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Why didn't Song Lizong get Li Gang and Yue Fei into the Zhaoxun Pavilion?

That's because Song Lizong thought that Li Gang and Yue Fei were not qualified.

It is undeniable that both Li Gang and Yue Fei are loyal ministers in the world, and they are both capable.

But their merits really don't reach the rank of the twenty-four heroes of the Zhaoxun Pavilion.

They are exaggerated a lot because of propaganda, but also because of sympathy, especially the latter.

In fact, their merits are not top-notch not only compared with the heroes of the entire Song Dynasty, but also compared with their heroes of the same period.

Let's talk about Li Gang first.

When the Jin soldiers invaded Bianjing in the first year of Jingkang, Li Gang served as the imperial envoy of the four walls of the capital, uniting the army and the people and repelling the Jin soldiers.

This is Li Gang's greatest achievement.

However, Li Gang was soon ostracized by the capitulation faction.

At the beginning of Zhao Gou's accession to the throne, Li Gang was once appointed as the prime minister, and Li Gang also tried to reform internal affairs, but he was deposed after only 77 days.

In the second year of Shaoxing, Li Gang was reinstated as the Hunan Xuanfu envoy and Zhitan Prefecture, and was immediately dismissed.

He repeatedly appealed to the anti-gold plan, but it was not adopted.

Judging from Li Gang's resume, Li Gang is indeed a tough bone and a loyal minister, but he is not a prime minister.

Some people are not convinced, thinking that it is Zhao Gou's weakness that makes Li Gang unable to fight those surrendering factions, and finally rises and falls.

In this way, it is actually somewhat unfair to Zhao Gou, because the throne was obtained from Zhang Bangchang and not from the previous emperor Zhao Huan, and Zhao Gou's emperor is actually not right, so the throne is extremely unstable, that is to say, at that time, Zhao Gou himself was only barely supported, walking on thin ice.

As the prime minister, Li Gang not only failed to help Zhao Gou stabilize the political situation, but also took the lead in fighting with Wu Min and others, so that the Southern Song Dynasty, which was already in the midst of wind and rain, was on the verge of collapse at any time.

Of course, this is not all Li Gang's fault, because the current situation at that time was like that, the main battle and the main peace were in a mess, and Li Gang just didn't handle these things well because he was too strong to be flexible.

Song Xiaozong, the most accomplished emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, commented on Li Gang: "Zhiguang is talented, and his Zhang Jun is a disciple." ”

This evaluation is actually a bit excessive, and even a little unconscionable, Li Gang and Zhang Jun are both dedicated to the Southern Song Dynasty, without them, the Southern Song Dynasty would have been gone long ago.

However, although Zhao Yan's evaluation is excessive, it can also show that Li Gang and Zhang Jun actually do not have the talent of prime ministers.

After Li Gang was dismissed from the post of prime minister, Zhao Gou successively replaced Huang Qianshan, Wang Boyan, Zhu Shengfei, Lu Yihao, Du Chong, Fan Zongyin Six prime ministers, but none of them could reign for a long time, no one achieved too much success, and even no one could stabilize the Southern Song Dynasty, so that the Southern Song Dynasty was always in danger of being destroyed by the Jin State until Zhao Ding ascended the throne.

Zhao Ding is also the same as Li Gang, but unlike Li Gang, Zhao Ding is not so sharp, can handle the relationship between the main battle and the main peace very well, and can pick out Yue Fei and other capable generals among the generals of the Southern Song Dynasty to support them.

In the years when Zhao Ding was in the position of prime minister, the Southern Song Dynasty launched a large-scale counterattack, and Zhao Ding assisted Zhao Gou twice to achieve a great victory, so that Zhao Gou finally sat on the throne and pacified Jiankang.

Therefore, Zhao Ding is the real prime minister.

It's a pity that later Zhao Gou didn't want to fight anymore, and Zhao Ding suggested that Zhao Gou, who had no son, establish a prince to stabilize people's hearts, but was squeezed out by Qin Hui and lost his phase.

Here I have to explain a sentence for Zhao Ding.

Zhao Ding is not blindly brainless in the main battle, nor is he like Yue Fei who wants to go straight to the Huanglong Mansion, in fact, Zhao Ding also saw at that time that the Southern Song Dynasty could no longer fight.

Therefore, before this, Wang Lun sent an envoy to the Jin State, obeyed Zhao Ding's instructions, asked the number of courtesies, and answered as a monarch and a minister; When he asked the boundaries of the land, he answered with the great river as the boundary.

In other words, Zhao Ding just didn't want to blindly negotiate peace, but wanted to draw the Yellow River as the boundary, not the Yangtze River.

All in all, Zhao Ding is worthy of the name of "the head of the Southern Song Dynasty".

Let's talk a few more words about Yue Fei.

Yue Fei is a loyal minister.

This doesn't need to be argued, otherwise he will never end up in that tragic end, otherwise Zhao Yan will not be able to rehabilitate him after he ascends the throne, you must know that Zhao Gou was not dead at that time, if he was not a loyal minister, Zhao Gou would not be able to admit this mistake.

