If Yue Fei rebelled and mutinied, success might still be possible, and what was impossible was that he did not understand the situation in the Southern Song Dynasty at that time. Although Yue Fei's military salary was issued by the imperial court, Yue Fei had the right to operate himself, that is, he had a title of Ambassador of Yingtian and could be tuntian. And of the 100,000 people he commanded, 30% of the salaries were self-recruited, what was the source? Hui Yi and wine, and possibly similar to the late Qing Dynasty. The tax collectors sent by Yue Fei were recorded to be very incorruptible. For the big head soldiers, paying salaries to support their families is the most important, why the Yue family army has high combat effectiveness, sufficient morale, strict discipline, timely payment, and no arrears.
If Yue Fei wanted to establish an independent kingdom in Jingxiang, Huguang itself was a grain producing area, although it was not fully developed at that time, and he himself had a wealth of ability to raise military salaries, in addition, what he had to do was to intercept the money and grain in the Huguang area that should have been handed over to the transfer envoy, and Wu Jiu in Sichuan did not do this. The financial research of the Southern Song Dynasty generally requires special attention to the elimination of the Sichuan part.
Yue Fei originally had a lot of staff, although an old fox like Xue Bi was unlikely to die with him, but someone like Li Ruoshui who had a bloody vendetta against the Jin people would definitely follow Yue Fei, and many of Yue Fei's staff members themselves had a vendetta against the Jin people, so this group of people was actually the most persecuted by Qin Ju after the Song And Jin peace talks, and basically they were exiled, and Yue Fei's military generals, except for die-hard loyalists like NiuGao, basically retained their official positions, although their military power was deprived.
If Yue Fei wanted to mutiny, he had to carry out it before the Battle of Zhu Xianzhen, when the Yue family's army was strong and strong. After Zhu Xianzhen, the Yue family army was already at the end of the strong crossbow, and several other ones were seriously overdrawn, they were all incapable of continuing to fight north, and the Central Plains had just been plagued by the Jin Dynasty, he could not grab grain on the spot, even if Qin Juniper's character was very poor, but the ability to do things was fully supported by the top ministers in history, and the Yue family army was also defending the Yellow River defense line, but it also had to bear the financial pressure of repairing the imperial tomb. Therefore, retiring was the best choice at that time. The time point at which Zhao Zhuo killed Yue Fei was very accurate, and the Yue family army could not move, and the main battle faction in the imperial court had not yet picked up the regiment to get rid of Yue Fei, which had the least impact. An earlier would affect the war, and a later would cause turmoil in the imperial court.
Yue Fei actually had the conditions to engage in his own things, whether it was territory, manpower, and experience, not to mention such a chaotic situation in the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, when Shi Miyuan was in charge, Shi Miyuan and Cheng Zhu Lixue were the main warriors, and as a result, the People of Li Xue gathered in Jianghuai at that time to make Li Juemen counselors under the military, and did not listen to the imperial court's orders to the Northern Expedition Jin people. It was only at that time that the military and political system of the Southern Song Dynasty was very bad, and there was no combat effectiveness, and it was only after the fiasco in Sishang that it was completely swept away by Shi Miyuan.
The Southern Song Dynasty did not completely rehabilitate Yue Fei until 1225, saying that he was a national pillar of the same level as Guo Ziyi and Zhuge Liang, before that it was only gradually restored, during the thirteen battle merits of Zhongxing, Emperor Gaozong was still alive, Yue Fei was killed by him, and when some officials wrote articles to Yue Fei when he was rehabilitated, there was an argument that the monarch was unknown to yue Fei that led to the tragedy of Yue Fei, Emperor Xiaozong directly denied it, in order to take care of the face of the founding prince, the emperors of the Southern Song Dynasty only dared to restore Yue Fei's reputation step by step, and the Xiaozong period was only part of it.
When Emperor Xiaozong rehabilitated Yue Fei, Emperor Gaozong had only abdicated for a few years, or during the reign of Emperor Taishang, he could not stand up and punch Gaozong in the face, and Emperor Gaozong himself knew that Yue Fei was not guilty, but in 1142, he could only kill Yue Fei, in his position. Therefore, these things can only come step by step, if the Southern Song Dynasty is getting stronger and stronger, then Yue Fei's rehabilitation cannot continue, and in the later stage of rehabilitation, he has become a banner set up by some people, not just a general. Yue Fei is great because he can sell a lot of things for his own interests, but he has never thought of it this way, and he did not hesitate to choose the former in defending his homeland and personal interests, which is why he is a national hero.