The Song Dynasty was established by Zhao Kuangyin, the general of the Later Zhou imperial army, seized the throne through the Chenqiao Mutiny. The capital was Tokyo. In 1127 AD, the Jin army captured the city of Bianliang, the Song Dynasty. At this point, the Northern Song Dynast

Song Dynasty was established after the Song Dynasty (later known as " Northern Song "), the capital of Tokyo. In 1127 AD, the Jin army captured the city of Tokyo Bianliang, and at this point, the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed. In the same year, Zhao Gou established a new regime in Yingtian Prefecture, Nanjing.

Why is it said that the Northern Song Dynasty perished itself? This has to talk about the two emperors of the late Northern Song Dynasty, Song Weizong Zhao Ji and Song Qinzong Zhao Huan .

For Song Weizong, I can only say that he really reincarnated in the wrong child. Why do you say that he reincarnated in the wrong child? Because he is a foolish monarch, he is not suitable to be an emperor at all. Although he managed the country in a mess, he was a top master in the field of calligraphy and painting, and no one could surpass him. He also created his own calligraphy " thin gold ". If he had not been reincarnated into the royal family or had not become an emperor, or a free prince or a child of aristocratic families who had no worries about food and clothing, Song Weizong should be an artist and calligraphy master who has been passed down through the ages.

thin gold body

But reality is often so cruel. On February 23, 1100 AD, Song Weizong ascended the throne and became the emperor , and his reputation for being infamous for thousands of years. There is no problem with him becoming an emperor. He actually likes art so much, so he usually spends more time studying it slowly in the palace. At worst, it’s just a monarch who is inaction, but Song Weizong doesn’t think so. He wants to work hard to become a fool.

Song Huizong's image

Song Weizong reused the treacherous ministers Cai Jing , eunuch Tong Guan , etc., causing chaos in the government and chaos in the world. Peasant uprisings in various places have been one after another, causing the politics of the Northern Song Dynasty to enter the darkest and most corrupt period. Later he did something that many ministers dared not think of: sending troops to conquer and destroy the Liao Kingdom. Liao Kingdom is not simple, it is not something that kittens and dogs can bully you at will.

Liao Kingdom has been a neighbor of the Song Dynasty for more than 200 years and has always been a neighbor of the Song Dynasty. The ancestors of the Song Dynasty had thought of attacking the Liao Kingdom. In 1004 AD ( Song Zhenzong the first year of Jingde). Although the Song Dynasty was well-developed, it was because it respected culture and suppressed martial arts after the founding of the Song Dynasty. Its military strength was too weak and it could not defeat the Liao Kingdom at all. In the end, the two countries negotiated peace. So there was the "Chán Yuan Alliance": Liao and Song dynasties were made a brother country, and Song twelve annually gave Liao 100,000 taels of silver and 200,000 pieces of silk every year. Song and Liao dynasties used Baigou River as the border. This little money is nothing to the wealthy Dasong , and it is also good to exchange money for peace between the two countries in the future.

But Song Weizong didn't think so. He wanted to do something big, and at the suggestion of the treacherous ministers Cai Jing, Tong Guan and others, he directly and unilaterally broke up the contract and sent an envoy to attack the Liao Kingdom with the Jin Alliance. At this time, the Jin Dynasty had long become the largest dark horse under the leadership of Wanyan Aguda . From the beginning, he dared to attack the Liao Dynasty with a force of about 800, and finally tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of soldiers. At this time, the Liao Kingdom was in danger.

At this time, Song Weizong did not understand the principle that the lips were dead and the teeth were cold. His military strength was weaker than that of the Liao Kingdom, and a stronger Jin Kingdom appeared at this time. It would be fine if you don’t go against the Jin Kingdom Alliance with the Liao Kingdom, but you will go against the Liao Kingdom Alliance with the Jin Kingdom. Isn’t this a mortal mortal? After the alliance, the two countries made an appointment to attack the Liao Kingdom in two directions. At that time, Liao Kingdom had five major capitals; the Song Dynasty attacked Xijin Prefecture (now Beijing), and the remaining 4 were attacked by the Jin Kingdom. After conquering the Liao Kingdom, the sixteen prefectures of Youyun returned to the Song Dynasty, and the rest of the land returned to the Jin Kingdom; the -year-old chunks and so on that the Song Dynasty gave to the Liao Kingdom each year were transferred to the Jin Kingdom. After everything was agreed, Song Weizong began to convene the army, but because Song Weizong took office and managed the country in a mess, the people were in poverty and their mobilization ability was really poor.

