The general trend of the world will be divided for a long time, and it will be divided for a long time. The changes of history and the change of dynasties are inevitable. No matter which dynasty, it seems that it cannot escape the spell of turning from prosperity to decline. Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin used his military power to add his body, and the scenery was infinite for a while, but he could not sleep at night.
In order to strengthen the centralization of power, Zhao Kuangyin released his military power with a cup of wine and emphasized literature and light weapons, so that the Song Dynasty flourished for a while. However, the lack of attention to military generals, the large surplus of civilian officials made the Northern Song Dynasty very poor and weak, even though the economy prospered. Beneath the surface of prosperity lies a greater crisis. This situation was even more pronounced by Emperor Huizong of Song.
In order to resist the invasion of Liao, they and Jin reached an agreement to jointly resist Liao. However, they were betrayed by Jin, and for a time, when the Jin soldiers came to the city, Emperor Huizong of Song, Emperor Qinzong of Song, and their harem of three thousand were all captured, and the shame of Jing Kang, which was ashamed of the Song Dynasty and even future generations, was born.
So, why did everything break out during the song huizong period, and what was the story during the capture of song huizong?
Emperor Huizong of Song was not the best heir to the throne, but he did not expect that Emperor Zhezong's half-brother Zhao Xiang was jointly rejected by the ministers because of his status as a concubine, while his eldest brother Zhao Tuo suffered from a serious eye disease, and Zhao Tuo, as the second brother of Emperor Zhezong of Song, mistakenly obtained the throne.
However, this Song Huizong was not the material for being an emperor at all, because he was not trained as the next emperor since he was a child, he lived a very dashing and elegant life, and his hobbies were also very extensive.
He has a great interest in poetry, calligraphy and painting, Danqing pen and ink, horseback archery, flower viewing, and so on. It is also because of the coincidence of birth that he is called Li Yu reincarnated. Unexpectedly, he also became the emperor of the fallen country.
Emperor Huizong of Song, who had inherited the throne, did not have the heart to deal with government affairs, and he spent a lot of time every day developing his hobbies and interests, leaving the government to be managed by the traitorous minister Cai Jing. After this person became prime minister, he began to use his position to sell officials and knights, and plundered a large number of people's fat and people's ointment, causing the imperial court to smoke and miasma, and the people were not happy.
But Emperor Huizong of Song still ignored it, looking for flowers and asking for willows all day, and was jokingly called "Emperor Qinglou." In this way, the Already poor and weak Song Dynasty was even weaker, and under the extremely prosperous economy, a dynasty was gradually dying.
At that time, the Liao state was strong and often invaded the Song and Jin states. In order to destroy the Liao, the Northern Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty decided to join forces, and this cooperation also made the weakness of the Northern Song Dynasty unmistakable, which led to disasters.
When the Jin State came to the Song to fight against the Liao, the Northern Song dynasty put forward the condition that the Jin State would return Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures after the victory, and the Jin State agreed. Unexpectedly, the Northern Song soldiers who went to the battlefield were instead chased by the Liao State, and with the help of the Jin State, they successfully escaped from danger and left a life.
It was also at this time that jin guo had a deeper understanding of the strength of the Northern Song Dynasty, and looking at the rich land of the Northern Song Dynasty, some ideas could not help but spontaneously arise.
After the end of the war, Jin Guoyi changed his previous good image, and instead of returning the promised Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, he also found trouble with the Northern Song Dynasty everywhere. Song Huizong, who did not want to cause trouble, sent emissaries to mediate, but he did not expect that the Jin State would not appreciate it at all, and the war was about to break out.
In the seventh year of Xuanhe, the Jin State, after understanding the decadent politics of the Northern Song Dynasty, decided to attack the Northern Song Dynasty in two major ways. When Emperor Huizong of Song learned of this news, he hurriedly passed on the throne to Crown Prince Qinzong of Song. Without ordering any defensive measures, he directly led several of his cronies south.
The people who heard that the Jin Dynasty had come to attack were extremely emotional to participate in the war, and they asked to go to war and defend the Northern Song Dynasty. Jin Bing saw the people with high emotions and could only wait and see for the time being.
Unexpectedly, this Song Huizong did not play cards according to common sense, and then threw a big move of "negotiating peace" to Jin Bing, who followed the trend and took down all the people of the imperial family in one fell swoop, and the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed.
After being captured, in order to insult him, the Jin people first held a "sheep-leading ceremony" for him, and then demoted him to the title of Duke of Xiade, and Emperor Qinzong of Song was given the title of Duke of Xiade. Hearing the title of these three words, Song Huizong was very angry, but he still accepted this highly insulting title and wanted to wait for Zhao Zhao's rescue.
In order to gain the trust of the Jin people, the emperor began to lay down his body to give others a foot massage.
When he met high-ranking officials and nobles in a good mood, Song Huizong could still have the honor of drinking and having fun with them, but if he was unlucky and met people with low interest, he could only dance to them, let them be sent, and even sometimes scolded.
As an ordinary person, I am afraid that I will have to die to endure such humiliation, let alone the king of a country. But Song Huizong still calmly accepted such a life. He thought: No matter what, I am to integrate into the life of the Golden People, just to be able to live, as long as I live there is hope.
Later, the Jin people gave him special treatment and let the original concubines serve him. But this was not a good thing for him at all, because the concubines who were captured with him were either sent to the Qinglou and reduced to a dust woman, or insulted by the generals of the Jin Army, and which emperor could tolerate that the person next to his pillow had been a plaything of others.
However, Emperor Huizong of Song dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, so he could only thank Jin Jun for his kindness and share a bed with those concubines.
Within a few years, the concubines had 14 more children. However, these 14 children were a great shame for Emperor Huizong of Song.
Because 9 of the children were not his own flesh and blood, all of them were born of those concubines and Jin people, but Song Huizong still had to treat them like his own children, and could not be slack, otherwise he would be considered ungrateful.
At this time, many people felt that Song Huizong had a good life, and everything he did won the recognition of the Jin people and paid off. But the heartache in it was only known to Song Huizong alone, and he could only knock out his teeth and swallow blood.
He thought: I am the lord of the dynasty, and I cannot let them be so humiliated. On the one hand, I thought: As long as I live, there is hope, and I can let the iron horse of the Northern Song Dynasty avenge my hatred.
Under the huge desire to survive, Song Huizong swallowed such a bitter fruit and waited bitterly for Zhao Shuo's rescue. However, Zhao Zhuo was not an emperor who worked hard to govern, and he played the trick of negotiation and indemnity to the fullest, and had no intention of rescuing him.
Emperor Huizong of Song, who was in the dark, persisted for several more years, and finally died after being tortured, but the humiliation of Jing Kang's shame against the Northern Song continued. Although there are countless generals who want to wash away the shame, they can only give up because of the ruler's inaction.
In this way, Emperor Huizong of Song single-handedly pulled the impression of posterity on the Song Dynasty to the bottom. Whenever people mention the Song Dynasty, they do not think of the unusually prosperous economy and the bustling Wafangdian City, but the shame of Jingkang that makes countless people disdainful.
Perhaps Emperor Huizong of Song was not a qualified emperor, but his achievements in painting and calligraphy were also unprecedented and unprecedented. If he had not been put on the throne, he might have become an artist with a reputation in ancient and modern times, but he would have created people and could only bear a lifetime of infamy.