 Meanwhile , one Song prince , Zhao <unk> , had escaped capture . He had been held up in <unk> while on a diplomatic mission , and never made it back to Kaifeng . He was not present in the capital when the city fell to the Jurchens . The future Emperor Gaozong managed to evade the Jurchen troops <unk> him by moving from one province to the next , traveling across Hebei , Henan , and Shandong . The Jurchens tried to lure him back to Kaifeng where they could finally capture him , but did not succeed . Zhao <unk> finally arrived in the Song Southern Capital at Yingtianfu ( <unk> ; modern <unk> ) in early June 1127 . For Gaozong ( r . 1127 – <unk> ) , Yingtianfu was the first in a series of temporary capitals called <unk> <unk> . The court moved to Yingtianfu because of its historical importance to Emperor <unk> of Song , the founder of the dynasty , who had previously served in that city as a military governor . The symbolism of the city was meant to secure the political legitimacy of the new emperor , who was enthroned there on June 12 . 
