After Emperor Gong of Later Zhou ascended the throne, according to Chai Rong's edict, Zhao Kuangyin, together with Prime Minister Fan Zhi and Wang Pu, was the minister of Gu Ming and became the core figure of the highest decision-making body of the imperial court.
Zhao Kuangyin was reappointed as the envoy of Guide Jiedu, and still served as the inspection of the capital in front of the palace, and also the inspector of the imperial master. Although he is not the chief minister of Gu Ming, he holds the highest command of the national forbidden army as the minister of Gu Ming, and he is more powerful than those literati Zaifu, and he is really an extremely powerful minister. It can be said that most of the state authority of the Zhou Dynasty is already in his hands.
Zhao Kuangyin was a very urban man, he did not flutter, always kept a cool head, and quietly cultivated his sphere of influence in the process of discreetly assisting the young master in handling the affairs of the military state with Fan Qian and Wang Pu.
In the past six months, the personnel arrangements of the middle and senior generals of the forbidden army have quietly changed.
The first four powerful generals in front of the palace were all inspecting Zhao Kuangyin, deputy inspecting Murong Yanzhao, all commanding the envoy Shi Shouxin, and all waiting for Wang Xianqi; The first five powerful generals of the Guards Division were, in order, Li Chongjin, the commander of the Guards Ma Infantry Army, Han Tong, and Han Lingkun, the commander of the Ma Army, Gao Huaide, and the commander of the Infantry Army Zhang Lingduo. The generals of the two divisions of the forbidden army in the capital, except for Han Tong, are basically Zhao Kuangyin's brothers or friends.
Murong Yanzhao was even his childhood Luoyang's old friend, but he could be regarded as a friend of Mo Qiang, and now he was a minister in the same palace, and he was even closer in the past, the two often talked together secretly, as for what to talk about, outsiders do not know, but one thing seems certain, it will never be a discussion on how to be loyal to the Later Zhou Dynasty, otherwise, not so many things will happen after that.
In terms of Wen Chen, in addition to the resourceful Zhao Pu, there are also a group of think-tank figures such as Wang Renzhao, Chu Zhaofu, and Li Zhiyun among the staff. All indications are that Zhao Kuangyin seems to be a person who is not willing to be subordinate.
Time is like an arrow, the sun and the moon are like a shuttle, and in a blink of an eye, the end of the year is approaching, and after the end of the year, a new year will be ushered in. On the night of the 27th day of the lunar month in the sixth year of Xiande (959), the sky was thick with clouds, the wind was howling, the goose feathers and snow kept falling, and on the streets and alleys of Bianzhou, the snow was half a foot thick, and the roof, walls, and branches of trees were covered with silver everywhere. On cold days, people hide in the house, around the stove to do household chores, or sneak into the bed early, dreaming of yellow millet. There are almost no pedestrians on the street.
At this time, from the alley of Baokangmen, two people hurriedly walked out, and when they approached the gate of the checkpoint mansion, the guards guarding the gate were about to step forward to block it, and when they saw the two, they quickly said humbly: "Two adults, please come in, and the checkpoint is waiting in the study." ”
The two were also not polite, stepped into the inspection mansion, without being led, walked through the corridor with seven turns and eight turns, passed through the backyard, and walked directly to the study of Zhao Kuangyin, who was checking Zhao Kuangyin in front of the hall.
The fire in the study was roaring, a pot of old wine was hot on the stove, there were a few small dishes on the table, still steaming, Zhao Kuangyin sat by the stove, gently fiddling with the charcoal in the stove with the fire chopsticks, looking at the situation, he was waiting for someone, and he was also thinking about things.
Suddenly, the door was pushed open, and two people entered, one was Zhao Pu, and the other was Zhao Kuangyi, Zhao Kuangyin's younger brother. Zhao Kuangyin beckoned to the two, signaled them to sit down, the two first took off their coats and hung them on the hanger, both sat at the small table, Zhao Kuangyin lifted the wine jug by the stove, filled three glasses of wine, one for each person, and chatted while drinking. It was not until dawn that the two left, and as for what they discussed, it is unknown, but a series of things happened in the capital since then.
