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Chapter 204 Yue Fei's True Last Words

Soon after, Zheng defeated the Northern Rong and captured two cities of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, reaching its peak. Duke Zhuang of Zheng was also known as the Little Hegemon of the Spring and Autumn Period. However, after the death of Duke Zhuang of Zheng, Zheng fell into civil strife for many years and its strength declined significantly.

Seven noble families held great power and were collectively known as the Seven Mu. After the division of Jin, the newly emerging Han became the biggest enemy of Zheng. After years of civil strife, Zheng was destroyed by Han in 375 BC.

The second is the state of Lu, a state of etiquette. The king of Lu was a descendant of Zhou Gongdan. In 1046 BC, King Wu Jifa defeated King Zhou and destroyed the Shang Dynasty. He divided the states and granted Zhou Gongdan's son Bo Qin the land of Lu, and the state was named Lu.

Three years later, King Wu passed away. Duke Zhou became regent to assist the young King Cheng and sent his son Bo Qin to Lu to become the founding monarch of Lu. As a descendant of Duke Zhou, Lu was known as a country of etiquette. At the same time, it continued to expand its territory eastward, pacified Xu and Huai, and became a powerful country in the East.

In fact, the seven-character poems include Gui, Meng, Sui, Huang, Dadong and Hai. During the reign of King Xuan of Zhou, Wugong of Lu brought his two sons to pay homage to the emperor. King Xuan liked the youngest son of Wugong of Lu, Xi, so he appointed Xi as the crown prince of Lu and forcibly deposed the eldest son and enthroned the youngest son.

However, after Duke Lu died, although the crown prince ascended the throne as he wished, he was soon overthrown by his eldest brother's son Bo Yu. Bo Yu reigned for 10 years before being killed by King Xuan of Zhou and a new king was appointed.

The Zhou emperor's forced intervention in Lu's political affairs caused the other states to become alienated. 24 years later, the Western Zhou Dynasty fell, King Ping of Zhou moved east to Luoyi, and China entered the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Lu was still one of the powerful states in the East in the early Spring and Autumn Period.

However, due to constant internal strife and weakening of power, after the death of Duke Zhuang of Lu, the state of Lu suffered the Huan Rebellion. Duke Zhuang of Lu's half-brother Qingfu killed two kings in succession, causing great chaos in the state of Lu. The poet lamented that "Qingfu will not die, and the troubles in Lu will not end."

After Qingfu's death, Lu was saved from danger and entered a period of prosperity. However, the nobles of Lu fought for power with the royal family, and the Three Huans ruled the country, making the people know only the Three Huans instead of the ruler. Duke Zhao of Lu wanted to attack the Three Huans, but was driven out of Lu by them and died in a foreign land.

Duke Ding of Lu tried to change this situation by employing Confucius, but Confucius was also driven away by the Three Huans. Later, Lu implemented reforms and gradually regained power, but Lu no longer lived up to its former reputation. Surviving between Qi and Chu, Lu was destroyed by Chu in 255 BC.

The next thing to talk about is the State of Song, the descendant of Wei Zi Qi, the remnant of the Shang Dynasty. Wei Zi, the first king of the State of Song, was the brother of King Zhou. He was granted the title of Duke of Zhou in Shangqiu and the name of the state was Song. He worshipped the ancestral temple of the Shang Dynasty and was one of the two kings and three lords of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

After Wei Ziqi died, his brother Wei Zhongyan became the king of Song, known as Wei Zhong. From then on, the throne of Song was inherited by Wei Zhong's descendants. Song was prosperous in commerce and economy, but because it was located in a place surrounded by wars, wars continued and internal political struggles were also very fierce.

After Duke Huan of Qi died, Duke Xiang of Song led the three states of Wei, Cao and Zhu to send troops to support Duke Xiao of Qi to ascend the throne. His reputation increased greatly, and Duke Xiang of Song therefore began to think of dominating the world.

However, the two major states of Qi and Chu did not buy into Duke Xiang of Song. During the meeting, Duke Xiang of Song went to the alliance without his army and was captured alive by King Cheng of Chu. It was only after the mediation of Duke Xi of Lu that Duke Xiang of Song was released by the State of Chu.

