818 years ago today, October 3, 1207 (September 10, 1207, the 1207 lunar calendar), patriotic poet Xin Qiji passed away. Xin Qiji (May 28, 1140-October 3, 1207) died at the age of 67. He was a patriotic poet in the Southern Song Dynasty who cared about the future of the country and the destiny of the nation. He was born two years before the national hero Yue Fei was killed by Zhao Gou and Qin Hui. In 1127 AD, the Jin soldiers captured Kaifeng in one fell swoop, the Hui and Qin emperors were captured, and the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed. The angry people of the Central Plains finally revolted against the Jin Dynasty in 1161. Only 22 years old Xin Qiji gathered 2000 people to join the Anti-Jin Rebel Army led by farmer Geng Jing. He was appointed as the "Chief Secretary" of the Rebel Army and co-led the Rebel Army. In order to break the Jin rulers 'temptation to surrender and suppress the rebels and attack the Jin soldiers more effectively, Geng Jing listened to Xin Qiji's suggestion to contact the Southern Song Dynasty to coordinate the fight against the Jin Dynasty, and sent him as a representative to the Southern Song Dynasty to negotiate. After Xin Qiji successfully completed his mission, he learned the news that Geng Jing had been killed by the traitor Zhang Guoan on his way back. He immediately led people to fly to the Jin Bing camp where Zhang Guoan was located, captured the traitor Zhang Guoan alive, and called on Geng Jing's former troops to kill tens of thousands of soldiers anyway. At this time, Xin Qiji was only 23 years old. His heroic behavior not only dealt a blow to the Jin people, but also inspired the people's confidence in resisting the Jin people. After Xin Qiji returned south, he submitted "Ten Essays on Beautiful Qin" to Emperor Xiaozong of Song Dynasty. Based on what he learned from his two trips to Yanjing and going deep into the Heshuo area, he explained the reason why "the Jurchen were weak and fearless"; criticized the surrender fallacy that "the north and south were fixed, and the weakness of Wu and Chu was not enough to compete for balance with the Central Plains"; and put forward specific and feasible suggestions on how the Southern Song Dynasty could turn passive into active, and how to seize the opportunity to march and recover the lost territory in the Central Plains. Due to the strong opposition of the capitulationists, the wise and decisive "Ten Essays" never received the attention of the rulers. Xin Qiji was not discouraged, and soon submitted the "Nine Discussions" to Prime Minister Yu Yunwen. The content was basically the same as the "Ten Discussions". However, this time he pointedly pointed out that attacking the enemy and restoring the country are a great cause related to the country and the people. It is not a private matter of the emperor or prime minister, and should be participated together with one heart. The fate of "Nine Discussions" and "Ten Essays" is the same. Xin Qiji's patriotic enthusiasm, fighting spirit and outstanding military talent have not been understood and valued. In 1181, the Peace Faction slandered and impeached Xin Qiji's anti-Jin actions and demands, so Xin Qiji was expelled from the court and abandoned for 20 years. This period was the heyday of his poetry writing. The contradiction between ideals and reality gave rise to his bold and profound poetry style. Most of his words reflect his will to recover the Central Plains and unify China and his hatred for the capitulators 'partial peace and harm the country. This concentrated expression of the people's wishes and demands to resist national oppression and desire for reunification at that time, and became a masterpiece that has inspired the people's patriotism for hundreds of years. When Xin Qiji was 64 years old, Han, a minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, wanted to march into the Central Plains and make contributions. He used Xin Qiji as the prefect of Zhenjiang. Xin Qiji also wants to take the opportunity to realize his long-cherished wish of resisting gold. On the one hand, he advised Han that he must be prepared before marching. On the other hand, he sent people to sneak into the Jin Dynasty to spy on the number of enemy troops and soldiers, garrison locations, generals 'names, and warehouses locations. He also rushed to make ten thousand sets of military uniforms and recruit strong men to train a brave and skillful team. Unexpectedly, all this did not get his wish. On October 3, 1207, Xin Qiji died of hatred at the age of 68. According to the "Jinan Prefecture Annals", when he died, he shouted,"Kill thieves! Kill the thief!" Determined to resist Jin until death! Extended reading: Why did Xin Qiji shout three times before he died? One morning in February of the thirty-second year of Shaoxing of Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty (1162), it was chilly