The short videos I watched from all dynasties

Seeing this title, Li Ranran recalled it in his mind. Three? I only remember that there seemed to be only two?

【Three emperors with the temple name "Shenzong" in history, do you know who they are? 】

[The first one: the sixth emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty, Song Shenzong Zhao Xu.

Song Shenzong and his son Song Zhezong were the most ambitious and accomplished emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Before Song Shenzong ascended the throne, the Northern Song Dynasty was faced with frequent invasions by foreign enemies in its border areas, the country was extremely difficult financially, public security was unstable in various places, and natural disasters and civil unrest occurred frequently.

Therefore, after Song Shenzong ascended the throne, he had the idea of ​​"enriching the country, strengthening the military, and expanding the borders outward." After he ascended the throne, he felt the poverty and weakness of the Song Dynasty and realized that the Northern Song Dynasty must reform to change the existing situation. So Song Shenzong summoned Wang Anshi to Beijing.

In the second year of Xining, the "Xining Reforms", which had a profound impact on the Song Dynasty, began.

The first thing Song Shenzong wanted to change was the situation in which the Northern Song Dynasty was passively beaten in the western region. With his tough attitude, he changed the defensive policy adopted by the previous emperor towards Western Xia to an active and aggressive policy in an attempt to completely subdue Western Xia.

During the Xining Reform, Wang Anshi wrote to Song Shenzong to appoint Wang Shao to lead troops to resist the Western Xia. In this battle, the Northern Song Dynasty expanded its territory by five states, which is known in history as the "Xihe Frontier Opening."

Although the reform had certain effects, due to opposition forces and its drawbacks, Song Shenzong eventually abolished some of the new laws and Wang Anshi was dismissed from his position as prime minister.

Later, Song Shenzong attempted to reform again, but he could only maintain it with difficulty.

In the fourth year of Yuanfeng, taking advantage of the civil strife in the royal family of Western Xia, Song Shenzong dispatched 40 troops in five directions to launch a massive attack on Lingzhou of Western Xia.

In this battle, the Western Xia army was defeated by the Song army because the five armies of the Northern Song army lacked unified command, and the long-distance raids and the shortage of food and fodder for the various armies led to a crushing defeat.

In the fifth year of Yuanfeng, the Imperial Censor Xu Xi proposed to build Yongle City, and Song Shenzong approved it.

Western Xia sent 30 troops to besiege Yongle City. Because Xu Xi "made reckless plans and underestimated the enemy", he was surrounded and cut off from the water supply by the Western Xia army. Yongle City was broken, Xu Xi died for his country, and the Song army was defeated.

The Northern Song Dynasty's two failures in wars against Western Xia shattered Song Shenzong's hope to achieve "enriching the country, strengthening the military, and expanding the borders outward" through political reform, and also dealt a huge blow to the Northern Song Dynasty.

In the eighth year of Yuanfeng, Emperor Shenzong of Song, Zhao Xu, died of depression at the age of 38. His temple name was Shenzong.

＜The temple name of Emperor Shenzong of Song (民无能名称神) was given to Zhao Xu by Empress Dowager Gao and Sima Guang and other old party members after Emperor Shenzong's death＞

＜In fact, the temple name "Shenzong" is not a compliment but a criticism. The ministers who gave Zhao Xu the temple name at that time were mostly members of the New Party, and the temple name "Shenzong" was given in this way.

"…during this time, the sages and wise rulers wrote…books that praised Yao’s virtues, saying that he was a sage and a god, a warrior and a scholar…they were the reason why he established his career.”

It is clearly praising Zhao Xu as Yao, and from the posthumous title given to his father by Emperor Huizong of Song, Zhao Ji, it can be seen that if "Shenzong" is not good, it will be replaced by something else, and Song Shenzong is still the legitimate "ancestor of the Song Dynasty"＞

＜Why did the ministers of the Ming Dynasty choose the temple name Shenzong, which seemed to be a compliment but was actually a criticism, in order to belittle the emperor? [Question]＞

＜Later generations still think that it was because of his reforms that he offended everyone and did not complete the reforms completely.

