After the shame of Jing Kang, the Northern Song Dynasty perished. The old Zhao family's fish that slipped through the net, Zhao Zhao, became the emperor, that is, the founding emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty. However, Zhao Zhuo's reputation is not very good, in the impression of many people, such a humiliating and peace-seeking emperor has done too humiliating, in order to seek peace, pay tribute to the enemy, certainly not a wise lord. Judging from the content of the Shaoxing Peace Conference, it is indeed humiliating enough, Song Xiangjin is a subject, and Zhao Shuo's status as emperor must be crowned by the family, not only that, Zhao Shuo also has to send money to others.
Zhao Shuo's successor was his adopted son Zhao Xuan of Song Xiaozong, and during his reign he also signed the humiliating Longxing Peace Agreement with the Jin people, which improved somewhat from the previous point of view, the Song Jin Dynasty was the country of uncles and nephews, the emperor was no longer a vassal, his status was improved, and the number of money sent was also smaller. But even so, it was humiliating enough.
So both of them also signed a humiliating treaty with the Jin Dynasty, why is Song Gaozong's reputation so much worse than Song Xiaozong's?
Zhao's reputation was not as simple as signing a humiliating treaty. More crucially, he is partial to pleasure and does not want to regain the lost land. Even why he asked for peace and killed Yue Fei, who was bent on the Southern Song Dynasty on trumped-up charges, was lamentable and infuriating.
Objectively speaking, it is not so simple to recover the lost land, it is not a matter of empty blood, but even this heart is not absolutely impossible.
As the emperor, Zhao Shuo was like this, indeed, the Southern Song Dynasty had just been established at that time, it was not stable at all, Zhao Shuo was chased all the way by the Jin people, and when the regime was stable, he also did the main battle faction, otherwise Yue Fei and others would not have any use. However, with the change of the situation, Zhao Shuo's mind also changed.
The reason why he was like this was that he had his little nine nine, and welcoming back the Second Emperor would not do him any good, but it was his responsibility to recover the country, and he could not shirk it.
But as an emperor, blindly humiliating and seeking peace, how to let the courtiers think, let the people see how. Therefore, Zhao Zhuo's poor reputation is not that he can't beat jinren, this is not his responsibility, but even if he doesn't dare to fight, it is where he is criticized.
On the contrary, compared with Song Xiaozong, he was much worse. Song Xiaozong's Northern Expedition also ended in failure, but at least he had this heart, which was his responsibility, and as for whether it was successful or not, it depended on the strength.
Song Xiaozong was a member of Zhao Kuangyin's lineage, and it was not easy to be an emperor. Not long after he ascended the throne, he rehabilitated Yue Fei, activated the main war faction, and was determined to use the Northern Expedition to recover the lost land, not to mention whether it was successful or not, this heart alone was probably rare among the Emperors of the Southern Song Dynasty.
Moreover, in internal affairs, Song Xiaozong actively straightened out the rule of officials, eliminated redundant officials, punished corruption, attached importance to agricultural production, and the people's well-being.
At the same time, he himself is not a playful emperor, it can be said that he is a daily opportunity and must be personal, and indeed he performed well among the emperors of the Southern Song Dynasty.