Song Huizong Zhao Ji) Yuan Fu three years of the first month, the spring is cold, and all things are born. Although spring in the true sense has not yet arrived, the heaven and earth are still filled with the breath of slaughter.
Bianjing in the Northern Song Dynasty has long been lit up, and the sound of firecrackers has come and gone. People were celebrating the arrival of the New Year, but Zhao Xu, the seventh emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty, was no longer able to witness the prosperity.
The young emperor, who had launched a brutal political purge and defeated Western Xia after reorganizing the empire's power, died of illness at the age of 25. And this year, I happen to be 25 years old.
I can't imagine what it would be like to die at such a wonderful age with a lot of ambition and unfinished business. When we sighed for Song Zhezong, the new emperor had arrived in the Northern Song Dynasty, and he was Zhao Ji.
Shortly before Zhao Ji ascended the throne, Prime Minister Zhang Dian once said: "You can't rule the world lightly." That is to say, Zhang Dian believes that the emperor has no heirs, and it is natural for the throne to be inherited by his younger brother, but Zhao Ji is frivolous and dissolute, without the slightest imperial prestige and weather, and the Northern Song Dynasty must not be handed over to such a person.
However, Zhao Ji had almost no opponent in this battle for the throne. The two younger brothers of the former emperor, one was far away from the court disputes, and the other was suffering from eye disease. At present, the current situation is turbulent, and the country cannot be without a king for a day, even if Zhao Ji's performance is poor, he is the only candidate.
God destined Zhao Ji to become this emperor. And the first thing Zhao Ji, who easily sat on the throne of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, did after ascending the throne was to remove Prime Minister Zhang Dun, who had publicly criticized him, from his post.
He doesn't allow anyone to point fingers at him, even if what they say is right. And a ** named Cai Jing in the imperial court can be said to be exactly what Zhao Ji wants. Because Cai Jing is the first wall grass in the Northern Song Dynasty.
Many years ago, when Wang Anshi changed the law, he vigorously supported Wang Anshi, and was Wang Anshi's number one fan brother.
Such a vested interest who saw the wind and steered the rudder was soon favored by the emperor and worshiped as prime minister. The emperor had his own business to do, and he was in need of someone to help him run the country, so he quickly handed over most of the power in the court to Cai Jing.
Cai Jing is good at corrupting the country, but not governing the country.
Cai Jing, the prime minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, let him take Huizong to the brink of extinction under one person and above ten thousand people, but Zhao Ji, who was addicted to personal hobbies, did not know about it.
He didn't care what this empire would be governed by Cai Jing, good or bad, he just wanted to find someone to handle government affairs for him, as for who this person was and how he was doing, he didn't care.
Zhao Ji has a wide range of interests and hobbies, calligraphy, poetry and songs, and his thin gold body is famous all over the world, and later generations are vying to imitate it. He also likes to paint, raise birds and flowers, and even play and sing.
What is the point of such a versatile person being born in the family of an emperor?
"Ancient Chinese Literary and Youth Troupe": Through time and space, the "Ancient Chinese Literary and Youth Troupe" composed of Song Huizong, Li Cunqiao, Li Yu and Wan Yanjing all have their own unique artistic talents.
However, Zhao Ji's path to "literary youth" is not only artistic creation, but also his overnight stay in a prostitution hall and his infatuation with women in Qinglou. Although in ancient times, men could have a legitimate reason to go to the Qinglou to have fun, but Zhao Ji, as the emperor, did not seem so faceless.
His talents and achievements were not fully exploited in his time, because the poverty and weakness of the Northern Song Dynasty and the social contradictions had reached the point where it was difficult to solve. Song Huizong's appointment of traitors and lack of attention to national affairs led to the emergence of ** within the country, and the peasant uprising led by Song Jiang also threatened the decadent rule.
In general, Song Huizong's path to "literary youth", although full of artistic talent, ran counter to the prosperity and stability of the country.
The Northern Song Dynasty, a weak empire, seemed destined to be unable to withstand the invasion of foreign enemies. When the dynasty was crumbling, Zhao Ji made a decision, and the name of this decision was "Lianjin Annihilation of Liao".