However, Duke Xiang of Song also became enemies with the State of Chu. In 638 BC, Duke Xiang of Song heard that the State of Zheng supported the State of Chu in its hegemony, so he sent troops to attack Zheng, and the State of Chu also attacked the capital of the State of Song.

Duke Xiang of Song hurried back to provide assistance and met the Chu army at Hongshui. Duke Xiang of Song considered himself a benevolent and righteous army and wanted to wait for the Chu army to deploy their battle formation before starting the battle. Unexpectedly, the Chu army rushed forward after deploying their battle formation and defeated the Song army.

Duke Xiang of Song was shot in the thigh and had to recuperate from then on, eventually dying of his wounds in 637 BC. After Duke Xiang of Song's death, Song became a small country, surviving in the gap between the two major countries of Jin and Chu.

Although the two peace talks gave Song a chance to catch its breath, the military power of Song had already been controlled by the official Hua Yuan. Entering the Warring States Period, the Dai family deposed Song Huanhou and replaced him, calling themselves the Dai family replacing Song.

During the reign of King Kang of Song, the second emperor of Hua Yuan, the Song State became strong again and conquered cities and territories everywhere, which made Qi, Chu and Wei hate it. In 286 BC, Qi, Chu and Wei sent troops to destroy the Song State, and the Song State was destroyed.

The fourth is the Yue Kingdom. The Yue Kingdom was not a vassal state of the Zhou Dynasty. According to legend, the Yue Kingdom was the descendant of Dayu. As early as the Xia and Shang dynasties, the Yue people had established a country in the Taihu Lake Basin and entered the Spring and Autumn Period.

The rise of Wu State made it an enemy of Yue State, and the struggle for hegemony between Wu and Yue began. In 494 BC, the Wu army defeated the Yue army in Fuju, and Gou Jian, the King of Yue, was forced to seek peace and was detained by Fu Chai, the King of Wu. Gou Jian was deeply ashamed.

After returning home, he prepared his troops, slept on straw and tasted gall, and vowed to take revenge. In 482 BC, King Fuchai of Wu went north to attend the alliance and took away Wu's elite troops. King Gou Jian of Yue took advantage of the opportunity and attacked Wu.

He killed the crown prince of Wu. Four years later, he defeated Wu at Li Ze again, and Wu never recovered. In 473 BC, Yue destroyed Wu, and King Fu Chai of Wu committed suicide. King Gou Jian of Yue became the last overlord of the Spring and Autumn Period, and Yue was powerful for a time.

Entering the Warring States Period, Yue also fell into civil strife for many years, with royal nobles killing each other and Yue's national strength declining. In 334 BC, Chu seized Yue's land north and west of Qiantang River, and then Yue disintegrated, with the descendants of the King of Yue ruling separately.

After Qin Shi Huang unified the world, Wuzhu, the king of Minyue, took military merit and became the Minzhong County of the Qin Dynasty. In 202 BC, Liu Bang became emperor and named Wuzhu the King of Minyue. During the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, all the tribes of Yue were incorporated into the Han Dynasty.

[Man Jiang Hong, what is Yue Fei's real last words? Historical Yue Fei]

The movie "Man Jiang Hong" is a fictional story that takes place against a real historical background. The movie raises several historical questions: Was Qin Hui a spy for the Jin Dynasty?

Why did Zhao Gou want to kill Yue Fei? What was Yue Fei's real last words in history? In this video, let us walk into the era of Yue Fei in Man Jiang Hong.

In 1127 AD, during the Jingkang Incident during the Northern Song Dynasty, the Jin Kingdom looted the two emperors Huizong and Qinzong, royal nobles, civil and military officials, as well as gold, silver, jewelry, cultural relics and books in the city of Kaifeng. They left the place in a mess before fleeing, and the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed.

Qin Hui, who was then the Chief Censor, was also a captive of the Jin Kingdom. He and his colleagues wrote to the Jin people, asking them to preserve the legal system of the Zhao Song Dynasty and not to establish a false emperor. As a result, they were detained in the Jin camp.

At this time, Qin Hui still seemed very loyal to Zhao Song, but as Qin Hui was captured and taken north, his mentality changed, from a former scholar-official to a slave of a conquered country.

On the way north, he suffered humiliation. Some of his colleagues committed suicide, while others fled to the Jin Kingdom to live a miserable life. However, Qin Hui took a different approach. He served Huizong wholeheartedly while building good relations with the Jin nobles, playing both sides well.

