Dynasties of ChinaNorthern SongNorthern Song lineage
Jingkang · Reign 1126—1127
In the face of crisis, his accession followed abdication, and he wavered between war and peace. After more than a year in office, Kaifeng was captured, and he and his father were taken captive to the north.
Zhao Huan, the eldest son of Huizong and the queen mother, was established as Crown Prince in 1115. At the end of 1125, the Jin soldiers went south in two groups. Huizong panicked and abdicated him, changing the following year to the first year of Jingkang. The Jin East Route Army immediately came to Kaifeng. He appointed Li Gang to defend the city. At the same time, he sent envoys to sue for peace and promised to cut the three towns of Taiyuan, Zhongshan and Hejian. The Jin army retreated. After that, he demoted and killed the "six thieves" such as Cai Jing and Tong Guan, but he wavered between the main battle and the main peace. He dismissed Li Gang and the three towns were not delivered.
In the autumn of 1126, the Jin army went south again, captured Taiyuan, and approached Kaifeng. He placed his hope in Guo Jing's "Liujia Divine Soldiers" and the city was defeated in leap November. He went to the Jin camp in person to ask for surrender. In February 1127, he was deposed as a commoner by the Jin people. In April 1127, he, Huizong, his clan, concubines, ministers and other thousands of people were taken captive to the north, and Northern Song was destroyed. After that, he was imprisoned in Jin dynasty for nearly thirty years, and died in Jin in 1156, at the age of fifty-seven.
PoliticsAccession during a crisis
In December of the seventh year of Xuanhe (1126 in the Gregorian calendar), Jin soldiers approached, and Huizongabdication, Zhao Huan ascended the throne after repeatedly declining, and the following year was changed to the first year of Jingkang.
MilitaryLi Gang defends the capital
In the first month of the first month, Wanyan Zongwang of the Jin East Route Army came to Kaifeng. Li Gang was appointed as the personal camp envoy and led the army and people to repel the Jin army and attack the city. However, Qinzong sent an envoy to sue for peace, promising to cut off three towns and deliver 5 million taels of gold and 50 million taels of silver. The Jin army retreated in February.
PeopleChen Dong wrote to Fugu
Qinzong dismissed Li Gang to please the Jin people. Chen Dong, a student of the Imperial College, led hundreds of people to go to the palace to submit a letter. Tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Kaifeng gathered to respond, and Qinzong was forced to reinstate Li Gang.
PoliticsDemoting and executing the six thieves
Under pressure from the government and the opposition, the "six thieves" including Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Wang Fu, Liang Shicheng, Zhu Mian, and Li Yan were demoted and executed one after another. Cai Jing died in Tanzhou on the way to his demotion.
MilitaryTaiyuan fell
Jinxi Route Army Wanyan Zonghan besieged Taiyuan, and defender Wang Bing led the army and civilians to hold on for more than 250 days. The city was broken after all the food was exhausted. Wang Bing threw himself into the Fen River and died, and the gateway to Hedong was opened.
MilitaryKaifeng city destroyed
The Jin army went south again and met at the gate of Kaifeng. Qinzong believed that Guo Jing's "Liujia Divine Soldiers" could defeat the enemy and opened the Xuanhua Gate to fight. The result was a collapse at the first touch, and the outer city fell in the eleventh month of the month.
PoliticsJingkang Incident
Qinzong went to Jinying in person twice to seek peace, but was detained. In February, the Jin people abolished Hui and Qin and made the two emperors common people. In March, they established Zhang Bangchang as the pseudo-Chu emperor. In April, they captured the two emperors, their clan, concubines, craftsmen, etc. and went north.
Peopleimprisoning the north
He and Huizong were imprisoned in Yanjing, Zhongjing, Five Kingdoms City and other places. In 1128, he was granted the title of Duke of Tianshui by the Jin Dynasty. He was still detained after the death of Huizong, who died in Jin in 1156. Southern Song learned of his death several years later.
At the beginning of Jingkang's reign, he advocated holding on to Kaifeng and served as an envoy for the expedition. He repelled the first siege of the Jin army, but was later squeezed out by the main peace faction and exiled. Southern Song first served as chief minister for only seventy-five days.
A famous general in the northwest led the Western Army to aid Kaifeng. He advocated holding on to wait for reinforcements and intercept the return of the Jin army, but was not adopted. The Jin army died of illness before going south for the second time.
He led Tai students to write letters many times, requesting that the Six Thieves be punished and Li Gang be reinstated. At the beginning of the Southern Song Dynasty, he wrote a letter against Huang Qianshan and Wang Boyan, and was ordered to be executed by Song Gaozong.
With the support of the prefect Zhang Xiaochun, he led the army and civilians to defend Taiyuan for more than eight months. After the city was broken, he led the remaining troops to fight in the streets. He was seriously injured and died in the Fen River.
He once accompanied King Kang Zhao Gou as a hostage to Jinying. After the fall of Kaifeng, he was established as the Emperor of Chu by the Jin people. After reigning for more than 30 days, he returned to the Song Dynasty and was later granted death by Gaozong of the Song Dynasty.