Song Shi: "Cricket Prime Minister" Jia Xiangdao
preface
In the long years, the river of time is flowing, we walk on the left bank, the future is ahead, and the literati and inkers walk on the right bank, that is the past.
cause
In 1233 AD, the Southern Song Dynasty was oppressed by the Jin Dynasty, and finally the Southern Song government decided to unite with Mongolia and fight against the Jin Dynasty together.
▲The situation of the Song-Jin confrontation before the war
outcome
Fall of Lin'an: In 1276, the Yuan army attacked the Southern Song Dynasty and captured Lin'an (present-day Hangzhou) and captured the emperor.
▲Lin'an
disposal
1. Jia Rudao's opportunity
Desire is a cage, many people are deeply trapped in it, the emperor as the supreme power, the courtiers under the hand naturally obey, but there are also people with cunning, they feel that they can take the place of the emperor and enjoy the supreme power.
Among them was the Southern Song Dynasty's chancellor Jia Xiangdao, who was bullying when he was young, and his sister was a concubine of Song Lizong, so Jia Xiangdao was also related to the royal family.
It is precisely because of this relationship that Jia Rudao is even more domineering, only 25 years old Jia Rudao successfully obtained a meritorious name, became one of the officials of the Southern Song Dynasty court, and then all the way to promotion, at the age of 43, Jia Rudao was already a suffragan governor, equivalent to the existence of the deputy prime minister.
Later, in 1259 AD, when Kublai Khan began to attack the Song Dynasty, he had already attacked Ezhou, and the Southern Song Dynasty had more defeats against the Upper Mongolia, which caused the emperor to be worried. Moreover, the Mongols felt that they were in a strong position, so they were even more brazen in saying that they must attack Lin'an.
At this time, Song Lizong began to ask the ministers what to do, and one of them persuaded the emperor to move the capital, and it was Wu Qian who put forward the opinion.
Kublai Khan
2. Jia Rudao administers the government
However, when Emperor Huizong of Song was captured, the country became controlled by the Jin people, so Emperor Lizong of Song decided not to move the capital, but to send Jia Xiangdao as the commander-in-chief of the Battle of Ezhou.
At this moment of life-and-death crisis, Jia Rudao understood the weight he was carrying, so he came to the front line and began to dispatch soldiers to Ezhou to support, but at this time, Ezhou was already surrounded by Mongol groups, and it was not easy to enter.
So Jia Rudao thought of another way, that is, to surround the city wall with a wooden fence to block the enemy. After Kublai Khan saw this, he was very impressed that there were no people in his army who were as smart as Jia Xiangdao.
At this time, the Mongol Khan Möngke died, and Kublai Khan was not in the mood to fight any longer, so he gave Jia Rudao a chance to live. Immediately sent people to make peace with Kublai Khan, and then the Mongol army retreated.
▲Song Lizong
This time, the Battle of Ezhou made Jia Rudao famous, and also let the emperor see Jia Rudao's ability, so he granted him the title of Duke of Weiguo. This time, the increase in power also allowed Jia Xiangdao to see the benefits of power, thus laying the groundwork for his ambitions.
In the last few years of Song Lizong's reign, almost all the affairs in the imperial court were handled by Jia Xiangdao, and Song Lizong's decentralization allowed Jia Rudao to completely grasp the power of the Southern Song Dynasty court, so he did what he wanted.
Song Lizong has no son, only a younger brother, and this younger brother because her mother has taken abortion pills, so this younger brother is not sound-minded, can not learn anything, the only thing is to eat, drink and have fun.
But there is no way, the country can not do without a monarch, so there is no way, only to let Song Lizong's younger brother take the throne, that is, Song Duzong.
In the last few years of Song Lizong,000, Jia Rudao had been completely in power, and now there was a Song Duzong who was nothing, so that Jia Rudao's way forward did not have any obstacles.
▲ Song Duzong
3. The dictatorship of Jia Rudao
However, Jia Rudao was cautious, he knew that Song Duzong was nothing, and people were not smart, but he was worried about the emperor's thoughts about him, and he also wanted to know whether the emperor was good or not.
So Jia Rudao pretended to resign and go home, and then asked Lü Wende to increase the direction and number of the Mongol army's attack, the little emperor did not know what was going on, only that the Mongols were going to attack, so the six gods and no master of the emperor immediately found Jia Rudao.
▲ Jia Xiangdao
However, at this time, Jia Rudao had already resigned and returned home, so the emperor hurriedly sent someone to retrieve Jia Rudao from his hometown. At this time, Jia Rudao also completely saw that the emperor could not do without him, so Jia Rudao was even more unscrupulous in the imperial court.
Jia Rudao said in the imperial court that if anyone dared to oppose it, he would be suppressed by Jia Rudao. Moreover, Jia Xiangdao arrogantly summoned the group of ministers, saying that they were all hand-picked by themselves, and they would have today's achievements, many people were silent, but some people raised objections.
They believe that their ability to obtain meritorious fame can achieve today's achievements without the help of Jia Rudao. In a fit of rage, Jia Rudao expelled all those who did not listen to him from the capital.
Jia Rudao's ability was very strong, not only controlling the government, but also daring to bully the emperor, and the little emperor was also aware of Jia Rudao's status during the Song Lizong period, and now he repeatedly invited him back, resulting in Song Duzong being obedient to Jia Rudao.
▲ Jia Xiangdao in film and television dramas
brief summary
Jia Rudao's monopoly on power in the imperial court led to the politics and court of the Southern Song Dynasty falling into darkness, and accelerated the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty.
【References】
1. "Cricket Prime Minister Jia Xiangdao"
2. History of the Song Dynasty, Vol. 474