Introduction:
"Don't wait idle, white young man's head, empty and sad." A song of Manjiang Hong expressed Yue Fei's great ambition of being full of blood and wanting to serve the motherland.
He wanted to recover the land and shame Jingkang, but before his ambition could be realized, he was mutilated by Qin Hui and other traitors, and finally died in Dali Temple.
Figure|Yue Fei diagram
Qin Hui became the target of contempt from later generations, they said that he was a traitor who did everything evil and killed Zhongliang, but the famous philosopher Zhu Xi of the Southern Song Dynasty believed that "Qin Huizhi has bone power, and it is a mistake to use it." ”
Hu Shi also defended Qin Hui as not only not a traitor but also a loyal minister of the Southern Song Dynasty.
Why do the two think so? Is Qin Huan's behavior loyal or traitorous? Why was Yue Fei's 100,000 Yue Family Army indifferent?
Like a traitor and loyalty, the truth that Qin Hui killed Yue Fei
After the Jin Kingdom destroyed Liao, he set his sights on the weakening Southern Song Dynasty. In the seventh year of Xuanhe, the Jin state sent troops to attack the Song Dynasty.
The Song Dynasty was powerless to resist, and could only choose to cut land and pay reparations to fight for a respite in the war. Jingkang's change made the Song Dynasty a joke in the eyes of the people of the Jin Kingdom, who not only kidnapped a large number of Song Dynasty royal children, but even the emperor was captured by them.
The originally powerful and prosperous Song Dynasty became an empty country, and the Jin Kingdom was eager to completely take down the Zhao family in one fell swoop.
Just when everyone thought that the fall of the Song Dynasty was immediate, a general who could lead the Song Dynasty army to face the Jin Kingdom was born, he was Yue Fei.
Under his leadership, the rebels and the Jin army faced each other head-on, and then continued to win victories in the following battles, successively reclaiming the six counties of Xiangyang to the Song Dynasty, and at the same time leading the army north to begin the conquest of the Central Plains.
Figure|Battle diagram
In the Battle of Yingchang, Yue Fei led his 500 Yue family army to face the 100,000 Jin army, and with such a huge disparity in numbers, Yue Fei still won the battle. After the news of the defeat of the Jin Kingdom, both countries were shocked.
The people of the Southern Song Dynasty rejoiced, believing that the hero who saved the country had appeared, and perhaps they would not have to suffer from war all the time before long.
Jin Guo regarded Yue Fei as a thorn in his eye and a thorn in his flesh.
In order to solve this hidden danger, the Jin State sent envoys to the Southern Song Dynasty for peace talks in 1141 AD. The emperor Zhao Zhi, who established the Southern Song Dynasty, was pleased to see this and soon summoned the envoys of the Jin state.
On behalf of the Jin State, the envoys put forward the only condition for peace talks, they could no longer attack the Southern Song Dynasty, and the two countries could divide the north and south and live without intertruding on each other, but the Southern Song needed to sacrifice several generals as a sincere way to reassure the Jin State. The names of Southern Song generals such as Yue Fei and Han Shizhong are impressively listed.
The Song Dynasty was a country that valued civility over martial arts, and many officials in the dynasty were civil servants, and they were more lords and factions than military generals. When they learned of the terms of the peace talks in the Jin Kingdom, they began to join forces to suppress Yue Fei and Han Shizhong and other generals with heavy troops.
The king of the Jin Kingdom sent a letter to Qin Huan, telling him that if they wanted to make peace with the Jin State, they must get rid of Yue Fei, because Yue Fei not only led troops on the Northern Expedition, but also killed his son-in-law.
This is a great shame for Jin Guo, and it is impossible for them to accept peace talks without revenge.
Figure|Finish Yan Wushu diagram
Qin Hui was the Lord and Faction, and after learning of Yan Wushu's request, he began to target Yue Fei and Han Shizhong and the others. First, they took away the military power in their hands, and then tried to provoke the relationship between Yue Fei and Han Shizhong, but they were unsuccessful.
Yue Fei and Han Shizhong are both sincere hearts to serve the country, they can throw their heads and shed blood for the country, but they can't stand the villain always making trouble in it.
They were constantly politically persecuted by Qin Hui and others in the dynasty, and the emperor did not treat them as his own, and after a series of actions, Yue Fei and Han Shizhong finally chilled the Southern Song court.
Yue Fei chose to give up his military power and resign to go home to become an idle villager.
But Qin Hui and the others did not let him go because of this, and in less than a month after he returned home idly, Qin Hui secretly planned a dispute and contradiction that arose from within the Yue Family Army. He hoped that he could frame Yue Fei for the name of treason through this matter.
Figure|Qin Juniper diagram
Yue Fei is a man who stands tall and full of righteousness, and he dares to do what he has done, but he resolutely denies what he has not done. No matter how pressed by He Zhu, the official in charge of hearing the case, he was able to deal with the dirty water that was poured at him in a righteous and strict manner.
"It is impossible for me to betray the imperial court and betray the country."