Jin Taizong Wanyan Sheng gave Qin Hui to Wang Yanchang, and Qin Hui became a popular figure around Wang Yanchang. Two years later, Wang Yanchang attacked Chuzhou, and Qin Hui followed the army southward and returned to the Southern Song Dynasty with his family by boat.

How Qin Hui returned from the Jin Dynasty has been a controversial issue for thousands of years.

According to Qin Hui himself, he killed the guards, robbed the boat, and fled back with his family. But seeing that Qin Hui brought his family with him and carried a lot of bags, it didn't look like he was escaping.

Moreover, after returning to the south, Qin Hui strongly advocated for peace talks between the Southern Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty. In the end, the Southern Song Dynasty became a vassal of the Jin Dynasty. There was also a special provision in the terms of the negotiations that the Southern Song Dynasty could not dismiss Qin Hui's lieutenant. With the endorsement of the Jin Dynasty, many people in later generations believed that Qin Hui was a spy of the Jin Dynasty.

However, when Qin Hui returned to China, it was still the early Southern Song Dynasty. Zhao Gou was chased everywhere by the Jin army. As a peace advocate, Qin Hui was concerned about Zhao Gou's thoughts, not the intentions of the Jin Kingdom.

After all, the goal of the Jin Dynasty at that time was to seize the victory and unify the world, but the Jin Dynasty was not united. Qin Hui's master in the Jin Dynasty, Wang Yanchang, was a peace advocate. After Qin Hui returned to the south, he still kept in touch with Wang Yanchang through letters.

In 1139 AD, Wanyan Chang was killed in a coup after the first Shaoxing Conference. Jin Wushu tore up the conference and launched a large-scale invasion to the south, but was defeated by Yue Fei, who took advantage of the victory to recover a large amount of lost territory.

However, under the instigation of Qin Hui, Zhao Gou issued 12 golden medals to recall Yue Fei, threw him into the Tianlao, executed him on false charges, and reached a more humiliating Second Shaoxing Peace Agreement with the Jin Kingdom. Qin Hui's position became more solid because of the agreement.

So why did Zhao Gou want to kill Yue Fei? Why did he choose to pay tribute when the situation was good for the Northern Expedition? Although later generations put the main responsibility for the killing of Yue Fei on Qin Hui, without Zhao Gou's acquiescence, Qin Hui could not have framed Yue Fei on his own initiative.

The reason why Zhao Gou wanted to kill Yue Fei was not just to pay tribute to Jin. Zhao Gou was the ninth son of Song Huizong, the only one who escaped the net, so he ascended the throne with the support of Jin and took over the Southern Song Dynasty.

In order to survive, Zhao Gou had to delegate power to the generals in various places, allowing them to fight against the Jin army in a different way, without being checked by the civil officials.

Yue Fei was a rising star of the new generation of generals who thwarted the Jin Dynasty's offensive momentum, forced the two countries into a state of confrontation, and saved half of the Southern Song Dynasty.

On the surface, Zhao Gou highly valued Yue Fei and other military generals, but in his heart he was very suspicious of them. He gave up power only because he was forced by the situation, and he would take back power when the time was right.

In 1134, Yue Fei recovered the six counties of Xiangyang, and the most difficult time for the Southern Song Dynasty had passed. Two years later, Yue Fei led the Northern Expedition to Luoyang, but due to the long battle line and insufficient logistics, he had to call off the troops and recovered two states for the Southern Song Dynasty.

At this time, the two prime ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhang Jun and Zhao Ding, were at odds. Zhao Ding resigned in anger, and Zhang Jun appointed Qin Hui. His purpose was not to recover the lost territories, but to seize power.

Due to the severe situation in the early Southern Song Dynasty, the excessive power of military generals violated the ancestral family law of the Zhao Song Dynasty. Therefore, the civil officials of various factions proposed to reduce the power of the military. Although Zhang Jun was a war advocate, he was a civil official after all, and he did not trust generals such as Yue Fei and Liu Guangshi.

Soon after, because Yue Fei defeated the Jin army that attacked Xiangyang, Zhao Gou issued an imperial edict to commend him and allocate 5 Huaixi troops to Yue Fei. However, Zhang Jun suddenly changed his mind and sent someone else to take over. He also mocked Yue Fei. Yue Fei was very angry and wrote a letter of resignation to return to Mount Lushan to mourn for his mother. Zhao Gou was very angry and forcibly summoned Yue Fei back. Yue Fei had no choice but to go down the mountain to lead the army.