in spring. There was a sound of hooves outside the central camp of the Jin occupation army in Jeju (present-day Juye, Shandong). Fifty knights led by Xin Qiji, a young hero of the anti-Jin Dynasty and a native of Jinan, rushed towards them like lightning. Xin Qiji flew off the horse and shouted loudly to the gatekeeper soldiers: "Hey! Hurry up and inform General Zhang Anguo that our old friend Xin Qiji and others are visiting and ask him to come out and speak!" What is the origin of this sudden incident? At the age of 22, he joined the army to fight. One year before, Wanyan Liang, King of Hailing of the Jin Dynasty, led his troops to invade the Song Dynasty on a large scale, hoping to occupy Hangzhou and "immediately the first peak of Wushan Mountain". Unexpectedly, he was defeated by Yu Yunwen, a general of the Southern Song Dynasty, in Caishiji (now Ma 'anshan, Anhui). He retreated to Yangzhou and was killed by his subordinates. The Han people in the Central Plains, who had been oppressed and plundered by the Jin people for many years, took the opportunity to stage an armed uprising, and the flames of the war of resistance burned everywhere. Xin Qiji, a 22-year-old all-round civil and military talent, quickly organized a team of more than 2000 people to launch an armed struggle to expel the Jin people in the mountainous areas of southern Jinan. In order to better attack the enemy and complete the great cause of reunification, Xin Qiji led this team to defect to the 250,000-strong uprising army led by another Jinan native, Geng Jing. Geng Jing appreciated Xin Qiji's moral character and talents very much. He had previously called himself the "Tianping Army Jiedushi", so he appointed Xin Qiji as the "Quan Tianping Army Jiedushi Secretary", responsible for the paperwork of the entire army, and even gave him his commander-in-chief seal for custody. At this time, Wanyong, the new emperor of the Jin Dynasty, had stabilized the situation in the north and began to mobilize an army to defeat the Han rebels in the Central Plains one by one. Xin Qiji strongly advised Commander Geng Jing to "make the decision to go south", that is, quickly surrender to the Southern Song Dynasty in order to cooperate with the Southern Song Dynasty official army to jointly resist the Jin soldiers. Geng Jing readily accepted Xin Qiji's suggestion and sent his generals Jia Rui as the chief envoy and Xin Qiji as the deputy envoy in the first month of the 32nd year of Shaoxing (1162), asking them to lead nine entourage members to cross the Yangtze River and return to Song Dynasty. Jia, Xin and a group of 11 people traveled south day and night. They arrived in Jiankang (present-day Nanjing, Jiangsu) and were received by Zhao Gou, Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty. Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty agreed to accept the Shandong Rebel Army. He not only awarded officials and titles to Geng Jing, Xin Qiji, Jia Rui and their generals, but also sent official Wang Shilong to Shandong with Jia, Xin and others with official titles and other items given by the court to the Shandong Rebel Army. Unexpectedly, with the changes in the political and military situation in the north, a major change occurred within Geng Jing's rebels: Jin Shizong issued a popular "amnesty edict" in Zhongdu (now Beijing), which said: "All the people in our territory, those who are on the mountains are thieves, and those who go down the mountain are good citizens. "Many Rebel generals and soldiers who were homesick and wanted to live a peaceful life took advantage of such an edict of pardon to return to their hometowns. Geng Jing's general Zhang Anguo was even more greedy for the reward of the Jin Dynasty and colluded with another general Shao Jin to kill the commander in chief and go to the Jin Camp to pay tribute. Zhang Anguo immediately received heavy rewards from the Jin Dynasty and was appointed governor of Jeju. As a result, Geng Jing's team, which had 250,000 troops and had once dealt heavy blows to the Jin soldiers, collapsed like this! Xin Qiji, Wang Shilong and others who offered prisoners to the Southern Song Dynasty heard the news of Geng Jing's murder on their way north. After hearing the news, Xin Qiji was extremely sad and invited Wang Shilong and warrior Ma Quanfu to gather a total of 50 loyal soldiers. He discussed with everyone: "As the representative of the commander in chief, I went to the south to worship the Emperor of Song. Who would have thought that such an incident would happen! How to report to Song now? If you are not afraid of death, please join the three of us to rush into the Jin Camp, capture the traitor Zhang Anguo who killed the commander in chief, and present it to the court!" So under the leadership of Xin Qiji, Wang Shilong, and Ma Quanfu, everyone rushed straight to Jeju and broke into the Jin Bing camp with 50,000 people-this