The reason why Zhao Zhuo passed on the throne to Zhao Kuangyin at the age of 56 was actually caused by his psychological changes since the "Jing Kang Change".
The reason why Zhao Zhuo was able to become emperor was precisely because of Jing Kang's change.
Speaking of the change of Jing Kang, of course, we must also talk about Song Huizong and Song Qinzong, when Song Huizong heard that the Jin army had come, the Song army could not stop it, and he was frightened and fainted, and when he woke up, he felt that he could no longer be the emperor, otherwise the insult of the king of the fallen country could not run, so he quickly issued an edict to Zhao Huan of Qinzong.
Zhao Huan was also scared to cry when he heard that Emperor Huizong's father was going to pass the throne to himself, but there was no way, this emperor he should be right, and he should be improper.
As for the matter of passing the throne to Song Qinzong, this bad old man of Song Huizong was very tricky.
After Song Qinzong ascended the throne, the situation had reached a critical point of survival, and he was unable to turn the tide, so he could only watch as the Jin army invaded Bieliang.
After the jing kang revolution, Hui and The Second Emperor of Qin were taken captive to the north, and Emperor Huizong's sons and daughters and concubines were not spared, and the only one who escaped the disaster was Zhao Shuo.
Zhao Zhuo had originally been ordered to go north to negotiate peace, but when he arrived in Cizhou, he felt that it was too dangerous to go to the Jin State, so he pretended to be the governor of Cizhou, Zong Ze, and said, "King Su will not return, the Jin soldiers have been forced, go back to He Yi, please stay in Cizhou, and this is how to survive.
Hui and Qin were taken captive, and the north fell, but didn't the south not yet fall? The so-called "country cannot be without a monarch for a day", and it is necessary for a leader to stand up and continue to lead the South, right? Therefore, Zhao Zhuo became the emperor under the support of everyone and became the "founding emperor" of the Southern Song Dynasty.
Zhao Zhuo picked up a bargain and became emperor, why did he insist on passing the throne to Zhao Kuangyin when he was 56 years old?
This has to talk about the psychological changes of Zhao Shuo since the change of Jing Kang, he changed from wanting to be an emperor at the beginning to being afraid of being an emperor and not wanting to be an emperor later.
It was not difficult for Zhao to understand that he wanted to be an emperor, and if he did not want to be an emperor, why did he work hard to run to Lin'an? If he didn't want to be emperor, he wouldn't have accepted the support of the people at first.
The reason why Zhao Shuo was afraid of becoming emperor was because the lesson of Jing Kang's change was in front of him, he might not be afraid of "welcoming the second saint", but he was afraid that in the end, "welcoming the second saint" would not succeed, but instead ushered in the Golden Army, what would be the consequences if the Golden Army came? If he didn't get it right, he had to follow in Hui Qin's footsteps, and was taken all the way to the Jin Kingdom by the Jin army with his clothes.
Therefore, although Zhao Shuo became emperor, don't look at him in the Southern Song Dynasty, he is not sitting on the throne, but he is not sitting at ease, sleeping is not safe, the reason is that he and Hui Qin can not deal with the Jin army, the Jin army has several times and three times south to jiangsu and Zhejiang, threatening Lin'an, Zhao Shuo sat peacefully, slept soundly that it was strange.
Not only was Zhao Zhuo afraid, but the Southern Song Dynasty ministers were also afraid, and when Shaoxing finished Yan Liang's call in the thirty-first year, someone had already advised him to run away quickly.
Zhao Zhuo was also afraid of becoming an emperor because of this, and since he was afraid, he could only choose to escape, and didn't his huizong father do the same at that time! As a son, he should learn a lesson! Therefore, he chose to pass the throne and let others face or solve this problem.
The reason why Zhao Zhuo did not want to be emperor was not complicated.
He originally had a son, Zhao Xu, who was born in 1127, and Zhao Xu, who was not yet 3 years old in 1129, also became emperor because of a "Miao-Liu Mutiny".
Zhao Zhuo was forced to give the throne to his son Zhao Xu during the Miao Liu Mutiny, but within a month, he was restored to the throne with the support of everyone, and when he saw his son who did not understand anything, his heart was full of helplessness. What made him even more desperate happened this year, Zhao Xu was actually scared to death because a palace maid accidentally tripped over a stove.
Zhao Xu was the only son of Zhao Shuo, and Zhao Shuo himself was unable to give birth to a son and a half daughter because of excessive fright, and once Zhao Xu died, he would also die.
He originally still had a glimmer of expectation, and had been looking forward to having his own son, so although He had already selected Zhao Yun as early as the second year of Shaoxing (1132), it took 28 years to crown Zhao Yun as the crown prince, and it took another two years to reluctantly appoint Zhao Yun as the crown prince.
Zhao Zhuo himself did not have a son, why did he still go to be the emperor in a panic and help Zhao Xuan to settle the trouble? It's better to leave the trouble and let Zhao Yun hurt his own brain!
Therefore, the reason why Zhao Shuo did not want to be emperor was that he did not have a son.
Therefore, Zhao Zhuo would say when others advised him not to rush to pass the throne, I am tired.
The reason why Zhao Zhuo chose Zhao Xuan of Zhao Kuangyin's lineage as the heir to the throne was that no one was in the Southern Song Dynasty except for Emperor Huizong's lineage, but also because of a dream of Empress Meng of Song Zhezong.
After Zhao Xu's death, Empress Meng returned to Lin'an from Jiangxi, then had a dream and quietly told Emperor Gaozong of Song about this dream.
After Zhao Shuo listened, he had the idea of choosing Zhao Kuangyin's heirs as heirs, saying that "Taizu used divine martial arts to determine the world, and his descendants could not enjoy it, and it was difficult to suffer from time, and it was pitiful", in fact, he may feel that Zhao Guangyi had robbed Zhao Kuangyin of the throne, which led to Zhao Cuo's own "many difficulties in the times", and "the scattered descendants" were retribution.
It's just that Zhao Zhuo has always been unwilling, so he has been dragging until he is 56 years old, knowing that he really has no possibility of having children, so he decided to pass the throne to Zhao Yun.
If it were not for Empress Meng's dream, Zhao Shuo would probably just choose one of zhao Guangyi's clan disciples to inherit the throne.
From this point of view, Zhao Yun was able to become emperor and thank Empress Meng.
Zhao Zhuo was tired, and he didn't want to continue to toss.