How did Zhao Guangyi acquire the world?

In 960 AD, Zhao Kuangyin, who was inspected in front of the Temple of the Later Zhou Dynasty, with the support of his generals, launched a mutiny in Chen Qiao, proclaimed himself emperor, and founded the Northern Song Dynasty, with Zhao Kuangyin as Song Taizu. ?

As the founding monarch of a generation, Song Taizu showed the courage of an effective feudal politician to conform to the trend of the times in the process of dealing with complex contradictions, and also showed his great success in realizing reunification and eliminating the evils of the Five Dynasties. In 976 AD, it was the seventeenth year that Zhao Kuangyin established the Song Dynasty. He is over fifty years old. Just when he displayed his talents and made great achievements, he died suddenly, and the cause of death was unknown, leaving a mystery in history.

Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin's death and Zhao Guangyi's succession to the throne, which are closely related to it, have been kept secret in the history of Song Dynasty. There are occasional records in unofficial history's notes, but there are also different opinions, either decorated with extreme profundity or covered with the mystery of the theory of destiny. But most people think it has something to do with his younger brother Zhao Guangyi's seizure of power.

On the evening of October 20th, 1976, there was a heavy snow. Zhao Kuangyin called Zhao Guangyi, king of Jin, to his bedroom to discuss military affairs. The two brothers retired from the bedroom maid, and they poured wine and talked over it. The attendants withdrew from the bedroom door and stood outside. From outside the temple, Zhao Guangyi was seen leaving the room from time to time by candlelight, as if to avoid something. Then he heard the sound of an axe poking the ground, and then Mao loudly said to Zhao Guangyi, "Well done! Well done! " The voice is excited and sad. Later, Zhao Kuangyin died suddenly.

At this time, Zhao Guangyi came out of the room and called the eunuch and the maid-in-waiting: "Ask the queen and the prince!" Soon, the queen and the prince arrived one after another. At this time, Song Taizu died, and everyone burst into tears. At this time, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin was only fifty years old.

How did Song Taizu die? Left a mystery in history. Some people say that it killed Mao, which was spread through the annals of the two lakes. It is said that Mao once asked Bu Yu, a "flickering" chaotic Taoist, "How long can you live?" After calculating the fortune-telling, the Taoist priest said, "As long as the weather is fine on October 20th this year, the life span of 12 years can be extended. If not, you should take immediate measures to deal with the aftermath. " The day in Song Taizu's memory has arrived. In the evening, Song Taizu came to Taiqing Pavilion to watch the astronomical phenomena. At first, the stars were shining, the sky was clear and Mao was very happy. But not long after, he saw the clouds rise and the snow and hail plummeted. Seeing that the situation was not good, Mao hurried back to the bedroom and called the king of Jin into the bedroom. After Guangyi entered the palace, Mao retired the eunuch and maid, and the two brothers drank wine. Looking from a distance outside the temple, I saw the candle shadow shaking red, and the light in the lamp shadow left from time to time, which seemed unbearable. Drumming at midnight after drinking, the snow on the ground was several inches thick. Mao stepped out of the sleeping pavilion and poked the axe into the snow. Chen Wenjing's voice was clearly audible, and he heard a shrill cry: "Well done! Easy to do! " Say and Mao take off your coat went to bed, snoring like thunder. That night, Guangyi didn't leave the palace and stayed until midnight. On the fifth watch, Mao suddenly died. Zhao Guangyi ascended the throne by Zen, known as Song Taizong in history.

Obviously, the prediction of the so-called "chaotic Taoist" is sheer nonsense. According to this statement, Song Taizu's death was attributed to "fate". Wen Ying, a monk in Weeds, dared to write the story of "the sound of candles and axes" at the end of the Song history, which is the courage of an upright historian. However, under the circumstances at that time, you can't shake the bottom straight book unscrupulously, otherwise, you may not even see this note. However, as far as this true rumor itself is concerned, it also reveals an ominous thing-an axe. Did Song Taizu use his father's head to force Zhao Guangyi to succeed to the throne? If not, on the other hand, could it be that Zhao Guangyi experienced a struggle to usurp the throne?

Others say that Mao's back has gangrene and it hurts badly. Guangyi came into the house to visit, and suddenly he saw a female ghost beating his back with her hand. He picked up the axe and cut it at the female ghost, and the female ghost dodged. The axe fell on Mao, gangrene broke and Mao died of pain. ?

Sima Guang's Su Shui Ji simply denied the cause of Mao's death. I have a self-sustaining view on the issue of succession to the throne. He said that on the night of Mao's death, the Queen was beside her. After Mao's death, the Queen of the Song Dynasty quickly sent Wang Jien, the eunuch whom Mao prized before his death, to find Mao's fourth son Fang De. Jude Wong obeyed Yin and Yang, and went to Kaifeng to call Jin Wang Guangyi. When Zhao Guangyi and Wang Jien entered the palace together, Queen Song heard footsteps and asked, "Is Fang here?" ? Wang Jien replied, "The King of Jin has arrived." . When the queen saw the king of Jin, she was stunned at first, and then exclaimed, "Our mother and son's lives were protected by the court!" King Jin cried and said, "* * * is guarding your wealth, don't worry." According to the historian Sima Guang, there was no such thing as a suicide note when Song Taizu died. Guangyi succeeded to the throne purely because of the conspiracy and struggle for the throne within the royal family.

In addition, there is also the saying of "The Alliance of the Golden Chamber", which says that in the second year after the accession to the throne, Du Taihou sent a short message to Mao in view of the lessons of his youngest son's death a week later: "When you (you) are 100 years old, you should spread light righteousness, light righteousness and beauty, and light beauty and virtue (the eldest son died early, this is the second son). The vastness of the husband can make Changjun (the emperor over the age of adulthood) a blessing to society. " Taizu cried and promised: "Dare is better than teaching!" Zhao Pu wrote down the will of the Empress Dowager and hid it in the Golden Chamber.

All the above rumors tell us that Song Taizu's death is indeed recorded in history, but it is only a "mystery of the sound of candles and axes". Wang Yucheng's "Stegosaurus" wrote: "Taizong will collapse, and then Zhao Pu will be called to the sleeping pavilion. Zhao Pu wants to be the son of Taizong ... Later, Taizong heard about it, so there is a gap with Pu." That is to say, Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Pu made an enemy because Zhao Kuangyin summoned Zhao Pu when he died, and Zhao Pu advocated making Zhao Kuangyin's son emperor. Therefore, Zhao Guangyi had long wanted to usurp the throne.

All these indicate that Zhao Guangyi murdered his brother in order to seize the throne. Three days later, Zhao Guangyi acceded to the throne, which is an important figure for Song Taizong.