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In China, Qin Ju, the prime minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, was a household name.
How many household names? Let's put it this way, to this day, there are still many tourists who make special trips to the West Lake. They did not admire the beautiful scenery of the West Lake, but in order to go to the kneeling statue of Qin Juniper and others, to spit a bubble of saliva and scold "traitors and thieves".
Qin Ju had a wife, Wang Shi, who was the granddaughter of Wang Jue, the chancellor of the Northern Song Dynasty. For some reason, they did not have a son and a half daughter. Therefore, they had no choice but to pass on one of the sons of Wang Zhao, Wang Zhao's brother, as a stepson, and change his name to Qin Xi. Qin Xi did a lot of bad things, fabricated charges to rob Wang Hao's family of books, and when he was ordered to edit the "Calendar Since Jianyan", he deleted and rewrote the contents of the national history records in the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty that were unfavorable to Qin Juniper. After Qin Ju's death, Qin Xi wanted to continue to be chancellor, but was rejected by Emperor Gaozong of Song.
Qin Xi had three sons, named Qin Xi, Qin Kan, and Qin Tan. Among them, the eldest son, Qin Ju, the son of Qin Ju, is worth taking out and talking about separately.
Qin Juniper
Because, Qin Ju is an "outlier" in this family.
When Qin Ju stepped onto the stage of history, his family was already in the twilight of the western mountains, and the situation was getting worse and worse. As a result, his birth time and appearance are not well documented. When the History of the Song dynasty first mentioned Qin Ju, he served as the general judge of Pu Prefecture (蕲州, in modern Puchun, Hubei Province). Tongjue is the deputy post of Zhizhou, who handles political affairs together with Quan Zhijun and Zhou, and is responsible for matters such as soldiers and civilians, Qiangu, Hukou, Enlistment, prison litigation hearing, etc., with the rank of Congqi pin or Zheng Bapin. This shows that Qin Ju's official position is not high, and the difference is not a little compared with Qin Ju's prime minister, Qin Xi's Privy Council envoy, Qin Xi's Rebbe Shangshu and other prominent positions.
In the fourteenth year of Jiading (1221), the 100,000-strong Jin army invaded the south again. Located on the front line, Puzhou bore the brunt of the attack by the Jin army. At that time, there were not many defenders in Puzhou, only more than 3,000 people, outnumbered, and it was difficult to resist the attack of the Jin army. At the same time, the reinforcements were still far away and could not reach Puzhou in a short time. Everything is on its own. Qin Ju assisted Li Chengzhi of Zhizhou prefecture, on the one hand, actively repairing the fortifications, training soldiers, and preparing for the attack of the Jin army; on the other hand, he urgently reported to the imperial court and requested that troops be mobilized from Wuchang, Anqing and other places to come to reinforcements.
Song Dynasty army
Li Chengzhi was a disciple of the Southern Song Dynasty theorist Lü Zuqian, a resolute warrior faction who had always resolutely opposed peace talks. After he was transferred from Zhizhou to Zhizhou in Yingzhou, he had already made full preparations for battle, heightened and thickened the city walls, dredged the trenches, prepared to look at the high platforms, trained the forbidden army and the van army, and organized a number of militias. "The soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass have gone first." Fighting the war can not be separated from grain and grass, Li Chengzhi accumulated 40,000 stones of grain, and also took out all the 450,000 yuan from the management of the liquor storehouse to buy grain.
We have reason to believe that after Qin Ju came to Puzhou, he was somewhat influenced by Li Chengzhi and decided to use his own practical actions to wash away the infamy of his ancestors.
Puzhou
Say it's late, it's fast. The reinforcements had not yet arrived in Puzhou, and the Jin army had already approached the city and launched an attack. The fighting was very intense. Li Chengzhi and Qin Ju fought side by side, commanding the generals to fight tenaciously. Because they had made adequate preparations in advance in terms of preparation for battle, they were able to repulse the repeated attacks of the Jin army.
However, they held out for more than a month, and the reinforcements were gone. At this time, Xu Hua and the two generals were afraid of death, disobeyed the order to hold on, and led the soldiers to open the city gate and flee outside. The Jin army took advantage of the void and attacked the city of Puzhou. Qin Ju did not give up, and led his pro-army to engage in street battles with the enemy and kill the enemy bravely. In the street battle, Qin Ju was injured many times on his body, and his blood was dripping.
Jin Jun
After killing a group of Jin troops, Qin Ju returned to the palace and ordered Liu Di to set fire to the warehouse and leave no supplies for the Jin army. Subsequently, Qin Ju lit a raging fire in the house and jumped into the fire without hesitation. A veteran soldier who wanted to rush up to save him said loudly: "I die for the country, and the Ru generation can survive on their own." "Next. Qin Ju's second son Qin Jun and third son Qin Ju both obeyed their father and martyred themselves.
What about Li Chengzhi? After he was attacked by the Jin army in puzhou city, he saw that the general trend had gone and killed himself. His son Li Shiyun was killed while fighting the enemy, and the rest of his family committed suicide by throwing themselves into the river.
Qin Ju and Li Chengzhi used their precious lives to compose a song of praise for the country and the people.
After the war, the people of Puzhou City did not forget Qin Ju and built a sacrificial temple for him in the city. Emperor Ningzong of Song personally inscribed a plaque on the temple, "Praise Loyalty", and posthumously honored Qin Ju as the Marquis of Yilie. The "History of Song" recorded Qin Ju's heroic deeds in great color, so that his name could be passed on through the ages.