Why was Bird in Song Dynasty humiliated by taking refuge in Xixia?

Because he was the biggest traitor in the Song Dynasty! In the history of China, the number of traitors is not small, especially in the Song Dynasty, the only dynasty that was destroyed by foreigners. However, among them, the biggest traitor is Byrd.

Bird, a native of Huayin County in the Northern Song Dynasty, was gifted and intelligent. When he was young, he embarked on the wooden bridge of the imperial examination. According to historical records, Bird was "chivalrous", "depressed and talented" and outstanding in his youth. It stands to reason that such people should go to high school and show their talents. However, it turns out that he failed many times. What's more, every entrance examination was eliminated. Perhaps only birds can feel this feeling of closeness and loss. Even after many attempts, Byrd gradually lost confidence in the Northern Song Dynasty, but made the lowest decision and defected to Xixia as a traitor.

This history is recorded in Wu Guangcheng's History of Xixia: Birds were born in Huazhou, and Wu Hao came to vote for them. Born in Zhang and Wu, he was arrogant, extravagant, brilliant, exhausted and troubled. He is eager for prudence, ashamed to betray himself, addicted to poetry and wine, and his words are amazing, but the frontier generals know nothing about it and are at a loss. Wen Yuanhao peeped at China many times, so he went west. When I passed the Xiang Yu Temple, I was as drunk as a fiddler, and with great regret, I performed an elegy of "Cao was ignorant, Liu and Xiang were swallowed" in front of the wine statue. When entering the country, neither of them was surprisingly beautiful, and everyone changed their names. They went to a hotel, drank wine all day and said, "This is what the bird and Wu Hao drink." . Hao Yuan's duty is to ask the meaning of doing as the Romans do. The two of them said loudly, "The surname has not been ignored. Where is the name? " Before Hao Yuan changed his name to Jian Xiao, he played ball on the table and still used his Chinese surname. After hearing this story, you can have different explanations. You will be respected and favored, and then guided by two people.

This record alone is enough to show that the Xixia regime has the highest evaluation of birds. What did he do? Get such praise from foreigners.

After Byrd took refuge in Yuan Hao, Yuan Hao almost obeyed him because of his profound knowledge and a serious shortage of talents from the north who were foreigners. It was suggested that Bird Yuanhao invaded the border of Song Dynasty. Because of his understanding of the Song Dynasty and Yuan Hao's powerful force, these military actions achieved good results and consolidated his position in Xixia.

Most importantly, he facilitated and Yuan Hao executed the Battle of Haoshuichuan, in which dozens of generals and 10,300 soldiers died. This battle had a great influence on the Song Dynasty. The news of the defeat came, "Turn off the right and shake it, and Renzong will eat it."

But after the war, Byrd didn't feel any guilt. Instead, he saw the bodies of the Han army all over the street and proudly wrote a poem on the wall of Tianxia Temple. "Summer song and Han Qi is not surprised. The poem says, "A surname, secretary of the Central Committee, Bird, will come here with you". This practice of exchanging the blood of compatriots for fame and fortune makes people feel sad.

It was after the Battle of Haoshuichuan that the advantage of Song Dynasty in facing Xixia was broken. At this point, the Song Dynasty, which consumed great national strength, could only turn Xixia into the defensive. Faced with this situation in China, Bird has no intention of giving up the 56-win system. He put forward a plan to Hao Yuan: "China is a good rider, concentrating the strength of all parties, but Guan Zhong is not ready. If the border town is surrounded by heavy troops and you can't get out, you can take advantage of the situation to go deep, block Tongguan in the east and isolate the tributes from the two rivers, then Chang 'an is in your hands. "

Hao Yuan listened to this plan and actively implemented it. Hao formed a hundred thousand troops in Tiandu Mountain and attacked Rongjun in two ways. Song Jingyuan, the lieutenant, deployed Ge Huaimin, ordered him to lead the troops to resist and was surrounded by Yuan. Ge Huaimin and more than ten generals under his command died in battle, and nearly 10,000 soldiers were captured. Xixia's army went straight to Weizhou, breaking through Malan, Pingquan and Fiona Fang for six or seven hundred miles. It burned and shook houses along the way, slaughtered residents and swept them away.

You may ask, just because he is brilliant.

Although the bird died, it contributed to Yuan Hao's continuous invasion of the Song Dynasty, which led to the deficit of national strength in the Song Dynasty. In the face of foreign enemies, he had to work hard to defend himself, which was also an important factor in the Song Dynasty's national subjugation. On the other hand, after years of plundering wars, Xixia became stronger and stronger, so it is reasonable to think highly of him. The poor in the Song Dynasty died because of the first traitor in the Song Dynasty.

It was not until Byrd took refuge in Xixia that the imperial examination system quietly changed. According to Wang Yong's Records of Yi Yan Ji Mou, it is precisely because of Bird's "going", that is, Bird's anti-Song, that it gave the Song Dynasty a great shock and lesson. In the second year of Song Jiayou, AD 1057, the imperial examination reform in the Northern Song Dynasty. At that time, the scholar in the imperial examination implemented the admission system of the last elimination system, and all those who passed the Jinshi were awarded the Jinshi origin! Even though the results of those imperial examinations may not be very good, in order to prevent the literati from defecting to the enemy as much as possible, they were awarded the title of "kindred spirit".