The Liao Dynasty once invaded the land of the people of the Central Plains, bringing deep war damage to the Northern Song people on the border. However, the Song and Liao sides had signed a peace treaty (the alliance of the Yuan), and under the Huairou policy of the Northern Song Dynasty to issue red envelopes on time, the Liao Dynasty had been at peace with the Northern Song Dynasty for many years.
However, the Jin Dynasty regime that rose from the northern grasslands gave the Northern Song Dynasty very lucrative conditions, that is, the Song and Jin Dynasty united and destroyed the Liao Dynasty, and after the Liao Dynasty was destroyed, the Jin Dynasty gave the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun and a large area of land to the Northern Song Dynasty.
Although this sounded like a promise of war from Zhao Ji, who had no political basis or military thinking, he easily allied himself with the Jin dynasty and destroyed the Liao dynasty, an old neighbor who was both an enemy and a friend.
However, after the fall of the Liao Dynasty, the Northern Song Dynasty lost the barrier of this old neighbor, and did not wait for the land that was promised to be returned, but waited for the iron hooves of the Jin army to go south.
Zhao Ji had his own idea, since everything was a foregone conclusion, then he must not bear the title of the king of the dead country, so he passed the throne to his son Zhao Huan cleanly.
Time came to a heavy year, the first year of Jingkang. It was always rainy in Bianjing that year. The rain whimpered, and the air howled. The Jin army broke through Bianjing, drove straight in, destroyed the palace of the Northern Song Dynasty, slaughtered civilians, raped concubines, burned and set fires, the smoke and dust of Bianjing City were billowing and the flames were monstrous, and even the storm could not extinguish this tragic scene.
In March 1127, the Northern Song Empire, which had lasted for 167 years, came to an end. Some people believe that the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty was caused by Huizong's mediocrity, some people believe that it was caused by the reform and change of the law of Shenzong, and some people even think that it was caused by Renzong's inaction.
In my opinion, the Northern Song Dynasty has laid the tone of its military weakness from the beginning of its establishment, and every subsequent emperor has deepened this tone again and again to varying degrees.
However, the building was not built in a day, and it will definitely not collapse overnight, and the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty and the emperors of the past dynasties are inseparable. But now that the edifice is about to collapse, what's the use of discussing the rights and wrongs?
All we can do is to find lessons from history and pave the way for our future.
The Shame of Jingkang] Emperor Zhao Ji and Song Qinzong Zhao Huan were captured by the Jin army, and they went north with the Jin army, leaving their familiar homeland. On the way north, Zhao Ji looked back and saw that the once prosperous Bianjing City had been engulfed in flames and was in shambles.
The once painstaking civil servants and brave generals have become the dust of history. The palace is dilapidated, and its former glory is a memory. The people's wives are separated, the families are ruined, the country is destroyed, and the glory of the past has faded.
Those who blindly praise Zhao Ji's talent, but because he misled the country, should really watch this scene. Who are you to forgive him on behalf of the people of the world?
He is an irresponsible literati, a faint gentleman who indulges in fun all day long. What is there to brag about such an emperor? What is there to whitewash? This history of shame is all about Zhao Ji's self-depravity and self-inflicted blame.
He is worthy of no one and can only bear all the blame and blame on himself. Some emperors deserve sympathy, such as Li Yu, the queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty, who is also charming and beautiful.
But in the face of national crisis, he advocated resistance, trained the army, and even had the courage to fight to the death. Those who blindly accuse Li Yu of being mediocre and hedonistic, leading to the demise of the country, I really hope that you can go through the history books to see what kind of person Li Yu is.
True history buffs don't learn about history through TV series. And Zhao Ji is just a complete coward. In July 1130 A.D., the heat was unbearable.
Zhao Ji, who had been imprisoned for nine years, died of grief at the age of 54. As an opponent, the Jin Dynasty named him the "Duke of Dude", which was the evaluation of an emperor who had lost his virtue.
A person who has lost his virtues, whether an emperor or an ordinary person, should be nailed to the pillar of shame in history. When we look back on this period of history, we should also deeply understand a truth: if virtue is not worthy, the world will perish.