Chai Rong I became famous. Why didn't you guess that Zhao Kuangyin would usurp the throne?

This has nothing to do with Chai Rong's wisdom, but it has something to do with Chai Rong's trust in Zhao Kuangyin.

Chai Rong has always been regarded as the first wise king of the Five Dynasties. If he didn't die young, it would be Chai Rong, not Zhao Kuangyin, who ended the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. We can only say that Zhao Kuangyin is a historical choice.

The founding monarch of the Later Zhou Dynasty was Guo Wei, and Guo Wei was originally a general of the Later Han Dynasty. However, due to his doubts about Yin Di in the later Han Dynasty, he finally chose the uprising to protect himself, thus establishing the later Zhou Dynasty. Guo Wei is Chai Rong's uncle, and later he adopted Chai Rong as his adopted son. Seeing Chai Rong's ability and having deep feelings for Chai Rong's aunt, I made the decision to pass the throne to Chai Rong.

After Chai Rong ascended the throne, he didn't live up to Guo Wei's expectations and developed the national strength of the Zhou Dynasty to the peak.

At that time, Chai Rong made three "ten-year plans" for himself: "Ten years to create the world, ten years to support the people and ten years of peace"!

If Chai Rong hadn't died young, he would probably have completed these three "Ten-Year Plans", at least he had completed more than half of the first "Ten-Year Plan". Unfortunately, Chai Rong died suddenly after only six years in office.

What was Chai Rong doing before he died? He is negotiating with his men to seize Youzhou. This is his ambition.

Why didn't Chai Rong expect Zhao Kuangyin to usurp the throne? This has nothing to do with his wisdom.

There is a simple reason. No matter how clever Chai Rong is, he is not a god, so he certainly can't guess that Zhao Kuangyin will usurp the throne. However, judging from the historical environment in which military commanders usurped power at that time, Chai Rong should have considered this issue. Considering this problem, why didn't he take corresponding preventive measures?

This is related to Chai Rong's trust in Zhao Kuangyin.

Zhao Kuangyin has been following Guo Wei for a long time and has close ties with Chai Rong. Chai Rong has always regarded Zhao Kuangyin as his confidant, so it can be said that he has absolute trust. So, after Chai Rong acceded to the throne, let Zhao Kuangyin in charge of the imperial army.

What is the Imperial Army? In the next week, it is the most elite army.

Zhao Kuangyin became the commander-in-chief of the imperial army, which means that he became the supreme military commander except Chai Rong in the following week.

If you didn't fully trust Zhao Kuangyin, Chai Rong wouldn't have promoted Zhao Kuangyin in this way.

Moreover, before he died, in order to make Chai Zongxun succeed to the throne smoothly, Chai Rong specially transferred Zhao Kuangyin to do tally before the temple, so that he could guard the imperial city and protect Chai Zongxun. In fact, he regards Zhao Kuangyin as the trustee, which shows Chai Rong's trust in Zhao Kuangyin.

Chai Rong's idea is simple. I trust Zhao Kuangyin, so I believe that Zhao Kuangyin will not be unkind to Chai Zongxun and will never do anything wrong to me.

However, Chai Rong obviously underestimated a person's ambition.

After Chai Rong's death, it can be said that his bones were not cold, so Zhao Kuangyin and his men launched a mutiny in Chen Qiao, and then he became emperor with a yellow robe.

Have to say, Zhao Kuangyin failed to live up to Chai Rong's trust, or Chai Rong underestimated Zhao Kuangyin's ambition, so history chose Zhao Kuangyin.