In 1161, the first emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, Emperor Gaozong of Song, abdicated the throne and ceded the emperor's throne to his son Zhao Xiaozong, which was Song Xiaozong. Just as the so-called new officials took office with three fires, the same was true for the new emperor, and Zhao Xi had just succeeded to the throne and rehabilitated Yue Fei.
Emperor Gaozong of Song, who was already emperor at the time, was still alive, and Song Xiaozong's edict to rehabilitate Yue Fei was equivalent to punching Zhao Zhao in the face. When the traitorous minister Qin Ju killed Yue Fei on the charge of "false accusations", Song Gaozong, as the "big boss behind the scenes", naturally acquiesced, and now in the face of his son Zhao Xiao to rehabilitate Yue Fei, why didn't Song Gaozong himself oppose it?
I. Why Emperor Gaozong of Song killed Yue Fei
Song Gaozong was really a "pure sincerity" for the Jin Dynasty. Why Song Gaozong wanted to kill Yue Fei had to start from Song Gaozong's own experience. Emperor Gaozong of Song was the ninth son of Emperor Huizong of Song, and the birth of his mother concubine was not high, and no matter how the wheel could not turn her to become emperor, but Song Gaozong had such luck.
The Jingkang Rebellion occurred when the Jin soldiers directly approached the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, and at this time, Zhao Zhao led 10,000 soldiers to fight outside on the orders of Zhao Heng of the Song Qinzong, and thus escaped the fate of being captured by the Jin people, and the entire Northern Song imperial family except Zhao Shuo, including Song Huizong, Song Qinzong and concubines and princesses were all captured.
In this way, the orthodox royal family of the Northern Song Dynasty was left with only Zhao Zhao. So Zhao Zhuo became the emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty. And Zhao Zhao's career as emperor did not go well. At that time, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty was Hangzhou, but it was always exposed to the iron hooves of the Jin Dynasty.
Yue Fei's Yue family army defeated the Jin Dynasty, and at this time, if they took advantage of the victory to pursue and continue the Northern Expedition, it was likely to recover the land of the Jin Kingdom and welcome back The Second Emperor of Song Huizong and Song Qinzong. At first, Zhao Zhuo had such ambitions, but his desire for power gradually expanded over time.
Every day, Zhao Zhuo worried about whether he could keep the emperor's position if he welcomed back the "Second Sage". At this time, Yue Fei had always wanted to attack the Jin Kingdom and let the two emperors, Song Qinzong and Song Huizong, hurry back to the Song Dynasty.
Yue Fei's idea touched on the reality that Song Gaozong was most reluctant to face. Zhao Is an exquisite egoist. He hoped that his father and brother would do well to keep "hunting" in the north. Coupled with the fact that qin ju, the prime minister at the time, received the gold and silver treasures given to him by the Jin state, he had been slandering Yue Fei in front of Emperor Gaozong of Song.
Emperor Gaozong of Song did not have such great ambitions for the Northern Expedition, and only hoped that he could eat, drink and have fun as emperor well, and the impetus of some traitors such as Qin Ju only infinitely magnified the unseemly thoughts in Song Gaozong's heart. In the end, Emperor Gaozong of Song summoned Yue Fei back with more than a dozen gold medals, and then Yue Fei was dismissed from military power and sent to prison. On January 27, 1142, Yue Fei was killed.
Later, Zhao Shuo found that Jin Guo's appetite was getting bigger and bigger, and he only wanted to be an emperor in peace and stability, so Zhao Shuo gave up the emperor's position to his son on the grounds of "tired government affairs". After Song Xiaozong became emperor, he changed his father's mind and wanted to strengthen the Northern Expedition.
If you want to go north, you must reactivate some generals of the main war faction, and rehabilitating Yue Fei can set an example to show his determination to the northern expedition. Song Xiaozong's decision song Gaozong could not have been unaware, and the main reason why Song Gaozong did not oppose it was mainly for two reasons.
