(Southern Song Dynasty Imperial Palace)
Ten years of salty chun, an eventful autumn.
On the ninth day of July of that year, Emperor Zhao Yu, the emperor with the lowest IQ in the history of the two Song Dynasties, died of illness.
The death of an emperor has always been an earth-shattering event.
The courtiers mourned, the hundred officials wept, and the world mourned for it.
However, Zhao Yu's death did not cause much waves in the Southern Song Dynasty court.
Because everyone is so unfamiliar with the emperor.
The emperor reigned for ten years, but never a day was he truly pro-government.
Due to the innate mental retardation, the emperor could only entrust all the major state affairs to the current chancellor, Jia Xiangdao.
Jia Xiangdao, zi shixian, the prime minister of the late Southern Song Dynasty, only had three major hobbies in his life, unauthorized power, disaster to the country, and fighting cockroaches.
The first two are hobbies at work and the last two are personal hobbies.
But no matter what, you will find that this powerful man has basically done nothing good every day except to gather power and have fun.
After The death of Emperor Duzong, the throne was succeeded by the Song Gong Emperor Zhao Yu, and Zhao Yu is the protagonist of our story today.
The new emperor was only four years old when he ascended the throne, not to mention governing the country, I am afraid that even Shangkang will have to work hard, so the government is still dominated by Jia Xiangdao.
(Emperor Gong of Song, Zhao Yu)
It is reasonable to say that when the new emperor ascends the throne, he should celebrate the whole world and the four seas are peaceful, but God is unwilling to give the Southern Song Dynasty this face.
On the tenth day of the first month of August, torrential rains in many parts of Jiangnan caused floods, and the people of Jiangnan experienced the joy of rafting on the water.
At the end of the month, there was a locust plague and drought in the Fujian region, followed by an earthquake, which caused the local people to suffer unspeakable.
Wave after wave of such natural disasters has exhausted the Southern Song government, but history has not given the Southern Song Dynasty a chance to breathe a sigh of relief.
Let's first look at the military landscape at that time.
The Mongol regime in the north had taken over the Sichuan region that originally belonged to the Southern Song Dynasty, and most of the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River had been conquered by the Yuan Dynasty.
If you use four words to describe the situation of the Southern Song Dynasty government at that time, it is "wind and rain".
The strength of the Mongolian Iron Horse was not covered, and in a few months, Lianke Ezhou, Anqing, and Chizhou arrived at Jiankang City in the blink of an eye.
Jiankang is today's Nanjing, Nanjing is not close to the Capital of the Southern Song Dynasty Lin'an (Hangzhou), but it can not stand the Speed of the Mongols' warhorses too fast, and the terrain of Jiangnan is a horse Pingchuan, so if Jiankang is lost, then Lin'an will also be in a hurry.
The government of the Southern Song Dynasty panicked, the Mongols were not vegetarians, the Jin Dynasty that pressed itself to the ground was destroyed by the Mongols, and even the Jin Dynasty could not be defeated, and now the Mongol army was pressing the border, and it was necessary to quickly retreat from the enemy.
Everyone look at me, I look at you, big eyes and small eyes, and finally look at Jia Rudao.
Jia Rudao was very confused, see what I do? I am a minister, a minister is a civilian minister, I am a civilian minister, I can't lead soldiers, and I can't fight a war, what use do you see me?
Of course, the ministers have their reasons, you are a civil servant, but from the time when the former emperor (Song Duzong) ascended the throne, you began to control the government of the dynasty, the military, government, and civil power of the Southern Song Dynasty were firmly in your hands, everything was up to you, in the past, when the country was peaceful, you were crazy and happy, and now the country is in danger, you want to throw the pot, no way!
There was no way, the ministers said such a thing, Jia Rudao had to harden his scalp.
As an author, it is really difficult for me to understand what these ministers who have placed their hopes in Jia Rudao think.
(Portrait of Jia Xiangdao)
When Emperor Duzong was in power, the Mongols once besieged Xiangyang, and when Comrade Lao Jia heard about this, he pressed the table and hid it alive from the ministers and ministers for three years.
