In China's history, if you want to say that the era is worse than the five generations and ten kingdoms, I am afraid that there are only five generations and ten countries, just like opening Pandora's box, all kinds of demons and ghosts have appeared, and all kinds of bottomless strange things have emerged in an endless stream, the son kills the father, the brother kills the brother, and the daughter-in-law takes turns to serve the father-in-law. Seeing that this era of bad etiquette and chaos was about to end in the hands of Zhou Shizong Chai Rong, the monarchs waited to welcome a prosperous world, but people were easy to grow old, and it was difficult to violate the sky, and in the end they could not escape the fate of the boss and the old driver. Chai Rong, as a generation of male lords and bitter lords, because of his untimely death, leaving orphans and widows, was seized by his subordinate Zhao Kuangyin, and was the most regrettable object of historians of various dynasties. If you give him another ten years, can you recreate a strong man and a prosperous Tang Dynasty?
Chai Rong's family was poor when he was young, so he went south and north when he was young, and did some small business selling umbrella tea to support his family. Fortunately, a golden phoenix finally flew out of the family, and he had an aunt who came out of the sky, who was favored by Li Cunxun of Tang Zhuangzong and entered the palace as a concubine, although the grade was a little low, but how to say that she was also the emperor's woman. Seeing that the whole family had hope, but looking forward to it turned a phoenix into a chicken. Emperor Li Cunxun was killed by his own men, Li Siyuan mutinied and took the throne, and Aunt Chai was dismissed before she could ascend to the throne. It is really "the cardamom in the tender women's palace, the king has whimpered on the array, and he has not yet picked up the bones of the battlefield, and packed it up to be a sister-in-law." When she was abandoned by the world, at least there was a warm home waiting for her. Chai Rong's grandparents want to take their girl back, thinking that the days will continue, take back to the mother's house to pick up the pick-up, and maybe marry a good family.
After the family met, they stayed in a small hotel on the edge of the Yellow River, waiting for the rain to pass and then get on the road. Just when the chai girl was bored looking at the various people and horses coming and going in the inn, suddenly her eyes lit up, and a poor and depressed, sloppy and rude man hit her heart like a bolt of lightning. This Man was Guo Wei, known as Guo Que'er, who was a low-ranking soldier at the time, but later became the founding emperor of the Later Zhou Dynasty.
The chai family old man was not a wayward girlfriend, forced to do the wedding simply in the hotel, and also posted 5,000,000 yuan as a dowry, which was astronomical at the time, and I don't know whether the Chai family made money doing business, or the Chai girl brought out a lot of treasures from the palace, anyway, Guo Wei relied on this money to add his own intelligence and ability, all the way to promotion. The strange woman did extraordinary things, she not only married the poor boy Guo Wei herself, but also adopted her favorite nephew Chai Rong as an adopted son because of her infernoility, and Chai Rong raised a naughty father for no reason.
In the chaotic world, Guo Wei came to run, and later as the first hero, he helped the boss Liu Zhiyuan establish the Hou Han and became the founding father of the country.
Chai Rong followed his adoptive father Guo Wei all the way to beat people, beat him all the way, eat meat all the way, and suffer all the way. After the death of Liu Zhiyuan, the founding emperor of the Later Han Dynasty, his son Liu Chengxun succeeded to the throne. The first soldier, Guo Wei, was like a fire brigade leader, taking Chai Rong to various places to quell the chaos, retreat to the Khitans, and sit on the frontier. The general died in a hundred battles, and the traitors were busy. The Emperor of the Later Han Dynasty had water in his head, and the Ministers of the Later Han Dynasty had flour in his head, and as soon as the two sides stirred, it became a bucket of paste. While Guo Wei was still holding heavy troops, the emperor and his favored courtiers actually killed all the old and young people left by the Guo family in the capital, and Chai Rong was also affected by the pond fish, and Guo Wei Chai Rong's bitter father and son did not leave a descendant. Guo Wei was furious, raised a banner and turned against him, qing junfang, killed back to the capital, and established himself as emperor, with the name of the country "Zhou".
Guo Wei may be the saddest emperor ever, and from the day he ascended the throne, he was a veritable loner, with no son left. But he did not give back to this society in a brutal way, he stopped his subordinates from burning and looting, even if they treated the enemies who killed his entire family, they were only targeted and killed, and their relatives were all spared. It is rare for a person with a heavy army to kill an enemy as easy as stepping on an ant, but he can be so kind and benevolent, and this move also has a profound impact on Chai Rong's personality and way of governing.
Guo Wei was emperor for three years before he collapsed, and the prequel to his death was located in his adopted son Chai Rong, and he instructed him to be buried quickly in a paper-clad coffin after his death, and everything was from Jane. The end of one great legend, followed by another even greater legend, will be written by Chai Rong.
It is most appropriate to describe Chai Rong as "ten thousand years is too long, only to fight for the day". He was a workaholic, five plus two, white and black, racing against the clock to achieve his great cause of unification and revival. He asked the minister Wang Pu how many years he still had to live, but Wang Pu did not answer directly, but said that His Majesty's thoughts of the life of the heavens are the blessings of the people, and what I have learned is shallow, and I will not be clear about what will happen in thirty years. This vague and unclear answer was listened to by Chai Rong in earnest, and he said with great pleasure: "Ten years of expanding the world, ten years of raising the people, ten years of peace, enough." Chai Rong said the same thing, but the heavens did not give him thirty years, only gave him five years and six months, five or six to thirty, Wang Pu calculated clearly but could not say too bluntly, in order to avoid sweeping the emperor's interest, he sold an organ in language.
