Song Renzong's word "benevolence" is very refined, which accurately summarizes Zhao Zhen's personality characteristics. In the sixth year of Jiayou (1057), Su Shi's younger brother Su Zhe scolded the emperor in the examination paper: I heard that there were countless beautiful women in the palace, and he was responsible for drinking and having fun with the emperor all day, and the emperor ignored the people and did not discuss the strategy of governing the country with ministers. If these words were put aside in the Qing dynasty, this person would probably be cold.
However, Song Renzong said: I set up a master's degree to cultivate talents who dare to speak out. This Su Zhe is just a small official and should be rewarded for his courage. Bao Zheng is the person who can best embody Song Renzong's "benevolence". As for Song Renzong, Bao Zheng thought that Wei Zhi would nag about what he had done for Emperor Taizong all day. He can be involved in the national security and the rise and fall of the country, and he is very strict with his words and deeds. But Song Renzong didn't blame him for it. Visible Song Renzong's generosity and tolerance.
Step 2 celebrate the new deal
In the early Song Dynasty, in order to strengthen centralization, the system of "one official with many functions and cronyism" was implemented in military and internal affairs, which can be understood as a hereditary system in disguise. If the previous generation makes meritorious deeds, the next generation can enter the DPRK as an official. The size of the army reached1400,000, and the imperial court spent a lot of money, not to mention spending money on disaster relief in those minority countries every year.
Moreover, the phenomenon of land merger and sale is also very serious at this time, and reform is urgently needed in this case. So the Qingli New Deal led by Fan Zhongyan, Fu Bi and others began. Fan Zhongyan wrote "Ten Answers to Chen" by Renzong, including: restraining the number of officials, restraining transportation, paying tribute, selecting officials, dividing public land, cultivating agriculture and mulberry, repairing military equipment, reducing corvee and improving administration.
3. Economic and cultural prosperity
If nothing else, six of the eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties were active in the Renzong period. At this time, not only poetry flourished, but also many folk literary forms with entertainment nature emerged, such as books and novels. Economically, Renzong broke the boundary between the square and the city and abolished the curfew system, so there were night markets and ghost markets. China's first paper money and China's first trademark also appeared, showing the commercial development at that time.
Generally speaking, Song Renzong's generosity, tolerance and openness to a certain extent fully developed all aspects of the Song Dynasty, and he got along well with ethnic minorities. Many ordinary people can live and work in peace and contentment, and so can ethnic minorities. For them, there is no need to fight, but they can get a lot of oil and water from the Song Dynasty, which is of course a good thing. After all, they don't have to fight, they just fight for more land and resources. Therefore, when the emperor of Liao learned of Song Renzong's death, he was very sad.