Consolidation of Emperor Gaozong's Lin'an Court

Timeline

1. 1131–1132Lin'an Prefecture · Lin'an PrefectureAfter the suppression of the Miao–Liu mutiny, Gaozong formally designated Lin'an as the temporary capital (xingzai) in the first year of Shaoxing, rebuilding palaces, government offices, and the palace guard garrison system, establishing a capital political center under the designation of 'temporary court.'
2. 1132–1134Lin'an Prefecture · Lin'an PrefectureThe court reorganized army designations and command relationships, restored the operations of core institutions such as the Zhongshu Menxia and the Privy Council, and supplemented recruitment of Jiangnan scholars through both the imperial examination and hereditary privilege, rebuilding the administrative network after exile.
3. 1134–1135Liangzhe Circuit · Liangzhe CircuitThrough tax collection, restoration of the Grand Canal grain transport, and local pacification, the court anchored the economic center in Jiangnan, and the temporary court's politics shifted from a state of exile to normal rule capable of sustaining long-term occupation of the south.