Under the good situation, why did Emperor Gaozong still have to ask Yue Fei to withdraw his troops?

Historians have different opinions on this issue, and each has its own version of the matter; And one of the most popular theories is none other than the "handle theory".

Proponents of the "handle theory" believe that Jin Guo holds the most feared and fatal handle of Emperor Gaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty - Emperor Gaozong's half-brother, Emperor Zhao Huan of the previous dynasty.

The "handle theory" is that once Yue Fei really invaded the Jin Kingdom, he welcomed Emperor Qinzong back; Or if the Yue family army is in a hurry, the Jin State will also push Emperor Qinzong out of the forefront, embarrassing the soldiers in front, the Southern Song Dynasty court and Emperor Gaozong, and even threaten Gaozong's throne, Yunyun.

The theoretical basis of the "handle theory" is that Qinzong's throne originated from his father Emperor Huizong, while Gaozong's throne originated from Zhang Bangchang's gift, or indirectly from Jinguo.

In other words, although Qinzong has been reduced to a prisoner of the Jin people, as long as he does not announce his renunciation of the throne for a day, he Zhao Huan is still the authentic emperor of the Song Dynasty; The incumbent Emperor Gaozong Zhao Gou can only be regarded as a temporary temporary generation, or an illegal construction.

One of the most important arguments for the "handle theory" is Wanyan Wushu's suicide note, "The Book of the Four Marshals of the Last Testament", in which Wanyan Wushu wrote:

"My destiny is short, and I hate to rest with the country. Young and brave, the crown of ancient and modern. In advance, the emperor conquered the south and the north, and was the generalissimo of the left capital of the prison, and the camp was called the prince's army, and he traveled to the island in the east, Hangyue in the south, Xingyuan in the west, and Xiaoyun City in the north. Today's Khitan, Han'er, and Shiwu are a long time old. Serve me.

I'm a big concerner. In recent years, the Southern Song Dynasty has a strong army, and it is fortunate that Han, Zhang, Yue, and Yang have their own disagreements. I am in danger today, although I have my will, my life cannot be guaranteed, and my last words are to you:

Behind me. If the Song Dynasty defeated the alliance, Ren Xian used the crowd to come north, take advantage of the situation to shake the heart of the Central Plains, and restore the homeland like a backhand, not embarrassed. I will pay you and others, and you should be cautious and forget my precepts. If the Song army is strong and the enemy is strong, choose to use soldiers and horses to break it; If the imperial system is not possible, discuss with the country. Supplemented by selection, send Tianshui County Gonghuan to sit in Bianjing. There is no brother to fight with his brother, if he is still disobedient, he can assist the prince of Tianshui County and break the enemy. In this way, it can calm the hearts of the people in the Central Plains, and it is not deeply harmed by the country, and there is no need to worry about it.

If Song Ruo keeps my oath, under the order of the national dynasty, when the country is lettered, Yijia reconciliation, please his mind, not counting the years later, supply and demand for the year, lust and color, exhaust his year, and do not regain the people, the people of Jiangnan are treacherous, both disturb and unreasonable, and their human feelings will be rebelled, and those who have no worries are also.

Fifteen years later, the Southern Army is aging, even if it uses wisdom, it is not driven, and there are three people who have no worries. ”

The focus of this suicide note is actually one sentence - if Song Ruo defeated the alliance, he sent the prince of Tianshui County to sit in Bianjing.

Tianshui County Gonghuan refers to Song Qinzong Zhao Huan.

In other words, even Wanyan Wushu believed that Zhao Huan of Song Qinzong was the most powerful weapon to restrain the Southern Song Dynasty court and Emperor Gaozong

For such a "Book of the Four Handsome Men of the Dying Mansion", I can only laugh at it.

First of all, isn't it strange that the source of this so-called suicide note is Xu Mengxin's "Three Dynasties and Northern Alliances", not the official history of the Song Dynasty or the Jin Kingdom?

