Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 249 Kaifu (please subscribe!)
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Why didn't Song Lizong bring Li Gang and Yue Fei into Zhaoxun Pavilion?
That's because Song Lizong believed that Li Gang and Yue Fei were not qualified.

It is undeniable that whether it is Li Gang or Yue Fei, they are both loyal ministers and capable.

But their contributions are really not included in the list of 24 heroes in Zhaoxun Pavilion.

They've been exaggerated a lot for publicity, but also for sympathy, especially the latter.

In fact, their contributions are not top-notch compared with the heroes of the entire Song Dynasty, or compared with their heroes of the same period.

Let's talk about Li Gang first.

When the Jin soldiers invaded Bianjing in the first year of Jingkang, Li Gang was appointed as the guardian envoy of the four walls of the capital, uniting the army and the people and repelling the Jin soldiers.

This is Li Gang's greatest achievement.

But soon Li Gang was rejected by the capitulators.

At the beginning of Zhao Gou's accession to the throne, he once appointed Li Gang as prime minister. Li Gang also tried to reform the internal affairs, but he was dismissed after only 77 days.

In the second year of Shaoxing, Li Gang was reinstated as Hunan Xuanfu Envoy and also known Tanzhou, but was dismissed immediately.

He went to Shushu many times to report his plans to fight against the Jin Dynasty, but none of them were adopted.

Judging from Li Gang's resume, Li Gang is indeed tough and a loyal minister, but he is not a prime minister.

Some people were dissatisfied, thinking that it was Zhao Gou's weakness that made Li Gang no match for those capitulators, and ended up ups and downs.

In this way, it is actually somewhat unfair to Zhao Gou, because the throne was obtained from Zhang Bangchang and not from the previous emperor Zhao Huan. The emperor Zhao Gou's name was not right, so the throne was extremely unstable. , that is to say, at that time, Zhao Gou himself was barely supporting himself, walking on thin ice.

As the prime minister, Li Gang not only failed to help Zhao Gou stabilize the political situation, but also took the lead in fighting non-stop with Wu Min and others, which made the Southern Song Dynasty, which was already in the midst of wind and rain, likely to collapse at any time.

Of course, it wasn't all Li Gang's fault, because the situation at that time was like that, the main battle and the main peace were in a mess, Li Gang just didn't handle these things well because he was too stubborn and didn't know how to adapt.

The most accomplished emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, Song Xiaozong Zhao Yun, commented on Li Gang: "Zhi Guangcai is sparse, and Zhang Jun is his disciple."

This evaluation is actually a bit exaggerated, even a little heartless. Li Gang and Zhang Jun are dedicated to the Southern Song Dynasty. Without them, the Southern Song Dynasty would have disappeared long ago.

However, although Zhao Yun's evaluation is too high, it can also show that Li Gang and Zhang Jun actually do not have the talents of prime ministers.

After Li Gang was dismissed as prime minister, Zhao Gou successively replaced six prime ministers: Huang Qianshan, Wang Boyan, Zhu Shengfei, Lu Yihao, Du Chong, and Fan Zongyin. It can make the Southern Song Dynasty stable, so that the Southern Song Dynasty is always in danger of being destroyed by the Kingdom of Jin until Zhao Ding came to power.

Zhao Ding is also the same as Li Gang in the main battle, but unlike Li Gang, Zhao Ding is not so sharp, he can handle the relationship between the main battle and the main peace very well, and he can single out Yue Fei among the generals in the Southern Song Dynasty Wait for the strong support of capable generals.

In the years when Zhao Ding was the prime minister, the Southern Song Dynasty launched a massive counterattack. Zhao Ding assisted Zhao Gou in his two expeditions and achieved great victories. Zhao Gou finally secured his throne and restored Jiankang. Suffering will eventually have the image of ZTE.

Therefore, Zhao Ding is the real prime minister.

Unfortunately, Zhao Gou didn't want to fight anymore, and Zhao Ding suggested that Prince Zhao Gouli, who had no sons, stabilize his heart, but Qin Hui took the opportunity to squeeze him out and lost his position.

Here is an explanation for Zhao Ding.

Zhao Ding was not blindly leading the battle without brains, and he didn't want to go straight to the Huanglong Mansion like Yue Fei. In fact, Zhao Ding also saw it at that time, and the Southern Song Dynasty could no longer fight.

Therefore, before this, when Wang Lun went to the Kingdom of Jin as an envoy, he followed Zhao Ding's instructions. When asked about etiquette, he answered with the distinction between the monarch and his ministers;

That is to say, Zhao Ding just didn't want to negotiate peace blindly, and wanted to draw the Yellow River as the boundary instead of the Yangtze River.

All in all, Zhao Ding is worthy of the name of "the head of Zhongxing Xianxiang in the Southern Song Dynasty".

Let me say a few more words about Yue Fei.

Yue Fei is a loyal minister.

There is no need to refute this, otherwise he would never have ended up in that tragic end, otherwise he would not be able to vindicate him after he ascended the throne. You must know that Zhao Gou was not dead at that time. If he was not a loyal minister, Zhao Gou would not be able to admit it this error.

