How did Yue Fei die?

Strangled to death at the Windstorm Pavilion

Attached: the cause of Yue Fei's death

"The green mountain is fortunate to bury loyal bones, white iron innocently cast sycophants." In the Xizihu Bin Yue Fei's grave, kneeling next to the iron statue of Qin Hui, mentioned Yue Fei's death, people did not not blame Qin Hui. However, if we are poor the original investigation, to Yue Fei in the dead or the Song dynasty guess defense of the traditional policy of military ministers, this policy is the Song emperor to comply with. Even without Qin Hui, Yue Fei would still have died, and like Di Qing, he was also sacrificed by the traditional policy of the Song Dynasty. Instead of cursing Qin Hui, we should curse the traditional policies of the Song Dynasty and condemn the Song Emperor for his own destruction of the Great Wall.

The traditional policy of the Song dynasty of guessing and defending against military ministers has already been mentioned by the author in the article of Di Qing's death. This policy, the end of the Song's death did not change, the Northern Song Dynasty, the Southern Song Dynasty, although the Jingkang disaster, fully exposed the shortcomings of this policy, but Song Gaozong did not realize, still stick to the old law, the general martial arts ministers anti-guessing and defending more powerful. Under this traditional policy, such as Yue Fei special talent, is the Song Emperor to guess the defense. Because Yue Fei's behavior has many advantages, and these advantages are for Song Gaozong do not want to have the military officials, so his advantages will become his death. This is the reason for his death. analyzes the cause of his death, which is to say, it is also a chapter on his merits. His spiritual personality, in this small article, although I can not say as much as possible, but also can be stored in a brief outline.

Yue Fei's cause of death, the first is good learning. He was a tenant of the Anyang Han family, (Song taolu class notes) did not get to read more in his early years. Because of his nature is good at learning, and later as a general, still learning, so in the learning can have quite deep attainments. His legacy of works such as Man Jiang Hong words, and so on, is still being recited, his calligraphy is also very beautiful, he is in the Song dynasty military officials, can be said to be the first good learning, can also be said to be the first good learning, Di Qing is not as good as him. Just because he is good at learning, just because he is good at learning, will touch the taboo of the Song court. In the Song Dynasty, the typical military ministers usually do not even know the words, the more no knowledge, the more the court's trust. Like the Song dynasty when the party into, illiterate, speech and behavior, very rude and ridiculous, (factual class court yukubu clear words), but the emperor is very tolerant of him, reuse him, the reason is that he does not have the knowledge. Civilian and military divided, is the Song Dynasty to eliminate the factors of civil unrest. The civil ministers have knowledge and can not fight, the military ministers can fight and no knowledge, with the civil ministers to rule the people, the military ministers with soldiers, and the civil ministers to restrain the military ministers, the military ministers to assist the civil ministers, not only the division of labor, with the appropriate, but also can be mutual restraint, regardless of the civil ministers, the military ministers do not dare to rebel, can not be rebelled. Once a minister of war actually has the same knowledge as a minister of the civil service, will this not make the method of separating the civil and military services ineffective? This martial official with the same knowledge as the civil and military officials should of course be regarded as a dangerous element. This is how Yue Fei was suspected by Emperor Gaozong of having contacted the scholars as his wings. Mr. Wang said that Yue Fei's proximity to the scholarly community was the cause of his death.

