Thirty-sixth day of stepping onto the Lingxiao.
The battle of Jingzhou ended, with a disastrous defeat for Northern Song. Zhao Kuangyin was captured, Zhao Guangyi was killed, and the Zhao Song, established just last year through the Chenqiao Rebellion and imperial adornment, instantly became precarious. Originally, this year Zhao Kuangyin had quelled the rebellions of Li Jun, the Military Governor of Zhaoyi, and Li Chongjin, the Military Governor of Huainan, displaying signs of stabilizing his throne.
Yet unexpectedly, a major battle in Jingnan shattered everything, nearly destroying the Northern Song's elite troops.
In September of the same year, Duncan enacted laws in response to Tang Wuzong Li Yan's "Huichang Buddhism Dispute" and Later Zhou Shizong Chai Rong's "Xiande Buddhism Dispute", decreeing that destroyed temples across routes, states, and prefectures cannot be rebuilt while those not destroyed shall be preserved.