In the end, he barely gathered hundreds of thousands of troops, and these hundreds of thousands of troops were a mob, even if Song Weizong ordered Tong Guan, a big fool, to lead his troops to fight.As a result, nothing unexpected happened. Tong Guan's hundreds of thousands of troops were beaten by more than 10,000 defenders in Liao Dynasty (now Beijing), and all the wealth accumulated by emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty was lost. At this time, something shocking came again; Song Weizong actually sent someone to the Jin Kingdom to pray for the Jin Kingdom to help attack the Liao Kingdom Xijin Prefecture (now Beijing) .

This is simply disgusting that it is not too great to be embarrassed. The four capitals in the Jin Dynasty have been defeated; hundreds of thousands of people on your side cannot beat ten thousand people, but that doesn’t count as you lick your face and beg me for help. In this way, the alliance is so lonely. The entire Liao Kingdom was defeated by our Jin Kingdom. However, Wanyan Aguda didn't say anything, so he agreed. Anyway, it was just a matter of raising his hand. If it weren't for the Song Dynasty, I would have dealt with the Liao Kingdom long ago; but after this, the Jin people could have seen that the Song Dynasty, which he thought, was like this, and it would have been fun.

Not long after, Xijin Prefecture (now Beijing) was captured by the Jin soldiers and took away all the population and property. A blank city was left for the Song Dynasty. Seven of the sixteen prefectures were given to Song Weizong, and the population of these seven prefectures was moved away to the remaining few empty cities. However, Song Weizong did not think anything was wrong and took over the city happily.

Not long after, Jin Taizu Wanyan Aguda died of illness. The younger brother Wanyan Wuqimai inherited the throne. Wanyan Wuqimai had no good face to the Song Dynasty and wanted to send troops to attack the Song Dynasty several times. However, because of the alliance, and the elder brother Wanyan Agu said before he was beaten to death that he could not betray his faith, and he could not tear the alliance and attack the Song Dynasty, so Wanyan Wuqimai gave up the idea of ​​attacking the Song Dynasty.

But Song Weizong was not happy anymore, he wanted to commit suicide, so he violated the agreement that the Song and Jin dynasties could not accept the Liao generals and accepted the Liao generals Zhang Jue . Good guy, Wanyan Wuqi, is worried about , and there is no reason to attack you! You give others a reason to be open and upright. As expected, in October 1125 AD, the Jin Kingdom attacked the Song Dynasty; the whole journey was as strong as the city of Bianliang in Tokyo. After learning the news, Song Weizong was not in the mood to make fun of his calligraphy and paintings, so he quickly summoned the ministers to discuss the solution. After discussing for a few days, the ministers had no choice, so Song Weizong directly launched an emergency plan to "run". Running can be done, but someone in the country should take care of it!

At this time, Song Weizong's son Song Qinzong began to appear, and a strange statue that had never appeared in Chinese history occurred in five thousand years; in order to throw the mess to his son Zhao Huan, Song Weizong pretended to be sick and called Song Qinzong Zhao Huan over and said, "It's almost impossible to be a father, and the Song Dynasty will leave it to you." Zhao Huan didn’t know what his father wanted to do. He wanted to push himself up the fire pit. Zhao Huan would definitely not do it! He said directly, "The father can live for a hundred years and live for ten thousand years." But this is no longer something he can refuse; Song Weizong directly forced his son Zhao Huan to Funing Palace to inherit the throne, and Zhao Huan cried and made a fuss while crying and fainted on the way to Funing Palace. In the end, he was pushed onto the dragon throne by a crowd, ascended the throne as emperor, and became Emperor Qinzong of Song, with the reign of Jingkang .

Can cry even if you inherit the throne, and it has never been seen in Chinese history.

Jingkang's shame

Song Huizong saw that his son Song Qinzong ascended the throne, he immediately recovered and he escaped. But at this time, Song Qinzong was about to cry. At this time, the Jin army had already crossed the Yellow River and was about to come to the city of Bianliang. Song Qinzong could only bite the bullet and deal with these matters. At the court meeting, the minister of the main war Li Gang defended the city of Bianliang. Soon after, Wanyan Zongwang personally led his army to attack Bianliang City head-on to attract the main force of the Song Dynasty, and also sent a Jin soldier to attack Xuanzemen in Tokyo on a boat along the Yellow River. This strategy was seen through by Li Gang, and Li Gang was worthy of his gang. Li Gang directly organized suicide squads to repel the Jin soldiers who were sneaking into Xuan Zemen. In addition, the troops who were serving the kings from all over the country also arrived at Bianliang City. Wanyan Zong saw that there was no hope of breaking through the city and had to retreat.

