boyutpedia Chapter 366: The Zhe Family and the Zhong Family
Chapter 366: The Zhe Family and the Zhong Family
[During the Jingkang Incident, the Zhe family was ordered to march eastward to support the emperor. The seventh-generation descendant of the Zhe family, Zhe Keqiu, led 2 troops to rush to Taiyuan for assistance.
In the Battle of Taiyuan, the Song army suffered a series of defeats, including the death of two generals, Liu Guangshi fled, and Zhe Keqiu still held on. However, this battle caused the Northwest Army to "lose seven or eight out of ten".
Zhe Keqiu's son Zhe Yanwen led the remaining thousands of soldiers in the defense of Bianliang and fought to the end.
After the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, the prefectures and states in the northwest fell into the encirclement of Jin and Xixia without any external reinforcements. After two years of hard defense, Zhe Keqiu surrendered to Jin in the third year of Jianyan in the Southern Song Dynasty.
Ten years later, Zhe Keqiu was poisoned by the Jin people. After his death, the Western Xia occupied Fuzhou, and the Zhe family's ancestral tombs were destroyed and their coffins were opened and their bodies mutilated.
Zhe Yanzhi followed Emperor Gaozong of Song to the south and was always a staunch advocate of war. He offended the advocates of peace in the court, led by Qin Hui. After scolding Qin Hui, he was demoted and laid off.
"Establish a family through military force, establish a reputation in the world through loyalty and bravery, serve the imperial court with loyalty, and fight bloody battles outside the Great Wall." This is the ancestral motto of the Zhe family, and Zhe Yanzhi will always remember it in his heart.
After Qin Hui's death, the elderly Zhe Yanzhi was rehabilitated and returned to the north.
"The sun's roaring waves hit the sky from afar, and Fei Lian almost overturned my minister's boat.
The boat suddenly became stable, and I felt your thoughts were more relaxed. ”】
＜Your writing is very brief, and you didn’t mention any controversial points.＞
＜First of all, I don’t deny that Zhe Keqiu was indeed loyal to the emperor and patriotic, but what Zhe Yanwen wrote there is a bit too much. Why don’t you say that after being captured by the Jin people, he wrote a letter to his father Zhe Keqiu to persuade him to surrender? Zhe Keqiu surrendered for this reason, and the promise of the Jin people was another reason.
Moreover, when the Jin people planned to support the Han puppet regime in the north, Zhe Keqiu was the first candidate. The status of the Zhe family in the Song Dynasty was really higher than we thought. >
＜Anyway, it is an indisputable fact that the reputation of the Zhe family was destroyed by Zhe Keqiu.＞
＜Because few people knew that there were still members of the Zhe family who followed Song Gaozong to the south, they thought that all the Zhe family members had surrendered.＞
＜The previous comment, you don’t think Zhe Yanzhi is Zhe Keqiu’s son, right? In fact, Zhe Yanzhi is Zhe Keshi’s son, and Zhe Keqiu and his son are not very good.＞
＜Zhe Yanzhi was really born at the wrong time. Because he was promoted by Zhao Ding and because he was a pro-war faction, he was repeatedly demoted. Alas, he was unable to display what he had learned in his life, and even the history of the Song Dynasty contains very few records of his deeds.＞
＜Later generations commented on Zhe Yanzhi: "Confucius has the ability to save the country and is sincere in his concern for the country."＞
[Zhe Keshi, the fourth year of Song Xining: My son?!]
[Zhe Keqiu, the second year of Xuanhe in the Song Dynasty: So... that's how it is.]
[Song Renzong Zhao Zhen: This is not easy to say.]
[Song Shenzong Zhao Xu: A tiger father will not have a dog son.]
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Song Dynasty, Kaibao Year 3
The truth has been revealed, but the Zhe family feels ashamed.
"What is this?! What did the Jin people promise him?"
"Apart from the tribe's land, is he really the emperor?"
Zhe Yuqing and Zhe Yuxun were so angry that they didn't want to talk anymore.
To say any more would be outrageous.
"Oops."
"Damn Xixia! They actually opened the coffin and mutilated the corpse!"
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Song Dynasty, Xining 4th year
Zhe Keshi was very happy.
"Not only am I awesome, my son is awesome too!"
"You have one thing in common. We can tell that you are father and son." Others in the Zhe family said.
Zhe Keshi had a hunch that they couldn't say anything good, but he decided to listen anyway.
"What is it?"
"Both of you have had bad careers. You have been repeatedly demoted and slandered, and so has your son. The most unfortunate thing is that your son has not been able to realize all his life's learning and ambitions."
These words pierced Zhe Keshi's heart.
"Anyway... the officials nowadays are not the same as those on the screen!"
"The second year of Chunxi mentioned here is the same era as Yue Fei mentioned before. They will definitely be able to drive the Jin people out!!!"
