At this point, it was Lao Zhao Dechang's turn to be a prince. Three years after Daozhi, Song Taizong died of a recurrence of an old injury. Zhao Dechang succeeded to the throne and was renamed Zhao Heng and Song Zhenzong.
This prince, who was born in the royal family and grew up in the imperial court, is extremely weak and lacks the determination and courage to innovate compared with his uncle and father. In his view, it is the best choice to stick to the thought of Huang Lao's inaction advocated by Tang Taizong in his later years and continue to maintain this situation.
Because of this, he naively thought that the signing of the "Khan League" between Song and Liao was a great event to be proud of, and he was very proud of it. In fact, I didn't know it, which created a bad case of seeking happiness by passing on ancient coins. At that time, it was pointed out to him that Wang Qinruo, a politician, said to him, "It is shameful for the alliance to go out of the city and pay the price of Spring and Autumn Annals.
Nothing is more shameful than a word! Qin Re Wang wanted to belittle Kou Zhun, but at the same time he poured cold water on vain Song Zhenzong, and he was very unhappy from then on. If the king of Qin is a mean person who is good at flattery, history will call him "good at making love and daring to celebrate his birthday."
Wang Qinruo is very good at opportunism. Seeing that the true Sect was overjoyed and afraid of war, he took the opportunity to pretend to be the true Sect and said, "If your majesty sends troops to recover Youzhou and Hebei, he can wash away Chen Yuan's shame." True Sect didn't have the courage, so Wang Qinruo took the opportunity to say, "Then only Zen can serve the world and be proud of it.
However, Mount Tai, that is to say, the seal is the seal, and it must be the most outstanding emperor with great achievements, and it can only be achieved with the echo of Tian Rui. Therefore, before this, only five successful emperors, Qin Shihuang, Han Wudi, Guangwudi, Tang Gaozong and Tang Xuanzong, participated in the sacrifice of Mount Tai.
Compared with several predecessors, if a true sect has self-knowledge, it should not engage in Mount Tai meditation. As it happens, the new Zen has no self-knowledge. In order to publicize the great events of Zen Buddhism, he and Wang Qinruo and other ministers are generally good at speculating and arranging the gimmicks of the gobbledygook.
On the third day of the first month of the fifth year of Jingdezhen, when Prime Minister Wang Dan led his ministers to complete the first generation of great undertakings, there was a report that "yellow silk was dragged at the southern end of Tianmen in Zuocheng" and "the ministers were summoned to worship the Yuan Temple and open a heavenly book". In order to prove that the gobbledygook really fell from the sky, Song Zhenzong deliberately made up a story: "I was about to sleep in the middle of the night when suddenly there was a light in my bedroom." I was greatly surprised when a man of God suddenly appeared, wearing a crimson robe on his head, and said to me, "On January 3rd, the Huang Qing Dojo will be built in the main hall, and then there will be a three-day book" Dazhong Xiangfu ". I stood up and was about to answer. The man of God suddenly disappeared. I immediately wrote it down with a pen.
From 65438+February 1, I began to eat vegetables and fast food, and built a Dojo in Yuan Chao Temple. I waited respectfully for a whole month, and finally I expected the gobbledygook. Ming Chengzu Rice said that he found silk hanging on the roof of the south gate of Zuocheng, and he sent messengers from China to inspect it. According to the report, the silk was wrapped in something similar to a gobbledygook, and there were words on the seal. This is the heavenly book that the man of god said! "Wang Dan immediately worship again. After that, Zhen led the officials to the gate of Chengtianmen, greeted the so-called "heavenly book" in the Dojo with trepidation, and unsealed it in public.
I saw on the silk book: "Seal the order. Song Shi was cautious and ranked around, and the world was 709. " There are also three yellow notes, the content of which is that the filial inheritance system is true, lead an honest and clean life, and thrift must last for a long time. In order to expand its influence, Zhenzong successively formulated several imperial edicts: Amnesty for the world, changing the Tianmen in Zuocheng into Tianxiang House, and granting the minister Jia En, and authorizing Beijing to drink for three days to celebrate. He also instructed Chen Yaomao and Ding Wei of the Song Dynasty to respond with righteousness.
