When later generations studied this incident, the traditional view was that Zhang Junzhi, then a senior official in the right, was ignorant and willful. Instead of handing over this unit to Yue Fei, he appointed a civilian Lu Zhi as the commander, which led to the incident and should be mainly responsible for it. In recent years, many people, including some authoritative scholars, believe that since the early Song Dynasty, the national policy of "emphasizing literature over martial arts, using literature to control martial arts" has been implemented to prevent the trend that martial arts people will fail. Therefore, the emperor and Zhang Jun did not hesitate to renege and not give this unit to Yue Fei.
The following historical materials have always been considered as strong evidence to prove this view. The Biography of Yue Fei in the History of Song Dynasty: "Zhao (Yue Fei) asked the governor's office and discussed with Zhang Jun. Xun said,' Wang Xijun gave it to him and wanted to be unified, but he was appointed as the chief of staff of the governor. "How about that?" Fei said, "Germany is not equal to Joan. Once promoted to the top, they will fight with each other. Lu Shangshu is not used to the army, so he is worried that he can't convince the public. "You said,' How about Zhang?' Fei said,' You Qiong is not satisfied with violence and lacks planning.' Xun said, "What about Yang Yizhong?" Fei said: with virtue as the priority, why did you suddenly say:' you know the necessity of autumn.' Fei said,' The viceroy is asking about flying, but he dare not be stupid. "Is it a question of getting soldiers?" On that day, Zhang Begged for a soldier, and finally lost his life. So he led the army and returned to Lu's mother's grave. Deeply angry, he played Zhang Zongyuan Judge Fu Xuan and supervised his army. ".
This information is extremely vivid and common in other historical materials. Its authenticity is generally beyond doubt, so it is widely quoted by scholars. But there is a big loophole in this record, that is, there is no mention of the specific time when Zhang Jun talked with Yue Fei. In other materials, the boy did not find the specific time of this matter.
According to historical records, on March 11th, Shaoxing seven years, Yue Fei wrote a letter to him, which later became a famous "begging teacher", stating his views on the use of soldiers by Jin people. After seeing Yue Fei's performance, Emperor Gaozong immediately replied personally: "After watching the performance, everything is very clear. There are such ministers, so why worry?" I can't stop the machine. But you will be lenient, no or light, very grateful. "More than that, he personally ordered Wang De and others to obey the constraints of Yue Fei. Then he wrote two letters to Yue Fei one after another, repeatedly indicating his attitude. (For details, please refer to Volume I "Continued Guo Jin Tuo"). On March 14, when Yue Fei left Jiankang, Zhang Jun's three provincial governors' office also issued a decree on the three provincial governors' offices in Greb, giving Yue Fei great authority. Among them, the governor Zagreb made a clear list of the strength of the Liu Guangshi Army and handed it to Yue Fei "holding hands, but not even one". (For details, please refer to Volume 8, continued with Guo Jin Tuo). The so-called "crossing your hands, you still can't have a teacher" is because Liu Guangshi was still the commander-in-chief of the army at that time; Second, this matter is highly confidential by the imperial court, and this fashion should not be made public.
Yue Fei resigned from the DPRK on March 14, and will probably leave Jiankang the next day. If the dialogue between Zhang Jun and Yue Fei took place between March 1 1 day and 14 (or before Yue Fei left at the latest), there is obviously a sharp contradiction with these historical facts. So, how to explain this contradiction?
Mr. Deng Guangming put it this way: "In the process of the so-called military merger, it can be said that there was a doubt; Although Zhao Gou has given Wang De and others an "imperial edict", let them "fly at your command, like I do it myself"; Although Zhang Jun's Doudufu also listed a list of all the generals led by Liu Guangshi, he asked Yue Fei to "stop"; However, whether in the name of the emperor or the government, Yue Fei didn't get a more direct and clear official document instructing him to incorporate all the troops in Liu Guangshi. The development of the incident soon proved that this was exactly what Xiang Jun and his wife ordered, leaving room for them to change their minds. " (See Chapter 9 of Deng Zhu's Biography of Yue Fei for details.)
