To tell the story of the Liao Kingdom, we must mention the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty was a rather bizarre dynasty. The economic strength is very strong, but the national strength is very weak.
In fact, at the beginning, Song was not much weaker, and it was also a relatively strong country. In particular, their second-generation emperor Zhao Kuangyi, also known as Zhao Guangyi, was also called Zhao Jiong.
Zhao Guangyi's birth is more magical. It felt a bit like Greek mythology. Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi's mother dreamed of a god at night, held a sun in her hand, and gave it to her, and the next day she became pregnant. As greek mythology says, there is a sense of pregnancy.
Zhao Guangyi is the embodiment of the sun, so when he was born, his face was full of red light, and the alley was full of strange fragrances. This is in line with a situation where the gods descend from the heavens.
As a mortal god, Zhao Guangyi has been able to shock the people around him since he was a child. Many people are willing to fight for him, and they are afraid and respectful of him.
Zhao Guangyi was zhao Kuangyin's younger brother, and it was reasonable to say that the throne would not generally pass to him. So how did he become emperor?
When Zhao Kuangyin mutinied at the bridgehead, Zhao Guangyi was also in the ranks of this mutiny. Later, Zhao Guangyi supported his brother Zhao Kuangyin as emperor of the Song Dynasty.
Zhao Guangyi did not directly obtain a high status because he was a relative of the emperor and the state. Zhao Guangyi started from the grassroots level and became the King of Jin step by step, with a position above the prime minister.
One day, Zhao Guangyi's brother Zhao Kuangyin called Zhao Guangyi to the palace for a drink. Drinking too late, the two of them went to sleep in the same room. The next morning, Zhao Kuangyin died.
At that time, the most powerful of the imperial relatives was the King of Jin, so he became Zhao Guangyi, the Emperor of Song. After becoming emperor, Zhao Guangyi pardoned many people who Zhao Kuangyin wanted to punish, and promoted his old ministry.
The two brothers can drink until they die, and the relationship must be particularly good. Therefore, I think that the matter of Zhao Kuangyin is definitely a natural event.
But our Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi's ability is not just to drink dead brothers. He had very outstanding military talent. It was Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi who ended the chaotic division era of china's five dynasties and ten kingdoms.
After succeeding to the throne, Zhao Guangyi first used political pressure to take Zhangzhou and Quanzhou. Then he used the imperial conquest to end the Northern Han Dynasty. Take advantage of the victory to pursue, and directly pound the land of Yanyun.
As a result, at this moment, someone finally blocked his forward steps. This person who blocked Zhao Guangyi's forward steps was the great general of the Liao Kingdom, Brother Yelü!