Southern Song Dynasty "Four Ministers" Series 1 - Li Gang
There is a saying called: "The Northern Song Dynasty has no generals, the Southern Song Dynasty has no phase", in fact, the Southern Song Dynasty is not without phases, but there are too many scum, like a flood beast, which drowns these good phases.
Li Gang, the head of the "Four Ministers" of the Southern Song Dynasty, was a generation of good ministers who were drowned, and if he was born at the right time, why did he mourn to death?
Li Gang
In all the stories about Yue Fei, the one who heard the most was this Li Gang and Zong Ze, without Li Gang and Zong Ze, Yue Fei might have to wait another 10 years before he could have his later achievements.
Zong Ze had the grace of reinvention for Yue Fei, but without Li Gang, how could Zong Ze come? Without Li Gang, how could Zhang Suo come? Without Zhang Suo, Yue Fei might have been just a small soldier in Hebei forever.
This is Li Gang.
Li Gang is a Jiangnan native, and judging from this surname, it is a big family. His father, Li Kui, was well versed in military affairs and had fought against Western Xia and had many military achievements. Just as the so-called "Lao Tzu hero and good man", Li Gang inherited his father's shrewdness, ability and courage, which planted excellent genes for his resolute resistance to Gold.
Before Li Gang stepped onto the highest political stage of the Song Dynasty, he repeatedly made several ups and downs because of the pros and cons of current politics. It wasn't until the Jin soldiers threatened the city of Bieliang that Li Gang was reused, and the first thing he had to do was to defend the fenliang and repel the Jin soldiers.
For a literati, this required great courage and wisdom, and Li Gang did it, and he relied on his reasonable arrangement and personal command to boost the morale of the soldiers and civilians of Bieliang and successfully resist the attack of Yan Zongwang, the "second prince" of the Jin Dynasty.
Battle of Tokyo
In the case of 100,000 elite "Western Troops" successfully entering JingqinWang, the Northern Song surrender faction agreed to the peace talks proposed by Zong Wang, on the condition that the important "three towns" in Hebei be ceded.
Which three towns? Taiyuan, Hejian, Zhongshan. In order to defend these three towns, the soldiers and civilians of the Great Song Dynasty paid the price of blood and faith, a city, is a city of people, the city and people, coexist and die!
However, the capitulationists were so generous in ceding them to the Jin Dynasty, it is no wonder that the Tai Students' Union was excited and marched around, putting pressure on the imperial court and supporting Li Gang.
At this time, Li Gang planned a major operation, if successful, it could seriously damage the Jin army, that is, to send the Western Army to sneak attack the Jin army preparing to retreat. However, this top-secret plan was revealed to the Jin army by the surrender faction, resulting in the failure of the sneak attack, the heavy losses of the Western army, and this account was planted on Li Gang's head.
When the Jin army went south to Bieliang for the second time, Li Gang was ostensibly awarded the post of commander of the front, but the real power was in the hands of the major warlords, who fought separately and did not obey orders, resulting in the collapse of the entire front. This account was again calculated on Li Gang's head, and Li Gang was therefore far removed.
The Jin army moved south for the second time
When Bieliang was besieged for the second time, the imperial court remembered Li Gang again. However, before Li Gang arrived, the bieliang was breached, and Li Gang also escaped the disaster.
After Zhao Zhuo succeeded to the throne at Ying Tianfu, he recruited Li Gang as his prime minister, and as soon as Li Gang took office, he boldly used many generals of the Anti-Japanese Faction, such as Zong Ze and Zhang Suo.
Li Gang also made many military and political reforms, eliminated many ills since the "Six Thieves of the Northern Song Dynasty", and made an important preparation for the later Southern Song Dynasty's Zhongxing.
However, Li Gang only served as prime minister for more than 70 days, and he was deposed because of his disagreement with Zhao Shuo's military views. Li Gang's idea was the same as Yue Fei's, to recover Hebei and expel the Jin people, while Zhao Zhuo's mind was on how to keep Jiangnan, stabilize the political situation, and then bargain with jin guo.
After Li Gang left class, the Southern Song Dynasty soldiers were defeated like mountains, and Zhao Zhuo experienced the darkest years (searching the mountains and inspecting the sea), but fortunately, the "Four Generals of Zhongxing" played a role at this time, and gradually turned the war situation around, and only then did they have the Zhongxing of the Southern Song Dynasty.
However, Li Gang never entered the power center of the Southern Song Dynasty again, and finally died silently in a remote place.
Li Gang was drunk
If an era is a tragedy, can people born in this era have a good ending?
(Continues tomorrow)
The author of this article, "Shushan PenMan", is a historical author with a "soul", who focuses on originality and refuses to copy.