Emperor Huizong of Song, Zhao Ji

Timeline

1. 1111Bianjing (Kaifeng) · Kaifeng CityIn the first year of Zhenghe the era name was changed, opening the Zhenghe era. Huizong continued to rely on powerful ministers like Cai Jing for governance while beginning to strengthen Daoism's status in state ritual, laying the foundation for the later investiture as 'Teaching Master Daojun' and the construction of Genyue.
2. 1112Bianjing (Kaifeng) · Kaifeng CityIn the second year of Zhenghe an edict was issued with twelve measures to promote agriculture and sericulture, building waterworks, draining standing water, and reviving the imperial plowing rite to emphasize farming. The court still took measures in agricultural policy, but the flower-and-stone convoys were increasingly burdening the people of the southeast.
3. 1117Bianjing (Kaifeng) · Kaifeng CityIn the first month of the seventh year of Zhenghe, Huizong was invested as 'Teaching Master Daojun Emperor,' bringing Daoism's status to its peak. That same year construction of the Genyue imperial garden began, with large-scale requisition of Taihu stones and other materials; flower-and-stone convoy transport reached its height, and the people of the southeast suffered unbearably.
4. 1118–1120Bianjing (Kaifeng) · Kaifeng CityIn the eighth year of Zhenghe envoys were sent by sea to the Jin state to discuss a joint attack on Liao. In the second year of Xuanhe, Fang La rose in revolt in the southeast, calling for the execution of Zhu Mian and the abolition of the flower-and-stone convoys, shaking the court. During this period Huizong remained absorbed in Daoist arts and gardens, and strategic errors on the frontier gradually emerged.