During the Republic of China period, Li Zongwu wrote a book "Thick Black Studies", in which he explained that most of the emperors in history were people with thick faces and black hands. Earlier, we introduced Zhao Guangyi, the Emperor Taizong of Song, who forced his nephew to die, framed his brother, and relied on this poisonous means to keep his throne. In fact, Zhao Guangyi not only had black hands, but also had extremely thick skin, and actually ignored the facts, bragged about himself, and was beaten in the face by his own father, so what was going on?
Zhao Guangyi's way of ascending the throne was full of controversy, so he constantly released various remarks to reshape his image and want to dress himself as an emperor with both culture and martial arts. In 988, the 50-year-old Zhao Guangyi issued an edict and crowned his four sons as kings. At the same time, Zhao Guangyi also personally wrote an edict instructing his sons. In this edict, Zhao Guangyi publicly boasted of his martial arts and achievements.
Zhao Guangyi said this, "In the sixteenth year of the zhou Dynasty, Jianghuai Weibin, from the Zhaowu Emperor to the south, the army Tunyang, Tai and other prefectures, and several battles. Although he was young, he was armoured, learned to bow horses, and repeatedly clashed with the thieves' army, and there were many people who responded to the strings, and they were all seen in the army. Taizu garrisoned Liuhe, learned of his affairs, and was overjoyed. Eighteen, from Zhou Shizong and Taizu Xiawaqiaoguan, Ying, Mo and other prefectures, also in the march. ”
During the Later Zhou Dynasty, Emperor Chai Rong of Later Zhou personally led an army to conquer southern Tang, and zhao kuangyin and his father Zhao Hongyin, as senior generals of the forbidden army, both participated in the war. Zhao Guangyi said that he was only 16 years old at the time, and he also followed his father Zhao Hongyin on the southern expedition with the army. During his time in Yangzhou and Taizhou, Zhao Guangyi directly participated in the battle, and he also said that he was skilled in bow and horse, high in martial arts, and shot at the enemy army many times, which can be said to be an arrow without false hair.
At that time, Zhao Kuangyin led the troops to garrison Liuhe, and after receiving the news that his brother had participated in the battle and killed the enemy, he was very happy and clapped his thighs and applauded. Two years later, Later Zhou Shizong Chai Rong led the Northern Expedition, and Zhao Kuangyin was deployed as a land and water capital, responsible for commanding the forbidden army, and Zhao Guangyi said that he also participated in the war. If you believe Zhao Guangyi's statement, you will definitely think that he is a young hero, who went to battle to kill the enemy in his teens, and can be called a tiger! However, this is not the case!
According to historical records, during Zhao Hongyin's conquest of the Southern Tang Dynasty, he was not interested in money, but went around collecting books, which he originally wanted to give to his son Zhao Guangyi. After Banshi returned to the dynasty, Zhao Hongyin "returned to Emperor Taizong". That is to say, Zhao Hongyin indirectly proved that Zhao Guangyi did not participate in the war against the Southern Tang at all. In addition, there are loopholes in Zhao Guangyi's paragraph, mainly in terms of time.
Zhao Guangyi was born in October 939, and Zhao Hongyin and Zhao Kuangyin conquered the Southern Tang Dynasty in 956, when Zhao Guangyi was already eighteen years old. The conquest of the Khitan took place in 959, and Zhao Guangyi was already 21 years old, not at all the teenage he said. If Zhao Guangyi had participated in these battles, he would have definitely been promoted, but his official position before the Chen Qiao Mutiny was very low. Zhao Guangyi's military actions, which he claimed to be the empress, further exposed that he would not fight at all.
At the Battle of the Gaoliang River, Zhao Guangyi's military deployment went awry, leading to the total collapse of the Song army. In the course of the battle, Emperor Taizong of Song fled in a hurry, was hit by an arrow in the leg, and fled for his life in a donkey cart, and was once separated from the main force. Later, Zhao Guangyi did not dare to go to the battlefield again, but instead made a formation map and let the front-line generals fight according to the formation map. As a result, practice has proved that the front-line generals did not follow the formation map, but instead won the victory, and according to the formation map, they were completely defeated.
References: 1. History of the Song Dynasty; "Continuation of the Zhizhi TongjianChang"