In the ninth year of Shaoxing, under the persuasion of Qin Hui, Song Gaozong wanted to make peace with the Jin Dynasty, so when the situation on the front line was very good, he issued 12 gold medals in a row and forcibly recalled Yue Fei, causing the Northern Expedition to fall short.
In the eleventh year of Shaoxing, Qin Hui killed Yue Fei on "trumped-up" charges in order to reach a Shaoxing peace agreement with the Jin Dynasty, creating a strange injustice through the ages. And Qin Hui has since been firmly nailed to the pillar of shame in history.
Many people think that Qin Hui would do this because he was a spy of the Jin Dynasty, so is this really the case?
In fact, there is a certain possibility of this statement.
In his early years, Qin Hui could be regarded as a loyal minister. Especially in the first year of Jingkang, he repeatedly played Song Qinzong to strengthen the guard and consolidate the city defense, but he did not get the attention of Song Qinzong. He repeatedly opposed the imperial court's decision to cede land. Therefore, Qin Hui in this period is still quite backbone.
However, everything has changed.
Bianjing was broken, Huiqin Erzong became a prisoner of the Jin Dynasty, and Qin Hui and other ministers also became prisoners and were sent to the north together. Here, Qin Hui had a completely different attitude towards the Jin people, and began to become inflammatory, flattering in all kinds. Therefore, Qin Hui stood out from the crowd of prisoners and was appreciated by the Jin people.
At the same time, King Kang Zhao Gou, with the support of everyone, continued Song Zuo, ascended the throne in Yingtianfu, and established the Southern Song Dynasty regime.
In order to completely destroy the Song Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty sent troops south. And Qin Hui once went to the Huaidong battlefield as Wan Yanchang's staff officer, and also wrote a letter of persuasion in Chuzhou.
In the fourth year of Jianyan in the Southern Song Dynasty, Qin Hui suddenly escaped from Jinying with his family and returned to the Song Dynasty. He claimed to have killed the Jin soldiers who were watching him, snatched the boat and fled back. Although many people were skeptical of Qin Hui's statement, Fan Zongyin, the prime minister at the time, and others had a close relationship with Qin Hui and took the initiative to guarantee him.
After Qin Hui returned to the Song Dynasty, in order to get the reuse of Song Gaozong, he proposed the north-south division strategy of "if you want the world to have nothing to do, the south is from the south, and the north is from the north", which was approved by Song Gaozong. Because Song Gaozong only wanted to sit on his throne, he had no idea of recovering the north and welcoming back the second emperor. It was in this way that Qin Hui was reused by Song Gaozong, and was soon promoted to the governor of the government, and soon became the prime minister of the dynasty.
After becoming the prime minister, Qin Hui did not think about the law of strengthening the country, but instead formed a party for personal gain, excluded dissidents, constantly suppressed the main battle faction, and strongly advocated peace with the Jin Dynasty. Although the Jin Dynasty tore up the peace negotiations many times, making Qin Hui in a difficult situation for a while, with the full support of Song Gaozong, Qin Hui was quickly reinstated.
In the tenth year of Shaoxing, the situation of the Northern Expedition of the Southern Song Dynasty was very good, Zhang Jun conquered Bozhou, Wang Sheng conquered Haizhou, Yue Fei defeated Wushu in Yuncheng, and the lost land seemed to be recovered immediately. However, at this time, Qin Hui strongly advocated peace and persuaded Song Gaozong. And Song Gaozong really did this, recalling all the front-line soldiers, which directly led to the failure of the Northern Expedition.
In the eleventh year of Shaoxing, Qin Hui asked the official Wan Qianxuan to impeach Yue Fei, and Zhang Jun falsely accused Yue Fei's general Zhang Xian of rebellion, and Yue Fei's father and son were escorted to Dali Temple, so as to deter the main battle faction and let the Shaoxing peace conference go smoothly. Afterwards, Qin Hui directly killed Yue Fei on "trumped-up" charges.
In the following ten years, Qin Hui was the most powerful person in the Southern Song Dynasty.
Whether Qin Hui is a spy of the Jin Dynasty or not, this is indeed not a good judgment, and the process of his return to the Song Dynasty is indeed too strange. In addition, everything he did in the Southern Song Dynasty was completely for the Jin people, promoting peace negotiations, eradicating Yue Fei, the biggest enemy of the Jin people, controlling the government and suppressing the main war. From this point of view, Qin Hui does have the possibility of being a spy of the Jin Dynasty.