Chapter 47 7. There is a future with a background

Qin Hui, courtesy name Huizhi, was born in Jiangning (now Nanjing, Jiangsu Province), East Huainan Road, and was admitted as a Jinshi in the fifth year of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty (1115).Among the folks, there is a legend in Qin Hui's family that there are "three champions in one family". He Li was the champion of Qin Hui's imperial examination that year. "Song History · He Li Biography" contains: "He Li, the first Jinshi in the fifth year of Zhenghe."Qin Hui's first official position was a professor from Mizhou, which shows that his ranking in the examination is acceptable.Qin Hui is an official in the education department, and he is constantly promoted from the local government.

In the first year of Jingkang, the Jin soldiers went south to ask for a large amount of property from the Song Dynasty, and demanded that the three towns of Taiyuan, Zhongshan, and Hejian be ceded.At that time, the opinions in the imperial court were not unified. Some advocated the cession of land, such as Fan Zongyin, the right admonishing doctor, and some firmly opposed it, such as the senior teacher Qin Hui. Qin Huishangshu pointed out four points. First, the Jin people are greedy, and even ceding the land can only satisfy their greed for a while; second, the Jin people do not keep promises; , gold envoys are not allowed to participate in the discussion.Zi Shang did not get approval from the relevant leaders, but because Qin Hui insisted on the principle of being a personal character, he was recommended by Li Hui, the censor Zhongcheng, and the teacher became the imperial censor in the palace, and moved to the left to be an admonisher.

Qin Hui's road to promotion was very smooth, and he had already become Yushi Zhongcheng when the Jingkang Incident occurred.At that time, Jin Guo wanted to support a puppet regime.Qin Hui resolutely opposed and insisted on righteousness.The Jinren saw that there were still officials with such integrity in the Song court, and it was all right, let's go hunting in the Northeast with the "Second Sage"!Jin Taizong Wanyan Wu Qimai rewarded him to the general Wanyanchang as a slave, and soon Qin Hui rebelled, and then miraculously ran back to the Southern Song Dynasty from the Kingdom of Jin.

In the fourth year of Jianyan (1130), Wan Yanchang led his troops to the south, with Qin Hui as his military staff and a transit envoy with the army.In September, Wan Yanchang attacked Chuzhou, and at this time Qin Hui sneaked back to the Southern Song Dynasty.There are different opinions on whether Qin Hui is a spy of the Kingdom of Jin.According to his own statement, "those who killed the prisoner ran back on the boat" and fled back.But it is possible that you escaped back, why did the wife and servant come back with them, and they were not harmed?Taking such a big family to escape from the Kingdom of Jin to the Southern Song Dynasty, the goal was too obvious. Zhu Shengfei, who was the prime minister in the early years of Shaoxing, expressed doubts about Qin Hui's escape to the south in "Xiushui Leisure Records".

Qin Hui was destined to make a difference when he returned to the Southern Song Dynasty, because his master Wan Yanchang was actually a peacemaker. In the years of war and chaos, there were occasional officials who fled back without any fuss, but Qin Hui was not the case. In the Northern Song Dynasty, he served as Yushi Zhongcheng, a senior official of the empire.Such a large cadre, Jin Guo usually treats him as a high-level political prisoner, and it is impossible to come back immediately. At that time, the Southern Song Dynasty was full of doubts, but Fan Zongyin, the prime minister, welcomed the return of Secretary Qin and recommended him to Song Gaozong.

Qin Hui directly took out his trump card - the summation letter.What is the leader thinking?Many officials can't figure it out, but they can't figure it out. Those who can guess correctly must have a prosperous official career. Qin Hui is a good example.Song Gaozong's biggest political shortcoming is nothing more than the legitimacy of the throne. Song Gaozong's actions in his life, such as running away, seeking peace, resisting gold, seeking peace again, killing Yue Fei, welcoming his mother Queen Mother Wei and Huizong Zigong back to the country, etc., did not make any difference at all. Speaking of the living Song Qinzong Zhao Huan, there is only one purpose behind all kinds of events, and that is to keep the throne, and he will sacrifice everything on this road to protect the throne.The prerequisite for Song Gaozong to keep the throne is peace. The Kingdom of Jin is always at war. He can’t stand it, because the war brings many unstable factors. Only a peaceful international environment can the throne sit firmly, deeply, and for a long time. .

Judging from the current military strength of both the Song and Jin Dynasties, seeking peace is a bit of a fantasy.Whether it is feasible or not, someone always needs to stand up and help the emperor fulfill his wish. At this time, Qin Hui stepped forward.Song Gaozong's first reaction after reading the letter of peace was to be overjoyed, and then praised Qin Hui for being "excellent in loyalty", and was immediately promoted to minister of the Ministry of Rites. After only three months, he was promoted to be a political adviser, but the deputy prime minister was not Qin Hui's goal.