However, in such a short period of 5 years, Chai Rong not only opened up the world but also treated the people kindly. Militarily, he took the lead in attacking the Northern Han Dynasty, Kehou Shu, Southern Tang, and Khitan Conquest; economically dividing up land and reducing taxes; expanding Kaifeng in construction and governing the Yellow River; perfecting criminal law in rule of law and morality, setting etiquette and revising music laws, and rebuilding social values and moral concepts. Under his rule the country quickly became stronger. Unfortunately, shi shi was not free, and in the process of conquering the Khitan and recovering the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, which had been ceded by Shi Jingyao, he unfortunately contracted an illness and ended his glorious and magnificent life at the age of 39. It is really "the way of heaven does not increase the life expectancy of people, even if it is a hero, it is in vain" Ah.
Having introduced so much, it is time to talk about Chai Rong's currency and money-making policies.
Chai Rong bears the infamy and receives the most praise for his campaign to destroy Buddhism and make money. Ancient China has always used copper coins as a trading currency, they are the lubricant of economic operation, but in the fifth generation, the war is continuous, the copper money is expensive, the north where the Later Zhou is located originally did not produce much copper, and the imperial court lost control of the southern copper-producing area, resulting in a serious shortage of money minted, the economy almost stagnated, reaching the original trading state of barter. Even the few coins of the former dynasty (such as the Kaiyuan Tongbao) were mostly melted into copper and buddha statues were minted. Because many times in ancient times monks and nuns did not bear taxes and servitude, so monasticism is a very fashionable and profitable thing, there are more monks and nuns, there are more Buddha statues, and the Buddha statue is like a black hole, sucking copper into it. According to records, in the territory of Houzhou, which has limited territory, there are 33,054 temples and hundreds of thousands of monks and nuns, and it should be known that the total population of Houzhou at that time was only 10 million, and the population of its enemy country, the Northern Han Dynasty, was only more than 300,000, and the monks and nuns in Later Zhou were more than the total population of the Northern Han.
Chai Rong needs money to keep the state apparatus running if he wants to unify the world. Thinking about it, he had to use his brain on the Buddha statue, so he decided to break the superstition in a big way. Some people are kind enough to persuade each other to oppose the Buddha, and be careful to be punished, and Chai Rong's reply is very classic, roughly as follows:
"Don't you see that I destroyed the Buddha's prosperity and face is difficult, the Buddha is a saint, widely spread the good path to transform people's hearts, if the heart can follow the Tao, the Buddha naturally exists, and to create a bronze statue for him, does not mean that the real Buddha, to the Buddha is focused on the Buddha's path rather than the Buddha's image." Relief to the masses of the people is the true way to practice Buddhism. Besides, if a Buddha can abandon himself and save sentient beings, how can he be stingy with a bronze statue? If I can purify all sentient beings, my body can also be taken, let alone with great love for the Buddha? ”
In order to strengthen everyone's confidence, he also personally smashed a vicious-looking Buddha statue into a large hole, and all the onlookers were terrified. At this time, behind Chai Rong stood two people, Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Guangyi brothers. After the destruction of the Buddha, the number of remaining temples in the latter was 2694, and there were 61200 monks and nuns, all of whom were almost nine out of ten, and the rest all retired to Buddhism and returned to farming.
In addition to destroying the Buddha's coinage, he also bought bronze ware from the people at a price of more than 100 yuan per kilogram, except for a small number of necessities, if there are those who secretly store copperware, they will be punished.
The coins minted by Chai Rong are "Zhou Yuan Tongbao", which was re-minted on the basis of the "Kaiyuan Tongbao" in the Tang Dynasty. The copper is exquisite, the money is strong, the production is well-made, the diameter is about 2.4 cm, the weight is about 3.6 grams, and many of them also have the star moon text on the back. Because the "Zhou Yuan Tongbao" is made from the Buddha statue and blessed by the majestic image of Chai Rong Andmin, the folk have given the magical power of the "Zhou Yuan Tongbao" in their imagination, and after the Zhou Dynasty, it exists as a mascot. It is said that "Zhou Yuan Tongbao" is particularly psychic. Others grind it into medicine, saying that it can cure all diseases. There is also a local custom that when giving birth to a child, you hold a "Zhou Yuan Tongbao" in your hand and beg to ensure the safety of your mother and child. Due to the limited number of Zhou Yuan Tongbao passed down, its price was speculated to 1,000 yuan in exchange for a Zhou Yuan Tongbao. In order to meet the demand, later generations also created many Zhou Yuan Tongbao with auspicious words or patterns to spend money, such as Zhou Yuan's birth, Zhou Yuan's dragon phoenix, Zhou Yuan's secret play money and so on. However, these are all because the scientific knowledge of the ancients is not perfect, and it is only a kind of sustenance for good wishes.
Zhou Yuan Cui Sheng
Zhou Yuanlian days
When Chai Rong died, his son was only 7 years old, entrusted to his good brother Zhao Kuangyin, what he did not expect was that a piece of the country and mountains laid down were picked by Zhao Kuangyin half a year later. When the bad news of Chai Rong's death spread throughout the world, the people wept bitterly. The emperor who divided the land and reduced taxes was gone, the emperor who killed and withheld wages and corrupt officials was gone, and the emperor who shared the benefits of Yamazawa and the people was gone. The emperor who borrowed grain and did not expect the people to return it was gone.
Zhao Kuangyin stills
"The people, my son, and ann has a son hanging upside down and the father does not solve it!" Words are still in the ears, deafening, people, but gone.
Guo Wei chose Chai Rong, and the people chose Chai Rong, but history made a joke and abandoned him, and he defeated all opponents, but only lost to time. If you give him another twenty years, even if it is shorter, ten years, can he create another prosperous world? But history does not assume.
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