Since ancient times, the good ministers and warriors who have made great achievements have not had a good end in the court, but have been treacherous and despicable villains who have seduced people's hearts, won the grace of the saints, and lived a lifetime of wealth. Among them, Yue Fei and Qin Juniper are a living example.
In that year, Qin Ju colluded with the Jin people to frame Yue Fei and imprison him, and Emperor Gaozong of Song ordered that Yue Fei be executed along with Yue Yun. Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, there are few precedents for the father and son of the subject to be executed together, as the saying goes, "sin does not harm the family", although Yue Yun is nominally Yue Fei's son, but he did not do anything to rebel, for this Song Gaozong knew well, but he still mercilessly beheaded Yue Yun.
Why did Emperor Gaozong of Song have to kill Yue Yun? Much of this is due to interest-driven and complex and volatile situations.
Song Gaozong, who was suspicious by nature
Suspiciousness and jealousy are common to everyone who sits high in the court, especially Emperor Gaozong of Song.
Zhao Zhuo was an emperor who was still insecure more than a decade after he ascended the throne, and he constantly fled and evaded under the persecution of the Jin people in his early years, and even accidentally injured himself on the way to escape, resulting in his inability to have children for the rest of his life. The emperor's lack of heirs is an incredible thing for the royal family, and it is also a difficult thing to say.
Zhao Shuo, who had no heirs, was afraid that no one would inherit the great Jiangshan Sheji and would be remembered. At the same time, he was more afraid that the ministers would force him to succeed the sons of the patriarch as crown princes, and then control the power through puppet crown princes. All these reasons added up to make him sit on the throne, his personality became more and more suspicious, and he was full of suspicion of the ministers of the DPRK.
In addition, the reason for Zhao Zhao's suspicion was the original "Miao-Liu Mutiny". At that time, a great traitor named Wang Yuan was very troubled
Favored by Zhao Shuo, Wang Yuan, using the power given to him by Zhao Shuo, collected a large amount of people's fat and people's anointing, and did no evil, causing the people's livelihood to be resentful, Miao Fu and others launched a mutiny, killed the powerful ministers, and then forced Zhao Shuo to abdicate. Not long after, the Miao-Liu Mutiny was put down and Zhao Chou returned to the throne.
Whenever Zhao Zhuo thought of Miao Liu's mutiny, he was very worried that the powerful ministers in the DPRK would repeat the mistakes of Miao Fu and others and rebel, which was undoubtedly a nightmare for him.
It was also for this reason that Zhao Zhuo was very jealous of the military generals in the dynasty, and it can be seen from his attitude towards Qin Ju and Yue Fei that Zhao Zhuo trusted Wen Chen and alienated the military generals.
Yue Fei, who was loyal to the country
The longer Zhao Zhuo sat on the throne, the deeper the fear in his heart. Facing Yue Fei, who was holding a strong soldier, he could not be indifferent no matter what. Moreover, at the instigation of Qin Ju and others, the gap between Zhao Zhuo and Yue Fei was deepening, and the relationship between the monarch and the subject was tense.
From the second year of Jianyan to the eleventh year of Shaoxing, during this ten-year period, Yue Fei made great achievements in battle and recovered many lost lands in the Song Dynasty, and whenever the Jin people mentioned Yue Fei, they were all frightened and frightened. However, because Yue Fei was too brave and had excellent achievements, he was jealous and calculated by Qin Jun.
Prior to this, Qin Juniper had colluded with the Jin people many times to exchange information. When Yue Fei fought bravely to kill the enemy at the front, Qin Ju instigated Zhao To reconcile with the Jin people, claiming that the truce would make the two countries peaceful. Zhao Shuo, who was seduced by Qin Juniper, insisted on making peace with the Jin people, and used twelve gold medals to order Yue Fei to withdraw his troops and retire, but in desperation, Yue Fei had to return to the dynasty.
Subsequently, the Jin people will put a piece of paper "will kill Yue Fei, and then and Ke Chengye." The secret letter was sent to Qin Juniper, hoping that the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty would kill Yue Fei to show his sincerity in seeking peace.
