For a long time, Yue Fei was admired by Chinese people, on the one hand, because of his strength and loyalty to the country, and on the other hand, because of his unpaid ambition, he died in the storm pavilion.
"Castle Peak is fortunate to bury loyal bones, and white iron casts innocent courtiers." Beside Yue Fei's tomb by the West Lake, there is an iron statue of Qin Gui, kneeling for a long time. When it comes to Yue Fei's death, people will not blame Qin Gui. But what is the truth? Why did Yue Fei die?
After nearly a thousand years, people have been questioning the culprit of Yue Fei's death. People no longer put their thoughts on the struggle between loyalty and betrayal. In many popular books, it is clearly pointed out that Song Gaozong is the real murderer who killed Yue Fei. Qin Gui only catered to the emperor's wishes and accepted the blame on his behalf. There is also such a description in The History of Song Dynasty: He Zhu, an official of Dali Temple who interrogated Yue Fei, pleaded with Qin Gui, saying that Yue Fei was really innocent, so why should he be killed? Qin Gui said: This is meaningful.
So, why did Song Gaozong kill Yue Fei?
First of all, the Song Dynasty suspected that Chen Wu's traditional policies were the culprit. In history, Yue Fei was not only a person who liked learning, didn't disturb the people and won the military heart, but also a person who didn't love money and was not greedy for money. Someone wanted to give him a beautiful woman, but Yue Fei returned it. When he was young, Yue Fei liked drinking. The emperor advised him once that he never touched alcohol. The emperor wanted to build a house for him, but he didn't want it. He said, "What shall we do if the enemy is not destroyed?" What is the purpose of such a lewd man who doesn't drink well, has no property and is not afraid of death? Do you want my country? This worries Song Gaozong Zhao Gou. Under the traditional policy of suspecting soldiers in the Song Dynasty, only greedy, lewd and ignorant generals can be tolerated, and no general can be allowed to win the hearts of the people with knowledge and interests. People like Yue Fei, no matter which monarch is in power in the Song Dynasty, will not be compatible. In the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, Song Gaozong was worried about his country and people, suspicious, and even more incompatible with Yue Fei. Because Yue Fei's behavior had many advantages that Song Gaozong didn't want, his advantages became his death. Even without Qin Gui, Yue Fei would still die. Just like Di Qing, he was sacrificed by the traditional policies of the Song Dynasty. Instead of lambasting Qin Gui, we should curse the traditional policy of Song Dynasty and condemn Song Gaozong for self-destruction of the Great Wall.
Second, the Huaixi incident was a great foreshadowing of Yue Fei's murder. The court adopted the opinion of Prime Minister Zhang Jun and let Lu Zhi, a civilian, take over the army of Liu Guangshi, one of the four generals of ZTE. Later, when Yue Fei's control did not allow it, his troops mutinied, killed Lu Zhi, and led more than 50,000 people in the whole army to collectively defect and surrender to the puppet troops. The Huaixi Incident not only disturbed the Northern Expedition, but also changed the situation and power balance between the enemy and ourselves. In Zhao Gou's view, the Northern Expedition could not recover the Central Plains, which made Yue Fei turn from defending to attacking and defending the Yangtze River. The Huaixi incident made Zhao Gou realize that these troops and their leaders were unreliable. Nominally, it is a national army, but in essence it is still a private army. Otherwise, why do people call them Yue Jiajun, Han Jiajun, Zhang Jiajun and Liu Jiajun? Not the Royal Army? The four main forces were drawn by these leaders themselves. These soldiers will only recognize those leaders who have led them through life and death for many years, and will not recognize the court. What should we do if the "Huaixi Incident" happens again and even attacks the imperial court in turn? The urgent task now is not the Northern Expedition, but to rectify the military system and turn these troops into real royal troops! But to consolidate the army, we must not fight; Either war or peace talks. Zhao Gou was not an incompetent emperor. He started to act at once. The first step is peace talks. The second step is to deprive Han Shizhong, Yue Fei and Zhang Jun (Liu Guangshi has surrendered military power) of the right to lead troops and let them leave their own troops. The third step is to separate the two powers of managing and mobilizing soldiers and put them under the jurisdiction of two departments respectively. The Huaixi incident was an extremely important event in the Southern Song Dynasty, which prompted Zhang Jun, a hawkish, to leave politics and Qin Gui, a peacemaker, to become prime minister, and made Yue Fei move from trust to doubt and step by step to murder. No wonder after Yue Fei's death, there was a mourning poem saying, "Since ancient times, loyal ministers and emperors have been suspicious, and loyal people have also been."
Third, the slogan of the Northern Expedition, "Go straight to Huanglong and welcome back the two saints", is out of date. It is said that Yue Fei once thanked the emperor for his reuse and showed his loyalty to the emperor. He said that the emperor can rest assured that I will conquer Huanglongfu and welcome Er Sheng back to the DPRK. And use it as the slogan of the Northern Expedition. Huanglong is Jin Jun's lair. Let's break it. Who are the two saints who welcome back to Korea? One is Hui Zong, the emperor's father, and the other is Qinzong, the emperor's brother. Think about it. If his father comes back with his younger brother, can he still sit still? Later, Qin Gui went to the emperor's place to snitch. He made a deep confession and painted three suns to remind the emperor that this country has no two masters and no two days. The emperor said nothing, but he was certainly unhappy. Slogan seems to be quite popular with Chinese people. Concise and clear, easy to unite people, Qi Xin works together. For example, the overthrow of Chiang Kai-shek and the liberation of China in the early years, focusing on economic construction in recent years, are concise, forceful and miraculous. Don't mention slogans indiscriminately, otherwise it will distract people, blur the goal and even lose their lives.
