Some readers left a message asking a question: There are so many traitors in Chinese history, why was qin juniper in the Southern Song Dynasty scolded the most and scolded the most by posterity? This is a good question, and if you think about it, Qin Juniper has indeed been scolded very badly, and the kneeling statue has been kneeling for hundreds of years. Framing Zhongliang has existed since ancient times, but Yue Fei is a pillar of the state, and he was killed by Qin Juniper at the most critical moment of resisting Jin, can Qin Juniper not scold?
In fact, Qin Juniper had already anticipated that after his death, he would probably leave a name for eternity. How can this be changed? Qin Juniper thought of rewriting history, and there is such a record in the "History of Song" volume 473 "Biography of Qin Juniper":
"Hinoki Nobuki. He also ordered Zi Xi to lead the history of the country as a secretary, and entered the five hundred and ninety volumes of the "Calendar" from the first year of Jianyan to the twelfth year of Shaoxing. Empress Dowager Xiyin returned to the north, and praised more than 2,000 words of merit and merit, so that the works of Lang Wang Yangying and Zhou Zhi lambs were all moved to rank. Since the re-phase of the juniper, all those who have neglected the edicts and chapters since the previous resignation, the rate is more likely to be burned, the calendar, the current and political deaths have been lost, it is the later records are all burned pens, and there is no public right and wrong. ”
You see, Qin Juniper is going to tamper with the history books. In addition to changing history, Qin Ju also planned to exterminate all his political enemies before his death, "Juniper Bingzheng has been in power for eighteen years, rich and extremely rich, and his old and sick are invading day by day, and he will get rid of dissidents." "These are all recorded in the "History of Song", that is, the official records, can posterity not scold Qin Juniper?
Many historians say that if Qin Ju had not been born in the Song Dynasty, he might not have been so scolded. The Song Dynasty held a high position in the minds of Chinese, and the master of traditional Chinese studies, Chen Yinke, said, "The culture of the Chinese nation, which has evolved over thousands of years, was created in the world of Zhao and Song." "The economy, culture, education, and scientific innovation of the Song Dynasty are all second to none in the world.
The Song Dynasty was also an era of great prosperity in the city culture, and the up-and-down flow between the ruling class and the ruled class was extremely ordinary. In other words, the proportion of children of commoners rising to rulers is unprecedentedly high, and the proportion of eunuchs descending to be ruled is also unprecedented.
At the same time, the end of the heroes, the misleading of traitors, the hatred of the country and the family, and the unpaid ambitions of the Song Dynasty are all popular themes in the literary and art circles. It was precisely at this time that Qin Juniper, a traitor, gathered the hatred of countless people, and China had the plot of a tragic hero, and Yue Fei, who was ambitious and unrewarded, made people deepen their impression of Qin Juniper.
Another important reason why Qin Juniper was so scolded by people was that he actually died well and died at the age of 65, which was a very high age at that time. We know that Chinese has paid attention to the cycle of heavenly reason since ancient times, and the so-called good and evil will eventually be rewarded, not that the time has not yet come. But when it came to the traitorous minister Qin Juniper, this statement was completely invalidated. To paraphrase everyone, "God is blind!" ”
Therefore, it is not difficult to understand that later generations hate Qin Juniper even more. When he arrived in the Qing Dynasty, Qin Dashi, a descendant of Qin Juniper, took the title, and he said two widely circulated words in front of Yue Fei's tomb, "People have been ashamed of their names since the Song Dynasty, and I am ashamed of my surname Qin before going to the grave." These two sentences also truly reproduce the hatred of the common people for Qin Juniper after the Song Dynasty.
Reference: History of the Song Dynasty