However, although Yue Fei was a loyal minister, he committed several taboos as a minister.

1. Twelve gold medals summoned Yue Fei.

This is a big problem in itself, it took twelve gold medals to recall Yue Fei, who commanded three or four percent of the country's troops, what do you want Zhao Gou to think, can you not want Yue Fei to have the heart to support the army and stand on his own?

Moreover, in the five dynasties before the Song Dynasty, there were often military generals supporting troops and standing on their own, and the old Zhao family's own world came from like this, can Zhao Gou not guard against such a thing?

Second, Yue Fei's slogan "Welcome the two saints and return to the court".

I really couldn't help but say that Yue Fei could shout such a slogan, he was simply stupid as a pig.

Zhao Gou is the son that Zhao Ji doesn't like very much, and Zhao Ji also sent Zhao Gou to the golden camp as a proton, so the father-son relationship between the two is indifferent.

The father and son are still so indifferent, and the relationship between Zhao Gou and his brother Zhao Huan is even more imaginable.

In fact, it's not a big deal, if it's just like this, if Yue Fei wants to take Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan back, he won't offend Zhao Gou's rebellion, the key is, if Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan are brought back, who will be the emperor? Don't forget, Zhao Gou's throne was passed on by Zhang Bangchang, which is unreasonable and illegal. The so-called sky has no two days, and there are no two kings in the country, not to mention the same. Moreover, in the battle for the throne, the loser can be said to be very, very, very miserable.

Let's ask, can Zhao Gou let Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan come back? Can Yue Fei, who shouts every day "welcome the two saints back to the court", have good fruits to eat?

Third, Yue Fei and Zhao Ding made the same mistake - persuading Zhao Gongli, who had no children, to establish a person who was not related by blood as the crown prince.

At that time, Zhao Gou was only in his thirties, could he not want to have a son of his own, could he not want to pass on his throne to his own son, and could he willingly give the throne to an outsider?

And Yue Feitian's book suggested that Zhao Gou should establish this as the prince and that as the prince, what's the matter, you are a general who leads the army, and you are in a hurry to make meritorious contributions? Or do you conclude that I can't give birth to a son when I'm only in my thirties?

Yue Fei made so many mistakes, coupled with the serious injuries of Qin Hui and others, especially Qin Hui's sentence "Taizu didn't think about supporting the army and standing on his own feet back then (wasn't he also added to the yellow robe)." Can Zhao Gou not kill Yue Fei?

In addition, although Yue Fei is a rare good handsome and very talented in commanding troops, but if you look at his resume carefully, his merits are actually not that great, let alone invincible, and he has suffered many defeats in his life.

Therefore, Yue Fei is actually not qualified to be among the twenty-four meritorious heroes of the Zhaoxun Pavilion.

Compared with Li Gang and Yue Fei, Zhao Ding, who entered the Zhaoxun Pavilion without controversy and won the name of "the head of the Southern Song Dynasty", is even more precious.

Therefore, Li Yan said to Zhao Ding with great enthusiasm: "Yuanzhen can join my Anton Protector Mansion, why don't I worry about Anton Protector's Mansion!" ”

Zhao Ding was a little embarrassed!

He didn't plan to join the Anton Protectorate, in fact, he was tied up by Zhu Fu, and he was also coerced here by Wen Huanzhang.

But Li Yan didn't seem to know these things, and said: "Now that my Andong Protectorate Mansion is about to open, I hope that Yuanzhen will not want to resign from the post of recording and joining the army." ”

Recording things to join the army, in charge of the general record of Cao Wenshu, good and evil, in the capital of the palace is second only to the capital of the protector, deputy capital protection, deputy capital protection, long history, Sima of the sixth position, and both military and political can participate, it is definitely a powerful high position, if the capital is compared to the state institutions of later generations, the record of joining the army has become normal, and there is extremely room for development.

"This ......"

In the face of Li Yan's full sincerity, Zhao Ding didn't know what to do for a while.

At this time, Li Yan no longer cared about Zhao Ding, but put his eyes on the remaining two literati and asked Wen Huanzhang: "Who are these two?" ”

Seeing that Li Yan, the Metropolitan Governor, was vague with childlike means, Zhao Ding smiled bitterly and said in his heart: "This Metropolitan Governor is really ...... Forcibly tied me up, not to mention, but also forcibly pressed me to the position of recording and joining the army, this ...... It's sincere, isn't it...... What should I do? ”

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PS: It's really tiring and hard to write about Yue Fei, because we have to take into account our feelings, and we have to pull Yue Fei off the altar, otherwise, we won't be able to subdue Yue Fei later. Of course, there is another reason, Yue Fei is really not so godly, he is just a good handsome, a more loyal handsome, a good handsome of flesh and blood, but he is not much stronger than Han Shizhong, Wu Jie, Liu Qi and others in the same period, but his propaganda is too strong, and the ending is too tragic and worthy of sympathy, so everyone treats him as a god.