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Why did the Southern Song Dynasty perish?
After the change of Jingkang in the Southern Song Dynasty, Song Gaozong and Zhao Gou followed the unification in the south, and the Yuan Army in Yashan naval battle destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty. * * * lasted 150 years. However, this dynasty was full of problems from its establishment until its demise.

The first is that the rulers lack enterprising spirit. This has been the case since Zhao Gou, Song Gaozong. In the Northern Expedition, Zhao Gou took the initiative to recall Yue Fei with 12 gold medals, made peace with Jin, and claimed to be the son emperor, so that the people in the Song Dynasty who didn't know the truth were beaten to pieces. His adopted son, Song Xiaozong, was interested in the Northern Expedition to recover lost territory, but the Song Dynasty star was either killed by his father or demoted, leaving only a group of treacherous court officials, and no one was available, so he had to go away. Later emperors were too extreme and unwilling to make progress, so naturally there was no possibility of prosperity in the Southern Song Dynasty.

The second is the corruption of the imperial court. During the Southern Song Dynasty, a large number of treacherous court officials, including Jia Sidao and Shi, were reused. These courtiers who can be remembered for a long time are all concentrated in the Southern Song Dynasty. Their cronyism, envy of talents and graft of the law made the political corruption in the Southern Song Dynasty a mess, and such a dynasty was bound to perish.