Among the four famous generals of Zhongxing in the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhang Jun ranked first, followed by Han Shizhong, Liu Guangshi, and finally Yue Fei. Why is it so arranged? Seniority is the key, Yue Fei can play, after all, he is a rising star.
Among the four famous generals of ZTE, Yue Fei was executed at the age of 39. Liu Guangshi was 54 years old and died a good death. Han Shizhong was 61 years old and died well. Zhang Jun was 69 years old and had a good death. The three died well, and Zhang Jun lived the most nourishing life, far from being comparable to Han Shizhong and Liu Guangshi.
Understanding Zhang Jun and catering to Song Gaozong's preferences is more important than winning the Jin Army. Winning the Jin Army may not necessarily be a good life, and may not be able to save your life. Knowing what Song Gaozong needs in order to die well.
The four famous generals of ZTE, from the perspective of ability, can be divided into two grades. Yue Fei and Han Shizhong are in the same file, and they all dare to fight with the Jin army.
Liu Guangshi and Zhang Jun are of the same level, and they both like to run away, although Liu Guangshi is worse, Zhang Jun still fights occasionally, even if he can't win.
From the perspective of character, the four famous generals of ZTE can also be divided into two types. Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, and Liu Guangshi are responsible; Yue Fei and Han Shizhong asked for their lives for the country; Liu Guangshi is willing to support the soldiers.
What is the situation of Zhang Jun? There is a kneeling statue of him in front of Yue Fei's tomb, which is the same type as Qin Hui, and his character can be imagined. framed Yue Fei, in addition to Qin Hui, there was also Zhang Jun.
Zhang Jun fights in average and has a very poor character, why is he the first of the four famous generals of ZTE? The prime minister of the Yuan Dynasty took off and compiled the "History of the Song Dynasty", based on the archives of the Song Dynasty, Zhang Jun was the first of the four famous generals of Zhongxing, but he said that his character was not good, and he was several grades worse than Yue Fei and Han Shizhong.
Zhang Jun fought with the Jin army, mainly in two battles. In the first battle, the Battle of Mingzhou, Zhang Jun defeated the Jin army by 4,000. Wushu personally went into battle, Zhang Jun fled in advance, plundering all the way, and did not dare to fight with the Jin army.
In the second game, the Battle of Huaixi, 130,000 Song troops were defeated, and Zhao Gou's 30,000 Imperial Forest Army was completely annihilated. In this way, Zhao Gou was forced to sign the Shaoxing Peace Conference and pay tribute to the Jin State.
From the perspective of military ability, especially in the fight against the Jin army, Zhang Jun is not at the same level as Yue Fei and Han Shizhong. However, Zhang Jun lived the most nourishing life, not only was he not suspicious of Song Gaozong, but the emperor also regarded him as his own.
Zhang Jun can't fight, but he can cater to the needs of Song Gaozong, Zhang Jun knows what the emperor needs, and he also knows what the emperor is worried about, so he has a target and keeps the glory and wealth.
What did Song Gaozong need? It is nothing more than two points, to keep the Southern Song Dynasty and keep his throne. Secondly, if the emperor wants to live with dignity, he must not repeat the mistakes of the late Tang Dynasty, and must suppress the military generals.
In 1127, during the Jingkang Change, Zhao Gou was lucky to escape. Zhao Gou was about to go to the Jin army camp as a hostage for the second time, but was stopped by Zong Ze halfway and went to Hebei to recruit Qin Wangjun instead.
The "two saints" were captured, and the royal family of the Song Dynasty was almost wiped out, and Zhao Gou was the only one left. At this time, Liu Guangshi, Zhang Jun, Han Shizhong, Liu Zhengyan, Miao Fu and others all led troops to come and accept Zhao Gou's dispatch, and they had the merit of following the dragon.
Everyone, what's next? Zhang Jun took the lead in proposing: King Kang is the emperor's younger brother, and he should be on the throne as soon as possible, stabilize people's hearts, and let everyone see hope.
Zhang Jun had a clear attitude and wanted to support Zhao Gou as emperor. Song Huizong had many sons, and Zhao Gou ranked ninth, but he was not taken seriously, and his mother's status was also very low.
With the support of the generals with heavy troops, Zhao Gou was very happy to take the lead in expressing his position. It is precisely because of this that Zhang Jun established his ranking in the sequence of the four famous generals in ZTE.
