(Song Ningzong, Zhao Kuo)
Emperors have always been born, it is always raining heavily in the sky, and the ground is glowing red, anyway, all kinds of astronomical visions, geographical wonders, Song Ningzong Zhao Kuo is no exception.
His mother, Empress Li, had a bizarre dream.
She once dreamed that a big sun fell in the Southern Song Dynasty Palace, and within two days of waking up, she was pregnant with Zhao Kuo.
Soon after, Zhao Kuo fell to the ground, was born into the human world, and officially began his life journey.
At this time, there was still a long way to go before he became emperor.
Emperor Xiaozong of Song did not like himself since he was a child, and although Emperor Zhao of Song Guangzong suffered from intermittent mental illness, his physical fitness was very tough and did not have the slightest intention of a bento.
Therefore, even if Zhao Kuo is a legitimate empress, it seems that it has nothing to do with the throne for the time being.
Shao Xi 5 years, 1194 AD.
Emperor Zhao Xuan, who had struggled all his life for the Southern Song Empire, came to the end of his life and drove the crane west.
This incident dealt a great blow to Emperor Guangzong, causing his condition to become more serious, and when he went to the court, he spat out white foam and talked nonsense, which was basically abolished.
This time the ministers were gone.
As courtiers, they can go hand in hand with the wise king, they can also live under the hands of the faint king, and they can make a living under the rule of the tyrant, but they are absolutely unwilling to work under a mentally ill hand.
So soon, without Emperor Guangzong's knowledge, the ministers collectively supported Zhao Kuo, took Zhao Kuo out of his home, and sent him to the position of emperor.
Proper "Man sits in his home, and the throne rises from heaven."
Zhao Kuo (i.e., Song Ningzong), who became emperor, was very grateful to these ministers who supported him to ascend the throne, two of whom had been rushing to the front in order to let Zhao Kuo ascend the throne, so the emperor attached great importance to it, and was particularly grateful.
One of these two people was named Zhao Ruyu, and the emperor arranged for him to be the prime minister, and the other was named Han Nongxin, and the emperor arranged for him to be the privy council.
Zhao Ruyu (left) Han Nongxu (right)
Although the two court officials were consistent in their decision to support Zhao Kuo, their personal political views were different.
Han Nongxu was a military general and despised poor and corrupt Confucianism the most, but Zhao Ruyu advocated science and was still good friends with Zhu Xi, a famous theorist at that time.
If there is a disagreement between the civil and the military, there will inevitably be a big war.
The literati are weak and will only work the lips, and Old Comrade Han is not used to that, and he will clean up Zhao Ruyu after three strokes and five divisions.
Zhao Ruyu was deposed and transferred from the Southern Song Dynasty Headquarters to a local branch, and Lao Han won a great victory in this party struggle.
Although Han Nongxin loves to suppress his colleagues, he is not a bad comrade.
He once told the emperor that the reason why the Jin Dynasty regime in the north had stopped so much was because the Southern Song Dynasty had long given red envelopes to people.
Although giving out red envelopes can be exchanged for temporary peace, this kind of behavior is actually very humiliating.
As an author, I would like to interject a digression, in fact, I have said many times about the fact that the Southern and Northern Song Dynasties always gave red envelopes to the Liaojin regime in the north.
Many netizens believe that there is nothing wrong with sending red envelopes, and why do you have to use force to solve things that can be solved with money?
The Southern Song Dynasty gave red envelopes to the Jin Dynasty, which was equivalent to a father giving his son pocket money.
I very much disagree with this preconceived metaphor.
Because from the perspective of pedagogy, in the face of a disobedient, always naughty child, a father will only use the way of sending red envelopes to coax, to comfort the child, can not show that this father is very smart, very powerful.
It can only show that he is a cowardly father who is incapable of educating his son well.
In addition, if you can use the relationship between the Southern Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty with your father and son, then I can also use another metaphor.
The government of the Southern Song Dynasty was like a primary school student, who would be extorted pocket money by the young people of the Jin Dynasty every night when they came home from school.
If you change it to such a metaphor, do you still think that the Southern Song Dynasty is reasonable to engage in this kind of huairou indemnity policy?
Of course, Song Ningzong Zhao Kuo also wanted to understand this, you don't look at his temple number is "Ning", but he is definitely not a quiet and stable person.
After Han Nongxu's incitement, Zhao Kuo thought that it was a great shame that the Southern Song Dynasty sent money to the Jin Dynasty every day, so he immediately decided to turn his face with the Jin Dynasty, he had to touch the old Jin Dynasty, fight a dozen, whether he could recover the rivers and mountains did not matter, the most important thing was to get the lost face back.
(Jin Dynasty regime)
When all was said and done, Zhao Kuo immediately began to prepare.
Some people may be curious, fight a war, take the team to rush over and do it with them, and what preparations are needed.
In fact, it is not, and the preparation before the expedition is indispensable.
Although the emperor is the supreme leader of the country, the emperor does not want to do anything.
For example, if the emperor wants a concubine, the minister will say that the emperor is obsessed with women.
If the emperor wants to build a palace, the minister will advise the emperor to rule the country diligently and frugally, and should not build a large number of buildings.
The emperor wants to travel abroad, and the ministers will say that the government affairs are busy, you still have to watch the music well, handle the state affairs well, and go out to play when you have nothing to do.
In a way, the emperor is actually more unfree than anyone else in the world.
His body is the state, his spirit is also the state, and his life's behavior must be closely dependent on the interests of the country, and there can be no private thoughts.
