Chapter 27 207 Traitor Qin Hui

Yue Fei won a great victory in Zhuxian Town and approached Tokyo.Seeing that he could not stay in Tokyo any longer, Wu Shu decided to cross the Yellow River and retreat northward.When he was leaving Tokyo with Jin Bing, a scholar stopped his horse and said, "My lord (referring to Wushu) don't go away. Yue Shaobao ('Shaobao' is Yue Fei's official title) will withdraw his troops immediately. Tokyo will be fine Son." Wu Shu was very strange. He asked the scholar, "Yue Fei defeated our army of 100,000 with 500 cavalry. The people hoped for them day and night. Can Tokyo still hold?"

The scholar said: "It's impossible for a powerful official in the court to make meritorious service outside. In my opinion, Yue Shao can't protect his own life, so how can we talk about meritorious service?" When Wu Shu heard this, he suddenly realized, and immediately turned his horse's head and led his troops back to Tokyo. The "power minister" that the scholar mentioned was Qin Hui (sound hui), the prime minister of the Southern Song Dynasty. Qin Hui was originally a minister in the Northern Song Dynasty.When the two emperors Huizong and Qinzong of Song Dynasty were captured by Jin soldiers and went to the north, Qin Hui and his wife Wang Shi were also captured to Jinjing with them.In front of Jin Taizong, Qin Hui was humble and obedient.

Jin Taizong thought he was very talented, so he sent him to the general Talan as a military adviser. At this time, the Jin Dynasty found that the anti-gold forces in the Southern Song Dynasty were getting stronger and stronger, and generals such as Yue Fei and Han Shizhong insisted on the war of resistance, which was difficult to deal with, so they decided to send Qin Hui back to the south to act as a traitor.In 1130 AD, when Talan attacked Chuzhou (now Huai'an, Jiangsu Province), he sent Qin Hui and his wife back to the Southern Song Dynasty. Qin Hui came to the palace of Emperor Gaozong of Song Dynasty in Yuezhou to ask for an audience, and made up a lie about how he killed the enemy's guards in Chuzhou and how he took a boat and escaped.At that time, many ministers suspected that it was a long way from Chuzhou to here, and Qin Hui fled back after crossing the Jinbing defense line. Didn't the Jinbing pursue him?Besides, even if the enemy was not on guard and let him sneak away, he must be in a hurry, so how could he take Wang with him?

However, Fan Zongyin, the chancellor at the time, was old friends with Qin Hui, and tried his best to speak for Qin Hui in front of Emperor Gaozong, saying that Qin Hui was a reliable and capable talent.Song Gaozong wanted to make peace with the Jin Dynasty day and night. Hearing that Qin Hui came back from the Jin Dynasty and was familiar with the inside information of the Jin Dynasty, he immediately summoned Qin Hui. When Qin Hui met Gaozong for the first time, he persuaded Gaozong to make peace with the Jin people, and also sent a letter of peace drafted on behalf of the imperial court.

After Song Gaozong met Qin Hui, he felt that Qin Hui's proposition was very suitable for him.He said to the ministers: "Qin Hui is more loyal than anyone else. I'm so happy to have him that I can't sleep at night. "He immediately appointed Qin Hui as Minister of Rites, and three months later, he was promoted to deputy prime minister; after another six months, Qin Hui became prime minister and privy envoy, and took control of the military and political power of the Southern Song Dynasty. After Qin Hui became the prime minister, he began to betray the country and seek peace.Because of the fierce opposition of many courtiers, he was dismissed from the position of prime minister.But the fatuous Song Gaozong still regarded Qin Hui as a confidant, and after a few years, he re-appointed Qin Hui as prime minister.Taking advantage of his power and status, Qin Hui colluded with the Jin Dynasty and tried every means to sabotage the activities of the generals who resisted the Jin Dynasty.This time when he heard that Yue Fei had won consecutive battles and was about to go straight to Huanglong Mansion, he panicked.Because the Jin Dynasty was his backer, once the Jin Dynasty was defeated, he would not be able to stand in the Southern Song Dynasty.Therefore, he instigated Song Gaozong to issue an order to Yue Fei to withdraw his troops from the front line.

Yue Fei suddenly received Song Gaozong's order to withdraw troops, which made him baffled.He sent someone to send a memorial to Emperor Gaozong, saying: The morale of the Jin soldiers has been exhausted, and the morale of our army is high. Victory is in sight, and the opportunity cannot be missed.He asked Gaozong to cancel the order to withdraw troops and allow him to continue marching. After receiving Yue Fei's memorial, Qin Hui thought of a vicious method. First, he ordered Zhang Jun, Liu Guangshi and other generals to withdraw from the front line in Huaibei, and then told Gaozong that Yue Fei's army had become a lone army in the Central Plains and could no longer stay. Song Gaozong issued an emergency gold medal and asked Yue Fei to withdraw his troops.

Yue Fei was waiting on the front line for Gaozong's marching edict, but what he did not expect to receive was an emergency gold medal from the imperial court urging the troops to retreat.Yue Fei was hesitating after receiving the first gold medal, when the fast horse to deliver the gold medal arrived again.From morning to night, the fast horses followed each other, and one by one they got twelve gold medals.Knowing that there was no hope of changing Gaozong's decision, Yue Fei was so angry that he burst into tears and said, "I never thought that all my hard work in the past ten years will be ruined at once." ) As soon as the news spread that Yue Fei was going to withdraw from Zhuxian Town, the nearby people were shocked and gathered on the street.They stopped Yue Fei's horse, weeping and said: "We are holding incense basins, transporting food and grass, and welcoming the officers and soldiers. This is something that the Jin people know. Now that Mr. Xiang wants to go back, we have only a dead end."

Seeing this scene, Yue Fei couldn't help but shed tears. He asked the left and right soldiers to show Gaozong's edict to everyone, saying: "The imperial court issued an emergency gold medal. I can't decide to stay here!" Seeing that Yue Fei could not be kept, the common people wept bitterly; the soldiers were all sad and wept with their faces covered.The whole Zhuxian Town was filled with cries. Yue Fei couldn't bear it, and announced that he would suspend the withdrawal of troops for five days, so that the people who were willing to follow them could go together.Five days later, when the Yue family army began to withdraw, the local people moved south with the army in groups.Later, Yue Fei asked the imperial court to resettle these people in the south to settle down and cultivate wasteland.

Wu Shu found out that Yue's army had left, so he immediately regrouped and attacked southward.Many prefectures and counties in Henan that were originally recovered by Yue Fei were all lost at once. Qin Hui and Song Gaozong were determined to seek peace with the Jin Dynasty.Fearing that they would be obstructed by Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and others, they recalled them to the capital and made Han Shizhong the privy envoy and Yue Fei the privy envoy. This meant they were promoted in name, but in fact they were relieved of their military power.Qin Hui seized Yue Fei's military power and sent someone to ask the Jin Dynasty for peace.In November 1141 AD, the Jin Dynasty sent envoys to Lin'an to negotiate peace terms.Negotiation results: Between the Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty, the Huaihe River was the boundary in the east, and the Dasan Pass (now southwest of Baoji, Shaanxi) was the boundary in the west;In history, the peace treaty of humiliation and surrender was called "Shaoxing peace agreement (Shaoxing is Gaozong's reign name).