Jing Kang shame, still not snow. The courtiers hate, when will they perish.
This sentence can quickly bring people into that war full of shame - the shame of Jingkang.
Although the shame of Jingkang occurred during the reign of Song Qinzong, it has an inseparable relationship with his father Song Huizong, and many people may have questions, why is the shame of Jingkang related to Song Huizong?
Mention Song Huizong, his pen "thin gold body" is well-known to the world, the thin gold body style is strong, rather bend than bend.
If you look at the font alone, many people will think that the owner of this font must be a strong and resolute person. But is that really the case?
Confused and loves luxury
Emperor Huizong of Song, the eighth emperor of the Song Dynasty. To say that this emperor is a complete talent, calligraphy and painting skills, music and poetry are not a problem for him. His thin gold body has been passed down to this day, and it is a favorite font among calligraphers.
Moreover, Song Huizong also loved antique artifacts, and he created the golden age of fine art in Chinese history, the Xuanhe era. It can be seen that this Song Huizong is a romantic talent who pursues beauty.
Because the emperors of the Song Dynasty generally had a weak heir, Song Huizong's brother Song Zhezong was no exception, and Song Zhezong did not have a son to inherit the throne, so he could only choose a suitable person from among the princes of the clan to be the next emperor.
It just so happened that among the several princes who could be eligible to run, Zhao He was outstanding in all aspects. Therefore, Empress Dowager Xiang established Zhao He as emperor, which was later Emperor Huizong of Song.
Before Emperor Huizong of Song could sit on the throne, he made a mistake and worshiped Cai Jing.
For any dynasty, the official position of prime minister is very important, and the prime minister needs to go up to heaven and listen to all things. Moreover, Emperor Huizong of Song has just ascended the throne, so he needs a very virtuous prime minister to assist him in governing the country, and Cai Jing is basically inconsistent with the characteristics mentioned above.
Cai Jing loves money very much, sells official knights, and Song Huizong loves all kinds of flowers, birds and stones, and the two of them are really embarrassed.
Although the economy of the Song Dynasty was very developed, it even produced paper money that crossed the ages, such as Jiaozi. But after all, in ancient times, it was necessary to fight for years and even prevent large-scale disasters.
Therefore, for the economy, conservative policies should be appropriately adopted, which is what we call "saving money" in modern times. During the reign of Emperor Zhezong of Song, Emperor Zhezong of Song left Emperor Huizong of Song a treasury of 50 million.
This made Emperor Huizong of Song feel that the treasury was full, so he ordered Cai Jing to go to the south to find strange and rare flowers and stones. At the same time, the "Genyue" was built in the royal capital of the Song Dynasty, Bian Jing.
This practice not only occupied the land for people's livelihood, but also consumed a lot of manpower and material resources, but it was only to create things for fun for Song Huizong to enjoy, which caused a lot of displeasure among the people.
It can be seen that Song Huizong was an emperor who was mainly hedonistic.
Rushing to achieve quick results leads to catastrophe
In 1111, Emperor Huizong of Song sent Tong Guan as an envoy to Daliao.
After arriving in Daliao, Tong Guan met the Liao people Ma Zhi. This Ma Zhi was a traitor sent by the Jin State to the Liao State, and he hoped to unite with the Great Song Dynasty and jointly attack the Liao State.
At that time, there was no pure camaraderie between countries. If you can find allies to annex other countries, it is very worthwhile for any ruler, so Tong Guan brought Ma Zhi back to the Great Song. When Emperor Huizong of Song heard Ma Zhi's intentions, he was very happy, and he gave Ma Zhi the surname Zhao of the Song Dynasty to show his agreement with this view.
The following year, Ma Zhi and Cai Jing, in order to invite Emperor Huizong of Song, persuaded Emperor Huizong of Song to attack Western Xia.
