Li Gang was one of the few warring factions among eunuchs in the late Northern Song Dynasty. He tried to protect the capital, Tokyo, at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, and also deployed defense lines against nomadic people at the beginning of the Southern Song Dynasty. He tried to turn the tide and save the country from danger. However, he was born at the wrong time. He was too out of place in the court of capitulationists, so he was repeatedly relegated, relegated several times and recovered several times. Finally, disheartened, he died in seclusion in Fuzhou. ?

Li gang

I wanted to save the day, but when I got up again, the Northern Song Dynasty was already dead.

Li Gang was born in Song Shenzong Yuanfeng for six years (1083) Xiuzhou Huating (now Songjiang). In the second year of Zheng He (1 1 12), he was a scholar and official, supervised the imperial history, and served as an assistant minister in the temple. However, he was soon dismissed from his post because of his negligent remarks in political affairs, and was replaced by the foreign minister of the Ministry and moved to a living room. ?

It was at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, and Li Gang entered the DPRK as an official. The imperial court has accumulated long-standing abuses, and the imperial court is filled with smoke. Regardless of personal gains and losses, Li Gang repeatedly appealed to the emperor, demanding reforms against the shortcomings of the imperial court and severely punishing the traitors in the DPRK. However, Li Gang's move quickly led to the counterattack of treacherous court officials, which eventually led to his being demoted to Shaxian County, Nanjian Prefecture to supervise taxes.

In the seventh year of Xuanhe (1 125), Li Gang was reinstated as Taichang Shao Qing. In the winter of the same year, the nomads from the army tore up the peace treaty, divided their forces and attacked the Song Dynasty in two ways. The Eastern Route Army led by Wanyanzongwang matched Kaifeng, the capital of the Song Dynasty. Facing the attack of nomads from the army, the court was in chaos. Song Huizong ordered Prince Zhao Huan to be the shepherd of Kaifengfu, in order to cope with the critical situation of nomads from the army's massive attack. Guilty? Pretend to admit your mistakes and express your regret to the whole world. However, his mind has been thinking about how to escape. ?

At this critical juncture, Li Gang proposed to Song Huizong? Do you want to win people's hearts, listen to you, learn from others' words, store money in the valley, judge and respect the national conditions, and use Hui Ze to overcome people's grievances? Five military strategies proposed for the anti-gold action? Ten strategies to defend against the enemy? . Seeing that Song Huizong, who was bent on running for his life, was unreliable, he and Prime Minister Wu Min tried their best to ask Song Huizong to give way to Prince Zhao Huan.

After Song Qinzong acceded to the throne, Li Gang was promoted to Shangshu Youcheng, and took office as a personal expedition camp ambassador, responsible for the defense of Kaifeng Prefecture. Li Gang led Kaifeng soldiers and civilians to complete the defense deployment in time, and personally went to the city to supervise the war and repel the nomads from the city. Seeing that Kaifeng was difficult to storm, Jin Shuai turned to lure him in, and Song Ting surrendered in humiliation. Li Gang was dismissed from office by Song Qinzong because he resolutely opposed making peace with gold. Due to the angry demonstrations of Kaifeng soldiers and civilians, Li was forced to withdraw the power of attorney and was used again. Unable to break through Kaifeng, after Song Ting promised to cede three towns in Hebei, Wang Zong of Wan Yan withdrew his troops in February of the first year of Jingkang (1 126). Kaifeng's preparations for the war were won under the organization of Li Gang. ?

Occupied Song Huizong and Song Qinzong.

In May of the first year of Jingkang (1 126), shortly after the nomads retreated, Li Gang was immediately rejected and framed by the capitulationists, and was expelled from the imperial court as the envoy of Hedong and Hebei, and was finally forced to resign in September of the first year of Jingkang (1 126). Specializing in the main battle, losing teachers and wasting money Because of crime.

Ironically, however, shortly after Li Gang was demoted, the army of nomads from the Golden Army once again went south to besiege Kaifeng. Before Song Qinzong was captured, he wanted to re-enable Li Gang, appoint him as a scholar of the Prime Minister's Hall and lead the government. However, when Li Gang received this order, the Northern Song Dynasty had already perished.

I want to save the nation, but I can't get the permission of the court.

Jane Yan Du Nan? Later, Zhao Gou, the King of Kang, resumed his resume of the Southern Song Dynasty in Yingtianfu, Nanjing, and Li Gang was re-employed as the right servant of Shangshu and assistant minister of Chinese books in May of the first year of Jianyan (1 127). ?

Zhao Gou, Song Gaozong

After Li Gang came to power, he tried his best to help Song Gaozong rectify the platform, army and defense lines, and made important contributions to stabilizing the situation in the early Southern Song Dynasty. While reviving Chaogang, Li Gang also struggled with capitulationists such as Wang Boyan and Huang Qianshan in North Korea, insisting on? All peace talks? And demanded that Zhang Bangchang and other Song officials who worked for Xu Jinguo should be severely punished.

Wang Boyan

But from the moment Li Gang became prime minister, he was regarded as a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh by North Korean officials. In the "Proposal", Cheng Yanqi once said? Li Gang was hated by Jin people and was not suitable for him. Dr. Quan Zongyin once said? Li Gang's name is very superficial, and he has the power to shake the Lord. Can't you film it? . Squeezed out and hit by the Korean capitulationists, the situation in the Southern Song Dynasty was slightly stable, and Li Gang was once again ousted by the court and took charge of the political affairs for only 75 days.

Since then, Li Gang has been demoted again and again, ups and downs again and again, and the ups and downs of the official sea have finally made this talented minister who is dedicated to the court gradually disheartened. In the first month of the ninth year of Shaoxing (1 139), after the Song and Jin made peace, Song Gaozong planned to use Li Gang as the appeasement envoy for Zhitanzhou and Jinghu South Road again. Li Gang refused to accept his resignation. As a scholar in the official literature hall, he was promoted to the title of Dong Xiao Palace in Lin 'an and lived in seclusion in Fuzhou.

Shaoxing ten years (1 140), the fifteenth day of the first month (February 5th), this day is Shangyuan Festival. Li Gang went to pay homage to his younger brother who died young and wept bitterly, but died of sudden illness on the same day at the age of 58.