Preface
In ancient times, traitors were often able to exert significant influence on the emperor, influence the government, and bring great disasters to the country and even the people. In the long course of history, there have indeed been many cases of the collapse of the country because of favoring traitorous ministers. Today, let's take a look at such a story in the last years of the Southern Song Dynasty.
1. Zhao Yu ascended the throne, and the Southern Song Dynasty was in danger
In 1264, Zhao Yun of Song Lizong died and was succeeded by his adopted son Zhao Yu, who was Song Duzong. However, after Zhao Yu ascended the throne, he did not think about the country and govern as people expected, on the contrary, he was absurd, indulging in wine all day long, and he was too lazy to pay attention to the government and politics, but completely handed it over to the traitors around him to deal with.
Among these traitorous ministers, the most famous is Jia Nidao, and the reason why he can become Zhao Yu's most trusted minister is because of his "professional" skills. Jia Rudao is an "entomologist", he has a very deep study of crickets, and even wrote the book "Cricket Spectrum", and this identity also made him appreciated by Zhao Yu, and he was soon promoted to Taishi and became the first minister of the court.
The reason why Jia Rudao was able to have such a great impact on the government was naturally because of his treacherous and cunning, he used his special identity to suppress all the voices of some oppositionists, which led to the increasingly closed speech of the court, and he himself took the opportunity to wantonly accumulate wealth, and even blatantly colluded with foreign enemies, both internally and externally, so that the entire Southern Song Dynasty court fell into a great crisis.
Second, Zhao Yu was extravagant, and the country was even more in danger
And in this context, Zhao Yu is naturally very comfortable, he has nothing to do all day, and his only hobby is to pamper beauties and indulge in wine. And a minister like Jia Rudao naturally did not persuade him, but connived at his behavior, and gave him some stimuli from time to time, making his body worse and worse.
It is precisely because of this that Zhao Yu's physical condition has a great problem in a short period of time, his hair has become dry and gray, his temples are even more gray, and the whole person looks tired and old. But even so, he still turned a blind eye to his physical condition, still indulged in wine every day, and had no interest in national affairs.
Under the joint "care" of such emperors and ministers, the court of the Southern Song Dynasty was naturally precarious, the country's strength was deteriorating, and the threat of foreign enemies was getting bigger and bigger. At this time, the Mongol army launched a full-scale attack on the Southern Song Dynasty, but Zhao Yu was still indifferent at this time, he didn't even bother to think about the countermeasures, and completely handed everything over to Jia Yidao to deal with.
3. The fall of the Southern Song Dynasty has taught a profound lesson from history
In the end, the Southern Song Dynasty court was the opponent of the Mongol army under such circumstances, and it was soon completely destroyed, and Zhao Yu himself was also sick in this year, coupled with long-term wine indulgence, his body was already unbearable, and finally at the age of 35, he fell ill in bed and left this world.
The fall of the Southern Song Dynasty is naturally inseparable from Zhao Yu's absurdity and immorality, Jia Rudao's treacherous and cunning, and among them, a mediocre and incompetent emperor like Zhao Yu naturally played a role in fueling the flames. His words and deeds have plunged the whole country into a crisis of extinction, and such an outcome has also left us with an extremely profound historical lesson.
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