In China's feudal dynasty, whether an emperor has conquered the Jiangshan or the jiangshan on the throne, it will inevitably experience bloody storms. This is especially true of the change of imperial dynasties, even if the emperor chooses to become the crown prince, it may be calculated by other princes and lose the opportunity to become an emperor. But to say that every founding emperor fights the country, which one is not a corpse all over the field, extremely hard. But there is such an emperor, who has been commented by later generations as a "leak-picking myth" or even woke up to become an emperor? Who is this person? And how to create a great country for 319 years?
Many people know that "Chen Qiao mutiny, yellow robe plus body" refers to zhao kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty. He did not launch any bloody massacre, and easily ended the rule of the Later Zhou Dynasty.
First, be careful step by step
Although Zhao Kuangyin was born in a family of military attachés since he was a child, it was not an easy task to become a real general, and after he grew up and entered the military camp, he first started as a small soldier. He was very hard-working and did very well in the barracks, and he was promoted to a minor officer. But Zhao Kuangyin was not satisfied with being only a petty officer in the military camp, his goal was to be a great general.
In the first year of Guangshun, Guo Wei declared himself emperor and established the Later Zhou regime, when there was an official position called Dongxi Ban xingshou, many lower-level officers were competing for this official position, and there were many people with family connections, who had a better chance of getting this official position. However, Chai Rong, who was the governor of Kaifeng Province, admired Zhao Kuangyin very much, so he made him the head of the East and West Classes and worked under the deputy commander of Huazhou. Zhao Kuangyin was very brave and loyal, and the enemy troops attacked the border several times but were repelled by soldiers led by Zhao Kuangyin.
What Chai Rong admired most was that whether the enemy army was a high-ranking official, money or even beauty to seduce Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Kuangyin never betrayed Hou Zhou. In the first year of Xiande, when Chai Rong took the throne, Zhao Kuangyin took control of the forbidden army. It is enough to show that Chai Rong greatly admired Zhao Kuangyin, knowing that the forbidden army could defend the emperor's last line of defense, and only the most trusted people could be appointed.
After that, Hou Zhou ushered in a few years of peace, and it was not long before the Later Han came to invade. Chai Rong led his army to meet the battle, but unfortunately, the generals around him actually escaped from the battlefield, and Zhao Kuangyin quickly led the forbidden army to protect Chai Rong on the one hand, and fought against the enemy on the other, and finally repelled the invasion of the Later Han. After returning to the capital, Chai Rong was so grateful to Zhao Kuangyin that he ordered him to wait for the palace and lead the Yan Prefecture Assassination History.
Second, repeated military achievements
After a few more years, Chai Rong led Zhao Kuangyin to destroy the Southern Tang in Huainan, and in the first battle, he repelled more than 10,000 soldiers and horses of the Southern Tang and beheaded four Southern Tang generals. Frightened by the other generals of the Southern Tang Dynasty, they had to flee in a hurry, and the King of Southern Tang Qi led more than 10,000 people to fight Zhao Kuangyin to the death, but he was Zhao Kuangyin's opponent and directly landed on the ground. Back in the capital, Chai Rong gave Zhao Kuangyin a toast in front of Manchu Wenwu and called himself a brother.
It is reasonable to say that with zhao kuangyin's merits, it is okay to make him a king. Zhao Kuangyin only commanded the official position in front of the palace, Zhao Kuangyin had military power, plus he also had many confidants. Of course, Zhao Kuangyin's men also suggested that Zhao Kuangyin abolish Chai Rong and become emperor himself. Zhao Kuangyin was so frightened to hear this that he quickly clasped his hands in his fists and said, "Colleagues, don't have such thoughts, as a courtier, the emperor is very kind to me, how can I do this thing of plotting to usurp the throne." ”
Zhao Kuangyin said this on his lips, but he didn't think so in his heart, he felt that his forces could not overthrow Chai Rong's rule, and he needed to wait for the opportunity and make plans when the time was ripe. Chai Rong was a very warlike person, as long as the national strength was still good, he would lead his troops south, and Zhao Kuangyin would naturally follow him.
