emperor duzong ignored his duties and instead delegated all state and military affairs to the hands of jia sidao; the emperor instead indulged in drinking, women, and lived in opulence. to make things even worse, duzong’s intelligence was lower than a normal person and he was often depressed. at first, he told the officials to be straightforward and tell him the problems in the countries, but this was all an act. soon, he completely neglected his duties. furthermore, he had a very high sexual appetite. under song laws, any woman who had sexual relations with the emperor had to pay respects to the emperor every morning. at one point, there were as many as 30 women paying their respects to emperor duzong in one morning. duzong also gave official documents to four of his most favored women.