The Death of Zhang Jun
This month, the Grand Master of Jin and Shangshu Ling Zhang Hao died. Jin Shizong stopped courting for a day. Zhang Hao's greatest contribution was to prevent Jin Shizong from abolishing the imperial examination. At that time, a close servant around Shizong proposed to abolish the imperial examination. Shizong replied, "When I meet the Grand Master to discuss it," and asked Zhang Hao, "Since ancient times, there are no scholars who do not use literature?" Zhang Hao replied, "There is: Qin Shihuang." Jin Shizong was shocked, "How can I make me the Emperor Qin Emperor?"
This month, a student named Chen Liang from Yongkang County, Wuzhou submitted the "Five Theories of Zhongxing" to the court. He made many arguments and could not discuss them with Jin He. However, the memorial was sent to the inner court, but it was like a rock sinking into the sea and there was no reply.
This year, the emperor of Renzong of Western Liao, Yelu Yilie passed away. The will was the first to be in Chinese history: his sister Chengtian Empress Yelu Pusuwan was regent! Pusuwan was in charge of the country as a princess, which was unprecedented in Chinese history! The royal inheritance of China and Japan is obviously different from Europe. In their history, there were many empresses, and there were only five empresses recognized by the historical community in Chinese history: except for the empress Wu Zetian, the other four were from ethnic minorities: the queen of the Western Liao Dynasty, Xiao Tabuyan, the queen of Chengtian Empress Yelu Pusuwan, the wife of Ogedei in Mongolia was Ma Zhen, and the wife of Guiyu in Mongolia was lost to Hai.
In early January of Longxing (1164), Jin Shizong suddenly asked his servants around him, "Why did King Wanyan Zonghan have made contributions to the country, but he had no heirs?" Everyone was not sure what to do. Wanyan Bao suddenly said as if he had suddenly realized, "I have heard that Zonghan was in Xijing, and he killed thousands of surrenders, but he would not be rewarded."
On the 0th, the commander of the Jin army, Pusan Zhongyi, wrote a letter to the Southern Song Dynasty again. This time, the Jin army was particularly straightforward, just four terms issued before, and no one should be vague! If you do not agree, the Jin army will immediately cross the Huai River and reach the Yangtze River! To prove your sincerity, we detained Hu Fang!
Such toughness made Zhao Group's anger that had just been extinguished rise again! It was too much! It was just that the Northern Expedition was frustrated, and the Jin people were so rampant! I really regret not that I should have sat down on the opportunity of Wanyan Liang's defeat and slipped away. At that time, how could the attack come from today's embarrassment?
When the emperor was angry, the wind and clouds changed color. Zhao Guo ordered the world to restart the war machine immediately and see the winner and lose again with the Jin Kingdom!
The war faction was overjoyed and the peace faction was stupid. Neither they nor the Jin Kingdom expected that Zhao Guo's reaction was so fierce. In fact, making a gesture during negotiations and showing toughness are common methods. There is no need to see blood immediately, live to the death?
The Jin Kingdom responded quickly. Jin Shizong immediately issued an order to send a letter to Pusan Zhongyi, "What is the crime of the envoy! He will return it. The border affairs ordered the marshal's office to follow Yicuo to draw." On the 0th of the month, Hu Fang returned to Lin'an and brought a message from the Jin Emperor Wanyan Bao: peace talks can be continued, and conditions can be negotiated...
In the Southern Song Dynasty, Tang Situi organized all his troops to advise the emperor: Please do not be impulsive, be peaceful, be stable, and be developed...
Zhao Group's response was: On the 1st of the month, Zhang Jun was sent to visit the Jianghuai Frontline!
Tang Situi was depressed, this was a stubborn donkey! It seemed that persuasion was useless, and he had to find a whip. He used the method he had tried all the time before asking Zhao to report to the Supreme Emperor before making a decision... This is a killing move, will Zhao Group compromise?
