The enmity between the Chai family and the Zhao family can actually be explained in one sentence:
The Zhao family robbed the Chai family of Jiangshan, but they wanted to save their faces.
In his early years, Zhao Kuangyin followed Chai Rong to mix rice and eat, and after Chai Rong inherited the throne of his uncle Guo Wei, he heard the rumor that the dian inspection was the son of heaven, so he withdrew Zhang Yongde from the inspection in front of the palace at that time and replaced it with Zhao Kuangyin.
This logic must not be clear to everyone, why? Because no matter who is replaced, there are always people in this official position in front of the palace, isn't it still a little troublesome to check for the Son of Heaven?
In fact, what Chai Rong is worried about is not this rumor, he is mainly worried about Zhang Yongde. Zhang Yongde is Guo Wei's son-in-law, and this identity makes Chai Rong worried.
Guo Wei's son, when Guo Wei rebelled against later Han, was slaughtered by Emperor Yin of Later Han. Therefore, Guo Wei had no children under his knees, and only a daughter-in-law, Guo Shi, and a son, Chai Rong, were left.
Therefore, from the perspective of blood relations, Guo Wei's daughter is naturally more intimate with Guo Wei. If Zhang Yongde can inherit the unification, then Zhang Yongde and The son of Guo Shi will become the heirs of Later Zhou, and he and Guo Wei are related by blood!
Now you get the idea, right? What Chai Rong had to guard against was actually Zhang Yongde, not the person in front of the palace. Zhao Kuangyin smiled: You guys are making trouble, I'll close the stall later."
First, Chai Rong's Jiangshan was robbed by his good brother Zhao Kuangyin.
Chai Rong claimed to be the first British lord of the five generations, beating the neighbors around him one after another and begging for forgiveness. Unfortunately, this elder brother did not live long, and only served as emperor for 6 years before he died at the age of 39.
At this time, the Later Zhou Dynasty fell into the hands of the young Chai Zongxun. Chai Zongxun was the eldest of Chai Rong's surviving sons, and he was only 7 years old at the time.
Fortunately, Chai Rong had created a bunch of auxiliary ministers for Chai Zongxun, and there was also a set of auxiliary political institutions that seemed to be relatively complete. Chai Rong left relieved, and Zhao Kuangyin hid in the corner and smiled.
Because Zhao Kuangyin knew that this set of auxiliary political institutions, including those few auxiliary ministers, would not work. The military power of the forbidden army is in its own hands, where can others be allowed to be reckless?
Therefore, not long after Chai Rong's death, Zhao Kuangyin had people falsely spread the news that the Khitans had called.
In a hurry, Chai Zongxun had no choice but to let Zhao Kuangyin take the forbidden army to suppress the rebellion, and as a result, Zhao Kuangyin refused to leave after he walked to a place called Chen Qiao.
A mutiny broke out, and the generals ran to Zhao Kuangyin and forcibly draped the yellow robe on Zhao Kuangyin's body. Zhao Kuangyin was "helpless", so he had to accept this mission and returned to the capital with a large army.
Chai Zongxun was confused, Uncle Zhao, what is your operation? Zhao Kuangyin smiled hesitantly: Nephew, don't you come down numbly?
In this way, Zhao Kuangyin seized the Jiangshan of the Old Chai family. To be precise, it is the Jiangshan of the old Guo family, because Chai Rong inherited Guo Wei's Jiangshan and changed his name to Guo Rong.
Second, Zhao Kuangyin always felt a little uncomfortable.
Chai Rong was genuinely kind to Zhao Kuangyin and treated him like his own brother. Because of this friendship, Zhao Kuangyin was constantly promoted and successively became the leader of the Forbidden Army.
At that time, the forbidden army was not the troops guarding the imperial city, but the regular army of the imperial court, and its combat effectiveness was extremely strong. It was Chai Rong who personally handed over the usurped capital to Zhao Kuangyin.
When Zhao Kuangyin usurped the throne, he naturally blushed a little, after all, he and Chai Rong were good brothers born into death, and in the blink of an eye, they ran to bully the orphans and widows of the Chai Rong family.