As a result, the Xiangyang soldiers who were struggling to defend the city for three years did not wait for the support of the Southern Song Dynasty government, and out of helplessness, they had to choose to surrender the city.
With such a lesson from the past, it is enough to show that Jia Rudao is a wine bag and a rice bag, why should he entrust him with such a big task as saving the country and saving the people?
And is it also a situation where he is prevaricating and very unwilling to take it?
The answer is simple, because everyone is afraid of death, and everyone does not want to take responsibility.
It was my duty to hold high on the high-ranking official Houlu, and I hung high in times of danger, which was the current situation of the Southern Song Dynasty government at that time.
Some historians actually carried out a wave of forced whitewashing of Jia Rudao.
Some historians believe that when Jia Rudao became the prime minister and mastered the major affairs of the military state, the Government of the Southern Song Dynasty had already fallen into a downward trend, and it could even be said that there was no cure, but this was not the responsibility of Jia Rudao alone.
Moreover, they believe that Jia Rudao has carried out reforms such as the "Gongtian Law", although it has failed later, but at least it proves that he is not all messing around, but has made some contributions.
Cowardice in the face of war was a conservative act of Jia Rudao, in order to preserve the living strength of the Southern Song Dynasty.
This kind of heresy and nonsense makes me wonder if these historians are related to Jia Rudao.
If it is not for the fact that we are related to each other, why should we beautify a traitor who has brought calamity to the country and the people, who has fought against the party at home, and who has bowed down to the outside world?
Perhaps, these pedantic gentlemen are too emotional.
We must look at history rationally, not emotionally, because history is the people, things, and things that really happened.
If you love sensibility, you can go to literature, so why should you confuse the public in the field of history and mislead people?
Let's go back to Jia Rudao.
Jia Rudao, who was driven to the shelves by the ministers, did not immediately start to act, he was waiting for an opportunity.
The military situation is extremely urgent, what opportunity is he waiting for?
(Liu Zhen image)
We will start with Liu Zhen, the commander of the Yuan Army at that time.
Liu Zhen, the character Wu Zhong, was originally a very brave military general in the Southern Song Dynasty government, with excellent ability and strong strength. However, during Jia Rudao's reign, he wantonly excluded dissidents, and this Liu Zhen was one of the objects of exclusion.
Comrade Liu Quan was repeatedly ostracized, Feng Lu was punished, his official position was not guaranteed, and he actually defected to the Yuan army in a fit of anger.
Originally, they were officials of the same dynasty, but at this moment, they were fighting each other.
Jia Rudao knew too much about the ability of this old colleague, he believed that now that the Yuan Army was led by Liu Zhen, Liu Quan's ability to lead the soldiers to fight was very prominent, and it was still his own exclusion, targeting those who left, if they went to the battlefield and let the other side catch themselves, could they have good fruit to eat?
So Jia Rudao made up his mind, first not to send troops, and then wait.
What are you waiting for?
Wait for Liu Zhen to die.
This idea sounds ridiculous.
Life and death are the laws of nature, no one in this world will always live, people will always die, Liu Zhen is no exception.
If Jia Rudao was willing to wait, he would definitely be able to wait until the day when Liu Quan received the bento and drove the crane to the west.
If Liu Quan died in three days and five days, a month and two months, it would be better to say, but if Liu Zhenfu had a great life and lived for thirty or fifty years, would he have to wait?
Even if he could wait, could the Southern Song Government afford to wait?
But fortunately, Liu's life was not too hard, and he died within a few days.
Liu Quan died, and Jia Rudao finally had no reason, he could only draw soldiers from all over the country, form a team, and pull out the front line.
The soldiers and civilians of the Southern Song Dynasty were bent on fighting a big battle with the Mongolian army, but as soon as Jia Rudao arrived at the front, he immediately sent emissaries to make peace with the Mongolian army, saying that as long as they could truce the war, cut the land, pay compensation, and submit to the subject, there would be no problem.
But the Mongols were not here, and the people traveled thousands of miles to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty, so the Mongols righteously refused to negotiate peace, and said, either fight or surrender, less to this set.
