In the eighth year of Taiping and Xingguo (983), he was awarded the title of Taibao, named Hanwang and renamed.
In 988, Duan was named Xiang Wang and renamed Yuan Kan.
In September of the fifth year of Chunhua (994), he was named Shouwang, and was investigated by a teacher and Yin Fu of Kaifeng.
In the first year of Daoguang (995), he was made a prince, renamed Heng, and still served as Kaifeng Prefecture Yin. Zhao Heng was neither the eldest son of Taizong nor the queen, so it was not his turn to inherit the throne. However, his eldest brother Zhao Yuanzuo was crazy because of the death of his uncle Zhao Tingmei, and his second brother Zhao Yuanxuan also died of illness, so he was lucky to become a prince. At the beginning of Zhao Heng's accession to the throne, Li Ling and others were appointed as prime ministers. They were diligent in political affairs and divided the country into fifteen roads. Since the Five Dynasties and the Ten Kingdoms, envoys from all walks of life have taken turns to report to Beijing and reduce taxes. He can also pay attention to thrift, so the society is relatively stable, which creates favorable opportunities for the country's relatively long-term peaceful development.
At that time, the production of iron tools progressed, the cultivated area of land increased to 520 million mu (1996, and there were more than 300 million mu of cultivated land in the second year of Taizong Daodao), and Siam polished rice was introduced, which doubled the crop output. Handicrafts and businesses such as textile, printing and dyeing, paper making and porcelain making flourished, and the trade was unprecedented, which made the Northern Song Dynasty enter a period of economic prosperity, known as "the rule of Xianping" Main entry: The Alliance of Single Sources Since the fiasco of Yongxi Northern Expedition, the Northern Song Dynasty has been afraid of the Liao Dynasty and gradually changed from active attack to passive defense. On the contrary, the Liao Dynasty pressed the Song Dynasty step by step and invaded the Song Dynasty from the south. Since the second year of Xianping (999), Liao sent troops to provoke, plunder and slaughter people in the border areas, which brought great disasters to the residents in the border areas. Although Yang Yanlang (also known as Yang) and other generals actively resisted the invasion, the cavalry in Liao Dynasty advanced and retreated very quickly and their tactics were flexible, which brought more and more pressure to the border defense in Song Dynasty.
In the autumn of the first year of Jingdezhen (1004), Xiao Chuo, the Empress Dowager of the Liao Dynasty, and Yelulongxu, the Emperor of the Liao Dynasty, led 200,000 troops south, reaching the gates of Zhuozhou (now Puyang County, Henan Province) on the Yellow River, threatening Tokyo, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty. The alarm reached Tokyo five times overnight, and Zhao Heng asked his ministers. At that time, Prime Ministers Wang Qinruo and Chen Yao Cuo advocated moving their capitals to Jiangnan and Shu respectively, while Prime Minister Kou Xun, who had only been in office for one month, sternly opposed it: "Whoever came up with this idea should be beheaded!" He said that if you give up Bianjing and flee south, it will shake people's hearts, the enemy will take advantage of it and the country will be difficult to preserve; The emperor personally stepped out and his morale was greatly boosted, which was sure to repel the enemy. Zhao Heng agreed to use personal expedition, under the command of KouShu. When I arrived in Weicheng (now southeast of hua county), I heard that the Liao army was strong and wanted to withdraw. Uncle Kou said seriously, "Now the enemy is approaching and the situation is critical. We can only advance one foot, but we can't retreat one inch. Our Hebei army is looking forward to your arrival day and night, and marching will make our Hebei army morale a hundred times. Retreat will distract the army and disappoint the people. The enemy took the opportunity to attack. I'm afraid your majesty can't even keep Jinling. " Zhao agreed to continue marching, crossing the river and entering Zhou. When Song Jun saw the Huanglong Banner in Zhao Heng, they cheered and shouted "Long live". Zhenzong climbed the wall at the request of Uncle Kou to boost morale, which greatly boosted Song Jun's morale. KouShu commanded Song Jun to attack, fought bravely, wiped out thousands of Liao troops and shot LiLin Xiao, commander-in-chief of Liao army. Xiao Taihou saw the Liao army in a passive position and asked for peace.
When Zhao Heng sent Cao Liyong, an emissary, to the Liao country to sign a single-source alliance, he said to Cao Liyong, "If there is really no way, even one million will do!" After Kou Zhun knew it, he pointed to Cao Liyong and said angrily, "If it exceeds 302,000, he will show his head."
