"Companions are like companions of tigers". Since ancient times, the people who have accompanied the king's side are not ordinary people, some are talented, some are martial arts, and some are brave to win the three armies, and all those who can endure on the king's side have this set of their own way of survival, a set of ways of survival in the face of the king.
People always say that living on the battlefield is a day of licking blood with the tip of a knife, but they do not know that there is a more frightening day - often with the king's side. Maybe yesterday they still arrived as brothers, and one day they were given death or executed by the whole family, which is the crisis of living on the side of the king.
As an emperor, he needs to beware of enemies and "brothers" around him every day, throughout Chinese history, there are not a few dynasties that have been betrayed by their own "brothers" and caused the country to collapse, for which Zhao Kuangyin even has a reason, so he hopes to build a country with wen and suppress the "brothers" who were born and died around him.
End the chaotic Song Dynasty
There have been many examples of division and integration on the soil of ancient China, the most common of which is the division and integration of the country. "Divide for a long time and must be combined for a long time" This is a truth summed up by practical phenomena, such as: Eastern Han, Western Han, Eastern Jin, Western Jin, Northern Song, Southern Song.
These dynasties are notable examples of divisions, they have many similar and different reasons for the overthrow of dynasties, and if you want to judge which dynasty is the most regrettable among them, it is the Song Dynasty. It is a pity that this dynasty founded by force and established by culture has disappeared in history.
Unlike the Han and Jin dynasties, the establishment of the Song Dynasty was more difficult than the previous two dynasties. The Song Dynasty was built on the ruins of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, a period of extreme chaos and disorder in China, a period of greater chaos than the Warring States period and the Spring and Autumn Period.
At that time, there were always some contradictions and frictions between dynasties, so war between countries was an unavoidable thing, and many years of national wars made the people at that time think that war was already a common thing, which was not surprising.
During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, not only were there frequent wars between countries, but also the laws and regulations of each country were different, which led to the chaotic record at that time. The chaos of war and the chaos of literature and history eventually made the record of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms very vague.
From these points, it is not difficult to see that the difficulty of unifying the world in this period can be imagined. Such a difficult goal was accomplished by one person- Zhao Kuangyin. As the founding emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin established the Song Dynasty by relying on a group of "brothers" who dared to fight and fight.
In the battlefield with no eyes, no one cares about your identity, and once the war starts, there is only one result - you die and I die. Admittedly, no one on the battlefield will care about your identity, but there will still be a special existence.
If the leader of the enemy can be cut off in the battlefield, then the soldiers can end the war that the soldiers hate as long as possible, so the leaders of both sides in the battlefield are the first target of the soldiers, the first target of the killing.
Zhang Qiong's bravery
Zhao Kuangyin relied on his own ability to reach the high position of the Later Zhou Dynasty, and then established the Song Dynasty step by step. On the road to the establishment of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin went through countless tests between life and death, of course, these tests were not something he alone could bear.
In countless life and death tests, Zhao Kuangyin was favored by many people, among whom one of the most prominent military generals under Zhao Kuangyin had saved Zhao Kuangyin from water and fire many times, and his courage was enough to crown the three armies, and his strength was even more difficult to find an opponent in the army - Zhang Qiong.
Before Zhao Kuangyin established the Song Dynasty without claiming the title of emperor, Zhang Qiong followed Zhao Kuangyin in the camp of Later Zhou and was born and died. Once, during Zhao Kuangyin's conquest against the Southern Tang, Zhao Kuangyin accidentally fell into the plan of the Southern Tang enemy generals, and was attacked by the Southern Tang soldiers, at this time Zhao Kuangyin was deeply trapped in the embattled.
As the trend of the enemy being strong and the enemy weak gradually opened, Zhao Kuangyin became more and more powerless in the face of the soldiers of the Southern Tang, and even the idea of repaying the country with death arose in his heart, and at this moment of great crisis, a martial general in the later zhou dynasty rode a horse and pulled a bow at Zhang Qiong, the leader of the southern Tang dynasty
In between, he loosened his hand that had tightened the bowstring, and the arrows shot at the enemy leader at great speed. As the arrows shot through the enemy leader, the Southern Tang soldiers also began to scatter, running and fleeing, in short, the Southern Tang soldiers at this time were like thin mud.
