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Chapter 7 Lecture 5: The Change of Jingkang

Song Dynasty 袁腾飞 7537Words 2018-03-20
Just when the context of the Northern Song Dynasty was peaceful and peaceful, and the faint ruler and ministers were disturbing the political situation, the Jin army of the Northern Kingdom began to march southward in a large scale.As we mentioned earlier, it was very unwise for the Song Dynasty to unite with the Jin Dynasty to destroy the Liao Dynasty. At that time, some people in the court opposed it.Song Jiangzhong Shidao once said: "Today's matter is like stealing into someone's house. It can't be saved, and it can be divided into treasures. Isn't it impossible?" It means that this matter is like a robber breaking in. Neighbors, we were supposed to help the neighbors, but now it’s fine if we don’t, and share the neighbor’s treasure with the robbers, we can’t do this.We should think about the century-old reconciliation between Song and Liao, and fight against Jin together with Liao.

Another minister was more insightful. He said: "The northern captives are barbarians, but they have been sanctified for a long time, and they know etiquette and righteousness. For more than a hundred years, they have kept their oaths and dared not act rashly. Also.” It means that although the Liao Dynasty was a barbarian and Di, but over the past hundred years, it has been gradually sinicized and understands etiquette and righteousness very well.As we mentioned earlier, the rulers of the Liao Dynasty said, "I cultivate cultural relics, and the dignity is not different from China." When the emperor of the Liao Kingdom cast Buddha statues, he ordered people to engrave the words "May China be born from generation to generation" on the back of the Buddha statues.The Liao admired the civilization of the Han people very much, so they "kept the oath of alliance for more than a hundred years", during which they did not fight the Song Dynasty for 119 years.In fact, the reason why Song and Liao can maintain a century-old peace is because the power of Song and Liao tends to be balanced, Liao's military power is strong, and Song's economy and culture are relatively developed.In addition, the main purpose of Liao and Song's previous wars was to grab some money, and Liao also knew that he had no ability to destroy Song.Moreover, after the peace talks between the two sides, Song Dynasty gave Liao Sui coins every year. With white silver and shiny silk and satin, Liao certainly didn't have to fight.Therefore, for more than 100 years, on the border between the two countries, "breeding is common, cattle and sheep are wild, and people who wear white do not know how to fight."The population on the border between the two countries has increased, cattle and sheep are everywhere, and even people with white hair have never seen war.The minister also said: "Today's women are tough and good at fighting. They drink blood like hair, and they are not human. The northern captives attacked each other with barbarians and Di, but they were still invincible. If they were neighbors, how would they seek defense?" It meant, The Jurchens have not yet been civilized, they drink blood like hair, and they are brave and good at fighting. The Liao, which is also a minority, can't win the Jin. If the Liao is destroyed, the Song Dynasty will be directly adjacent to the Jin. Our fighting power can't even compare with the Liao. To defend against the Kingdom of Jin?

What the Minister said is very reasonable.In fact, the situation of the Three Kingdoms of Song, Liao and Jin is very similar to that of the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu.Zhuge Liang has always advocated that the east and the north reject, that is, to form a good alliance with Sun Quan, and to reject Cao Cao in the north, and the two weak ones unite against the strong.As a weak country, if you join forces with a strong country to fight against other weak countries, it will be tantamount to playing the role of a tiger and seeking your own death.However, Song Huizong couldn't figure out such a simple truth, and Song Huizong couldn't listen to these insightful suggestions from his ministers.As expected, the Liao Kingdom fell in 1125, and the last emperor of the Liao Kingdom, Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi, was captured.When the Liao Dynasty was destroyed, the Jin army sent troops to attack the Song Dynasty without even taking a breath.