Secondly, the Jurchen Jin State has always regarded itself as a great power in the upper states, and degraded the Southern Song Dynasty to a vassal land. Most of their names for the Southern Song Dynasty regime are Nanren or Jiangnan, and they will definitely not be referred to as "Southern Song Dynasty" like this "will", let alone Wanyan Wushu, a militant radical?

The third and most important point is that Wanyan Wushu died in 1148 AD, that is, in the eighteenth year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty. Seven years ago, Yue Fei had already succumbed to death in the Storm Pavilion, and the military power of Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun and others had also been withdrawn. Yue Jiajun, Han Jiajun, Zhang Jiajun, etc., have all disappeared and have been in the world for many years.

It is impossible for Wanyan Wushu, who is the top leader of the Jin military to be unaware of these circumstances. In this case, if he also said that "the Southern Song Dynasty has a strong army in recent years, and it has the intention to fight... Hearing Han, Zhang, Yue, and Yang, each has their own disagreements", isn't that smiling and generous?

Therefore, this so-called "Four Handsome Books of the Last Testament" has undergone some kind of deliberate modification, even if it is not virtual

Putting aside the will of Wanyan Wushu, let's assume that Emperor Qinzong was welcomed back to the Southern Song Dynasty, and deduce from the realistic conditions how influential Emperor Qinzong was:

In terms of reputation: Emperor Qinzong is an out-and-out king of the dead country, while Emperor Gaozong is a lord of Zhongxing; The reputation of the two is good or bad, at a glance.

From the perspective of the foundation: Emperor Qinzong has only been on the throne for more than a year, and his ministers have died, the old and the exiled, and they have completely become a loner; And Emperor Gaozong has been in power for more than ten years, and all the ministers were appointed and promoted by him, which can be described as deep-rooted, and how can Qinzong compare.

The most direct example, Yue Fei, who is recognized as the most upright and loyal minister, also referred to Emperor Qinzong as a member of heaven, that is, a relative of the emperor.

Take 10,000 steps back and say, if Emperor Gaozong really feels that Qinzong will threaten his throne, he only needs to be like Zhu Yuanzhang who murdered Han Lin'er, the king of Xiaoming, and on the occasion of the great destruction of the Jin Kingdom, he unknowingly dealt with Zhao Huan, so that all the problems were solved.

Therefore, Gaozong Zhao Gou was not afraid of Qinzong Zhao Huan's return to China; On the contrary, in order to improve his prestige in China, he repeatedly played the banner of "welcoming back the two saints".

Many people think that the slogan of "welcoming and returning the two saints" is Yue Fei's patent, but in fact it is not, Zhao Gou is the first person to shout this slogan, and in the first edict after his accession to the throne, there is a remark of "the restoration of the two palaces together".

Taking Zhao Huan back and directly controlling him is obviously much better than staying in the Jin country and acting as a pawn of the Jin people

If the proponents of the "handle theory" are still unconvinced, they might as well push aside all assumptions and reasoning and look at similar cases in history.

In China's long history, there are many examples of emperors who have been captured and then sent back to China, and there are many examples of new emperors in China, such as Tang Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and the orthodox emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

When Tang Xuanzong and the orthodox emperor returned to the dynasty. They also have a potential political force in the DPRK to rely on. However, in front of the new king. They can only accept the established facts and bow down.

Therefore, most of the supporters of the "handle theory" talk about history in generalities

Since this is the case, what is the reason why Emperor Gaozong used twelve gold medals to forcibly let Yue Fei's class return to the dynasty?

Chen Dou believes that there are two factors that have caused the unprecedented appearance of twelve gold medals: one is Qin Hui's selfish desire; And the other is the laziness of Emperor Gaozong.

Qin Hui's selfish desires are easy to understand.

