Here, it is necessary to revisit the constantly rotating prime ministers of Emperor Gaozong.

Emperor Gaozong's first prime minister was, of course, the world-famous Lord Li Gang.

At that time, Gaozong had just ascended to the throne and didn't understand anything, so he very much needed Li Gang, the famous minister of the previous dynasty, to come and assist and teach him.

However, soon, Emperor Gaozong got tired of Li Gang's iron and blood, and let Huang Qianshan and Wang Boyan, who were good at meeting and slapping horses, take over the position of prime minister.

Huang Qianshan and Wang Boyan could indeed make Emperor Gaozong very happy, but these two were so incompetent that they let Jin Bing hit the door without knowing it.

So, on the way to escape, Emperor Gaozong had no choice but to let Huang Qianshan and Wang Boyan step down and carry the black pot for themselves, and temporarily promoted Zhu Shengfei, who had meritorious service in escorting.

Zhu Shengfei was also unlucky, he only sat in the position of prime minister for a few days, and he encountered the first counter-revolutionary coup d'état of the Southern Song Dynasty court - "Miao Liu Change".

Although Zhu Shengfei made great contributions in counterinsurgency, after all, he had close contact with the rebels, and in order to avoid suspicion, Zhu Shengfei had to take the initiative to resign.

This time, Gaozong promoted Lu Yihao, who is good at managing money and has a strong personality, and Du Chong, who has just retreated from Bianliang City, Tokyo.

The Jin soldiers killed again, and Du Chong defected to the enemy.

Although Lü Yihao accompanied Emperor Gaozong through the most difficult life of exile at sea, he was still dismissed by Emperor Gaozong. The reason is that Lü Yihao has always advocated fighting against the Jin soldiers to the end, and at this time, Emperor Gaozong wanted to strive for peace talks with the Jin soldiers.

Since peace talks are to be held, of course, it is necessary to choose the representative of the main peace faction, and Fan Zongyin has become the best candidate.

Although Fan Zongyin is not very old. But he was a representative of the main and faction of the Emperor of Huizong in the previous dynasty. Emperor Gaozong thought. After Fan Zongyin came to power. We will make some achievements in the peace talks.

However, Fan Zongyin disappointed Emperor Gaozong, and he did not contribute much to the work of the peace talks. On the contrary, Fan Zongyin actually proposed to make the officials of the imperial court reflect on the lessons of the failure of the previous dynasty.

As a result of the reflection, the most reluctant spearhead was actually pointed at Emperor Huizong, who was still suffering in the Jin Kingdom.

As a last resort, Emperor Gaozong had no choice but to pull Fan Zongyin down.

After Fan Zongyin dismissed the prime minister, Gaozong recalled from Jiangdong the old minister Lü Yihao, who had contributed to the change of Miao and Liu. Intention to put him back in power.

As Fan Zongyin's deputy, Qin Hui coveted another phase, so he said to Gaozong: If it is the phase, there will be two strategies to sensational the world.

Gaozong also wanted to try Qin Hui and appointed him as the right minister in August, and the left minister was Lu Yihao.

Qin Hui knew that it was not enough to compete with Lu Yihao, so he won over celebrities and cultivated popularity. Then someone spoke to Gaozong, suggesting that the two should be responsible for internal and external affairs. In April of the second year of Shaoxing, Gaozong decided to let Lü Yihao concurrently supervise the military of Jianghuai, Jingzhe, and Zhejiang. Kaifu Zhenjiang, specializing in military affairs. Qin Hui was in charge of government affairs.

Lu Yihao soon found out that Qin Hui was crowding him out, so he recommended former Prime Minister Zhu Shengfei to be the governor of Tongdu in order to deal with Qin Hui together.

Zhu Shengfei was merit in mitigating the situation and gaining time with the rebel generals in the Miao Liu Incident, but considering that he had dealt with the coup d'état, he asked to resign after the coup was settled.

Emperor Gaozong clearly knew that Qin Hui would take power in the Zhi Party after he became prime minister, and although he always wanted to make peace with the Jin Dynasty, it had not yet reached the point where Qin Hui did not use it. Moreover, Gaozong had a good impression of Zhu Shengfei, so he recalled him to go to the court to discuss matters.

