Study On The Succession Of The Throne And The Political Situation In The Early Song Dynasty(960—997)

The inheritance of the throne is an important process of the handover of ancient Chinese political power and an important part of the emperor system.The "transmission" and "contract" of the throne are two different processes.These two processes connect the emperor with the prince.With the gradual development of the emperor system,the inheritance of the throne has become more and more perfect.Since crown prince is the future monarch and the foundation of political stability,the various infighting struggles that have arisen around the storage and emperor have never stopped.In the early Northern Song Dynasty,the establishment of crown prince still followed the "Yin Jing Feng Wang" system in the Five Dynasties.During the Taizu period,it was in the founding period of the country.For many reasons,Taizu did not leave a clear heir during the reign of the Taizu,and the "hidden" crown prince Taizong was able to succeed after the death of Taizu.After Emperor Taizong took the throne,he treated the clan as the Taizu period,until the Taiping Xingguo four years(979)"GaoLiang River Battle" failed,the military will "support the Dezhao",gave Taizong a big touch,Taizong felt the deep threat from the clan.In the following period,Taizong slowly changed the attitude of treating the clan from "soft" to "strict".Dezhao,Defang and Tingmei all died in this political attitude.After that,Taizong also racked his brains for the inheritance of the throne,and experienced a series of infighting struggles.In the end,he established the true ancestor as the royal prince in his later years and restored the "preservation system."In the process of inheriting the throne in the early Song Dynasty,the three monarchs attacked the rights,the clan and the friends,and played an important role in the consolidation and strengthening of the imperial power.The study of the succession of the throne in the early Song Dynasty helped to understand the many doubts in the early Song Dynasty and helped to understand the political situation in the early Song Dynasty.