On the first day of the first lunar month in the seventh year of Xiande (960), Bianzhou was immersed in a festive and joyous atmosphere, and officials and citizens throughout the city were celebrating this traditional festival to the fullest.
On the avenue, two galloping horses galloped towards Bianzhou City. Passers-by saw the two horses running so quickly, their eyes showed surprise, and they secretly thought to themselves, I am afraid that this year will be restless again. The knight on the horse, ignoring the terrified look of the passers-by, still hurriedly reinforced, entered Bianzhou from the Xinqiao Gate in the north of the city, and galloped straight towards the palace city.
Emperor Gong, who had just taken the throne, was still an eight-year-old child, and on the occasion of the Spring Festival, he was also like children of the same age, accompanied by a group of eunuchs and palace maidens, playing and frolicking in the harem. Empress Dowager Fu sat on the embroidery bed, watching them play, very comfortable.
At this time, Prime Minister Fan Qian and Wang Pu ran into the palace in a panic, reported the major military situation to the little emperor and the empress dowager, Zhenzhou and Dingzhou flew to pass on the book, and Liu Jun of the Northern Han Dynasty colluded with the Liao soldiers to invade the south, and the momentum was very strong. Ask the imperial court to send reinforcements.
Emperor Gong Zongxun is still an eight-year-old child, only knows how to play with giggles, how do you know what military affairs, Empress Dowager Fu is also a woman who is not deeply involved in the world, she has only been empress for more than a month, she became a widow, where have you seen such a formation? For a while, the little emperor and Empress Dowager Fu were stunned.
Fan Qian is a weak scholar who does not know how to lead troops to fight. He only knew that when the emperor was there, whenever he fought, he asked Zhao Kuangyin to lead the troops, and Zhao Kuangyin fought a war, winning a hundred battles, which made people feel at ease. He hurriedly suggested to Empress Dowager Fu: "In front of the palace, Zhao Kuangyin, wise and brave, and brave and crowned the three armies, can order him to be the generalissimo of the unified army; Deputy inspector Murong Yanzhao, brave and good at fighting, is a fierce general, can order him as the vanguard; Then order the generals of the towns to meet and march north together. The national army was unified under the dispatch of Zhao Kuangyin alone. In this way, you will be able to defeat the invading enemy. ”
Empress Dowager Fu didn't understand anything, and she couldn't express her opinion at all, of course, she could only agree with Fan Chen's opinion. She immediately issued a decree on behalf of Emperor Gong:
Zhao Kuangyin served as the generalissimo of the army, and Murong Yanzhao was the vanguard, dispatching soldiers and horses from all towns across the country and meeting the division to march north. All soldiers who went out to fight were uniformly under the control and command of Zhao Kuangyin.
Zhao Kuangyin received the divine decree and immediately made careful arrangements for personnel and troops. Zhao Pu, Gao Huaide, Zhang Lingduo, Zheng En, Tao Sanchun, Zhang Guanghan, Zhao Yanhui and others accompanied the army. Shi Shouxin and Wang Xianqi stayed in Bianzhou. Murong Yanzhao, the vanguard, was ordered to lead the front army first, leaving Bianzhou on the second day of the first lunar month and opening the front line. He himself led the army and set out in the third year of junior high school.
Not long after the brigade left the city, rumors suddenly spread in the capital, and the people said excitedly: "On the day of leaving the army, it should be the Son of Heaven to be immediately inspected." The rumors spread more and more, and it seemed that the dynasty was really about to change again, causing panic among the people of Bianzhou.
The palace did not know what was happening outside the palace, and it was still calm, as if nothing had happened. There is a wall between the palace and the outside world, and if someone deliberately wants to block the news, it may be isolated from the world. At this time, no one can clearly say what kind of situation the palace is like.
