Why don't you go with the wind and soar up ninety thousand miles?
Chai Rong, as a male lord of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Wen Tao was not inferior to his predecessors, and there were naturally many strategies in his chest. But it is a pity that Heavenly Jealousy of Talents allowed him to ride the Dragon Bintian at a young age. If he hadn't died too early, then the Central Plains might have been unified long ago. After all, Chai Rong was one of the few monarchs who dared to take the initiative to attack the Khitans, and such a thing had not happened since the late Tang Dynasty.
But Heaven was jealous of talent, so Chai Rong died at the age of thirty-nine. But what? Chai Rong was the emperor after all, and he died, so who would take his place? This is a big problem for Chai Rong. It's not that he doesn't have an heir, it's that his son is too young. At the time of Chai Rong's death, his son was only seven years old and had no ability to handle government affairs independently.
In fact, this is not the problem that gives Chai Rong the most headache, the problem that gives Chai Rong the most headache is those arrogant generals in the following week. You must know that they are not even very convinced by Chai Rong, who is already more than thirty years old, otherwise Chai Rong would not have been able to march in person every time. Chai Rong could guarantee that while he was alive, those people would not think of anything else. But what about after Chai Rong's death? Who can still hold them down. So Chai Rongsi thought about it, and still did the same as before, first appointing an empress, and then finding a few ministers who thought they were reliable, and asking them to assist their sons.
Among the ministers Chai Rong sought out, Wen included Fan Qian, Wang Pu, and Wei Renpu. Wu tong chose Zhao Kuangyin, as for why he chose Zhao Kuangyin? It wasn't because Zhao Kuangyin was capable, there were indeed martial generals who were stronger than Zhao Kuangyin's ability at that time, but Chai Rong didn't believe them. One is Zhang Yongde, who is Guo Wei's son-in-law. The other is Li Chongjin, Guo Wei's nephew. And Chai Rong is Guo Wei's righteous son, according to the reason, Chai Rong should choose the two of them, but Chai Rong chose Zhao Kuangyin.
In fact, this is not Chai Rong's confused move, but the best and best practice under all helplessness. People who are slightly familiar with the history of the Song Dynasty should all know the allusion of "point inspection as the son of heaven", and the person who did the "command of the envoys in front of the palace" at that time was Zhang Yongde. How could Chai Rong still believe him? Needless to say, Li Chongjin was already dissatisfied because Guo Wei passed the throne to Chai Rong, and Chai Rong would not let her assist his son.
So he could only choose Zhao Kuangyin, after all, Zhao Kuangyin was also a close associate of his own. From the time Chai Rong had not yet become emperor, Zhao Kuangyin had turned to Chai Rong, and he was also Chai Rong's team, so Chai Rong chose him. Of course, Chai Rong did not fully believe him, even if he gave Zhang Yongde the position of "commanding the envoys in front of the palace to inspect the Si Danei capital" to Zhao Kuangyin.
After doing this position, Zhao Kuangyin knew how difficult this position was. Although he can now be said to be the first person among the martial generals, there are still three big men on his head who suppress him. That's the three courtiers that Chai Rong was looking for earlier. If that was all there was to it, it would be fine, but Zhao Kuangyin found that he did not yet have military power. That is to say, his position is almost a short position, except for emergency times, usually there is no real power.
Why? Because the military power in his hands had long been handed over to another person, this person was the hands of Han Tong, the "Commander of the Guards Horse Infantry Army". Han Tong had always been a close confidant of Chai Rong, and every time Chai Rong went out on a campaign, he would send him to stay in the capital. From this, we can see how much Chai Rong believes in him. Facts also proved that Han Tong did not betray Chai Rong, and he was still resisting after Zhao Kuangyin entered the imperial city, and was eventually killed by Zhao Kuangyin.
To tell the truth, Chai Rong can be said to have calculated every link to the extreme. He felt that Zhao Kuangyin was too young, his qualifications were not deep, and his influence in the military was not great. Even if Zhao Kuangyin wanted to rebel, it would take time, and this time was enough for the little emperor to grow up. In this way, Chai Rong let the entire army and politics contain each other, which would not affect the operation, but it would not let them huddle together. I have to say that Chai Rong is indeed great. His plan was indeed perfect, and if it was someone else, then it might really be like following Chai Rong's arrangement and unable to break free.
But Chai Rong did not expect that the person he wanted to contain was Zhao Kuangyin. He underestimated Zhao Kuangyin, he did not expect that Zhao Kuangyin had already gained the hearts of a large number of people at a young age. He also did not expect that Zhao Kuangyin's prestige in the army was so high, nor did he expect that only one Of the "loyal and good generals" he was looking for was han tong.
After that, I think everyone knows it, that is, Zhao Kuangyin came to Chen Qiaoyi with a "yellow robe plus body" and was "forced" to become emperor under very helpless circumstances. Founded the Song Dynasty, known in history as "Song Taizu"