There was no way, the peace talks were out of the game, so I had to touch the Mengjun with a hard scalp.
As a result, it can be imagined that the Song army was defeated and suffered heavy casualties, and Comrade Jia Rudao, seeing that the situation was not good, actually said goodbye without saying goodbye and fled.
The comical prime minister was defeated in the war because of the unfavorable situation of the overseers, and was assigned to work in a foreign branch by the imperial court, and was hacked to death by mutinous soldiers on the way to his post, ending his life.
Although Jia Rudao died, the crisis in the Southern Song Dynasty was not lifted, and the Southern Song authorities soon appointed an "outstanding talent" as the prime minister, with full authority to deal with the external situation, and this person's name was Chen Yizhong.
(Portrait of Chen Yizhong)
Chen Yizhong, Jing Ding's three-year jinshi, before Jia Rudao's death, had been doing some idle posts in the imperial court, one incapacitated, two political achievements, it is reasonable to say that it is absolutely impossible to mix in the position of chancellor.
But Chen Yi had his own skills.
The skill of the courtiers is nothing more than the ability to write and be able to do both, the literati, who can learn the country, and the warrior, who can resist the enemy.
Chen Yizhong can neither write nor fight, his skill is to be able to blow.
When the Mongolian army was pressing forward step by step, Chen Yizhong had publicly stated that as a courtier of the Southern Song Dynasty, he would definitely fight to the death and not retreat, as long as he made himself a minister, he would definitely be a pioneer and defend the country.
The emperor was very happy, so were the ministers, and such brave people were rare in these years, and they must be supported.
Therefore, with a unanimous vote, Chen Yizhong was promoted to minister.
Everyone was expecting this new official to take office to ignite three angers, not to mention the glory of the Southern Song Empire, at least to drive the Mongols in front of them away.
But Comrade Chen's behavior surprised everyone.
During his tenure, all kinds of peacemaking, compensation, withdrawal, and one of the serious things that should be done was not done.
Maybe Chen Yizhong just loves to talk big, maybe he just wants to live an official addiction, for him, compromise and peace, no action, is not a big deal, but for the Southern Song Dynasty, it is a devastating disaster.
Calling the heavens should not be, calling the earth not spirit, the two ministers have been wine bags and rice barrels, which made the Southern Song Dynasty lose its last chance.
But to get to this point today, it is really quite humiliating.
The Southern Song Dynasty did not lose the battle, but lost the possibility of victory in the process of retreating again and again.
This is equivalent to two boxers fighting in the ring, if the weak boxer lets go, he may be able to defeat the burly boxer, but the former chose to surrender out of fear, fear, on-the-spot play mistakes and other reasons.
Angry, pathetic, lamentable.
(National Sacrifice)
On the eighteenth day of the first month of the second year of Deyou, Lin'an City, which was supposed to be lit up with lights and firecrackers firing in unison to celebrate the New Year, was dead silent, because on this day, the Mongol army besieged the city and the Southern Song Government surrendered.
The emperor's Song Gong Emperor Zhao Was not unexpectedly captured.
As the protagonist of an article, an article down, this young and ignorant emperor I do not seem to mention a few times, of course, this is not intentional, but he really has nothing to mention.
In peacetime, the emperor is the 95th emperor, who is in the world, no one dares to submit, and is attracted by the world, even a sneeze can make the world tremble three times.
However, in the face of war, the mountains and rivers fell, the emperor became the most ordinary person, the war destroyed everyone, the people were in hot water, the courtiers were fighting with each other, the emperor? Who cares if he lives or dies?
After Zhao surrendered, he was captured by Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan dynasty, and the brilliant Mongol emperor did not kill him, but sent him to Tibet and made him a monk.
Twilight drums and morning bells, pure heart, this emperor who originally had no sense of existence finally spent his life in The Buddha's Gate.
At the age of fifty-two, he never returned to Jiangnan in his lifetime.
That was Jiangnan, where he could not go back, and it was also the final return of the Southern Song Empire.