Emperor Huizong of Song followed their advice, and in this battle, the Song army defeated the Western Xia soldiers. The emperor of Western Xia was very frightened, so he quickly wrote to the emperor of Daliao asking for help. The Great Liao Emperor also understood that if the Song Dynasty annexed Western Xia, then the power of the Song Dynasty would also increase further. This is harmful to the Liao State and not beneficial.
Therefore, the emperor of the Liao State persuaded Emperor Huizong of Song, hoping that Emperor Huizong of Song would not kill Western Xia. Emperor Huizong of Song, under pressure from the Liao Dynasty, returned the territory that had captured Western Xia to Western Xia.
Although some people will say, what is the use of fighting this war between the Northern Song Dynasty and the Western Xia?
It was still useful, after the end of this war, Western Xia began to fear the Northern Song very much, and after the war, Western Xia turned around and recognized the Northern Song as the eldest brother.
But this war also made Song Huizong realize the problem, for a long time, many wars launched by the Northern Song Dynasty were constrained by the Liao State, so the Liao State must be eradicated, the Liao State not only threatened the security of the Northern Song Dynasty, but also recovered the sixteen states of Yanyun was also the long-cherished wish of the Song Dynasty kings.
But there are also many different voices, the Liao state has always been powerful, since the time of Emperor Taizong of Song, it has suffered defeat under Yanyun City, and the king of Goryeo also wrote to Song Huizong that he hoped that Song Huizong would not join Jin against Liao, because the Jin people were very insidious, and the power of Daliao was huge.
However, Song Huizong floated, feeling that he was good at Qinqi calligraphy and painting, and all of them were proficient, all of them knew, and there was the war of Western Xia as a foreshadowing ahead, and he believed that the military strength of the Song Dynasty at this time was enough to unite the Jin Dynasty and Daliao to start a war.
And according to the grapevine, the Liao state has been defeated in the past three years, the country has lost its territory, and its power is no longer what it used to be, if Song Huizong did not seize this opportunity and the Liao state rose again, then the wishes of the Song emperor would never be fulfilled.
To be honest, Song Huizong was a little impatient. If he hadn't done such a good job, maybe the Battle of Jing could have been avoided, and the Northern Song Dynasty would have just fallen into the title of "weak Song".
Therefore, Emperor Huizong of Song chose to send an envoy to ally with the Jin State, but by mistake, when the envoys of the Song Dynasty saw the ruler of the Jin State, Aguda, it was already the beginning of spring in the second year.
The affairs of the country change in a second. According to the informant, at this time, Ah Bone Da had become "brothers" with Da Liao, so Song Huizong was very annoyed. It had to suspend the plan of Lianjin to resist Liao.
Later, Emperor Huizong of Song heard that Ah Bone Da and Daliao were "not negotiated on price", so Aguda still tended to form an alliance with the Song Dynasty to jointly eliminate Daliao.
In this way, Song Huizong once again began negotiations with the Jin State, and the main object of the negotiations was the sixteen states of Yanyun. At this time, the sixteen states of Yanyun were divided among many countries, and Song Huizong wanted to take back the sixteen states of Yanyun from the hands of the Jin State, but at this time, only the six states of Yanyun were left in the hands of the Jin State.
In order to reach an alliance, there was a complicated process of integration, for example, Song Huizong did not understand the administrative division of the sixteen states of Yanyun in the current Jin Kingdom, so he may only be able to recover the six states of Yanyun. Moreover, these six states also involved many regimes, and Song Huizong caused himself trouble with the six states of Yanyun without understanding history.
In order to show his sincerity in forming an alliance with the Song Dynasty, Aguda even promised to send 300,000 silver to the Song Dynasty every year. Because in the hearts of the people of Jin Country, the Han people are a very mysterious existence.
They believe that the ideological and cultural system of the Han people has always been higher than theirs, so they very much hope to cooperate with the Han people from the bottom of their hearts. The fighting power of Jin Guo A Bone is very strong, and it only takes one day to capture important cities in Liao Country, so forming an alliance with Jin Guo is what Song Huizong wants. In this way, in mutual bargaining, the Jin State and the Song State finally reached an alliance.
