When Zhao Zhen died, the news came out, and the entire capital was moving.

The common people consciously tied their white belts, took candles and paper money, burned them at the entrance of the street, and looked into the direction of the palace, and everyone cried bitterly.

Even those harsh bosses will choose to stop.

Many people even cried bitterly, and tears couldn't stop flowing.

For example, the boss Qin from Longmen Town was reluctant to give the workers a rest during the Chinese New Year, but when he heard that the emperor had passed away, he was stunned for a while, shook his head hard, but his eyes turned red.

I immediately took out 10 guan to buy incense and candles for the emperor, and then told all workers to take a day off and go home to pay tribute to the old emperor. Whoever dares to be negligent should not come to work in the future. If you don’t even talk about your last conscience, then what’s the difference between it and beasts!

Zhao Zhen has done too many things in his 42 years, from top to bottom, almost everyone has come from the heart, respecting and loving this emperor.

It is obvious that Zhao Zhen’s life should be divided into two sections. The first section is to govern the country with kindness and forgiveness, to be kind to the people, to rest and recuperate, so that the people will be prosperous and the people will be prosperous.

In fact, in the eyes of many Song people, the prosperous rule created by Zhao Zhen far exceeded the rule of Wen and Jing and the rule of Zhenguan. Of course, later generations ignored Zhao Zhen, and the reason was very simple, that is, the emperor was not good at martial arts. On the contrary, there was a rebellion in the Western Xia. In terms of internal affairs, the Qingli New Policy was a start and end.

These two items alone pulled Zhao Zhen down from the ranks of saints of all dynasties.

However, with Wang Ning'an's efforts, Zhao Zhensheng's rule was no longer a flaw.

In terms of martial arts, he pacified Lingnan, opened Jiaozhi, recovered Youzhou, suppressed the Khitan, attacked the Western Xia, recaptured Hengshan, opened up the Hexi Corridor, and established the Longyou and the Western Regions Protectorate. The territory of the Song Dynasty was comparable to that of the Han and Tang dynasties.

All nations surrender and are powerful, and they are worthy of great writing.

In terms of cultural governance, the reforms that have been implemented for nearly ten years have begun to show results. The treasury is abundant, economy, culture, industry, finance, cities, education, etc. have reached unprecedented heights.

It is true that in this change, many people have been damaged, and many people feel that they are more tired of living.

But at least no one dared to say against his will, that Zhao Zhen failed or dared to add blame to the emperor.

Zhao Zhen left, and his will to the crown prince asked to keep everything simple, and not to bother the people and cause inconvenience to the people.

All the folk sacrificial activities were entirely out of the hearts of the people, without any coercion, everything was in order, and all places consciously stopped entertainment activities, and everyone changed into simple clothes to express their condolences... The emperor has achieved this point, and to be honest, he dare not say that it is unprecedented, and it is almost the same.

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After Zhao Zhen passed away, Zhao Shushui had not touched his lips for a whole day. He first buryed his father with the palace servants, and then knelt in front of the coffin and kept sobbing.

Zhao Zhen has a son when he is old, and he loves his son more than his ordinary father.

Zhao Shu got the best things since he was born. His father was a mountain and he always cared for him. Especially in the past two years, in order to clear all obstacles for him, his father did everything. When he thought of his father enduring the pain, planning for himself and thinking about him, Zhao Shu was very sad and heartbroken.

Not only him, but also all of them were sad and crying.

But the third one is a joke.

First of all, you inherited the position of your father and the imperial system has not been transferred. You are called the Holy Ancestor. Where do you put your father and your grandfather? Are you as close as your father, or are you better than your grandfather?

Secondly, a lot of things happened during your tenure, but the overall territory has not expanded much. It is just some border islands, which are irrelevant and have not really changed much territory. Just because of this little achievement, I want to be an ancestor. I can only say that it is such a big face!

...

