Chapter 307: Re-Changing History

And Song Gaozong Zhao Gou, who killed Yue Fei, may be the most special emperor in the past, and the price of his ascension to the throne is that his biological parents, siblings, wives, children, and almost all those close to him have all become captives of powerful enemies overnight. The bitterness, tragedy, and sorrow during this period, as well as the joys and sorrows, ups and downs of escaping and ascending to the great treasure again, are all incomprehensible. After ascending to the throne for more than eleven years, in all fairness, although Zhao Gou enjoyed the supreme glory and wealth of the royal family, the turbulent waves he experienced were not something ordinary people could imagine. The danger of the war lingers from time to time, lingering, and the past can be called unbearable. Therefore, Zhao Gou told his courtiers countless times: He and the Jin State are not in the same place.

After eleven years of hard work, the imperial court finally had an army of 400,000 and began to gain the upper hand in the confrontation with the Jin State. However, the Huaixi Mutiny, a mistaken measure, tens of thousands of troops roared away in an instant. The situation between friend and foe immediately changed dramatically. This made the emperor feel chilled and hopeless about the possible ruthlessness of the generals who led the troops. If it wasn't Li Qiong this time, but Yue Fei had a different heart, with his ability to fight well, win the popularity of the people, and add an army of 100,000, I'm afraid it would be a problem whether he could escape from the sea. Back then, when Zhou Shizong Chai Rong was alive, Zhao Kuangyin was so loyal, and how he was born and died to serve the emperor! After becoming the commander of the army with overwhelming superiority, the old emperor had just left, and the world of the Later Zhou Dynasty immediately became the Zhao family. Yes, the rebellion of the pro-army eight years ago, and the Huaixi mutiny in front of him are all reminding him that it is not unreasonable for the ancestors to release the military power with a cup of wine. Instead of using the soldiers and horses of the imperial court to raise the generals who have made great achievements and have big tails, it is more cost-effective to make peace with the Jin State. Or in other words, if only peace can be suppressed and prevented from military generals supporting their own troops, then peace will be spoken.

In the past eleven years, the prime ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty have changed nearly ten. Zhao Gou used the appointment of Qin Hui as the prime minister, sending a clear signal to the court inside and outside the court that the emperor had decided to make peace with the Jin State.

Yue Fei was depressed. Despite all public occasions and forms, the Emperor praised him and repeatedly rejected his request to resign to the countryside. However, the cordiality and tacit understanding that once existed are gone, and they have been replaced by a high-sounding and insincere voice. He clearly felt the emperor's coldness and distrust. The only thing that could comfort him was that Han Shizhong, a senior general with a high reputation, and some other generals were also opposed to the peace, and a group of scholars and scholars were impassioned and even fierce in their criticism of the peace. However, all of this had little effect. As has happened many times in the history of the Song Dynasty, the Manchu monarchs and ministers, civil and military, always argued and wavered on the issue of peace and war; Peace or war, there has never been an unswerving and persistent national policy stance. As a result, there have been repeated situations that we have seen time and time again: war leads to failure, peace leads to misstep, and the flavor of opportunism is very strong. As a result, often at the wrong time, the right decision becomes the wrong one. Moreover, such decisions often swing back and forth in exactly the opposite direction; Sometimes, it may even be that a meteor has crossed the night sky in front of the emperor's eyes, and everything that has worked so hard to undo everything that has worked so hard in the past. Therefore, later historians can only sigh: the Song Dynasty could not maintain the consistency of its policies in war and peace for a long time, and the damage done to the empire far exceeded Qin Hui's treacherous schemes.

At that time, it was said that Zhao Gou was quite troubled by the opposition of his ministers, and Qin Hui, as the prime minister, gave him an idea: if there were any more objections in the future, His Majesty only had to tell them that the reason why he had suffered humiliation and to negotiate peace was to be able to take back the body of his father Song Huizong and his mother Empress Dowager Wei and brother Song Qinzong. The courtiers will be able to understand in the face of His Majesty's sincerity and filial piety. Sure enough, after the emperor used this magic weapon, the ministers really immediately had nothing to say. Moreover, in the midst of opposition at that time, there were indeed many ministers who firmly supported the peace, believing that this move "combined with the four virtues of filial piety, piety, benevolence, and compassion in one fell swoop." So, under the full authorization of the emperor, the peace conference was presided over by Qin Hui with full powers, and it went quite smoothly.

At that time, only three generals were left among the four generals of Zhongxing, and another general, Zhang Jun, parted ways, giving up the position of the main battle, and instead fully supported the peace proposal between the emperor and Qin Xianggong. This change was significant, allowing him to replace Yue Fei as the emperor's most trusted general. Since then, his fate has been very different from that of Han Shizhong and Yue Fei; and finally sent himself to the Yue Wang Temple on the edge of the West Lake in Hangzhou, and became one of the four iron-cast traitorous statues kneeling in front of the statue of Yue Fei.

In fact, when the emperor wanted Yue Fei to die, it didn't matter whether Yue Fei wanted to rebel or not. The important thing is that Yue Fei must die. As Qin Hui said, it doesn't matter whether these charges are established or not, the important thing is that "this is the will of the gods" - this is what the emperor meant. Therefore, in the face of Han Shizhong's rebuke: "How can you convince the hearts of the people in the world without having three words?" According to historical records, Qin Hui did not bother to answer this question at all. He probably wondered in his heart that someone would ask such a childish question. In fact, many dead-eyed Chinese will never understand that "the hearts of the people under heaven" and "the famous festival of a thousand autumns" are not equally important to everyone.

Sun Hui knew that if Yue Fei was a warlord with bad intentions and could not be controlled, he would definitely not be called around by the imperial court like this, and finally kill himself. It must be known that the army he commanded at that time accounted for at least a quarter of the national army, and it was the most brilliant among all the major armies. Or in other words, if Yue Fei was really ambitious and unrestrained, the entire history of the Southern Song Dynasty, and even China after the Southern Song Dynasty, would probably have to be rewritten. In fact, what caused Yue Fei to be killed was the outstanding qualities he possessed. Even today, these may be qualities that make many Chinese unhappy and uneasy. In the turbulent years of war, these qualities were concentrated in a general who had a heavy army and had lost the trust of the emperor, and was especially sufficient to justify his death. "History of the Song Dynasty" wrote twice about Yue Fei's death, "Woohoo injustice! Woohoo! "That's true.

And now that he has the power to change the direction of history, of course, he can't let Yue Fei repeat the original tragic ending.

Before leaving, he wanted to leave the people of the Song Dynasty a god of war to protect them, a true national hero.