After the Jin Dynasty retreated, the lords and lords in the court began to come out to make trouble and suppress Li Gang, who was the main war faction. Song Qinzong was also scared and removed Li Gang; after the removal of Li Gang, he sent envoys to the Jin Dynasty to seek peace: the Song Dynasty compensated 5 million taels of gold and 50 million taels of silver and ceded the three towns of Zhongshan, Hejian and Taiyuan to the Jin Dynasty, so as to make the Jin Dynasty retreat.

Wanyan Wu Qimai saw that Song Qinzong knew the current affairs so well, so he began to retreat. But he never expected that Song Qinzong would regret it because the three towns of Zhongshan, Hejian and Taiyuan were too important to the Song Dynasty. If these three towns were gone, they would be exposed to the eyes of the Jin Dynasty and attacked as soon as they wanted. Song Qinzong was scared at that time, as long as he could let the Jin Dynasty retreat, but after calming down and understanding the importance of these three places, Song Qinzong regretted it and immediately sent an envoy to the Jin Dynasty to exchange for the three towns of Zhongshan, Hejian and Taiyuan in the way of increasing annual tribute.

Jin Dynasty did not agree, but Song Qinzong could not sit still and immediately issued an edict to Zhongshan, Hejian and Taiyuan towns, "The territory of the ancestors should be defended to the death, and should not be of size to others." When Wanyan Wu Qimai saw that Song Qinzong had rebelled against his word, he immediately accused the Song Dynasty and sent troops to attack Tokyo Bianliang City again. This time, the Jin Dynasty was prepared and blocked Tongguan in advance, preventing the Song Dynasty from supporting the capital.

127 On January 9, Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Zonghan did not immediately capture the main city after capturing the outer city of Kaifeng. They just occupied the four walls of the outer city and hypocritically announced the peace and retreated; Song Qinzong actually believed it and ordered He Li and King Zhao Xu of Qi to seek peace in the Jin camp. But Wanyan Zonghan asked the Supreme Emperor Song Weizong to discuss peace. How dare Song Weizong go? Song Qinzong had no choice but to go on his own on the grounds that the Supreme Emperor was too frightened and had a chronic disease. After arriving, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty only asked him to write a surrender form and asked Song Weizong to come over. After Song Qinzong's hard begging, the Jin people no longer insisted on letting Song Weizong come over. After Song Qinzong returned to China, the Jin people came to ask for 10 million ingots of gold, 20 million ingots of silver, and 10 million pieces of silk; Song Qinzong could only do it, but at this time the Song Dynasty had long been emptied, let alone Bianliang City, even the whole country could not raise all these things. The Later Jin Dynasty asked for another 1,500 girls. Song Qinzong did not dare to neglect them, and even let his concubines count. The girls were unwilling to be humiliated, and many dead were killed. As for what to do if you can't get all the money, just grab it. Even so, there is still not enough gold and silver. The four ministers including Mei Zhili , who were responsible for plundering gold and silver, were also executed. Other officials were beaten by the poaches, and many people were forced to commit suicide. The city of Bianliang was in a mess.

Because the Jin Dynasty did not meet the requirements of and , Song Qinzong went to the Jin camp for negotiations. Song Qinzong was scared long ago and did not dare to go; but Song Qinzong did not dare to violate the will of the Jin people and had to go to the Jin camp again. After Song Qinzong arrived at the Jin camp, he was directly detained. Not only that, he was not full or warm in food. The Jin people also threatened that gold, silver and cloth were not complete for a day, so they did not return it to Emperor Qinzong of Song. After the Song court learned the news, they stepped up their searches. The court sent officials to break into residents' homes and rob them, and they were rampant, like arresting rebels. Finally, he found 160,000 taels of gold, 2 million taels of silver, and 1 million pieces of satin. Even so, it was still far from the amount asked by the Jin people.

At this time, the people in Bianliang City had no food. After eating all the leaves and cats and dogs in the city, they cut the starvation to feed. In addition, the epidemic has spread, countless people starved to death or died of illness. The city is full of complaints, and the people are living in poverty.

In the second year of Jingkang, Bianliang City was broken in 1127 AD, and Jin Taizong issued an edict to be deposed as a commoner. On the seventh day, Song Huizong and others were forced to go to the Jin camp. The Jin people forced Emperor Hui and Qin to take off their dragon robes. At this point, the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed, and officials of the Northern Song Dynasty died and surrendered. On June 12 of the same year, King Kang Zhao Gou established a new regime in Yingtian Prefecture, Nanjing.

This is what everyone knows as "Jingkang Shame".

The demise of the Northern Song Dynasty can only be said to be caused by his own fault. The good country was played by his father and son; Song Weizong was also a talented person, and he managed the country so badly that his son was dragged into the water. Originally, Zhao Heng was good in front of the prince, but in the end he was cheated by his father, and Zhao Huan was really miserable.

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