However, this time, Zhao Guo was furious and scolded in an unprecedented stern tone, "The Jin people are so rude, you still want to discuss peace. Today's enemy's power is no longer comparable to Qin Hui's autocracy, but you say peace day by day, it's really worse than Qin Hui."
Tang Situi was shocked. He once again did not expect the emperor's reaction to be so intense. He immediately bowed his head and confessed his guilt, digging out his despicableness from the depths of his heart, and made a profound review. In short, he acted very well-behaved grandson in the face of Zhao Guo, his former good son...
But after turning around and leaving the harem, his face immediately became gloomy. Little young boy, this is you forcing me to use a ruthless move...
Tang Situ, a political senior official who has been working on the work of making trouble for the whole life, quickly grasped Zhao Shen’s weakness: that is Zhang Jun! There is no doubt that Zhang Jun has become a banner! Under his inspiration, the pro-war faction can form a group and the emperor has the confidence to fight the Northern Expedition. That’s great, get rid of him!
After that, Qiuhe sent a general mobilization of rumors and took turns to fight. Various rumors buried Zhao Shen. These professional politicians said that the front line of the Jianghuai was in chaos, the soldiers and civilians were not distinguished, and the generals were incompetent. Sometimes they said that Hai, Si, Tang and Deng were alone and could not defend, and the cost was too high. Then they gave countless examples to prove that Zhang Jun was domineering, arrogant, and had a low eye... and even used super long space to introduce how powerful and invincible the Jin army was.
Zhao Shen's excited heart gradually landed from the high clouds and returned to the pure military comparison after Fu Li's collapse... He finally ordered the Jianghuai front-line troops to retreat one after another, and he no longer personally fought... After doing this series of actions, the Jin Dynasty knew that the peace talks were reopened, and Zhang Jun knew that the Northern Expedition was hopeless...
On April, Da Jinping's political affairsman Wanyan Yuanyi was dismissed from being a residence in Tokyo. She retired soon and died at home.
On the 7th, Zhao Xing summoned Zhang Jun to return to the court. On the 14th, he stopped going to the Jianghuai Governor's Office.
Exhaustion and arrogance in nature made Zhang Jun choose to resign again. Tang Situi ordered his confidant Yin Xu to impeach Zhang Jun. On the other hand, Zhang Jun was dismissed from prime minister. Zhao Sheng sent Qian Duanli, Wang Zhiwang was appointed as Huaidong, Huaixi promulgation envoy, and went to the front line to take over the military...
Qian Duanli and Wang Zhiwang, two good names! Just look at the literal form, etiquette people are the essence of Chinese Confucianism, and they were also high-ranking officials at that time, and they also enjoyed a reputation among the Confucians. Let’s take a look at their actions:
These two generals seeking peace and seeking peace to the front line, with their efficiency exceeding that of all civil servants in the past. After taking office, they first dismissed all the volunteer soldiers recruited, prohibited the front line from accepting traitors from the north, and removed all the various defensive facilities built by Zhang Jun with his hands and feet. They ordered that localities not be built again, disbanded the Wanbi Camp, suspended the construction of warships, reduced the navy, and reduced the scale of cavalry...
If there are patriotic generals who refuse to execute the war, it will be exactly what they think, "Disobeying orders and harming the country" is enough to dismiss these generals and investigate, or even arrest and imprisonment! Even Yu Yunwen, who was famous for a while, cannot be spared!
On May 8, the Jin Kingdom swept away the remnants of Lawowo, Fu Suhe.
On June 19, Yu Yunwen, who was stationed in Tang and Deng, immediately abandoned his guard and returned to Lin'an to report his duties! Yu Yunwen was furious and refused to execute! As a result, on July, Yu Yunwen was dismissed from office and investigated, and Han Zhongtong was appointed as the commander of Hubei and Jingxi.
