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His taboo name was Ji. He was the tenth son of Emperor Shenzong. He was initially enfeoffed as Prince of Duan, and ascended the imperial throne at the age of nineteen. He reigned for twenty-five years. The tenth day of the sixth month was designated as the Festival of Heavenly Tranquility (Tianning Jie). At that time, after a long period of peace, Bureaus of Manufacture were established in Suzhou and Hangzhou. Zhu Mian and his father transported the Flotillas of Flowers and Stones, constructing the Auspicious Mountain of Ten Thousand Years. Among the common people, even a single flower or single rock was requisitioned under the pretext of imperial provision, and people were coerced into paying bribes to satisfy their desires before being exempted. Cai Jing served as Grand Preceptor, and the palace eunuch Tong Guan took charge of the Bureau of Military Affairs. They accepted Li Siliang, a man of Yan from the Liao state, who had defected and returned together with them, claiming that Liao could be taken. Just then, the Jurchen came to present tributes, agreeing to a joint attack on Liao. Once the Jin had destroyed Liao, they in turn invaded the Song. The emperor thereupon abdicated the throne to the Crown Prince, who honored the emperor as Retired Emperor. He was seized by the Jin army and taken north, demoted and enfeoffed as the Prince of Tianshui Commandery, and finally died in Wuguo City (Continued Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Governance of the Song). Reign eras: Jianzhong Jingguo (1), Chongning (5), Daguan (4), Zhenghe (7), Chonghe (1), Xuanhe (7).