Detailed analysis shows that when Zhao Gou himself established political power, he had already experienced many escapes. Although the political power was temporarily stabilized at the beginning of the Southern Song Dynasty, there were nomadic people outside and they could go south again at any time. The emergence of oil cartel and peasant resistance armed forces greatly threatened the rule of Song Ting. In this case, Emperor Gaozong had to give up the ancestral family law of suppressing military commanders and deliberately woo them. However, Emperor Gaozong only used military commanders when he could not reconcile with the Jin people. His purpose is only self-defense, and he has no intention of resuming the Northern Expedition. The recovered lost land was also seized from the puppet regime established by the Jin people.
Facing the attack of the Jin people, Emperor Gaozong was always reluctant to give up surrender and peace. Although four years later, Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and others led the troops to repel the two invasions of Jin and Puppet Qi, they didn't want to take advantage of this excellent opportunity to carry out the Northern Expedition, but their achievements only provided him with chips to make peace with the rulers. Just as the local anti-gold struggle has won one victory after another, the peace envoys sent by Emperor Gaozong are in an endless stream. At the end of the seventh year of Shaoxing, the Song Dynasty brought peace conditions to Wang Lun from the Jin Dynasty. The ruler asked the Southern Song Dynasty to be a vassal and pay the annual currency. In exchange, the ruler promised to depose the puppet Qi, return his mother's coffin and return the land in Henan. The emperor was overjoyed to hear the news, which strengthened his determination to bend his knees and make peace. He also sent Wang Lun to fight for gold to discuss specific peace talks with the rulers.
The decision of Emperor Gaozong's peace talks was strongly opposed by the ruling and opposition parties, and the opinions of several heavily armed generals were crucial to the successful signing of the peace talks. In August of the eighth year of Shaoxing, Emperor Gaozong called Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun and Yue Fei into the DPRK, hoping to persuade them at least not to oppose the peace talks. Zhang Jun has always been afraid of nomads from the army, and has tried to avoid confrontation with nomads from all previous battles. He is also good at pandering, so he immediately expressed his support for the peace talks. Han Shizhong and Yue Fei resolutely opposed it, and Yue Fei made it clear to Gao Zong: "Yi Di cannot be trusted, so we can't rely on it. If I am not good at the country, I will be laughed at by future generations. " These righteous words made the emperor jealous of Yue Fei. In fact, before this, Yue Fei had offended Gao Zong on two major issues. The general who is honest and the most resolute in resisting gold is brave and resourceful on the battlefield, but he seems to lack calculation in political struggle and is too bad at protecting himself.
First, in March of the seventh year of Shaoxing, Song Ting relieved Liu Guangshi, one of the "four generals of Zhongxing". The emperor had promised to assign the Huaixi army led by Liu Guangshi to Yue Fei's command, but Yue Fei believed it and thought that his army would be greatly increased. Excited, he immediately proposed to lead 65438+ 10,000 troops and start the Northern Expedition, which was the taboo of the emperor. Emperor Gaozong temporarily changed his mind and refused to hand over Huaixi's army to Yue Fei. The emperor broke his word and Yue Fei was very angry. In a rage, he left Ezhou, the resident of our army, and went to Lushan in the name of his mother's filial piety. In Emperor Gaozong's view, this kind of behavior was obviously threatening the monarch, but at that time, the threat of the nomads from the army was still there, and the time was not ripe to remove Yue Fei's military power. To this end, Emperor Gaozong issued three more letters to comfort Yue Fei and urged him to go down the mountain. In June, Yue Fei returned to North Korea and pleaded guilty to Emperor Gaozong. While expressing his forgiveness, the emperor quoted Mao's sentence "The only person who broke my law was Jian Er" as a warning, which contained hidden dangers.
Second, in August of the same year. Yue Fei, who returned to North Korea soon, kindly suggested that Emperor Gaozong establish a prince as soon as possible. Zhao Fu, the only son of Emperor Gaozong, died eight years ago. He was defeated in Yangzhou, frightened and lost his fertility. But when Emperor Gaozong was only 30 years old, he still had hope of bearing children. At this time, he established a prince. In his view, he undoubtedly exposed his secret to the world. The ancestral home law of the Song Dynasty also stipulated that military commanders should not interfere in state affairs. Therefore, Yue Fei's suggestion once again violated two taboos and deepened the emperor's jealousy of him.
