Chapter 7 Chapter 6 Yue Fei Must Die

In 1127 A.D., Yue Fei was twenty-four years old. At that time, he was in command of the seventh rank of the Left Behind Division in Tokyo. Described in modern language, he was roughly equivalent to a regimental officer of the troops under the Left Behind Military Control Committee in the capital of the empire.Fifteen years later, at the beginning of 1142 AD, Yue Fei was killed in Lin'an, the temporary capital of the empire, which is today's Hangzhou, at the age of thirty-nine.Before his death, he had just been dismissed as the commander-in-chief of the largest army in the empire, and he was the deputy envoy of the Privy Council at that time.

Saying that Yue Fei must die does not mean that Zhao Gou and Qin Hui conspired to kill Yue Fei unjustly. This is the most chilling crime in Chinese history.In fact, from a global point of view, as long as such a crime has occurred once in the history of any nation, it is worthwhile for this nation to reflect on its political legacy forever. Yue Fei is probably the most outstanding military commander in Chinese history.His story has become an enduring theme in many Chinese folk legends of later generations.The only warrior who can be compared with him is probably Guan Yu from the Three Kingdoms era.If it is said that the two are equal in martial arts, loyalty and courage, in terms of cultural literacy, Yue Fei may be superior.In the Yuewang Temple by the West Lake in Hangzhou today, the painting "Give me back my rivers and mountains" is said to be written by Yue Fei.The imposing manner, skill and representative meaning shown by those four characters make people feel that only Yue Fei is worthy of writing it.And the poem "Manjianghong" with strong sentiments, people generally want to believe that it was written by Yue Fei.Eight hundred years later, in the years of national subjugation and genocide, many Chinese youths sang this poem and embarked on the battlefield against Japanese pirates.To this day, it still brings tears to the eyes and blood of those of righteous faith on many occasions.

It is said that there is a military book written in the name of Yue Fei called "Wu Mu's Suicide Book", which is a military bible that can make people invincible.In Chinese legendary literature, in order to get this book, all kinds of characters in the rivers and lakes launched dazzling battles, setting off waves of bloody storms.In the end, the party representing justice finally got it, and by learning it, the evil forces were wiped out. This is typical Chinese thinking.This kind of beautiful imagination is often smashed to pieces in the face of reality. In the daily life of Chinese people, we are particularly prone to see a scene: older people often use the life wisdom and political wisdom they have learned through the vicissitudes of life to warn the young generation who are just fledgling with anxiety.There are many ancient sayings representing these wisdoms in China, some of which are more elegant, such as: if a tree is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it;The market atmosphere is stronger, for example: people are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong, and the rafters of the early ones are rotten first, etc.If you are not afraid of arbitrariness, there is probably no Chinese who has not received such advice in the process of growing up.

To be sure, this cultural phenomenon is unique to the Chinese.Many people from other nationalities and cultural backgrounds are completely unable to understand the wisdom of the Chinese, especially the Han people.In their view, this so-called wisdom of life is precisely anti-life.Life under the guidance of this kind of wisdom is unlikely to be bright, healthy and energetic; the fruit it bears must be depressed and gloomy, cold and smooth, with a strong atmosphere of conspiracy.In fact, even in modern times, many of the dark frustrations and depressions of the Chinese people have a lot to do with this.The strange thing is that few people in this excellent nation have explored why things are like this?

Related to this, the Chinese people have a very frequent saying that "good will be rewarded with good, and evil will be rewarded with evil." However, in the long years of four thousand years, they have never been able to establish a Set of mechanisms to achieve it.The best of the people, therefore, often met a most tragic fate. The fate of Yue Fei and Qin Hui is a typical expression of how the above-mentioned cultural and social mechanisms realize that good will be rewarded with evil and evil will be rewarded with good.This can help us understand this unique cultural phenomenon. Among the "Four Generals of Zhongxing" in the early Southern Song Dynasty, Yue Fei was born in a farming family, the youngest, and the least qualified.He is seventeen years younger than Zhang Jun, and fourteen years younger than Liu Guangshi and Han Shizhong. In 1129, the third year of Jianyan, when the rebellion of the guards was quelled, Han Shizhong and Zhang Jun had already served as Jiedu envoys and became equivalent to the commander of a large military region;If you insist on a metaphor, it is roughly equivalent to a regiment-level officer.Moreover, Zhang Jun was once Yue Fei's old leader, and he has reused, promoted, and rewarded Yue Fei many times.Liu Guangshi is the next general, whose family background, qualifications and experience are all unmatched by Yue Fei.

By the sixth year of Shaoxing, that is, in 1137 A.D., in about eight years, Yue Fei had been worshiped as a Taiwei, and served as Xuanfu envoy and Yingtian ambassador.Taiwei is the highest title for military generals in the Song Dynasty, and Xuan Fushi is a real post at the ruling level second only to the prime minister. Under normal circumstances, the current consul should act.So far, Yue Fei has become a senior official on par with Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun, and Liu Guangshi. Moreover, because in a series of military operations, Yue Fei was bold, courageous, daring to fight, rigorous in running the army, leading the way, and full of military insight, thus creating brilliant battles in which the few won the many and the weak defeated the strong several times.Therefore, his reputation has come from behind and has far surpassed the others.

All this probably made the above-mentioned people quite uncomfortable. For this reason, Yue Fei wrote dozens of letters to them, expressing his tribute and contacting them, but none of them received a response.After pacifying Yang Yao, Yue Fei specially equipped the captured large warship with a full set of personnel and equipment, and presented it to Han Shizhong and Zhang Jun.After all, Han Shizhong is a frank and upright person, he was very happy, and let go of the old feud with Yue Fei; while Zhang Jun thought that Yue Fei was showing off to him, so he became even more disgusted. If it is described in the language of today's people, it is very likely that people will say that Yue Fei is a soft-hearted person.If you use folk sayings to describe him, you would probably say that he is quite "a single muscle".

If you are not a person with the most affection and nature, you will definitely not be able to write such a strong and intense word.Looking at Yue Fei's behavior throughout his life, it is surprisingly consistent with this poem.Therefore, although there is still controversy in the academic circles as to whether this poem was written by Yue Fei, most people outside the academic circle are willing to believe that this poem was written by him. In 1127 A.D., the first year of Jianyan, not long after Zhao Gou proclaimed himself emperor, Yue Fei went to serve.At that time, Yue Fei was twenty-four years old, just a low-level military officer, equivalent to today's battalion and company commander.He wrote a letter to the emperor with enthusiasm, suggesting that the 21-year-old emperor should not be influenced by Huang Qianshan and Wang Boyan and his ilk, and should be determined to recover and live up to the hopes of the people of the Central Plains. etc.The two people mentioned here are the two prime ministers who just helped Zhao Gou become emperor.A few years later, in the "Song History" of the Twenty-Four Histories, both prime ministers were included in the ranks of traitorous officials.But at that time, they were still lenient, they didn't kill Yue Fei, they just ordered the young man to be sent back to his hometown.

