Background.
In the first year of Jianyan (A.D. 1 127), Zhao Gou, the ninth son of Song Huizong, responded to the national anti-Jin sentiment, that is, the "Nanjing" of the Song and Jin front should be Tianfu (now Shangqiu) as Song Gaozong. Since Zhao Gou acceded to the throne, with the advice and support of the capitulators, he gave up the Central Plains and prepared to flee to the south. Due to the opposition of Li Gang and others, we had to send Queen Longyou south first.
In August of the first year of Jianyan (A.D. 1 127), Li Gang went on strike, and in October, all the small imperial courts in the Southern Song Dynasty fled from Yingtianfu to Yangzhou. Song He also had a preference for eunuchs, such as Ban Kang-lu, who were arrogant and extravagant, causing many people's dissatisfaction.
Wang Yuan, who was favored by Zhao Gou, was promoted step by step because of collusion with eunuchs. When he became the commander-in-chief of the imperial camp and the Tang Dynasty, Wang Yuan amassed money and plundered the wealth and essence of the people. Jinbing Jianyan attacked in February in the third year (1 129), and he quickly suggested that he fled from Yingtianfu to Yangzhou, and then to Zhao Gou in Zhenjiang to Hangzhou (nominally patrolling).
He was in charge of patrolling, but he used warships to transport his treasures, causing tens of thousands of Song soldiers and horses to fall into enemy camps. At that time, people whispered, "All the treasures on the ship were found when Wang Yuan pacified Chen Tong."
In the process of marching, eunuchs such as Kang Lu also used their power to usurp houses. Miao Fu, who was embedded in the army, said indignantly, "The emperor is wandering here. Those people dare to do this." Zhang Kui, a subordinate, also denounced the sergeant: "If Wang Yuan and eunuchs can be killed, then everyone can live a good life. How can the court blame us? "
At this time, only Miao Fu's Sineitai was in Hangzhou, while Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun and others were guarding other key points, which provided good conditions for the mutiny. Wang Yuan's fault should be severely punished. However, because of making friends with eunuchs, Zhao Gou was only dismissed from his post as an envoy of the Tang Dynasty and was transferred to the Privy Council without any other severe punishment, which aroused the dissatisfaction of many officials and literati.
11On March 25th, 2009, Zhao Gou issued another imperial edict: "Wang Yuanxin, an official of the Privy Council, revoked the same letter to avoid submitting an official letter to the court." In other words, when Wang Yuan was allowed to take charge of the Privy Council, there was no need to present a book to the emperor. The retinue took control of Miao Fu, and Miao Fu was proud of the great contribution of his family, dissatisfied with the soaring of Wang Yuan, and said bitterly: "Your generation is wandering here, how dare you?"
Liu Zhengyan, the secretariat of Weizhou, was promoted by Wang Yuan, but he was also dissatisfied with Wang Yuan's recruitment of his soldiers. In addition, both of them were dissatisfied with the domineering of Wang Yuan and eunuchs, so they spread their dissatisfaction to the army. Because most of the troops are from North China and hate eunuchs, they have received many responses.
Miao Fu agreed that the "Red Heart Army" led by the chief of staff, Wang He, Ma Rouji, should be killed first, and then the eunuchs should be removed. So they told Wang Yuan that there was a thief in Lin 'an County, and hoped that Wang Yuan would allow him to send troops.
At this time, the eunuch Kang Lu's attendants got a tip-off, and there was a document, which was suspected of wanting to mutiny. It has the signature of "control the official land, control the official gold". Tian is the code name of Miao and Jin is the code name of Liu. Kang Lu tipped off Zhao Gou, and Zhao Gou told him to go to the Prime Minister Zhu Shengfei, and told him to inform Wang Yuan. Kang Lv said that Miao.
Now I finally know their intentions and tell Wang Yuanmiao and Liu that the so-called "suburban thieves" are all excuses for letting the soldiers out. So that night, Wang Yuan ambushed 500 elite soldiers outside Tianzhu Temple. The whole city panicked and residents were afraid to go in and out behind closed doors.