In the last years of the Tang Dynasty, the soldiers were in chaos, the hundred industries in Chang'an City were depressed, and the people's livelihood was poor. At the same time, a fat boy named "Milk Baby" was born in Luoyang, who ever thought that after this fat man with the posture of a dragon and phoenix grew up, he would be able to unify China and cut off the chaos of the division of the town at the end of the Tang Dynasty, thus creating a three-hundred-year foundation of the Great Song Dynasty, and finally dominating the chaotic world and ascending to the throne.
This "milk baby" was the later famous Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin.
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, in the late Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, the various princes and powerful feudal towns were divided, the war horses roared, the iron armor was cold, the wolf smoke was everywhere, and the people were not happy. The people look forward to living and working in peace and contentment, and the reunification of the north and the south has become the trend of the times and the desire of the people.
As the right-hand man of Later Zhou Shizong, Zhao Kuangyin (赵匡胤), a hundred responses, a high-ranking lord, and the little emperor Chai Zongxun survived in name only. It was day and night, and Zhao Kuangyin, who was sleeping soundly on the bed, was awakened from his dream by a soldier armed with a sword. Speaking of late and fast, a delicate and decent yellow dragon robe was draped over Zhao Kuangyin's body. Only to see all the soldiers shouting "Long live" in unison!
It turned out that this was the "Chen Qiao Mutiny", Zhao Kuangyin had to ascend the throne, shining on the scene, fulfilling his dream of being an emperor, Zhao Kuangyin had a serious expression, but his heart had blossomed with joy. Therefore, Zhao Kuangyin immediately called on the civil and military officials to tell the world that the country could not be left without a master for a day, and the ceremony of Zen concession was successfully held. The founding name was Song.
In the second year of Zhao Kuangyin's ascension to the throne, it turned out that Zhao Kuangyin was also a righteous person, and he was called empress, and the original brothers were all enfeoffed as marquises and generals, and their power was prominent.
One day, Zhao Kuangyin took the initiative to gather the righteous generals who were fighting the world together at that time, and the Prancing Horse raised its whip and galloped in the depths of the dense forest, and the brothers drank freely, and they were as close as before, and there was no distinction between honor and inferiority.
Just as the generals were drunk and their ears were hot, Zhao Kuangyin suddenly said, "In the depths of this dense forest, there is no outsider, you and I are brothers in life and death, whoever can rush up and get rid of me, who can take me and replace me!" "
Puzzled, the brothers looked at each other, crawled to the ground in unison, and shouted in unison, "I have no second thoughts, and the heavens and the earth can be learned from the sun and the moon." Zhao Kuangyin saw the situation and answered, "Or is Ru and other fruits really willing to support me as emperor?" "The multitude will prostrate themselves one after another and say yes.
Therefore, Zhao Kuangyin said logically, "If Ru and others truly support the widow, they will follow the courtesy of the monarch in the future, and must not destroy the distinction between honor and inferiority." The generals nodded in agreement.
On the first day of the same year, Zhao Kuangyin issued another edict to summon the brothers of the Righteous Society to the palace. The generals drank three rounds, and their interest was high, only to see Zhao Kuangyin sullen and unhappy, and with the strength of the wine, he said to the generals, "The widows rely on the support of your secretaries of state before they ascend to the throne, and the widows will remember your kindness in their hearts and never dare to forget." However, since the widow ascended the throne, he worked day and night, and could not sleep at night, and it was far better to be this son of heaven than to be a festival to make the time happy. "
The righteous society will ask incomprehensibly, "Why is this?" Prepare to do his best to do his best to do the work of His Majesty's filial piety, and His Majesty may be at ease. Zhao Kuangyin replied, "There is no one in the world who does not want to be an emperor." But you are also loyal, but it is inevitable that some of your men will have second thoughts. If your subordinates cover the body of the dragon with dragon robes, I am afraid that you will no longer want to be emperors. "
The brothers of the Zhongyi Society were already frightened and stunned, so they crawled to the ground and whispered, "I implore the emperor to give guidance to his subjects." Song Taizu said slowly and logically, "In the short life of this white colt, the love of the qing has long been saddled with horses, physically and mentally exhausted, it is advisable to release the military power at the moment, drink songs every day, and buy land and property, is it not happy?" In this way, how about harmony between kings and subjects, no suspicion of each other, and stability in this world? "
The next day, all the righteous brothers present here said that they were relieved of their illness and returned to the field, and finally they were liberated, returned to the hidden mountains and forests, and spent their lives in the idle clouds and wild cranes.
From then on, the Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin soldiers did not have bloodshed, only relying on a few glasses of wine, fighting with the strength of the wine, successfully cutting the domain, and the centralization of power was strengthened. This is the famous "glass of wine to release the military power".
Relying on wine to ascend to the throne, and playing with power and scheming into art, Zhao Kuangyin is really the proud son of heaven, and it takes no effort to get a big position.