This is the hero who just saved the country from the disaster, and was treated like this! These things can be said to be Qian Duanli and Wang Zhiwang did it, but Zhao Shen must know! He acquiesced to these things and added fuel to the fire: the garrisons of the two prefectures of Ri, Hai and Si were ordered to be revoked.
On August 19, Jin Shizong said to his prime minister, "Every time you report is a common thing. Anyone who governs the country and safeguards the people and is inconvenient to the people will never be able to do so. In this way, then who can't do the prime minister's responsibility?"
On the 8th, Zhang Jun passed away. To be honest, the reason why Zhang Jun was able to survive after Fu Li's collapse was entirely due to his stubbornness, strong personal heroism, and strong patriotism, barely supporting his hard work!
He not only had to fight with the Jin Kingdom, but also with the peace seekers in the rear, which made him exhausted. Once Zhao Shen decided to negotiate peace with Jin, it destroyed all his actions on the front line, and his last meaning of survival also disappeared... His death was sad and heroic!
After Zhang Jun was dismissed from prime minister, he was demoted to Fuzhou. Before leaving, he also submitted a memorial to impeach Tang Situi's confidant Yin Yu. Someone advised him to stop talking about state affairs at this moment. Zhang Jun said that even if he was persecuted, he would never go with the flow and sit back and see the treacherous ministers saying, "The righteousness of the king and the ministers has nowhere to escape between heaven and earth. I have a great kindness from both dynasties and have a long responsibilities. Even though I have gone to the country now, I still look for the master to understand it day by day. If he wants to use Jun again, Jun will say that he will not say anything about old age and illness." This shows that his ambition is endless...
Unfortunately, before he reached Fuzhou, he was in a state of decline and exhausted his life. On his dying moment, he said to his second son, the future Neo-Confucian master Zhang Shi, "I have been unable to restore the Central Plains to the Central Plains to avenge the shame of my ancestors. If I die, I should not bury my ancestors' tomb left, and it is enough to bury my ancestors at the foot of Hengshan." This is Zhang Jun's evaluation of himself. It can be seen that when a person is about to die, he is calm and he still has a self-knowledge...
The ancients said: It is a final conclusion to look at people. I personally think this statement is very one-sided. Do you mean that you have been doing a bastard for life and become sensible before you die, and you will eliminate everything before you forget about it? However, if you point out your evaluation of Zhang Jun, it really makes people unable to say anything...
Zhang Jun hated him very much. He was promoted quickly in troubled times as a Confucian scholar. The first few steps really made people disgusted and despised. Li Gang resisted the Jin Dynasty, and he impeached Li Gang; Han Shizhong resisted the Jin Dynasty, and he impeached Han Shizhong. He himself did nothing at the beginning of the Jin Dynasty! In the Jingkang crisis, Kaifeng City was killed countless times and fiercely, but he didn't know where this man was hiding, so he left his life?
After the Miao and Liu mutiny, Zhang Jun was able to ascend to the sky in one step. He gained the military and political power of the entire Sichuan and Shaanxi with just the so-called "rescue of the Lord". Then Fuping was defeated in a disastrous manner, destroying the famous and strength of the Western Army of the Song Dynasty for a hundred years! Until the Huaixi Army changed, Zhang Jun did not do anything to benefit from the country. Then when Zhao Shen ascended the throne, he launched a Northern Expedition, but because of the unknown general use, Fu Li was defeated.
It can be said that Zhang Jun occupied all the fortunes of the Southern Song Dynasty in his life! Fuping, Huaixi, Fuli... made the Southern Song Dynasty always step on the empty space when it was about to reach the top! Is this fate? Or is this person himself having a problem?
It is definitely a problem for Zhang Jun! He is confused and jealous of the virtuous and capable. He harms Qu Duan and force Yue Fei to destroy Li Xianzhong's platform. This is the embodiment of his leadership art!