The reason why Emperor Gaozong wanted to appoint him was because he Qin Hui was familiar with the Jurchens and it was easy to reach an agreement. Once Emperor Gaozong knew that the Southern Song Dynasty's forces had surpassed the Jin State. Turning to support the main battle faction and launching a crusade against the Jin State, to recover the lost territory of the previous dynasty, wouldn't he Qin Hui immediately fall into the abyss?

Therefore, Qin Hui must do everything possible to hide the truth from Emperor Gaozong, or distort the truth, so that Emperor Gaozong still thinks that the Jin army is too powerful to be invincible, and let Gaozong adhere to the policy of negotiating peace with the Jin people.

Only in this way can he, Qin Hui, maintain his power in the court.

Another reason is more difficult to understand. Why is it said that Emperor Gaozong is lazy, and why does his laziness cause Yue Fei to withdraw his troops under the favorable situation?

To put it simply. Emperor Gaozong was a typical hand-shaking shopkeeper-style emperor, and he didn't care too much about the government. And put more power in the hands of the prime minister.

Starting from Li Gang and Huang Qianshan, all the ten prime ministers to Qin Hui have won the absolute trust of Emperor Gaozong without exception, and they have all been able to implement their own ideas, including the proposition of Zhang Jun, the main battle faction, to advance the capital from Lin'an Mansion to Jiankang Mansion.

In fact, the ten prime ministers, except for Li Gang, Huang Qianshan and Wang Boyan, who were demoted because of mistakes in the war, most of the rest of the prime ministers resigned voluntarily for various reasons, and Qin Hui died in the position of prime minister.

It can be said that Qin Hui's extreme distortion and concealment of the facts, coupled with his own laziness and lack of understanding, made Emperor Gaozong seriously misjudge the international situation at that time

The several invasions of the Jin people and the deliberate intimidation of Qin Hui made Emperor Gaozong suffer from serious "gold phobia" early on.

In his heart, the Jin Kingdom will always be so indestructible, the Northern Expedition will never succeed, and the Jurchens will not fail at all.

Since learning of the death of his father, Emperor Huizong, every time he made peace, Gaozong took the trouble to ask the Jin people to return Zhao Huan of Qinzong. Of course, returning Zhao Huan is only a condition attached to the content of the peace agreement, and the real purpose of the peace agreement is to win his right to survive.

In order to negotiate peace, Emperor Gaozong can be said to be scheming and racking his brains. From the day he fled, he never gave up his pursuit of peace.

Some people may defend him: the Southern Song Dynasty was first established, the foundation was poor, the foundation was weak, and it suffered from the continuous blows of the Jin State, the national economy was seriously damaged, and the people's livelihood withered, Gaozong felt that the Jin State was too strong and he was unable to recover the lost territory, and he used peace negotiations to remove the threat from the Jin State, so that the country could survive, and at the same time could recuperate and recuperate, so that the national strength could be restored, isn't it also good?

Yes, Emperor Gaozong was too pessimistic on this issue.

He failed to correctly judge that with the deepening of the Anti-Japanese War, the balance of power between Song and Jin had changed dramatically, and it was not impossible for the Song army to recover the lost territory in the Central Plains.

So, under the deliberate guidance of Qin Hui, Emperor Gaozong chose to grovel to protect himself.

As a result, the Jurchens destroyed his homeland, abducted his subjects, brutalized his relatives, even tortured his father, raped his mother, raped his wife and daughter, and so on.

But in the face of the Jin people, he can call himself a "minister" sentence by word.

When Qin Hui and his henchmen took turns to publish something like "There are few soldiers and generals, and the people are poor and the country is lacking." If Yue goes deeper, wouldn't it be dangerous? Emperor Gaozong, who was as timid as a mouse, was really scared.

What Emperor Gaozong was afraid of was that if Yue Fei was "slightly frustrated" and let the flames of war spread to the Jiangnan region, he would lose everything, and Lin'an would not be able to make a comfortable nest.

Therefore, Emperor Gaozong's best choice is to accept it when he sees it and keep his bargaining chips in peace talks with Jin...... (To be continued......)

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