In other words, an uninvited guest came to a ruined temple on the outskirts of Kaifeng. In the dark of night, the presiding old monk was sleeping, when he suddenly heard the sound of creeping in the vegetable field outside the window. Could there be wild boars to make trouble? The old monk rolled over and sat up, put on his clothes, lit the lamp, and looked out the window. At that time, the soldiers were in chaos, and this small country temple had not received any alms for several years. In order to survive, the old monk had to get up early and greedily serve a few acres of vegetable fields. Every few days, I will pick a load of vegetables and vegetables into the city to change some rice and boil some thin porridge. The vegetable field is the lifeblood of the old monk.
The old monk held the lamp in one hand and the lamp in the other, and slowly moved towards the vegetable field. Seeing the black shadow squirming in front of him, and seeing that the lights had not even escaped, the old monk was very annoyed. This wild boar is also too arrogant. But the wild boar was fierce, and the old monk did not dare to come closer. The old monk picked up a large stone and smashed it with all his might. Suddenly, I heard a "Oops" sound. It's like a personal voice!
The old monk walked forward tremblingly, and where the lights were illuminated, he found a big man with a yellow face and thin muscles staring at himself angrily, still holding the tender lettuce that the old monk had painstakingly planted for several months.
The old monk smiled and hurriedly beckoned the big man into the house and asked what was going on. Why did a big man fall to the point of stealing vegetables in the middle of the night?
This big Han was called Zhao Kuangyin, and yes, thirteen years later, it was this big Han who stole vegetables and established the most prosperous and rich song dynasty in Chinese history. People often refer to him as Song Taizu.
When Song Taizu was still Zhao Kuangyin, it was a miserable few days. Zhao Kuangyin's father was an official at the level of the head of the Central Guard Regiment, and Zhao Kuangyin was also regarded as having no worries about food and clothing from an early age. However, Zhao Kuangyin had few ambitions and was dissatisfied with the life of the second ancestor who lived all day long to stretch out his hands and eat to open his mouth. Last year, 21-year-old Zhao Kuangyin bid farewell to his parents and stormed the rivers and lakes, vowing to create a career with his personal strength!
Unfortunately, the ideal is beautiful, and the reality is cruel. Five generations of princes attacked each other, displaced people were everywhere, and the fields were barren. It's easy to start from scratch. In desperation, Zhao Kuangyin turned to his father's friend Suizhou to assassinate Shi Dong Zongben. Zhao Kuangyin was a brash man and proficient in martial arts, and soon won the favor of Suizhou officials. This angered Dong Zongben's son Dong Zunzhi. Under dong zunzhi's exclusion, Zhao Kuangyin had to leave Suizhou. After working in Suizhou for several months, Dong Zongben only managed the meal and did not pay Zhao Kuangyin's salary.
Zhao Kuangyin sold knives and horses, and reluctantly came to Fengxiang Mansion to find another friend of his father, Jiedushi Wang Yanchao. Wang Yanchao let Zhao Kuangyin have a full meal, and then he gave out ten thousand dollars and sent Zhao Kuangyin away. Wang Yanchao is a person who likes to be more real, and his subordinates will never raise idle people, in Wang Yanchao's view, Zhao Kuangyin is a second-generation official who does not learn and has no skills. Zhao Kuangyin had a very high self-esteem, was very angry, and was still grumpy many years later. But at that time, Zhao Kuangyin had no way to help. Looking at the world, where is his place for Zhao Kuangyin?
Zhao Kuangyin thought of going home, even if he was humiliated, he would not starve to death. However, when she left home, her mother gave Zhao Kuangyin a lot of silver money. Now that my savings have been spent, how can I get home? Wang Yanchao sent ten thousand yuan, but at that time, there were frequent wars and chaos, prices soared, and a bucket of rice cost tens of thousands of dollars. Zhao Kuangyin had eaten a full meal for a few days and began to go hungry again. Zhao Kuangyin ate wild vegetables and drank cold water to beat wild vegetables, and walked for many days half hungry and half full. When I arrived a hundred miles away from Kaifeng City, I found that even wild rookies and beasts could not be found outside the city. After this year, the Han Dynasty replaced the Later Jin Dynasty, and there were several major wars outside Kaifeng, and tens of thousands of people starved to death.
Zhao Kuangyin's stomach was really hungry. Seeing the crisp lettuce in the vegetable field, Zhao Kuangyin really couldn't help it, and he couldn't care about any etiquette, so he plunged into the vegetable field and took a big bite.
After listening to Zhao Kuangyin's narration, the old monk laughed. The old monk asked, "Is lettuce delicious?" Zhao Kuangyin said: "Very brittle, just a little bitter!" The old monk laughed. The old monk cooked on the fire and took out all the only few liters of rice, so that Zhao Kuangyin could eat a full meal. After eating, Zhao Kuangyin went to take a bath, changed into the old monk's robe, and slept comfortably.
Early the next morning, Zhao Kuangyin resigned to the old monk. The old monk gave Zhao Kuangyin a few more vegetable cakes. Zhao Kuangyin was very moved, a single dish cake in the year of war can save a life. Zhao Kuangyin patted his chest and said, "If I succeed in his day, I will definitely build a big temple for the master." (Song Taizu later built a large temple for the old monk, the Song Dynasty royal temple Pu'an Temple) The old monk told Zhao Kuangyin that Guo Wei, a privy councillor in Kaifeng City, was recruiting troops. In a chaotic world, the military has a day to emerge. After hearing this, Zhao Kuangyin gave up the idea of going home and went directly to the military camp to join the army.
Zhao Kuangyin walked on the road, his stomach was full, and his body was warm. At that time, the morning sun was just rising, Zhao Kuangyin was in a comfortable mood, and his poetry was flourishing, and he wrote the only poem in his life: "If you want to come out of the light, thousands of mountains are like fire." Sue went up to the sky, catching up with the meteor and catching up with the moon. It was in this year that Zhao Kuangyin became acquainted with Guo Wei's adopted son Chai Rong (later Zhou Shizong). From then on, he ended his ordinary life and began a legendary life.