Although Emperor Gaozong of Song was the first emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, it was a bit reluctant to say that Zhao Shuo was the founding emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty. Zhao Zhuo was only a fluke to survive. As emperor, Zhao Zhuo was only a minor prince who was proclaimed emperor. Zhao Shuo's heart at this time should be a different state of mind from Zhao Kuangyin's yellow robe and body, one is full of pride, the other is afraid and frightened.
Zhao Zhuo didn't want to be this emperor at that time, he was a qing idle prince, why did he have to take on this chore? Under the good words of the Qunchen, Zhao Zhuo became the emperor, and he was only 20 years old at this time. Among the many princes, only Zhao Zhuo was the most prominent. At least in the eyes of the Jinguo people. Jin Bing was about to go south at every turn, and Zhao Shuo had no choice but to watch the group of courtiers quarrel every day, and at this time, Zhao Shuo was always preparing to escape.
Since then, Zhao Shuo has lost a severed son, and his only son has also died in the turmoil. So that in the end, Zhao Zhuo could only pass the throne to his own son. Zhao Zhuo did not want to resist Jin at all, but for the sake of the legitimacy of his regime, he could not resist Jin. In terms of civil rule, Zhao Zhuo did a fairly good job, the tax was returned to the central government, and the civil administration was also recycled. Zhao Zhuo still felt that Zhao Kuangyin's emphasis on literature and light martial arts was really wise.
So the Southern Song Dynasty created a large wave of civilian officials and left the military generals aside. After the efforts of military generals such as Han Shizhong and Yue Fei, the Southern Song Dynasty really showed a hint of anger. Zhao Zhuo was not thinking about this country at this time, but only making his regime stable, and later negotiating peace with Jin Guo, letting Qin Ju out of the mountain, when this ancient insult, he hid behind and remotely controlled, so that everyone remembered Qin Juniper, a traitor, and forgot that Emperor Gaozong was the commander behind the scenes.
After Qin Ju killed Yue Fei, the entire Southern Song Dynasty's anti-Jin enthusiasm was extinguished. Emperor Gaozong was also one of the few emperors in history who lived to be over 80 years old. However, the evaluation of the Southern Song Dynasty in history is afraid that no one can save it. What do you think?