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ĭuring Emperor Shenzong's reign, Sima Guang, a minister interested in the history of the previous 1000 years, wrote a very influential history book, the Zizhi Tongjian or A Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government. The provinces of the north and north-east were settled in 1080 when 10,000 more Muslims were invited into China. Later on these men were settled between the Sung capital of Kaifeng and Yenching (modern day Beijing). The emperor hired these men as mercenaries in his campaign against the Liao empire. 5,300 Muslim men from Bukhara were encouraged and invited to move to China in 1070 by the Song emperor Shenzong to help battle the Liao empire in the northeast and repopulate areas ravaged by fighting. As a result, Western Xia grew more powerful and subsequently continued to be a thorn in the side of the Song Empire over the ensuing decades.Įmperor Shenzong hired Muslim warriors from Bukhara to fight against Khitan nomads.
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The Song army was initially quite successful at these campaigns, but during the battle for the city of Yongle, in 1082, Song forces were defeated. Įmperor Shenzong's other notable act as emperor was his attempt to weaken the Tangut-led Western Xia state by invading and expelling the Western Xia forces from Gansu Province. These acts became the hallmark reform of Emperor Shenzong's reign.Įmperor Shenzong sent failed campaigns against the Vietnamese ruler Lý Nhân Tông of the Lý dynasty in 1076. Wang implemented his famous New Policies aimed at improving the situation for the peasantry and unemployed. During his reign in 1068, Emperor Shenzong became interested in Wang Anshi's policies and appointed Wang as the Chancellor.