After repeated negotiations with Liao emissaries, the two countries concluded the following treaties:
First, Liao and Song are brother countries, Song is a brother, and Song Zunxiao is an aunt. Later generations still regard the world as a nephew, and envoys exchange visits regularly.
2. Taking Baigou River as the national border, the two sides withdrew their troops. Liao belongs to Song Suicheng (now Xu Shui, Hebei Province) and Ying and Mo states. After that, all thieves and fugitives crossing the border will not stop hiding from each other. Cities on the border of the two dynasties, as usual, are not allowed to build cities.
Third, the Song Party provided Liao with silver100000 taels and silk (that is, ancient coins) every year. Delivery to Xiongzhou.
Four, the two sides set up markets at the border to carry out mutual trade. (In the mutual trade, the Northern Song Dynasty earned far more money than the old coins, and the annual income of the Song Dynasty was about 2.5 times that of the old coins, and many horses were bought at low prices for military equipment, which dragged down the Liao Dynasty economically, so that it was impossible to send troops to the Northern Song Dynasty in the following decades).
After Cao Liyong returned to the Song Dynasty, Zhao Heng eagerly demanded the money. Cao Liyong didn't dare to say it directly, but three fingers went up. Zhao Heng thought it was 3 million taels, but he blurted out in shock: "Too many." After a while, I comforted myself: "It is too much, but it is good to end this matter." When I learned that it was 300,000 yuan, I was relieved, turned my worries into happiness, and gave Cao Liyong a big reward.
The Single Source Alliance ended the 25-year war between Song and Liao Dynasties. "There are many births, cattle and sheep, and white-haired people (white-haired elders) don't know where to go." At the same time, it was also the beginning of the Song Dynasty to pay annual money to Fan Fang in exchange for peace. Since then, the Song-Liao border has been in a state of relative peace for a long time. It also saved a huge amount of war expenses for the Song Dynasty. The annual monetary expenditure (300,000 yuan) was less than 1% of the military expenditure (30 million yuan), which avoided the heavy garrison and the tax pressure of the imperial court for many years, and exchanged the effects that were difficult to obtain in the war at a very small price (textbooks did not burden the people, and the lost money could be earned back through foreign trade). In the Northern Song Dynasty, fairs were set up in Xiongzhou (now Xiongxian County, Hebei Province) and Bazhou (now Bazhou, Hebei Province) on the border, which promoted the economic and cultural exchanges between Song and Liao Dynasties and was conducive to the economic development, cultural prosperity and national integration of Song and Liao Dynasties. After the signing of the Single Source Alliance, Zhao Heng thought it was a proud achievement and was once very proud. Unexpectedly, one day, Wang Qinruo, who participated in politics, said to him, "Alliance at the gates is a shame in the Spring and Autumn Period. There is nothing more shameful than Yuan Yuan's move, which is based on respect for Wancheng! " Wang Qinruo's words were meant to belittle Kouxian, but at the same time he poured cold water on vanity Zhao Heng, and he was unhappy from then on. Wang Qinruo is "clever by nature, dare to be prude", and is good at observing words and feelings and ingratiating himself with pets. Zhao Heng's trick of forging "gobbledygook" was his bad idea. Seeing both joy and fear, he took the opportunity to pretend to say, "If your majesty sends troops to recover Youzhou and Jizhou, he can wash away the shame of the alliance." Zhao Heng said: "The people of Hebei Province have just been spared the suffering of war. How can I have the heart to start another war? " Think of something else! "Wang Qinruo took the opportunity to say," that only Zen can subdue the world and show off foreign countries. However, since ancient times, there has been a "Tian Rui." Then he said: "Of course, this' Tian Rui' does not mean that it is necessary; Some of the so-called "Tian Rui" people of the previous generation were artificially created, but their owners took it seriously and showed it to the world, and it would be just like the real thing. Is it true that the ancient legend' the picture of the river is born, the book of Luo Sheng'? That's just the teachings of the saints of Shinto! " Zhao Heng listened, of course, got the message, but he said anxiously, "Wang Dan may not agree to do so? "Wang Dan was prime minister at that time, because KouShu had been excluded from the DPRK before, so Zhao Heng's first consideration was whether Wang Dan was willing to follow. Wang Qinruo said: "I went to hint to him out of holy will, and I don't think I will disagree." Sure enough, after Wang Qinruo's intercession, Wang Dan agreed. However, Zhao Heng was still impractical, so he asked Wang Dan to go to dinner. Just as he was enjoying himself, he ordered someone to take out a bottle of wine and give it to Wang Dan, saying, "Take it back and enjoy it with his wife and children! "When Wang Dan came home, he opened the bottle and saw where the wine was. It was full of beautiful beads.