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Song Dynasty, the second year of Xuanhe
Snapped!
Zhe Keqiu was initially feeling fortunate that his son fought until the last moment. Although he died heroically for his country, he did not bring disgrace to the Zhe family and was truly a good man.
"Look for yourself at what is written on the screen." Zhe Keqiu was disappointed with his friend.
Especially after the comparison, why is Zhe Keshi's son so outstanding? Why was his son captured? !
"If it weren't for you, would I have surrendered? It's because of you, an unfilial son!"
Now he could no longer take care of other things. Zhe Keqiu threw all the responsibilities to his son as if he had grabbed the last life-saving rope.
Zhe Yanwen initially thought he was very brave, as he would live and die with the city of Tokyo!
captive?
Will not……
The Yao family was watching a joke. How could the Western Army be so peaceful? There were many internal disputes.
The Zhong family looked calm and composed and did not react at all.
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Song Dynasty, the second year of Chunxi
Zhe Yanzhi had suffered exile, but now all his suffering has paid off.
Now in the Song Dynasty, Zhao Ding is the prime minister and Zhe Yanzhi is the minister of war. The ancestral precepts displayed on the screen shocked Zhe Yanzhi.
"Establish your family with military power, establish your reputation with loyalty and bravery, serve the court with loyalty, and fight bloody battles outside the Great Wall."
I should keep it in mind and keep it in mind at all times.
"The honor of the Zhe family does not just depend on Zhe Keqiu!"
As early as after he moved south, he had been thinking about restoring the glory of his ancestors and washing away the shame of Zhe Keqiu's surrender to the Jin Dynasty.
……
[After talking about the Zhe family, let’s talk about the Zhong family.
The Zhong family was not a family of military generals from the beginning. They were first famous for the renowned Confucian scholar Zhong Fang. Zhong Fang never married in his life, and his nephew Zhong Shiheng was appointed as an official through his nephew's influence.
At first, he worked as a civilian, but later he was sent to the northwest to fight in the army.
Zhong Shiheng built Qingjian City, made friends with the Qiang people, and won the trust of all tribes. In the second year of the Qingli period, he skillfully used the strategy of sowing discord.
The "Three Kinds of Guanzhong" - Zhonggu, Zhongyan and Zhongzhen - defended against Western Xia and Tubo.
The Later Jin people rose up and approached the city of Dongjing. Zhong Shidao was ordered to defend Dongjing with Li Gang.
After the victory, the court was once again controlled by the peace faction. The court did not allow Zhong Shidao to pursue the Jin soldiers, and soon dismissed Li Gang. Zhong Shidao died in grief and anger.
Just the year after Zong Shidao's death, the capital was lost and the Jingkang Shame occurred.
Zhong Shizhong, the younger brother of Zhong Shidao, was ordered to rescue Taiyuan, but because his allies failed to arrive, he was surrounded and died in battle.
＜The most stable and loyal family from beginning to end in the Song Dynasty was the Zhong family.＞
＜Zhong Shiheng was indeed very powerful. He killed the Yeli brothers, two of Li Yuanhao's generals, with the help of a monk and a sword. Then Zhong Yan defeated the famous Tibetan general Gui Zhang and killed more than 7000 people in the Battle of Liubuzong.
During the Yuanfeng Western Expedition, the largest field battle between the Song and Xia dynasties was won at Wuding River, where the head of the people was beheaded and Mizhi was captured. Zhong Yi later captured Gui Zhang alive. Zhong Shidao and Zhong Shizhong even used their lives to protect the Song Dynasty. >
＜There is so much that can be said about the Zong family.＞
＜Master Zong Dao was exhausted from running around.＞
＜It is a pity for Zhong Shidao and Zhong Shizhong. It is entirely the fault of the imperial court.＞
[Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin: Too many troops were deployed in the battle to rescue Taiyuan, but unfortunately in the end... ]
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Song Dynasty, Kaibao Year 3
"Zhao Guangyi, who are you worthy of?"
The causes and consequences of the Jingkang Shame were described in detail four years ago. When Zhao Kuangyin saw the Battle of Taiyuan again, the loyal and unyielding soldiers who died in battle suddenly appeared in front of him.
"Emperor Huizong of Song and Emperor Qinzong of Song are both your good descendants!"
Zhao Guangyi didn't say anything because it was so painful that he couldn't open his mouth to fight back.
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Song Dynasty, the second year of Xuanhe
Zhong Shidao and Zhong Shizhong were very open-minded and knew the ending before.
It’s a pity that the Zhe family ended up like this.
Zhe Keqiu was stunned, the contrast was too obvious.
One was loyal to the Song Dynasty and died heroically, and the other was captured and surrendered.
In comparison, the Zhe family looks particularly embarrassed compared to the glory of the Zhong family.
Yao Gu, Yao Pingzhong and others inexplicably felt that something was wrong...The next thing to talk about should be their Yao family.