Where exactly do the rumors come from and who is making trouble in secret? Unknown. Anyone who spreads rumors must have ulterior motives, and presumably the people who spread this rumor also have other intentions! In the near future, things will definitely fall into place.
After Zhao Kuangyin led the army out of the city, he marched all the way north. What is strange is that when the troops went out of the city, it seemed to be windy and fiery, but after leaving the city, the speed of marching slowed down significantly, and they did not seem to be in a hurry, as if they were waiting for something, and when the sun was about to set in the afternoon, they traveled more than forty miles and came to a place called Chen Qiaoyi.
Located in the northeast of Bianzhou, close to the Yellow River, between Chen Bridge and Fengqiu, Chen Qiaoyi is the first post station from Bianzhou to the north. During the Tang Dynasty, a post station was set up, called Shangyuan Yi, and later renamed Banjing Guan, which was a place where the envoys of small northern countries welcomed and rewarded. For many years, it has been full of traffic and dust.
Chen Qiaoyi, an earth-shattering event is about to occur, making the place name Chen Qiaoyi closely linked to Chinese history and forever recorded in the annals of history.
Zhao Kuangyin led the brigade of men and horses after a day of rushing, although the speed was not fast, but still the people were short of horses, so he ordered the battalions to stop advancing, set up camp at Chen Qiaoyi, rest for one night, and go again tomorrow. Chu Zhaofu, a close confidant beside Zhao Kuangyin, walked out of the camp, and was thinking of wandering around, and saw from a distance that Miao Xun was standing alone on the hillside in the field, looking up at the sky and observing the weather changes, he quietly walked to Miao Xun's side and asked with a smile: "Mr. Miao, what are you looking at here alone?" ”
Miao Xun looked back and saw that it was Chu Zhaofu, pointing to the sky to the west and saying, "Look, under the sun in the sky, there is also a sun." ”
Chu Zhaofu looked up and saw that there were indeed two suns in the sky, the two suns were not far apart, looming, melting into a black light, after a while, one sun disappeared, the sky was still a sun, and this one sun, more brilliant than the brilliance of the two suns just now, but also surrounded by purple clouds, brilliant and colorful.
The simultaneous appearance of two suns in the sky is a special form of solar halo, called the phantom sun, which is an optical phenomenon of the atmosphere.
Inside the translucent thin clouds that appear in the sky, there are many hexagonal columnar ice crystals floating in the air, which occasionally arrange neatly in the air. When sunlight hits this hexagonal icicle, a very regular refraction occurs. When these many ice crystals are near the rising sun or sunset, light enters from one side of the icicle and comes out from the other two sides, producing reflection and refraction, creating a wonderful landscape of two suns or even multiple suns. They are actually virtual images of the sun, a special natural phenomenon.
Chu Zhaofu saw the phenomenon of two days in the sky and asked Miao Xun whether it was an auspicious omen or a bad omen.
"It's hard to say." Miao Xun said matter-of-factly, "Is it an auspicious omen?" It's good, but it's a bad omen. ”
Chu Zhaofu laughed, saying that Miao Xun was talking nonsense, a thing, is a sign, the main ji will say the main ji, the main culprit will say the main culprit, it is impossible to be ambiguous, both the main ji and the main culprit.
Miao Xun said mysteriously: "This is the Mandate of Heaven, you see the two suns in the sky, the sun that disappeared first, fulfilled in the young emperor; The sun left behind is fulfilled on the spot check. For the young emperor, this is a bad omen, and for spot inspection, it is an auspicious omen. Isn't this one sign two outcomes? Chu Zhaofu asked, "When will it be fulfilled?" ”
Miao Xun said vividly: "The heavens have appeared, and the fulfillment is just around the corner. ”
The two said as they walked down the hill together and returned to their respective camps.
Not long after, two suns appeared in the sky, one was shining, the other was about to fall, the brilliant was all spot checked, and the rumor that it was the young master who fell quickly spread in the barracks.
