Presumably, there are stories about Jingzhong's service to the country that everyone has heard, and when these words are mentioned, perhaps a character has appeared in everyone's mind, that is, the famous general Yue Fei of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the story of Rong Ma's life has a very infectious impact on future generations.
It is a pity that this outstanding general, who fought all his life for the country and the people, was finally calculated by the villain and died of false accusations.
The ruler at that time was Emperor Gaozong of Song, Zhao Shuo listened to the rumors of others, plus there was an agreement with Jin at that time, for the sake of the agreement, he rehabilitated Yue Fei, in order to seek a certain peace. After several decades, Emperor Xiaozong of Song ascended the throne.
The most important thing he did after becoming emperor was to seek justice for Yue Fei, who had been wrongfully killed. At that time, Emperor Gaozong of Song, who personally ordered Yue Fei's execution, was already emperor Taishang, and although he was no longer the reigning emperor at that time, he still had power, so why did he not raise objections? Analyze the correlation and the reasons behind it, and you may be able to understand why.
1. Ordered Yue Fei to be punished
At the time of the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Song, when the Jin army was preparing to launch a large-scale war against the Southern Song Dynasty, At this time, Emperor Gaozong of Song was naturally thinking about countermeasures and how to deal with the enemy army, at this time, in addition to General Zhang Jun's desperate battlefield.
Another general was Yue Fei, and The countermeasure that Song Gaozong thought of was to hope and make peace with Jin. However, Yue Fei opposed the negotiation of peace, believing that there were greater interests and more conspiracies behind it.
Yue Fei advocated war, so Yue Fei was very opposed to peace.
Before this, because there were many inconsistencies in some aspects, Yue Fei and Song Gaozong Zhao Shuo had already had a disagreement at that time, and for Yue Fei's view, Song Gaozong Zhao Zhuo naturally had reasons to doubt Yue Fei. At this time, Emperor Gaozong of Song especially trusted and reused Qin Jie, unaware that Qin Juniper was the villain who was treacherous.
Zhao Zhuo had great opinions and bad views on Yue Fei.
Coupled with the fact that Qin Juniper was highly valued at that time, Qin Juniper often mentioned in Song Gaozong's ear where Yue Fei was bad, and Song Gaozong Zhao Zhuo naturally believed what Qin Juniper said. Later, the Jin army was unable to resist the Southern Song Dynasty, so it prepared to negotiate with the Southern Song Dynasty and at this time some high-ranking officials within the Southern Song Court began to suppress the important generals who resisted the Jin.
One of them was Yue Fei. Qin Ju and Zhang Jun joined forces to forge false confessions, implicate Yue Fei in the incident, and speak to Zhao Zhuo under Qin Jun's own initiative.
Emperor Gaozong of Song listened to him and ordered Yue Fei to be punished, and Yue Fei was thus charged with false accusations and eventually died unjustly.
Second, Zhao Xi rehabilitated Yue Fei
In the thirty-second year of Shaoxing, Emperor Gaozong of Song, who reigned for decades, was succeeded by Emperor Xiaozong of Song. Before Yue Fei was born, he had great respect for Yue Fei, and he was powerless to do anything about the time when Yue Fei was convicted and executed, and he always took this matter to heart.
After he ascended the throne, the first thing he did was to rehabilitate Yue Fei and wash away his grievances. At that time, after Yue Fei died in this way, it caused the world to sigh,
In the minds of the people of the whole country, they have always believed that Yue Fei is a good general for the country and the people, and they do not believe that Yue Fei is really such a person.
But the emperor's orders could not be disobeyed, and the common people could not do anything at that time. As early as after Song Gaozong and Jin reached an agreement,
The Southern Song Dynasty did get peace and some gold and silver treasures at that time, and had economic and other exchanges with gold, but these were short-lived harmonious canvases, which were full of instability.
Suddenly, one day, the leader of Jin suddenly tore up the agreement and wanted to restart the war against the Southern Song Dynasty, and this short but beautiful time ended in an instant. However, this is also like what Yue Fei said at the beginning, the agreement is only a superficial thing, and it cannot fundamentally solve the problem. At this time, Emperor Xiaozong of Song was already the emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty.
Soon after Emperor Xiaozong of Song ascended the throne, in order to prove his strength and for his own country, he fought against the Jin Dynasty
The first thing was to rehabilitate Yue Fei
。 In fact, it was for Yue Fei's sake, but also for the sake of stabilizing his own rule.
Third, the reasons for not opposing rehabilitation
After Emperor Xiaozong of Song ascended the throne, he began to rehabilitate Yue Fei with great fanfare, first, to show that he wanted to fight against the Jin Dynasty severely, second, to prove that he had the ability to rule the Southern Song Dynasty, and third, the people of the whole country at that time were eager to re-investigate Yue Fei's affairs, so that people could know the real reason.
However, Zhao Xi's practice put the previously retired emperor Song Gaozong into an embarrassing situation, and at the same time indirectly punched him in the face. After all, when Yue Fei was first ordered to be convicted, it was ordered by Emperor Gaozong of Song himself, and now Zhao Xiao did this, which was really unfavorable to Emperor Gaozong of Song.
However, when Emperor Xiaozong of Song asked Emperor Gaozong of Song for instructions, Emperor Xiaozong of Song did not object, but directly agreed. After Emperor Xiaozong of Song re-examined Yue Fei's case in the name of Emperor Gaozong of Song.
When the Jin Dynasty tore up the agreement and forced the Southern Song Dynasty to enter a state of war again, Emperor Gaozong of Song realized that even getting rid of Yue Fei would be useless. On the contrary, the Jin Dynasty used this reason to get rid of the most outstanding general of the Southern Song Dynasty at that time, which was the place where Song Gaozong made a mistake, and after Song Xiaozong took the throne, the hearts of the people of the whole country were still in their hearts toward Yue Fei.
Moreover, it was no longer the time for Emperor Gaozong of Song to rule the imperial court, and the era that belonged to him had already passed.
He also wanted to correct the mistakes he had made before in this way, not wanting to bear the infamy of future generations, and not objecting was the last correct way for Yue Fei to do.
summary
Yue Fei's life is full of legendary colors, cutting thorns for the country, galloping on the battlefield, and the final end is because of the emperor's wrong decision-making, ending the life of this heroic figure. However, it was precisely because Yue Fei's behavior had a huge positive impact on the people at that time that people have always been worried about him, and even Zhao Xiaozong of Song, who later became emperor.
Zhao Xi personally rehabilitated Yue Fei, even though this might offend Zhao Shuo, who was already the Emperor Taishang, but Yue Fei's final fate was really inconsistent with reality.
How could a great general loved by the common people do something to apologize to the country and sorry to the people?
Under the situation that Song Xiaozong Zhao Xuan was facing at that time, while confronting the Jin Dynasty, he asked Song Gaozong Zhao for instructions to rehabilitate Yue Fei's case, originally thinking that this embarrassing situation would be very embarrassing, but Song Gaozong did not oppose it, but instead supported Song Xiaozong to rehabilitate Yue Fei's case. Perhaps emperor Gaozong of Song realized that Yue Fei was the great general who truly loved the country and served the people.
He is the great hero of the people's hearts, and at the same time, for his own future reputation, he is also willing to find the truth for Yue Fei in the end.
After all, even as an emperor, he will make mistakes, and the emperor is also a living person with feelings, and all he can do is to change his mistakes, restrain the horse from the cliff, and turn back to the shore.