Speaking of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the first impression that may be given is chaos, the five countries in the north are only a total of fifty years, the longest country ruled for more than ten years, the shortest Later Han dynasty only four years before the demise, later read this period of history, we all admire the chaos in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms is indeed worthy of the name, but in this chaotic world, there was born a Ming Jun, often forgotten by history, this Ming Jun is Zhou Shizong Chai Rong, then let xiaobian talk to you about his history!
?? The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms refers to the beginning of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms after the fall of the Tang Dynasty, zhu Wen usurped the Tang Dynasty and marked the beginning of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the Five Dynasties refers to the five countries that are constantly changing in the north, and the Ten Kingdoms refers to the Ten Kingdoms in the South. And the Chai Rong to be mentioned next is closely related to Later Zhou, later Zhou Taizu Guo Wei was originally a general in the Later Han Dynasty, because the whole family was killed by the Han Yin Emperor Liu Chengyou, which angered Guo Wei, who was fighting abroad at that time, so he launched a mutiny to kill Liu Chengyou, and established the Later Zhou regime himself, for Zhou Taizu. Unfortunately, Guo Wei's entire family, including some sons, was killed by Emperor Yin of Han during the turmoil, and before his death, because the country could not be left without a monarch for a day, he let his son-in-law Chai Rong succeed to the throne, and at that time he also became his adopted son, with great power in his hands.
After Zhou Shizong Chai Rong succeeded to the throne, he gradually increased his national strength by developing the economy internally and attaching importance to policies such as Nongsang, and he wanted to expand his territory externally, so he set his sights on the idea of the Southern Tang In the South, and the person in power at that time was Li Jing, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty who was doing nothing. During Chai Rong's reign, he launched three large-scale wars against the Southern Tang, and originally the southern Tang dynasty's national power and territory at that time were no less influential than the Later Zhou, but unfortunately there were no famous generals, and no matter how many people there were, they were in vain. So the Southern Tang was forced to cede more than a dozen northern states to Later Zhou at that time, and the Southern Tang was forced to claim subjection to Later Zhou at that time, and could not be called emperor, but could only say how the lord of the country was. In these several wars, a young general in yellow robes appeared in front of Zhou Shizong Chai Rong's eyes, and in the foreign war, this young general did not give in, and won many battles with the Southern Tang, and this young general was Zhao Kuangyin, who established the Great Song Dynasty later.
?? This is because Zhao Kuangyin's performance made Chai Rong attach great importance to this young man and feel that he can become a pillar of the country, so he greatly cultivated him and gave him a very high official position. And the next thing that happened further strengthened Chai Rong's trust in Zhao Kuangyin, once it was exactly at night, very late, when it was Zhao Kuangyin on duty, his old father wanted to go into the city to see his son, the general wanted to let him in, but he did not expect to be rejected by Zhao Kuangyin's words. Speaking of us as the emperor's courtiers, we should be loyal to the emperor, and finally our father was frozen alive outside. Zhao Kuangyin was forced to keep filial piety to his old father. That will be just Zhou Shizong Chai Rong to see him, after hearing this news is very touched, you are really a pillar of material!
?? In addition, in the north of later Zhou, there was still a Khitan Northern Han regime, from time to time Zhou Shizong would personally march to fight with the Khitans, but unfortunately the good times were not long, and when Zhou Shizong succeeded to the throne for seven years, it was only about a few months away from death, so he summoned the main generals to prepare for the aftermath, naturally Zhao Kuangyin, most of the command of the forbidden army was handed over to Zhao Kuangyin, and before he died, he said to him that he hoped you could assist my child well, he was still young! The final result is known to everyone, he Zhao Kuangyin himself self-directed and self-acted on the way out to launch the Chen Qiao Mutiny, except for Han Tong and others killed, basically peacefully resolved the regime change, some people in later generations took this matter to praise Zhao Kuangyin. But what xiaobian wants to say is that if there is no foundation laid by Zhou Shizong Chai Rong in the early stage, it will be more difficult for him to estimate the development. And for Chai Rong, he worked hard all his life and finally made a wedding dress for them, not knowing how they should answer under the Nine Springs! What a shame!