Jia Changchao proposed to call Zhao Zhen the ancestor, and he had two things. First, Zhao Zhen moved the capital to Luoyang, and the court's focus went from east to west; second, he recovered Youzhou and opened up the Western Regions, and nearly doubled the territory.

Especially the recovery of Youzhou, since the end of the Tang Dynasty, emperors of all dynasties have been thinking about defeating the Khitan and restoring their hometowns, but it was only achieved in the hands of Zhao Zhen.

Emperor Taizong set a rule that he could recover Yan Yun and be appointed as the king of another surname. It was because Wang Ning'an regained Youzhou and the contribution of defeating Xixia that he took the position of King Xiliang.

It is reasonable to call Zhao Zhen ancestor.

However, Ouyang Xiu shook his head, "The late emperor is kind, forgiving, respectful, frugal, humble and pure filial, and he will never dare to overtake Taizong and Zhenzong... The old minister dared to believe that he should be called a sect!"

Jia Changchao did not insist, as it seemed that the ministers of the Song Dynasty were much more shameful than those of a certain dynasty.

"What should I call it? Is it Gaozong, or Shizong? Or, something else?"

This time Wang Ning'an spoke, "Renzong!"

Song Xiang's eyes lit up and he immediately praised: "As a king, stop at benevolence! The advice of the King of Xiliang is appropriate!"

Ouyang Xiu grabbed his beard and said slowly: "Accumulating righteousness and achievements is called benevolence; loving people and loving things is called benevolence; restraining oneself and replenishing rituals is called benevolence; valuing virtuous relatives is called benevolence; benefiting all ages is called benevolence; giving merit to the people is called benevolence; benevolence and obedience is called benevolence; compassion for others is called benevolence; obeying oneself and doing things is called benevolence; being generous, trustworthy and sensitive is called benevolence; loving benevolence is called benevolence; being kind and loving Pujia is called benevolence; being kind and loving Puqia is called benevolence... The former emperor called Renzong, and he deserves it!"

They all agreed, but Sima Guang was a little hesitant.

"Renzong is indeed good, but the late emperor's 42 years of Emperor Wu's reign, especially in the last decade, worked hard to fight against the Khitan in the north, recover Youzhou, settle Dangxiang in the west, and open up the Western Regions. All nations came to tribute and rule the world! With such martial arts and such power, it was just a word of benevolence, which could not help but summarize the life of the late emperor."

Sima Guang's level is not enough. After he said this, everyone was in a dilemma.

In the past, just one word was enough to evaluate the emperor.

But the problem is that Zhao Zhen presented two completely different paragraphs before and after, and no matter what words were used, they would be biased and could not be concluded.

Everyone looked at each other and kept thinking about ways.

At this time, Wang Ning'an pondered for a moment, and he suggested: "Look, can you reflect it in the posthumous title?"

In fact, since the Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang of Han Dynasty, the emperor had two titles, but the Han and Tang Dynasties attached more importance to posthumous titles. For example, Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty was actually a wrong name. To be precise, Emperor Gaozu of Han, the posthumous title was Gao, Emperor Wen of Han was Taizong, and the posthumous title was Wen, Emperor Wu's temple name was Shizong, and the posthumous title was Wu. According to the customs of the Han Dynasty, a filial piety was usually added, such as Emperor Xiaowen and Emperor Xiaowu.

Of course, it can be seen from this that people are more sure of their posthumous titles.

The same was true in the early Tang Dynasty, but Emperor Gaozong of Tang Li Zhi added a saint of civil and military emperor to his father, which made the posthumous title break through two words at once, reaching as many as three words.

The Tao Te Ching says that one births two, two births three, and three births all things. After reaching the three words, the emperor's posthumous title became longer and longer, and it was like an old lady's foot binding cloth, all of which were auspicious words. Therefore, in the Song Dynasty, temple names became relatively more important and played the role of finalizing the coffin.

It was not until Zhu Yuanzhang that he combined his posthumous title with temple titles that he seemed clearer and clearer.
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