The reason why Jin Jun was able to find an excuse was directly caused by two things.The first thing is that Song recruited and surrendered.When Song and Jin jointly destroyed Liao, the two countries had signed an oath. After the two sides destroyed Liao, the land of Liao that I occupied would belong to me, and the land of Liao that you occupied would belong to you.There is another important point, that is, no one is allowed to recruit and surrender.But we know that there are many Han people in the Liao Kingdom, and the Song Dynasty was also a dynasty of the Han people. When the Jin army captured the Liao Kingdom, these Han people in the Liao Kingdom would definitely be willing to vote for the Song Dynasty.It was precisely in order to guard against this move that Jin Cai and Song agreed that neither side should recruit and surrender to each other.However, what the Song Dynasty did in this matter, let us see the low level of its diplomacy.Why do you say that?Because Song wants to recruit and surrender, he also has to measure his own strength.As a result, the Jin people sent envoys to question the crime when Song made a move to accept the rebellion.At this time, Song either sent back the person he had taken in, or killed the person and sent the head back.In this way, not only did Jin see through Song's weakness, but even those Han people in Liao who defected to the Song Dynasty were completely disappointed in the Song Dynasty.Later, when the Jin army went south to attack the Song Dynasty, these Liao Han people raised troops to join the Jin army one after another, went to fight the Song Dynasty, and waged war on their psychological motherland.Therefore, it is really unwise for the Song Dynasty to recruit surrender and accept rebellion.

The second thing is that Song Huizong wrote a secret edict to the emperor of Liao, which is even more unskilled.After the Liao Kingdom was destroyed, Song Huizong's frivolous character broke out, and he actually wanted to recruit the last emperor of the Liao Kingdom, Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi.At that time, Yelu Yanxi was wandering around Inner Mongolia, and was beaten by the Jin army to the point where he felt like changing places after sleeping all night.Song Huizong wrote a secret edict to him, saying: "If you come to China, you should treat each other as an emperor's brother, and you will be above the two kings of Yan and Yue, and you will be given the thousandth room and three hundred female singers. "It means that if you come to Song Dynasty, I will treat you like an imperial brother. You have a higher status than my two brothers, King Yan and King Yue. I will give you a thousand houses and three hundred actors, and I will raise them." looking at you.Yelu Yanxi was very happy after reading the secret edict, so he led 50,000 people to the south to enter the Song Dynasty, but was robbed by the Jin army and wiped out.Yelu Yanxi was captured, and Song Huizong's secret edict was searched by the Jin people.The Jin army condemned the Song Dynasty with this edict, and on the pretext of the Song Dynasty's betrayal of the alliance, the troops were divided into two groups and went south to attack the Song Dynasty.The West Route Army came out of Yunzhong, which is today's Datong in Shanxi, and was resisted in Taiyuan; the East Route Army came out of Yanshan, which is today's Beijing.The Jin army invaded the territory of the Song Dynasty, as if entering the land of no one, the two armies quickly approached Bianliang, Tokyo.

The army of the Kingdom of Jin marched south, and the countermeasures that Emperor Huizong could think of were one to run and the other to make peace.Therefore, Huizong sent Li Ye to Jinying to negotiate peace.In the middle of the matter is the official in charge of supervision and discipline.When this Li Ge arrived at the Jin camp, he was overwhelmed by the momentum of the Jin army and almost collapsed to the ground.Back in Bianliang, Tokyo, he played Song Huizong, saying that the people of the Kingdom of Jin "people are like dragons, horses are like tigers, they go up the mountain like apes, they enter the water like otters, and their momentum is like Mount Tai". Then he concluded that "China is like eggs".At that time, the soldiers and civilians in Kaifeng were very angry when they heard Li Ye's words, thinking that this is not to increase the ambition of others and destroy their own prestige?So he gave Li Geshi a nickname, "Liu Ru Geshi".

