The Northern Song Dynasty has always been the era of fathers and sons, brothers and brothers, paying attention to the law, Song Huizong is the emperor who inherits his brother, and he is also considered to be the brother and the brother, after all, he was a powerful heir to the throne at that time, but why can Zhao Zhuo inherit his brother's Jiangshan, continue to claim the emperor in the south, and eventually establish the Southern Song Dynasty, and continue the Han family's Jiangshan? How many of these insiders seem ridiculous or overwhelmed? Let's take a look at this game of chess at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty?
First look at Song Huizong, his sons are numerous, there are more than thirty, there is no lack of heirs, of which twenty-five live to adulthood, the eldest son Zhao Heng was crowned prince, naturally the root is Miao Hong, and is supported by a large number of courtiers, Bai Shizhong, Li Bangyan, are all powerful supporters of the princeling party, and there is more support to the empress dowager's family behind the back, but also the concubines of the Zheng family, it can be said that the prince's hand is very long, there is a great power inside and outside the government, of course, in addition to song Huizong's close confidants, The six people who were in power and opposition could not afford to provoke, and could only say that they were at peace. Song Huizong is good at checks and balances, naturally will not let the position of the prince be stable to the point of no return and threaten himself, so he looks for ambitious among his sons, the third son Zhao Kai was selected, and under the instruction of Song Huizong, he was supported by Liang Shicheng, plus Zhao Kai's own ability is also good, especially in the imperial examination to stand out and enter the palace examination, this is the last step of the imperial examination, Tianzi personally interviewed, and finally decided to be a champion, bang eye, tanhua and other jinshi, to this step can barely be counted as Tianzi protégé, after all, tianzi granted the final honor, Zhao Kai was found here by Tianzi and courtiers, recognized, the emperor was surprised to give him only a list of eyes in order to avoid suspicion (in fact, it was also to create momentum for him, and the prince could fight in the ring, after all, there was no acquiescence of Emperor Huizong of Song, and it was not so easy for the prince to participate in the imperial examination), in addition, the other princes were incompetent, or the background (mother and foreign relatives) was not enough to support themselves, Zhao Zhuo, as the ninth prince, actually did not have this ability, if the Northern Song Dynasty continued to develop in such a peaceful way, it would only be Zhao Heng who would inherit the throne, unfortunately, The wheels of history will only roll forward.
The rising Jin people defeated the Liao state, wujing was beaten only a few, wanted to restore the glory of the Han family, did not consider his own strength, Song Huizong, at the instigation of Tong Guan, Wang Yi and other ministers, determined to go north, tear up the alliance with the Liao state, first of all, in the general righteousness is a passive situation, and then the soldiers and horses are still inconsistent, as if the Liao state is already a lamb to be slaughtered, the result is unexpected, let Yelü Dashi lead a group of remnants of defeated soldiers will easily defeat hundreds of thousands of elite Song troops, including the powerful Western army, of course, at this time has not returned to the leadership of the division, The Western Army has been divided within the imperial court, and then the Jin people saw the weakness within the Northern Song Dynasty, determined to send troops to test, the result of a dozen found that the Northern Song Dynasty is really weak, so the army heart went south, in 1126, the first siege of Tokyo, Song Huizong had already run away, with Gao Qi and the forbidden army, leaving the throne to his sons, running away with his concubines, afraid of not being able to defend Tokyo, guarding the war for a while to negotiate, Zhang Bangchang's status was enough, his identity was not enough, he needed a prince to send an envoy, so Zhao Zhao volunteered, Therefore, he gained the favor of some courtiers, and after arriving at the Jin camp, he argued on the basis of reason, so he provoked the Suspicion of the Jin people, they did not think that the Song Dynasty prince had such courage, so Zhao Zhuo fled back, at this time he had been crowned from the king of the county to the king of Kang, and had the qualification of heir to the imperial throne. In the winter, the Jin invaded again, and Zhao Zhuo was ordered to send an envoy to the Jin camp and let the veteran general Zong Ze stay in Hebei, believing that the situation was confused and that it was time to reserve the fire for the imperial family. The change in the situation proved the correctness of Zong Ze's vision as a famous general, and then Zhao Zhuo was named the Grand Marshal of Hebei Terracotta Warriors and Horses, restraining hebei soldiers and horses, of course, only nominally, the real leader of the troops was Zong Ze, and did not rush to Tokyo to rescue, just waiting for the opportunity, after all, the situation was not clear at all, Song Huizong who was outside the court returned to the court and fought for power with his son, Tokyo was once again besieged by the Jin people, negotiated with the Jin people many times, not only deposed Li Gang, but also constantly sent the prince to the Jin people camp as a hostage, and finally even Song Qinzong himself entered the Jin camp Surrender to the Jin people, this bit of backbone is indeed amazing, and then three days later was released back to the imperial court, in fact, at this time the morale of the imperial court is available, the people's will is available, the people are united in their will, they can fight, but Song Qinzong was frightened and broke the courage, scavenged for property in the city to meet the needs of the Jin people, and wasted the available people's hearts step by step, and finally the people were disappointed in the imperial court, and Song Qinzong once again entered the Camp of the Jin people. Subsequently, all the unreasonable demands of the Jin people were satisfied, and in order to make the courtiers redeem themselves, Emperor Huizong of Song brought all his own heirs, including daughters, as long as they were eligible for the succession to the throne, into the Jin camp, and he believed that in this way the courtiers must redeem themselves, after all, the country cannot be without a monarch for a day. Then in the Jinying was imprisoned, and the Jin people began to support various regimes, at this time the Great Song has the right to inherit is very clear, once arrived at the Jinying to negotiate and insist on the wind bone, and now in Hebei to resist the Jin, the Kang King, naturally in the Ying Tianfu ascended the throne as emperor, that is, such an era, such a background, the original court power was basically broken, the Wenchen clique took care of itself, Xun Gui himself in Tokyo was very difficult, it was difficult to save himself, the Zhao family royal family was also panicked, Zhao Zhuo was supported by the Hebei military and people, He easily succeeded the emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty and then went south. Constantly fleeing south, reusing Yue Fei, Liu Guangdi, Han Shizhong and other Zhongxing four will establish a defensive line in the south and continue their rule, known in history as the Southern Song Dynasty.
It can be said that in the beginning of the game, Zhao Zhuo did not have the right to inherit the throne, after all, a prince who wants to have no power, to spoil the prince who is not favored, is still just a county king, what to take to compete for the world, no one even looks favorably on him, but going to the Jin people's camp is his first chance, he used his bravery to convince many people, the Jin people think that he is not like the prince and put him back, and the Hebei military and civilians think that he did not lose the face of the Northern Song Dynasty and left him in Hebei to support the cause of resisting jin, so he had his own territory and army, With the qualifications to win the world, and then a series of fan operations of Song Huizong, let him climb to that position without the slightest obstacle, from then on the king came to the world, although only half of the country, it was still fascinating. And the right makes people intoxicated, and in the end they only want to be in a corner of peace, refuse the Northern Expedition, refuse to welcome back their father and brother, and finally kill Yue Fei, snub Han Shizhong's heart, and in the end can only survive, which is lamentable. However, only in the chaotic world can he have the opportunity to make a mistake, and the situation creates a hero, nothing more than that.