Yue Fei was very depressed.He turned around and went to Zhang's office in Hebei to recruit envoys.This time, Zhang Suo admired him quite a lot and asked him to cross the river to fight against the gold under the leadership of Wang Yan in the name of the commander of the Chinese army. This Wang Yan was probably the most remarkable general in the early years of Jianyan.This person is known as a famous general, and he is indeed a famous general.When the cavalry of the Kingdom of Jin besieged the capital Bianjing, he abandoned his family and joined the army and went to the battlefield.Zhang Suo, the recruitment envoy of Hebei, was surprised by his talent and appointed him as the commander of the capital and the commander-in-chief of the former enemy at that time.He made extraordinary moves, leading eleven generals including Yue Fei and seven thousand soldiers, repeatedly defeated the enemy, and his power shocked the time.As a result, Jin Bing regarded them as the main force of the Song army and mobilized the army to fight.At that time, Jin Bing offered a huge reward for Wang Yan's head, which made him very uncomfortable, and he had to change several places to sleep at night.After his subordinates learned about this situation, Xiang Rate tattooed the eight characters "serve the country with all my heart, and swear to kill the gold thief" on his cheeks, expressing their willingness to follow him without leaving a way out, and they will have no different intentions.This is the origin of the extremely famous Bazi Army at that time.Not long after, the leaders of various rebel armies in the Central Plains joined them one after another. At one time, the Eight Character Army numbered more than 100,000 people, stretching for hundreds of miles, "all under the restraint of Wang Yan."For this reason, Wang Yan became a serious problem for Jin Bing.The Jin army held a special military meeting, preparing to gather troops to attack Wang Yan's camp.As a result, a brave leader of the Jin soldiers actually knelt on the ground and wept, saying: "Wang Dutong's camp is as solid as a rock, it's really not easy to handle."

Regrettably, Yue Fei didn't see eye to eye with this Wang Yan, and the two clashed.And in a fit of anger, Yue Fei walked away in a huff.According to the military law of the Great Song Dynasty, any subordinate who left the leader without authorization will be punished as a deserter and beheaded.It is impossible for Yue Fei not to know this military law.But they would rather leave with such a serious crime, it is very likely that the two people are the same sex repelling, and they are really incompatible with each other. They all think highly of themselves, have stubborn personalities, have equal military talents, and are also staunch advocates of fighting against gold. prime minister.Wang Yan led the Eight-Character Army to fight against the gold, which shocked Heshuo, and repeatedly offended the dignitaries of the dynasty. Therefore, he committed a taboo very early, was deprived of military power and turned into a civilian official, and became a local official who governed one side.The public opinion at that time was quite unfair and regretful for him.However, Wang Yan soon enjoyed a high reputation in the civil service because of his filial piety, honesty and outstanding ability.In this way, they should have been quite like-minded comrades and comrades-in-arms.As a result, it is a pity that they turned against each other.We can only use a vulgar idiom to describe it, that is, one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers.Moreover, the dislike between the two was so deep that seven or eight years later, Yue Fei became the commander of the front army and was stationed in Xiangyang; appeasement.At this time, Wang Yan, who had reached the end of his life, would rather resign than work with Yue Fei in the same place.This is really a pity.

In this way, Yue Fei left Wang Yan's Bazi Army and came to Kaifeng, the capital city.As a result, on the streets of Kaifeng, he was really recognized and arrested as a deserter.At the critical moment when he was about to be beheaded, Yue Fei ran into the highest person in charge of the capital city at that time—the governor of Kaifeng and Zongze left behind in Tokyo. This position is roughly equivalent to the mayor of the capital and director of the military control committee.The venerable old man saw at a glance that this young man was not an ordinary person, and ordered him to stay.After talking, Zong Ze decided that this was a promising young man, and took him under his tent.At that time, it was the time when the Jin soldiers came to attack.Zong Ze ordered Yue Fei to lead 500 soldiers into battle.Yue Fei was brave and good at fighting, he won more with less, and returned with great victories.Since then, he has won the love of the elderly, and was exceptionally promoted to the seventh-rank Tokyo Left-behind Division Commander, which is roughly equivalent to the current regiment-level cadres.Yue Fei became famous in the first battle, and thus entered people's field of vision. Zong Ze was seventy years old at the time, and his prestige was so high that even Jin Bing was in awe. Whenever he was mentioned, he would always call him "Grandpa Zong".The old man's lover Yide correctly pointed out that although Yue Fei possessed excellent aptitudes no less than any good general in ancient times, he was too fond of field battles because of his bravery and martial arts, and he neglected marching and formation, lacking in military skills.Therefore, he devoted himself to teaching Yue Fei the art of war, laying the foundation for him to become a generation of famous generals. Soon, the