However, Mr. Deng's later writings, for some reason, obviously disrupted the order of historical facts, but did not explain the reasons in depth. Therefore, there are many contradictions in Mr. Deng's article, which is logically unreasonable.
A more reasonable explanation should be that this conversation took place shortly after Yue Fei arrived. At that time, the motion to recall Liu Guangshi had been put forward, and people inside and outside the government were very concerned about the succession of the commander-in-chief of the army. Zhang Jun has discussed this issue with many people, and Yue Fei is one of them. As both of them have distinct personalities, it is normal for them to have a heated argument when discussing problems. However, this statement was later exaggerated or misinterpreted. Liu Guangshi was officially dismissed on March 22nd. On that day, Zhang Jun divided the headquarters into six parts, directly under the Doudufu. The staff of the viceroy's office is in charge of military affairs, and Wang De is the official who promotes and trains generals. (For details, please refer to Shen Jia's Japanese on March 7th 190 Records of Jian Yan Years). This is a very important detail that must be paid attention to: neither Lu nor Wang has been appointed as the official commander-in-chief of this unit. At this point, Yue Fei has left. At the same time, this detail also proves that the dispute between Yue Fei and Zhang Jun should take place before March 1 1 at the latest. That is to say, when Yue Fei left and returned to Ezhou, he had reached some kind of * * * understanding with Emperor Gaozong and Zhang Jun on the ownership of this unit, at least there was no irreconcilable conflict.
Historical data show that it was Zhang Jun's earliest idea to command Liu Guangshi's troops with Lu Zhi and Wang De as partners. He consulted many people, including Yue Fei. Yue Fei is not the only one who disagrees with this. Zhang Jun's current personnel arrangement is very similar to his original idea, and it is easy for people who don't know to think that Zhang Jun is opinionated.
Mr. Wang Zengyu is currently the president of China Song History Research Association. His explanation for Zhang Jun's behavior is: "Zhang Jun is dissatisfied with the commander-in-chief in the air and attempts to take the left guard army of the aviation camp as the unit directly under the Governor's Office;" In fact, Yue Fei's "preaching the Tao" has replaced the authority of the governor to a considerable extent. Zhang Jun always thinks highly of himself. Last winter's victory in Huaixi made him even more carried away. In his eyes, he was truly the only person to control the national army and command the Northern Expedition. Yue Fei was not qualified. ".(For details, see Chapter 12 of Wang's Biography of Yue Fei).
The boy thinks Mr. Wang's statement is biased. First of all, Zhang Jun was alone, concurrently commander-in-chief, in charge of civil and military second-in-command, and held a high position. All generals must obey his command, so why should he personally master an army? Secondly, he knew Yue Fei early and relied on him. Yue Fei Biography in Song Dynasty: "(Pingyang Yao) Zhang Jun took the army as the commander in chief, and when he arrived in Tan, he participated in politics, benefited and discussed. He suspects flying and playing with robbers and wants to hear about it. Xun said,' Yue Hou, a man of loyalty and filial piety, can you change your words?' It is a shame to stop. "Also, there is a record of" Zhang Junshi "in Volume 169 of Three Dynasties North Alliance:" It is important to make public the sinking of generals, especially Han Shizhong's brave and Yue Fei. "There is a record that people often ignore. Notes in A Record of Zhao Ding: "Those who drove to Jiankang, big officials, were threatened by Lu Zhi, and stopped fighting by inviting the Palace Que, so as to pay Yue Fei, which was a move to the north. "This case is different from what Zhang Jun said in Xiushui Record.
Yue Fei should be on his way back to Hubei when he learned of this personnel arrangement. In the first volume of Ezhou Golden Jubilee Edition, York included an imperial letter written by Emperor Gaozong to Yue Fei: "Watch carefully, and don't lower the punishment once you start your career. The combination of the Huai army and the army is quite tortuous. Wang De's autograph, etc. Before surrendering, you must get an order from the imperial court, and Childe Xu can control the soldiers in Huaixi before you can pay wages. I still have the knowledge to play. " Obviously, this is the emperor's reply to Yue Fei's performance. Yue Fei's performance at that time was not preserved, and we have no way of knowing the specific content. However, it can be speculated that the news received by Yue Fei must be specious, and the content is different from the original plan, but the above questions are sparse. It can be seen that Yue Fei was rational when he first got the news.
