Jingkang's shame has not yet been eliminated, and the courtiers harbor deep hatred, when will it be dispelled? This sentence is taken from Yue Fei's popular work "Man Jianghong: Angry Hair Rushes to the Crown." The poem vividly expresses Yue Fei's anger at the enemy's invasion of the motherland, and at the same time reveals his disappointment with the rulers of the Great Song Dynasty.
Yue Fei's name is undoubtedly a household name, he is a national hero of the mainland, known for fighting against the Jin soldiers in the Southern Song Dynasty, and is an outstanding military strategist, strategist and calligrapher, who can be called the first of the four generals of the Southern Song Dynasty.
Yue Fei's spirit of serving the country with loyalty is not only a love for the Great Song Dynasty, but also a symbol of the inherent fighting spirit of the Chinese.
The Song Dynasty as a unique era, different from the prosperous Tang Dynasty and the powerful Yuan Dynasty, is unique in its cultural and economic flashpoints.
In the Song Dynasty, the country's military was weakened by a system that favored literature over force, and emphasized practical work over branches.
Yue Fei was born in a country in internal and external difficulties, and he faced many helpless actions under the constraints of the imperial court. Because he touched the rights and interests of vested interests in the course of the struggle, he was eventually executed by the imperial court.
After Yue Fei's death, his descendants suffered from the persecution of Qin Hui and others, fortunately, at a critical moment, an important person stood up and preserved the survival of Yue Fei's descendants, and the bloodline of the Yue family was extended.
Because of this, the Yue family made a rule that the descendants of the Yue family should not intermarry with the descendants of the benefactor who saved them. What's the story behind this?
An outstanding hero is beginning to emerge, Yue Fei was born on February 25, the second year of Chongning in the Northern Song Dynasty, and was born in an ordinary peasant family in Henan. It is rumored that when he was born, there was a big bird circling and flying in the sky, so his parents named him Fei, and the word Pengju.
According to historical records, Yue Fei was silent when he was a teenager, advocating solar terms, and often holding "Zuo's Spring and Autumn". By chance, he learned to ride and shoot under Zhou's teacher, but the master died of illness immediately, which hit Yue Fei hard. On the fifteenth day of every lunar month, he would personally go to the Master's grave to pay respects. Later, he worshipped Chen Guang as a teacher, learned the art of swords and guns, and practiced excellent martial arts.
Legend has it that Yue Fei was born with divine power, and when he was less than 20 years old, he was able to draw a bow for 300 Song catties. As an adult, Yue Fei, who was ambitious, joined the military and killed the enemy for the country, like many people of insight.
In the fourth year of Xuanhe, Yue Fei successfully passed the selection and became the captain of the "Dare Warrior", officially embarking on the military journey. He distinguished himself in the military, not only on the battlefield, but also in military training.
With unremitting efforts, Yue Fei cultivated a powerful Yue family army, and won many victories on the battlefield, so he was rewarded by the imperial court and was able to meet with Emperor Zhao Gou.
The atmosphere of this meeting was harmonious, and Zhao Gou looked forward to cultivating a general who could fight for him. Under the emperor's earnest instructions, Yue Fei moved to Jianghuai and once again achieved outstanding results on the battlefield.
However, just as Yue Fei was fighting in all directions, Qin Hui entered Zhao Gou's sight and won the emperor's trust. After Zhao Gou ascended the throne, he faced a huge problem: when getting along with the Jin Kingdom, should he choose the main battle or the main peace?
On the one hand, he appointed Li Gang of the main battle faction as the prime minister of the left, and at the same time, he also valued the officials of the peace faction, which led to Yue Fei and others often being interfered with by the peace faction on the battlefield.
In the later years of Zhao Gou's reign, he had a negative attitude towards the war and even began to prepare a plan to move south, much to Yue Fei's anger. Yue Fei wrote to Zhao Gou to emphasize the urgency of resisting Jin, reveal the true nature of those who surrendered, and suggested that Zhao Gou personally cross north to boost the morale of the army and hope that the Central Plains would recover as soon as possible.
However, Zhao Gou was disgusted by this, and not only avoided war, but also opposed Yue Fei's proposal to conquer the army, and eventually expelled him from the military and expelled him from the barracks.
Yue Fei did not waver in his loyalty to the country, and went north to the Daimyo Mansion on the front line of the anti-Jin resistance, and was supported by the famous anti-Jin general Zhang Suo. Zhang recognized Yue Fei's talent, promoted him to Xiu Wulang, and gradually promoted him to the commander, becoming an important leader in the anti-Jin army.
With the help of Wang Yan and other famous anti-gold generals, Yue Fei once again formed a strong army. Zhao Gou's negative attitude did not make Yue Fei succumb, but inspired him to be more determined to serve the country and resist Jin.
On the war-torn front, the situation has changed abruptly, and the wind direction in the court has changed dramatically. Li Gang, who advocated war, was removed from the post of prime minister, and Zhang was exiled to Lingnan because of reports from others. However, before they could reach their destination, Zhang Suo had already passed away, leaving Wang Yan and Yue Fei as lone marchers without support.
Faced with a critical situation, Wang Yan chose to fight conservatively, but the young Yue Fei accused him of being too aggressive and cowardly, and led his subordinates to fight without authorization, winning two victories. However, these two victories attracted fierce retaliation from tens of thousands of Jin troops, causing Wang Yan and Yue Fei's armies to be besieged and forced to separate in the breakout.
After the disaster, Yue Fei realized his stupidity and understood Wang Yan's advice. In order to obtain forgiveness, he hurried to Wang Yan's army to plead guilty. However, due to the tragic losses caused by the war, Wang Yan was unwilling to forgive Yue Fei, let alone tolerate him. In desperation, Yue Fei had no choice but to say goodbye, wander around with people who were willing to follow him, and began to confront the Jin people.
