Emperor Zhezong has lowered taxes, stopped negotiations …
Years: 1100 - 1100
Emperor Zhezong has lowered taxes, stopped negotiations with the Tangut Empire and resumed armed conflict, which had eventually forced the Xia to enter a more peaceful stance with the Song.
Overall, Zhezong's reign has provided the Song dynasty with fresh energy but Zhezong has been unable to stop fighting between conservative members in his government and the more liberal members catering to Wang Anshi's reforms.
This situation will eventually lead to the Northern Song's demise in the twelfth century.
Zhezong dies in 1100 in Kaifeng at the age of twenty-four and is succeeded by his younger brother.
His temple name means "Wise Ancestor".
At the accession of Emperor Huizong of Song, China's population is roughly one hundred million.
In the Song Dynasty capital of Kaifeng, the number of registered people within the walls is one million fifty thousand the army stationed here boosts the overall populace to some one million four hundred thousand people.
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People
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- Chinese (Han) people
- Tanguts
- Chinese Empire, Pei (Northern) Song Dynasty
- Western Xia, or Tangut Kingdom
