People often use the phrase "one mountain does not tolerate two tigers" to indicate that there cannot be two leaders in the regime. However, in the early days of the Southern Song Dynasty, there were two - the Taishang Emperor Song Gaozong Zhao Shuo and the Song Xiaozong Zhao Xuan, but in terms of power, Song Xiaozong was absolutely weak, and could not be called a tiger at all. Since the day when Emperor Xiaozong of Song ascended the throne, there were no "two tigers" but only one tiger within the scope of the local government of the Southern Song Dynasty.
(1) Zhao Zhao's Zen position was only to continue to hold power "to retreat into advance", it can be said that from 1162 to 1194, the Southern Song Dynasty was in the dispute between "Zhao Shuo Thinking" and "Zhao Luxury Thinking", which eventually led to the emergence of power traitors and the rise of Mongolia
Emperor Gaozong of Song was born in 1107, and on the first day of May 1127, he changed his name to Yuan Jianyan and established the Southern Song Dynasty. In 1162, on May 28, Zhao Wei was made crown prince and renamed Zhao Hao, and in June Emperor Xiaozong of Song succeeded to the throne. Well, Zhao Was 55 years old. But he died in 1187 and served as Emperor Taishang for 25 years.
In order to compromise with Jin, Emperor Gaozong of Song did not hesitate to use Qin Juniper's hand to kill Yue Fei.
So, why did Zhao Zhuo abdicate? His main responsibility was to deal with the political struggles that Yan Liang faced after his invasion of the south in 1161. In order to control the territory of the Southern Song Dynasty safely, Zhao Zhuo single-mindedly crushed the "resistance" ministers mercilessly. Kill Yue Fei and depose Han Shizhong.
The result? The King of Hailing must fulfill two major aspirations: the handsome master is far away, and he insists on his king and asks for his sins; regardless of his relatives and alienations, he will be the best in the world and his wife!
Faced with this problem, the "resistance faction" in the civil and military forces will naturally make a big crusade against the previous policy. Although he would not talk about Zhao Shuo himself, as an emperor, he naturally could not withstand the pressure. In addition, the shoulders of Zhao Tuo and Zhao Zhao's father and son were relatively soft, and they had to find their sons to stand up to the thunder.
(2) Zhao Hao launched the Longxing Northern Expedition with the support of the resistance faction, and the results were not satisfactory. As a result, Song Xiaozong's political status was even weaker, and the reason why Song Xiaozong later ascended the throne was because Zhao Zhuo was unable to perform at all, so he was no longer attached to the throne.
Faced with such a situation, Zhao Shuo passed the throne to Zhao Kuangyin's descendants, in fact, Zhao Shuo could completely pass the throne to his own side. But the reason why it did not exist was to take advantage of the disadvantage of the Zhao Kuangyin family's remoteness from the political center, and the accumulation of political circles was relatively weak and conducive to manipulation. Just as the "curtain-down" always likes to find a young heir to the throne.
After Emperor Xiaozong of Song succeeded to the throne, he took advantage of Zhao's "temporary weakness" and launched the Northern Expedition in April of the second year of Longxing in 1163, but the result was a failed draw by November of the following year. Two years is enough time for Zhao to regain his "political advantage." If the Northern Expedition results, then Song Xiaozong may still become a "tiger". If you fail, you can only continue to be a "big cat".
Zhao was born in 1127 and succeeded to the throne at the age of 35. In 1187, Zhao died in October. On the second day of the first month of February 1189, 14 months after Zhao Shuo's death, Zen was located in The Reign of Emperor Guangzong.
In fact, there is a reason why Zhao Hao did this. Although Guangzong was his own son, he was closer to Zhao Zhao. Of course, Zhao Huan's body and spirit are not good, and it is not impossible for Zhao To learn from Song Huizong and Song Gaozong to "advance by retreating" and blocking the voice of "father-son discord".
Zhao Wei had a bad relationship with Emperor Xiaozong at the instigation of Empress Li and the ministers of the Zhao faction, and the contradiction between father and son became increasing.
On the ninth day of June 1194, Zhao Huo died of illness at the age of 68. After Zhao Hao's death, Zhao Shuo's wife, Empress Dowager Wu, at the request of some ministers, ordered Emperor Guangzong to give Zhao's second son as Emperor Ningzong of Song. Among the courtiers who supported Neichan was Han Nongxin, a powerful traitor. Han used Song Ningzong's thinking to fail again in the Northern Expedition, and when Han was purged, the Mongol Empire also rose.