Qin Hui couldn't wait to sell his own policy of "sensationalizing the world" to Gaozong, the core of which was "southerners return to the south, northerners return to the north", which is the embodiment of the policy of "south from south, north from north" put forward by Qin Hui when he first met Gaozong, which is completely in the same vein.

It's just that at this time, the Jin State was still dominated by the militants Wanyan Wu Qimai and Wanyan Muhan, and the two of them had no intention of making peace with the Song Dynasty at all.

Without getting any news from the Jurchens, Emperor Gaozong was extremely angry and shouted at Qin Hui: "The southerners will return to the south, the northerners will return to the north, and the northerners will return in peace!" ”

Qin Hui served as deputy prime minister for only one year before he was deposed.

Next is Lu Yihao and Zhu Shengfei.

However, Lü Yihao was also deposed in September of the following year, and he advocated the use of troops against the Jin Dynasty and the puppet Qi, but the prime minister had a slightly narrow stomach and could not use Li Gang. In September of the fourth year of Shaoxing, Zhu Shengfei resigned as prime minister, and Zhao Ding replaced him in the phase

Zhao Ding is known as the famous minister of Zhongxing and is the most praised prime minister in the Gaozong period.

"History of the Song Dynasty" has this comment on his political strategy: "With Zhao Ding as the prime minister, the trend of the north and the south will become a success." If the two enemies hold each other, unless there is a provocation that can be taken advantage of, then we will raise our strength for time, otherwise we will be in danger and humiliation. Solid Ding is the country, and the solid foundation is the first. ”

Zhang Jun was dismissed from his post for a time because he was defeated by the Jin soldiers in the Battle of Futian and recalled to the imperial court from the northwest. Zhao Ding thought that he was a talent, so he let him know about the affairs of the Privy Council and look at Jiang Shang.

In February of the fifth year of Shaoxing, Emperor Gaozong appointed Zhao Ding as the left minister and Zhang Jun as the right minister.

From this point of view, Zhao Ding is still Zhang Jun's benefactor.

Zhang Jun was a resolute fighter in his approach to Jin, and after he suppressed Yang Qi's uprising, he thought that An's internal industry was complete and he could turn to the outside world.

At the beginning of the sixth year of Shaoxing, Zhang Jun decided to send troops to recover the lost territory, and Han Shizhong sent troops to Huaidong to attack Jingdong East Road, and Yue Fei went out of Xiangyang to take the Central Plains.

In February, Han Shizhong entered the siege of Huaiyang's army (southwest of present-day Pixian County, Jiangsu), and the combined forces of Jin and Qi rushed to help, and the Song army was forced to retreat. In July and August, Yue Fei's army led directly to Yiluo and approached Luoyang, Xijing, and the government and the opposition were greatly excited.

At this time, Zhang Jun asked Emperor Gaozong to move Jiankang to boost morale, while Zhao Ding tried to be steady, advocating entering the Pingjiang River (present-day Suzhou, Jiangsu) just in case.

In October, the puppet Qi side adopted the strategy of "encircling Wei to save Zhao", and dispatched an army of 100,000 to attack Huaixi in three ways.

Zhao Ding's measures were slightly perverse, on the one hand, he advocated returning to Lin'an, and on the other hand, let Emperor Gaozong edict Zhang Jun to give up Huaixi and surrender the Yangtze River.

Zhang Jun learned that the puppet Qi army did not have the support of the Jin army, and insisted that it should not be easily returned, so as not to shake the army's morale, and Gaozong finally adopted Zhang Jun's opinion.

Thenceforth. Because of Yang Yizhong's victory in the lotus pond and the help of the Yue family's army. The puppet Qi army retreated north.

On the issue of the handling of the Battle of Huaixi. Zhao Ding was greatly disappointed, while Zhang Jun rose in popularity and became the hottest person in the Southern Song court

In this case, Zhao Ding and Zhang Jun had another serious difference of opinion:

Zhang Jun made two suggestions to Emperor Gaozong: "First, we must take advantage of the victory to attack Henan, destroy the puppets and capture Liu Yu, and restore the old capital; Second, Liu Guangshi is both arrogant and cowardly. It is useless, please resign and withdraw the army. ”

Theoretically speaking, these two opinions put forward by Zhang Jun are very practical and feasible. However, no matter how well Zhang Jun said it, Zhao Ding just disagreed.

