In the autumn of 1161, Emperor Gaozong of Song, the ruler of the Southern Jin Dynasty, was immediately frightened when he heard the news that King Yan Liang of Jinhai had led a large army to invade the south. Although the soldiers on the front line were still fighting to kill the enemy and repelled Yan Liang's attacks many times, the cowardly Song Gaozong said in front of the prime minister, Taifu, and Yang Cun, the king of Yi county:
"If the enemy's cavalry has not yet receded one day, why don't we temporarily dismiss the hundred officers and go to the sea to take shelter for a while?" (Continued Zizhi Tongjian Vol. 135)
I. The reason for Zhao Zhao's early abdication: the psychology of fear of gold and the maintenance of imperial power;
At this time, Zhao Shuo, in order to save his own life, did not even want the throne, it is conceivable that if Jin Guo had not finished Yan Liang's intention to destroy him, he would have gone to kneel down and confess to being a father.
Fortunately, although the boss was unreliable, the generals of the Great Song Dynasty beat Yan Liang to obedience, and later, there was a rebellion in Yan Liang's army, and Yan Liang was also killed by his army led by Yan Yuanyi in the rebellion.
Seeing that the crisis in the Southern Song Dynasty had been lifted, the 55-year-old Song Gaozong thought that he had achieved great achievements, and he sent people to publicize his great deeds, but at the same time he was worried about attracting retaliation from the Jin State, so he sent people to discuss peace with the Jin State on the one hand, and began to prepare for his retirement on the other hand.
In June 1162, the 56-year-old Emperor Gaozong of Song passed the throne to his thirty-six-year-old adopted son Zhao Xuan on the grounds that he was old, sick, tired, and wanted to spend some idle days, and became the emperor of the remote control song Xiaozong.
It is in the prime of life, but it takes the initiative to zen position, which is a new thing in the entire feudal society. What is more interesting is that Emperor Gaozong of Song was a descendant of Zhao Guangyi, and the object of his choice of Zen position was the descendant of Zhao Kuangyin, the ancestor of the Song Dynasty, and friends familiar with the history of Song must know that Zhao Guangyi was a major suspect in the death of Zhao Kuangyin, plus Zhao Guangyi also took the throne inheritance from his son after Zhao Kuangyin's death.
The relationship between the two families was so complicated, why was Zhao Zhuo willing to offend his relatives on his side and choose Zhao Kuangyin's descendants to ascend the throne?
The answer is actually very simple, here is a very interesting point to talk to you:
In Zhao Shuo's heart, he not only lacked affection for Zhao Guangyi, who was closer to him in blood, but was also full of vigilance, and he adopted Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Xuan as adopted sons in order to prevent Zhao Guangyi from ascending to the throne.
Why did Zhao Zhuo pass the throne to Zhao Kuangyin's descendants?
Emperor Gaozong of Song was wary of his blood relatives, but was close to the descendants of Zhao Kuangyin, who had a contradiction between his ancestors and his ancestors? These two seemingly conflicting things may seem strange at first glance, but if they are placed in the context of the time, they feel very reasonable.
In 1127, after the Jin army attacked the Northern Song Dynasty, it captured 3,000 people, including Song Huizong, Song Qinzong, harem concubines, and courtiers, and sacked the entire city.
Before leaving, the Jin army also used tucheng to "not die outside Xianggong City, now want to die, and destroy a city of evil?" He threatened Zhang Bangchang and forced him to establish a "pseudo-Chu" puppet regime to assist the Jin state in administering the south.
What Jin Guo did not expect was that after their main force left, Zhang Bangchang took the initiative to return zhao shuo to the king of Political Kang and made Zhao Cuo emperor.
It can be said that Zhao Shuo, who was not originally valued by Emperor Huizong of Song and Emperor Qinzong of Song, has become the spiritual pillar of the southern scholars after a large number of members of the royal family were taken away by the Jin people.
In this context, Song Gaozong, who ascended the throne, set himself a realistic ideal of life:
Live;
Perpetuate the regime.
The Song Dynasty had the custom of establishing an heir to the throne when a new monarch ascended the throne, and not long after Zhao Shuo became emperor, something happened that made Zhao Cuo very distressed:
His soldiers Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan rebelled, forcing Emperor Gaozong of Song to abdicate and installing Zhao Shuo's son Zhao Xu, who was only two years old, as emperor.
This accident caught Zhao Shuo off guard, he was only twenty-two years old, and what he did not expect was that he himself had lost his fertility.
Emperor Gaozong of Song had no new heirs for a long time, and with the constant advice of the ministers, he did not want to admit it anymore, and he had to bow his head: I really can't do it.
When Jianyan was four years old, When Emperor Gaozong of Song passed through Yuezhou, a man named Lou Yinliang wrote to him: "Your Majesty is like this now because Taizu did not forgive your ancestors for taking the throne of his heirs, so the way to break the situation is to find a descendant of Taizu." ”
This remark greatly shocked Zhao Shuo, plus he himself could not give birth, and he had to start thinking about choosing two descendants of Zhao Kuangyin as adopted sons, and if he could, he would choose an heir from among them.
This is why Emperor Gaozong of Song had to choose an heir from Among Zhao Kuangyin's descendants:
1. After the early death of Zhao Shuo's own son, he lost his fertility, and for the continuation of the regime, he could only choose an object that most suited his heart from his adopted son;
2. When Zhao Shuo ascended the throne, Both Song Qinzong and Song Huizong were still alive, and his behavior was unjustified in the eyes of the clan, and Zhao Shuo refused to take back Zhao Huan and other royal descendants of Song Qinzong in order to sit on his throne, which further aggravated the contradiction between Zhao Shuo and the members of the clan of Song Taizong;
3. Among Zhao Shuo's two adopted sons, Song Gaozong's mother, Wei Xianfei, preferred Zhao Xuan, the king of Enping County, which made Zhao Shuo hesitate among the two adopted sons, and later in the character test, Song Xiaozong Zhao Xuan slightly better, which strengthened Zhao Shuo's determination to establish him as heir.
Third, Song Gaozong changed the history books, created Xiangrui, and zen in his prime, just to make himself an image of a Ming Jun, for a good name for eternity.
Song Gaozong was not in the right position, and in order to make his image appear tall, he made a lot of preparations, such as beautifying the parts of the history books that were not conducive to him, and creating some heavenly blessings.
Didn't the ancients have the good name of Zen Rang?
Emperor Gaozong of Song was a descendant of Taizu in his prime, which was simply a spokesman for Tall and Mighty In the eyes of readers at that time.
However, no matter how good the packaging, it cannot withstand the essence of his nest.
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