In many battles with the Jin army, Yue Fei repeatedly defeated his opponents with his excellent command skills. In one of the battles, he personally killed the commander of the Jin army, King Black Wind, and plunged tens of thousands of Jin troops into a chaotic situation without an owner.
At the same time, in the Taihang Mountains, the patriotic generals Yue Fei and Wang Yan confronted the Jin, while Zongze, who remained behind in Kaifeng Prefecture, was also actively preparing to deal with the challenge of the Jin.
After learning about Wang Yan and Yue Fei's situation, he volunteered to provide shelter and became Yue Fei's supporter. During the period from Guishun to the reign of Zong Ze, Yue Fei won many victories on the battlefield again, so he was appointed as the commander.
After Zong Ze's death, Du Chunsheng took over as the Kaifeng Mansion Guard, he was ruthless, lacked strategy, abandoned Zong Ze's Northern Expedition plan, and his attitude towards Yue Fei changed dramatically.
Soon after, Qin Hui gained the trust of the emperor and became the right minister of the imperial court. Yue Fei was straightforward and bent on recovering the lost territory, and in his exchanges with court officials, he repeatedly proposed to take back the second emperor of Huiqin. However, Yue Fei did not realize that this opinion was too presumptuous for the emperor at that time.
If Zhao Gou really took back the second emperor of Huiqin, would his rule be shaken? On this question, history has evaluated Zhao Gou as a mediocre monarch and accused him of executing the patriotic general Yue Fei. However, the reason why Zhao Gou executed Yue Fei was not only because he was weak and weak, but also because he did not allow any royal family members to take his place.
On this point, Qin Hui and Zhao Gou agreed. After Qin Hui served as the right minister, he immediately pointed the finger at Yue Fei, who was fighting bloodily.
Yue Fei is a straightforward person, and he is extremely impatient with hypocritical and tortuous interpersonal relationships, especially for those who are greedy for money and lustful. As a result, his relationship with Zhang Jun, a general who had achieved brilliant results in the War against Jin but was greedy for money, was very strained.
Qin Hui sensed this, quickly drew Zhang Jun to his side, and became an accomplice in creating Yue Fei's unjust prison. Under the joint persecution of several ministers and the emperor, Yue Fei was falsely imprisoned and finally passed away.
Yue Fei's death was not only a personal tragedy for him, but also a huge loss for the people of the entire Song Dynasty.
After Qin Hui killed Yue Fei's father and son, in order to prevent the matter from being revealed, he launched a hunt for other members of the Yue family. Fortunately, Han Shizhong and his wife came to the capital in time to ask to see the emperor, so that the Yue family was spared and exiled instead.
Gong Zuwen learned that the imperial court was going to hunt down Yue Fei's third son, Yue Lin, who was in exile, and he had a lot of respect for Yue Fei, so he not only did not hand over Yue Lin immediately, but also hid him in his mansion at the risk of his family's life. When Qin Hui searched for Yue's family across the country, Gong Zuwen resigned and returned to his hometown on the grounds of frailty and illness. In the end, Gong Zuwen's family secretly took Yue Lin to Liutang Village, and under his protection, Yue Lin was able to survive and become an aspiring young man who was erudite and talented, both civil and military.
After Song Xiaozong ascended the throne, he deeply felt the pain of the invasion of Jin soldiers and the murder of Yue Fei, in order to rehabilitate this national hero, he quickly liquidated Qin Hui and his henchmen, and personally issued an edict to restore the truth. It was only at this time that Yue's family was able to clear their grievances, and Yue Lin returned to the imperial court and gradually rose to important positions such as the squire of the military department and the pacification envoy of the Guangdong Economic Strategy.
The Yue family's bloodline was able to continue, essentially thanks to the fact that Gong Zuwen saved Yue Lin's life at the moment of life and death. The rest of the Yue family fled to other places under the protection of the people, and some are said to have fled to Goryeo, present-day Korea, and changed their surname to the surname of Yue Fei's wife, Lee.
The descendants of the Yue family did not lose their family character in Goryeo, and inherited Yue Fei's legacy, cooperated with Li Chenggui in many battles, and helped him establish the Li Dynasty. Hundreds of years later, this descendant of Yue Fei in South Korea has developed into a large family of more than 10,000 people.
In order to commemorate Yue Fei and Gong Zuwen, the descendants compiled a genealogy and placed the spirit tablets and statues of Yue Fei and Gong Zuwen in the ancestral hall.
The descendants of the Yue family regard Gong Zuwen as their biological father, not only Yue Lin, but also other descendants of the Yue family also regard Gong Zuwen as a family member. Because in the eyes of later generations, the Yue family and the Gong family have always been a family, so they established a rule that the two families are absolutely not allowed to intermarry. To this day, descendants still follow this ancestral teaching.
Although the Song Dynasty failed to completely wash away Jingkang's shame, if Yue Fei learned that his descendants lived such a good life, I believe he would feel relieved.
2013 is the 910th anniversary of Yue Fei's birth. This year, the descendants of the Yue family from all over the world gathered together to pay homage to this great ancestor. Among them, there are also the descendants of Yue Fei who fled to South Korea. Everyone gathered in front of Yue Fei's tomb and praised Yue Fei's masterpiece "Man Jianghong, Angry Hair Rushing to the Crown".
Although Yue Fei has been dead for many years, his deeds and spirit have always been praised by the Chinese people. Chairman Mao once said that Yue Fei's killing is now a household name, leaving a mark that will last forever. His blood permeates the veins of our nation and is passed down from generation to generation.
It is hoped that future generations can truly inherit the spirit of Yue Fei, lead by example, and fulfill the responsibility of serving the country loyally.