Fourth, do your best to die, regardless of traces. 1 137, Yue Fei heard that the Jin people wanted to establish the son of the drinking family in Bianjing, so he went to Shangshu Gaozong to ask the prince to establish peace of mind. At that time, Xue Bi, who was transferred with the army, advised him not to express his opinions on such issues as a military commander who led troops abroad. However, Yue Fei said sternly: "When officials and subjects are integrated, don't worry about appearance." From the words "improper attention", we can see that Yue Fei is so cute and ridiculous in politics. A military commander interfered in the emperor's "family affairs", which Zhao Gou could not tolerate. Emperor Gaozong was very sensitive to this question, because he was too scared to lift his head when he lost the battle and crossed the river. This is a big worry. The only son also died after the mutiny in Liu Miao, and now the two princes are still adopted. Later, Yue Fei often intervened in "state affairs", which also made Zhao Gou very unhappy. Zhao Gou believes that wars and such state affairs are discussed and decided by civil servants, and military commanders can only faithfully implement these decisions. Yue Fei always tells me what to do on this issue, but he doesn't understand it at all. At this point, Han Shizhong did a good job. Being a hair stylist after being relieved of military power can quite guide the trend of Beijing.
Fifth, the personality is stubborn and impulsive. Yue Fei fought blindly and opposed peace talks, which Qin Gui also mentioned in his will. Yue Fei and Song Gaozong had a fundamental disagreement because of an incident, and the emperor no longer liked Yue Fei. In fact, Song Gaozong's attitude towards Kim can be said to be a feud between his enemy and his family. Just from the military and economic suffering, there is no capital to launch a large-scale counterattack against Xu Jinguo. At that time, Xu Jinguo organized a large-scale invasion almost every three years. Emperor Gaozong, who suffered from internal troubles and foreign invasion, was overwhelmed. On the one hand, Emperor Gaozong used military commanders such as Yue Fei to put out fires everywhere and held high the banner of the Northern Expedition. On the other hand, he had to take the lead to "make peace" with Kim again and again in order to get a break. However, Yue Fei's idea of blindly fighting the main battle and opposing peace talks is deeply rooted and there is no room for manoeuvre. He thinks that the emperor will reuse me, he will drive Xu Jinguo out of the Central Plains, and sometimes he even goes against the emperor. In order to gain the support of military commanders, Emperor Gaozong specially added new titles and titles to Liu Guangshi, Zhang Jun and Han Shizhong, and promoted Yue Fei as the third division of Kaifu. Promotion was originally a welcome good thing, but stubborn Yue Fei refused to accept it at a 40% discount. It is also pointed out that the current situation is not optimistic, and soldiers should be trained to prepare for emergencies. He asked the emperor to take back his destiny in order to save the minister's day. In this way, Zhao Gou under the pressure of three imperial edicts, and euphemistically relieved. What's more, when some requirements are not met (such as the merger of Huaixi Army and forced retreat), they lose their temper and go to Lushan Mountain. In feudal times, this was called disobedience, which was the greatest fear of the emperor; Every time is a capital crime, what's more?
Six, it is said that there are two gossip fueled the emperor's determination to kill yue. First of all, Yue Fei became our time in his early thirties. Yue Fei has a saying that among these generals, apart from Mao, I am the only one who can become our era in his early thirties. Second, after Yue Fei learned of the relieving power, Yue Yun and Zhang Xi 'an wanted to send troops to Xiangyang, Hubei Province to contain Yue Fei, and threatened the court to restore Yue Fei's relieving power by force. As a result, it happened that at this time, Yue Fei went to the stage at an inappropriate time, and his words were fierce, demanding the restoration of the military power. It is foolish to do so, so giving the villain a handle makes the emperor more suspicious.
From the above analysis, it can be seen that Yue Fei's death was not entirely caused by Qin Gui's "unwarranted" charges, but by the political situation at that time and his taboo character. What Yue Fei did, in the Song Dynasty, when he had the so-called "relieving the military with a glass of wine", was changed to Emperor Chongzhen, and the general did any of the above things, and his head would have moved long ago. Zhao Gou endured for a long time, but he always regarded Yue Fei as his confidant. Yue Fei, also a satellite of Zhao Gou, was launched by rocket. Zhao Gou wouldn't kill Yue Fei unless he had to, and Yue Fei did commit Zhao Gou's taboo again and again, but Yue Fei didn't notice it well, which is what he doesn't understand politics. Zhao Gou to yue fei from love to dissatisfaction, and then to disappointment, and then to taboo, and finally resentment, wait until the last Qin Gui to yue fei rebellion, Zhao Gou almost no doubt, only anger, so there is the unjust charge of the storm pavilion. Until Qin Gui died, Zhao Gou rehabilitated many people persecuted by Qin Gui, but he didn't want to rehabilitate Yue Fei. Even because I hate the word "Yue", I renamed Yuezhou Chizhou. This shows his attitude towards Yue Fei. Facts have proved that since Yue Fei's death, the Song Dynasty survived 138 years, so making peace does not mean surrendering. It was Qin Gui who made his descendants "stay away from politics" in his will.