In several major battles in a row, Zhao Kuangyin made great achievements, and the enemy army was defeated and retreated, almost losing the capital. Therefore, Chai Rong once again promoted Zhao Kuangyin, first as an envoy of the Dingguo Army, and then as an inspector taibao. It can be said that Zhao Kuangyin's ability is enough to overthrow Chai Rong's later week. This time, Zhao Kuangyin's men reminded Zhao Kuangyin to launch a coup d'état, and Zhao Kuangyin's heart was also very surging that as long as there was an opportunity in feudal society, everyone wanted to be emperor.
Just when Zhao Kuangyin was about to gather all his subordinates, he still dispelled his thoughts, for one reason, that is, it was not yet time. A few years later, Chai Rong's Northern Expedition, due to a long period of conquest caused by his very weak body, Chai Rong fell ill on the way to the Northern Expedition, and died when he returned to the capital. Seeing that after Chai Rong's death, many ministers in the DPRK were eager to move, and Zhao Kuangyin beheaded several ministers who wanted to usurp the throne.
Third, the yellow robe is added to the body
The seven-year-old Chai Zongxun succeeded to the throne, and Zhao Kuangyin was appointed as an envoy to the German army and a lieutenant of the inspection school. It can be said that in addition to the prime minister, only Zhao Kuangyin has the greatest power. When the chancellor learned that Later Han and Khitan had the intention of uniting to annex Later Zhou, he sent Zhao Kuangyin to suppress it, and Zhao Kuangyin led hundreds of thousands of troops to garrison Chen Qiaoyi. Zhao Kuangyin only said a few words in front of many generals: "The emperor is young and afraid of instability in the DPRK. This sentence made those generals understand Zhao Kuangyin's meaning.
Zhao Kuangyin drank a few jars of wine and went to sleep drunk, while the generals spread false news in the army, saying that the emperor was young and unable to govern personally, that we were desperately serving the country, that the traitors in the DPRK and China were in charge, and that wherever we were willing to care about our lives or deaths. Hundreds of thousands of troops also felt that this sentence was reasonable, so those generals wanted to support Zhao Kuangyin as emperor. Zhao Kuangyin's younger brother Zhao Kuangyi had already made a dragon robe in the army and draped it on Zhao Kuangyin's body.
The next day, when Zhao Kuangyin woke up, he found that all of his men were on their knees and shouting long live him. Zhao Kuangyin saw that he was wearing a dragon robe on his body, and he quickly took off the dragon robe and said that this was not possible, but the generals preferred Zhao Kuangyin to be called emperor. In fact, Zhao Kuangyin waited for this day, he gladly accepted the dragon robe and led the generals back to the capital.
In fact, halfway through, Zhao Kuangyin also felt like a dream, when he woke up, he actually became a "leaky emperor" back to the capital, several generals of the forbidden army were Zhao Kuangyin's colleagues, naturally hoping that Zhao Kuangyin would become emperor. And those ministers in the court also knew that they could not fight Zhao Kuangyin, so they also followed Zhao Kuangyin.
Fourth, 300 years of foundation
After Zhao Kuangyin became emperor, he did not do any harm to the Chai family, nor did he see each other, and he transitioned to the Song Dynasty without incident. Zhao Kuangyin also reduced taxes and vigorously developed industry and commerce after he took the throne, making the Song Dynasty very developed in the economy for more than 300 years, and even in the world, the Song Dynasty was already at its peak in both economy and culture.
5. Summary
Zhao Kuangyin was a very wise man, he had been waiting for the opportunity, and the Chen Qiaoyi mutiny was also something he had thought about in advance. After all, Chen Qiaoyi's mutiny would allow him to smoothly put on the dragon robe and ascend the throne as emperor. Throughout history, no emperor has been able to wake up and become an emperor like Zhao Kuangyin.
Zhao Kuangyin successfully controlled the military power, and did not kill the imperial family, winning the trust of the imperial family. Therefore, he was able to become emperor smoothly, and coupled with his love for the people, the people of the whole world were willing to submit to the Great Song Dynasty. Although he was an "emperor who picked up leaks", he created the foundation of the Great Song Dynasty for more than 300 years!