Who was the best-tempered emperor in Chinese history? That must be the well-deserved Song Renzong. The most famous thing is that when the minister came to the court, he spit all his saliva on his face, and he was not angry at all. He was the first emperor in Chinese history to enjoy the title of Renzimiao and the longest-reigning emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty.
During his reign, he had the most celebrities, and six of the eight members of the Tang and Song dynasties were in his dynasty. It is said that after his death, even the monarchs of the enemy countries wept bitterly. So what exactly did Song Renzong do? Why is it so influential?
Song Renzong Zhao Zhen's childhood life was not happy, and the "tanuki cat for prince" on the folk stage. The prototype of the prince in this play is Song Renzong Zhao Zhen, although the real history is not so absurd, but this incident still left a shadow for Song Renzong for a lifetime.
When Emperor Renzong of Song was born, all the princes died prematurely. And his father, Song Zhenzong, was always worried that the ministers would use the prince to empty himself. Therefore, Song Zhenzong even wanted to kill Song Renzong to avoid any trouble. It wasn't until the ministers said that if they killed him, they would be extinct, and song Renzong's life was saved.
However, Song Zhenzong was still jealous, so before his death, he gave all the power to Empress Liu E. So after Song Renzong succeeded to the throne, Liu E sat behind Song Renzong and listened to the government for 11 years. According to the previous mothers and queens in power, from Lü Yan to Cixi, the little emperors who grew up around them were either cowardly and incompetent, or cruel to the extreme.
But Song Renzong was an exception. He has compassion for the weak, and for the world
inclusive.
Later, after the death of Empress Dowager Liu E, Emperor Renzong of Song began to pro-government, opening his dynasty's "Prosperous Era of Emperor Renzong". Later, a minister told Song Renzong that Empress Dowager Liu E was the murderer of his mother. Originally, he thought that Emperor Renzong of Song should take revenge, abolish Liu E's position as empress dowager, and make his own mother empress.
However, Song Renzong chose to use his "benevolence" to generously pardon Liu E. From this, we can also see the kindness of Song Renzong. And the story of Song Renzong and Bao Zheng makes it even more impossible to imagine the benevolence of this emperor.
During the Song Renzong period, there was a outspoken and selfless minister, that is, the famous Bao Zheng. On one occasion, Emperor Renzong of Song promised his concubine Concubine Zhang Guifei to give her husband a promotion, but this was strongly opposed by Bao Zheng. Early on, the two monarchs quarreled, and later Bao Zheng became more and more excited, spitting stars and flying wildly, and saliva even sprayed into the emperor's face.
However, Renzong did not show any unhappy expression, and secretly wiped the saliva from His face when Bao Zheng turned around, and finally adopted Bao Zheng's suggestion. The courtiers who were promoted by themselves, who were sprayed into soup chickens, also had to sit and listen to him.
Moreover, Song Renzong was kind not only to his favorite ministers, but also to those retinues in the palace.
Once, while eating, Renzong suddenly bit a stone and pulled out all his teeth
Blood, he quickly spit out the stone, and rinsed the blood in his mouth. Then he instructed the eunuchs and palace ladies around him not to tell anyone about this, otherwise the cook who cooked would die! Song Renzong's consideration of people is really admirable.
Another time, when Song Renzong went out for a walk, he often looked east and west, and when he took two steps, he liked to turn his head to take a look, and the accompanying guards were very puzzled by this. Not long after the walk, he hurried back to the palace. Just sat down, let his concubine quickly pour water for himself, seeing that he was so anxious, the concubine was also quite confused, wondering why he was so thirsty outside, why didn't he let his guards take water to drink?
At this time, Renzong said that he looked left and right on the road to see if his bodyguards had brought water, and the result was not. So he couldn't bear to let his bodyguard be punished because of this matter, so he endured until the palace to drink water. Song Renzong's "benevolence" is well deserved.
During the Song Dynasty, restaurants and teahouses were the most popular entertainment venues in Chinese history. There will be these entertainment venues on almost every street, when a national of a country has time and spare money to spend on entertainment. That means the country is truly wealthy. Because the people will only go to entertainment and recreation after they have no worries about food and clothing, it can be said that the folk entertainment consumption in the Song Renzong period is a fight with our modern ones.
Although the country's economy was very strong, Song Renzong himself was very frugal and rarely held song and dance evenings in the palace. At that time, at night, the capital outside the imperial palace, the people of the capital City, began the nightlife of the city. One night, When Song Renzong was still reading the recital, he heard the moon dance song coming from outside the palace, so he asked the eunuch where it came from, and the eunuch replied that it was from a folk entertainment place. He also lamented that there had been no moon dance song in the palace for a long time.
At this time, Song Renzong laughed and said that if the moon danced and sang like this at night in the palace, then the common people would not be able to live such a good life. From this, it can be seen that Song Renzong thinks of the people everywhere and loves the people. Therefore, the economy of the Northern Song Dynasty reached its peak during the reign of Emperor Renzong. As well as in the military, Song Renzong can also be regarded as a achievement.
During the reign of Emperor Renzong, western Xia rose to prominence, but due to the lack of results due to many conquests. So Song Renzong came up with another method. That is, to increase the number of coins to the Liao state and provoke the relationship between the Liao state and the Western Xia, so the Liao state and the Western Xia fought, and later the Western Xia could only pay tribute to the Northern Song Dynasty every year. Then the Northern Song Dynasty added coins to the Liao State, and the cycle was repeated, and peace was maintained for a long time.
During the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song, the economy flourished and culture flourished. Therefore, it is also known as "Renzong Shengzhi". From Song Renzong's tolerance of ministers, his love for the people, and his own wisdom, he is known as the Renjun of the Ages.