To this end, Zhao Kuangyin promised Chai Zongxun and the empress dowager that they would definitely keep all the people of the old Chai family and let them enjoy the glory and wealth of a lifetime. As long as the Song Dynasty is there, then the descendants of the Old Chai family must be guaranteed.
This is why the little whirlwind Chai Jin in "Water Margin" dares to receive the world Haojie at will. There is no one behind this, and I really dare not do this. The Cheshire Lord in the Yangmen female general is also a descendant of the old Chai family in the novel, and it is only in the old Yang family that he has the right to speak.
Zhao Kuangyin felt that this was not enough, so Zhao Kuangyin simply changed Chai Rong's original surname back. Chai Rong was originally Guo Wei's nephew, the nephew of Guo Wei's empress Chai, and was not related to Guo Wei.
However, Chai Rong later worshiped Guo Wei as his righteous father, which changed his surname to Guo, and has been using the name Guo Rong ever since. Zhao Kuangyin felt bad, so he changed Chai Rong's name back.
Why does Zhao Kuangyin feel bad? Mainly because Zhao Kuangyin changed it like this, it can explain one thing, the Jiangshan that Chai Rong inherited is also not right in the country! Since everyone is wrong, then no one should laugh at anyone!
Third, what is the treatment of the Chai family?
Many people say that the Chai family was a hereditary prince in the Song Dynasty, and the mixture was quite good, so is this really the case? We can analyze it carefully. At the time of the fall of later Zhou, Chai Rong still had 4 sons alive, namely:
Chai Zongxun, Chai Xirang, Chai Xijian, Chai Xijie.
First, Chai Zongxun, died at the age of 20.
Among them, Chai Zongxun inherited the great unification, and later Chan gave the throne to Zhao Kuangyin, and himself was demoted to king of Zheng and moved to Fangzhou. The place of Fangzhou was the place where the children of the royal family who had committed crimes were exiled during the Tang Dynasty.
Chai Zongxun lived here for several years and gave birth to 5 sons, but he died suddenly when he was 20 years old. Zhao Kuangyin was sad and broken.
So did the 5 sons left by Chai Zongxun all receive a good death? I'm sorry, history didn't bother to record them at all, and Chai Zongxun's lineage was completely cut off in his son's generation.
Second, Chai Xi Rang, lost!
At least this is what the historical records record, Chai Xirang was lost during Zhao Kuangyin's usurpation! Such a big child, according to the reason, will not be lost casually, I think it is very likely to hang up in the chaos of war, or to prevent being harmed by Zhao Kuangyin, with the assistance of loyal subjects, choose to hide their names.
Third, Chai Xijian has different opinions.
There is a saying that Chai Xijin also lost it when Zhao Kuangyin usurped the throne! There is also a theory that Chai Xijin was adopted by Pan Mei, a general under Zhao Kuangyin, and changed his name to Pan Weiji.
Fourth, Chai Xizhi has different theories.
There are also two theories about Chai Xijie's results, either they were also lost, or they were adopted by Chai Xijie's father-in-law Lu Yan and explicitly changed his name to Lu Xuan.
From the above introduction, we can see that Chai Rong's concubine descendants are basically gone! The most important thing is that it really fell into the fate of cutting off children and grandchildren.
So how can it be said that the Chai family gave the prince in the Song Dynasty? In fact, in the generation of Chai Zongxun's son, there is no such treatment at all, because there is no one in the Chai family!
Ending: So what about the Chai family again?
It turned out that the time had reached the time of Song Renzong, and everyone could not hang on to their faces again. Saying that it was good for the old Chai family for a lifetime, the result was that people cut off their children and grandchildren!
Song Renzong felt ashamed, so he found such a person from the side branches of the Chai family to inherit the incense of the old Chai family. However, at this time, it was no longer a hereditary prince, but was renamed Chongyi Gong. Since then, these people have inherited the chongyi justice for generations.
This is obviously a thing that the old Zhao family forcibly engaged in for their own face. If you really want to be good to the old Chai family, you won't lose so many descendants of the old Chai family! I'm not afraid they're getting in the way of living!
References: History of the New Five Dynasties, History of the Song Dynasty