And this is the best time for Zhao Kuangyin to break through. After Zhang Qiong rescued Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Kuangyin had great trust in Zhang Qiong, and still decided in his heart that the establishment of the great cause in the future would definitely allow Zhang Qiong to sit on a high position. Zhang Qiong's bravery was not only reflected in this incident.
After Zhang Qiong rescued Zhao Kuangyin, the Later Zhou crusading army continued to march towards the city to which Southern Tang belonged. When Zhao Kuangyin arrived at the city of Southern Tang, Zhao Kuangyin suddenly remembered one thing he had overlooked—the rain of arrows. The weapon for defending the city was none other than the rain of arrows, and Zhao Kuangyin knew this in his chest, but he also forgot.
In the face of the attack of the Later Zhou army, the Southern Tang general let the soldiers fire a large number of arrows. The sudden rain of arrows caused the Later Zhou army to suffer a great loss, and Zhao Kuangyin was also deeply trapped in it. When the rain of arrows came, Zhao Kuangyin once again entered despair.
At this moment, Zhang Qiong ran to Zhao Kuangyin again, and used his own flesh to block zhao Kuangyin's body, and Zhang Qiong's single-sword protector allowed Zhao Kuangyin to see the hope of life here. After the arrow rain ended, Zhao Kuangyin was safe and sound, but Zhang Qiong was not.
According to historical records, Zhang Qiong, who was hit by an arrow, was in a state of imminent death, and the blood flowed was as many as hundreds of liters, and the group of doctors were helpless. But at this moment, Zhang Qiong's state miraculously recovered. Zhang Qiong and Zhao Kuangyin have gone through several temperings and become "brothers".
Zhang Qiong, who does not understand the court
Based on his kindness and trust in Zhang Qiong, Zhao Kuangyin promoted Zhang Qiong to the head of the Forbidden Army after Zhao Kuangyin became emperor. The main responsibility of this leader of the forbidden army was to guard the capital and protect the emperor, and it is not difficult to see Zhao Kuangyin's trust and love for Zhang Qiong.
Although Zhang Qiong, who was already in a high position, was trusted by Zhao Kuangyin, he did not know Zhao Kuangyin's fierce heart and that he did not understand the rules of the official arena. The brave Zhang Qiong did not understand the relationship between the court, and during a social meeting, Zhang Qiong and Shi Hanqing had a conflict.
The narrow-minded Shi Hanqing wanted to pull Zhang Qiong down, so he gave Zhao Kuangyin a rumor. Shi Hanqing said to Zhao Kuangyin: There are a hundred Deadpools in Zhang Qiong's mansion, and their intentions are wrong. When Zhao Kuangyin learned of this, he said two words to his men: execution.
Soon, Zhang Qiong was executed by soldiers sent by Zhao Kuangyin, but when raiding the house, the soldiers found only three servants and wenyin in Zhang Qiong's home. When Zhao Kuangyin heard such news, he couldn't help but angrily rebuke Han Qing: How come the hundred Deadpools.
Although Zhao Kuangyin was furious, he did not punish Han Qing severely, and the framing incident of Han Qing was not resolved, and Zhao Kuangyin's compensation for Zhang Qiong was only to let his heirs continue to enter the court.
brief summary
The establishment of the Northern Song Dynasty was based on martial arts, and the subsequent rule of the country was based on culture, but the subsequent Northern Song Dynasty had the phenomenon of heavy literature and suppression of weapons, and coupled with the influence of three redundancies, the Northern Song Dynasty eventually collapsed. The Northern Song Dynasty, ruled by Zhao Kuangyin, was a notoriously unarmed dynasty.
But this was limited to benevolence and immovable force to civilian officials, who were greatly restricted and suppressed. Zhang Qiong's death was not without a cause, and the reason for his death was Zhao Kuangyin's caution and uneasiness about the military attaché. The Northern Song Dynasty died in the suppression of heavy literature and martial arts, and Zhang Qiong also died because of this, and the history of a generation of loyal subjects came to an end.