The struggle between emperors and scholars throughout Chinese history is ultimately a story of the competition for the money bag between the gun barrel and the pen 😂

Before the Song Dynasty, emperors could not firmly hold the gun barrel, which led to the power of eunuchs and the power of the imperial relatives. The reason was that the emperor's gun barrel was taken away by others. At this time, scholars (such as Yuan Shao) would use the emperor's banner to deal with the eunuchs and imperial relatives.

The Song Dynasty firmly grasped the gun barrel, but the cost was a decline in the combat effectiveness of the Song army. In other words, the quality and equipment of the soldiers themselves were not poor; the problem lay in the command system. A typical case is the story of Zhao Guangyi being beaten by the Liao state.

Yue Fei, as a gun barrel, was actually loyal to Emperor Gaozong of Song. However, Emperor Gaozong lacked effective communication channels with Yue Fei, as the outer court was controlled by Qin Hui. The recall of Yue Fei with 12 gold medals was equivalent to the scholars cutting off Emperor Gaozong's arc of resistance.

Qin Hui held the highest official positions: Grand Chancellor, Left Deputy Prime Minister, and concurrently the Chief of the Central Secretariat and the Privy Council, which meant he held military and political power in one hand. Just think about it, which foolish emperor would cultivate such a powerful minister who could overshadow him?

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