A Study Of The Prime Minister Group In Huizong Period Of The Song Dynasty

The most sensational in the Northern Song Dynasty history is XifengReformation Campaign, Song Shenzong and Wang Anshi make their efforts to get ridof the crisis that the Northern Song Dynasty gradually exposed. Unfortunately, thereform failed. After this, Northern Song Dynasty history fell into the swirl of politicsin the partisan struggle. Huizong became the emperor is the result of this. SongHuizong is a famous emperor in history. Not only because of his high talent in arts,more important is that he and his son, Song Qinzong both became the captive, andspend their rest of life in the desolate land in north of China. Although the NorthernSong Dynasty perished is in Qinzong period, but that is Song Huizong perioddestroyed The North Song Dynasty. This thesis tries to research the prime ministergroup of Huizong period, through the observation and analysis of the prime ministergroup and personal, and strives to reveal the profound influence between the primeminister group and this period’s political situation and why the Northern SongDynasty was destroyed.Except of the introduction and conclusion. this thesis consists of three chapters.Chapter1is introduction of the political situation from “Yuanyou Genghua” toHuizong ascended the throne, which consists of two sections, discussing after thefailed of Xifeng Reformation Campaign, Northern Song Dynasty appeared “YuanyouGenghua” and “Zhezong Shaoshu” situation, and finally, Huizong ascended thethrone.Chapter2states the general conditions of the prime minister group and theevolution of the political situation, which is made up of two sections, one is thegeneral conditions of the prime minister group, in order to clear for readers, at firstlisted in forms, and then analyzing the general condition of Huizong period’s primeminister group, its category and the other presents the political situation of Huizongperiod, discussing the struggle of power between the prime ministers and summed upthe characteristics of the evolution of Huizong period’s political situation.Chapter3concentrates on between the prime minister group and the corruptpolitics, discussing from two accepts, that is the inner politics and external politics.The main content include persecution of yuanyou partisan, harsh abuse of economicmeasures and the life of luxury to huizong and his prime minister. And thendiscussing the war to northwest and the war to youyu region. Although the war havethe positive side, but because of the problems and the extreme corruption. In the end,the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed.The conclusion is summarizes the why the prime minister group in huizongperiod have so poor state and the great harm to the Northern Song Dynasty.