The history of the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty is inseparable from the changes in Jingkang. In 1125 AD, the Jurchen army attacked the Song dynasty in two ways. Passing through Yanjing, he prepared to attack the capital city of Fenjing directly; the other way pounced on Taiyuan. The Tiger and Wolf Division that attacked the capital city was like a broken bamboo, breaking Yanjing, crossing the Yellow River, and mightily. When the enemy army was about to arrive in Beijing, Emperor Huizong saw that this momentum was very fierce, and he was sure that he could not fight it, with a sad face, fortunately, the clever move, then pit his son! It was immediately decided to pass the throne to the crown prince Zhao Huan, who was later Emperor Qinzong of Song. When Emperor Qinzong ascended the throne, he must have been innocent and did not know what was happening.
In 1126, the Jin people arrived directly under the capital of Fen, and the Later Song envoys requested peace, and only agreed to withdraw their troops after reaching a treaty of land cession and reparations. It may be that the Jin people felt that the Song people were too weak and bullying, and launched a war of aggression in August of the same year. The battle was simpler, and just a few months later, the capital city was destroyed, and Qinzong personally went to Negotiate Peace, but this move was tantamount to a sheep entering the tiger's mouth, and Qinzong was later put under house arrest by the Jin people. At this point, the Northern Song Dynasty also perished.
After experiencing the hardships of the military, the Relatives of the Zhao Clan fled all the way, and after this, there was the famous Southern Song Dynasty Small Imperial Court, founded by Zhao Shuo, the ninth son of Emperor Huizong, who painstakingly preserved the last foundation of the Song Dynasty. But there is a question here, the Southern Song Dynasty was comfortable and stable, the national strength was able to develop rapidly, and there were Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and other famous anti-Jin generals, why did Emperor Gaozong later not want to go north to welcome back the Second Emperor Hui Qin? Is he afraid that his throne will not be secured? The author believes that this is not the case, because Emperor Gaozong Zhao Zhuo preserved the last bloodline of the Song Dynasty at that time, he was supported by many armies, and naturally had the support of many power groups under him, while The Second Emperor Hui Qin was only a puppet emperor after the fall of the country, and his strength was not enough to shake Gaozong's status.
So what is the real reason? I am afraid that from the political point of view, although the Second Emperor Hui Qin was the king of the fallen country who was captured by the enemy army, in the final analysis they were the orthodox. Ancient society was extremely particular about the order of unification, if we consider from the perspective of Emperor Gaozong, if he welcomed back the Second Emperor Hui Qin, then at this time it would form a situation in which the Southern Song Dynasty had three emperors, which was bound to cause people to discuss. In case at this time, an old minister who did not know right from wrong shouted, "Support Emperor Huizong!" "At that time, there will definitely be great chaos in the Southern Song Dynasty court, of course, this is exactly the situation that the Northern Jin people most want to see." In this way, China's history is likely to be rewritten.
Therefore, in order to put an end to this situation, from the overall situation, Zhao Zhuo did not go north to welcome back the Second Emperor Hui Qin was a very wise choice, and the royal family relatives were able to survive, which also allowed the people of the Southern Song Dynasty to live in harmony and stability for more than a hundred years. After all, the people here have all fled and suffered from war, and peace and harmony are what they want most. This choice of Emperor Gaozong conformed to the will of the people and made a considerable contribution to the continued prosperity of the Song Dynasty, so most people in later generations actually misunderstood him.