First of all, the ancients believed that the world could not be taken arbitrarily. Whoever wants to change the existing order and seize the world is committing the greatest sin in the world -- plotting rebellion. This crime is very serious, once the ruler catches the conspirator, he will not let him pass the pass easily, at least he will be executed and the Nine Tribes will be exterminated.
However, the ancients also believed that not everyone can get the world. To be able to obtain the world, there must be at least two qualities. One is "the virtuous dwell in it", and the other is "the divine right of kings". Therefore, whether a person should gain the world and whether he should sit in the country or not depends on whether you do not meet these two points.
(Zhao Kuangyin)
After understanding this truth, we will go back to Zhao Kuangyin.
In fact, not everyone affirmed Zhao Kuangyin. Some people think that Zhao Kuangyin is not kind in doing things. Why? Chai Rong was good to Zhao Kuangyin, found him, reused him, and handed over the Central Forbidden Army to him, giving him great power. However, as soon as Chai Rong died, he immediately struck Chai Rong's heavenly seal. What should not be done is that the bully Chai Rong's son is young, the orphans and widows have no one to rely on, and they threaten to use force to directly seize the Chai family.
Therefore, among the descendants, there are always people who hope that the Chai family can take back the Jiangshan. For example, in some literary and artistic works in later generations, the descendants of the Chai family were allowed to have "Danshu Iron Coupons", that is, to give them extraordinary power, and even wanted them to have power above the imperial power. "Water Margin" has created two of the most popular characters, in addition to Song Jiang, is Chai Rong, whose surname is "Chai". This also reflects a folk view of "fighting grievances".
(Chai Rong)
However, only a small number of people are fighting for the Chai family. Most people, including historians, actually affirmed Zhao Kuangyin, and felt that it was a matter of course that Zhao Kuangyin had seized the Chai family's Jiangshan. Why is there such an understanding?
According to the above analysis, we found that Zhao Kuangyin has "morality". "Virtue" is morality, but morality here is not to be a saint, as the "virtue" of the emperor, and the meaning of "gong" is in the middle. After Zhao Kuangyin obtained Jiangshan, he had both virtue and merit. His "virtue" is reflected in his implementation of benevolent government, he does not kill heroes, does not practice tyranny, treats civilian subjects well, and treats the common people kindly, which makes him win the love of the people of the world. This is like king Wu of Zhou to king of Shang. King Wu of Zhou seized the world of King Shang, but because of his benevolent government, everyone felt that King Wu of Zhou took the world for granted.
In addition to "virtue", Zhao Kuangyin also has "merit". This "merit" is to end the five generations of chaos and establish a unified Taiping state. Because of this credit, everyone recognizes that he is justified in winning the world. If he had not unified the world, just like Shi Jingyao, he had taken the world of later Tang, but at the cost of seizing the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, he would definitely have incurred a lot of infamy in later generations.
(Li Shimin.)
Zhao Kuangyin's situation is somewhat similar to Li Shimin. Li Shimin personally shot his brother Li Jiancheng to gain the world. However, because after Li Shimin came to power, he developed the "rule of Zhenguan", so everyone felt that Li Shimin did the right thing.
In addition to Zhao Kuangyin's "virtue" and "merit", he also possessed the characteristics of "divine right of kings". There are many legends that show that Zhao Kuangyin was the "True Dragon Heavenly Son" and that his throne was given by Heaven. For example, as soon as Zhao Kuangyin was born, he was full of red light. For example, as soon as Zhao Kuangyin carried out the Chen Qiao Mutiny, the worldly high-ranking man Chen Zhuo Laozu said, "Well, the world will be fixed from now on." All this shows that Zhao Kuangyin's Jiangshan was not captured by him, but was given by Heaven. Since it was given by Heaven, if he did not "laugh and accept" it would be against Providence, so how could he do it?
Because of these two characteristics, there are not many people who criticize Zhao Kuangyin.