Yue Fei (1103—1142) was born in tangyin county, Xiangzhou (now Tangyin, Anyang, Henan). An outstanding strategist, militarist, national hero and anti-gold star in the Southern Song Dynasty. Proficient in military strategy, riding and shooting, and good at poetry and calligraphy. The army he led was called "Yue Jiajun", and the famous sentence "It is easy to shake the mountain, but difficult to shake the Yue Jiajun" was circulated, expressing the highest praise for "Yue Jiajun". With the sadness of starting the Northern Expedition with unfulfilled ambition, he wrote the poem "Man Jiang Hong", which has always inspired countless Chinese sons and daughters to be loyal to their country despite difficulties and hardships.
Yue Fei has clear rewards and punishments in running the army, strict discipline, leading by example and caring for subordinates. Yue Jiajun has the military discipline of "freezing and killing without tearing down the house, starving and killing without fighting Lu". Even Jin Jun lamented: "It is easy to shake the mountain, but difficult to shake the Yue family army!" Yue Fei opposed Song Ting's passive defense strategy of "defending the enemy alone and not daring to attack from afar to win", and always advocated active attack in order to win the struggle against gold. He was the only commander in chief who organized a large-scale offensive campaign in the early Southern Song Dynasty.
During the Song and Jin Dynasties, Jin conquered Liao and Northern Song Dynasties, occupied the Central Plains, and frequently launched wars of invading South China. Wherever they went, prostitutes were burned and killed, and many important cities were looted by the Jin army and became empty cities. Bring great disaster and pain to the country and the nation. Therefore, it is the requirement of the times to fight against Shanxi Jinbing and recover the Central Plains, and it is also in line with the wishes of the broad masses of people. The History of Song Dynasty said that Yue Fei was "loyal, fierce and angry, and vindicated", which was quite appropriate. Zhao Gou, Qin Gui, Wan Yi and others will always be sinners.
The real Yue Fei in history: rich in income, simple in life, and bent on refusing concubinage.
There are many legends of historical figures circulating among the people, many of which are fabricated by later generations. However, as far as Yue Fei is concerned, although there are a lot of fictional deeds in Yue Zhuan and some operas, his moral integrity has not been fully reflected.
Yue Fei has a famous saying that has been circulated for nearly a thousand years: "Civil servants don't love money, military officers don't hesitate to die, and the world is peaceful." In the Song Dynasty, the officialdom was filled with the habit of worshipping and restraining martial arts, and military commanders were accused of being rude. For a military commander, it is extremely difficult to say such a famous saying that hits the nail on the head and is concise, let alone to practice it. After he became a senior official, his income is naturally quite high, but he has always maintained a quite simple life. His wife Liwa used to wear silk, and Yue Fei insisted that she change it into low-grade linen. His private income is very rich, but he often turns private money into public money and subsidizes the army with private money. Once, the items in the house library were sold, resulting in 2000 bows. After he was killed, he went to the property, and there was no gold and jade jewelry at home. Valuables are only more than 3,000 pieces of flax and silk, and more than 5,000 pieces of rice and wheat. Obviously, he is still preparing to supplement the army.
It was common for the ruling class to take concubinage in the Song Dynasty. For example, Wu Ding, a famous anti-gold star, died of hemoptysis after being admitted to Jinshi. Han Shizhong not only has many concubines, but also likes to insult his wife and daughter, forcing Hu to commit suicide. Yue Fei's ex-wife, Liu, ran away from home in the situation of war and chaos and remarried automatically. He has been with his wife Riva all his life. On one occasion, Wu Ding, an official, was on a business trip to the military camp. He was surprised to find that there were no concubines, singers, * * * and others in Yuegujun to persuade him to drink. After reporting to Wu Wei, Wu Wei specially sent Yue Fei a famous Sichuan costume and bought many gold and jade jewelry as a dowry, but Yue Fei sent it back.
Yue Fei is not an official fan of Stack at all. He called several times and said that he planned to retire after success. The famous sentence "Thirty fame, the dust settles" precisely expresses his contempt for official positions. People in the Southern Song Dynasty have a wide and lofty evaluation of this, saying that he "can win the battle with Tian Ge in his hands, but he is just seeking his roots and living in seclusion".
Yue Fei has five sons. He was only thirty-nine years old when he died, but he was already a grandfather who took care of children and raised grandchildren. The eldest grandson Yuefu is one year older than the youngest son Yuefu. Because of his age, only his eldest son Yue Yun can really go to war with him. He was extremely strict with Yue Yun, which should be related to trying to correct all kinds of nepotism corruption in the Song army. When Yue Yun was a small sergeant, he accidentally fell off his horse during training and was severely beaten by Yue Fei for one hundred times. When Yue Yun was a little older, he became a very brave soldier. His weapon is not a pair of hammers, but a pair of iron cone guns, just like in romance or opera. The army called him a "winner", which means that this "winner" (the official's honorific title) always wins. He took part in many important battles, especially in the famous Yingchang War, where he was beaten to pieces and was black and blue all over 100, which played an important role in reversing the war situation. However, under normal circumstances, Yue Fei only reported the exploits of soldiers, not Yue Yun, and repeatedly refused to promote Yue Yun by superiors or emperors. Yue Fei usually does not allow his sons to get close to wine, but also allows them to take part in farming during their studies on the grounds that "crops are difficult to grow and must be known."
Yue Fei emphasized that "self-righteousness can be right, and autonomy can govern people." Admirable, he was born to keep his promise.
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