At that time, there was an upsurge of "striving for happiness" all over the country. After the commotion, in March, Wang Dan led more than 24,300 soldiers, civilians, monks and elders, and applied for the withdrawal of Zhenzong for five consecutive times. After Zhen Zong called the third envoy to the Song Dynasty to beg for funds, he ordered Hanlin and Taichang to draw up detailed Zen documents, and appointed the main responsible officials, including Zen envoy Wang Dan, Zen envoy Wang Qinruo and Zen envoy, to be responsible for the planning and expenditure of funds.
In early June, Wang Qinruo was sent to Taishan as a pioneer to prepare specific matters. As soon as Wang Qinruo arrived at Ganfeng, he said, "On Mount Tai, the ritual spring comes out, and on the Western Mountain, the black dragon comes out." Soon, they sent the forged "gobbledygook" to Kyoto. Zhenzong once again called courtiers to brag and said, "On the third day of May, I dreamed in the middle of the night that the last man of God told me that he would send a gobbledygook to Mount Tai on the tenth day of next month." . That is to say, when the secret message was given to Wang Qinruo and others, people with auspicious news immediately reported it, and it was fulfilled. Wang Dan and others paid tribute again.
In the history of sealing Mount Tai in the East, Song Zhenzong did not have the qualification and ability to seal Mount Tai at all, because in the early days of Song Zhenzong's rule, domestic and foreign troubles were obvious. However, in order to climb Mount Tai, Song Zhenzong deceived people all over the world and deliberately created the illusion of world peace and tranquility. Song Zhenzong organized a strong team and it took 17 days to reach Mount Tai.
Fasting at the foot of the mountain for three days before climbing the mountain. According to the sacrifice notes prepared in advance, after completing the ceremony on the mountain, the next day, she went down to Sheshou Mountain to sacrifice to heaven. After that, there were a series of celebrations. It took 47 days before and after Dongfeng, including going to Qufu to pay homage to Confucius, and staged a complete farce. Song Zhenzong also became the last emperor in the history of China. This used a lot of money, and the state treasury was empty, which laid a curse for the financial crisis in the Song Dynasty. Since then, in the feudal history of China, no emperor has ever sealed Mount Tai in the east, and the history of sealing Mount Tai has ended.
Although this farce directed by Wang Qinruo and starring Song Zhenzong has ended temporarily, Shinto has not stopped its Shinto cause, and those who take pleasure in flattery are still struggling for happiness, reaching the point of "national disease". Three years later, under the encouragement of some people, Zhenzong went to Fenyang, Shanxi Province to present a gift of "offering sacrifices to the afterlife". It can be said that until his death, he regarded this kind of self-deception as a link to maintain the fate of his regime.
At this point, although Song Zhenzong has completed the absurd drama of "sealing the Shandong Province of Thailand and then sealing the land", he believes that this move completely covers up the shame of "Khan Alliance". In fact, this is a typical "self-deception." But Xincan has done a good job in internal affairs. During his 25 years in power, the internal affairs of the country have been well managed, the rule has become more and more stable, the management has become more and more perfect, the social economy has gradually prospered, and the country has gradually become stronger, which is called "the rule of peace first" in history. However, in foreign policy, he set a bad example of paying tribute and seeking peace, which attracted the monarchs of the Song Dynasty to follow suit.
Historical evaluation
During the 25 years of Zhao Heng's rule, he managed very well. The Northern Song Dynasty became more and more prosperous, the state management became more and more perfect, and the social economy became prosperous. The Northern Song Dynasty was relatively strong, which was called "first-class rule" in history.
However, unlike the battle-hardened Taizu and Emperor Taizong, Zhao Heng, who lived in the palace since childhood, was weak and lacked the determination and courage to innovate. In his view, it is the best choice to adhere to the Huang Lao thought advocated by Emperor Taizong in his later years and maintain this situation. After the alliance with Song Liao, Shinkawa did nothing politically. Instead, he devoted himself to forbidding sacrifices, whitewashing peace, building temples extensively and wasting people's money, which made the "internal troubles and foreign invasion" in the Song Dynasty increasingly serious.