Is it really because of rumors that Zhao Kuangyin won the post-Zhou Dynasty?

In the Five Dynasties, the chaos of the world had begun, and the popular emperor strengthened Mazhuang. Chai Rong, the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty, believed in mourning, and Chai Zongxun, the successor, was too young to be eight years old. Being in troubled times, not only failed to solve the world disputes, but also there were dozens of separatist forces in the north and south of Qidan, so the leaders of various armies in the Zhou Dynasty chose to support Zhao Kuangyin, which led to the later mutiny in Chen Qiao and the founding of Dasong.

A long-planned secret trick, everything is under Zhao Kuangyin's control!

After the demise of the Tang Dynasty, the Liang, Tang, Jin, Han and Friday dynasties were only in their early fifties, and each dynasty lasted only ten years. The average reign time of each emperor is less than four years. What a mess! Except for the Liang Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, which are two rivals, the other regimes of Tang, Jin, Han and Thursday all have internal evolution relations, similar to the Song and Zhou Dynasties.

In 960 AD, an urgent report suddenly reached Kyoto, claiming that an army of Liao and the army of Northern Han invaded the border areas. Empress Fu, who was in charge, had no definite view, so she called Prime Minister Fan Ju to discuss countermeasures. Fan Ju suggested to Empress Dowager Cixi that Zhao Kuangyin, who was in charge of the inspection before the temple at that time, should go to war.

After the decree was issued, Zhao Kuangyin refused to accept it because his troops were insufficient. Because Zhao Kuangyin followed Sejong in the north and south, and made meritorious military service repeatedly, he had great prestige in North Korea. I can't be too forced, so I have to compromise and award Qiu this position that can mobilize the national military forces.

At this time, it is widely rumored in Kyoto that "the day of leaving the army will be the emperor", and the officials of the DPRK and China are already worried. Zhao Kuangyin is not in North Korea, but he knows everything that happened in Kyoto. He made this move only to create chaos in North Korea and give him a chance to make the soldiers who followed him make up their minds to rebel.

"Biography of Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty" records: "The schools listed by the imperial court say that the armies have no owners and are willing to make Qiu the son of heaven." Not quite right. Some of them are wearing yellow clothes and Mao's body. Long live the crowd. "

It's time for the mutiny to begin. His cronies began to inspire the morale of the army, and the soldiers' emotions were quickly stirred up and the mutiny was successful. Since you want to oppose it, you have to have a sense of ritual, so there is a "yellow robe plus body" behind it. Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Pu saw that morale was greatly boosted, that is, they ordered their cronies to wear yellow robes prepared in advance, bowed down to Zhao Kuangyin and shouted long live.

Zhao Kuangyin repeatedly refused, but had to accept. He said helplessly, "I have orders. Can I obey? " All the soldiers are obedient. So he immediately led the army back to Kyoto. Shi Shouxin, the chief commander of the capital, and others are Zhao's brothers. When they saw him leading them back to Beijing, they immediately opened the door to meet them. Only Han Tong, the deputy commander, wanted to lead troops to resist, and was killed by the king.

After controlling the emperor, empress dowager and ministers, Zhao Kuangyin restrained his subordinates from looting and disturbing the people, and treated the empress dowager and the little emperor well, so he won the support of officials in the latter week. Soon, Zhao Kuangyin became emperor, reduced the Duke of Zhou to the King of Zheng, and established the Dasong Dynasty. At the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty, the generals before and after, such as Murong and Han, were all honored as new emperors. Only a few fans rebelled in the town, but they were soon wiped out. In less than half a year, the situation in the former Houzhou ruling area was basically stable.

A brand of Xiao Mu pushed Zhao Kuangyin to the position of the first man in the army, which laid the groundwork for political chaos.

Although the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms is an era bigger than fists, not everyone can have a chance to try the dragon robe. Holding his head in hand, he followed Zhou Shizong and Chai Rong to the north, and let himself step by step into the military circle of the Zhou Dynasty. This is very important, the army pays attention to the relationship between the superior and the subordinate, and Zhao Kuangyin has no hard personal prestige, so there is no way to talk about anything.

Song Shi: In six years, Sejong made a Northern Expedition, and both land and water were deployed. First, he went to Waqiaoguan, surrendered the garrison commander Yao Neibin, led thousands of soldiers to kill him, and closed Nanping. Sejong is in the Tao, reading the documents of the Quartet, and getting the bag of Wei. Among them, there are more than three feet of wood, and the title is "stop and be the son of heaven", which is different.

One of the most important events for Zhao Kuangyin is the famous Xiao Mu card, which reads "Cha Wei Di". Some historical materials say that it reads "Cha Wei Di". This story is a muddled account, so far no one can restore the truth. This prediction made Chai Rong nervous when he was seriously ill. In order to eliminate hidden dangers, he removed Zhang Yongde from his post as an inspector in front of the temple and let Zhao Kuangyin take over. From then on, Zhao Kuangyin became the first person in the army.

For a long time, there have been different opinions about this puzzling little block of wood. Some say Zhang Yongde did it, others say Zhao Kuangyin did it. However, no matter what kind of statement, there are unexplained places, which has become a permanent mystery.

A rumor made Zhao Kuangyin easily gain the command of the army, and political chaos was successfully implemented

In the first month of the seventh year of Xiande, the news suddenly came from Kaifeng, the capital: Qidan United with the Northern Han Dynasty and transferred troops to the south! At this point, Chai Rong had just died. After getting the news, the ministers panicked. Finally, at the suggestion of Fan Ju and others, it was decided that the imperial army led by Zhao Kuangyin would go north to defend the enemy.