led to the scene at the beginning of this article. Now let us turn our attention to the front of the Central Army of the Golden Soldiers in Jeju. When Xin Qiji shouted, Zhang Anguo was drinking and having fun with several gold generals in his account. After listening to the soldier's report, he couldn't think of it and staggered out of the tent. Seeing this, Xin Qiji ordered his men to seize Zhang Anguo, quickly tied him up, and then threw him onto a horse and tied him firmly. At this time, the open space outside the camp gate was already crowded with people. Xin Qiji looked around and saw that most of them were soldiers from Geng Jing's original team. He shouted loudly and advised these old subordinates to revolt quickly and return to the Song Dynasty together. Tens of thousands of Han soldiers stood on Xin Qiji's side on the spot. Xin Qiji and Wang Shilong slightly arranged this team, and immediately took them and escorted the traitor Zhang Anguo to gallop south day and night. The Jin soldiers who were stunned when Xin Qiji and others stormed into the Jin Camp quickly reported to their superiors after they regained their senses, and then were ordered to organize a team to chase Xin Qiji and his party. The Jin soldiers and the rebels who defected to the Song Dynasty had several encounters on the road. The battles sometimes occurred during the day and sometimes at night, but the rebels repelled the enemy and gained time. In this way, Xin Qiji led everyone south and crossed the Yangtze River. As soon as the troops crossing the river were settled, Xin Qiji immediately escorted Zhang Anguo to Hangzhou to present prisoners to the Song Dynasty. After questioning and trial, Zhang Anguo was quickly pushed into a Hangzhou market and beheaded. Xin Qiji watched Zhang Anguo clearly and happily after being beheaded. He entered the court with hope and imagined that he should be able to make a difference in the south after entering the official position. He was 23 years old this year. He was still shouting "kill thieves" when he died. However, Xin Qiji spent most of his life in the Southern Song Dynasty a bumpy and frustrated life: First, his embarrassing identity as a "Guizheng person" in the north made him subject to groundless suspicion and discrimination by the Southern Song court and the bureaucracy; Second, after he returned to the south, he happened to encounter a low tide of anti-Jin resistance in the Southern Song Dynasty for more than 40 years. The whole society no longer dared to fight against the Jin Dynasty, making him unable to make a difference. Regarding the first point, the ruling class of the Southern Song Dynasty, from the emperor to the scholar-bureaucrats, was a small circle with monopoly of power and was extremely xenophobic. They despised Xin Qiji, a patriot who defected from the north to the south, as a "return to justice" or a "return to the Ming" and regarded them as dissidents, didn't trust them, and did not use them in important positions. Xin Qiji is a typical figure among many "returnees" who is suspected and discriminated against. After being beaten and ostracized, he wrote to Emperor Xiaozong of Song Dynasty, saying: "I have been lonely and in danger for a long time... I am afraid that before I speak out, the disaster will continue to follow. "Regarding the second point, shortly after Xin Qiji's return to the south, the Southern Song Dynasty court held a Northern Expedition (Xin Qiji failed to participate this time), but the war ended in failure in the Southern Song Dynasty. From this time on, no one in the country dared to speak of war except Lu You, Xin Qiji and others. Because of his great talent, Xin Qiji was appointed to various official positions. However, because he constantly called for anti-Jin and advocated the Northern Expedition, he attracted hatred. He was accused and dismissed from office. For more than 20 years, he had to go to the countryside of Shangrao, Jiangxi Province to become a farmer. Without doing anything, he had to rely on lyrics to express his political complaints. When he served as a senator in Nanjing, he filled out a song "Dragon's Dragon": Chutian is thousands of miles away in clear autumn, and water goes with the sky and autumn is boundless. Looking far away, offering sorrow and hatred, with jade hairpin and spiral bun. At the head of the sunset building, in the sound of Duan Hongsheng, wandering people in the south of the Yangtze River. After looking at Wu Gou, I photographed all over it, but no one knew it. Don't say that the perch is worthy of being beaten (the sound is the same as "fast"), and the west wind and the season eagle are returning? Liu Lang asked for a field and a house, afraid that he would be ashamed to meet him. Liu Lang was talented. Unfortunately, the passing years are sad and rainy, and the tree is like this. Who calls it, with red scarves and green sleeves, and