old man Zongze passed away in grief and indignation.When he was about to die, he shouted three times, "Cross the river! Cross the river! Cross the river!" It meant to cross the Yellow River and regain lost ground.Unfortunately, this wish was not realized in the 152 years of the Southern Song Dynasty. It was Du Chong who took over Zong Ze's position and became Yue Fei's immediate boss.This person is particularly cruel, and he especially likes to establish his prestige with minor negligence.Who knows, in Zhao Gou's eyes, he actually thinks this shows that this person is determined and promising, and possesses great talent.Therefore, he was repeatedly entrusted with important tasks.In the end, he was appointed as the prime minister, and more than 100,000 troops were handed over to him to be responsible for the defense of the most important Jiankang line in the Yangtze River defense line in the Southern Song Dynasty.In June of the third year of Jianyan, the Jin soldiers went straight to the south of the Yangtze River.Under the command of Du Chong, the Song Army's Yangtze River defense line collapsed.Zhao Gou and his ministers were hunted down and fled and wandered in the vast sea for more than four months.And Du Chong also became the first prime minister of the Southern Song Dynasty to defect to the enemy.Now, the prime minister finally has the opportunity to use his shamelessness to prove that Emperor Zhao Gou has no hair on his mouth and can't do things well. Until then, Yue Fei finally got a chance to play his own role and display his talent.He gathered the scattered soldiers and horses and led them to fight in Yixing and Changzhou.The battle of Huang Tiandang was a glorious example of defeat set by Han Shizhong.If it weren't for a few small traitors who ungrateful for profit, this battle would very likely cause the subsequent history to be rewritten.The heart-wrenching story of the heroine Liang Hongyu "Beating the Drums and Fighting the Golden Mountain" is about this battle.Yue Fei cooperated with Han Shizhong, set up an ambush on Niutoushan, and also participated in this battle.This year, Yue Fei was twenty-six years old. In the fourth year of Jianyan, that is, in the spring of 1130 AD, the Jin soldiers withdrew to the north.They missed the best time to eliminate the Southern Song Dynasty regime, and never crossed the Yangtze River again.Taking advantage of this precious respite, the Southern Song Empire worked hard to quell several rebellions and separatist regimes in the territory, stabilize the regime, and passed the critical moment of life and death.Under Zhang Jun's recommendation and reuse, Yue Fei quickly stood out from the crowd and became the most dazzling general in the entire empire in a series of vicious and tough battles. In the autumn of 1133, Emperor Zhao Gou summoned him to the capital, personally wrote the four characters "Jing Zhong Yue Fei", made a pennant and rewarded him.At the same time, a mansion should be built for him in the capital.Yue Fei thanked him and said: "The enemy is not destroyed, why should the family do?"——The enemy is not destroyed, what should the family do?This situation is very similar to the story of Huo Qubing, a famous general in the Han Dynasty - "The Xiongnu is still alive, why should the family do it?" For this reason, the emperor Zhao Gou was very happy, and asked Yue Fei's opinion very kindly: "When do you think the world will be peaceful?" Yue Fei He replied: "Wenchen officials don't love money, and military generals don't fear death, so the world can be peaceful." It is said that Zhao Gou was very surprised, and he didn't expect a martial artist to speak such level words.Soon, Yue Fei, who had just passed his thirties, was awarded the title of Jiedu Envoy of the Qingyuan Army, the founder of Wuchang County, and became the supreme military commander of the entire middle reaches of the Yangtze River. Jiedushi is an official position set up from the Northern Zhou Dynasty to the Sui Dynasty. It was inherited from the Tang Dynasty. It is the highest official position guarding the locality. And so on, all the state governors in the area under their jurisdiction are their subordinates.After Zhao Kuangyin released his military power with a glass of wine, it became a kind of honor and treatment for generals and members of the royal family. The recipients did not take office, or they had no real power after taking office. "Founding Son of Wuchang County" is a noble title. Viscount is the fourth rank among the five noble titles, lower than Marquis. It is generally used to reward those soldiers and members of the royal family who have made outstanding military achievements.This title shows that Yue Fei's family has since entered the ranks of the nobles of the empire.In fact, by this time, some people had begun to call Yue Fei "Yue Hou" or "Hou Ye". The role of the word "vice" is the same. In 1137 AD, that is, in February of the seventh year of Shaoxing, Yue Fei was ordered to go to Beijing to report on his duties.Before that, an event that had a great influence on Zhao Gou happened: a little earlier, in the first month, an envoy sent by the emperor to the Kingdom of Jin two years ago returned with a message from the highest decision-making level of the Kingdom of Jin. The letter notifies: Zhao Gou's father, Song Huizong, who was looted to the Kingdom of Jin, died two years ago, in 1135; Empress Ningde died nine years ago, in 1128.Hearing this fierce question, Zhao Gou "wailed and danced", beating his chest and feet, wailing bitterly, not eating or drinking for several days, showing quite grief.In all fairness, Jin Guo's actions are indeed quite barbaric. Even if the two