After listening to Li Ye's performance, Emperor Huizong felt that the Jin Kingdom was too strong to be defeated, so he told the prime minister that I don't want to be in the flames of war, and the prime minister should find a way quickly.The prime minister at that time was Cai Jing's son Cai You, who was worse than his father. Although he was a treacherous man, he still had his own ideas at this time.Cai You said to Huizong, the emperor, you can't run away. Once you run away, the hearts of the Song Dynasty will be scattered.The emperor has run away, do you still want to count on the soldiers and civilians to guard the territory for him?This is certainly impossible.Emperor Huizong thought for a while and said, why not let the prime minister lead the army?Cai You thought, isn't this just asking me to die?I don't do it, I don't

It's for you to top the tank.So it is said that the prime minister is not enough to command the world.Huizong also said, should the prefect of Kaifeng be organized to defend Kaifeng?Cai You said that the magistrate is too young to command the privy envoys.Huizong thought about it again, and said, how about simply letting the crown prince be the shepherd of Kaifeng, and supervising the country as regent?Cai You said that it is better to pass the throne to the prince than to let the prince supervise the country.Huizong hesitated a little and said, let me think twice. At this time, the army of the Kingdom of Jin had already reached the edge of the Yellow River, and Emperor Huizong had no time to think about it.At the last courtier ### meeting, Tai Chang Shaoqing Li Gang suggested that instead of letting the crown prince oversee the country, because his reputation is not right, it is better to simply pass on the throne to the crown prince.The reasoning behind this is not complicated. We think that if the prince is in charge of the country, and the emperor is above the prince, the prince's order will only take effect after the emperor's approval.The soldiers will feel that working for the prince is not the same as working for the emperor. The prince has no right to appoint officials and reward nobles. defend against foreign enemies

As soon as Li Gang finished speaking, a minister named Wu Min asked, is it necessary to pass on the throne?Why not let the prince supervise the country?Li Gang said, have you forgotten the story of Tang Suzong?The story of Tang Suzong mentioned by Li Gang refers to that after the Anshi Rebellion, Tang Xuanzong fled to Sichuan, and the prince Li Heng left without saying goodbye halfway, and succeeded to the emperor in Lingwu, which was Tang Suzong.Tang Suzong respected Tang Xuanzong as the Supreme Emperor, and then let his son be the commander-in-chief of the world's soldiers and horses. He summoned soldiers from all directions to fight for the king, and put down the Anshi Rebellion in eight years.However, Tang Suzong was not the successor of Tang Xuanzong as emperor, but he established himself on his own. Xuanzong had no choice but to acquiesce.After the Anshi Rebellion subsided, Li Heng welcomed Xuanzong back to Chang'an, the father and son were at odds, Xuanzong was placed under house arrest, and finally died a miserable death.

Li Gang said, if you don't let the emperor pass on the throne, do you also want the emperor to be at odds with the prince and his son, and also want the emperor to end up like Tang Xuanzong?Wu Min felt that Li Gang's words were justified, so he went to the palace to see Emperor Huizong, and reported these words to the Holy Majesty.Huizong then summoned Li Gang and said that what Aiqing said was absolutely true, and that I had absolutely no desire to miss the throne.Song Huizong's words are interesting. Indeed, he does not miss the throne, but calligraphy and painting, Cuju, famous prostitutes, good wine and beautiful scenery.Besides, the enemy is in front of him, and it's too late for him to escape, so how can he be nostalgic for the throne?Therefore, Emperor Huizong issued an edict to pass the throne to Prince Zhao Huan.However, Prince Zhao Huan resolutely refused to ascend the throne.The prince thought to himself, my father has ruined the country like this, and the government is controlled by the six thieves. What can I do if I ascend the throne under such circumstances?Therefore, Zhao Huan resolutely refused to do it, and passed out several times because of it.Huizong had no choice but to send Empress Zheng to deliver the decree.Empress Zheng said to the prince, your father said that you must be the emperor, and if you are not, you are not filial.The prince is also going all out at this time. If you are not filial, you will not be filial. Anyway, I will not do it.Finally, Cai You, Wang Fu and other ministers rushed in together, forcibly put the yellow robe on the prince, and carried him into the hall.When he was carried to the west corridor of the palace, Zhao Huan passed out again.Therefore, it can be said that Emperor Qinzong was put on the throne in a coma, which is probably the only case in Chinese history.

