During the establishment of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Pu made great contributions; With Zhao Pu's qualifications, he is the most qualified to stand up and speak up.

However, Zhao Pu is Zhao Pu, he is not Wei Zheng, he is not Bao Zheng, he is Zhao Pu, and he will only make choices based on his own interests; Therefore, his conduct in history was defiled and criticized by later generations; And people like Wei Zheng and Bao Zheng are the benchmarks praised by later generations.

Zhao Pu pondered again and again, feeling that the next B item could not be chosen; Although Zhao Tingmei now seems to be in the position of the prince, this is just Zhao Guangyi's last resort.

In order to support his legitimacy to obtain the throne, Zhao Guangyi had to arrange for Zhao Tingmei to be Kaifeng Yin.

Zhao Guangyi's theory of ascending the throne as emperor is "brother to brother and brother to brother", that is, the elder brother dies and the younger brother becomes the emperor.

Since this theory is to be maintained, Zhao Guangyi, who has just ascended the throne, cannot be too explicit in terms of safeguarding his own interests and face; In folk words, even if the tiger wears Buddha beads, it has to be worn for a few days, waiting for the future to show its grandeur.

For this reason, Zhao Guangyi put his younger brother Zhao Tingmei in the position of the prince and made him the Yin of Kaifeng Mansion to continue to deduce the logic of "brother to brother and brother".

Ran Cheng is also Xiao He is also Xiao He, Zhao Guangyi is the supreme emperor; He can make Zhao Tingmei the prince and take him down as a "puppet", which is probably why Zhao Tingmei died of sorrow.

The monarch let the ministers die, and the ministers had to die, and the traditional cultural morality of the feudal dynasty was vividly expressed in the first half of the Great Song Dynasty.

If Zhao Pu chooses item B, it is not in line with Zhao Guangyi's true wishes.

In this way, it seems that the options for the three questions A, B, and C are not too difficult, and Zhao Pu's decisive choice of C item is not a final word?

Zhao Pu's choice of item C is completely in line with Zhao Guangyi's wishes, and Zhao Pu is not Jiang Taigong sitting on the phase? What is the reason, reasonableness, and what does it have to do with Zhao Pu? As long as you Zhao Guangyi are happy, you can't care if you want to pass the throne to the alien Zhao Pu.

But things are not so simple, if Zhao Pu chooses item C, then Zhao Guangyi's legitimacy to inherit the throne will be gone; Zhao Guangyi inherited the throne as a "brother to brother"!

This seems to be a dilemma, and no matter how it is answered, it will offend the suspicious emperor in front of him; What's more, the two were once inextricably rivals in the political arena, and when Zhao Pu made Zhao Kuangyin the prime minister, he repeatedly suggested that he should pass on the imperial power to his son Dezhao or Defang; And not the so-called "brother to brother".

Regarding Zhao Kuangyin's establishment of Zhao Guangyi as the crown prince, there have been endless disputes in the market for thousands of years; Some people say that the reason why Zhao Kuangyin did this was completely to follow the last words of his mother, Empress Dowager Du, before her death.

But no one has ever seen what Empress Dowager Du's last words were before her death, and it is said that Zhao Pu acted as a record officer at that time, and only Zhao Pu knew.

Since Zhao Pu knew that Empress Dowager Du had the last words of "brother to brother", why did he suggest that Zhao Kuangyin abolish Zhao Guangyi and pass on the throne to his son.

Zhao Pu's suggestion may have caused a lot of shock to Zhao Kuangyin, and Zhao Kuangyin is planning to solve this problem; but died at the age of 49.

Zhao Kuangyin died unexplained, and Zhao Guangyi ascended the throne; After careful planning, Zhao Pu suddenly came up with a so-called "Golden Kui Alliance" to prove the legitimacy of Zhao Guangyi's ascension to the throne.

It is no exaggeration to say that Zhao Guangyi reigned for 22 years, in addition to proving the legitimacy of his ascension to the throne; It is to fight a war with Liao.

Zhao Guangyi fought two battles with the Liao State, both of which ended in defeat; He braided his hair without leaving any glory in history, and later generations had to compare him with Wang Mang; But Zhao Guangyi has always thought that he is very good.

In October 984, Zhao Guangyi's edict was reclusive in Huashan, and the master Chen Tuan entered the court and treated him very well; Moreover, he said to the minister in front of him: "Chen Tuan is good at himself, and does not seek power and profit; He is a transcendent man! ”

After Zhao Guangyi said these words, he sent Chen Tuan to Zhongshu Province (the place where the prime minister office, adhering to the emperor's will, being in charge of confidential information, and issuing the emperor's edict and the highest body of the central government).