sides are hostile, they don't have to be so inhumane about the relationship between their own father and son.This can often arouse people's common hatred.In fact, the tragic death of the former emperor in a foreign land was a great shame to this country. This matter is likely to stimulate Zhao Gou deeply.Therefore, he summoned Yue Fei to Beijing. In addition to discussing the various possibilities of the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains to restore his homeland, he also made a series of arrangements for Yue Fei to increase his official status and promote him. Just this time, Zhao Gou praised Yue Fei and awarded Yue Fei the title of Taiwei.Taiwei is a very old official title. It was established around the Qin and Han Dynasties. It is the military and political head of the country.It was renamed Da Sima during Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.In the Eastern Han Dynasty, he was called Sangong together with Situ and Sikong.Since then, most of the dynasties have set them up, but they have gradually become virtual and become honorary officials without actual power.From the time of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, Taiwei was not a real official title, but the highest rank among military officials.That is to say, if the official worships the Taiwei, he can already enjoy the same noble treatment as the prime minister.At the same time, Zhao Gou promoted Yue Fei's actual position to Xuanfu envoy and Yingtian ambassador, becoming a general second only to the prime minister, at the same level as the ruling, and parallel to Han Shizhong and Zhang Jun.This year, Yue Fei was not yet thirty-five years old. Afterwards, Zhao Gou went to Jiankang Mansion and ordered Yue Fei to follow him.Arriving in Danyang County in early March, Han Shizhong led his own soldiers to meet him.On the 4th, Zhao Gou summoned Yue Fei alone in Zhenjiang Mansion.After arriving at Jiankang Mansion on the 9th, Zhao Gou summoned Yue Fei alone again, and he summoned him in the emperor's "bedroom", that is, his bedroom.The emperor said to Yue Fei: "I will entrust you with the cause of recovering the country and revitalizing the Song Dynasty. From now on, except for Han Shizhong and Zhang Jun, the rest of the army will be entrusted to you for moderation." In ancient Chinese, "temperance "The word has the meaning of restraint, command, and jurisdiction, which is equivalent to the meaning of being led by Yue Fei today.This is quite unusual, but the significance is that this practice is far from the imperial tradition of the Song Dynasty.Yue Fei, who had no relationship with the emperor, was highly trusted by the emperor.In the more than 170 years since the founding of the Song Dynasty, soldiers were deeply tabooed and guarded against. No general had ever received such trust and power.With this order, Yue Fei will be the actual commander of most of the army in the country.With the military talent shown by Yue Fei, it is not impossible to lead such a powerful army to launch a large-scale Northern Expedition.If this is really possible, it is likely that Chinese history will be profoundly rewritten; Zhao Gou will also appear in the annals of history as a great and talented monarch of a generation.Alas, assumptions mean nothing to history.Things had changed after all, and badly. Beginning with the "Anshi Rebellion" in the mid-Tang Dynasty, the Jiedu envoys in various places gradually evolved into warlords and towns, and became a group of unrestrained and arrogant soldiers.The five dynasties and ten kingdoms that followed were a typical era in which if you have a milk, you are a mother, and if you have a gun, you are a grass-headed king.It is the rule of the times that the weak eat the strong.Under this rule, the soldiers were in constant trouble, and many tragedies and comedies of "the arrogant soldiers chase the commander, and the handsome and strong will rebel" were staged, and they became short-lived empires.After Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin won the throne with this yellow robe, in order to avoid repeating the same mistakes, he immediately implemented a set of policies such as dismissing heroes, releasing military power, controlling generals, and establishing a military system, thus forming a deep-rooted imperial tradition in the Song Dynasty. The story of releasing military power with a glass of wine has now evolved into a part of Chinese political wisdom.It is a far-reaching design of Zhao Kuangyin to remove the administrative power, financial power and military power of Jiedushi and make it a noble honor and treatment.In order to limit the harm that soldiers and martial arts might cause from the system, so that the military power can be completely concentrated in the hands of the emperor, the Song Dynasty established the military command system of the Privy Council-Three Offices-Emperor at the beginning of the founding of the country. The Privy Council and the Zhongshu Province "hold the two handles of civil and military affairs", that is to say, the Privy Council is the highest organ in charge of military and political affairs in the country, and the Zhongshu Province is the highest organ in charge of national administrative affairs, and they are also called the East and West.Its officers include Privy Council Envoys, Deputy Envoys, Signing Letters to Privy Council Affairs, and Co-signing Privy Council Affairs.It is roughly equivalent to today's head, deputy, assistant, etc.Sometimes the privy envoys and deputy envoys are replaced by privy council affairs.The responsibilities of the Privy Council are to be in charge of military and state affairs, military defense, frontier