Since Xia Qi took over the throne from Yu, Chinese history has entered the situation of the family world, and after that, unless the dynasty coups, or completely disappeared, it is the inheritance of a family and a surname, the beautiful name is Zen Rang, in fact, it is force coercion, but history is not necessarily static, before the Chen Qiao Mutiny, zhao Kuangyin, who was dressed in yellow robes, there was also a king, who inherited the throne in the name of a foreign relative, during the reign, he worked hard, restored the people's livelihood internally, conquered the four sides abroad, and was oppressed for hundreds of years. It seems that he has seen the glory of the Sheng Tang, but unfortunately the illness of Longtai is ill, and he died young, and finally selected the orphan minister, the righteous son Zhao Kuangyin Chen Qiao mutiny to establish the Northern Song Dynasty, but unfortunately Zhao Kuangyin did not finish his road, Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures are still in the hands of the Liao State, the Great Song, but it is only the inheritance of the Later Zhou, and the proud emperor, called Chai Rong.
Chai Rong, born in a rich family in Hebei, when he was young, his family fell in the middle of the road, he defected to his aunt, his uncle was the founder of the Later Zhou Dynasty, Guo Wei, Chai Rong was loyal and cautious, helping Guo Wei deal with many things, plus Guo Wei had no son, he treated Chai Rong as his own son. At that time, Guo Wei was in financial difficulties, so Chai Rong did business in Jiangling and other places, learning riding and shooting skills, and later as an adult, he followed Guo Wei to join the army. In 947, the Later Han dynasty was established, Guo Wei was awarded the Privy Council for military merit, became a feudal official, and in the following years, he was repeatedly promoted, behind the glory, it was the cold blood of the emperor, by 950, Guo Wei had been sealed, and the only thing waiting for him was the gong gao zhen lord. In that year, the Later Han Emperor killed all the Guo Wei who remained in Taiyuan, and All of Chai Rong's descendants were killed, forcing Guo Wei to rebel and playing the name of the Qing Emperor's side, Chai Rong naturally followed his uncle, or at this time called Yi Father to raise an army, and soon occupied Kaifeng, Yicheng and other places, so Later Zhou was established. Chai Rong's identity was the crown prince, that is, the first heir of Later Zhou, naturally some people blocked, but with Guo Wei's trust, coupled with the help of Empress Chai, in 753, the prime minister who opposed Chai Rong was degraded, Chai Rong was crowned king of Jin, basically already nailed down, in the first month of 754, Guo Wei was seriously ill, and handed over Later Zhou to Chai Rong, at this point, Chai Rong became the Emperor of Later Zhou, known as Zhou Shizong.
Later Han and Later Zhou naturally did not share the heavens, and after learning of the national mourning, Later Han decided to take advantage of Chai Rong's just ascending the throne and had the opportunity to destroy him, so he united with the Liao state to send troops, Chai Rongli defied the public opinion, and the imperial conquest was personally ensued, and the two sides fought a big battle in Gaoping. At the beginning of the war, some people surrendered, the right army general Fan Aineng and others fled, the army was greatly moved, at a dangerous moment, Chai Rong was not in danger, killed the fleeing people on the verge of battle, personally boosted morale, and Zhao Kuangyin and others rushed to the death, morale was available, and finally broke the Northern Han army, turned the crisis into safety, and then turned with reinforcements, the Liao state saw that things could not be violated, so it withdrew. Subsequently, Chai Rong took advantage of the situation to besiege Taiyuan, but did not conquer it, coupled with the obstruction of the Liao state, and finally withdrew, Chai Rong's division returned to the dynasty, this battle laid his throne, and began internal reforms. Chai Rong was very ambitious and ambitious, and once said to the minister, "Ten years to expand the world, ten years to feed the people, ten years to bring peace." To achieve this goal. Chai Rong can be said to be dedicated and scrappy. The first is to reorganize the army, and the Battle of Gaoping made Chai Rong realize that the army's combat ability is not good, so under the organization of Zhao Kuangyin and others, the forbidden army was formed, and at the same time, the army was constantly trained, adopting the strategy of first south and then north, first easy and then difficult.
