Tell the truest history in the simplest words.
There is a well-known little story about "crossing the river and demolishing the bridge": when Liu Bei lost the battle in front of Changshanpo, Liu Bei slowly fled with the people and the remnants of the force, and Cao Cao quickly pursued him. When Cao Cao chased after Changshanpo, he saw Zhang Fei standing on the bridge alone, with dust and smoke rolling behind him, and he was afraid of the plan in his heart and did not dare to come closer. Zhang Fei ordered the bridge to be torn down and went after Liu Bei, and Cao Cao sent someone to investigate and found that the bridge had been demolished, and must be a suspect soldier, so he quickly pursued it. It can be seen that whether to cross the river to tear down the bridge is a science, and if it is demolished well, it will win life, and if it is not demolished well, it may also ruin life. Regarding "whether to cross the river or not to demolish the bridge", Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin can be described as an expert.
Zhang Fei
During the Chen Qiao Mutiny, Murong Yanzhao assumed the post of inspector of the imperial capital, but before "a glass of wine released the military power", Zhao Kuangyin deposed Murong Yanzhao from this position, arranged for him to be an envoy of jiedushi, and never established this position. The reason is very simple: Zhao Kuangyin's "yellow robe plus body" is to check a post in front of the palace, so in order to avoid the recurrence of history, this position must disappear, the so-called "crossing the river must tear down the bridge" .
"A glass of wine to release the military power" can also be regarded as a form of expression of Zhao Kuangyin's "crossing the river and demolishing the bridge". Zhao Kuangyin sat on the throne with the support of his old brothers, but he felt that the throne was a bit hot, (after all, these brothers had added firewood to the boiling water for the throne) He was a little afraid, so he hollowed out his mind and smashed the bridge!
Zhao Kuangyin was worthy of being a good hand at demolishing bridges, and instead of resisting, these old brothers left the capital with "gratitude and zero" and happily made a thrifty emissary. At this time, a new question was placed in front of Zhao Kuangyin: The forbidden army still needs to be commanded, what kind of people should be arranged to control the forbidden army? The "History Book" says: "Put those who are more easy to control, and make the Lord pro-army." ”
This means that Zhao Kuangyin's principle of selecting the leaders of the second generation of the Forbidden Army is: the lower the qualifications, the better, the more mediocre the better, which is more conducive to his control of the Forbidden Army. To put it bluntly, look for "loyal fools". Don't think that Zhao Kuangyin is dizzy, he is enough to witness one thing: Zhao Kuangyin's desire for centralization.
Zhao Kuangyin
The second generation of the Forbidden Army left only four senior general positions. The specific circumstances are: Liu Guangyi was the commander of the Ma Jundu, And Cui Yanjin was the commander of the infantry; the command envoy of the Dianqian Capital was Han Zhongyun (Yun), and the Commander of the Dianqian Capital was Zhang Qiong. First of all, we congratulate these four people on the top of the "Fool" list, and let's learn about the sadness of the most special person, Han Chongyun.
The reason why Han Chongyun is the most special is because he is the only old brother to be promoted, according to the rule of "more change of control, make the lord pro-army", Han Chongyun this person must be very obedient, and does not have too high prestige. And it is. Because Han Zhongyun was the oldest, many important matters were handled by him, such as repairing the imperial city, repairing the palace, and supervising hundreds of thousands of Zhuang Ding to block the mouth, "In the autumn of the third year of Qiande, the river decided to be in Liaozhou, and the order of Ding Zhuang was hundreds of thousands of people. ”
Ten Brothers of the Righteous Society
"Mu Xiu will be destroyed by the forest wind", while Han Chongyun was thriving in his career, he provoked the jealousy of a group of villains, "Zen (Zen) Zhongyun took his relatives as his confidants" slandered Han Chongyun for secretly cultivating cronies. I have to say that the slanderers have penetrated Zhao Kuangyin's psychology, and they know Zhao Kuangyin's bottom line, and they will certainly not tolerate such a thing, so they "get angry and want to curse it." "Without investigation, Han Zhongyun will be killed."
Fortunately, Zhao Kuangyin had a visionary minister by his side- Zhao Pu. He said, "If there is a heavy rebuke, that is, everyone fears sin, whoever is restored to His Majesty will be a soldier." "The gist of it is: Zhao Kuangyin, the Forbidden Army of the Imperial Guard, cannot be commanded by himself, and he will definitely find someone to replace him; if Han Zhongyun is killed only because someone has entered the rumors, then the rest of the people will definitely feel afraid of this, who will come to command the Forbidden Army for His Majesty?"
Zhao Pu
After Zhao Kuangyin understood the pros and cons, he put down the butcher knife, but this matter was always a heart disease in Zhao Kuangyin's heart, such as a fish in the throat and did not spit unhappy! Therefore, Han Zhongyun did not have any accidents, and like other old brothers, he went to the border pass to be a happy and happy festival.
Finally, a brief mention of a tragic representative figure, Zhang Qiong, who is waiting in front of the palace. Zhang Qiong is the first loyal and courageous person, the second unintentional, which is also the fundamental reason why Zhao Kuangyin looks at him, but it is this that also caused the tragedy of his fate.
Zhao Kuangyin/Zhang Qiong
Zhao Kuangyin arranged two secret agents in the forbidden army, one named Shi Jue and one named Shi Hanqing (not Zhang Xueliang!). Both of them were trusted by Zhao Kuangyin, and they were extremely trusted, so Shi Jue, who did not have a very high official position, could walk sideways in the forbidden army, and everyone was obsessed with them, except For Zhang Qiong.
Zhang Qiong not only did not stammer, but also took the nickname to humiliate the two people, "Shi Jue and Shi Hanqing Fang used things." Qiong insulted lightly, and her eyes were witches. Zhang Qiong compared them to old witches, which made the two hold a grudge. The two jointly slandered Zhang Qiong for raising a private family soldier, Zhao Kuangyin was "furious" and called Zhang Qiong to "face the news", Zhang Qiong's character was destined that he would not speak in a low voice, thus doomed to fate, and was beaten to the head by "iron and iron" at the imperial court. ”
Zhang Qiong
After Zhang Qiong's death, Zhao Kuangyin learned that Zhang Qiong's family had no surplus wealth, or even only three servants, and "felt guilty" and treated his family kindly. However, for the slander and slander behavior of Shi Hanqing and others, it only reprimanded Shi Hanqing. The history books say that it is very interesting to play" and "although it is not guilty of Han Qing".
"Of course, it is not guilty of Han Qing"! It can be seen from this that Zhao Kuangyin trusts these eyeliners, but whether it is more obvious that Zhao Kuangyin does not care whether people like Zhang Qiong are really rebellious, he only cares about whether the power is concentrated, he would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let go of one person, in order to firmly grasp the power in his own hands. Zhao Kuangyin's work of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge is really amazing.
References: Volume IV of the Chronicle of the Continuation of Zizhi Tongjianchang; The Biography of Han Chongyun; Volume I of the Chronicle of Shushui