preparations, government orders of soldiers and horses, secret orders of cashiers, as well as the ranks of guards, the recruitment, inspection, relocation, garrison, rewards and punishments of internal and external banned soldiers, etc.Shangshu Province has a Ministry of War. In theory, the Ministry of War has a lot of power, which is almost equivalent to the Ministry of National Defense. Horses, equipment, etc.But in fact, the Ministry of War in the Song Dynasty was useless, at most it was a document agency that transferred documents from the top to the bottom, and the power was in the Privy Council. The full name of the Sanya is the commander of the front of the palace, the commander of the guards and the horse army, and the commander of the infantry and the guards. Everything governing, training, defending, guarding, relocation, rewards and punishments are all governed by its decrees."In fact, it is responsible for the management of the national army. The commanders of the various troops in the national army are not appointed by fixed generals, but are temporarily appointed by the emperor, called "Leading Ministers".There is no custom-made order for ministers, with different ranks, different sizes of jurisdictional areas, and different numbers of troops under their jurisdiction.Usually, when something happens, the minister is appointed, and after the incident, the minister will leave the army and surrender military power. For those who do not understand military affairs at all, they must be able to see that this criss-cross command system and governing system actually divides military power into three: the Privy Council has the right to deploy troops, but has no jurisdiction; the Sanya has jurisdiction, There is no right to deploy troops; finally, the commander who has actual command over the troops is temporarily appointed by the emperor.As a result, the complete separation of "the right to send troops", "the importance of holding troops" and "the power of commanding troops" was realized.Under this system, if there is any general who wants to ignore the call and support his troops, he will have to overcome too many difficulties. In contrast to this, the Song Empire implemented the basic national policy of emphasizing literature over military affairs and Yanwu Xiuwen, which was implemented quite thoroughly.Until the time when Yue Fei lived, emphasizing civility over martial arts had long been a fashion in the social life of the empire. From names such as Ouyang Xiu, Su Dongpo, Xin Qiji, Lu You, and Li Qingzhao, we can fully feel the charm of this fashion.It can be said that the economic and cultural splendor of the Song Dynasty was not inferior to any great empires in the Han, Tang, Ming and Qing Dynasties, and might even be better. It is really interesting to observe carefully the imperial tradition created by Zhao Kuangyin.The emperor, who was born as a pure warrior, established a firm belief for his entire dynasty, that is: the power of soldiers and warriors must be thoroughly guarded against, suppressed, and restricted, otherwise, they will be arrogant. Domineering, with a big tail, harming the country.For this reason, his approach can be regarded as no expense spared.For example, during the 170 years of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Privy Council officials were basically held by civil servants.Individual military generals who are in charge of the Privy Council will soon be suspected and resign.The most famous one is Di Qing, a famous general of Song Renzong Dynasty.This man was born in the army, and after he assumed power, he was widely and vigorously opposed by the civil officials, which once caused a real uproar.Among them, those who oppose the most are Bao Zheng, Bao Gong and Bao Qingtian who are most admired and respected by Chinese people today.Although this Di Qing is upright and noble, he is almost an impeccable star.But no!The generals have been showing off their power and doing evil for too long, and the bad impression left on people is too deep.They must be suppressed.Not only must they bow their heads and ears in front of the emperor, but they must also remain respectful in front of civil servants. Therefore, Song Zhenzong, the third emperor of the Song Dynasty, continued to implement the policy of using literature to control military affairs. "The law of the ancestors does not regard the military as the commander-in-chief, but to rule over a group. Civil servants must be used as the strategy, and the commander-in-chief. The military is the general manager, who leads the troops and horses. He is a general. "That is to say, the top leaders of all the troops in the country are served by civil servants, and the entry and exit of generals must be controlled by civil servants.This system immediately became an imperial tradition and practice, which is quite disturbing.War in the era of cold weapons is, after all, a battle of wisdom and courage.It is a bit too much for civil servants who are not familiar with battle formation to even command a battle or even a battle. That's not counting.The sons of the Zhao family of the Song Empire continued to advance along the path of truth, making truth not only a step forward, but also a complete fallacy.For example, eunuchs are responsible for supervising the army and controlling the array. The bad habit of eunuchs supervising the army in the Song Dynasty began with Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi.The eunuch Wang Ji'en he appointed, when he suppressed Wang Xiaobo and Li Shun's uprising, acted mischievously and framed the vanguard official Ma Zhijie's deeds, which has become a rather ugly public case in history.By