Yue Fei was a famous celebrity of The Hundred Dynasties, and Yue Fei was recalled with twelve gold medals, and yue Fei was ordered to be executed by Emperor Gaozong of Song, who established the Southern Song Dynasty.
Speaking of Zhao Zhao, this person is full of contradictions, he created the Southern Song Dynasty as an emperor, but he felt that being an emperor was very tired, and wanted to abdicate the throne and let Xian enjoy himself.
Later, at the age of 56, Zhao Zhuozhen passed the throne to Zhao Kuangyin's descendant Zhao Yun (shen), and he himself became the Emperor Taishang, and lived until the age of 81, which is a relatively long-lived emperor in history.
So the question is, why did Zhao Zhuo abdicate so early? Is it really for pleasure, or is there something else? In addition, why did Zhao Zhuo pass the throne to Zhao Kuangyin instead of Zhao Guangyi' branch?
With great luck, the Southern Song Dynasty was founded
History's evaluation of Zhao Zhuo is not good, saying that he is an old traitor, and in order to ensure the stability of his imperial throne, he used Qin Juniper to frame Yue Fei, but it was this emperor who was harsh on meritorious people who continued the inheritance of the Song Dynasty.
Zhao Cuo was the ninth son of Emperor Huizong of Song, not a concubine and not favored by Emperor Huizong of Song, if the Northern Song Dynasty was not destroyed, then Zhao Cuo was at most a prince without real power, and the possibility of inheriting the throne was minimal.
However, the heavens seemed to be extremely fond of Zhao Zhao. Due to the sluggishness of the imperial court at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the fact that the emperors all liked literature and art and did not attach importance to the development of the imperial court's armaments, the Jin soldiers could not organize a decent army to resist when they invaded.
After the "Shame of Jingkang", Emperor Huizong and Emperor Qinzong were both captured by Jin soldiers to the desolate northern land, and some other princes and princesses were killed, and some were captured in the Jin Kingdom and ravaged by the enemy.
Zhao Zhuo was not in Bieliang at that time, so he escaped the disaster, and he began to take on the mission of reviving the Great Song Dynasty by virtue of his royal status as the son of Emperor Huizong and the brother of Emperor Qinzong.
In the process of leading the Qin wang army and the Jin soldiers in various places, he ascended the throne as emperor in present-day Shangqiu, Henan, and later fled to the Jiangnan region under the threat of Jin Bing, where he founded the second half of the history of the Upper Song Dynasty, the Southern Song Dynasty.
Although Zhao Zhuo established the Southern Song Dynasty, he obviously did not have the strength to govern the Southern Song Dynasty well, not to mention that the Southern Song Dynasty was still facing the threat of a wolf-like tiger and a golden soldier. When Zhao Zhuo was young, he always thought that the Jin people were barbarians, not as noble as the Song people, but after becoming emperor, he was chased and beaten by the Jin army like a lost dog, and he was afraid all day, lest he end up with the same fate as his father and brother one day.
A corner of peace, the loss of a beloved son
At first, Zhao Shuo, who succeeded to the throne, was full of vigor and also had the ambition to look north, and appointed Li Gang, the main warrior faction, as the prime minister in the dprk, but this battle always made Zhao Shuo feel that something was wrong in his heart, and after carefully considering the advantages and disadvantages of doing so, he found that recovering Heshan would not be of much benefit to him.
Although recovering the lost land can allow Zhao Zhuo to gain some good reputation, the benefits are limited to this, but there are many drawbacks.
First, Zhao Shuo's men were not completely loyal to their own henchmen, most of them were Qin Wang's army, and many people in these armies even advocated welcoming the return of Emperor Huizong and Emperor Qinzong, and once the Jin soldiers were defeated to welcome back the Second Emperor, whether Zhao Shuo's position as emperor could be kept was another matter.