tears the hero's tears. In the fourth year of Jiatai (1204), 65-year-old Xin Qiji was summoned by Emperor Ningzong and Prime Minister Han Tuozhou, who were preparing for the Northern Expedition. He was then sent to Jingkou (now Zhenjiang, Jiangsu) on the front line of the anti-Jin Dynasty to serve as prefect to prepare for the Northern Expedition. This was the only time Xin Qiji participated in the Northern Expedition of the Southern Song Dynasty, so he worked very hard and devoted himself. But after arriving in Zhenjiang for some time, the situation on the front line disappointed him, and Han Tuozhou, who had "no plan to fight in waves", worried him even more. He wrote the following song "Eternal Yule" to express his political feelings: Through the ages, heroes are nowhere to be found. Sun Zhong seeks a place. When dancing on the singing stage, romantic feelings are always blown away by the rain and the wind. There are grass and trees in the setting sun, and ordinary alleys, where people once lived. Back then, the golden sword and iron horse swallowed thousands of miles like a tiger. Yuanjia Cao Cao, Feng Lang Ju Xu, win panic North Gu. Forty-three years, Wang Zhong still remember, beacon fire Yangzhou Road. Looking back, there is a sea of divine crow and crow drums under the Buddha and Beaver Temple. Who should ask, can Lian Po still eat when he is old? Xin Qiji served as the prefect of Zhenjiang for more than a year. The preparations for the Northern Expedition had just yielded some results, but he was dismissed because the court officials instigated by Han Tuozhou's group falsely accused him of being "lecherous, greedy for money, obscene punishment, and amassed wealth." Xin Qiji understood more clearly that Han Tuozhou and his like could not achieve great things with him. So in the early autumn of the first year of the opening of the Xi Dynasty (1205), he left Zhenjiang, the front line of the anti-Jin Dynasty, and sadly returned to Qianshan, Jiangxi. In the third year of the first anniversary of Xi's reign (1207), the Northern Expedition completely failed, and Xin Qiji also fell ill. On the 10th day of September of that year, this great hero and literary magnate whose ambitions were fulfilled passed away in his secluded Qiushuitang at the age of 68. According to local chronicles, before he died, he forced himself to get up from the hospital bed and shouted three times: "Kill thieves! Kill the thief! Kill-thieves!"818 years ago today, October 3, 1207 (September 10, 1207, the 1207 lunar calendar), patriotic poet Xin Qiji passed away. Xin Qiji (May 28, 1140-October 3, 1207) died at the age of 67. He was a patriotic poet in the Southern Song Dynasty who cared about the future of the country and the destiny of the nation. He was born two years before the national hero Yue Fei was killed by Zhao Gou and Qin Hui. In 1127 AD, the Jin soldiers captured Kaifeng in one fell swoop, the Hui and Qin emperors were captured, and the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed. The angry people of the Central Plains finally revolted against the Jin Dynasty in 1161. Only 22 years old Xin Qiji gathered 2000 people to join the Anti-Jin Rebel Army led by farmer Geng Jing. He was appointed as the "Chief Secretary" of the Rebel Army and co-led the Rebel Army. In order to break the Jin rulers 'temptation to surrender and suppress the rebels and attack the Jin soldiers more effectively, Geng Jing listened to Xin Qiji's suggestion to contact the Southern Song Dynasty to coordinate the fight against the Jin Dynasty, and sent him as a representative to the Southern Song Dynasty to negotiate. After Xin Qiji successfully completed his mission, he learned the news that Geng Jing had been killed by the traitor Zhang Guoan on his way back. He immediately led people to fly to the Jin Bing camp where Zhang Guoan was located, captured the traitor Zhang Guoan alive, and called on Geng Jing's former troops to kill tens of thousands of soldiers anyway. At this time, Xin Qiji was only 23 years old. His heroic behavior not only dealt a blow to the Jin people, but also inspired the people's confidence in resisting the Jin people. After Xin Qiji returned south, he submitted "Ten Essays on Beautiful Qin" to Emperor Xiaozong of Song Dynasty. Based on what he learned from his two trips to Yanjing and going deep into the Heshuo area, he explained the reason why "the Jurchen were weak and fearless"; criticized the surrender fallacy that "the north and south were fixed, and the weakness of Wu and Chu was not enough to compete for balance with the Central Plains"; and put forward specific and feasible suggestions on how the Southern Song Dynasty could turn passive into active, and how to seize the opportunity to march and recover the lost territory in the Central Plains. Due to the strong opposition of the capitulationists, the wise and decisive "Ten Essays" never