The emperor and a group of traitors in the Northern Song Dynasty at that time were simply planting mines for the country! At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the emperor was mediocre, traitorous ministers were in power, and foreign enemies were approaching, and a series of internal and external troubles were intertwined, leading to the fall of this once powerful dynasty.
In 1125 AD, the situation in the Northern Song Dynasty was already stormy. In this year, the Jin army invaded the south on a large scale and approached the Song capital of Bianjing (today's Kaifeng). At that time, Zhao Huan of Song Qinzong, a typical faint monarch, succeeded his father Huizong and continued to walk on the old road of destroying the country. During the Huizong period, there were already internal and external troubles, and after Qinzong came to power, the situation deteriorated.
During the reign of Qinzong, the government was chaotic and traitors were rampant. Among them, Dazai Lee Kunihiko is a typical bad character. This person, who usually seems to be weak and weak, is actually vicious, and all he thinks about all day long is how to preserve his status and wealth by surrendering. And Qinzong, apparently, is also a leader who has no opinions, and resigned himself to Li Bangyan's words.
Just when the enemy army was pressing the border, when he should have united as one to resist the foreign enemy, Li Bangyan formed a gang behind his back and advocated peace with the Jin army. He took advantage of Qinzong's fears to get the emperor to agree to peace talks with the Jin army. The result? The peace talks were a farce at all, and the purpose of the Jin army was to completely defeat the Song Dynasty from the very beginning, and they would not sincerely negotiate peace with the Song Dynasty at all.
With such insightful people as Li Gang and others, they tried to save this precarious country, and constantly proposed to Qinzong to defend the city. Li Gang was an iron-clad veteran who knew military affairs well, and he repeatedly persuaded Qinzong to stick to Bianjing and resist the Jin army with practical actions. However, these words of advice are often not accepted by the Qinzong, and are even excluded by traitorous officials.
At that time, there were also some brave generals such as Chongshi Dao and Yao Pingzhong, who led elite soldiers and strong generals to Bianjing from all directions, ready to compete with the Jin army. Both Chong Shi Dao and Yao Pingzhong were fierce generals on the battlefield, and their armies were strong in combat and fully capable of inflicting heavy losses on the Jin army on the battlefield. However, when the Planter Dao came, he only brought 3,000 horse troops and 5,000 infantry troops, which made Qinzong very disappointed, in fact, if Qinzong could gather these forces, it was entirely possible for them to form a strong defensive line around Bianjing, and maybe even change the tide of the war. Unfortunately, under the bewitchment of Li Bangyan, Qinzong never made firm decisions and always wavered, and this hesitation eventually led to the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty.
The people's hatred for these traitors is very deep. In the eyes of the people and soldiers, these people are the thieves of the country in times of crisis, and their presence has seriously destroyed the confidence of the people and put the loyal people who really want to contribute to the country in a difficult situation. It was this internal corruption and division that made the Jin army's offensive more ferocious, and the Song Dynasty's defense line gradually collapsed.
History will not forget the heroes who stood at their posts when the end came. For example, Li Gang, although he was marginalized and even ostracized, he never gave up confrontation. He ran around the city and beyond, organizing the people and the army to resist, but often to no avail, because orders from above were always hesitant and indecisive.
Analyzing this period of history, it is not difficult to see that the collapse of a country is often the result of a combination of factors. Internal corruption and irrational political decision-making, especially in times of national crisis, are often more lethal than external pressure. Although the Jin army was strong, if the Song Dynasty had been united and resolutely resisted, the outcome might have been very different.
Looking back at this history, we can find many questions that are worth thinking about today. How the role of leadership affects the fate of an entire country, and how important is the power of support and collective action in a team.
History is the best textbook, and it provides countless examples for us to learn from and learn from them. The fall of the Northern Song Dynasty reflected the incompetence of those in power, the rampant behavior of traitorous ministers, and the suffering of the people.