the first time, and know when to say something to the emperor.

On the 26th, this day is the sad day of Injong. The thirteenth daughter of the emperor, who was only 61 days old, died. This is like a big joke played by the gods of heaven and earth with Song Renzong!

He wanted his son, and he tried everything to give birth to a son, and at the same time, it had an effect. In just over 2 years, the harem has given birth to 5 ... Daughter! This makes people want to cry without tears, don't you have such a bully, right? Even if one of them is a son, it would be fine! The inner courtyard of the palace has specially built a hidden dragon palace for the future prince to live in. What can be done, God just doesn't open his eyes!

In this regard, Emperor Renzong should really be given a correct name. It's not that he's incompetent, it's that he can't compete with the collective fate of the entire Han nation. The Central Plains sank, Shenzhou was shook, and the whole nation fell to foreign races. Let's ask if such an ending has something to do with whether Renzong has a biological son! Does his fertility problem depend only on the soundness of some of his own organs?

No! It's not his sorrow alone! Although the most uncomfortable person is definitely himself...

On the 27th, Sima Guang picked the moment when the emperor's heart was extremely brittle and wrote a new chapter. He did not simply and rudely ask for the establishment of the crown prince like Fan Zhen, Bao Zheng, and Tang Jie, but said that the ministers did not dare to expect His Majesty to immediately establish the crown prince of the East Palace, and only implored you to choose a good child who is smart and filial in the sect, adopt him as an adopted son first, and cultivate it well. Let the officialdom of the people in the world tentatively. When the crown prince is born, the adopted son can retire to the domain. It is just to cultivate a good courtier for the country. Why not?

On that day, Emperor Renzong took the recital and looked at it for a long time, his face was expressionless, as if he was still as usual, he continued to be silent, hiding in his sad mood, and no one paid attention to it. But suddenly he spoke, "Do you have to choose the children of the clan to be the heirs?" Without waiting for Sima Guang to answer, he muttered to himself: "These are the words of a loyal minister!" Ordinary people don't dare to mention it."

"When the minister proposed this, he said that he would die, and he didn't intend to open up his majesty," Sima Guang said. He calmly followed the emperor's words. Quietly push the central issue up to implementation.

Renzong nodded and said, "This is harmless!" Choose the clan as the heir of the emperor, it has been done in ancient times, you can hand over the chapter to the prime ministers."

Great progress like never before! If you change someone, your heart will beat violently, which means that the prime ministers have been ordered! But Sima Guang immediately refused, "Please ask Your Majesty to describe himself as the prime minister of the Chinese book", and then resigned.

What the? It's easy for the emperor to agree with himself, and he actually let it go like this! But don't be busy! Before Sima Guang's performance was over that day, he came out of the palace and walked directly into Zhongshu Province to report to the prime ministers. The specific content is the salt affair of JAC. After the regular Q&A. Prime Minister Han Qi did not let Sima Guang go. Han Xianggong looked at him meaningfully, as if expecting him to say something... But what waited was silence.

The last thing was Han Qi's mouth first, "What else did the emperor say today?" Sima Guang continued to be silent, and only after a while did he answer, "The plan of the Zongmiao Sheji is also what he said", and then Han Qi smiled. didn't say anything else, let Sima Guang leave.

So far. The day was over. Sima Guang still walked out of Zhongshu Province calmly, and he knew that he had left a very deep impression on Han Qi. Not only profound, but also excellent!

When the emperor asked him to transfer the recital of the crown prince to the Zhongshu Province, he refused at the first time. This proved in the conversation with Han Qi later: it was an absolutely correct decision. If it is up to him to pass it on. This creates an ambiguous picture. The matter of establishing the crown prince was single-handedly promoted by him Sima Guang. Even the orders he received from the emperor and issued them to the entire Zhongshu Province. The ministers were left to dry, completely passive!

Do so. It's simply taking all the credit to himself, and letting the entire officialdom take a break. The result of such greed was to throw himself into the fire and become the target of the public, and he was a small official of the Imperial Court at that time, and he was simply looking for death!

Especially Han Qi woke him up in front of him, what did he talk about with the emperor that day. Don't think there will be any secrets in the palace, don't try to play tricks! And Sima Guang behaved very well-behaved, he thought about it again and again, and chose to tell the truth that the "plan of the Zongmiao Society" was the matter of establishing the prince. After the whole incident, he made the people feel that he was not only daring to do things, but also capable of doing things, and he was commendable and very good at being a man.

Under this cognition, Han Qi showed a rare smile and gave Sima Guang a big face. One day in September, a royal historian named Chen Zhu found Sima Guang and said like a casual chatter: At a meeting a few days ago, Han Xianggong told me that he admired you very much. Say that you are writing a book about Jianchu, can you send the chapter to Zhongshu Province first? If you want to do this, don't set up your own door (if you want to make this proposal, there is no spontaneous one)

This is a gesture of goodwill, but also a demonstration, and Sima Guang is once again faced with a choice. Han Qi wanted to co-opt him and make him a pawn of Zhongshu Province in the matter of "establishing a prince". It is said that it is quite an honor, and it is very consistent with his previous life trajectory - he has taken refuge in Pang Xianggong, why can't he refuge in Han Xianggong?