Second, the Golden Kingdom has to advance
When Emperor Gaozong of Song was emperor, in addition to killing Yue Fei, he also contributed to the silent operation in history, the Shaoxing Peace Conference. At that time, the Jin State saw that Zhao Cuo had killed Yue Fei and "performed very well" and crowned Zhao Cuo as emperor, which means that the Southern Song Dynasty was considered a vassal state of the Jin State at that time.
The Southern Song Dynasty also had to pay tribute to the Jin Dynasty, and every spring the prescribed tribute would be sent to the designated place. In order to seek peace of mind, Zhao Zhuo also ceded a large area of land to Jin Guo. Zhao Zhuo thought that he was particularly "naïve" at that time, believing that as long as he did what Jin Guo said, he could also dismiss Han Shizhong, Liu Qi, and other well-known generals from military power in exchange for the stability of his imperial career.
Zhao Shuo's series of operations only bought his own 20 years of stability. Similarly, because of the Southern Song Dynasty's Tribute, the strength of the Jin Dynasty has also been restored to a certain extent. Later, Zhao Zhuo found that the Jin Army began to press forward step by step, and had to advance. The purchase of the emperor, who had always wanted to be at ease with the Northern Expedition, also changed some of his ideas.
This is why it was so important for him to let the emperor's throne be given to his son later. Because of his personal experience, Zhao Zhuo did not want to fight any more wars, but he did not go to the Northern Expedition and did not fight against the Jin Dynasty against his own Emperor Taishang. Faced with the iron hooves of the Jin Kingdom, Zhao Shuo dumped the responsibility on his son. Zhao Zhuo also understood at this time that he and Jin Guo had to fight.
Third, Song Xiaozong was well-informed
Zhao Cuo's personality is completely different from his own son, in fact, Zhao Xuan is not the son of Emperor Gaozong of Song but an adopted son. Among the emperors of the Southern Song Dynasty, Song Xiaozong was a relatively reliable and ambitious emperor.
Zhao Yun lived in the folk in the early days and was very familiar with the sufferings of the people. He understood the urgent desire of ordinary people to recover the lost land in the north, and he understood even more the insults caused by his adoptive father Zhao Zhao's killing of Yue Fei.
Song Xiaozong had just taken over the emperor's throne, and the first thing he did was to rehabilitate Yue Fei. Yue Fei was a famous anti-Jin general, and rehabilitating Yue Fei meant that Song Xiaozong would not blindly tolerate and seek peace with the Jin Kingdom. It also shows their determination to the military generals who have been seized the military power and are discouraged.
Song Zhongzhong firmly demonstrated his determination to the Northern Expedition, and rehabilitating Yue Fei was likely to involve his adoptive father Song Gaozong. In order to let his adoptive father be fully committed, Song Xiaozong put all the responsibility on Qin Juniper. Qin Ju was the direct murderer of Yue Fei, and in the edict of Emperor Xiaozong of Song, it was written that Zhao Zhuo was deceived by Qin Juniper.
Among them, there is also a sentence written in the edict: The Emperor Taishang never forgot. Emperor Xiaozong of Song had already decided to march north, and the edict pushed the blame on Qin Ju, and Emperor Gaozong of Song naturally would not oppose yue Fei's rehabilitation.
Emperor Xiaozong of Song also appointed many ministers of the main war faction. In addition, Yue Fei's four sons were also re-employed by the imperial court. His father was deeply wronged, and Yue Fei's four children always remembered their father's advice to be loyal to the country and began the road of "revenge". When attacking the Jin Kingdom, the four Yue brothers made great achievements.
summary:
Song Xiaozong rehabilitated Yue Fei, and the reason why Song Gaozong did not oppose it was that at that time, Song Gaozong was already too emperor and did not directly manage the affairs of the imperial court. Just as the so-called county officials are not as good as the current management, for some things of Song Xiaozong, Song High School is not good enough to intervene anymore, let alone influence Song Xiaozong's decision.
Emperor Gaozong of Song only wanted to be a casual and hedonistic Emperor Taishang. Some of the people's opinions were also known to Song Gaozong, and Song Gaozong was not willing to bear the reputation of killing Yue Fei for thousands of years. For a number of reasons, Song Xiaozong naturally had no reason to oppose Yue Fei's rehabilitation.