Two people walked out of the Chinese military tent of the spot check, one was Guo Tingbin, who was Zhao Kuangyin's cronies; One is Zhao Pu, who is Zhao Kuangyin's secretary of the army.
Guo Tingbin got out of the Chinese military tent, went back to his camp, and then mounted a fast horse and left in the direction of Bianzhou.
Zhao Pu came out of the Chinese military tent and wandered around for a long time, from time to time looking for someone to chat a little, sometimes mysterious, sometimes impassioned, wherever he went, there was a commotion.
In the tent where Du Zhiyun was charged, Gao Huaide, the commander of Du and Jiangning Jiedu, said to everyone impassionedly: "Today's emperor is still a child, we are desperately fighting to charge the battle, and who knows the hard work we have earned?" It is better to be a Tianshun person, first set up a spot check as the Son of Heaven, and then go to the north. ”
Li Zhiyun said that this is a big thing, and it must be checked before it can be implemented. Fortunately, his own brother Zhao Kuangyi, who was also in the army for the spot check, asked him to go to the bottom first to see what the point check meant, and then deal with it.
Everyone immediately found Zhao Kuangyi and explained the situation to him. Zhao Kuangyi suggested discussing with the secretary first. Everyone found Zhao Pu. Zhao Kuangyi told him the situation.
Zhao Pu told everyone that the story of "spot check being the son of heaven" had spread in the barracks, and the officers and men of all battalions gathered at the gate of the camp, and some even claimed that if the spot check refused to take the position, everyone scattered and went home to farm.
Everyone started talking about it, and Li Zhiyun saw that everyone had said almost the same, so he asked Zhao Pu to take an idea, Zhao Pu seemed to have a good idea, and told everyone his arrangement, and then waved his hand: "Arrange to stop tonight, you can act tomorrow morning, even if the spot check is not allowed, you can't help him." "As soon as the sky was shining, the generals shouted long live the Chinese military tent. The guard stopped and said that the spot check had not yet gotten up, please do not shout loudly.
Someone said to the guards that today everyone should support spot inspection as the Son of Heaven. I saw Zhao Kuangyi cut everyone away, went straight into the Chinese military tent, and told Zhao Kuangyin that the people would wait outside the tent for the night, and wanted to set up a spot check as the Son of Heaven, that is, support Zhao Kuangyin as the emperor.
"How can this be?" Zhao Kuangyin deferred, "All the generals want to be rich and rich, trap me in injustice, this is unforgivable, you are my own brother!" How can this be done? ”
Zhao Kuangyi replied, "You can't say that. There is an ancient teaching, 'Heaven does not take it, but suffers from it', please brother do not worry. In the past, there was an old monk who gave his brother a saying, which included "two days of heavy light, the wood should be heard", these two sentences have now been fulfilled, why not do it? Moreover, when the three armies returned to their hearts, they all said that if the spot check did not follow our words, they would rather go home and farm. If the soldiers dispersed, wouldn't the brother become a sinful man? Brother might as well be the Son of Heaven!"
Zhao Kuangyin still seemed to be a little hesitant, so he said: "Wait until I go out to take a look, and then make plans." ”
As soon as Zhao Kuangyin walked out of the tent, the generals shouted in unison: "The three armies have no master, and I would like to support the spot check as the Son of Heaven." ”
"No, no." Zhao Kuangyin said deferredly: "Everyone still choose a virtuous person to come to the Son of Heaven!" ”
At this time, Gao Huaide held a yellow robe in his hand and stepped forward to drape it on Zhao Kuangyin's body. Zhao Kuangyin was about to put on this dragon robe when a person suddenly squeezed forward to block between the two of them, and said to Gao Huaide: "What for?" Are you going to be caught in the trap of injustice?"
This person is Zhao Kuangyin's own brother Zhao Kuangyi.
"How can I be caught in the spot of injustice?" Gao Huaide turned to everyone and asked, "Spot check is the Son of Heaven, it is the desire of the people, don't you say?" ”
"Spot check is the Son of Heaven! Spot check for the Son of Heaven! The crowd shouted in unison.
