The Jingkang Incident After the Song Dynasty, The capital was moved south, The Northern Song Dynasty disappeared into the long river of history, and countless literati and doctors sighed.
The fundamental reason for the Jingkang Incident was that the internal decline of the Song Dynasty was difficult to change, and the external defeat was the Jurchens. Of course, it could not avoid the " Maritime Alliance " signed with the Jurchens before.
And the Alliance at Sea is closely related to a person.
Envoy or a criminal?
This person is the descendant of founding general of the Northern Song Dynasty Huyanzan - Huyanqing . Although Hu Yanzan worked hard and made great contributions, his son, Hu Yan Pixian, was plotted by a treacherous minister, and the Hu Yan family ushered in the ending of the whole family being executed.
Hu Yanqing was lucky enough to escape from the disaster. When he was a child, he paid high attention to his relatives. He was found to be hunted down by officers and soldiers. He was rescued by Bao Zheng and others.
With the help of everyone, he was able to escape from the capital. He also deeply understood that only by being strong can one avenge his previous shame. From then on, he studied hard and became the naval commander when he grew up.
At that time, the Song Dynasty had been in constant internal and external troubles. The northern Liao Kingdom put too much pressure on the Song Dynasty, so Song Huizong decided to join hands with the Jurchens to destroy the Liao Kingdom . The deployment of
now seems to be completely wrong, but among the authorities, who can really predict it? However, the Jurchens were not as good as they imagined. Song Huizong sent envoys to the Jurchen territory many times, but they were blocked and returned in vain.
Later, when Song Huizong heard that Hu Yanqing was eloquent, he sent Hu Yanqing to him. Hu Yanqing went through many obstacles and was able to meet the Jurchen leader Wanyan Aguda .
Hu Yanqing used his talents to persuade Wanyan Aguda to send envoys to Song , and with his own tongue, he successfully returned to the Song Dynasty.
With the promotion of Hu Yanqing, the two countries finally reached an agreement to publicly resist Liao, which is the famous "Sea Alliance" .
After the sea alliance was reached, Hu Yanqing had many contacts with the Jurchens, and the Northern Song Dynasty and the Jurchens successfully destroyed the Liao Kingdom.
thought he could rest assured, but he did not expect that the Jurchens would lose the restraint of the Liao Kingdom and directly invaded the Northern Song Dynasty, which was destroyed.
The very different folk image
The signing of the Maritime Alliance is definitely not Hu Yanqing's fault, but as an outstanding middleman, he cannot escape the blame. Surprisingly, his image is completely different in folklore.
There was such a novel in the Qing Dynasty that was deeply loved by the people. It was called "Hu Family Generals" , which tells the story of Hu Yanqing. Huyan is actually a duplicate surname. Strictly speaking, it should actually be called "Huyan Family Generals" .
The story background is the same as history, and Huyan's family was killed. Later, he gradually parted ways with historical facts. With the help of Bao Zheng and others, Hu Yanqing fought fiercely with the treacherous ministers and achieved success. He was named , the king of Zhongxiao , and was in the limelight for a while.
In fact, in folk novels and many unofficial histories, Hu Yanqing is such a heroic image. He eliminates harm to the people and even does everything. The six-year-old child is full of yearning for him.
The difference between history and literature
Why is there such a big difference between historical and literary images in the same person? Hu Yanqing is not an isolated case.
The Cao Cao in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that we often mention is a treacherous minister in the novel, but in history, it is a respectable generation of heroes.
Mr. Lu Xun once said "Shadow Zhuge is very wise and close to demons" , Zhuge Liang is not without talent, we can all understand it in " Longzhong vs. ", but in literary works, in order to highlight Zhuge Liang's extraordinary talent, Zhuge Liang is not described as an ordinary person.
Literary history is mixed with too many personal emotions. Folk literature is popular among the people, so it will naturally be different from the real history.
In ancient times, it was difficult for ordinary people to receive higher education, and their cultural level was not high. But people also have spiritual needs, want to understand history and culture, and also need entertainment.
These folk literatures emerged, and many of them were rewritten on real history. In fact, even though we pursue the aesthetics of tragedy, we still yearn for a happy ending, and the same was true for the ancients.
Literary images like Hu Yanqing are the popular "smooth male lead" .
Although part of folk literature is "pseudo-history", it reflects the people's expectations for society, reflects the social situation at that time, and is also a supplement to official history. Many novels have been passed down to this day with their extremely high literary achievements, and are treasures on Chinese literary history .