But Sima Guang was sick of silence again that day, he didn't say anything, and not expressing his stance was equivalent to refusal. To refuse is to resist! This makes people wonder, what the hell does he want to do?

More than 10 days later, the truth was revealed! One day, while writing the emperor's diary, Sima Guang seized a good opportunity again. Renzong was in a good mood that day, and it was perfect for chatting. So what are you talking about? Give him a history lesson! As we all know, Master Sima's historical level can definitely rank among the top five in the entire Chinese nation! He picked a close one and talked about the Tang Dynasty.

Speaking of the Tang Dynasty, Shenwu. For example, Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, created the palace examination in the imperial examination system, and since then all the people in the world have become "protégés of the Son of Heaven" to serve the emperor only, and no longer look at the face of the master. But in the Tang Dynasty, there were "protégés of the Son of Heaven", and even the emperor was their apprentice! What's going on? Because Tang Wenzong has never set up a prince, after his death, he was manipulated by the eunuchs close to him, and since then he has supported the emperor of the Tang Dynasty at will, and whoever he wants to be the emperor, and whoever wants to die. The descendants of the dignified Heavenly Khan were actually played with by the eunuchs! Your Majesty, do you want this kind of thing to happen again in the Song Dynasty?

No more hesitation! The emperor ordered Sima Guang to immediately send the documents for the selection of the imperial heir of the clan to Zhongshu Province to confirm the matter. This time, Sima Guang didn't shirk again, the time came!

When he came to Zhongshu Province again, his expression was no longer a subordinate, but an angel full of a sense of sacredness. He solemnly said to Han Qi and other ministers, "Your Majesty has decided to establish the clan as the prince, and if the princes can't agree in time today, he will forbid someone to be his heir day and night, and no one in the world can disobey it at that time." Now that the emperor's body has reached this point, who knows when he will die? At that time, in the depths of the palace, at best, it was the queen, and at worst, it would be the eunuch, to decide who would be the next emperor, did the courtiers have the right to oppose it at that time?

Han Qi and all the other ministers bowed down and saluted together, and replied in unison, "Dare not do your best"

From this time on, Sima Guang withdrew from the Prince Lili incident. Procedurally, in terms of official rank, he no longer has the power to participate. Then turn around and leave, without delay, he left behind a reputation that played a decisive role in the initiative stage and made all the courtiers amazed and admired, just like Han Qi, the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty.

Do you want me to cooperate? I've cooperated. But it is not the pawn and little follower you want, I will fulfill my duty as a courtier in the right way, and when I turn around and hand over the results to you, it is so sacred that it is inviolable, and you must bow to me!

This is Sima Guang's style! Everything has a basis and morality, who made him knowledgeable and knowledgeable? Looking back on several celebrities in the initiative stage: Fan Zhen, Ouyang Xiu, Bao Zheng, Tang Jie, Sima Guang, he is the only one who got the lottery in this matter, and he has been on the rise, fame and fortune!

The baton of history was finally passed to Han Qi, the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty! Han Qi was a minister who made great contributions in the inheritance of Renzong and Yingzong, without his efforts, without his decision-making that was close to hegemony and autocracy, the Northern Song Dynasty would not be what is recorded in the history books. It's just that it's hard to say whether this is a good thing or a bad thing for the Great Song Dynasty and even for the entire history of the Han nation... I mean: Song Yingzong Zhao Shu, is he really the best? Or a little lower: Is he really a worthy successor?

At the beginning of October, the emperor and the ministers finally decided on the choice of the prince, which was the "thirteen" (thirteen, the nickname of a boy) who was personally officiated by Renzong and Empress Cao. Raised in the palace since he was a child, firstly, he was a member of the royal family, and secondly, Emperor Inrenzong never had an adult son. Tao Tao is a girl, the great-granddaughter of the famous Northern Song Dynasty general Gao Qiong and the granddaughter of Gao Jixun. The reason why she was able to marry Thirteen was because her mother was the sister of Empress Cao. These two children will be the masters of the Song Empire in the future. Whether the boy is thirteen or the girl is talking, the whole country is changed by their will)

Thirteen, is the 13th son of Zhao Yunrang, the son of Zhao Yuanfen, the fourth son of Zhao Guangyi, Taizong of the Song Dynasty, named Zhao Zongshi. Born on January 3, 1032, he was brought into the palace at the age of 4 and raised by the eldest son of Injong. At the age of 8, he was returned to the royal palace because Renzong's second son was born. Now he has been summoned to the palace again, because all three of Renzong's sons have died young...

Zhao Zongshi, he was born a reserve... At this time he was 30 years old and taciturn. Of particular interest is his fertility. (To be continued......)