Zhao Kuangyin was stunned at first, thinking to himself, you invited me out to be the Son of Heaven just now, why did you suddenly come out to make trouble? After a little thought, he suddenly realized, and immediately threw up his hands at everyone: "The stakes are high, how can you be so hasty?" Moreover, how can I be arrogant and do such an unjust thing by receiving the grace of the country? ”
Zhao Pu said loudly: "The destiny of heaven is what the people's hearts want, and if Duke Ming wants to resign again, it will be against the destiny of heaven and against the hearts of the people." If you want to think about the Zhou family, please treat the young master well in the future, and treat the deceased favorably. In this way, it can be regarded as a good beginning and a good end, living up to the emperor. ”
Speaking of this, all the soldiers embraced Zhao Kuangyin on the horse.
Zhao Kuangyin was still not at ease, grabbed the reins of the horse, and said to everyone: "I have orders, do you all obey them?" ”
All the men knelt down and promised in unison that they were willing to obey the order.
Zhao Kuangyin said again: "Empress Dowager and Emperor Gong, you must not offend when I am in the north; All the ministers of the capital have been ministers with me, and you shall not be bullied; You shall not intrude into the treasury of the imperial court or the homes of the people. Can you do all this? ”
The general's answer was three words: do it!
Zhao Kuangyin said squarely: "If you obey my orders, you will be rewarded in the future, otherwise, you will not only do it according to military law, but also harm your wife and children, and you will not be lenient." ”
All the generals bowed to the ground, claiming to be willing to obey orders.
Zhao Kuangyin, surrounded by everyone, was ready to lead his troops back to the Beijing Division, and was about to send someone to inform the vanguard officer Murong Yanzhao, not wanting Murong Yanzhao to lead his troops back.
Zhao Kuangyin immediately ordered Chu Zhaofu and Pan Mei to return to Beijing first, Pan Mei's task was to inform the prime ministers of Bianzhou about the "spot check as the Son of Heaven", and Chu Zhaofu went to settle his family, in case someone took the opportunity to fish in troubled waters and killed his family. The two took the order and galloped away with the men and horses.
Chen Qiao mutinied, and Zhao Kuangyin added yellow robes. It seems to be a mutiny, but when you think about it, it is a big conspiracy. The reasons are:
First, it is clear that he led troops to fight, but why did he return on his own? Since then, there has been no in-depth record of this foreign enemy, and it is possible to start from scratch, and the news of the foreign enemy's invasion is false.
Second, originally, the generals were looking for Zhao Kuangyi to explain to Zhao Kuangyin that the generals would support him as emperor, and Zhao Kuangyi asked Zhao Pu to come, which was also the meaning. However, the two did not enter the account to explain the situation to Zhao Kuangyin at all, but directly arranged for everyone to wait until dawn, and when Zhao Kuangyin came out, they would call long live when they met. Zhao Kuangyin was not surprised, who dared to say that he was not confident?
Third, during the march, where did you get ready-made yellow robes? Even if it is made freshly, it is to use paper paste, it will take a lot of work, not to mention that this is the first dress in the world - the emperor's dragon robe? If this dragon robe is real, it is not freshly made, but someone has prepared it in advance.
The whole process of Chen Qiao's mutiny is like a play, and there are many doubts, which have to make people ask why? If it's a play, who is the director? Who is the protagonist? Although everyone seems to have a number in their hearts, they can only speculate based on clues, and no one can come up with evidence.
In the imperial palace of Bianzhou City, Empress Dowager Fu already knew the news of Chen Qiao's mutiny, and she sadly rebuked Prime Minister Fan Zhi, saying that Zhao Kuangyin was recommended by him and how he launched a mutiny in Chen Qiaoyi.
Fan Qian was also bitter and couldn't speak, and after a few perfunctory words, he excused himself to persuade Zhao Kuangyin, and then withdrew from the palace.