In the fifth year of Jingdezhen (1008), on the third day of the first month, when Prime Minister Wang Dan led his ministers to the early dynasty, a minister came to report that "Yellow Silk was dragging the south end of Chengtianmen" and Zhao Heng "called the ministers to welcome Yuan Chaodian, which was called a sealed book". In order to prove that the "gobbledygook" really fell from the sky, Zhao Heng deliberately made up a story: "I was about to sleep in the middle of the night, and suddenly my bedroom was full of lights. I was shocked to see a man of God suddenly appear. This man put on a scarlet robe and said to me,' On January 3rd, the Huang Zhi Dojo will be built in the main hall, and then three pieces of the heavenly book "Dazhong Xiangfu" will be left behind. I stood up and was about to answer when the man of God suddenly disappeared. I immediately wrote it down with a pen. From 1 February1Sunday, I fasted vegetables, built a Dojo in Yuan Chao Temple, waited respectfully for a whole month, and finally looked forward to the heavenly book. At this moment, Emperor Shicheng reported that silk was hung on the roof south of Zuocheng Tianmen, so he sent envoys to check it. It was reported that there was something similar to a sealed book wrapped in silk, and the seal was hidden. It turned out that the man of god said the gobbledygook! "Wang Dan immediately congratulated again. Zhao Heng then led the officials to Chengtianmen on foot, greeted the so-called "gobbledygook" to the Dojo in fear and trembling, and opened it in public. I saw the words on the silk cloth: "Seal Order. Prosperity in the Song Dynasty, pay attention to prudence, live in its tools, and keep its righteousness. The world is 700, which is 99. "In addition, there are three yellow notes, the content of which is that Zhao Heng will inherit the system with filial piety, incorruptibility and frugality, which will last for a long time. Zhao Heng learned that the Privy Council had been read by Chen Yaocuo, still wrapped it up, solemnly put it in a gold cabinet prepared in advance, and sent officials to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth, ancestral temples and the country. That is, a fast banquet was held in Chongzheng Hall, and congratulations were received from hundreds of officials. In order to expand its influence, Zhao Heng issued several imperial edicts while the iron was hot: Amnesty for the world, changing the Yuan Dynasty, changing Zuo Chengtian Gate into an auspicious symbol of inheriting heaven, bestowing favor on ministers, allowing the capital to gather for three days to celebrate, and so on. He also instructed a number of hands, such as Chen Yaomao and Ding Weisong, to respond with righteousness. At that time, there was an upsurge of "fighting for auspicious words" all over the country. This uproar lasted for a while. In March, led by Wang Dan, more than 24,300 people, including civil and military officials, monks and Taoist priests, and long-lost elders, were mobilized to jointly write to Zhao Heng for five times in a row, demanding meditation. Zhao San's envoy Song asked for funds, ordered Hanlin and Taichang to draw up the notes on Guan Chan's documents in detail, and appointed the main responsible officials, including Wang Dan as Guan Chan's gift envoy, Wang Qinruo as Guan Chan's official and Song as a financial planner. At the beginning of June, Wang Qinruo was sent to Taishan as a vanguard to organize specific matters. As soon as Wang Qinruo arrived in Ganfeng (present-day taian county), he said, "There is a ritual spring in Mount Tai, and a black dragon in the West Mountain." Soon, he sent someone to send his forged "heavenly book" to Kyoto. Zhao Heng once again called courtiers to brag and said, "On the evening of the third day of May, I dreamed that the last man of God said to me," In the first half of next month, I will give Taishan a gobbledygook. "That is, the secret message to Wang Qinruo and others, report any auspicious news will be realized immediately ... Wang Dan and others pay tribute again. On the Mid-Autumn Festival in the second year of Tianxi (10 18), the beneficiary of Zhao, who was only 8 years old, was canonized as the Crown Prince and renamed as ().
On February 19th (March 23rd), the first year of Ganxing (1022), Zhao Heng died in Yanqing Hall at the age of 55 and reigned for 25 years. The minister is Emperor Sheng Yuanxiao, posthumous title is the chapter of civilization, and the temple number is Zhenzong. 10 13 was buried in Yongding Mausoleum. On the 23rd, there was a ancestral temple.
In the second year of Tiansheng (1024), he was named Emperor Sheng Yuanxiao of Kaihua Wuding Chapter.
In the seventh year of Li Qing (1047), it was given as a tribute to Emperor Sheng Yuanxiao of Wudingzhang, a German civilization.