Zhao Huan was forced to ascend the throne, thus making Huizong the Supreme Emperor.The burden of resisting foreign enemies and governing the country was relieved, so Huizong decided to go to Zhenjiang to burn incense and pray for blessings.In fact, Huizong just fled in the name of burning incense because he was afraid that the Jin army would attack Bianliang.Those who followed Huizong to Zhenjiang were Cai Jing, Zhu Xie, Tong Guan and other treacherous officials.Regardless of the tense battle at the front, Tong Guan transferred 20,000 elite troops from the Western Army to serve as Huizong's bodyguards.According to records, when Huizong and his party drove across the Yellow River, some officers and soldiers of the forbidden army knelt down on the ground and shouted for the holy driver to come back.Tong Guan actually ordered his Shengjie army to shoot all the soldiers who blocked Shengjia to death. After Song Huizong arrived in Zhenjiang, he didn't concentrate on burning incense and praying for blessings, but cared about the government affairs ignorant of current affairs, and sent orders to the capital all day long, which aroused Song Qinzong's dissatisfaction and doubts.In the face of a great enemy, it is most taboo to have inconsistent government orders. Huizong's order at this time is tantamount to adding chaos to Qinzong; moreover, when Huizong traveled south, he was surrounded by not only courtiers, but also troops, and he lived in the south of the Yangtze River. A land of prosperity and the economic center of the Song Dynasty can completely become a country by itself.This could not but arouse the vigilance of Emperor Qinzong who had just ascended the throne.Therefore, as long as Huizong issued an edict, Qinzong immediately issued an edict to counteract Huizong's edict.This is tantamount to telling the ministers that what the Supreme Emperor says doesn't count, and all you civil servants and military generals must listen to me.Local officials also understood that the Supreme Emperor had no power, so they began to neglect the "retired emperor", which made Huizong unhappy.In addition, most of the 20,000 victorious troops led by Tong Guan were from the Northwest. When these soldiers came to the south of the Yangtze River and were thousands of miles away from home, they were inevitably homesick and unwilling to stay for a long time.Coupled with the fact that the southeastern provinces at that time caused a lot of public dissatisfaction due to the transportation of Huashigang, Song Huizong naturally worried that staying here for a long time would easily arouse popular uprisings.Therefore, Song Huizong couldn't stay in Jiangnan. At the same time, the army of the Kingdom of Jin has moved south and surrounded Bianliang City.Although Taichang Shaoqing Li Gang was a literati, he was not afraid of powerful enemies, and led the city defenders to defend Tokyo for the first time, repelling the Jin army.Seeing that Tokyo could not be attacked for a long time, Jin Jun decided to negotiate a peace, so he proposed to Song Dynasty to accept 5 million taels of gold, 50 million taels of silver, 10,000 cattle and horses, cede the three towns of Taiyuan, Hejian, and Zhongshan, and take the prime minister and the prince as hostages. condition.After the peace agreement was reached, the Jin army returned to the north. After the Jin army retreated, Emperor Huizong returned to Bianliang, Tokyo.Song Huizong had been confused all his life, but at this moment he suddenly became wise. He wrote a letter to Song Qinzong, saying that we cannot stay in the same place. If we stay in the same place, if the Jin army comes again and the city is destroyed, we will be ruined. .Therefore, I want to go to Luoyang, Xijing, to recruit troops and rectify the rivers and mountains.In Huizong's letter, his words were particularly respectful, calling himself old and clumsy, and calling his son Qinzong His Majesty.After reading Huizong's letter, Emperor Qinzong thought to himself, I don't know what you want to do?Don't you just want to establish another court?Now that I have become the emperor, how can I allow you to restore the throne?We know that Zhao Huan's position as crown prince was shaken several times at the beginning, because he was born of the late king and queen, and Huizong preferred Yun Wang Zhao Kai, who was born to his favorite concubine.Now, Zhao Huan's position as emperor has been firmly established, and the Jin army has retreated, so he will not tolerate the Supreme Emperor setting up another court.Therefore, Emperor Qinzong rejected Huizong's request and put Huizong under house arrest in Longde Palace. On the tenth day of October of this year, Song Huizong celebrated his birthday.It is said that Huizong's birthday