However, although Yue Fei was a loyal minister, he committed several taboos for being a minister.

[-]. Twelve gold medals called Yue Fei.

This in itself is a big problem. It took twelve gold medals to call back Yue Fei who commanded [-] to [-] percent of the country's troops. What do you make Zhao Gou think? Can you not want Yue Fei to have the heart to stand on his own?
Moreover, in the Five Dynasties period before the Song Dynasty, there were often incidents of military generals supporting themselves, and the old Zhao family's own world came from this way. Can Zhao Gou not guard against such things?
[-]. Yue Fei's slogan "Welcome the Second Sage and Return to the Dynasty".

I really can't help but say that Yue Fei's emotional intelligence is really low enough to be able to shout such slogans.

Zhao Gou is the son that Zhao Ji doesn't like very much. Zhao Ji also sent Zhao Gou to Jinying as a hostage, so the father-son relationship between the two is indifferent.

Both father and son are so indifferent, the relationship between Zhao Gou and his brother Zhao Huan is even more conceivable.

In fact, this is not a big deal. If it is just like this, Yue Fei will not offend Zhao Gou's Ni Lin if he wants to bring Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan back. The key is, if Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan are brought back, who will be the emperor?Don't forget that Zhao Gou's throne was passed on by Zhang Bangchang, which is unreasonable and illegal.The so-called sky has no two suns, and the country has no two monarchs, let alone three.Moreover, in the battle for the throne, the loser can be said to be very, very, very miserable.

Just ask, can Zhao Gou let Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan come back?Can Yue Fei, who yells "welcome the second sage and return to court" every day, have good fruit to eat?
[-]. Yue Fei made the same mistake as Zhao Ding—persuading the childless Zhao Gou to make a bloodless man the crown prince.

At that time, Zhao Gou was only in his 30s. Could he not want to have a son of his own, could he not want to pass his throne to his own son, could he be willing to give the throne to an outsider?

And Yue Fei wrote every day to suggest that Zhao Gou make this the crown prince and that one the crown prince. Why, you, a leading general, are eager to support you?Or do you conclude that I, who is only in my 30s, will never have a son?

Yue Fei made so many mistakes, coupled with the severe injuries of Qin Hui and others, especially Qin Hui's sentence "the Taizu never thought of supporting himself by supporting troops (he was also added by the yellow robe)." Can Zhao Gou not kill Yue Fei?
In addition, although Yue Fei is a rare good commander and very talented in commanding troops, but if you look at his resume carefully, his achievements are not that great, let alone invincible. Had a lot of defeats.

Therefore, Yue Fei is actually not qualified to be among the 24 heroes of Zhaoxun Pavilion.

Compared with Li Gang and Yue Fei, Zhao Ding, who entered the Zhaoxun Pavilion without any dispute and won the title of "the head of Zhongxing Xianxiang in the Southern Song Dynasty", is even more precious.

Therefore, Li Yan said to Zhao Ding with great enthusiasm: "Yuan Zhen can join our Andong Protector's Mansion, why should we be unhappy in Andong's Protector's Mansion!"

Zhao Ding was a little embarrassed!

He didn't intend to join the Anton Protector's Mansion. In fact, he was kidnapped by Zhu Fu and brought here by Wen Huanzhang.

But Li Yan seemed to be ignorant of these things, and said again: "Now that I, the Anton Protectorate Mansion, will open soon, I hope that Yuanzhen will definitely not refuse the post of secretary and enlisted in the army."

To record affairs and join the army, to be in charge of the general records of all Cao Wenbooks, to play good and evil, is the sixth position in the Protectorate Mansion after the Governor, the Deputy Governor, the Deputy Governor, the Chief History, and the Sima. The Senate is definitely a high position with power. If the Hudu Mansion is compared to a later state institution, it is already common for the secretary to join the army, and there is still a lot of room for development.

"This……"

Faced with Li Yan's full sincerity, Zhao Ding didn't know what to do for a while.

At this time, Li Yan no longer cared about Zhao Ding, but turned his attention to the remaining two literati, and asked Wen Huanzhang, "Who are these two?"

Seeing Li Yan, the great governor, ambiguous things like a child, Zhao Ding had a wry smile on his face, and said in his heart: "This great governor really... forcibly tied me up without saying anything, and forced me to serve as a recorder to join the army. For the position, this... can be regarded as sincerity... What should I do?"

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PS: Writing about Yue Fei is really tiring and strenuous, because we have to take our feelings into account, and we have to pull Yue Fei off the altar, otherwise, there will be no way to subdue Yue Fei later.Of course, there is another reason, Yue Fei is really not that godly, he is just a good handsome, a loyal handsome handsome, a good handsome handsome with flesh and blood, but he is not much stronger than Han Shizhong, Wu Jie, Liu Qi and others in the same period It's just that his propaganda was too strong, and the ending was too tragic and worthy of sympathy, which made everyone regard him as a god.

(End of this chapter)