In addition, the combat effectiveness of the Jin soldiers is far stronger than that of the Song soldiers, and the Northern Expedition is far more difficult than imagined, otherwise at the beginning of the creation of the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhao Zhuo would not have been chased by the Jin people from Nanjing to Lin'an, and even finally had no choice but to flee to the sea, if you insist on fighting with the Jin people, it will inevitably harm yourself. Under the influence of these careful thoughts, Zhao Zhuo's willingness to fight the main battle was no longer so strong, so he began to reject the main war faction in the DPRK, reused the main peace faction, and prepared to take a corner of the South of the An river.
Shortly after the Southern Song Dynasty court retreated to Hangzhou, Zhao Zhuo still felt unstable in his heart, because the shame of the Song Dynasty was in front of him, he did not inspire and plot revival, and the people and soldiers certainly could not accept it.
Sure enough, in 1129, Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan, who were guarding the imperial palace, were not accustomed to the unenterprising emperor, and forced Zhao To give way to the three-year-old crown prince Zhao Shi in the name of the Qing Junbian, and Empress Longyou listened to the government.
This storm frightened Zhao Shuo not lightly, although under the pressure of the Qin King's forces in various places, Miao Liu's change was quickly quelled, but Zhao Shuo's only son Zhao Shi died of fright. After that, Zhao Shuo never gave birth to a son again, which led to zhao cuo having to consider choosing a son from the imperial family as the heir to the imperial throne.
Passed the throne to Zhao Kuangyin
From the moment Zhao Shuo decided to kill Yue Fei, he was doomed to lose the hearts of the people, because the Song people, from the officials and nobles to the common people, all took Xuejing Kang's shame as their ultimate goal, and Yue Fei was their hope to achieve their goals.
Even if Qin Juniper was found as a scapegoat, it was still difficult to convince the public. What's more, Zhao Zhuo also signed a series of humiliating treaties with the Jin Dynasty, not only to submit to the subject, but also to donate a large amount of gold and silver jewelry every year.
Zhao Shuo's choice to abdicate at the age of 56 was a wise move, if he continued to sit on the throne, civil mutinies and mutinies could occur at any time, and then it would not only be as simple as losing the throne, but even his life would not be guaranteed.
Moreover, Zhao Zhuo's mind was also very shrewd, and when choosing an heir, he deliberately chose Zhao Kuangyin's seventh grandson Zhao Yun, because Zhao Xuan was the orthodox bloodline of the Zhao family, which could greatly enhance the atmosphere of the imperial court that had been weakening since the peace talks.
In addition, when Zhao Zhuo selected the heir, he also thought about the issue of his reputation after his death. If the throne is passed to his own lineage, then after the new emperor takes the throne, he will definitely retaliate and liquidate Zhao On the grounds that Zhao Cuo is not filial, and passing it to Zhao Kuangyin can avoid the possibility of retaliation.
So did Zhao Zhuo really give up his power after he abdicated? The answer, of course, is no. First, let's take a look at the reasons given by Zhao Zhuo when he abdicated, he was old and sickly, he had little interest in handling state affairs, and he had long wanted to live a leisurely retirement life.
According to the "History of song": "After reigning for thirty-six years, he was now old and sick, and he wanted to retire for a long time, and this matter was broken from his heart, and it was not up to his subordinates to open Chen, and Qing and so on should be assisted by the heir apparent." ”
In fact, after retirement, Zhao Shuo's body was very healthy, and he secretly held the power of the Southern Song Dynasty, and Song Xiaozong Zhao Xuan lived in the shadow of the Taishang Emperor Zhao Shuo for a long time.
It can be seen from this that the abdication reason given by Zhao Zhuo is only a superficial statement.
In any case, after abdicating, Zhao Zhuo not only saved himself and gained fame, but also lived to the age of 81, becoming one of the few long-lived emperors in history, and his chosen heir Song Xiaozong rehabilitated Yue Fei after taking power, reactivated the main war faction, adopted a tough attitude towards the Jin kingdom and won successive victories, and posterity called him the head of the Nandu emperors.
Reference: History of the Song Dynasty
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