Yue Fei said while revealing his back, which had the four big characters of "Loyal to the Country" that his mother had stabbed on his back one by one.
Seeing him like this, He Zhu couldn't help but trust and admire him, and he promised Yue Fei that he would definitely find out the truth, and if he was wronged, he would definitely return his innocence.
Unfortunately, this matter was known by Qin Huan, and the purpose of his plot was to kill Yue Fei, how could he give He Zhu a chance to find out the truth. Qin Hui immediately removed He Zhu from his post and replaced the chief judge with Wan Qiu.
He was from Qin Huan's side, and when interrogating Yue Fei, he would not be as reasonable as He Zhu, and he would do everything to make Yue Fei confess. But Yue Fei is also a hard bone, no matter how he tortures, he would rather die.
Figure|Sinner diagram
In November 1141, after Yue Fei was imprisoned, the Southern Song Dynasty finally reached the "Shaoxing Peace Conference" with the Jin State, and since then it has become a vassal state of the Jin State, and has surrendered all the territory north of the Huai River.
After the successful discussion, Qin Hui and the others did not intend to let Yue Fei go. Wan Yue kept hanging one stigma after another on Yue Fei's head. Yue Fei couldn't argue and was eventually sentenced to death.
There were also many people in the dynasty who interceded for Yue Fei, but to no avail, the king wanted his subjects to die, and the ministers had to die. Yue Fei was not pardoned, and these officials who interceded for Yue Fei did not end well.
Yue Fei's friend Han Shizhong also resigned because of this, and before leaving, he had asked Qin Hui why he did this, and he must kill Yue Fei?
"That's what I want." Qin Hui only answered these four words.
On January 27, 1142, Wan Yue received Zhao Shu's will and killed Yue Fei, who had been imprisoned for a long time.
After the news of Yue Fei's death spread throughout Siye, everyone in the Jin Kingdom court clapped their hands and applauded, their hidden dangers were finally removed, the Southern Song Dynasty was the meat in their mouths for them, and when to take a bite completely depended on their mood.
For the people of the Southern Song Dynasty, or other generals of the Southern Song Dynasty, Yue Fei's death represented the imperial court's abandonment of their country, and they were likely to become prisoners of the Jin State in the near future.
Figure|Yue Jiajun diagram
The behavior of Qin Hui and others also caused a lot of controversy later, some people thought that the possibility of the revival of the Southern Song Dynasty was all in their hands, and some people thought that Qin Huan's behavior could be regarded as loyal ministers, such as Zhu Xi and Hu Shi.
Hu Shi believed that Qin Hui was a loyal minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, but the object of his loyalty was not to the imperial court or the people, but to the emperor himself. What the emperor asked him to do, he would achieve and complete without distraction.
There were four reasons why Yue Jiajun was powerless to save Yue Fei
Reason 1: In addition to the Yue family army, the Song State has other generals who are good at fighting and can be checked and balanced. During the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Song, there were many famous generals in the Southern Song Dynasty, Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun, Liu Guangshi plus Yue Fei were known as the "Four Generals of Zhongxing".
In addition to the four of them, there was also a general of the Southern Song Dynasty named Wu Xuan, he and his brother Wu Jie were both famous military geniuses of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the two brothers had teamed up to beat the Xixia people to the ground, and their legs trembled when they heard the names of the two brothers.
Whether in terms of merit or status in the Southern Song Dynasty, these two brothers were no worse than Yue Fei. Although the Yue family army had 100,000, the Wu Xuan brothers held twice as much military power as him, a total of 200,000.
Compared with Yue Fei, the Wu brothers were deeply trusted by the emperor in the dynasty, and as military generals, they were often impeached by civil officials, but the emperor's favoritism allowed the two to die at the age of 66.
Figure|Army map
In 1165, when Wu Xuan was 63 years old, he went to Lin'an to meet Emperor Gaozong of Song and was made the King of Lin'an. Before he returned to the fiefdom, Emperor Gaozong of Song and Emperor Xiaozong of Song personally set up a banquet to see him off, which is enough to see the emperor's importance and preference for him.
If Yue Jiajun really raised troops to save Yue Fei at that time, he would inevitably be judged to be a rebel, whether it was the Wu Xuan brothers, or Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun, and Liu Guangshi, who were good friends with Yue Fei, they would definitely have to send troops to suppress the rebellion according to the emperor's order.
Even if they had a good relationship with Yue Fei, they couldn't support Yue Jiajun in a dignified manner, and it was already benevolent and righteous to be able to stand in a neutral perspective. Therefore, even if Yue Fei also had a hundred thousand Yue family army, after he was arrested, everyone could not help.
Emperor Gaozong of Song was able to send 12 gold medals to force him to return to Beijing, and he must have considered the consequences, even if Yue Jiajun really turned against him, he was confident of suppressing it.
Figure|Yue Fei diagram
Reason 2: The Song Dynasty has always valued civility over martial arts, and the military generals had little power to speak at that time, and in such a political environment, Yue Jiajun had no possibility of resistance.
Anyone who knows the history of the Song Dynasty should know that Zhao Kuangyin seized power through mutiny and established the Song Dynasty.
