Feng Zhou closed his eyes slightly and recalled history's evaluation of Song Xiaozong from "Yongle Dadian".
According to Feng Zhou's memory, Zhao is a very sympathetic and good person who lives a very hard life. He does a good job in domestic affairs, but in foreign wars, he has great ambitions and lack of talent, and his opponents are too strong, and his teammates are too stupid, which ultimately leads to a lifetime of unfulfilled ambitions.
A hapless emperor who drank in hatred, an embarrassed dutiful son and a failed father.
If you give a score, it can probably be scored as seventy points. He is not ranked among the most famous heroes in China, but in the Southern Song Dynasty, he was definitely Nanbowan. Considering that he had such a perverted adoptive father, Zhao Gou, and under his Zhao Gou
Being a crown prince for ten thousand years in the shadow of Qin Hui for too long is actually quite rare.
But it's a pity that most of the time in this world, the outcome is the judge of things. There are not so many reasons and not so many what-ifs. Especially in China, which has a long history, all extreme situations have been experienced by all capable people.
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He is a good person because he has sincerely believed in and yearned for the bright and beautiful things in the Classics and History since he was a child. His outlook on life could not be more upright, and he is dedicated to doing good. His idol is not his own Taizu.
The emperor was Tang Taizong Li Shimin, a model of a wise king through the ages. The minister he cared about most deeply and probably respected the most in his heart was Yue Fei, whom he had only had face-to-face contact with once when he was a child. If Yue Fei's rehabilitation is the inevitable trend, then this is the general trend.
Changing the name of Yue Fei's youngest son, appeasing Yue Lin many times, and even choosing Li Fengniang, the daughter of Yue Fei's general Li Dao, when choosing a princess for his son, may have revealed some personal feelings.
But after all, Yue Fei was killed more than ten years before he ascended the throne. Moreover, the entire Yue family army and even the entire Southern Song Dynasty army were severely purged under the auspices of Qin Hui, and their combat effectiveness was severely reduced. At the beginning of Nandu, some important ministers and generals such as Zhao Ding
Li Guang, Han Shizhong, Liu Wangde and others also died. Only Wu Dan was far away in the west, which was not enough to improve the overall situation. In other words, the Southern Song Dynasty he took over in the 32nd year of Shaoxing was no longer the same one in the 12th year of Shaoxing.
The military strength of the Southern Song Dynasty far exceeded that of the Jin Dynasty, and the recovery of the Central Plains and Yanyun was not a problem in the Southern Song Dynasty, and there were not so many good cards to play.
But Zhao Kong had his ambitions, but not his vision. His strategic vision was not unique, and he could not recognize people. So soon after he ascended the throne, when he resisted the pressure of the Supreme Emperor Zhao Gou and finally launched the Longxing Northern Expedition,
However, he handed over the heavy responsibility of commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition to Zhang Jun, Xuefeng among the people.
Of course, there was an element in this that Zhang Jun, who had just returned from exile, kept deceiving him since he had little time to live; but there were also ministers like his teacher Shi Hao who were advising him: I am afraid that if there is any mistake in the Northern Expedition, His Majesty will be banned for life.
Looking back at the Central Plains.
So in the end, he still lacks ability. Who is Zhang Jun? It was the defeat of Fuping in Sichuan and Shaanxi in the third year of Jianyan, which destroyed almost the entire Sichuan and Shaanxi theater and the Western Army; the breakthrough in Shaoxing in the seventh year of Yue Fei, Zhang Zongyuan, Ye Mengde, etc.
The painstaking efforts of the civil and military elites to dissuade him successfully led to the Huaixi Mutiny and ruined the great situation of the Northern Expedition. With such a situation and such a commander, and encountering a heroic leader like Jin Shizong Wanyan Yong, Longxing the Northern Expedition did not play tricks.
It's strange.
The next period of time should have been a process of Song Xiaozong summarizing experience and lessons and trying to make another move. But unfortunately, the failure of the Longxing Northern Expedition that he strongly advocated gave the Supreme Emperor Zhao Gou more energy to control.
He also led to the resurgence of Qin Hui's gang members. At the same time, his own vision was still problematic. He could neither identify real talents nor be trustworthy in employing people. He was also very impatient and always eager for success, so he was particularly unable to withstand it.
Failure and attrition. These factors caused him to change prime ministers like a revolving door during the few years he was in power. Finally, he entrusted Yu Yunwen to the throne. The emperor and his ministers agreed to go hand in hand in a few years, and a lot of blood was spilled. As a result, Yu Yunwen fell early again.