the time Tong Guan became king, the eunuch supervising the army reached the pinnacle in Chinese history.As already mentioned, almost everything we have talked about here originated from this eunuch. Formation control is a rather incomprehensible method. The specific method is: "Picture the formation, regulate the temple to win, give discipline, remote control is cheap, the commander obeys, and the noble ministers supervise."It means that during the war, the emperor and several ministers will formulate the battle formation and strategies and tactics in the palace, and the front-line generals will not be allowed to change them, and the eunuchs will monitor them.As a result, the leading generals are in great pain: wartime is changing rapidly, following the formation map may be contrary to reality, and not following is disobeying orders.Even a complete layman can see the folly of this approach.This is probably the important reason why we rummaged through the history books of the Song Dynasty, and after the Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, we seldom saw any beautiful victories of the Song Army. Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin's Wen Tao Wu Lue, as famous as Qin Shihuang Han Wudi Tang Taizong, created the foundation of the Great Song Dynasty.He has a very powerful general named Cao Bin.Under the Taizu, this person has never lost a battle, and has made many outstanding military exploits.Trusted and respected.Contemporary scholars believe that Cao Bin is the direct ancestor of Cao Xueqin.When Zhao Guangyi, Emperor Taizong, used this method of warfare to restrain his generals, the same Cao Bin was beaten to the point where he almost lost his life on the battlefield. However, in any case, this set of things is a mixture of good and bad, forming the indestructible imperial tradition of our Great Song Empire that is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.Its greatest effect is to maximize the safety factor of the royal authority from the inside.For Empire vs. Royale, that's enough.Compared with this, everything else is nothing.No one realizes that in this way, this once powerful empire has become no longer powerful; it is already vulnerable to external blows. In order to enhance the combat effectiveness of the army, the Song Dynasty even stipulated that the soldiers in the army should eat more rations and pay more than those who are short and light. Quality.We can imagine: under the above-mentioned imperial tradition, it would be incredible if the army could not be "weak" just because the soldiers were strong. In this way, by 1127 A.D., when the cavalry of the Kingdom of Jin attacked the army of the Song Dynasty, they could indeed use the word "destroy the dead" to describe it.In fact, around this period, the regular army of the Song Dynasty had already collapsed.The four armies led by the four generals of ZTE and the Sichuan-Shaanxi troops led by Wu Jie gradually developed during the war against gold for nearly ten years.This decade has been a decade of great turmoil, great differentiation, and great reorganization.The regime of the Southern Song Dynasty was struggling to support it on the line of life and death. It was unnecessary, incapable and impossible to implement the system of using literature to control military affairs.Everything is growing naturally to adapt to the needs of the war.Therefore, these five generals naturally have great authority over the army they lead.Therefore, the people spontaneously called Han Shizhong's troops "Han Family Army", Zhang Jun's troops as "Zhang Family Army", Liu Guangshi's troops as "Liu Family Army", Yue Fei's troops as "Yue Family Army", and Wu Jie's troops as "Wu Family Army". In 1135 A.D., the fifth year of Shaoxing, after several changes, the army of the Southern Song Dynasty formed an organizational system centered on these five troops: Han Shizhong's troops were the front guards of the battalion, with a strength of 80,000 troops, based in Huaidong Chuzhou, which is today's Huai'an, Jiangsu; Zhang Jun's Department is the guard army in the battalion, with a strength of 80,000 troops, and Jiankang, which is today's Nanjing, is the base camp; Liu Guangshi's troops were the battalion left guard army, with a strength of 52,000 people. They successively took Chizhou (now Guichi, Anhui) and Luzhou (Hefei) as their base camps; Yue Fei's Department was the rear guard of the battalion, with a force of 100,000, with Ezhou, today's Wuchang, as the base camp; Wu Jie's troops were the battalion right guard army, with a strength of 70,000 troops, based in Xingzhou, which is today's Xianrenguan in Lueyang, Shaanxi Province. Now, according to the internal arrangement of Emperor Zhao Gou, Yue Fei took over Liu Guangshi's camp left guard army, and at the same time restrained Wu Jie's camp right guard army, allowing him to command about three-fifths of the country's troops. On the three main frontal battlefields in Xiangxiang, a strategic situation of comprehensive counter-offensive was formed against the Jin soldiers.This is undoubtedly a very strategic and bold arrangement.Its exciting place goes without saying.Yue Fei was very excited.If all this goes smoothly, the life and career of the young general and the young emperor who has been kind to him, the monarch and his ministers, may reach a dizzying peak of glory. Therefore, in 1137 A.D., on March 11th, the seventh year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty, two days after the emperor cordially summoned him in the dormitory, Yue Fei gave the emperor a memorial.It can be seen that when Yue Fei wrote this memorandum, he was so emotional that when he read it 800 years