Zhao Gou became the emperor, but he didn't dare to wrestle with Jin Guo, nor did he dare to stay in Henan and sit in Kaifeng. In this way, Jin Taizong couldn't stand it anymore, and said bluntly: Zhao Gou is not worthy of being a son, his father and brother were captured, and he should rise up to fight, and he can't retreat because of difficulties.
Even the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom felt that Zhao Gou was weak, and he was. Zhao Gou rejected Zong Ze's suggestion, gave up Kaifeng, and fled all the way south.
When Zong Ze persuaded Zhao Gou, Zhang Jun did what he liked and found a reason for Zhao Gou to favor Jiangnan. Zhang Jun said that the Central Plains was ruined, and only by going to Jiangnan to restore its vitality could it be possible to restore the ancestral foundation.
As everyone knows, the Jin State's rule over the Central Plains is very weak, and it needs to rely on puppets to assist. In this way, Zhao Gou stayed in Kaifeng, maybe the Song Dynasty was a different scene.
In 1129, the Jin army marched south, and Zhao Gou fled when he heard the wind. Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan couldn't get used to Zhao Gou, so they launched a mutiny, imprisoned Zhao Gou, and asked him to abdicate and make way for Xian.
Zhang Jun called on the world's soldiers and horses to be the king, and Zhang Jun was the first to kill in the palace, he brought 8,000 soldiers and horses, and became a great hero to quell the Miao Liu Rebellion.
Soon after the "Miao Liu Rebellion", the Wushu "searched the mountains and examined the sea", and Zhao Gou escaped from Lin'an. The Jin soldiers took advantage of the situation to pursue, and Wushu vowed to capture Zhao Gou and reunite their father and son.
The Jin army crisscrosses the south of the Yangtze River, who dares to stop it, and who can stop it? Zhao Gou floated on the sea in a boat, panicking. At this time, Zhang Jun defeated the Jin army forward and won a great victory in Mingzhou.
In the battle of Mingzhou, Zhang Jun could not be said to have defeated the Wushu, but could only be said to have defeated the Jin army's pursuing troops. However, Jang Jun is still remarkable because he dares to fight.
After the establishment of the Southern Song Dynasty, in the face of the Jin army's attack, the Song army was either defeated or fled, and rarely dared to take the initiative to attack. In the battle of Mingzhou, the highlight of the Song army was not to win, but to finally dare to fight and start a good game.
In this way, when the Southern Song Dynasty evaluated Zhongxing's "thirteen military exploits", Zhang Jun's battle of Mingzhou ranked first and was regarded as the beginning of Zhongxing in the Southern Song Dynasty.
Mingzhou repelled the Jin army, and Zhao Gou was able to go to sea smoothly. This time, Zhang Jun made a great contribution again, and it was the third time that he appeared when Zhao Gou needed it most, and Zhang Jun was close to the water and got the moon first.
Protecting Zhao Gou and supporting Zhao Gou, Zhang Jun did it. Zhao Gou adhered to the family law of his ancestors and needed to weaken the generals, so he did not hesitate to make peace with the Jin State, and Zhang Jun also did it.
In 1139, Wushu tore up the peace agreement of the Heavenly Family, sent 100,000 troops to the south, and took back the land of Henan and Shaanxi that Wanyanchang "gifted" to the Southern Song Dynasty, and continued to go south.
Zhao Gou had no way to retreat, so he reused the main battle faction and let Yue Fei, Zhang Jun, and Han Shizhong split their ways to the Northern Expedition. Yue Fei and Han Shizhong aimed at the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains and strived to eliminate the living forces of the Jin army.
Yue Fei won a great victory in Zhuxian Town, and Han Shizhong defeated the Jin army in Chuzhou. Yue Fei also put down his arrogance: go straight to the Yellow Dragon and drink with the monarchs.
Zhang Jun obviously knows Zhao Gou better than Yue Fei and Han Shizhong. Song Gaozong only wanted to be partial to the south of the Yangtze River, and he had little confidence in the Northern Expedition, and he was even more afraid that the generals would not be able to go all out for the Northern Expedition.
Zhang Jun knew how to figure out Zhao's thoughts, and squeezed out and attacked Liu Qi, so he ordered the withdrawal of troops after the Battle of Zhegao. Zhang Jun asked Liu Qi to retreat with his elite soldiers, and he went to Huaibei with Yang Yizhong and Wang De to show off his military might, trying to dominate the military.