Out of loyalty, Yue Fei suggested that Zhao Gou appoint a crown prince as soon as possible. However, although Zhao Gou was only 30 years old, he had already lost his fertility. His only son died in a mutiny. Yue Fei did not know the unspeakable secret of taking care of him, and inadvertently violated Zhao Gou's taboo, making Zhao Gou even more suspicious of him.

At this time, the Southern Song envoy Cixingguo returned and told Zhao Gou that Huizong had died in Wuguo City. So Zhao Gou began to discuss peace talks with Qin Hui and sent envoys to the Jin Kingdom to negotiate peace.

Although many people in the court suspected that Qin Hui was a spy of the Jin people, Zhao Gou was very impressed by Qin Hui's peace negotiation strategy. However, Yue Fei, who created the objective conditions for the peace negotiation, inevitably came to a tragic end.

First of all, if it weren't for famous generals like Yue Fei who recovered lost territory and inflicted heavy damage on the enemy, it would have been impossible for the Jin Kingdom to negotiate peace with the Southern Song Dynasty. Their goal was to press on with their victory and completely destroy the Southern Song Dynasty.

After failing in many battles, the Jin Kingdom was unable to easily destroy the Southern Song Dynasty, so it turned to negotiate peace with the Southern Song Dynasty. Although Yue Fei's goal was to restore the territory of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Gou's goal was to survive in a corner.

More importantly, Yue Fei had good personal morals and strict military discipline. He was not greedy for money or lustful. He would rather freeze to death than demolish houses or starve to death than plunder. He was deeply loved by the people and was incompatible with his arrogant colleagues of the same era. For Zhao Gou, such a person was more terrifying than those corrupt officials and was more likely to pose a threat to the Zhao Song dynasty.

In 1138, under the promotion of Qin Hui, Song and Jin reached the first Shaoxing Agreement. Yue Fei strongly opposed it: "The enemy country cannot be trusted, and peace cannot be relied upon. The prime minister is not good at planning for the country, which may be an opportunity for future generations."

Sure enough, not long after the agreement was signed, a coup d'état occurred in the Jin Dynasty. Jin Wushu tore up the agreement and invaded the south. Although Zhao Gou had lost trust in Yue Fei at this time, he had to let Yue Fei come to the rescue.

Yue Fei defeated the Jin army, causing Jin Wushu to sigh: "It is easy to shake a mountain, but it is difficult to shake Yue's army." So Jin Wushu wrote a letter to Qin Hui, demanding that the Southern Song Dynasty only talk about peace if Yue Fei is killed. At this time, Yue Fei had already approached Kaifeng, the old capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, and various righteous armies responded one after another, with frequent reports of victory.

However, under the instigation of Qin Hui, Zhao Gou issued 12 golden medals to summon Yue Fei back to the court. Yue Fei's efforts failed at the last moment and he was filled with grief and anger. His 10 years of hard work were ruined in an instant. After Yue Fei returned to the court, he was impeached by Qin Hui's subordinate Mo Qixie.

Yue Fei was forced to resign and hand over his military power, but Zhao Gou's persecution of Yue Fei went far beyond that. Qin Hui instructed Zhang Jun to bribe Yue Fei's subordinates and falsely accuse Yue Fei of treason. Zhao Gou ordered Yue Fei and his son Yue Yun to be thrown into Tianlao. Under severe torture, Yue Fei would rather die than yield. Feng'er wrote down the eight big words "The sky is clear, the sky is clear".

Qin Hui did not get the confession he wanted, so he asked Zhao Gou to execute Yue Fei on trumped-up charges. Zhao Gou achieved his goal and signed the Second Shaoxing Agreement with the Jin Kingdom.

If Yue Fei's last words were not "Man Jiang Hong", then was "Man Jiang Hong" written by Yue Fei?

——"Of course, there is no doubt about it."

——"The main reason is that Zhao Gou and Qin Hui were both quite human in the early stage, but after returning from the Jin Dynasty, they became like yellow people and became cowards."

——"What a pity. Zhao Gou was also a brave young man before."