Therefore, when Emperor Zhao Kuo of Song Ningzong told the ministers that he was going to send troops to attack Jin in the Northern Expedition, the ministers were confused.
Since the founding of the country, this dynasty has not fought with the Jin Dynasty, but not all of them have been beaten up after going to the family, and it is over?
Now it is difficult to give money to others every year to solve the problem, as an emperor, you should continue to develop this kind of peaceful and friendly relations, how can you take the initiative to provoke war?
At this time, the importance of "preparation" is highlighted.
How to prepare the law?
Zhao Kuo made a big deal out of the fact that Qin Juniper had harmed Yue Fei in those years, and once again rehabilitated Yue Fei and posthumously awarded Yue Fei an official position, while at the same time vigorously propagating the ideology and feelings of "Jing Kang shame, Ju Wei Xue, courtiers hate, when to extinguish."
After such preparations, everyone was excited, and people fell into a fanatical patriotic and vengeful mentality.
In such an atmosphere, the call against the Northern Expedition was naturally small.
But there were still ministers with iron heads, who insisted that it was very irrational to engage with the Jin Dynasty at this time.
The minister's name was Ye Shi.
(Portrait of Ye Shi)
Comrade Ye was a well-known courtier at that time, the emperor wanted to fight, he wanted to draft a war book, find Ye Shi, Ye Shi actually refused to make up an edict, not only that, he also gave the emperor a message, thinking that the Northern Expedition was extremely dangerous, and if he went there, he would be cool.
Hua Yue, a college student, gave the emperor a table and wrote eight big characters:
"The division has done nothing and is self-defeating without a fight."
Hua Yue believed that taking the initiative to challenge the Jin Dynasty did not make much sense in itself, so the army did not have to fight a war, and it failed first.
There were many people who sang the decline and did not support it, but they could not hinder Emperor Ningzong's ambitions.
Zhao Kuo, who was obstinate, soon suffered.
Although he relied on the surprise attack on the Jin Army to take the lead and ate some sweetness, the Jin people who were beaten for no reason quickly reacted, usually I see that you pay the protection fee very diligently, poor Baba, I don't clean up after you, you don't care, you now dare to take advantage of me not to pay attention to sneak attack me?
The Jin army counterattacked, the Song army was defeated, and the Northern Expedition once again failed unsurprisingly.
The reason for the failure was that the Southern Song government at that time really did not have any commanders who could handle it.
There are many people who can fight wars and many who can charge, but there are almost no cultural people who can lead troops, plan, and lay out layouts.
In this way, the phrase "the Southern Song Dynasty lacks generals and the Northern Song Dynasty lacks phases" that is widely circulated by netizens is not unreasonable.
For war is definitely not about one-man, reckless and fearless courage.
On bravery and bravery, who can compare with Xiang Yu? He didn't lose either.
The Jin people were originally cunning, and the Song Dynasty government had a bunch of big bosses and rude people, not even a cultural person, how could they fight?
Defeated by the Golden Army, we are greeted with a familiar taste and a familiar recipe.
Cutting land, paying reparations, and being a vassal are the same as the old three.
But in addition, the Golden Man also made a very harsh demand.
That is to tie up the mastermind who provoked this war and send it to us.
Because the Jin dynasty government understood that the emperors of the Southern Song Dynasty had always been cowardly and did not have a belligerent heart, the reason why the two countries went to war must be that there were militant activists who instigated the emperor.
And this activist is none other than Han Nongxin mentioned at the beginning of the article.
For Comrade Han, this is undoubtedly unfair.
As a military general, it was not wrong to want to recover the rivers and mountains and fight against foreign enemies, and it was not wrong to encourage the emperor to fight bravely with the Jin Dynasty regime.
From any point of view, Han Nongxin is a loyal and good general.
Even if the war is lost, he should be respected.
The emperor was very hesitant, because he also felt that if Han Nongxin was tied up and sent to the Jin Dynasty, it would be a little uninteresting and unsophisticated.
However, another senior member of the DPRK, Shi Miyuan, a rebbe attendant, believed that when the country was in crisis, it was no big deal to sacrifice a military general.
(Image of Fumiya)
Although his official position was not small, the Ministry of Rites was not the main power of the government, so he quickly found Empress Yang to discuss countermeasures.
It just so happened that the Yang clan had always looked down on Han Nongxu, so the empress and the chancellor joined forces to design to trick Han Nongxin out of the palace and directly give the fa on the spot.
Of course the emperor knew about it, but the emperor did not show any attitude.
A powerful member of the imperial court was gone, and not only the emperor, but also the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu seemed to have all acted as if nothing had happened.
A special tacit understanding was reached between the monarchs and courtiers.
Everyone knows that Han Nongxu must be sacrificed.
His head was cut off and sent to the Jin people, and the Jin government gave up.
Everything was back to calm.
After this farce, the emperor never mentioned the Northern Expedition again.
We can understand Zhao Kuo, because every young person once wanted to turn the world upside down, but in the end he found that the world always existed, and he could only reconcile with the world in an instant.
Whether it is the Southern Song Dynasty or the Northern Song Dynasty, in fact, from the beginning of its establishment, it seems that their ending has been written.
There are ambitions in the air, but the heavens are never beautiful.
After that, Zhao Kuo was addicted to Taoist alchemy, and even the government did not care much.
Illusory religious beliefs became the emperor's final destination.
In 1224, Emperor Ningzong died of illness in Lin'an City.
Before he died, he entered the Dan Hundred Grains, and his eyes were full of regret.
What are the regrets?
I think you readers already have the answer in mind.