later, it still makes people sigh with emotion, lamenting the cruelty of nature. Yue Fei wrote: "Since the country's misfortune, Chen Fu has started in the white house, with the heart of sacrificing his life to serve the country and recovering the shame. His Majesty recorded the minister's minor labor, and was promoted from the commoner. It was not ten years before he was an official to Taiwei, and his rank was comparable to that of the three princes. Enshu regards the second government, and increases the number of envoys, and proclaims and cares for all roads. The minister is humble, honored and superior, and has a limit; now he has benefited from the minister's army and horses, and the envoy restores the map. If he gets it, he can enter , then raise troops to go straight to Beijing and Luo, according to Heyang, Shanfu, and Tongguan, to call on the rebel generals of the five routes, then Liu Yu will abandon Biandu and go to Hebei, Jingji, and Shaanxi can be restored. As for the counties in the east of Jing, Your Majesty Pay it to Han Shizhong and Zhang Jun, and you can take it down." Judging from Yue Fei's series of great victories, repeated heavy losses to the main force of the Jin army, and his invincible fight all the way to Zhuxian Town, which is only forty-five miles away from Kaifeng, it can be seen that Yue Fei is indeed not talking big here. Yue Fei finally said: "At the same time, welcome back the Emperor Taishang and Empress Ningde's Zigong, and invite the relatives of heaven to return to the country, so that the ancestral temple will be safe again, and all surnames will be happy together. Your majesty will have no worries about going north. The minister's wish is over. Then beg to return to the field Here, what this minister promised himself in the past." After Zhao Gou read Yue Fei's memorial, he immediately gave instructions: "If you have a minister like this, why worry about Gu Fu. I don't control the opportunity to advance or stop. I can only order the generals to spread lenient grace, and no one will kill lightly. I will do my best." It means that there are such ministers. What else is there to worry about?I will not bind your hands and feet in the battle to reclaim your homeland.It's just that you have to warn the generals not to kill innocent people indiscriminately. This is the last thing I want to see. The meeting and tacit understanding between the monarch and his ministers shown here is quite moving. So far, Yue Fei ushered in the golden years of his life. Judging Yue Fei's mood at this time, he must feel very good about himself.This is normal and there is nothing wrong.After all, all these honors, status, power, and prestige were all achieved by him in the rain of guns and arrows, and he deserved it all.However, on the other hand, all of this may have also caused his illusion of Emperor Zhao Gou, making him apply the lofty feelings and creed of "a scholar dies for his confidant" that is applicable to ordinary people to the emperor. For the emperor, this was a big mistake, a complete mistake. The reason is simple. Under China's imperial culture, any act of imposing ordinary people's feelings on the emperor will be regarded as an offense to the royal authority, thus causing great damage to the actor himself.No matter how sincere and precious this feeling is.Judging from the historical records, it is very likely that Yue Fei made this kind of mistake in order to repay the emperor's kindness, and the mistake was so extreme! Around this time, one day, Yue Fei had a conversation with Emperor Zhao Gou.The monarch and his ministers are very speculative.Perhaps because the conversation was getting hotter, Yue Fei suddenly raised rather recklessly that he hoped that the emperor would resolve the issue of the heir to the throne as soon as possible.As soon as this remark came out, the atmosphere of the conversation immediately took a turn for the worse.Even though Yue Fei's reputation was at its peak and he was the most trusted and favored at that time, Zhao Gou still scolded without any pretense: "Although you are loyal, but you are holding a heavy army outside, this kind of thing is not You should intervene." Yue Fei's face changed at that moment, and he was very embarrassed.他退出去后，皇帝立刻接见了岳飞的参谋官薛弼，赵构对他讲了这件事情，并关照这位参谋长说：“看样子岳飞不太高兴，你可以去开导开导他。” 几年前，在金兵的追杀下，赵构由于惊怖导致阳痿，并丧失了生殖能力；如今正在想尽一切办法医治。他刚刚三十出头，毕竟还存着很大的希望。前些时候，他又遭遇了一个更加惨痛的事件：唯一的儿子，因为宫女不小心踢翻一个铜鼎，而被惊吓抽搐致死。这两件最深的隐痛，如今被岳飞的一句话都给钩了起来，其心情之灰恶恼怒可以想见。 问题的严重还不仅仅在于岳飞哪壶不开提哪壶。最要命的是，岳飞触犯了皇家最大的忌讳：手握重兵的武将对皇位继承感兴趣。我们知道，皇权继承问题，在历朝历代都是一个绝对核心的敏感问题，为此所导致的皇家骨肉相残比比皆是，为此形成臣僚或飞黄腾达或家破人亡的故事也史不绝书。人们历来特别容易把这个问题和那些手握重权、重兵的文臣武将们的政治野心联系起来。 谁知，后来，岳飞在一封密奏中，又一次谈到这个问题，希望皇帝尽快确定过继皇子的继承名分。这就表明他并不是谈得高兴一时口滑所致。事实上，这件事情确实是岳飞的一块心病。当时，金国人扣住宋徽宗宋钦宗不放，有着相当重要的政治原因。赵构称帝以后，金人就曾经考虑将宋徽宗放回去，用以削弱赵构的影响。后来一直存在着一种可能，就是金人以武力扶植一个宋钦宗嫡系的傀儡皇帝，这位傀儡皇帝具有赵宋帝国先天的大宗正统地位，将使南宋政权相当难堪、被动，甚至对其存在的合法性都可能形成挑战。当时，部分地为了对抗这种可能，赵构从太祖赵匡胤一系挑选了两位皇室子孙，过继到自己名下，但还没有确定究竟由哪一位继承皇位。岳飞的提议，从抗金斗争的现实出发，显然是好意。而且是那种忠心耿耿地把皇帝当成自己人、不见外的那种好意。但是，这种好意是否能被皇帝愉快地接受，却大成疑问。德国哲学家费尔巴哈认为：住在茅棚里的人和住在皇宫里的人，想的不可能一样。诚哉斯言。赵构对岳飞的呵斥明白地说明了这一点。 随后，就发生了对岳飞命运产生重大影响的“淮西事变”。 刘光世是南宋初年的“中兴四将”之一。此人出身于名将之后。他的父亲是战死沙场的著名将领。到绍兴年间，南宋政权稳定下来之后，这位将军厌倦了刀头舔血的戎马生涯，陶醉于酒色之中，对于什么光复国土抵御外侮之类毫无兴趣。于是，他统帅的五万大军便成了“军律不整”的骄兵悍将。打起仗来不行，欺侮百姓、骚扰地方很凶。因此，朝野上下颇有烦言。听到风声之后，正中这位仁兄下怀。他倒是不贪恋权位，马上上书，称自己身体不好，希望能安排一个闲职。赵构赏赐给他了一些珍宝古玩，刘光世大喜，津津有味地把玩到了后半夜四更时分，就是赏玩了一夜，天都快亮了。这种表现，令皇帝相当满意。在中国，这种人政治上的安全系数一般都会很高，而且生活幸福。赵构的此次安排，主要就是让岳飞接管他的部队。 皇帝为了岳飞能够顺利接收刘光世的部队，专门为岳飞写了一道下达给刘光世及其主要将领的手诏。手诏中要求这些人，听从岳飞的号令，就像皇帝亲自在场下令一样；如果有人胆敢违反，“邦有常宪”，就是依法严惩不贷的意思。 谁知，皇帝的这个安排，遭到了时任宰相张浚和刚刚出任枢密使的秦桧的反对。而且，反对的理由极其强有力，那就是我们已经十分熟悉的大宋防范与裁抑武将的帝国传统和祖宗家法。事实上，在过去的几年里，已经有不少文臣陆续谈到了应该防止武将坐大的问题。但是，战争的需要，使南宋君臣很明白，他们不可能一边限制和得罪这些将军，告诉这些正在出生入死的人们：你们是靠不住的，是一些潜在的坏蛋；一边要求他们奋力保卫自己的家国。