was originally the fifth day of May, but because Taoists said it was unlucky, it was changed to the tenth day of October.The Supreme Emperor celebrated his birthday, and Qinzong had to go to congratulate him.Seeing Qinzong coming to Longde Palace, Huizong was very happy. He poured a large glass of wine and drank it first, then poured another glass, handed it to his son with both hands, and said respectfully, invite Your Majesty to drink.Qinzong looked at the wine handed over by the Supreme Emperor, and when he was hesitating, his attendants stepped on his heels quietly behind him, implying that he could not drink it, in case the wine was poisonous.Therefore, Qinzong made up his mind not to drink anything.When Huizong saw this situation, he burst into tears. He didn't expect that his sincerity would be rewarded with his son's vigilance and suspicion.Huizong left crying, and returned to the harem crying.From then on, Huizong was completely under house arrest, and he knew nothing about the news outside the palace. Soon, the Jin army sent troops south to attack the Song Dynasty for the second time.This time going south, the Jin army has more than 80,000 people, of which the Jurchens only have 10,000 to 20,000, and the rest are Khitan, Han, and Bohai people.In the Song Dynasty, there were as many as 140,000 soldiers stationed at the natural barrier of the Yellow River.However, what is unexpected is that the Jin army crossed the Yellow River easily without any effort.What's going on here?When the Jin army arrived at the bank of the Yellow River, in order to show off their military might and frighten the Song army, they beat the drums all night.It is said that the Jin army did not use people to beat the drums, but tied the sheep to the war drums and let the sheep beat the drums, which shows how arrogant the Jin army is.The next day, as soon as the war drums stopped, the 140,000 defenders of the Song Dynasty had fled without a trace.Wanyan Wuli, the commander-in-chief of the Kingdom of Jin, did not see the situation, and said triumphantly: "There is no one in the Southern Dynasty. If one or two thousand people guard the river, how can we cross?" It took seven days and seven nights to cross the Yellow River calmly.The Jin army crossed the natural danger of the Yellow River, and it was even more like entering a no-man's land, and soon attacked Bianliang, Tokyo. The Jin army wanted to surround Bianliang City as a whole, but Bianliang City was too large and the Jin army was short of troops, so they only surrounded the northwest two sides and launched an attack on these two sides.However, Tokyo Bianliang, with millions of soldiers and civilians defending the city, soon fell.For the rapid fall of Bianliang, Qinzong can be said to be very responsible, because at the most critical moment in the defense war, Qinzong actually listened to the slander of the demon Taoist Guo Jing, trying to protect the city by means of tactics.Guo Jing boasted in front of Qinzong, saying that I know the art of Liu Ding Liu Jia, you give me 7,777 people, and I will go to the city to do it, and I will be able to defeat the Jin army.When Emperor Qinzong heard this, he hurriedly issued an edict to offer a reward, and recruited 7777 people for this Daoist Guo.Guo Jing began to play tricks, saying that you are not allowed to see my method, otherwise the law will be broken.He led these 7777 "magic soldiers" to start the practice, and asked people to open the gate of the city.Originally, the Jin army couldn't get in after attacking the city, but now it's good, the city gate opened by itself.Jin Bing didn't care about your Liu Ding Liu Jia's skills, he rushed into the city immediately, and the city of Tokyo fell like this. Although the Jin army captured the outer city of Tokyo easily, it was unable to attack the inner city.Therefore, the Jin Army threatened the Song Dynasty, saying that as long as you collect all the money you owe, and then let Emperor Qinzong come to our camp to negotiate peace, the matter will be easy to discuss.It is conceivable that when Emperor Qinzong entered the Golden Camp, he was like a sheep entering the mouth of a tiger, never returning.The Jin people detained Song Qinzong and extorted money from the Song Dynasty.However, with 5 million taels of gold and 50 million taels of silver, the entire Tokyo Bianliang City has been dug three feet, and it is impossible to make up that much money by selling pots and irons.Later, the gold man said, if you can’t make up the money, you can use princesses, noble women, and young and beautiful women to pay for it. One hundred taels.As a result, a large number of beauties were sent to the Jinying in bundles to be insulted by the Jinbing. After the Jin army detained