In 959, the Later Zhou emperor Chai Rong died suddenly, and the seven-year-old Chai Zongxun had no choice but to take over his father's throne, and Zhao Kuangyin was the envoy and inspector of the imperial lieutenant at the time, holding important military power in Later Zhou.
Just four months after Chai Zongxun ascended the throne, Zhao Kuangyin launched a mutiny, forcing the little emperor to cede the throne to him. Zhao Kuangyin "pushed back", however, so he naturally ascended the throne as emperor, changing Later Zhou to the Great Song.
Because his imperial throne was obtained by "force", Zhao Kuangyin was afraid that his generals would follow his example.
Therefore, after he ascended the throne, he set up a banquet in the palace and invited all the important ministers around him into the palace. After three rounds of drinking, he threw a "sending proposition" to the people present: If one day their subordinates also forced them to rebel, what would they choose to do?
Figure|battlefield map
This made the ministers break out in a cold sweat, wondering if the emperor was planning to unload the grind and kill the donkey. But Zhao Kuangyin said with a smile:
"This great Song Jiangshan was born and died with me, and all you want is glory and wealth, and what you want, you can satisfy.
As long as you dedicate yourself to the Great Song, high-ranking officials Houlu can get it at your fingertips. Besides, you should have marriageable children in your family, and we can also marry and become a family. ”
Everyone listened.
Zhao Kuangyin's heart is half down, these veterans who follow him have solved it, but there are still a new generation of martial generals in the dynasty, what if they have a rebellion?
Zhao Kuangyin thought of many ways, and finally decided to improve the status of the Wen Chen and reduce the power of the military generals in the dynasty to solve the problem.
The influence of "emphasizing culture over martial arts" was extremely far-reaching in both the Northern and Southern Song Dynasties, and even the emperor had to listen to Wen Chen. Such an incident happened during the Song Zhenzong period.
Emperor Zhenzong of Song wanted to make his beloved woman Liu a noble concubine, but the imperial Chinese courtiers did not agree.
Song Zhenzong drew up an edict for the internal attendant to send to the prime minister Li Xin, and after Li Xin took the will, he burned it directly, and asked the internal attendant to return to the palace to tell Song Zhenzong that he did not agree to this. After hearing this, Song Zhenzong not only did not get angry, but also did not canonize Liu.
Picture | Song Renzong diagram
In addition, in the Northern Song Dynasty, military generals could only hold deputy positions in the imperial court, no matter how many military merits they had, and the main position was basically Wen Chen's, and if Wen Chen and military generals met on the street at the same time, military generals had to make way for Wen Chen.
In the Southern Song Dynasty, the status of military generals was lower, and many military generals would even go to Wen Chen as godfathers in order to have a place in the dynasty.
For a long time, the military generals of the Song Dynasty were accustomed to obeying the orders of the monarch, and the idea of loyalty was rooted in their bones, and if the emperor did not issue orders, they would not act.
Therefore, when Yue Fei was deeply imprisoned, Yue Jiajun did not have the consciousness to force the emperor to release people through his own strength.
Reason three: Leaving Yue Fei, Yue Jiajun was like a plate of scattered sand, and he didn't need to be blown by the wind, and he scattered. After Yue Fei was arrested and imprisoned, his son Yue Yun did not escape the disaster.
The Yue family completely lost control of the Yue family army, and Qin Hui and others deliberately designed to cause contradictions within the Yue family army, so that some of the generals in the army and Yue Fei left their hearts.
Yue Fei's arrest seemed to be all from the handiwork of Qin Hui and others, but in fact, the nine generals in the Yue family's army also "made a lot of efforts" in it. They were tempted by Qin Huan's generous conditions for adding officials to the knighthood, and signed the letter of indictment reporting Yue Fei's rebellion.
Figure|Yue Fei battle map
This turned the originally light and weightless material into iron-like evidence, pressing Yue Fei in prison with no place to turn over. Yue Fei and Yue Yun were both deeply imprisoned, and there was internal strife within the Yue Family Army, and without leadership, this scattered sand-like army was simply unable to rescue Yue Fei.
Reason four: Qin Hui designed to dismember Yue Jiajun from the inside, and no one in the army could do justice for Yue Fei. Although there were people in the Yue family army who defected, there were also many who really wanted to rescue Yue Fei's father and son.
Qin Hui feared that they would become a hidden danger, so he set up a banquet at the Hongmen to invite these generals to participate.
He poisoned the wine of the banquet, and the generals who came to the banquet were poisoned to death. Other generals who did not attend the banquet were exiled and expelled by him under various names, and even those who defected to him were transferred from the Yue family army by him.
Since then, the famous Yue family army has fallen apart, and there is no more power in a war, which has become history in people's mouths.
Figure|Prisoner of War
Epilogue:
After Yue Fei's death, the Song Kingdom no longer had the strength to compete with the Jin State, the Southern Song Dynasty perished, and all the children of Song Gaozong became prisoners of war of the Jin State, and Qin Hui was also his retribution for framing Zhongliang!