Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty had a great reputation in history, but it was not a good reputation. When Zhao Tuo succeeded to the throne, the Song Dynasty was still quite prosperous, and the Song Dynasty was rich and deep, but he did not put his mind on governing the country, indulged in wine, could not distinguish between right and wrong, and under his rule, the imperial court quickly corrupted, and it did not take long to destroy the Song Dynasty's family foundation, resulting in continuous uprisings everywhere.
According to historical data, it can be summed up in this way that Zhao Tuo is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, eating, drinking, and having fun is the Tao, and the only drawback is that he does not know how to govern the country. That is to say, he is more suitable to be a noble prince than a king of a country.
Later, after the Battle of Jingkang, Zhao Tuo became the king of the Northern Song Dynasty, which can only be said to be self-inflicted, and most of the Zhao and Song clan members were captured, fortunately, Zhao Yao's ninth son, Zhao Shuo, ran fast and established a new regime in the south, known as the Southern Song Dynasty.
Zhao Shuo, that is, Emperor Gaozong of Song, advocated righteousness and harmony after succeeding to the throne, which in the eyes of many people is a weak and incompetent act, and saying that the ugly point belongs to "betraying the country and seeking glory", if only on the surface it is true.
But everything must be combined with the situation at that time, the Song Dynasty through the corruption of the Song Huizong period, caused by the rebellion in various places, and then the joint Jin Dynasty gave the Jin Kingdom a large amount of military expenses, and then lost half of the country, which can be described as a heavy loss.
Before and after the establishment of the Southern Song Dynasty, although many famous anti-Jin generals emerged during this period, in terms of comprehensive army combat effectiveness, the Southern Song Dynasty did not have many large armies that could fight, so it was inferior to the Jin Dynasty.
Because the Song Dynasty was not strong in armed forces, the land was cut off and reparations, and many places were plundered, the people could not stabilize production, and they really did not have enough strength to fight, let alone repel the Jin army and regain the lost territory.
At that time, the annual military expenditure pressure of the Southern Dynasty was extremely high, and the income was always unable to make ends meet, it is said that when the Southern Song Dynasty was first established, there were only more than ten large and small palaces, and even a formal palace was not counted, which shows the dilemma at that time.
In the Twenty-Four Histories, the evaluation of Song Gaozong is: "Lord of Zhongxing! ”
Before and after Emperor Gaozong of Song succeeded to the throne, he also resisted Jin, because he needed to express this attitude and show his own strength in order not to let the Jin state be bullied at will, and the subsequent Yihe was that the Southern Song Dynasty needed to be based on the present and needed to recuperate.
Therefore, this evaluation is still passable, and Song Gaozong's actions during his reign are there, although he is not a Ming Jun, but he also has the talent of culture and martial arts.
And Song Gaozong's bad reputation was because he killed Yue Fei, which is difficult to evaluate.
According to historical data, when the original anti-Jin army was first resisted, there were many such as a certain family's army, and the Yue family army was only one of the most famous armies, among which the famous anti-Jin generals also had Zhang Jun, Han Shizhong, Liu Qijun, and so on, which was not the credit of Yue Fei alone.
After that, Emperor Gaozong of Song wanted to take back his military power, and most of the generals of the various armies handed over their military power, while Yue Fei did not handle the military power properly and handed over the military power to Zhang Xian, who was an arrogant and fierce general, and was a disposition to listen to the tune and not listen to the announcement.
Although I don't know what Yue Fei really thought, in the eyes of Emperor Gaozong of Song, it was natural that Yue Fei was nostalgic for military power, not only did not transfer his cronies, but also handed over military power to Zhang Xian, just like he did not put the emperor in his eyes at all, and this was one of the reasons why Emperor Gaozong of Song killed Yue Fei.
As for other reasons, it is difficult to say clearly, but one thing is certain, after the Southern Song Dynasty was stabilized, Emperor Gaozong of Song developed a mentality of being partial to a corner, and it can be seen that he was afraid of the powerful minister Qin Ju and seized the power of the main war faction, so he was controversial in history.
Speaking of this, it is worth mentioning that Song Gaozong not only ruled the country stronger than Song Huizong, but also inherited the artistic talent of Song Huizong, and had high achievements in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and some works have been handed down and become national treasures today.
In addition, Emperor Gaozong of Song had some hidden skills that few people knew. ——Yue Fei's allusion to the horse from the "Chronicle of the King of E"
When Wu Mu entered the meeting, the emperor calmly asked, "Isn't Qing Deliang Ma?" ”
Wu Mu replied, "The subject has two horses, a number of beans in the day, and a drink of springs, but it is not refined or not."
In the allusion, Song Gaozong asked Yue Fei if he had any good horses, and Yue Fei replied that there had been two horses before, eating fine grass and fighting several buckets every day, and drinking spring water. However, Yue Fei also analyzed that for example, a horse needs to judge the quality of a horse from its pedigree, coat color, spine, teeth, hooves, etc., and how good the horse's habits are, the geometry of its ability and so on.
After Song Gaozong listened, he praised it and wrote it down.
Perhaps it was Song Gaozong's studiousness, according to historical data, in the seventh year of Shaoxing, Zhang Jun took a good horse into the partition wall to hear the sound, and did not see the horse judging the quality of the horse just by shouting, which was once breathtaking.
In addition, when Emperor Gaozong of Song ascended the throne, the Jin people often attacked, and they were constantly displaced to avoid being hunted and killed, during this time he not only helped the Yue family army to transform weapons, but also showed good martial arts.
It is said that the martial arts learned are the "Taizu Long Fist" handed down by Song Taizu, which can be described as versatile, but these talents cannot withstand it after all, and the bad reputation caused by killing Yue Fei is not enough.
Although I don't know whether Song Gaozong knew about Yue Fei when he killed Yue Fei and whether it was his will, in the end he killed him on his orders and killed loyal subjects, and he would ultimately bear a certain responsibility.