Empress Dowager Fu also returned to the harem in tears.
Fan Qian exited the door, and was running into Wang Pu, the right servant, stepped forward to shake Wang Pu's hand, and said bitterly: "In a hurry, there was such a big mess, this is all our fault, what should be good?" ”
Wang Pu was speechless, and suddenly saw his face showing pain, and a moan came from his mouth. Fan Qian asked with concern, "What's wrong with Lord Wang?" ”
Wang Pu looked at his hands, and the pain did not decrease but increased. When Fan Zhi saw it, he hurriedly let go and apologized repeatedly. It turned out that Fan Qian's hand was too tight due to excessive nervousness, and his nails were deeply sunk into the flesh on the back of Wang Pu's hand, and blood was already oozing out. Therefore, Wang Pu's pain was unbearable.
At this moment, the deputy commander of the guards made Han Tong come out of the palace in a panic, saw Fan Qian and Wang Pu standing there talking, and said anxiously: "The rebels are coming, why do you still have leisure to chat?" ”
Fan Qian said angrily: "The soldiers come to block, the water comes to cover the soil, and in the capital, there is also the forbidden army." You hurry into the palace to ask for orders, mobilize the whole city of soldiers and horses to guard, and then pass on the message to the towns, and order the towns to be envoys and rush to the king of Jingshi Qin. Among the town marshals, there are also loyal people. If they come overnight, they will work together to fight against rebellion, and they will not worry about the rebels and thieves. ”
Fan Qian said that the rebels were about to enter the city, and asked the towns to make Qin Wang, that is, the distant water could not save the near fire, and what he said was equivalent to not saying.
"Then you will go and ask for orders, and I will gather the forbidden army." Han Tong said and hurried away. Fan Qian and Wang Pu were hesitating, when they suddenly saw their respective family slaves, Pegasus, report that the rebel front party had entered the city and asked them to go home quickly. When the two heard the news, they didn't care what to ask for, and ran home with a cigarette.
Zhao Kuangyin led the army back to Bianzhou, and Shi Shouxin and Wang Xunqi, who were guarding the city gate, had already received orders from Guo Tingbin to send back, and immediately opened the city gate, lowered the drawbridge, and welcomed the army into the city. Wang Yansheng, the leader of the vanguard force, led the iron horse, rushed into the city first, and happened to meet Han Tong on the street, shouting: "Han guard, hurry up and take over!" The new Son of Heaven has arrived. ”
Han Tong cursed: "What kind of bird to drive!" Where did the bird Tianzi come from? You are a group of rebels, you can figure it out, I Han Tong is not a rebel, wait! I will lead the forbidden army to destroy you. "Say, take the pegasus on the trail and rush home."
Wang Yansheng is also a person with a cruel personality, where can he stand such a vicious anger, hearing Han Tong's scolding, he was so angry that the three corpses jumped violently, and the seven holes smoked. Paima caught up with him. Han Tong ran to his door, and was about to call the door, but Wang Yansheng drove his horse to arrive, raised his knife and fell, and hacked Han Tong to death at the door.
Wang Yansheng saw that Han Tong was dead, and he was able to kill for a while, so he simply broke into Han Tong's house and killed more than 70 members of Han Tong's family. Then go to meet Zhao Kuangyin.
Zhao Kuangyin led the army to enter the city from Mingde Gate, ordered all soldiers to return to the camp, and returned to the inspection gate by himself.
Military Academy Luo Yanpi and others came to the capital to inspect the Yamen with Fan Qian and Wang Pu.