Lord Zuo Xiang's statement is: Liu Yu is just a piece of fat on the case, which can be chopped down at any time. But is there any benefit after chopping? At that time, there will be a direct conflict with the Jin State, and compared with the two, it is better to keep the pseudo-Qi as a buffer.

As for Liu Guangshi, his military has been intertwined for many years. It almost became Liu's personal private army, and suddenly it was exempted from incorporation. Be careful, something will happen, and you won't be able to deal with the aftermath

Zhang Jun knows that Zhao Ding is extremely conservative and careful. He always keeps an eye on the one-third acre south of the Yangtze River, and his governing philosophy is to develop himself first, and then think about what to do outside when everything in the country is abundant and rich, and the troops are all trained.

Regarding Zhao Ding's governing philosophy, Zhang Jun scoffed.

Zhao Ding's concept seems to be safe, but in fact, it is simply unreasonable.

May I ask what level is considered wealth, and is the Northern Song Dynasty and the God Dynasty counted? But at that time, there were still countless officials howling that the country was too poor, the people's livelihood was too poor, and the civil servants were too poor to go on the expedition.

Do you understand how to nourish war with war, our side is consuming in war, and the enemy is also consuming, and we must examine both sides between gains and losses to see which side can afford to consume and which side cannot afford to consume, do you understand?

For Zhao Ding once again dragging his hind legs, Zhang Jun was really angry.

It's a fainting!

Leaving the pseudo-Qi as a buffer, it looks like Zhao Pu's policy towards the Northern Han Dynasty in the early days of the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty. At that time, the Khitan was strong, the south was weak, and the Song Dynasty had to divide the steps in the attack.

Attention, it's on offense. Can this be compared to then?

Liu Guangshi can not be soft, put aside the war factor, because of the nature of the private army, he did not dare to move, but also fueled the arrogance of the generals, this is the first national policy of the Song Dynasty, the gun must be in the hands of the government.

Although Zhao Ding was kind to himself, at the moment of business, Zhang Jun couldn't help but roar in front of Zhao Ding: "According to the script, I don't know the so-called cowardice and rottenness!" ”

Such a scene made Zhao Ding completely lose his temper, and he had to take the initiative to see the emperor, saying that Zhang Jun and I were like brothers, but he was separated by the villain.

In this way, Zhao Ding submitted his resignation to Emperor Gaozong and went to serve as the governor of Shaoxing Prefecture in December of that year.

Zhao Ding walked quite chicly. His position on the left was naturally replaced by Zhang Jun. So what about Zhang Jun's original right position?

Who will take the vacant seat of Zhang Jun?

Or, which one did Zhang Jun choose to be his deputy?

The moment the list was announced, people in the whole world were stunned: the most radical leader of the main battle faction actually chose the most extreme leader of the surrender faction as his partner.

That's right, the deputy selected by Zhang Jun is Qin Hui.

The most commendable thing about Zhang Jun's life is not the so-called military talent, but his insight into people.

Throughout his life, there were a large number of famous ministers who were raised by Zhang Jun, such as Zhao Kai, Wu Jue, Wu Lu, Liu Qi, Han Shizhong, Yu Yunwen, and Wang Shipeng, all of whom were famous and brilliant at that time.

But this time, it is no exaggeration to say that it was he Zhang Jun who opened the most dangerous Pandora's box in the Southern Song Dynasty!

What is he?

Under the repeated questioning of well-wishers, Zhang Jun finally said the reason for choosing Qin Hui as the right minister

- Qin Hui "soft and easy to make".

"She" is a derogatory word, which makes it clear that Zhang Jun knows that Qin Hui is a villain.

There is a basis for this, Qin Hui behaved very evil last time, and most people know that he is by no means a good type.

But what about "softness"? The literal explanation is that Qin Hui is a soft egg and easy to control.

This couldn't be more wrong! Qin Hui opposed the Jin State when he was the governor of the Yushitai, and advocated the division of the north and the south in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Since Qin Hui came back from the Jin Kingdom, except for Zhao Ding, every prime minister has asked Qin Hui to be his deputy, and these prime ministers have all stepped down.

This shows that behind the historical records, Qin Hui still has some unknown secrets and methods. And these secrets and methods are likely to converge into one word - "deception".

Qin Hui's more and more exquisite deception skills made Zhang Jun, who is known as a discerning person, unconsciously fall into his urn.

Other than that, there is no explanation. (To be continued......)