Yue Fei died unjustly, why didn't the Yue family army rob the law field? Who is the Warden?
Shake the mountain and shake the Yue family's army", this sentence was used by the Jin people to evaluate the power of the Yue family's army. This evaluation is enough to show how strong the combat effectiveness of the Yue family army was back then!
Yue Fei was the supreme military leader of the Yue family's army, he was a national hero of the Song Dynasty, and was deeply admired by the people of the whole country. However, when Yue Fei was wronged and executed, why didn't the Yue family army come to the rescue?
That's because of who the warden is.
Yue Fei's unjust case is widely known in China, and there are still many folk tales circulating to commemorate his loyalty to the country. The establishment of Yue Fei's ancestral hall expresses people's admiration for him.
Qin Hui, the great traitor, was portrayed as a kneeling statue who confessed to Yue Fei for his crimes for thousands of years. This shows that Yue Fei has won the hearts of the people.
Although Yue Fei was a loyal and patriotic general, he was executed on "trumped-up" charges, an unjust case that would have aroused the anger of the people in any era, not to mention that Yue Fei had also led a 100,000-strong army with strong combat effectiveness.
Why, then, did the execution of Yue Fei not cause a large-scale popular uprising or mutiny? I consulted the historical sources of the time and found that there were several main reasons.
Qin Hui was not the only one who tried to kill Yue Fei back then, the mediocre Emperor Zhao Gou also contributed to the troubles behind him, and it can even be said that Emperor Zhao Gou led Yue Fei's death.
Because Zhao Gou was already afraid of Jin Bing at that time, in order to steal peace, he was willing to accept any conditions of Jin Ren. And Yue Fei defeated the Jin people on the battlefield, making the Jin people hate him to the core.
In order to secure his throne, Emperor Zhao ordered Yue Fei to be executed. Yue Fei was out of revenge for the "shame of Jingkang", and repeatedly asked to fight against the Jin soldiers and welcome the return of the second emperor.
However, Emperor Zhao Gou was worried about this, and he feared that his throne would not be secured when the second emperor returned. Therefore, under such psychological pressure, Emperor Zhao Gou finally had a killing intent towards Yue Fei.
In the end, Emperor Zhao Gou issued twelve holy decrees in a row to summon Yue Fei back to Beijing, and then put him on death row.
Historically, there was a traditional concept of loyalty to the monarch in China, which made many people dare to resist even if they were dissatisfied with the king.
This is also an important reason why Yue Fei finally died unjustly and tragically. Therefore, when Zhao Gou summoned Yue Fei back to Beijing with the Twelve Divine Decrees, although Yue Fei understood that going back would be death, he still appeased his soldiers and decided to return to Beijing to die.
Emperor Zhao Gou and Qin Hui joined forces, knowing that this was a strange injustice for the ages, and they were deeply afraid that it would cause the indignation of the people and make the disaster happen. In order to prevent this situation, Zhao Gou ordered Qin Hui to secretly execute Yue Fei, resulting in the failure of the Yue family army and the people of the Great Song Dynasty to arrive at the scene before Yue Fei was executed, and finally could only watch his soul return to the Western Heavens.
In order to ensure the order of the court and prevent the indiscriminate killing of Zhongliang from causing turmoil, Zhao Gou chose to let General Yang Cunzhong, a well-respected descendant of Zhongliang, serve as the supervisor and beheading officer. General Yang Cunzhong is a descendant of the Yang family generals, who has rescued the crisis in the capital many times, and has made outstanding military achievements and is deeply loved by the people.
To save Yue Fei, you must face this extraordinary General Yang Cunzhong.
Zhao Gou understood Yue Fei's prestige in the government and the opposition, and if he was easily executed, he might cause the army to rebel. He used the influence of the Yang generals to quell the rebellion and gradually control the situation, such wit, as the ancients said: "The wisdom of a villain is better than a gentleman." ”