Song Qinzong, they brought more relatives of the emperor and important officials of the Song Dynasty to Jinying in an attempt to destroy the Zhao and Song Dynasties.In the end, Jin Jun would take away Song Huizong.The Jin army sent a general from the Song Dynasty to see Song Huizong, saying that the emperor had already left, and you should go too, forcing Song Huizong to leave the palace.Song Huizong, the calligraphy and painting emperor, was full of courage at this time, and said: "If you take me as a pledge, your majesty will return and save the country, and I am willing to go." It means that if I go to Jinying to exchange my son, I am willing to go.However, Huizong was too naive. The Jin people wanted to wipe out all the descendants of the Song Dynasty. How could it be possible to let Qinzong return to the court?Therefore, the father and son emperors Huizong and Qinzong became prisoners of the Kingdom of Jin in this way, and the Northern Song Dynasty, which lasted for more than 160 years, perished. The city of Tokyo was destroyed, Emperor Huiqin was captured, the Jin army won a complete victory, and began to escort a large number of prisoners of war back to the north.Among these prisoners of war, in addition to the two emperors of Huiqin, almost all the Zhao clan and many ministers were included.Song Huizong's nearly fifty princes and princesses, except for the ninth son of Kang Wang Zhao Gou and a young girl who was only one year old, were all taken to the north.There were more than 3,000 captured monarchs and ministers in total, plus the accompanying civilians and craftsmen, there were more than 10,000 captives in this team. The two emperors Huiqin were captured and headed northward. They were going from Bianliang, Tokyo to the icy Huining Mansion in Shangjing, which is today's Acheng in Heilongjiang.The two emperors and their ministers were divided into more than 800 ox carts and suffered hardships along the way.These ox carts were all open-topped, and it was winter again, and the emperor couldn't care less about his cleanliness at this time. He was originally dressed in brocade clothes with a jade belt around his waist, but now he was wrapped in a sheepskin jacket that was so dirty that he couldn't see its color. , there is no lining yet, and the waist is replaced with hemp rope. The Jin army did not provide food along the way, and the prisoners of the Song Dynasty starved to death all the way, and even a son of Song Huizong was starved to death.The people of the Kingdom of Jin found a manger at random, and buried the prince in it.Song Huizong saw that his son's feet were still exposed when he was buried, and felt very pitiful, so he blessed his son and said, my son, you died on the land of the motherland after all, and I will go to a distant foreign country.When Huizong said this, everyone who heard it wept.Once, Huizong saw mulberries on a mulberry tree by the side of the road, and hurried to pick them to satisfy his hunger, but he ate so fast that he almost choked to death, and his attendants hurriedly slapped him.Huizong said, when I was King Duan, I saw the wet nurse eating this food in the palace, and I followed suit. After eating a few pieces, the wet nurse snatched it away, and she said it was not for the prince.For so many years, I have long forgotten what it tastes like, and I didn't expect it to taste so delicious today.After saying that, tears fell down my cheeks, and the courtiers also cried bitterly. The two emperors of Hui and Qin were escorted separately, because the Jin army was afraid that the local states and counties of the Song Dynasty would raise troops to intercept the prisoner's car.When it was time to cross the mountain, the Jin army tied the emperor like a zongzi and tied him to the horse to prevent him from escaping.When sleeping, tie the emperor, empress, son-in-law, and ministers together with ropes, not hand to hand, but one person's head to that person's feet.In this way, there is no way to run.Along the way, the emperor's concubines and court ladies were all divided and insulted by the Jin army. Qinzong's Empress Zhu couldn't bear the insult, so she threw herself into a ring and hanged herself at the age of 26. After more than a year of arduous trek, the father and son emperor finally arrived at Huining Mansion, Shangjing, the capital of the Kingdom of Jin.However, a greater humiliation also came.Emperor Taizong of Jin asked the two emperors of Huiqin to visit the mausoleum of Wanyan Agu, the emperor of Jin Dynasty. After the clothes of the two emperors were stripped, the Jin people slaughtered two sheep on the spot, took off the bloody and warm sheepskin, and put them on them. Let them walk around Wanyan Aguda's mausoleum, kowtow step by