When mentioning the matter of Zhao Shuo's ascension to the throne, many people have a point of view, that is, the reason why Zhao Shuo ascended the throne is because he is the only surviving prince.
But in fact, the people who wanted to compete for the throne at that time also had two members of the Zhao clan. One is Zhao Zisong and the other is Zhao Shuxiang. Judging from the situation at that time, these two people may not be without hope.
Zhao Zisong was a descendant of Zhao Kuangyin, and there were rumors at that time that the Great Song Dynasty was fought down by Taizu, and Emperor Taizong illegally seized the throne, leaving Taizu's descendants in a marginal position, so now a descendant of Taizu should be established.
This kind of argument is very inflammatory, in fact, after Zhao Zhao, the throne of the Great Song Dynasty was transferred from the Taizong lineage to the Taizu lineage again.
After the death of Zhao Zhao's son, he never had any more children, and he wanted to find someone from the clan to inherit the throne, and everyone thought that he should look for it from the Taizu family. The later Emperor Xiaozong was found from the Taizu lineage.
In this sense, Zhao Zisong may not be completely hopeless of becoming emperor.
However, everything needs to depend on the results of the vote, and soon after the vote began, several state capitals such as Xiangzhou, Cizhou, Xingzhou (Sindh), and Zhending clearly supported Zhao. It seems that only Huaining Province supports Zhao Zisong, so Zhao Zisong knows that there is no result in fighting any more, so he immediately turned to supportIng Zhao Shuo.
Zhao Zisong admitted it relatively quickly, so the ending was not bad. Only later, someone had an opinion with Zhao Zisong, so he turned out his former Qin Wang's text, and Zhao Zisong was suppressed.
Zhao Zisong once said something about Taizu in the text at that time, Taizu was the founding prince of the Great Song Dynasty, and it is usually useless for you to talk about this kind of thing. But in the last years of Jing Kang, when you were qin wang, what did you want to do when you brought up this kind of topic?
More importantly, you are a descendant of Taizu, do you have any ideas for pulling this kind of topic?
Because of this incident, although Zhao Zisong admitted it, he was inevitably stepped on, and Zhao Zhuo was afraid that he would turn the sky upside down.
Uncle Zhao xiang was a descendant of Emperor Taizong of Song, and there were seven thousand troops at that time, and we must know that when king Kang's mansion first opened, it was only 10,000 troops, so the number of uncle Zhao to this army was not very large.
Zhao Shuxiang believes that his route can definitely defeat Zhao Shuo, because Zhao Shuxiang insists on the main battle, and Zhao Shuxiang exchanges space for time.
In fact, judging from the situation in which everyone supports Zhao Shuo, it proves that Uncle Zhao's route is exciting, but there are not many people who support it.
However, Zhao Shuxiang did not think so at that time, so in the context of the established defeat, he was still making unnecessary efforts.
In the context of everyone's support for Zhao Shuo, Zhao Shuxiang was unwilling to hand over his army to Zhao Shuo, but wanted to hand over the army to Zong Ze. Because Zong Ze was the only one who dared to openly sing the opposite side of the line with Zhao Zhao.
Zhao Shuxiang, the patriarch of the Song Dynasty, led 7,000 troops to the outskirts of Kaifeng. It also shows the ambition to win the championship. Later, he felt that the general trend had gone, and still "refused to use his soldiers and the imperial court, and wanted to fight with Zong Ze."
The problem is that although Uncle Zhao and Zong Ze are in the main battle, not many people are willing to move closer to their big banner. On the contrary, Zhao Shuo has always insisted on exchanging space for time, gathering more and more people under Zhao Shuo' banner.
At first, Uncle Zhao said to his advisers that if you were confident and led your army north to meet Emperor Hui Qin, you should not submit to Zhao Zhao; otherwise, it would be very dangerous for you not to submit to Zhao Zhao.
The question is, where does Uncle Zhao dare to go north to welcome the Second Emperor hui Qin? The point is, even if he dares, how many people dare to follow him north? In this context, although Zhao Shuxiang held high the banner of the main battle, the gap between zhao and Zhao Zhuo was getting wider and wider.
When there were more and more gatherers under Zhao Zhao's banner, he naturally would not continue to tolerate Zhao Shuxiang, so he sent Liu Guangshi to hunt down and kill Zhao Shuxiang.
He obviously despised Zhao Zhao's personality. His mastermind, Chen Lie, said, "If the king returns, he should use his soldiers and the court." Otherwise, he will raise troops across the river to meet the Second Saint." Uncle Zhao was forced to surrender his soldiers and horses, and was later hunted down and killed by Liu Guangshi, who was armed by Zhao Zhao.
After reading the above two things, I believe that everyone will have a consensus that the reason why Zhao Zhuo can win in the competition is not because of how noble his bloodline is, or this is not the most important point, but because he insists on exchanging space for time and has won everyone's support.
If there is no such thing, Zhao Shuo's bloodline is no more noble, what is the use?
At the turn of the two Han Dynasties, some people falsely claimed to be the son of Emperor Cheng of Han and competed with Liu Xiu for the world. Liu Xiu's statement on this is: Fighting the world is to look at the fist rather than the bloodline, that is, emperor Hancheng came alive, he is only a puppet at most, let alone a person who falsely claims to be the son of emperor Hancheng?
All in all, power comes out of the barrel of a gun, and other theories are used to serve this core idea.
Some people may say that the situation between the two Han Dynasties and the two Song Dynasties is not the same, maybe the people of the Song Dynasty recognize the bloodline?
In this regard, we only need to look at the history before and after the Jingkang Rebellion.