received the attention of the rulers. Xin Qiji was not discouraged, and soon submitted the "Nine Discussions" to Prime Minister Yu Yunwen. The content was basically the same as the "Ten Discussions". However, this time he pointedly pointed out that attacking the enemy and restoring the country are a great cause related to the country and the people. It is not a private matter of the emperor or prime minister, and should be participated together with one heart. The fate of "Nine Discussions" and "Ten Essays" is the same. Xin Qiji's patriotic enthusiasm, fighting spirit and outstanding military talent have not been understood and valued. In 1181, the Peace Faction slandered and impeached Xin Qiji's anti-Jin actions and demands, so Xin Qiji was expelled from the court and abandoned for 20 years. This period was the heyday of his poetry writing. The contradiction between ideals and reality gave rise to his bold and profound poetry style. Most of his words reflect his will to recover the Central Plains and unify China and his hatred for the capitulators 'partial peace and harm the country. This concentrated expression of the people's wishes and demands to resist national oppression and desire for reunification at that time, and became a masterpiece that has inspired the people's patriotism for hundreds of years. When Xin Qiji was 64 years old, Han, a minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, wanted to march into the Central Plains and make contributions. He used Xin Qiji as the prefect of Zhenjiang. Xin Qiji also wants to take the opportunity to realize his long-cherished wish of resisting gold. On the one hand, he advised Han that he must be prepared before marching. On the other hand, he sent people to sneak into the Jin Dynasty to spy on the number of enemy troops and soldiers, garrison locations, generals 'names, and warehouses locations. He also rushed to make ten thousand sets of military uniforms and recruit strong men to train a brave and skillful team. Unexpectedly, all this did not get his wish. On October 3, 1207, Xin Qiji died of hatred at the age of 68. According to the "Jinan Prefecture Annals", when he died, he shouted,"Kill thieves! Kill the thief!" Determined to resist Jin until death! Extended reading: Why did Xin Qiji shout three times before he died? One morning in February of the thirty-second year of Shaoxing of Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty (1162), it was chilly in spring. There was a sound of hooves outside the central camp of the Jin occupation army in Jeju (present-day Juye, Shandong). Fifty knights led by Xin Qiji, a young hero of the anti-Jin Dynasty and a native of Jinan, rushed towards them like lightning. Xin Qiji flew off the horse and shouted loudly to the gatekeeper soldiers: "Hey! Hurry up and inform General Zhang Anguo that our old friend Xin Qiji and others are visiting and ask him to come out and speak!" What is the origin of this sudden incident? At the age of 22, he joined the army to fight. One year before, Wanyan Liang, King of Hailing of the Jin Dynasty, led his troops to invade the Song Dynasty on a large scale, hoping to occupy Hangzhou and "immediately the first peak of Wushan Mountain". Unexpectedly, he was defeated by Yu Yunwen, a general of the Southern Song Dynasty, in Caishiji (now Ma 'anshan, Anhui). He retreated to Yangzhou and was killed by his subordinates. The Han people in the Central Plains, who had been oppressed and plundered by the Jin people for many years, took the opportunity to stage an armed uprising, and the flames of the war of resistance burned everywhere. Xin Qiji, a 22-year-old all-round civil and military talent, quickly organized a team of more than 2000 people to launch an armed struggle to expel the Jin people in the mountainous areas of southern Jinan. In order to better attack the enemy and complete the great cause of reunification, Xin Qiji led this team to defect to the 250,000-strong uprising army led by another Jinan native, Geng Jing. Geng Jing appreciated Xin Qiji's moral character and talents very much. He had previously called himself the "Tianping Army Jiedushi", so he appointed Xin Qiji as the "Quan Tianping Army Jiedushi Secretary", responsible for the paperwork of the entire army, and even gave him his commander-in-chief seal for custody. At this time, Wanyong, the new emperor of the Jin Dynasty, had stabilized the situation in the north and began to mobilize an army to defeat the Han rebels in the Central Plains one by one. Xin Qiji strongly advised Commander Geng Jing to "make the decision to go south", that is, quickly surrender to the Southern Song Dynasty in order to cooperate with the Southern Song Dynasty official army to jointly resist the Jin soldiers. Geng Jing readily accepted Xin Qiji's suggestion and sent his generals Jia Rui as the chief envoy and Xin Qiji as the deputy envoy in the first month of the 32nd year of Shaoxing (1162), asking them to lead nine entourage members to cross the Yangtze River and return to Song Dynasty. Jia, Xin and a group of 11 people traveled south day and night. They arrived in Jiankang (present-day Nanjing, Jiangsu) and were received by Zhao Gou, Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty. Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty agreed to accept the Shandong Rebel Army. He not only awarded officials and titles to Geng Jing, Xin Qiji, Jia Rui and their generals, but also sent official Wang Shilong to Shandong with Jia, Xin and others with official titles and other items given by the court to the Shandong Rebel Army. Unexpectedly, with the changes in the political and military situation in the north, a major change occurred within Geng Jing's rebels: Jin Shizong issued a popular "amnesty edict" in Zhongdu (now Beijing), which said: "All the people in our territory, those who are on the mountains are thieves, and those who go down the mountain are good citizens. "Many Rebel generals and soldiers who were homesick and wanted to live a peaceful life took advantage of such an edict of pardon to return to their hometowns. Geng Jing's general Zhang Anguo was even more greedy for the reward of the Jin Dynasty and colluded with another general Shao Jin to kill the commander in chief and go to the Jin Camp to pay tribute. Zhang Anguo immediately received heavy rewards from the Jin Dynasty and was appointed governor of Jeju. As a result, Geng Jing's team, which had 250,000 troops and had once dealt heavy blows to the Jin soldiers, collapsed like this! Xin Qiji, Wang Shilong and others who offered prisoners to the Southern Song Dynasty heard the news of Geng Jing's murder on their way north. After hearing the news, Xin Qiji was extremely sad and invited Wang Shilong and warrior Ma Quanfu to gather a total of 50 loyal soldiers. He discussed with everyone: "As the representative of the commander in chief, I went to the south to worship the Emperor of Song. Who would have thought that such an incident would happen! How to report to Song now? If you are not afraid of death, please join the three of us to rush into the Jin Camp, capture the traitor Zhang Anguo who killed the commander in chief, and present it to the court!" So under the leadership of Xin Qiji, Wang Shilong, and Ma Quanfu, everyone rushed straight to Jeju and broke into the Jin Bing camp with 50,000 people-this led to the scene at the beginning of this article. Now let us turn our attention to the front of the Central Army of the Golden Soldiers in Jeju. When Xin Qiji shouted, Zhang Anguo was drinking and having fun with several gold generals in his account. After listening to the soldier's report, he couldn't think of it and staggered out of the tent. Seeing this, Xin Qiji ordered his men to seize Zhang Anguo, quickly tied him up, and then threw him onto a horse and tied him firmly. At this time, the open space outside the camp gate was already crowded with people. Xin Qiji looked around and saw that most of them were soldiers from Geng Jing's original team. He shouted loudly and advised these old subordinates to revolt quickly and return to the Song Dynasty together. Tens of thousands of Han soldiers stood on Xin Qiji's side on the spot. Xin Qiji and Wang Shilong slightly arranged this team, and immediately took them and escorted the traitor Zhang Anguo to gallop south day and night. The Jin soldiers who were stunned when Xin Qiji and others stormed into the Jin Camp quickly reported to their superiors after they regained their senses, and then were ordered to organize a team to chase Xin Qiji and his party. The Jin soldiers and the rebels who defected to the Song Dynasty had several encounters on the road. The battles sometimes occurred during the day and sometimes at night, but the rebels repelled the enemy and gained time. In this way, Xin Qiji led everyone south and crossed the Yangtze River. As soon as the troops crossing the river were settled, Xin Qiji immediately escorted Zhang Anguo to Hangzhou to present prisoners to the Song Dynasty. After questioning and trial, Zhang Anguo was quickly pushed into a Hangzhou market and beheaded. Xin Qiji watched Zhang Anguo clearly and happily after being beheaded. He entered the court with hope and imagined that he should be able to make a difference in the south after entering the official position. He was 23 years old this year. He was still shouting "kill thieves" when he died. However, Xin Qiji spent most of his life in the Southern Song Dynasty a bumpy and frustrated life: First, his embarrassing identity as a "Guizheng person" in the north made him subject to groundless suspicion and discrimination by the Southern Song court and the bureaucracy; Second, after he returned to the south, he happened to encounter a low tide of anti-Jin resistance in the Southern Song Dynasty