Many friends who like history know that neither a courtier nor an emperor can be perfect. After all, no one is perfect, and no matter what kind of status you are in, there will be dissatisfaction. This was true even for the Emperor on the high.
Most people have the impression that Zhao Gou is the ninth son of Zhao Ji of Song Huizong and the younger brother of Zhao Huan of Song Qinzong, after the "Jingkang Change", the two emperors of Hui and Qin were captured by the Jin, and Zhao Gou ascended the throne in Yingtianfu, established the Southern Song Dynasty, and became the founding emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty and the tenth emperor of the Song Dynasty.
And Zhao Gou can't tolerate anyone to threaten his position as emperor, so after becoming emperor, Zhao Gou always hopes that his courtiers can be loyal. But Zhao Gou can obviously only see the superficial phenomena, among which Qin Hui can clearly express his loyalty.
During the Northern Song Dynasty, political greed and official corruption were common. On the other hand, Yue Fei centered on "loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness", and actively promoted a series of policies such as military-civilian cooperation and reform of the military system. In the hearts of the people, Yue Fei's position is very important, and under the leadership of Yue Fei, the troops have extremely strong combat effectiveness.
But it is such a patriotic general, dedicated to the country, and it stands to reason that he should be reused. But the development of things often backfires, in the eyes of Zhao Gou and Qin Hui, Yue Fei is just a chess piece in their hands, in order to be able to achieve their own goals, they can abandon this chess piece anytime and anywhere.
Although it has always been said that Qin Hui killed Yue Fei, Qin Hui is also a shield. And it was Zhao Gou who wanted to kill Yue Fei, and this was because Song Gaozong Zhao Gou felt a real threat. Whether in the hearts of the army or the people, Yue Fei has a very high degree of credibility.
In addition, Yue Fei does not know how to restrain in some things, first of all, the Yue family army, after all, Yue Fei is deeply loved by the people, out of respect for Yue Fei. The soldiers who joined Yue Fei's command were all called the Yue Family Army, but this kind of name made Zhao Gou very unhappy, after all, I am the emperor, how can I be grateful to a general.
This kind of credibility made Zhao Gou feel threatened, and the reason why Zhao Gou and Qin Hui killed Yue Fei had only one purpose behind it, that is, to promote the "Shaoxing Peace Conference". The Southern Song Dynasty paid for the killing of Yue Fei in exchange for a peace agreement with the Jin State.
In 1141 AD, the Jin State intended to negotiate peace with the Southern Song Dynasty, and Qin Hui, as the main peace faction, tried his best to persuade Song Gaozong to accept the conditions of the Jin State. On the other hand, Yue Fei and Han Shizhong were resolutely opposed, Yue Fei believed that even if the main peace was not conducive to the stability of the country, it was necessary to resist to the end.
Unexpectedly, Qin Hui had already secretly communicated with the Jin State, and it was at this time that Qin Hui received a letter from the Jin State, asking to kill Yue Fei. Faced with such a situation, Qin Hui began to make a statement to Zhao Gou, claiming that the reason why Yue Fei was determined to go to war with the Jin State was entirely because he had a heavy army and left the safety of the emperor and the court behind.
Shaoxing Peace Conference
When the Song army was victorious, Zhao Gou recalled Yue Fei and three other anti-Jin generals to the capital, and asked Yue Fei to hand over the military power in his hands. Immediately afterwards, formal peace talks with Jin Guo began. Moreover, in the process of peace talks, the Southern Song Dynasty has always chosen to back down, and almost all the requests put forward by the Jin State will be agreed, and finally the two sides signed the "Shaoxing Peace Conference".
The main content of the negotiations is still about the conditions and boundaries of peace. Zhao Gou hoped to get more benefits at the lowest possible price, and at the same time demanded that the Jin State return Henan, Shaanxi, Shanxi and other places to restore the original territory of the Song Dynasty.
And for Jin Guo, it was completely the opposite, and also demanded that Yue Fei be killed. In this way, under the conspiracy of Zhao Gou, Qin Hui and others, Yue Fei's father and son were unjustly killed on "trumped-up" charges, as well as Zhang Xian, an important general of the Yue family's army, and then the invincible Yue's army was disintegrated.
What kind of emperor is Zhao Gou
Many people will think that Zhao Gou is a weak person, but according to history, Zhao Gou is really an underestimated emperor, and he still has many political achievements during his reign: the war with the Jin people was stopped, and the two sides maintained peace for a long time; most of the various rebellions and riots in the country were eliminated, the country was re-stabilized, and the economy began to resume development.
When the Jin soldiers besieged the city, he asked the Song Dynasty to send the prince to negotiate peace, and when no one dared to go, Zhao Gou was able to stand up and go to the Jin camp, which shows his courage. It's just that the later Zhao Gou seems to have lost that courage, leaving a cowardly impression on future generations.
Before Zhao Gou, it was Zhao Huan, the last emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty. In the first year of Jingkang, the Jin soldiers fought again, and even directly attacked the capital this time. In order to be able to quickly settle the matter, Zhao Huan decided to cut the land and seek reconciliation.
Before the Jingkang Revolution, Zhao Gou was sent to the Jin army camp as a hostage. Zhao Gou was neither humble nor arrogant, and practiced martial arts as usual in Jinying, riding horses and archery. Therefore, the Jin people thought that Zhao Gou was a fake prince and asked for a replacement, so Zhao Gou escaped from the Jin camp and became the only prince who was not captured by the Jin people.
Until Zhao Gou became the emperor, but the days that followed were still trembling, and after that, Zhao Gou also reused Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and others to actively fight against the Jin army, and achieved certain results from this point. But what makes everyone think that Zhao Gou is mediocre is because he seeks peace without a fight.
Zhao Gou adopted a peace strategy against Jin and had no intention of recovering the lost territory in the north, and there was another reason, that is, he did not want to welcome back the two sects of Huiqin through the Northern Expedition and let himself lose the throne. The Northern Song Dynasty was very afraid of the dictatorship of military generals, and did not want the growth of local mass power to affect its rule.
If Zhao Gou adopted the methods of the Tang Dynasty, set up a large number of jiedu envoys in the Central Plains, and even crowned the king, and sent a good general like Yue Fei to the post, it would definitely be possible to recover the Central Plains, and it was even possible to destroy the Jin State. But in that case, the Southern Song Dynasty would be full of separatist forces like the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties. In general, Zhao Gou can't be completely regarded as a faint king, and he has merit and merit.