Gaozong's reply was obviously limited by means of communication, so it was vague and did not explain the specific reasons. Among them, the word "quite tortuous" left a great room for imagination. Both Mr. Deng and Mr. Wang interpreted it as changing the previous arrangement with Zhang Jun, because they were worried that Yue Fei's sudden increase in power would threaten the stability of imperial power.
If we combine the emperor's letters with Zhang Jun's specific arrangements, the intentions of the emperor and Zhang Jun are very clear. Zhang Jun temporarily controlled the army under the leadership of the Doudufu, and then formally delivered the command of Yue Fei until the day of departure. This is not a sign that they have broken their word.
So, is Zhang Jun's approach reasonable?
It should not be ignored. It is no small matter to recall a guard like Liu Guangshi. Liu Guangshi left behind not only an army of more than 50,000 people, but also a lot of money, food and property. Zhang Jun and Han Shizhong, who are much older than Yue Fei, can't have no idea about this team.
Han Shizhong and Liu Guangshi have a long history of bad blood. Although it was relieved by the emperor's personal mediation, no one can say whether it is completely over. Moreover, Wang De once killed the generals of Han Shizhong, which shows the deep bitterness between the two armies. Therefore, when discussing the ownership of Liu Guangshi's army, no one mentioned that this department could be handed over to Han Shizhong.
Yue Fei was once deployed by Zhang Jun, but was soon rejected by Zhang Jun because of his promotion. In the battle of Huaixi, Yue Fei was unable to attend because he was stationed upstream. The main meritorious military service belongs to Zhang Jun and Yang Yizhong. In this case, Yue Fei suddenly took over Liu Guangshi's army, and Li Qiong's generals might accept it, but Zhang Jun wouldn't.
More importantly, the northern expedition to the Central Plains is not a matter for any general or army, but requires the officers and men of all ministries to be basically the same and fight in unity. This is a very simple truth. Therefore, the combination of Huai River and Huai River is an extremely important matter. If it is not handled well, new problems will inevitably arise. In a hurry, it may not be possible to guarantee that the troops will be handed over to Yue Fei immediately. This requires Zhang Jun, as the head of government, to do a lot of coordination work.
As far as the specific situation is concerned, the most important issue is of course to maintain the stability of this team. Therefore, Zhang Jun's approach is safe. In fact, after recalling Liu Guangshi, Zhang Jun immediately rushed to Huai 'an to help the army, so as to maintain the stability of the army.
Due to the limitation of communication means at that time, it may also be due to confidentiality considerations, and more likely it is due to Zhang Jun's own negligence. He didn't send his cronies to tell Yue Fei the whole story, which led to Yue Fei's misunderstanding of this treatment.
Because Yue Fei was on his way back to Ezhou at that time, he could not communicate face to face with Zhang Jun, and he had some serious misunderstandings about Zhang Jun, thinking that he was inconsistent and capricious. This is a shake of Zhang Jun's personality trust, so it is naturally inconvenient to express it directly. Therefore, when Yue Fei arrived in Jiangzhou, he pleaded to unload the soldier's handle and serve his mother on the grounds of "disagreement with the Prime Minister". Yue Fei's mistake was to go straight to Lushan without waiting for the court to reply. This is the so-called unauthorized abandonment of the army.
Zhang Jun's actual task for Lv Zhi is just to supervise the army, not to be an informal commander in chief. As for the appointment of Wang De as the army commander, it was the idea put forward by Qin Gui, the envoy of the Tang Dynasty, and Shen Qiu, the Privy Council, after the court received Yue Fei's resignation on April 16. "Records of the Years of Jianyan" Volume 111: "At the beginning, his troops were transferred to the governor, but they were suspected of holding troops with the Privy Council, begging for a military commander, waiting for him, and then inviting him. They were all made by Wang De, a former military commander, who made observations in Xiangzhou and left the army to protect it. Virtue, the light world loves the generals, so use it. " Zhang Jun opposed the appointment and fought, "playing improperly". (See Biography of Zhang Jun of Song Dynasty) This also proves that Zhang Jun did not turn a deaf ear to the warnings of Yue Fei and others.