因此，尽管皇帝和他重要的文臣们为此相当焦虑，但是，他们不能也不敢在这么敏感的问题上轻举妄动。 如今，活着还是死去似乎已经不成问题了，那么，君臣议论过不止一次的恢复以文制武政策，就理所当然地提上议事日程了。张浚与秦桧认为，委托岳飞统领大军北伐，可能是在生身父亲宋徽宗去世噩耗的刺激下，皇帝短暂地发生心智失常所致。因此，作为臣子有责任提醒皇帝，这是违背帝国传统与祖宗家法的。于是，宰相张浚忠告皇帝：让一员武将掌握过大的兵权，一旦此人功盖天下，威震人主，便悔之莫及了。所谓末大必折，尾大不掉，此之谓也。 赵构听了张浚和秦桧关于“以合兵为疑”的陈述后，深以为然，当即给岳飞另外写了一份手诏，告诉他：合军一事，“颇有曲折”，委婉地取消了成命。然后，让张浚想办法处理善后。 翻阅当时与后代的史书，对这位张浚的评价都不算低。在像我们这种普通中国人一般会肃然面对的“二十四史”《宋史》中，甚至将这位南宋初年的宰相，与诸葛亮作过一番比较，认为他对王事的忠诚，很像这位极受中国人敬爱的诸葛孔明。 史书记载，张浚出身儒臣，为人豪爽有大志。他是唐朝宰相张九龄的弟弟张九皋的嫡系后代。四岁失怙，但“行直视端”，从来不说假话，认识他的人都认为这孩子将来必成大器。南宋朝廷被迫迁到东南之后，上下一度混乱不堪，曾经发生过韩世忠的部下把一位谏臣逼到水里淹死的恶性事件。张浚坚决要求将手握军队、立有拥立大功的韩世忠撤职查办，结果真的把韩世忠观察使的职务给罢免了。史书说：从此“上下始知有国法在”。建炎三年护卫亲军兵变时，正是这位张浚居中调度，使韩世忠、张俊协调起来，方才平息叛乱，由此大功，得到了赵构的信任与重用。赵构回忆说：兵变发生后，自己被隔绝在宫中。有一天正在吃粥羹，忽然听说张浚就要被贬到湖南郴州去了，大吃一惊之下，把一碗粥都打翻在手上了。当时想，完了，张浚要是被贬走，还有谁能平息得了这场叛乱呢？据说，叛乱平息后，赵构曾经极为亲热地将张浚引入内殿，对他说：皇太后知道你忠义非常，想要见见你。随后，解下自己佩带的玉带赐给张浚，并且当时就要拜张浚为宰相，张浚以自己是后生晚辈，资历不够而推辞了。 张浚做的事情里，可圈可点的确实不少。平息护卫亲军兵变时，他把韩世忠、张俊手下的军官们召集起来，厉声对他们说：叛贼悬重赏，要我这颗脑袋。你们要是觉得我该杀，就取了这颗头去领赏；不然，就跟着我去杀贼，任何人胆敢退缩，我都将严惩不贷。结果，众人感愤，都愿服从他的领导，拼死杀贼。有一天深夜，一个不速之客突然出现在戒备森严的张浚面前，从怀里掏出一张纸说：这是重金悬赏要您脑袋的文书。张浚说：既然如此，你干吗不拿了走呢？这个人回答说：我虽然是个粗人，却也知道好坏，怎么会为贼所用？我来只是想提醒您，我走后，恐怕还会有人来，而您的安全警卫是有漏洞的。说完，此人飞身上房，飘然而去。张浚也很绝，他马上杀掉一个人，对外放风，将被杀者说成是捉到的刺客，用来吓阻后来者。 建炎年间，一个叫薛庆的江洋巨盗，在江淮地区啸聚数万之众。当时，张浚担任枢密使，害怕这股势力蔓延开来不可收拾，于是，自己一个人径直来到薛庆的巢穴，居然凭三寸不烂之舌和凛然正气，使这位薛庆“感服下拜”，愿意为朝廷效力，对抗金兵。此时，朝中盛传张浚已经被盗贼扣押了。不久，张浚安然返回，令赵构惊叹不已。 据说，作为坚定的主战派领袖，张浚在当时享有极其崇高的威望。绍兴初年，由于在川陕地区主持工作时的一些做法引起非议，张浚曾经被罢免枢密使职务，贬到福州居住。到绍兴四年时，金国元帅兀术率领十万大军打到扬州，下战书，约宋军决战。此时，赵构紧急将张浚召回，官复枢密使。结果，韩世忠接到兀术的战书后，派人去见兀术应战，并且告诉这位金兵统帅，张浚已经来到镇江。兀术不信，说：张枢密不是被贬到岭南去了吗？怎么可能到了镇江！韩世忠派去的人拿出张浚所下的文书给兀术看。据说，兀术的反应是“色变，夕遁。”就是说，这位金兵统帅当时脸色就变了，连夜撤兵走掉。 到绍兴六年，张浚已经担任右宰相、兼知枢密院事，都督各路军马。这一年，金国扶持下的傀儡伪齐军南侵。当时，金兵不肯配合这次军事行动，于是，伪齐军号称七十万之众，化装成金兵大举南下。南宋朝廷吓坏了，纷纷准备退保长江。张浚坚决主张顶住了打。他说服赵构后，星夜急驰到采石，严令正在后撤的刘光世部：“若有一人渡江，则杀无赦。”意思可能是说，若有一个人撤退过了长江，就要砍下部队最高长官的脑袋。所以，才有了一个记载：据说，刘光世相当惶恐，对部下说：“弟兄们往前打，救救我的脑袋。”结果，在张浚的指挥下，伪齐军被打得全线溃败，宋军大获全胜。 至此，张浚“总揽中外之政，几事丛委，以一身任之”。皇帝赵构，事无巨细，必定征求张浚的意见；凡是发给诸将的诏书，大都由张浚起草。他的人生事业达到顶峰。 在这种情势下，公元1137年，即绍兴七年的晚春时节，张浚以帝国传统和祖宗家法的名义，劝阻赵构不要让一个武将兵权过大，无疑具有巨大的说服力量。 就张浚本人的动机而言，下列三种考虑应该是可能的：其一，他十分清楚本朝对武将尾大不掉的传统恐惧，作为宰相，他有责任帮助皇帝避免此种局面的出现；其二，此时的张浚，自信或者自负，在内心深处，他很有可能觉得只有自己——张浚，才是统帅各路大军北伐，实现中兴大业的唯一人选。事实上，在此次伪齐军发动进攻之前，张浚已经在皇帝的支持下，对北伐作出了相当全面的军事规划和布置，甚至各路大军已经按照布置，进入了指定的位置。因此，这个统帅人选不应该是任何别人，包括岳飞；其三，南宋帝国政权设置中，有一个都督府。在理论上讲，枢密院是全国最高军事决策机关，都督府则是全国军队的最高管理协调机构。张浚兼任都督。我们知道，此时的各路大军都是在战争中自己冲杀出来的，因此，这个都督府的实权相当有限。显然，张浚非常希望都督府有一支直属部队。按照赵构的安排，岳飞接管刘光世部队，节制川陕部队，就在相当程度上“宣抚诸路”，取代了都督的职权。这肯定是张浚所不愿意的。这些，可能是张浚准备用都督府参军吕祉取代岳飞，统领这支部队的真实动机。 于是，张浚将岳飞召到都督府，在这两位坚定的、实际上志同道合的主战派战友之间，发生了一次给历史留下深刻遗憾的谈话。 这时，如果张浚能以一种豪爽磊落的方式，坦诚地把事情摊开来谈的话，结果可能会很不一样。可惜，张浚这一次既不豪爽，也不磊落，他采取了一种最不高明、却是直到今天心中有鬼有愧的人仍然惯常采用的做法——揣着明白装糊涂，拿别人当傻瓜。结果，既侮辱了对方，也侮辱了自己，使事情出现了最糟的一种情形： 他装作根本没有发生过让岳飞统领这支部队的样子，装模作样地征求岳飞的意见：“淮西这支部队很服气王德，现在准备任命他担任总管，郦琼担任副总管，再让吕祉以都督府参谋的名义统领。太尉你以为如何？” 这其实等于是通知岳飞，事情变化了，以前的安排不算数。岳飞不可能愉快地接受这种变化和这种方式，但还是相当克制而客观地回答说：“王德和郦琼素来不相上下，而且互不服气。这种安排必然导致二虎相争。吕祉虽然是位通才，可是毕竟是位书生，不习军旅，恐怕难以服众。” 张浚又问：“张俊怎么样？” 岳飞回答：“张宣抚是我的老领导，我本来不敢说三道四，但是为国家利益考虑，恐怕张宣抚性子太暴躁，缺少谋略，尤其是郦琼会不服。” 张浚阴沉着脸，沉默片刻，又问：“杨沂中应该高出这二人了？” 岳飞摇头道：“沂中虽勇，和王德差不多，怎么驾驭得了这支部队？一旦处置不当，变乱可能在弹指间就会发生。” 张浚终于忍不住了，说出了一句相当伤人的蠢话：“我就知道非太尉你来不可。” 岳飞也忍不住了，愤慨地说道：“都督您正儿八经地问我，我不敢不据实回答。难道我是为了图谋这支部队吗？” 双方把话说到这个份上，已经全然没有了回旋余地。从这件事情中，我们唯一能够得出的结论，只是一句不相干的废话：但凡采用此种方式行事的人，十有八九或者大抵是由于心中不干净所致。 岳飞离开都督府，立即上了一道奏章请求辞职。然后未等批复，就把军中事务委托给助手张宪代管，自己径直回到庐山，给母亲扫墓守孝去了。 结果，不该生气的人——宰相张浚和皇帝赵构丝毫没有反省自己的意思，他们比该生气的人生的气还大： 《宋史》记载，此后，张浚多次上奏皇帝，坚决弹劾岳飞说：“岳飞处心积虑一门心思地就想兼并别人的部队，此次辞职，真实的意图是要挟皇帝。”这种显然不负责任的弹劾，具有极其可怕的杀伤力，岳飞立即陷入险恶的涡旋之中。 由此向前推十年，张浚曾经以同样决绝的态度，坚定地弹劾过李刚。 事情发生在公元1127年，也就是北宋靖康二年与南宋建炎元年。在此一年多以前，即宣和七年年底到靖康元年年初，金兵第一次围攻京城时，李刚临危授命，组织了京都保卫战，使汴梁终于坚持到各路勤王兵马赶到，没有被金兵攻破。 在与金兵议和时，李刚慷慨请行，宋钦宗怕他过于强硬刚烈，改派了一位名叫李棁的大臣前往。史载，这位仁兄见到金兵统帅后，吓得说不出话来，从营门开始，就只知道磕头，跪在地上用膝盖“膝行”进谈判的帐房。金兵提出的退兵条件是：索要黄金五百万两，白银五千万两，牛马万头，表缎百万匹，割让真定、太原、河间给金国，并以亲王和宰相为人质。这位大宋的谈判代表全部诺诺。宋钦宗在二十万勤王兵马云集京都城外，金兵一方只有六万兵马的情况下，同意了金兵的条件。于是，当时还是康王的赵构主动请命，前往金营充当人质。当天夜里，发生勤王兵马为争功而偷袭金营事件。为了平息金人的愤怒，宋朝君臣把责任推到了强硬主战派领袖李刚身上，将其撤职罢官。 此后，发生过两次数万京都太学生与市民伏阙请命，就是到皇宫门前集体请愿，要求罢黜求和派，让李刚主持工作的群众运动。据说，李刚与发动请愿的群众领袖们素不相识，但是皇帝与主和派大臣们则大都倾向于认为是李刚暗中操纵了这些请愿运动，意在要挟，居心叵测。 后来，赵构登极之后的第六天，召请李刚担任右宰相。七十七天之后，在李刚强硬的主战主张与求和派发生激烈冲突时，同样是主战派的张浚，突然剑走偏锋，上书皇帝，措辞激烈地弹劾李刚排斥异己，滥杀无辜，结果导致李刚被罢黜出京城。从此，这位与岳飞同样忠诚，同样富有才华，同样耿直，同样威望素著的人物再也没能回到朝廷发挥作用。若干年后，赵构谈起李刚时，仍然不能原谅李刚，认为是李刚挑起的那些请愿运动。而张浚则投合皇帝的心理，其实是将李刚长期排斥在朝政之外的真正重要的力量。 由此，从李刚、张浚、岳飞这三位位高权重、影响巨大的主战派人士的命运中，我们可以部分地理解了，何以南宋政权只能偏安于东南一隅。 这次事件，对岳飞和张浚二人的命运都产生了重大影响。 岳飞的做法，显然在政治上是不可取的。这位天才的军事统帅，富有军事上的洞察力；在政治上却表现出了十足的幼稚。一个可能的推测是：此时，岳飞仍然心怀对赵构知遇之恩的感激，潜意识里希望用这种赌气式的方式，唤起皇帝的觉悟。毕竟，就在不久前，君臣二人之间还有着高度的默契与信任。However, he was wrong.他不知道，皇帝的心理活动，是不能用普通人的标准来度量的。 事实上，此时的皇帝对岳飞极为恼怒。他将岳飞的举动，理解为居功自傲、骄横跋扈和对自己——帝国皇帝大不敬。 从后来的发展看，赵构基本上接受了张浚的说法，在心理上关闭了对岳飞理解与信任的大门，从此只剩下利用。利用完后，则是无情的诛杀。中国历史上，失去信任之后，皇帝诛杀功臣的事例举不胜举。这可能是中国“过河拆桥”、“卸磨杀驴”、“兔死狗烹”之类格言谚语比其他国家和民族多得多的主要原因。 赵构采取了一个很少见、很绝的方法来处理岳飞的辞职事件：他给岳飞最主要的助手参谋官李若虚和统制官王贵二人下了一道严厉的命令，让这两个人前往庐山，必要时在岳飞的住室旁搭一间房子住下来，敦请岳飞复职工作。如违抗此令，或者做不到，就把李若虚等并行军法。于是，李若虚二人只好来到庐山东林寺劝说岳飞出山。岳飞很恼火，坚持不肯。就这样，一直僵持到第六天，李若虚对岳飞说出了一番极其严厉的话，致使岳飞不得不接受诏旨，下山复出： 李若虚说： “难道你是想造反吗？难道让你出来工作不是好事吗？你坚持不干，朝廷怎么会不怀疑你？想想看，你不过是一个农夫出身，受天子委托，掌握这么大的兵权，你是不是觉得可以和朝廷抗衡了？如果你坚持不再复出，我们二人受刑死掉，应该算是没有什么对不起你了吧？可你难道一点都不觉得有愧于我们吗？” 这一番话，很有可能将此时赵构深藏在心底，想说而没有说的话说了出来，魔鬼般地预示出岳飞的命运。 岳飞下山后，三次向赵构谢罪。赵构说了一番看似不软不硬，实则杀机四伏的话： “对于你这一次的轻率举动，我并没有生气；要不然，必有惩处。这就是太祖所说的：犯吾法者，唯有剑耳。之所以还让你统领部队，把中兴大业托付给你，就是因为我没有生你气的意思。” 一般说来，中国皇帝以三尺宝剑对付他们心中的异己时，很少有手软的。后来发生的一切表明，赵构也是如此。 岳飞回到鄂州大本营后，给皇帝上了一份奏章，在并统诸军北伐的计划夭折后，请求率领本部兵马出兵北伐。赵构以手诏回复，表示欣赏岳飞的忠诚，“恢复之事，朕未尝一日敢忘于心”，同意岳飞单独北伐。于是，岳飞提起精神，厉兵秣马，准备出击。 然而，正在此时，淮西兵变爆发了。岳飞预言的一切，全部发生，而且情况更加糟糕。属于可能发生的所有情况中最坏的那一种。 从此，一切都无从谈起了。 五月间，南宋朝廷发表王德担任该军都统制，相当于方面军司令，郦琼为副；都督府参军吕祉兼兵部尚书“节制”该军。三人之间的关系类似今天董事长和总裁、副总裁的关系。只是吕祉这位“董事长”握有实权。 此人纸上谈兵是一把好手，声称如果交给他一支部队的话，他就能生擒伪齐政权的刘豫父子，然后光复所有失去的国土。言外之意是，现在的统兵大将都是些笨蛋。 现在，手里有了一支大军，他却只会沿用以文制武的旧习，对诸将傲慢无礼，试图以势压人。根本不知道如何收服、治理这支军队。殊不知这帮子武夫也根本就没把一个