step.All the ministers of the Song Dynasty had to bare their upper body and kneel aside.The situation at that time was that the monarchs and ministers of the Jin Kingdom burst into laughter, and the clan ministers of the Song Dynasty burst into tears.ceremony completed Later, the gold lord ordered Song Huizong to be conferred the title of Duke of Hunde, and Song Qinzong to be conferred the title of Marquis of Chonghun.Such titles are obviously intended to insult them, and it is impossible for them to enjoy the treatment of real dukes.The Jinren built two huts for the two emperors, both of which were semi-underground, and the conditions were very simple.Later, the Jin people imprisoned them in Wuguocheng, which is today's Yilan County in Heilongjiang.Therefore, the story of the two emperors of Huiqin "sitting in a well and watching the sky" has been left in history, saying that they were imprisoned in a dry well, and every day the golden soldiers would hang the food with ropes... Today, the second emperor of Huiqin has been restored in Yilan County The place where it was locked up.The livelihood of the two emperors mainly depended on cultivating dozens of hectares of land given to them by the Jinren. The emperor became a farmer, and it can be said that the end was very miserable. The emperor of the Jin Dynasty sometimes rewarded Song Huizong with some food and clothing. At this time, Song Huizong had to write a thank you letter to the Jin Emperor.Song Huizong's daughters grew up day by day, and they all came out like flowers and jade, so Emperor Taizong of Jin ordered that Huizong's six adult princesses be rewarded to the generals of the state of Jin as concubines.For such a thing, Song Huizong still had to write a thank you form.He said on the thank you form: "The minister was ordered to call six of the minister's daughters to give the inner family as wives, as a form of thanks." It means that you gave my six daughters to the royal family as concubines, and I am very grateful.When Huizong wrote the thank you form, he had to kneel on the ground, and the beautiful thin gold strokes were out of shape at this time. After the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, Song Huizong's son Zhao Gou established the Southern Song Dynasty in the south.Later, when the Southern Song Dynasty negotiated peace with the Jin Dynasty, one of them was to return the coffin of Emperor Huizong.After Song Huizong's coffin was transported back to the Southern Song Dynasty, he was buried in Shaoxing.More than a hundred years later, the Southern Song Dynasty was destroyed by the Yuan Dynasty. Kublai Khan, the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, sent an evil monk to take charge of Buddhism in the south of the Yangtze River.This man is a Tibetan Buddhist monk, who often hangs a string of skeletons around his neck, with a hideous and terrifying face.One of the greatest "political achievements" of this evil monk was to dig up all the tombs of the emperors of the Song Dynasty.Because the corpses of the emperors of the Song Dynasty were smeared with mercury to prevent the corpse from decomposing, and mercury was very precious at that time.The evil monk ordered people to dig out the body of the Song Dynasty emperor and hang it upside down on a tree to control mercury.When they went to Song Huizong's grave, they opened the coffin and found that there was no corpse inside, only a pile of dark things that looked like dead tree roots.The evil monk was very surprised, saying that the emperor of the Southern Dynasty had a shallow foundation and turned into a monk.In fact, it is impossible for people to be destroyed. The reasonable explanation is that Song Huizong died without a place to bury him.There is a saying in the history books that after the death of Song Huizong, the Jin dug a pit to cremate his body. When the body was half burnt, the Jin man poured water into the body, so that the oil in the body would float. Get up, the golden man uses this oil to light the lamp.Seeing this scene, Song Qinzong cried bitterly and wanted to jump into the pit to die with his father.The golden man grabbed Qin Zong and said that you can't jump down. If you jump down, the oil will not light the lamp. When you die, you will have to boil the oil.Song Qinzong didn't die this time, and he stayed in the Kingdom of Jin for another 31 years. As we said earlier, most of Song Huizong's sons were captured by the Jin army, and only the ninth son, King Kang Zhaogou, survived.Later, Zhao Gou led the army to go south to Lin'an in the south of the Yangtze River, which is today's Hangzhou, and established a Song regime, which was called the Southern Song Dynasty in history.
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