for more than 40 years. The whole society no longer dared to fight against the Jin Dynasty, making him unable to make a difference. Regarding the first point, the ruling class of the Southern Song Dynasty, from the emperor to the scholar-bureaucrats, was a small circle with monopoly of power and was extremely xenophobic. They despised Xin Qiji, a patriot who defected from the north to the south, as a "return to justice" or a "return to the Ming" and regarded them as dissidents, didn't trust them, and did not use them in important positions. Xin Qiji is a typical figure among many "returnees" who is suspected and discriminated against. After being beaten and ostracized, he wrote to Emperor Xiaozong of Song Dynasty, saying: "I have been lonely and in danger for a long time... I am afraid that before I speak out, the disaster will continue to follow. "Regarding the second point, shortly after Xin Qiji's return to the south, the Southern Song Dynasty court held a Northern Expedition (Xin Qiji failed to participate this time), but the war ended in failure in the Southern Song Dynasty. From this time on, no one in the country dared to speak of war except Lu You, Xin Qiji and others. Because of his great talent, Xin Qiji was appointed to various official positions. However, because he constantly called for anti-Jin and advocated the Northern Expedition, he attracted hatred. He was accused and dismissed from office. For more than 20 years, he had to go to the countryside of Shangrao, Jiangxi Province to become a farmer. Without doing anything, he had to rely on lyrics to express his political complaints. When he served as a senator in Nanjing, he filled out a song "Dragon's Dragon": Chutian is thousands of miles away in clear autumn, and water goes with the sky and autumn is boundless. Looking far away, offering sorrow and hatred, with jade hairpin and spiral bun. At the head of the sunset building, in the sound of Duan Hongsheng, wandering people in the south of the Yangtze River. After looking at Wu Gou, I photographed all over it, but no one knew it. Don't say that the perch is worthy of being beaten (the sound is the same as "fast"), and the west wind and the season eagle are returning? Liu Lang asked for a field and a house, afraid that he would be ashamed to meet him. Liu Lang was talented. Unfortunately, the passing years are sad and rainy, and the tree is like this. Who calls it, with red scarves and green sleeves, and tears the hero's tears. In the fourth year of Jiatai (1204), 65-year-old Xin Qiji was summoned by Emperor Ningzong and Prime Minister Han Tuozhou, who were preparing for the Northern Expedition. He was then sent to Jingkou (now Zhenjiang, Jiangsu) on the front line of the anti-Jin Dynasty to serve as prefect to prepare for the Northern Expedition. This was the only time Xin Qiji participated in the Northern Expedition of the Southern Song Dynasty, so he worked very hard and devoted himself. But after arriving in Zhenjiang for some time, the situation on the front line disappointed him, and Han Tuozhou, who had "no plan to fight in waves", worried him even more. He wrote the following song "Eternal Yule" to express his political feelings: Through the ages, heroes are nowhere to be found. Sun Zhong seeks a place. When dancing on the singing stage, romantic feelings are always blown away by the rain and the wind. There are grass and trees in the setting sun, and ordinary alleys, where people once lived. Back then, the golden sword and iron horse swallowed thousands of miles like a tiger. Yuanjia Cao Cao, Feng Lang Ju Xu, win panic North Gu. Forty-three years, Wang Zhong still remember, beacon fire Yangzhou Road. Looking back, there is a sea of divine crow and crow drums under the Buddha and Beaver Temple. Who should ask, can Lian Po still eat when he is old? Xin Qiji served as the prefect of Zhenjiang for more than a year. The preparations for the Northern Expedition had just yielded some results, but he was dismissed because the court officials instigated by Han Tuozhou's group falsely accused him of being "lecherous, greedy for money, obscene punishment, and amassed wealth." Xin Qiji understood more clearly that Han Tuozhou and his like could not achieve great things with him. So in the early autumn of the first year of the opening of the Xi Dynasty (1205), he left Zhenjiang, the front line of the anti-Jin Dynasty, and sadly returned to Qianshan, Jiangxi. In the third year of the first anniversary of Xi's reign (1207), the Northern Expedition completely failed, and Xin Qiji also fell ill. On the 10th day of September of that year, this great hero and literary magnate whose ambitions were fulfilled passed away in his secluded Qiushuitang at the age of 68. According to local chronicles, before he died, he forced himself to get up from the hospital bed and shouted three times: "Kill thieves! Kill the thief! Kill-thieves!"