Not long after Du Chong took office, Jin Guo began the second round of sweeping.
This time, the sweep was so loud that the beam was at risk of falling, and Du Chong could not resist it, so he dug the Yellow River embankment.
In this way, the Song army was equivalent to an extra hundred thousand out of thin air, and directly blocked the Jin army north of the Yellow River and sighed, but the people naturally suffered greatly.
Later generations of readers have criticized Du Chong's practice, believing that the reason why Du Chong is notorious is entirely because of this lack of morality.
It is true that this work is very immoral, but the reason why Du Chong has a bad reputation is because he finally surrendered to the Jin State, not because he dug the Yellow River levee.
Later, Du Chong led his army to leave Bieliang and went south to find Zhao Zhao, but still gained high recognition, ranking above Liu Guangshi, Zhang Jun, and Han Shizhong.
It can be seen that the Southern Song Government did not think that digging the Yellow River levee was a wrong act, because as long as it could stop the Jin army and sacrifice the people in the north, it seemed that it was not a big deal.
What's more, in the eyes of the Southern Song Dynasty government, these ordinary people habitually act as wall grass, today they are the shunmin of the Jin army, tomorrow they are the remnants of the Song kingdom, and the day after tomorrow they are rebels and rogue people, which are not worth relying on at all.
The second great sweep of the Golden Army was still divided into three ways, trying to achieve greater results on the basis of the first great sweep.
Before this sweep, the Jin army was divided on strategic issues.
The faction represented by Yan Zonghan believed that it was necessary to concentrate on attacking the northwest with all its might, and as long as the west was completely controlled, it could condescend and sweep through the entire eastern region.
The faction represented by Yan Zongfu believed that it should concentrate on attacking the southeast, and as long as it broke the central government of the Southern Song Dynasty, it could occupy the economic center of gravity in the southeast and make it easier to unify the world.
The faction represented by Jin Taizong's completion of Yan Wu Begmai believes that the basic plate of the Jin Dynasty is too small, the Song State is too large, and at this stage, in a vain attempt to destroy the Song Dynasty, it is "the people's hearts are not enough to swallow the elephants", and we should fight steadily and steadily north of the Yellow River and try our best to digest these territories.
The reason for these differences is that the Jin Dynasty did not realize the centralization of power at that time, and the interests of each faction were different, and their strategic planning was naturally different.
In the context of the time, if the area south of the Yellow River was too large and the central government lacked the ability to directly administer it, it was necessary to divide the members of the feudal clan to sit there.
In this way, the strong branches of several major clans may form the ability to challenge the imperial power, and the Wu Beggar faction has obtained the imperial power, and naturally does not want the power of the king of the clan to get out of control, so the relevant strategy has been very conservative.
The representative figures of the two major clans of the Completed Yan Zonghan and the Completed Yan Lou Room were responsible for the wars on the central and western fronts, and naturally hoped to concentrate more military resources on the western region. Because only in this way can their power be more easily expanded.
As representatives of the Akuta lineage, Completed Yan Zongfu and Completed Yan Zongbi were responsible for the Eastern Front War, and naturally hoped to concentrate more military resources on the eastern region. Because only in this way can their power be more easily expanded.
Obviously, none of these three factions could persuade anyone, and in the end, everyone compromised their opinions, that is, to continue to divide the army into three roads, one way to the east, one way to the south, and all the way to the west, first beat the Song Kingdom to a pulp.
Correspondingly, the Southern Song Dynasty also disagreed on similar issues.
Some people believe that military and political resources should be concentrated in the western region (Dingdu Chang'an); some people believe that military and political resources should be concentrated in the northern region (also the capital of Bieliang); others believe that military and political resources should be concentrated in the southeast region (Dingdu Jiankang, Yangzhou, Hangzhou); others believe that military and political resources should be concentrated in the central region (Dingdu Xiangyang).
Which opinion is correct? Nature has its own reasons.
When Choosing the location of the capital city, Zhao Zhuo would definitely think about the advantages and disadvantages of various plans. Because all kinds of opinions will pile up on his desk, supporters of various opinions will endlessly defend their own opinions and point out the shortcomings of other opinions.
Similar choices are not only different internal opinions of decision-makers, but also involve the consideration of local interest representatives.
Everything is obvious, based on the interest groups and groups in the north, it is natural to hope that the Great Song Dynasty will still be in the north, so that the interests of the north will be more easily guaranteed.
In this context, they will naturally talk about the benefits of returning to the capital, and even go so far as to provide false information.
All in all, there are now a million, or even one.8 million, soldiers in Bieliang, and as long as the emperor is still in Bieliang, he can immediately hang the Jin army.
Based on the interest groups and groups in the south, it is natural to hope that the Great Song Dynasty will be the capital of Jiangnan, so that the interests of the south will be more easily guaranteed, and it will not endlessly take the resources of the south to fill the bottomless pit in the north.
Which choice is correct? It's hard to say. We only know that Zhao Shuo later chose the capital of Jiangnan.
Zhao's choice was largely due to the lack of a strong military bloc in the Song Dynasty.
In the current Song Dynasty, the regular army will not exceed 100,000, and these regular troops are also each with their own intentions. In this regard, just look at the later Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan's easy control of the imperial capital.
After the mutiny of Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan, when Zhang Jun (next to the water character) and Lü Yihao led the Qin King, only Zhang Jun (next to the character) and Han Shizhong responded positively, liu Guangshi hesitated again and again to participate, and although Yang Weizhong agreed to Lü Yihao leading his army Qin Wang, he did not participate in the action, and Fan Qiong was more like no one.
Without a strong civilian system as a foundation, this history would probably not have zhao zhao. With this kind of army, how dare Zhao Zhuo go north?
When it comes to the local army, the Northwest Army is indeed strong enough, and the problem is that the Northwest Army is scattered. Therefore, Lou Mu led the Jin army into the northwest and directly penetrated Guanzhong.
On behalf of the central government, Wang Shu hoped to restrain the military and political governors in the northwest, and no one paid any attention to him, and later Wang Shu annoyed Qu Duan and almost killed him; in the end, because no one supported Qu Duan, he took Wang Shu's great seal and drove Wang Shu away.
On behalf of the central government, Zhang Jun hoped to restrain the military and political governors in the northwest, and everyone expressed their willingness to obey, but when they arrived at the battlefield, they were still scattered. Zhang Jun later reorganized his army, so the people who defected to the enemy and rebelled were in droves.
With this kind of army, even if Zhao Zhuo reached the northwest, what could he do?
As for the local army centered on Bieliang, not to mention, because the leaders of the major rebel armies who were once the leaders of the major rebel armies later became thieves in all likelihood.
We can condescendingly say that this is all caused by Du Chong's incompetence. The question is, if Zhao Zhuo sits in the north, must he be stronger than Du Chong?
At that time, these military leaders are all posing as "the central government only knows corruption and infighting, so we have to fight back", what can Zhao Zhuo do to the people?
More importantly, Zhao Zhuo sat in Jiangnan, and within just one year of the establishment of the Southern Song Dynasty, Xiangyang, Zhenjiang, Yangzhou, and Hangzhou were all occupied by thieves, and Shouchun and other places were all besieged by thieves.
If Zhao Zhuo had stayed away from Jiangnan, Jiangnan would have long ago become a world of thieves and warlords.
Whether Zhao Shuo's choice of the southeast capital is correct, it is difficult to say. But one thing is for sure, if we think that Zhao Shuo chose to set the capital southeast only because he was incompetent and timid, it would also make things too easy.