Yue Fei second is not greedy for money, Song dynasty generals, very few not greedy for money, especially in the early years of the Southern Song dynasty generals, almost all of them are greedy for money, only Yue Fei is an exception. Song emperor, often condone the generals are greedy for money, reward the generals are greedy for money, the intention is to make the generals corrupted and lose the ambition, a miser since there will be no ambition. Once upon a time, Liang Wu Di heard his brother Linchuan Wang Hong home depot a lot of suspicion of hiding weapons, very attention, and to open the depot to see, then, see a library of a library full of money, so Liang Wu Di was very happy to know that the Linchuan Wang Hong is a good-for-nothing, also do not pursue the source of the money. Song Gaozong to the generals of the psychology, and Liang Wu Di to Linchuan Wang Hong is similar. The generals at the time of Emperor Gaozong took Zhang Jun as the most corrupt, and his fields could collect 600,000 ducats of rent and rice every year. He had a lot of silver hidden in his house, and every thousand taels were cast into a cone, which he claimed to be without a compass. （He would send people overseas to do business. (Herrin Yulu) He once made the flower-legged soldiers of his subordinates to repair houses for him, and built a restaurant in Lin'an, named Taiping Lou. The army made a song to ridicule him, saying: "Zhang Jia Zhai? There is no reason to make him spend his legs to lift the stone, the two saints are still unable to save themselves, line in the building of Taiping building. （His greed for money can be seen here. Therefore, he was jokingly called "Captain Zhang's Iron Face" in the army, meaning that he had no shame, no face, and his face was as if it was made of iron. (Chicken fat editor) You people in the palace theater, also once made fun of him, said: "only see Zhang county king in the eye of the money sitting". (Jian gourd collection) How could he have a lot of money? It is not from withholding military food and competing with the people for profit. But such a greedy and despicable person, but by Song Gaozong's favor, the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty all the generals to him as the most enjoyable. Song Gaozong why do not know Zhang Jun is very bad, take its no ambition, so reuse him, treat him well. Greed for money has become the trend, that is, the famous general Han Shizhong also can not be exempted. He had to buy the new Kam official field, Song Gaozong heard of the great joy, special gift of the imperial note, the field given to him. At that time, Emperor Gaozong was quite suspicious of the generals' ambition, and he knew that Han Shizhong was also a person who asked for a field, so he liked it. (He Lin Yu Lu) Han Shizhong may be like the old man to buy a house to self-pollution of the old wisdom, but Yue Fei is absolutely refused to self-pollution. Yue Fei's integrity, from his family property can prove. He died after being copied, the family only has cash more than one hundred thousand, other items such as cloth, silk, corn and wheat, but the total value of money more than nine thousand strings. (Song barnyard notes Southern Song miscellaneous poems note) with soldiers for many years, the family property is only this point, to see at the same time all the generals, all are not treasure to play full of hall beds, fields and gardens accounted for a few counties, there is really a world of difference. And all the generals are enjoying the life of Kao, wife and children before, Yue Fei is dead in prison, his family far away from the garrison, really makes people have a sense of injustice. Yue Fei's scourge, because he is too clean. All generals are greedy for money, he is not greedy for money, see his ambition is not in the small, ambition is not in the small, that is, the high emperor is suspicious of. I can not defile it to profit, since it is not inevitable to be punished.

Third is not good color. Southern Song dynasty in the early years of the generals, few are not greedy for money, fewer are not colorful, Song Gaozong not only to the generals greedy for money as a welcome, he felt that the generals colorful is also welcome. Greedy for money is not enough to be afraid of, greedy for money and good sex, even more not enough to be afraid of. At that time, all the generals had many concubines, and when Han Shizhong went to the generals' home to have a banquet, he often made the wives and daughters of the generals come out to urge for wine, which led to the death of the general Hu Yantong. (Three Dynasties North Alliance will be edited) but Yue Fei is different, his home and no Ji to wait for service. When Wu Jie sent a beautiful woman to him, he said, "My lord is in the middle of the night, is it not the time for a general to be happy?" He refused to accept it. (Song History Yue Fei Biography) These two sentences fully demonstrated the greatness of his personality. His not good color is and his not, greedy for money, the same, can be said to be alone against the custom. Song Emperor Gaozong once built a private residence for him, but he declined, saying, "Before the enemy is destroyed, why should I make a home for myself?" (Song history Yue Fei biography) this and he refused to Wu Jie words, the spirit is the same. The beauty of the golden house, not in the least in his thoughts, aspirations of the lofty, can be imagined. A person who is not greedy for money and not good at sex, more and more so that Song Gaozong feel difficult to manage, which of course constitute the cause of Yue Fei's death.