Zhao Kuangyin saw them and said bitterly: "I was blessed by Sejong and forced to this point by the army, I am really faceless against heaven and earth!" ”
Fan Qian was about to answer, Wang Yansheng suddenly drew his sword in his hand, and shouted sharply: "There is no master in the world, everyone agrees to set up a point check as the Son of Heaven, which one has any objections, or those who do not obey, please try my sword first." ”
Wang Pu was so frightened that his face turned earthy, and he quickly knelt down and bowed down, Fan Qian was also a smart person, knowing that the overall situation had been decided, if he wanted to change this fact, it was undoubtedly looking for death. Life is unique to everyone, and when you die, you cannot regenerate. The person who knows the time is Junjie, and Fan Qian is also a person who knows the time, and quickly knelt down to pay homage to the new master, shouting "Long live!" at Zhao Kuangyin! Zhao Kuangyin hurriedly went down the stairs to help the two of them, and soothed them with good words. Fan asked him how to deal with Youjun.
"Please follow the example of Yao Zen Shun and give up the imperial throne to the spot check." Zhao Puwei replied, "In the future, treat him well and never live up to the Zhou Room." ”
Zhao Kuangyin added: "I have ordered that no one in the army shall infringe on the Empress Dowager and the Young Master, and I will always serve them with courtesy and will never break my word." ”
Although Fan Qian and Wang Pu are ministers, they are both scholars, with a knife on their necks, how dare they say half a word, trembling and saying that they are willing to serve, and then prepare to arrange the ceremony of receiving Zen.
Zhao Kuangyin also promised them that as long as they did things well, he would never treat them poorly.
In the afternoon of the same day, Fan Qian and Wang Pu summoned hundreds of civil and military officials to the court and stood on the left and right. After a while, Shi Shouxin, Wang Xunqi and others surrounded Zhao Kuangyin and calmly ascended to the hall.
The Zen position ceremony began, and Zhao Pu suddenly found that there was no Zen position edict.
Zen position ceremony, there is no Zen position edict, this is a big joke, I don't know if Fan Qian and Wang Pu deliberately want to see Zhao Kuangyin make jokes? Still in a panic, something went wrong. Fortunately, there was a person who made up for this mistake in time, this person was Tao Gu, the Hanlin Cheng Commander, and I saw him take out the Zen position edict from his sleeve and hand it to Dou Yi, the soldier of the army. Dou Yi took the edict and began to proclaim it in public:
Destiny is destined to push the public Zen position. There is the envoy of Guide Jiedu, the inspection in front of the palace, and the concurrently inspection of the imperial lieutenant Zhao Kuangyin, who has the posture of heaven and longitudinal, has the watch of divine martial arts, assists Sejong, and fights in the south and the north, and the eastern conquest and the west, and has made great achievements. Benevolence has returned to heaven and earth, and the world has returned to the heart. Ying Tianshun people, imitating Yao Shun, Zen is located in Zhao Kuangyin.
After Dou Yi finished reading, Xuanhui led Zhao Kuangyin to retreat to the north to receive the edict of the Zen throne.
Immediately, someone stepped forward to put on the crown for Zhao Kuangyin, put on a dragon robe, hugged to the Chongyuan Hall, sat on the dragon chair that only the emperor could sit, and accepted the congratulations of civil and military officials.
Zhao Kuangyin officially ascended the throne as emperor, and the first thing was to fix the country. He served as an envoy to the German army, and his territory was in Song Prefecture, so he took the character "Song" from Song Prefecture and called the new dynasty "Song".
Legend has it that there was a Huashan hermit Chen Tuo Laozu, riding a donkey through Bianzhou, and when he heard that Zhao Kuangyin was made emperor by the Zen Dynasty, he fell off the back of the donkey with joy, clapped his hands and laughed: "The world has been peaceful since then!" "Say, get up from the ground, turn over the donkey, and whip it up. When the people heard his words, they believed even more that Zhao Kuangyin was the destiny Allah, and they were very happy in their hearts, looking forward to a good life in the future.
After Zhao Kuangyin came to the throne, there were five countries in the Central Plains, in addition to the Zhao and Song dynasties, the Northern Han, the Southern Tang, the Southern Han, and the Later Shu; There is also a Liao state in the north, and the rest are three towns in the south, namely Wuyue, Jingnan, and Hunan. Later, Zhao Kuangyin dispatched troops and eliminated them in turn.