Mao and Cao Bin defeated the Jiangnan Army at the gate. Congratulations to Ambassador Qidan with a captain and Xing. B Wei, Cao Binke rose to the state, captured the master of the country, and Nanping, the 19th, 3rd and 18th counties of Fande, with 655,600 households.

Facts have proved that the so-called Khitan invasion is a rumor. Zhao Kuangyin and his party went to see Chen Qiaoyi and put on their yellow robes. They didn't fight the Khitan at all, and there was no post-invasion of the Khitan.

So what's the point of this rumor? Give command of Zhao Kuangyin's army! In ancient times, military posts were not equal to military power, which was usually in the hands of emperors, and the right to adjust troops was separated. The general only has unified military power and cannot transfer troops. If they want to transfer troops, they must be under the command of the emperor.

That is to say, although Zhao Kuangyin has a military rank, he can't mobilize the army without the emperor's military emblem. Because of this rumor, Zhao Kuangyin got the soldier's code, and then Zhao Kuangyin was a really terrible tiger!

A pair of orphans and widows, resigned to their fate alone, had to give in easily.

Chai Rong died, leaving a pair of orphans and widows. The emperors who succeeded him were Chai Zongxun, who was only seven years old, and Empress Dowager Fu Xiao. Guo Wei, the founding emperor of the Zhou Dynasty, was miserable. Due to Liu Chengyou's suspicion, Yin Di's whole family was killed, including several of his sons, leaving only one adopted son, Chai Rong. So after Guo Wei's death, he passed the throne to his adopted son Chai Rong.

This situation caused the royal family to be quite weak. After Chai Rong's death, Chai Zongxun, who lacked the support of the royal family, could only pin her hopes on the ministers. After Zhao Kuangyin succeeded to the throne, his mother, Du Taihou, bluntly pointed out: When you ascend to the throne, you are actually bullying other people's orphans and widows!

A group of worthless civil servants can't do anything, and they are used to changing flags and being king over the city.

Originally, Chai Rong had high hopes for the civilian group headed by Fan Ju, Wei Renpu and wang pu. However, these civilian groups are powerless in the face of force, and they are very incompetent. Zhao Kuangyin lied, and they were easily deceived.

When they returned to Kaifeng, the ministers collectively knelt down and accepted the fact that they had replaced the Zhou Dynasty. The only resistance was Han Tong, deputy commander of "Ma bu" or horse stance just look, who was finally killed by Wang Shenqi.

It is a bit unfair to condemn these ministers simply by moral standards. In the Five Dynasties, the scene of the flag changing on the city head came once every few years, and everyone was numb. If everyone boycotted, it wouldn't be crowded.

The most typical example is Feng Dao, known as the "tumbler", who served ten emperors all his life. No matter who came to power, he greeted them on his knees, including the Khitans. In the deep meaning of Feng Dao, he has lost the concept of national subjugation. He defined his obligation as: assisting the monarch with his own skills. It doesn't matter to me that the monarch dies!

Including them, there are a large number of ministers who have the same idea with him. When they entered Kaifeng, they only asked to be kind to Chai's descendants, and they collectively surrendered.

A deformed era, the sequela of the forces of the late Tang Dynasty.

Military commanders affect the national movement and are the cancer of the Five Dynasties and Ten Countries. The disease began in the late Tang Dynasty, when the provinces were separated. After the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, the forces of the buffer region fell into uncontrollable madness, and finally evolved into warlord forces, which eventually swallowed up the Tang Dynasty.

It is recorded in the history of the Song Dynasty that Sejong was unprepared, but returned to the capital, worshipped Taizu as an examiner, and made spot checks in front of the temple to replace Yongde. Emperor Gong acceded to the throne and returned to Germany to save time and stop school.

After the Tang Dynasty, the Five Dynasties still could not eliminate the forces of the buffer region, and social unrest intensified the development of the separatist forces. Not only the mutual iteration of the Five Dynasties was influenced by the warlord forces, but also the fierce struggle between the forces of the buffer regions was filled in each dynasty. As a result of this situation, few of the Five Dynasties succeeded to the throne in accordance with legal procedures, and most of them came to power through military and political chaos.

Evaluating the mutiny in Chen Qiao, Zhao Kuangyin is actually the epitome of that era! This is also the reason why after the establishment of the Northern Song Dynasty, he has been committed to military reform and constantly weakened the power of military commanders. If the problem is not solved, there will be another Liu Kuangyin and Li Kuangyin. Being able to easily replace Zhou Hou's position, on the one hand, his personal position already has the conditions to replace Zhou, on the other hand, this is also the result of his careful planning. More importantly, the social environment has given Zhao Kuangyin a chance!

Although Zhao Kuangyin was the beneficiary of the mutiny, he knew that this trend must be curbed, otherwise Dasong would become the sixth short-lived dynasty after Liang, Tang, Jin and Han. Then, later, the right to quench thirst by drinking poison, the military power of the civilian branch government, the separation of the three officials of the imperial army and so on. This mutiny that has been rampant for 60 or 70 years since the end of the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties finally disappeared, but it also laid a curse for the whole Song Dynasty. Of course, hundreds of years later, it is hard for future generations to blame Zhao Kuangyin.