Zhao Shuo, who was bent on peace, had already forgotten the evil nature of the Jin people, and had also forgotten Yue Fei's ten years of achievements, and in his heart he only had the idea of sitting on the throne, plus Yue Fei's meritorious master had already made him fearful, and he was afraid that Yue Fei would rise up to take his place after pacifying the Jin people.
Doubts and worries were intertwined in his mind, and after zhao zhuo consulted with Qin Ju, he decided that Yue Fei must die.
During the period of consultation with the Jin people to seek peace, Yue Fei was imprisoned, and soon after Yue Fei was unjustly imprisoned. After that, Zhao Zhuo ordered that Yue Fei's son Yue Yun be beheaded.
The reason for killing Yue Yun
As the saying goes, "Cut the grass to remove the roots." After Yue Fei was wrongfully killed in prison, Zhao Zhuo killed Yue Yun. Since ancient times, few emperors have killed his son after killing his ministers, and although Yue Yun did not commit any crime, Zhao Wei thought twice and still felt that Yue Yun could not stay.
Because Yue Yun was a scourge to Zhao Shuo, if this scourge was left behind, it was very likely that it would be summoned to destroy it in the future.
First of all, Yue Fei was wronged on death row, and Yue Yun, as his son, was also an official in the army, and to a large extent, he would avenge his father. I would like to ask, who can do their best to send their father's enemies to the task, and who can be indifferent to their own father-killing enemies?
Moreover, Yue Fei's case was a major unjust case, Yue Yun was naturally full of anger and hatred, and keeping him would only add an enemy to the Jiangshan Sheji of the Great Song Dynasty.
The second reason was that Yue Yun had too many similarities with Yue Fei. Let's not say that his appearance is very similar, his temperament, demeanor, and even his behavior are the same as Yue Fei's.
Yue Yun joined the military camp at the age of twelve, and at a young age, he mastered kung fu and followed the Yue family army to fight in all directions, not only with outstanding achievements, but also with extraordinary insight and vision. In the face of such a tiger-like young talent, how could Zhao Zhuo not be jealous.
If Yue Yun was a clumsy disciple who did not learn and had no skills, then he would definitely be able to avoid this disaster and avoid the scourge of killing, but who let him show his sharp edge when he was young, so that Zhao Zhuo was like a great enemy, he was afraid that Yue Yun would become the second Yue Fei in the future, so he strangled this Tiger Gate Defender in the cradle of rise.
The third reason was that Zhao Zhuo took the opportunity to disintegrate the powerful Yue family army. As we all know, under the leadership of Yue Fei, the Yue family army is invincible and invincible, and is an invincible army.
Moreover, the number of Yue family troops reached more than 100,000 people, and they took Yue Fei's orders as the highest instruction, and it was difficult for Zhao Shuo, who was an emperor, to command them, so Zhao Shuo, who was already timid, hated Yue Fei and his army even more.
After Yue Fei's death, the Yue family's army was leaderless, and only Yue Yun, who was in the military camp, could command them. Although Yue Yun was a little younger, Yue Yun had a high prestige in the army, and the generals in the army had a lot of good feelings for him, and it was not impossible for him to replace Yue Fei as the leader.
If Yue Yun was beheaded after Yue Fei's death, the Yue family army would fall into a panic without leadership, and over time, this invincible army would retreat and merge into other armies. Then the invincible Yue Family Army would no longer exist, and the thorns that had been stuck in Zhao Zhao's heart for many years could be removed.
For all these reasons, Yue Yun, like Yue Fei, was a person who had to die. But to a greater extent, Zhao Shuo's jealousy was at work, even if there was no instigation and slander by Qin Ju and others, Yue Fei and Yue Yun would sooner or later be broken under Zhao Shuo's suspicion.
Because in Zhao Zhao's heart, nothing was more important than the imperial throne, and he was afraid that one day, the courtiers with heavy troops would seize his throne, and everything he did was to consolidate the imperial power and protect the Jiangshan Sheji from being changed. However, the Imperial Heart Technique had already made him unable to distinguish between good and bad, and could not see the situation clearly, so that he left behind the ancient infamy of maiming Zhongliang.