Zhang Jun deliberately catered to Zhao Gou's needs and was blindly optimistic, which led to a crushing defeat in the Battle of Huaixi and the annihilation of Yang Yizhong's Imperial Forest Army. Han Shizhong rushed to reinforcements, but was cut off by the Jin army and broke through in a bloody battle. Yue Fei also came to help, but he couldn't catch up.
In the decisive battle of Huaixi, the Song army first won a small victory, and then a big rout, what is the reason? Zhang Jun knew the emperor's thoughts, and Zhao Gou only wanted to repel the Jin army and fight for bargaining chips, rather than recovering the Central Plains, so he squeezed out Liu Qi, leading to a fiasco.
In 1141, Huaixi was defeated, and Zhao Gou was forced to accept the terms of the Jin peace agreement, and the two sides became a state of monarchs and vassals. The Southern Song Dynasty was a minister, and he had to pay tribute to the Jin State every year, and Zhao Gou had to get up to accept the letter of state, which was also sad.
After the Shaoxing Peace Conference, Zhao Gou was most worried about the generals with heavy troops, worried that they might learn from Zhao Kuangyin. For this reason, Zhang Jun was the first to write to Zhao Gou and took the initiative to ask for the removal of military power, and Song Gaozong was very happy and asked him to serve as a privy envoy.
Zhang Jun saw through Zhao Gou, but Han Shizhong may not. Zhao Gou and Qin Hui wanted to take Han Shizhong under the knife, and they also wanted to pull Yue Fei together; Yue Fei was above board, so he revealed the news to Han Shizhong.
When Han Shizhong learned that Zhao conceived a move, he immediately entered the palace, took the initiative to admit his mistake, snorted and cried, and begged for forgiveness.
Yue Fei is capable and righteous, but Zhao Gou and Qin Hui can't tolerate him. Qin Hui framed Yue Fei, Zhang Jun took the initiative to show favor and was willing to follow Qin Hui to do it together, and the famous general of ZTE became Qin Hui's accomplice.
Zhang Jun's move made Zhao Gou and Qin Hui very happy, even if they were relieved of military power, life was still the most nourishing. Zhang Jun's properties, houses, shops, and manors are innumerable.
The annual rent collection of land property alone is 600,000 quintals, which is twice the annual land tax revenue of Shaoxing Prefecture, the richest in the Southern Song Dynasty. The house is rented, and the rent is 73,000 yuan a year. There was too much silver, and he was worried that it would be stolen, so Zhang Jun smelted the broken silver and cast it into "silver balls" weighing 40 kilograms each.
The emperor is not suspicious, he can still enjoy glory and wealth, and when Zhang Jun is alive, he is a "winner". However, after all, Zhang Jun participated in Qin Hui's plot to kill Yue Fei and became one of the "five kneeling".
It is understandable to support Zhao Gou and do what he likes, after all, generals also need to survive. Yue Fei used to be Zhang Jun's subordinate, there was no grudge, Zhang Jun should not take refuge in Qin Hui, choosing to go into seclusion is the best policy.
Zhang Jun knows how to figure out Zhao Gou's thoughts, and he is the first of the four famous generals of ZTE, but his fighting level is average, and his character is not even "average". Yue Fei and Han Shizhong had meritorious service in resisting Jin, and they were intimidating to the enemy, but they did not live as well and long as Zhang Jun.
Zhang Junfu is an enemy of the country, but future generations do not give their strength and fail to keep this "ill-gotten gain". Zhang Wei, the fourth grandson of Zhang Jun, was executed by Ling Chi of the Yuan army, and his family property was confiscated.
Zhang Yan, the sixth grandson of Zhang Jun, the son of Zhang Shu. When Zhang Yan was 29 years old, his family property was confiscated by the Yuan Dynasty, and he was poor in his later years, and died of hunger and cold at the age of 70.
The prime minister of the Yuan Dynasty commented: "The generals of Nandu are called Zhang, Han, Liu, and Yue, and Jun is the crown." However, if you consider their actions, there are others. ”
Zhang Jun is the first of the four famous generals of ZTE, and the ranking cannot be changed, but what Zhang Jun has done is not worthy of the name. Totoku also said that Zhang Jun's ability and character are far worse than Yue Fei and Han Shizhong.