These two events, as well as the uncompromising stance on the recovery of gold, laid a curse for Yue Fei's future fate. In the eighth year of Shaoxing, the activities of making peace between Emperor Gaozong and Jin were in full swing, and the opposition of civil and military officials was growing. Only Qin Gui strongly supported the peace of Emperor Gaozong. In November, the rulers sent Zhang Tonggu down to the south of the Yangtze River, and the Song Dynasty sent Wang Lunnan. Among the titles of Jin envoys, "Song State" is called "Jiangnan", and the exchange of information between hostile countries should be called "Guo Xin", and the Jin Dynasty called it "imperial decree". Obviously, this is a deliberate humiliation of the Southern Song Dynasty by the Jin people. The next request of the Jin people was unacceptable to the subjects of the Southern Song Dynasty. The envoys of the Jin people actually asked the emperor to bow down and receive the letter. In order to drag out an ignoble existence, Emperor Gaozong didn't mind these things. He solemnly said: "As long as the people can avoid the pain of swords and shadows and soldiers, I can sacrifice my dignity for peace talks." However, the emperor has this kind of "good will", but his subjects are unwilling to "appreciate". The public inside and outside the court was furious, and the protest movement reached an unprecedented momentum and scale. Lin' an citizens even posted eye-catching placards on the street: "Qin Xianggong (Qin Gui) is a masterpiece (spy)!" Although it was directed at Qin Gui, it actually expressed strong dissatisfaction with Gao Zong. Although Emperor Gaozong became angry from embarrassment and demoted the fiercely opposed ministers one by one, he had to be cautious in the face of strong public pressure. In December, Emperor Gaozong took Huizong Xiaoshun as an excuse, and Qin Gui and other ministers of slaughter and governance bowed down to Jin Shi on his behalf and accepted the credentials of the ruler.
In May of the tenth year of Shaoxing, the Jin people invaded south again, and Yue Fei led the army to the front line against Jin. With the attacks of nomads from Sichuan, Shaanxi, Huai and other places frustrated one after another, Song Jun entered the strategic counterattack, and Yue Fei marched into the Central Plains. He ordered Liang Xing, the former leader of the anti-Jin Rebel Army, to cross the Yellow River, contact the Hebei Rebel Army, form a "loyalty and justice patrol society", and capture Hedong and Hebei counties to realize his strategic policy of "connecting the river with the new moon", and at the same time personally led the troops into Yancheng. In July, Jin assembled a large army and rushed from Kaifeng to Yancheng. Yue Jiajun was outnumbered and defeated the nomads from there. So Wu Shu turned to attack Yingchang. Yue Fei had ordered his eldest son, Yue Yun, to support him in advance, and Wu Shu was hit hard by Yuegujun again in Yingchang. Yue Jiajun pursued the victory and reached Zhuxian Town, which is only 45 miles away from Kaifeng. The northern rebels also responded one after another and recovered some counties in the north and south of the Yellow River. Nomads from the army had to lament that "it is easy to shake the mountain, but difficult to shake the Yue family" and planned to give up Kaifeng and cross the river and flee north. Yue Jiajun's successive victories are of course not conducive to the resumption of peace talks between Emperor Gaozong and Qin Gui and the rulers. They even signed a gold plate of 12, urging Yue Fei to transfer troops immediately. At this time, tens of thousands of Yuegujun have recovered a lot of lost land, the front line is too long and the troops are scattered. In addition, other troops have also received orders to retreat. Zhang Jun, Han Shizhong, Liu Yong and other departments have transferred troops, and Yue Fei finally left, so the most promising Northern Expedition was ruined by Emperor Gaozong and Qin Gui.
In the first month of the 11th year of Shaoxing, Wu Shu led nearly 65,438+10,000 troops to make a comeback and directly attack Huaixi. The emperor ordered Yue Fei stationed in Ezhou to lead troops to reinforce Huaixi, but Yue Fei's reinforcements had not yet reached the battlefield, and Yang Cunzhong, Liu Kun and Wang De had already defeated the nomads from Gao Zhe. Zhang Jun was ready to make contributions, so he sent Yue Fei and others back to the army. Unexpectedly, Kong Yanzhou returned to Li, captured Bozhou, and ran into Yang Cunzhong, who came to help. By the time the reinforcements led by Yue Fei arrived, the nomads from the army had crossed Huaibei.
Attention! ! ! ! After the war in Huaixi, Emperor Gaozong stepped up the activities of cutting the military power of military commanders. Since the establishment of the Southern Song Dynasty, he had to rely heavily on military commanders to resist the nomads from outside. As a result, the military commanders' power rose, posing a potential threat to the imperial power. So, in April of the 11th year of Shaoxing, Emperor Gaozong summoned Zhang Jun, Han Shizhong and Yue Fei to Lin 'an, and appointed Zhang Jun and Han Shizhong as Tang envoys and Yue Fei as agreement, which was called promotion. In fact, it took away the military power of the three generals, and the army under the jurisdiction of the three generals directly obeyed the emperor from now on. And then the generals ......