This emperor reigned for only 6 years: he was revered as the Ming Emperor of the Ages, and no one was blamed for a thousand years after his death
In ancient times, there was such an emperor, who reigned for a short time, and only served as an emperor for 6 years. However, in this short period of six years, he opened up the territory to the outside world, lightly dispensed with the small endowment internally, won the support of the people, and was respected by future generations as the Ming Emperor of the Ages.
What is even more shocking is that because he hardly has any shortcomings, no one has been blamed for a thousand years after his death, and he is Chai Rong of the Later Zhou Dynasty.
When Chai Rong was a child, his family was quite rich and was a well-known and prominent family. However, when Chai Rong was a teenager, due to various reasons, the family fell in the middle of the road and had to run to his aunt.
His aunt, who was originally a concubine of Emperor Zhuangzong of Tang, was sent home after the emperor's death and later married Guo Wei. Chai Rong was quite sensible and helped his uncle Guo Wei deal with various household chores, which was deeply loved by Guo Wei, so he adopted him as an adopted son.
At that time, the Guo family was not rich, and Chai Rong went to various places to do business in order to support the family. During this period, he not only broadened his horizons, but also practiced a martial art, and read a lot of books, especially liked the teachings of Huang Laozhi. According to historical records: "Chai Rongqi looks heroic, good at riding and shooting, slightly through the history of Huang Lao, heavy sex and taciturn." ”
After the establishment of the Later Han Dynasty, Guo Wei was awarded the title of Privy Counsellor with zuominggong, and Chai Rong was appointed as the Grand General of the Left Guard Guard, thus beginning a legendary life.
In 950, Guo Wei killed Xiang Kaifeng in the name of the Qing Emperor, killed the Later Han Emperor Yin, and established the Later Zhou regime, and Chai Rong paid homage to the Marquis of Taiyuan As a prince. Four years later, Guo Wei died, and Chai Rong succeeded to the throne, known as Zhou Shizong.
As soon as he sat on the throne, Chai Rong set a clear goal for himself, that is, "Ten years to open up the world, ten years to feed the people, ten years to achieve peace is enough." "Unlike other emperors who were very good at daxigong, Chai Rong was a very capable and extremely pragmatic emperor.
In order to achieve the goal of unifying the world, he exerted great efforts to govern the country, straightened out the military and government, and successively carried out military activities such as the defeat of the Western Shu, the Three Expeditions to the Southern Tang, and the Northern Expedition to the Liao Dynasty.
In addition, a series of internal reform measures have been adopted. Restricting Buddhism, rewarding farming, restoring water transport, building water conservancy, paying attention to the cultivation of talents, and living a very simple personal life, it has won the support of the people.
Unfortunately, heaven was jealous of the talents, and after less than 6 years as emperor, Chai Rong passed away with full ambition and deep regret because of years of conquest and overwork. At the moment when he closed his eyes, he must have been complaining about the injustice of Heaven, but the Destiny was like this.
Although Chai Rong did not fulfill his wish to unify the world, his 6 years of wenzhi martial arts laid a solid foundation for the later Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin to end the war situation since the end of the Tang Dynasty, and was known as the "First Ming Emperor of the Five Dynasties".
Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Emperor, admired Chai Rong very much and once praised him: "The king of the three generations has his own time to do it, Han Wen has a time to do it, and Zhou Shizong does not have a time to do it." ”
After Chai Rong's death, he entrusted his young son and Jiangshan to his close confidant Zhao Kuangyin, and only after that did the establishment of the Northern Song Dynasty regime. If he had a spirit in heaven, he did not know whether he regretted this decision in his lifetime.