In Xianyu’s view, this is simply a false proposition. How Yue Fei died and who killed him have already been determined, and there is no need to go into details. The person who raised this question simply wanted to defend Qin Hui. It's just a case of overturning the case, and their sinister intentions are obvious. We don't need to worry about such people. After all, they are just a bunch of clowns and cannot cause any big troubles.
Of course, regarding Yue Fei's death, Xianyu would like to point out a few more points. The first is that the murderer of Yue Fei was definitely not Qin Hui. Although Qin Hui was already the prime minister and a highly respected minister at the time, After Yue Fei returned from the Northern Expedition, he was also awarded the position of deputy privy envoy. Even though he lost the power to command the army, he was still a first-class general in the imperial court. If he wanted to kill a high-ranking general, especially an unjust killing, Qin Hui alone would never be able to do so. He must get the emperor support, so Gaozong Zhaogou was also one of the culprits in the unjust killing of Yue Fei.
The second is why Yue Fei died. There are many opinions on this issue, and there are two mainstream opinions. One is that Yue Fei opposed the peace proposal, and the other is that Yue Fei put Zhao Gou in an embarrassing situation and ignored his persistence. He advocated welcoming back the two saints. So from Xianyu's point of view, these two points were not the root cause of Yue Fei's murder. Why do you say that?
Let’s first look at Yue Fei’s opposition to the peace negotiation. If he was going to be killed for opposing the peace negotiation, then the first person to be killed must not be Yue Fei, but Han Shizhong. Why? Because compared to Yue Fei, Han Shizhong was the military commander who opposed the peace negotiation the most. In order to oppose the peace negotiation, Han Shizhong wrote many times to the Northern Expedition to regain the lost territory. He also scolded and ridiculed Qin Hui many times, and even secretly plotted to assassinate the envoys of the Jin Dynasty. , Among the things Han Shizhong did, apart from calling for the Northern Expedition, Yue Fei did not do the rest. Therefore, in terms of his determination to oppose peace talks, Han Shizhong was definitely more determined than Yue Fei.
Let’s look at the theory of "Welcoming the Two Saints" again. In fact, it was Zhao Gou who first proposed "Welcoming the Two Saints". And after Zhao Gou put forward this slogan, at that time in the Southern Song Dynasty, from the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs to the The common people of Li were responding to this slogan, and Yue Fei just catered to Zhao Gou's ideas. During the Jianyan period, this slogan was used by Zhao Gou to stabilize the morale of the military and the people. Check out the imperial edicts issued by Zhao Gou at that time, ?Welcoming the Two Saints? is very common, for example:
This is not a joy, but it is gratifying to restore the Central Plains and return the Two Saints
However, the Central Plains has not been restored, and the Two Saints have not been returned. I feel sorry for you, and I will wait for you to encourage me.
The Central Plains have not been restored, and the two saints have not been returned. The pardon document cannot be exaggerated. It is my intention to bring benefits to the people of Huaihe and Huaihe.
I don’t care. Did Zhao Gou really want to welcome back the Second Saint, or was he just pretending to stabilize his throne? At least at the beginning of his accession to the throne, "Welcoming the Second Saint" was the mainstream idea. Nothing wrong.
And when Song Huizong died and the Jin people threatened to send Song Qinzong’s son back to be the emperor, it would be wrong to say "Welcome back the two saints". At this time, no one mentioned it. Of course Yue Fei He didn't mention it anymore, but instead called Song Qinzong as "Heavenly Favorite". This also showed Yue Fei's loyalty to Zhao Gou. With such a loyal minister, would Zhao Gou kill him for this reason? Obviously not.
But the facts are often unexpected. Yue Fei, who knew how to defend Zhao Gou's status, was still killed. He neither died for opposing the peace proposal nor for welcoming back the Second Saint? , so why did he die? In fact, the reason is very simple. Yue Fei died due to the emperor's suspicion.
We all know that the Song Dynasty started with a mutiny by military generals, so the Song Dynasty has always been very defensive against military generals. Looking at the military generals in the two Song Dynasties, they were often forced to surrender their military power before they could end well, and Zhao Gou He also experienced the "Miao-Liu Mutiny". In this mutiny, his heir died of fright and he was almost killed. Therefore, Zhao Gou was both afraid and very jealous of generals, especially those who respected themselves. distrust. And in this situation, what did Yue Fei do? When Zhao Gou did not allocate Liu Guangshi's troops to him, Yue Fei returned to Lushan to guard his mother's grave. Zhao Gou sent people to persuade him three times before he persuaded him to return to the army. Although Yue Fei came back, Zhao Gou At this time, Gou became dissatisfied with Yue Fei.
Later on Yue Fei’s Northern Expedition, Zhao Gou won twelve gold medals in a row before forcing him to return to the court. Although he was away and his orders were not accepted, in Zhao Gou’s view, Yue Fei simply supported his troops and respected himself. Not only did Yue Fei not know how to protect himself, he also always wanted to ask the emperor for more military power. As a result, Zhao Gou's suspicion must have become more serious.
So when Qin Hui proposed to kill Yue Fei, this also catered to Zhao Gou's thoughts. Killing Yue Fei could not only take over military power, but also show his sincerity in negotiating peace to the Jin people. Killing two birds with one stone, the unjust case was resolved. This is how it came about.