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At the same time, his adoptive father Zhao Gou lived healthy and well-nourished, and lived until he was more than eighty years old; his opponent Jin Shizong Wanyan Yong also lived healthy and worked hard. He was originally in trouble when Wanyan Liang invaded the Song Dynasty. , the Jin Kingdom, where the Han and Khitan people revolted one after another, stabilized again, and a small-scale and low-level "prosperous age" emerged.
Zhao spent the rest of his life in this kind of grievance. Of course, during this period, he still worked hard to be a good emperor.
For example, even though he had to negotiate peace with the Kingdom of Jin after the failure of the Longxing Northern Expedition, he always refused to repatriate the "reformed people", which was much better than his godfather.
For example, he always reviewed the army, practiced martial arts, and never forgot the ambition of the Northern Expedition; for example, he managed the internal affairs very well, and the rule of law was clear and the political style of the Ming Dynasty was broad and gentle. Today's historians generally believe that this was the best political atmosphere in the Southern Song Dynasty, and the country also A period of relative prosperity, the so-called "Government of Qian and Chun".
However, none of these achievements could be satisfied by Song Xiaozong himself. The achievement he most hoped to achieve was the Northern Expedition to recover the Central Plains. However, compared with his grand goal, he was not persevering enough personally, so he finally survived until Song Gaozong's death. After that, he himself was exhausted, and within two years he hurriedly gave way to his son and became the emperor. Unfortunately, his personal life luck was not as good as that of his father, and his daughter-in-law was so blatant that she even provoked her husband and The father-son relationship between the father-in-law and his father-in-law made Song Xiaozong miserable in his later years. He was unable to even look at his son when he died.
Therefore, in Feng Zhou's view, especially when the emperor appeared in front of him alive and asked him to preside over the Northern Expedition with an eager face, Feng Zhou was full of sympathy for him.
Emperor Zhao was very unsuccessful in military diplomacy. If you carefully examine the military failures and political turmoil during the Longxing period, you will find that many factors leading to the failure cannot be entirely his own responsibility: he himself was suppressed and constrained by Song Gaozong. For a long time, there was no opportunity to contact and learn high-level imperial arts in the early stage, and in the later stage, it was impossible to master the government affairs freely. At the same time, the various abundant resources that Shaoxing had before the 12th year of the Southern Song Dynasty, from national power, military combat power to the morale of civil servants and generals, were also reduced. He was completely ruined by his adoptive father and Qin Hui. The so-called "Gaozong dynasty had ministers who restored it, but no emperor who restored it; Xiaozong dynasty had emperors who restored it, but no ministers who restored it." It is indeed a painful statement.
The life of a hero may be hard or even painful, but fortunately he understands the joy of it; he is a great traitor, not to mention a murderer and an arsonist with a gold belt. Therefore, the most unlucky in the tide of history, especially in troubled times, may always be Song Xiaozong who has such talent but insufficient ambition. A great person, but he is still a mortal with kind thoughts, obsessions and a little unwillingness to be mediocre.
Thinking of this, Feng Zhou opened his eyes and saw that Zhao was still bowing and saluting. He felt a warmth in his heart. He gently helped him up and sighed: "Your Majesty has great ambitions and extraordinary magnanimity. He can actually entrust me with important military affairs." , If I don’t agree, I’m afraid that I won’t be able to cope with it in my heart, and my thoughts won’t be clear.”
Zhao Daxi asked hurriedly: "Did Zhenren Feng agree to me?"
"Your Majesty came to the throne at a young age. He has ministers who can govern the world, but he does not have generals who can unite the war. Therefore, he seeks talents in the field. The poor Taoist is filled with emotion and is willing to go all out to lead the army in the Northern Expedition, expel the Hu barbarians, restore China, and establish "Gang Chen Ji, rescue the people of Sri Lanka. After the great event has been completed, I will only live in seclusion in the mountains and forests, recite "Liang Fu Yin", and continue to build the Quanzhen Sect."
After hearing this, Zhao's pride rose again in his heart. He felt a surge of pride rushing into his heart. He couldn't help but said: "You are like a pine and a cypress, and I am a green mountain. Even if you are shattered to pieces, I will never let you down!"
Feng Zhou laughed and said, "Your Majesty, it's not that exaggerated. It's just a Northern Expedition. As long as your Majesty entrusts you with military power and the whole army is united and committed to the Northern Expedition, I expect that today next year, Your Majesty will be able to return to the old capital, and even patrol Youyan to achieve Taipei."
According to the ambition of our ancestor Taizong, by that time, I am afraid that His Majesty will be called the emperor of the ages by future generations, standing alongside Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty."