Emperor YanLiang of the Jin Dynasty was the first Emperor of the Jin Dynasty to tear up this agreement after the Signing of the "Shaoxing Peace Agreement" between the Southern Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty, breaking the balance between the Song and Jin dynasties, and launching another attack on the Southern Song Dynasty. However, just as he was attacking the Southern Song Dynasty with his army, the domestic ministers usurped his throne.
Under normal circumstances, if the emperor leads troops to fight and someone in the country usurps the throne, the first thing to do when the emperor is to quickly organize the army to fight back, snatch the throne back, and punish the usurper. Even if we do not fight back, we must quickly make peace with the belligerents in a timely manner. Only when we make peace will we not be attacked by the enemy.
(Statue of Yan Liang)
However, at that time, after Yan Liang knew that someone had usurped the throne, why did he not organize the army to fight back, nor did he make peace with the Southern Song Dynasty, but he also insisted on fighting the Southern Song Dynasty to the end? What was he thinking?
Guan Yanliang was an emperor with mixed reputations. Because Jin Xizong was short-tempered in the later period, he killed the chancellor at every turn, and accumulated a lot of resentment in the imperial court. Therefore, this gives the ambitious opportunity to complete the face. Yan Liang united with the other ministers, killed Jin Xizong, and became emperor himself.
After Yan Liang became emperor, he implemented Sinicization measures in the country, moved the capital to the Central Plains, and actively developed agriculture. In doing so, the status of Jinguo as a Central Plains country has been greatly established, and the contribution to the development of Jinguo has been great.
However, Yan Liang eventually embarked on the same path as Kim Hee-jong, and his personality also became brutal. Not only did they kill the ministers, but they also robbed the ministers of their beautiful wives and concubines for their own amusement. In the end, like Jin Xizong, he made a lot of anger in the imperial court.
Obviously, Yan Liang saw That Jin Xizong's personality was brutal, so he was able to kill jun and come to power, why did he do the same? Didn't he know that by doing so, he would lose the support of the ministers of the DPRK and China?
(Kim Hee-jong)
Yan Liang knew. However, he also had no way to do anything about it.
At that time, at the beginning of the founding of the Jin Dynasty, due to the completion of the Yan Aku and Jin Taizong in the process of unification, relying on the sons of the clan to conquer the north and conquer the north, they seized the throne and laid a foundation. This made the early years of the founding of the Jin Dynasty very many heroes. Moreover, most of these heroes are also the sons of the clan. These clan sons all have a lot of power, or they are frugal and self-respecting. Or call the wind and rain in the court and hold the authority. Jin Xizong was originally a good emperor, and the reason why he became so cruel later was because he was very uneasy about these heroes, so he would fight and kill them.
Originally, when Yan Liang was just a minister, he did not feel this threat. But when he became emperor, this threat came, and Yan Liang also became suspicious and began to kill the heroes.
At the same time, although Guanyan Liang is actively pursuing Sinicization, he is also a literary scholar with certain literary attainments. However, as an ethnic minority in the north, the gene of advocating violence is deeply rooted in the bone marrow, and it also lacks better political means to deal with the problem of too much power of the sons of the clan. So, in the end, there is only one way left to kill.
(Kim Taejong)
Originally, the Jin Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty signed the "Shaoxing Peace Agreement", and the two countries have also temporarily withdrawn their troops. Why did Yan Liang tear up the agreement and organize a large army to attack the Southern Song Dynasty?
The first purpose is that Yan Liang wants to integrate the domestic military forces. Only by waging war can the whole country's army be mobilized. Once mobilized, they can be reintegrated.
The second purpose is to build one's own prestige. Yan Liang had already seen the dissatisfaction of the domestic ministers and generals with him. If this discontent is allowed to continue, then he is likely to go to the fate of Jin Xizong and be killed by other unscrupulous courtiers. If you don't want to be killed, you can only kill these powerful people first. But he had already killed a lot of people, and he was furious and resentful, and if he killed again, he would do the opposite. Therefore, the only way is to improve their prestige by fighting the Southern Song Dynasty and establishing military achievements.
Yuno Shi said that Yan Liang was only raised to invade the south because he saw such a moving verse as "There are three autumn guizi and ten lotus flowers" written by Liu Yong in "Looking at the Sea Tide". We cannot say that literary and artistic young people do not have such ideas. However, obviously this is not the main idea.
(Finish Yan Yong stills)
When the war between Yan Liang and the Southern Song Dynasty began, his brother Yan Yong declared himself emperor in China, so why did he continue to fight?
The reason was simple, because for him at that time, neither of the two goals to be achieved in starting the war was achieved. If no one in the country usurps the throne, even if neither of these two goals is achieved, it will not be a big problem. However, when someone usurps the throne, neither of these two goals is achieved, and the problem is serious. Without the integration of military forces, the army will not listen to his command at this time. Without getting any bargain in the Southern Song Dynasty, his prestige was even lower. In this case, how could he still defeat Yan Yong?
Some people say that can Yan Liang make peace with the Southern Song Dynasty at this time? No. Because of this, the Southern Song Dynasty must talk about conditions. If it is a condition of losing power and humiliating the country, his prestige in the country will be lower, and he will be even more undefeated to complete Yan Yong.
Therefore, Yan Liang could only insist on going his own way and gambling, in case the Southern Song Dynasty was defeated, wouldn't there be conditions for a counter-offensive?
Unfortunately, he met Yu Yunwen of the Southern Song Dynasty, and was eventually defeated, and he also lost the bet, and later under the rebellion of the people, he was also killed by his subordinates, and embarked on the old path of Jin Xizong.
(References: History of Jin, History of Song, etc.)