Qin Hui, the deputy prime minister, began to show his political skills, and the Manchu court made propaganda, threatening to have two strategies to stir up the world.At that time, some officials asked, what is the second strategy?Qin Hui said bluntly, "There is no phase now, so it is not feasible." This is the first strategy.The second is "Southerns return to the south, and northerners return to the north", that is, to seek peace. This sentence was put forward by Qin Hui's former master Wan Yanchang.If the Kingdom of Jin annihilates the Southern Song Dynasty, Qin Hui may have contributed to the cooperation between the inside and the outside.The military strength of the Southern Song Dynasty increased, and when it confronted the Kingdom of Jin, and no one could swallow the other side, Qin Hui came out to negotiate a peace, which was beneficial to both sides.

In addition, the people of the Song Dynasty believed that they were well-developed civilization and lived in China under the whole world. They took a contemptuous attitude towards the minority regimes in the southeast and northwest, calling Dongyi, Xirong, Nanman, and Beidi. Anyway, there is no good word.In actual diplomatic activities, the Song court was in a passive state in most cases. As mentioned above, Fan Zhongyan suggested the use of Fan soldiers, thinking that the policy was brilliant, which resulted in a paramilitary mutiny in the battle of Dingchuanzhai. Wan Yanchang was a general of the Kingdom of Jin and a statesman at the same time. Letting Qin Hui back to the Southern Song Dynasty was far-sighted and a brilliant move.When Wanyan Agu fought with only 800 soldiers, the Jurchen army of the Jin Kingdom was only tens of thousands. Compared with the Song Empire with a population of 100 million, it was at a disadvantage in terms of numbers.Fighting is fighting consumption. The generals understand this truth better than anyone else. The Kingdom of Jin cannot continue to be strong. The older generation of revolutionaries is dead. If the number of soldiers is not enough, who can replace them? What can they use to compete with Song Ting?Wan Yanchang may have such a consideration.

Later, the military power of Song and Jin changed, largely due to the decline of the Jin army, and they had to use miscellaneous troops such as the Liao army, the puppet Qi army, and the Han army to deal with the Southern Song Dynasty. Qin Hui put forward the policy of "southerners return to the south, and northerners return to the north", which was opposed by most of the main combat factions. Song Gaozong said to him unhappily: "'Southerns return to the south, and northerners return to the north'. People, will you return safely?" According to the division of north and south regions, Zhao Gou's hometown is in Kaifeng, so he is naturally from the north. How can Qin Xianggong make me feel so embarrassed?

The monarch and his ministers jointly played a double reed, and the officials were very skilled in various acting skills. Qin Hui guessed what the leader was thinking, and within three months Song Gaozong promoted him to be the deputy prime minister, expressing his approval of his policies.However, it is not enough for the two of them to agree. It is not clear what the civil and military attitudes of the Manchu Dynasty are.So Qin Hui made a publicity campaign, throwing stones at him to ask for directions, but the crowd was so excited that Qin Qing had no choice but to be wronged.Under the pressure of public opinion, Song Gaozong dismissed Qin Hui as prime minister.The limelight passed, and soon the official returned to his post. After more than ten years of fighting between Song and Jin, the military forces tended to be balanced.It turned out that Song Gaozong had no confidence in wanting to seek peace, but now that his waist is hardened, Jin Guo offered to propose a ceasefire between the two sides and return to the negotiating table.Song Gaozong was overjoyed, and in March of the eighth year of Shaoxing, Qin Hui was promoted to the position of Shangshu Youpu Shetong Zhongshumenxia Pingzhang and Privy Envoy, and he was the prime minister and the minister of national defense.During the seven years since returning to China, Qin Hui has pushed out Fan Zongyin, Zhang Jun, Zhao Ding and others. His rapid success has proved a truth: in the officialdom where the big leaders rule the world, only those who conform to the will and interests of the "top leaders" can obtain Benefit.This is the eternal law of the officialdom of the autocratic monarchy. If it is twisted, there will be two situations. The first is a dead end, and the second is a dead end.Qin Hui's success proved the practicality of this law. The first Shaoxing peace proposal was not firm, and it soon fell apart. Wanyan Zongbi of the main combat faction launched a coup to kill Wan Yanchang of the main peace faction, and raised troops to attack the Southern Song Dynasty.In the tenth year of Shaoxing (1140), a critical year for the collision of Song and Jin military forces, Liu Kai won the victory of Shunchang, Yue Fei won the victory of Yancheng, and the Jin army hurried north.In front of the hard facts, Wanyan Zongbi seemed to understand Wanyanchang's far-reaching intentions, so the voice of peace talks sounded again, and the two sides reached a peace agreement in the eleventh year of Shaoxing (1141). One of them is worth pondering, "You are not allowed to go to the prime minister with innocence" ("Sichao Wenjianlu"). The appointment and removal of personnel in a country is actually decided by foreign forces.Qin Hui's background is really too hard!Because Emperor Gaozong of Song Dynasty had many scruples about the state of Jin, Qin Hui stood firm for nineteen years and died a good official.