Li Qianshun

Timeline

1. 1086–1098Xingqing Prefecture · Xingqing PrefectureAfter Emperor Huizong Li Bingchang died, he succeeded at only three years old, honoring his mother Empress Dowager Liang as empress dowager; state affairs were controlled by her and his uncle Liang Yitu, with years of war against Song draining the state.
2. 1099–1100Xingqing Prefecture · Xingqing PrefectureEmperor Daozong of Liao sent envoys to Xia and had the overbearing Empress Dowager Liang poisoned, ordering Qianshun to rule personally. With Liao's backing he ended maternal-clan rule and began reforming administration and reducing taxes.
3. 1101–1110Xingqing Prefecture · Xingqing PrefectureHe changed the era name to Zhenguan, promoted Confucianism, established a national academy and a bureau for nurturing worthies, and selected noble youths to study Chinese learning. Diplomatically he repeatedly sought marriages with Liao; in the fifth year of Zhenguan he married Yelu Nanxian, a woman of the Liao imperial clan, as empress, while continuing to contest the northwest border with the Northern Song.