The emperor intended to kill the general, and the counselor gave him a plan, so the general escaped.

Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty, was a very talented person. It seems easy for him to get the throne, but in fact it is not easy. If you can ascend to the throne by wearing a yellow robe, why is the yellow robe worn on Zhao Kuangyin, not others? This is inseparable from Zhao Kuangyin's own strategy and efforts. Zhao Yinhong, a general of the Five Dynasties, was Zhao Kuangyin's father. His ancestors were officials in the Tang Dynasty. In fact, Zhao Kuangyin's background is not low.

Zhao Yuan was a captain of the imperial army in the later Tang Dynasty, and later served as the commander of the imperial army in the later Han Dynasty. As the second generation of officials, Zhao Kuangyin could actually live a small life with his father's resources, but Zhao Kuangyin did not choose to do so. When Zhao Kuangyin grew up, he decided to start his own business. He left his well-fed home and began to travel around.

When traveling, Zhao Kuangyin had a hard time. Sometimes he didn't even have a place to spend the night. On this day, Zhao Kuangyin went to Xiangyang, because he didn't have much money, so he had to choose to spend the night in the ruined temple. What he didn't expect was that this night turned out to be a turning point in his fate. There lived an old monk in the ruined temple. The old monk looked at Zhao Kuangyin and earnestly told him that as long as you keep going north, you will meet your noble people.

Early the next morning, Zhao Kuangyin went north to Yecheng and met two distinguished people: Guo Wei, the envoy of Tianxiong Army, and Chai Rong, the adopted son of Guo Wei. These two men, one gave him the capital to wear a yellow robe, and the other taught him how to wear it.

Since taking refuge in Guo Wei, Zhao Kuangyin has been highly valued, so he can become one of the backbone figures in the army. From beginning to end, Zhao Kuangyin participated in Guo Wei's road to becoming emperor, which had a great influence on Zhao Kuangyin. Later, Zhao Kuangyin's method of seeking the throne by wearing a yellow robe was actually to learn from Guo Wei, but Guo Wei was really forced to be emperor, while Zhao Kuangyin was pretending to be.

During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, the world was in chaos, and various forces sang and I appeared, and numerous military commanders usurped power. Therefore, after many new emperors ascended the throne, in order to consolidate their position, most of them would get rid of military commanders with excessive power. After Liu Chengyou, a Yin Di of the later Han Dynasty, succeeded to the throne, he was very afraid of the four ministers left by the first emperor and had been looking for opportunities to eradicate them. He managed to kill three, leaving only Guo Wei alive. At that time, Guo Wei had been leading the troops outside, which didn't give Korea a chance.

For Korea's mind, Guo Wei is very clear, if you don't make moves, you can only do nothing, but if you rebel and worry that your men are unwilling to take risks with you, what should you do? Just when Guo Wei was at his wit's end, Wei Renpu, his counselor, put forward a plan: he asked Guo Wei to forge an imperial edict, pretending that Han ordered Guo Wei to kill all the soldiers. Hearing this, Guo Wei immediately complied. Sure enough, the soldiers were very angry when they knew it. They all told Guo Wei that they were willing to fight with Guo Wei, and Zhao Kuangyin was among them.

In the third year (950), Guo Wei sent his troops to the south, conquered the capital city of Bianliang in the later Han Dynasty, and made Liu clan emperor for a pretence. In order to win over the National Government, Guo Wei led an army northward in the name of resisting the northern Khitan. In Zhaizhou, Guo Wei's soldiers launched a mutiny, and Guo Wei was given a yellow robe. In the first year of Guang Shun (95 1), Guo Wei officially ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, with the title of Zhou. It can be said that the process of Guo Wei's accession to the throne greatly encouraged Zhao Kuangyin.