However, Zhang Jun had the only commendable quality in his life: that is integrity! From beginning to end, he was determined to resist the Jin Dynasty externally, and refused to surrender to Qin Hui internally. Even if he was wandering for 0 years, he would never bow his head! This is definitely not something that everyone can do. Even if Zhang Jun had a loss of virtue, lacked ability, and had too much selfishness, this was enough to make people respect him!
Zhang Jun really died of hard work for the country! Based on this point, we forgive him and pay tribute to him...
Zhang Jun's death made Tang Situi and other scum get what they wished. These hopeless national sinners, who were broken from the beginning to the ground, were ecstatic and wrote letters in batches. Zhao Shen asked him to respect objective facts and past history, and not make meaningless resistance. He directly gave up the two Huai areas and retreated to the south bank of the Yangtze River. He immediately sent an envoy to ask the Jin Kingdom for peace. This is the only opportunity to avoid the demise of the country...
On the 9th, Tang Si retired and ordered Wei Qi to go to the Jin Kingdom to negotiate peace. Zhao Sheng personally sent Wei Qi to set the bottom line for peace talks: 1. The Jin army wanted to withdraw troops; the annual quota should be reduced; 4. The people of the Central Plains did not return it... Wei Qi himself also drafted 17 memorials, and Song Xiaozong agreed to it one by one. So he set out and said to the emperor before leaving, "I dare not help me if I go out to the border! If the enemy is insatiable, I am willing to increase the troops quickly."
Hu Quan wrote a letter to strongly oppose peace talks. "If peace talks are successful, there are ten things to be suffocated. If not, there are ten things to be congratulated." Wang Zhi, a student of Tai, also wrote a letter to oppose peace talks.
On September 1, Zhao Xing appointed Tang Sideng as the commander-in-chief of the Jianghuai East Route Army. The military power in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River was completely under Tang Sideng's hand. However, this man did not know any military at all. He was not afraid! On the other day, he was appointed as the veteran royal guard Yang Cunzhong as the deputy governor, Qian Duanli and Wu Fu as the military counselor of the governor's office.
In this way, the Southern Song Dynasty made every effort to promote peace talks. The Jin Dynasty also paid attention to it. Historical materials proved that all these changes were made by the Jin Dynasty deliberately. Wanyan Bao wanted to force peace by war. His Jin Dynasty was much worse than his predecessors, and there was no possibility of invasion of the south at all!
All Wanyan Bao's wish is to try his best to suppress the Southern Song Dynasty! The Southern Song Dynasty must be made to take the initiative to be weak and surrender from now on. This is a very clever strategy. The weaker it is, the more you cannot show weakness. Just like the Shu Han in the Three Kingdoms was the weakest back then, you must not wait for the Wei Kingdom to attack. You must take the initiative to maintain stability!
"Little Yao Shun" Jin Shizong's abacus was quarreling, and he had many follow-up methods to ensure the success of the plan. However, he didn't expect it to be useless at all! Because Tang Si gave him a big gift!
In October, Tang Situi had to ensure peace talks [31 Novel Network
So on the 9th, Pusan Zhongyi and Heshilie Zhining divided his troops to cross the Huai River and attacked Chuzhou. The governor Wei Sheng wanted to resist, but was rejected by the commander Liu Bao on the grounds that he could not destroy the peace. Liu Bao then abandoned the city and fled.
On November 4, the Jin army and Wei Sheng fought fiercely in Huaiyang, fighting from Mao to Shenshi for nearly 10 hours, and the winner was not decided. When Tu Shan Kening led the new force to arrive, Wei Sheng finally lost his support and said to his subordinates, "I should die here, and those who get rid of the escape will return to the emperor." He ordered the infantry to be in front of the cavalry and left behind. Finally, he was caught in an arrow and fell off his horse and died in 18 miles from Huaidong. The city of Chuzhou was broken. Subsequently, Haozhou and Chuzhou were also captured by the Jin army, and the Jin army vanguard quickly approached the north bank of the Yangtze River!
Chapter completed!