After the death of Emperor Tianzuo of Liao, the relationship between Emperor Yelü Dashi of Liao and Emperor Tianzuo was something that could only be fought by eight poles. The problem is that this did not prevent Yelü Dashi from becoming the new emperor of the Liao state.
In this way, the Liao state is also fifty steps and a hundred steps.
After Jin Taizu's death, Ah Kuan's son, although one more than the other, could only watch Ah Kuan's younger brother succeed to the throne.
After the death of Emperor Taizong of Jin, although his son was not a vegetarian, he only watched as Wu Begmai's nephew succeeded to the throne.
Emperor Huizong of Song did not dare to resolutely lead the battle, and directly retired early.
If you look further ahead, how did Li Shimin come to power? How did Li Shimin's sons rebel? How did Zhao Kuangyin ascend to the throne? How did Zhao Guangyi get to the throne? None of these people are superstitious about any bloodline, and they are all representatives of the regime in the barrel of a gun.
If there are many big men below, then they will inevitably find ways to promote an emperor who is in their own interests.
In this context, not to mention that Zhao Shuo is the only prince, even if the Second Emperor Hui Qin stays in the Central Plains, it will definitely be a multi-headed politics. It all depends on which theory has more supporters.
The Reason why the Southern Song Dynasty could make such a smooth transition was because it was already a mature bureaucratic politics at that time, and the Northern Song Dynasty perished very quickly, so the warlords or thieves had not yet formed a large scale, and once an emperor appeared, no one dared to casually deny the legitimacy of this emperor, let alone casually support others as emperors.
At that time, there were more than twenty roads (similar to the current provinces) and three or four hundred states (similar to the current cities) of the Great Song Dynasty, and they did not have warlordization and did not achieve autonomy; all kinds of rebels, whether they were thieves or thieves, because they appeared for a relatively short time, they were all rabble-rousers and did not integrate into a powerful military and political group.
In this context, the equity that any military and political commander or rebel leader can represent is very limited. For similar reasons, it is very rare for people who dare to try to gain benefits by supporting the emperor, and it is also very rare for people who dare to try to control the emperor.
In this context, even Zhao Zhuo was captured alive by Jin Guo. There will also be people who will nominate a new emperor, and this new emperor will immediately become the undisputed emperor once he has the support of some military and political officials.
Because the equity of the Great Song Empire at that time was extremely dispersed, as long as a person had three to five percent of the equity, or even two to three percent of the equity, he could influence the situation.
The percentages here, just to give an example, may not be exact, just to give everyone a more intuitive feeling.
To be more specific, at that time, as long as several military and political chiefs jointly proposed an emperor, and this emperor was not too controversial in terms of legal system, it would be unanimously approved by everyone.
Because in the context of the time, people who thought they could profit by controlling the emperor were very rare, even whimsical. Because, in that kind of political pattern of decentralized shareholding, any specific military and political chief, as long as he has reason, can know that he will never have this ability.
The chaos in the later days of the Southern Ming Dynasty was because Zuo Liangyu, Sizhen, Zheng Zhilong, Li Zicheng, and Zhang Xianzhong's remnants were all outstretched arms, thicker than the waist of the central government, and the key was that they could not urinate in a pot between them. In this context, even if the Chongzhen Emperor personally moved south, it would definitely be a warlord scuffle, because no one would obey anyone, and Chongzhen would not be able to help others.
If Chongzhen dares to disobey, these big men can also support the new emperor as long as someone dares to play the banner of liquidating the historical errors of the Chongzhen Emperor. It was as if Emperor Tianzuo of Liao was still alive, and someone could support Emperor Tianzuo's cousin as emperor.
Some people always think that if the Emperor Daming moves south, or if the Prince of Daming crosses south, he can make Nanming the second Southern Song Dynasty. That's because the emperor was thought of as too magical.
In fact, there is no gun behind the back, what is the emperor? What is the prince?
At that time, Zuo Liangyu, Sizhen, Zheng Zhilong, Zhang Xianzhong's remnants, and Li Zicheng's remnants did not take the emperor in their eyes and competed for dominance, not because the emperor's legitimacy was problematic. But because, the gun behind people's backs, one harder than the other, even if Chongzhen arrives in Nanjing, everyone will not bird Chongzhen, let alone Prince Hu?
If the Northern Song Dynasty also went through years and long-term large-scale civil unrest, and gradually appeared zuo liangyu, jiangbei four towns, Zheng Zhilong, Li Zicheng yubu, Zhang Xianzhong yubu such a huge big man, Zhao Zhuo even if he is the only prince, what is it?
Zhao Zhuo could be emperor. The first is that he is close by blood. The second is that the grand strategy he has formulated is in line with everyone's expectations. The first is important, the second is more important.
On the surface, the main battle is the trend of the times, so Zhao Zhuo acted against the heavens and was able to stabilize the throne, because he was the only son of the emperor, but in fact, this was not the case.
During the period of the Second Emperor Hui Qin, the Great Song mobilized 100,000 troops, which was like playing. In this context, the bright sword strategy is naturally very marketable.
At present, the Great Song Empire wants to mobilize an army of 30,000 or 50,000 troops, and it must also make all the milk. In this context, space for time is the strategy of public expectation, but similar content is not on the desktop.
So on the surface, the main battle faction has always gained mainstream support. In fact, if the mainstream really supported the War of Resistance, Zhao Zhuo would have stepped down a long time ago.
If everyone opposes the emperor's retreat to the south, and Zhao Shuo dares to withdraw southward, everyone can easily support a member of the clan and replace him under the banner of resolute resistance.
The problem is that the main battle is just talking, exciting, and in actual operation it is another matter.