Bai Pu certainly wouldn't explain to the Youyan Guest that the current Prince Kang Zhao Gou was a foolish monarch, no less than Emperor Huizong or Emperor Qinzhong.
He was able to establish the Southern Song not because of his excellence, but because the Song Dynasty's scholar-officials had no other choice.
After the establishment of the Southern Song, he employed Qin Hui, killed Yue Fei, and annually offered a large tribute to the Jin Kingdom, only seeking temporary peace in a corner.
"Tears of the remaining people are exhausted amidst the barbarian dust, looking southward to the royal army year after year."
While Zhao Gou abandoned the northern expedition and indulged in song and dance in Hangzhou, bandits arose in the Central Plains region, and warfare was frequent, until decades later, completely occupied by the Jin people, it was no longer the realm of the Han Family.