Although there is no conclusive evidence to prove that Qin Gui was directly involved in various contradictions at that time, it is a fact that he participated in the whole process of joining forces in Huaixi. At that time, Qin Gui's behavior never attracted people's attention. Qin Gui is insidious and cunning, and his methods of doing things are extremely subtle, so it is difficult to find a clear record in relevant historical materials. However, if we carefully scrutinize the existing information, we can still see some traces. As an envoy of the Tang Dynasty, he could not be unaware of Zhang Jun's strategic deployment, nor could he be unaware of the contradiction between Wang De and Li Qiong. However, he openly persuaded Gao Zong to change Zhang Jun's personnel arrangement on the grounds of "the governor is suspicious of soldiers", which created conditions for intensifying the contradiction between Wang De and Li Qiong. From this perspective, the bane of the Huaixi mutiny should be laid by Qin Gui. When talking about the Huaixi mutiny, Zhu once said: "It seems that this incident is not accidental. If people in Lu abused him and refused to be a minister, no one dared to ask him. At this time, a large number of troops were stationed in Huaishang and planned to attack Liu Yu on a large scale. Suddenly, this paragraph was sparse and stopped. "
At that time, because of Zhao Ding's resignation, there was a vacancy in his position, and Qin Gui's new Tang Dynasty was not long ago, so he was salivating for this position, which was completely in line with his consistent style of pursuing power. However, both Zhang Jun and Yue Fei, once they really master Liu Guangshi's army, will definitely surpass other colleagues, so it will be more and more difficult for Qin Gui to realize his intention soon. In addition, if Zhang Jun and Yue Fei reach an agreement on the strategy of the Northern Expedition, they will focus on the great cause of the country and the nation, unite as one and fight side by side. In this way, it is not only possible to eliminate the puppet regime and restore the homeland of the Central Plains, but also impossible to force the Jin people to surrender and recover the country. However, Qin Gui's personal ambition is destined to become a dream. Therefore, there are enough motives to obstruct and destroy the Huai Coalition forces. By the way, York once decided that Qin Gui was colluding in the dark, obstructing Huaixi to join forces. Although he did not produce strong evidence, it should be said that it was not groundless.
Qin Gui's selfishness must have revealed some traces between his words and deeds, which was seen by Zhang Shou, who was in power at that time. Biography of Zhang Shouchuan in Song Dynasty: "Shou strongly recommended killing Zhang Jun at that time, making him an envoy of the Tang Dynasty. One day, the guards held hands in the provincial museum and said,' It is wrong to guard the former. Today, we are in the same class, living together day and night, observing its trend, and if we are worried about it, we must try our best to make it better. ""Whether Zhang Jun talked to the emperor about Qin Gui has not yet found clear information. However, the Records of the Years of Jian Yan (volume 1 14) mentioned such a thing: "In September of the seventh year of Shaoxing, the five seals were borrowed from Shesi, and yang hu sent a letter to Qin Gui, the envoy of the Tang Dynasty". Gao Zong is familiar with the history of Confucian classics and an excellent calligrapher. He often writes biographies of famous people in history to ministers, or praises and encourages them, or hints at warnings. Yang hu was a famous minister in the early Jin Dynasty, who made great contributions to the Jin Dynasty, but he was low-key and modest, and did not argue with others. Biography of the Book of Jin and Yang Hucheng: "Wang You, Jia Chong and Pei Xiu are all great names of the former dynasties, and they are equal when they give in." The emperor is obviously suggesting that Qin Gui should be like yang hu and not be too eager to become famous. Therefore, Zhang Jun or others must have mentioned Qin Gui's improper performance to the emperor. Zhang Jun didn't say until the end of the meeting: "I didn't know the secret until I had a * * * relationship with (Qin Gui)". (See the biography of Zhang Jun in the Song Dynasty). As for how Qin Gui was "dark", Zhang Jun did not elaborate. Visible, Qin Gui's means must be unusually clever, although Zhang Jun suffered, but the dumb eat rhizoma coptidis, bitterness could not say.