Especially after Song Huizong ascended the throne, he continued the reforms of his father Song Shenzong and his brother Song Zhezong. However, it is difficult to judge Song Huizong. He made great troubles for the Northern Song Dynasty... and then the Northern Song Dynasty was finished...＞

＜The situation during this period was just an enlarged version of the Three Kingdoms. The Wanyan Jin Dynasty and the Yelu Liao Dynasty were like the Sima Jin Dynasty and the Cao Wei Dynasty. The Western Xia Dynasty was the Shu Han Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty was the Eastern Wu Dynasty. In the end, they were all destroyed by the Mongols (foreign races).＞

<It can only be said that Song Shenzong's reforms were unsuccessful, so he left these behind. If he had succeeded, destroyed the Western Xia and conquered the Liao Kingdom in the north, he would have been the Emperor Chengzu>

＜Shenzong and Jing Gong are really a pair of idealists. Among the emperors of the two Song dynasties, Shenzong is my favorite. He was ambitious and struggled to achieve something, but in the end he died of depression…＞

＜What can I say about people like Xu Xi? He is a typical armchair strategist. It’s not that scholars are not good at leading troops. Just look at how Yu Yunwen fought in the Battle of Cai Shi, which was very impressive.

But Xu Xi is a really bad person. Not to mention that he underestimated the enemy, his strategic vision was also poor. He made all kinds of mistakes when commanding the Battle of Yongle City [Speechless]＞

＜To be honest, they are both Shenzong, but the Shenzong of Song and the Shenzong of Ming are not the same God. Please don’t force the same thing on others [sigh]＞

＜The two most accomplished emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty both died young, but the ruler who lost his country lived a long life…＞

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Li Ranran had a good impression of Wang Anshi when he was studying "Reply to Sima Jianyi" before, and he also had a good impression of Song Shenzong.

Sigh, "If only Song Shenzong and Song Zhezong hadn't died so early..."

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Song Dynasty, the second year of Xining

My son Song Zhezong and I were the most ambitious and accomplished emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty!

"Hahaha, good, very good."

Although he knew in advance that his posthumous temple name would be Shenzong, he was still happy to receive such an evaluation from Guangmu.

Zhao Xu was happy but also worried, "I don't have a living prince yet, alas."

Wang Anshi looked at the screen intently and talked about the reasons for the failure of the reform. Apart from the opposition from the old party, what were the drawbacks of the reform?

"Why did we suffer another major defeat after expanding the border in Xihe?" Song Shenzong Zhao Xu lost all confidence after hearing about the two major defeats. If this was true, it was no wonder...

Behind the light curtain, Zhao Xu frowned as he analyzed the meaning of the temple name "Shen". The emperor was young, the empress dowager was in power, and the old party was in power. Would there be another party dispute?

[His father Song Shenzong and his brother Song Zhezong] Zhao Xu was shocked. Song Zhezong died young and left no children. Zhao Ji ascended the throne! Song Huizong Zhao Ji is my son? !

"The Jingkang Shame is so recent."

"Is reform really the calamity that leads to the country's demise?"

When Wang Anshi heard Song Shenzong talking to himself, he wanted to refute and tell him that it was not the case. Even if the law was not changed, the Song Dynasty would become weaker and weaker and would be invaded by enemy countries.

However, Wang Anshi himself was now in a state of confusion. How could the Song Dynasty change the situation?

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Song Dynasty, the eighth year of Yuanyou

Song Zhezong Zhao Xu sat calmly on the dragon throne. Every word Guangmu said was not good for Zhao Xu.

[His father Song Shenzong and his brother Song Zhezong]

His father was Emperor Shenzong, so he must be Emperor Zhezong. Let’s not talk about the pros and cons of this temple name for now. What about the later Emperor Huizong of Song, Zhao Ji?

The emperor and his ministers of the Zhezong Dynasty did not know about the future Jingkang Shame, and now they looked at the young Zhezong Zhao Xu in confusion. Although the emperor looked a little unwell, how could he die young without having children?

Song Huizong was also a reformist! The word Hui has a good meaning, but why do I always feel that Guangmu is a little disgusted with it...?

Zhao Xu was confused. They kept talking about the Northern Song Dynasty? The Southern Song Dynasty? What was going on?

Reform? It is absolutely impossible to give up reform.

Wanyan Jin replaced Yelu Liao? Was the Liao Dynasty beginning to fall into chaos?

"Please invite Prince Duan here."

I don’t want to know how the future Song Huizong destroyed the Northern Song Dynasty. Anyway, Zhao Ji must pay the price for me today!