In the same year, the uprising of Song Jiang and Fang La broke out in the territory of the Northern Song Dynasty, and Emperor Huizong of Song used the method of recovering Song Jiang and treating Fang La to solve the two headaches of Fang La and Song Jiang.
Subsequently, he pocketed Liangshanbo, hoping that Liangshanbo could bring economic benefits to the country. If people want to fish on Liangshanbo, they need to pay heavy taxes. It was used to compensate for the deficit in the treasury caused by his waste of money.
With the demise of the Liao state, Song Huizong picked up a big bargain, and in the later period, in the battle between Song Huizong and the Liao state, Song Huizong lost the battle. However, the fighting power of Jin Guo A Bone is very fierce, and it can be said that the Liao State was finally destroyed by Jin Guo.
Although the war was won, it fully exposed the lack of military strength of the Song Dynasty, so Aguda did not want to take Song Huizong to "play", so he withdrew his alliance with Song Huizong.
The praying mantis catches the cicada, and the yellow finch is behind. After the Jin-Song alliance jointly eliminated the Liao state, the Jin state turned its spearhead to the Song dynasty. Because in the previous war, the Jurchens led by Aguda had understood the combat power of the Song army, so it was easy for Aguda to annex the Song Dynasty.
And this war also made Song Huizong understand that the combat power of the Jurchens was fierce, and it was not comparable to the Song Dynasty at all. At this time, even the Huashi Gang in front of Song Huizong continued to repair.
Seeing that he had no way to solve the dilemma in front of him, Emperor Huizong of Song wrote down the "Edict of Sin and Sin", which was published in the world, and quickly meditated on his son Zhao Huan. He hid in a stable and comfortable Jiangnan, which shows that Song Huizong's ability to resist pressure is really the last among the emperors, and even he is not a person who can bear the heavy responsibility of the country.
Humiliating battle
His son naturally did not have the ability to fight with the Jin State at this time, and later the infamous Jingkang Disaster occurred, and Song Huizong and his son Song Qinzong were surrendered by Liao soldiers. The two emperors performed the surrender ceremony, and Emperor Huizong and Emperor Qinzong were canonized with the titles of Duke of Dude and Marquis of Chongdu, respectively.
Then, Song Huizong was sent to the Five Kingdoms City, a gathering place for captured nobles of the Song Dynasty, who were forced by the Jin people to cover their breasts and wear sheep's clothing, crawl on the ground, and perform the ritual of leading sheep.
Even let Song Huizong wear a costume and sing the praises of the Jin Kingdom for destroying the Northern Song Dynasty. If it was a martyr, it is estimated that he had already cut himself, but Song Huizong was very timid and did not dare to end his life.
During the days of Song Huizong's imprisonment, he even had eight children with Jin Ren. Many people find it incomprehensible and feel that Song Huizong does not have the world's righteousness in his heart, however, combined with his character characteristics, you can understand one or two, he is good at everything, but not good at being an emperor.
The days as a defeated prisoner were painful, and even Song Huizong was old and weak, hoping that he could return to his homeland and return to his roots. But with such a small request, Jin Guo will not satisfy him, and in desperation, Song Huizong died in Jin Guo, and even his body was refined into lamp oil.
Once Jiuye Hongji rests, he is rampant and does not listen to the direct subordinates. Willing to surrender slaves, the country is sad and desolate.
Emperor Huizong of Song was not a competent monarch. If he hadn't been born into the royal family, perhaps he would have been a rare all-round talent of the Song Dynasty.
Because of his love of luxury, the appointment of traitors and other wrong measures, which led to the gradual demise of the Northern Song Dynasty, which led to the Battle of Jing in the later period, so Song Huizong, as an emperor, can be called a legacy of ten thousand years.