In 955, Chai Rong sent troops to Western Shu, the early stage of the war was scorching, Chai Rong sent Zhao Kuangyin to inspect, and finally thought that it was victorious, and sure enough, in September of the same year, the Great Destruction of Hou shu and the capture of Fengzhou. Subsequently, Chai Rong sent troops to the Southern Tang Dynasty, the soldiers divided the road, the three southern conquests of the Southern Tang had no power to fight back, claiming to inherit the Southern Tang, and finally asked for peace, cut off the throne, and claimed to be the lord of the Southern Tang. This provided a guarantee for the subsequent attack on the north, and the Southern Tang was no longer able to take the initiative to attack, and could only hold on, so Chai Rong was determined to send troops to the north. His goal was the Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures that countless Han people had in mind. This time, the Liao state was in internal contradictions, and had no time to take care of the frontier, coupled with the fact that the Later Zhou generals were like clouds, morale was high, and the momentum along the way was like a bamboo. In just forty-two days, it swept away dozens of counties outside Youzhou City, determined to send troops to Youzhou, and achieved success in the first battle, but as a result, it became infected with illness and had no choice but to withdraw.
Who would have thought that this retreat would be forever, and after returning to Kaifeng, Zhao Kuangyin was appointed as the inspector of the palace, and the eldest son was the king of Liang, and then he died in a hurry, and the Chinese New Year's Eve was nine years old, and the succession was only six years. It can be said that later the Northern Song Dynasty was able to establish a political power and unify the eight states, which was standing on the shoulders of giants, claiming that Chai Rong, who had pacified the world for thirty years, had already suppressed the four sides in six years. However, to say that Chai Rong's political achievements, in addition to conquest, to restore the people's livelihood, the most critical point is to destroy the Buddha again, three wu and one sect to destroy the Buddha, three wu is three wu emperors, plus the later Zhou Shizong Chai Rong, it can be said that the existence of the Buddha Gate is indeed not conducive to the people's livelihood, the Buddha Gate at that time in order to accumulate wealth, expanded wildly, claiming to enter the Buddha Gate without paying taxes, and then frantically annexing land, for a time, the Central Plains Of the Land Buddha Gate is numerous, and the Buddha Gate is no different from the big landlords, but also plundered a large number of labor, financial resources, which is eager to restore the people's livelihood, For Chai Rong, who conquered the four directions, it was natural that it was something that could solve the urgent need, so the Buddhist gate was opened, and it was forbidden to cross the monks and nuns privately, which must be evidenced by the official government's ferry, and at the same time, a large number of temples were abolished, and the monks and nuns were returned to the world. At that time, Buddhism claimed to cast Buddha statues in bronze, which could indicate piety. The currency in circulation at that time was copper coins, which of course was also strictly prohibited. After announcing the criteria for monasticism, with the consent of the elders in the family, and reciting certain Buddhist scriptures, this greatly improved the level of monks, distinguishing between monks who only wanted to make money and monks who were dedicated to cultivation, and at this point, the expansion of Buddhism that spread around the world was stopped. It can be said that this move saved hundreds of thousands of young and middle-aged laborers, obtained a large amount of land and property, and provided short-term logistical guarantees for Chai Rong to do things.
What Chai Rong did not expect was that his righteous son was more ambitious than him, not long after his death, Chen Qiao's soldiers fell ill, took away the power of Later Zhou, and established the Southern Song Dynasty, this righteous son also conquered the four sides, destroyed Hou Shu, Pingnan Tang, Bingfa Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, unfortunately, unfortunately, returned from defeat, the final Northern Song Dynasty, was thus stuck in the neck of the Liao State, and Youzhou, or hundreds of years later, Zhu Yuanzhang withdrew from the Mongols, I have to say, sighing, I think, history is always regrettable, right? If Sejong had another ten years, I am afraid that the whole world would be unified.