The Study On Song ZhenZong's QianDiJiuChen

The colony of the SongZhenZong's QianDiJiuChen was important political power in the court of SongZhenZong and SongRenZong, and the colony was made up by the officials and attendants when SongZhenZong was the imperial prince, the officer in KanFeng and later the crown prince. As the nearing courtiers of emperor, they were put up into high position by SongZhenZong; therefore this colony was full of talents, adept with both pen and sword. And the No. of the people made up this colony, who can be verified even reached 48. To see from the development of the QianDiJiuChen in Northern Song, the court of SongTaiZu was in the beginning stage, and the court of SongTaiZong declined, and in this stage there are three unique features of the QianDiJiuChen: 1. The majority of the colony changed from the generals into the civil officials. 2. The people of the colony changed from the old into the young. 3. The majority of the colony changed from the attendants into the officials, and the status, and the status of those people are various. The features of this QianDiJiuChen colony are determined by the historical background of that time. SongZhenZong's QianDiJiuChen was selected by SongTaiZong; therefore they are also SongTaiZong's close and trustful courtiers. As SongZhenZong's QianDiJiuChen, when SongZhenZong became emperor, he trusted them very much, and this was reflected from three aspects: 1. Put them in high position of the court. 2. Granted them with much money. 3. Establish the intimate relationship between the emperor and those officials. After SongRenZong ascending throne, SongZhenZong's QianDiJiuChen are still favored by the emperor. SongRenZong trusted them very much, even make them be in charge of the security of the kingdom. As the favored courtiers of the emperor, SongZhenZong's QianDiJiuChen made intricate and complex social relationship through the marriages between themselves, and this play an important role in extending their political power and strengthening their social position. The SongTaiZong's QianDiJiuChen was in an important positions, while the generals made no achievements, the civil officials became conservative. They didn't took the advantages of the peaceful situation of the country to reform the political system, develop production force and promote the national power, and just extended the SongZhenZong's inactive policy, brought very bad influence upon Song Dynasty.