The fourth is not to disturb the people. He ruled the army very harshly, and his army was well disciplined. Recorded if you pass through a place had to live in a private room, the next day must first for the owner of the door to clean, basin ounce wash Chu stop before moving to go. (Qi Dong Ye language) once his ministry on a soldier to take folk a strand of hemp to bind the horse leather, he immediately beheaded the soldier to show the public, without mercy. In his army, there was a slogan: "Freezing to death, do not tear down the house, starving to death, do not capture and loot." The slogan of his army, it can be said that there is no offense in autumn. (Song History Yue Fei Biography) So after his death, the Jin ambassador Liu Tao came to hire, but also to the Song side of the companion praised his army's discipline. (Song taolu class notes) no matter where he went, never want local officials for him to do business. When he passed Luling, the local local officials especially in the countryside feast, that he has been mixed in some advantageous generals to go. Zhou Mi called him the first of the Zhongxing, (Qi Dong Ye language) can be seen in the discipline of the other army is never as good as him. He does not disturb the people, can win the hearts of the people, which will inevitably cause Song Gaozong's suspicion. The military minister and loved by the people, is not a very dangerous thing? Yue Fei's death is very much related to his popularity. If he was a person who was a conniving soldier who harmed the people, perhaps he would not have succumbed to death.

The fifth is to gain the heart of the army. Although he ruled the army very strictly, but he was strict for the military discipline, he is still very concerned about the general life of the generals. He often personally for the soldiers of the sick person to adjust the medicine. When his generals were stationed in faraway places, he often sent his own wife to the generals' homes to console them. When any of his men died in battle, he not only wept for them, but also raised the orphans of the deceased, and sometimes married the daughter of the deceased for his own son. Whenever he gave rewards and treats, he always distributed them fairly among his men, without thinking that they were his own. (Song History Yue Fei biography) Therefore, he and his subordinates off? s army was as close as a family. His army has the name of Yue's army, fight the war, really all one heart, no soldier disregard will, will not know the soldiers, victory does not give way to each other, defeat does not save each other's fault. His army, casually in that? All stand unshakeable, more firm than the mountain. Jin people often say: "easy to shake the mountain, shake the Yue family army is difficult". (Song history Yue Fei biography) is indeed the center of praise, not exaggerated claims. But the name of the Yuejia army, but not Song Gaozong would like to hear. Yue Fei the more the heart of the army, the more afraid of Song Gaozong. The more Yue Fei gained the heart of the army, the more fearful Song Gao Zong was. If the army was called by the general's name, would it not become the general's private army? This general may be elected by his subordinates at any time. The Song Emperor thought this way, Yue Fei can not get into trouble?

From the five causes of Yue Fei's death listed above, we can see how he was a great man who was well-educated, not greedy for money, not a womanizer, not a nuisance to the people, and won the hearts of the army. Because of this, it contradicts the traditional policy of the Song Dynasty to be suspicious of military ministers. In the Song Dynasty, the traditional policy of suspicion of military officials, only tolerate the greedy money, good color and confused like a general, but never allow any general to have knowledge and interest in the people's heart to get the heart of the army. Like Yue Fei such a person, whether the Song dynasty that a monarch in power, will not be compatible. The Song emperor at the time of the Southern Song Dynasty, concern about the danger of doubt, Yue Fei is more can not be compatible. Generally people think that Yue Fei's death because of the opposition to the peace conference, in fact, even if Yue Fei is in favor of the peace conference, and how to avoid disaster? Qin Hui's instigated people to impeach Yue Fei, and secretly ordered people to kill him in prison, and know that is not adhering to the will of Song Gaozong, that is, otherwise, must also be to cater to the will of Song Gaozong. His treachery can be hated, but really not enough to blame. What we have to blame, or since the bad wall of Song Gaozong, and when further attributed to the traditional policy of Song dynasty suspicion of military ministers.