At this time, the prime ministers were Song Qi, Li Fang, Song Qi and others saw people outside the world, Chen Qi, and the immortal wind bones; So he calmly asked him: "Mr. has the way of Xuanmo cultivation, can he teach people?" ”

Chen Tuan said: "I, Chen Kuan, am a person from the mountains and wilderness, and I have no use in the world, and I don't know anything about the alchemy of immortals, nor do I know the way of health preservation of breathing and breathing, and there is no magic to teach. Even if the sun rises to heaven, what good will it do for the world! Today's emperor has a beautiful face, has the appearance of the blue sky and the white sun, is well-versed in ancient and modern, and knows the way to control chaos, he is really a benevolent and holy monarch! Just when the monarchs and ministers are working with one heart and one mind to promote education and achieve the great rule of the country, there is nothing better than diligent cultivation! ”

Song Qi played Chen Kuan's words to Zhao Guangyi, and Zhao Guangyi paid more attention to Chen Kuan and gave him the name "Mr. Xiyi".

Chen Jian is a famous hermit in history, but he boasted about Zhao Guangyi's beauty in front of Song Qi and other ministers; It cannot be doubted that this was pre-arranged.

Zhao Guangyi needed Chen Kuan's hermit to brag about selling cards to himself, and sure enough; Soon after Chen Kuan's words came to Bianliang Yimei, Zhao Guangyi planned to follow the example of Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to hold a ceremony to seal Zen on Mount Tai; It was only the disaster of the second hall of Qianyuan and Civilization that Zhao Guangyi's Taishan Zen was not carried out.

Zhao Pu's mind was racing fast, and he tried to calm the fear in his heart; pondered Zhao Guangyi's mind and thought about coping strategies.

Under heavy pressure, he regained his true colors as a master of scheming, and after a moment of silence, Zhao Pu raised his head slightly, and said eleven words carefully: "Taizu has been mistaken, how can Your Majesty allow any more mistakes!" ”

These eleven words can be described as a pearl of words, in the vernacular: Taizu Zhao Kuangyin has done something wrong, how can you do it again!

Zhao Pu's answer is really amazing! Saying that Zhao Kuangyin did something wrong is tantamount to denying the way of "brother to brother", and the implication is that you Zhao Guangyi don't need to pass it on to Zhao Tingmei. But to say that the mistake was made by Zhao Kuangyin is equivalent to saying that Zhao Guangyi's throne really came from Zhao Kuangyin's teaching, and there is nothing wrong with it.

Zhao Guangyi was very satisfied with Zhao Pu's attitude, and after this question and answer; The previous hostile relationship between the two has been greatly resolved, and it can be regarded as a cooperation intention; Next, we can talk about the specific terms of cooperation.

Soon after, Zhao Guangyi took the initiative to summon Zhao Pu and told him a top-secret matter: someone might want to rebel!

Someone in Zhao Guangyi's mouth refers to his younger brother Zhao Tingmei.

After the deaths of Zhao Dezhao and Zhao Defang, Zhao Tingmei became the most embarrassing person, and now, he has become the last obstacle to Zhao Guangyi's succession of sons.

Zhao Tingmei has a noble status on the surface, but in fact, he has been suspicious of his brother, and everyone avoids him, and he can only be a man with his tail between his legs every day.

Objectively speaking, Zhao Tingmei fell into this situation very unjustly, he was only four years older than Zhao Dezhao, and when the two brothers were struggling in front, he was still a child. Even after becoming Kaifeng Yin, he is still keeping to himself, let alone having any political ambitions.

However, the power struggle is so cruel, and his status determines that he is not destined to retreat from the political maelstrom.

In the sixth year of the Taiping Rejuvenation of the Kingdom, someone denounced Zhao Tingmei to Zhao Guangyi, and Zhao Guangyi called Zhao Pu again and asked him how to deal with it.

Zhao Pu understood that this time it was his turn to make conditions for cooperation, and he replied word by word: "The minister is willing to prepare a pivot to detect the treachery!" ”

"Pivot" means center, which literally translates to say: I want to enter the center of power in order to help you guard against traitors.

To put it more clearly, Zhao Pu wants to re-enter the dynasty as prime minister.

Zhao Guangyi will naturally meet Zhao Pu's requirements for his own interests; The next thing is that Zhao Tingmei died of sorrow, and Lu Duoxun was assigned to a remote and evil state, which was also the end of his death.

The intimate cooperation between Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Pu finally achieved their goal, and Zhao Pu wronged Zhao Tingmei under Zhao Guangyi's instructions; solved the enemy Lu Duoxun and avenged his brother-in-law Hou Renbao and son Zhao Chengzong.

After the deaths of Zhao Tingmei and Lu Duoxun successively, Zhao Guangyi seemed to feel that Zhao Pu was not very useful; He was once again removed from the post of prime minister.

People say that the Song Dynasty is the most democratic dynasty, but Song Taizong's turning of hands into clouds and hands for rain can be said to have reached the extreme; The ministers were all played with by him, and Zhao Guangyi was indeed many times stronger than his brother Zhao Kuangyin.

The senior administration hall was immersed in a serious atmosphere, and Song Taizong sat in the dragon chair above the Danqi; His eyes stared at the civil ministers and military generals who stood in two.

Wenchen stands on the left, and the military general stands on the right; The long-winged official hats worn on the heads of the ministers and military generals separated each other by more than a meter.

The long-winged official hat of the Song Dynasty was invented by Zhao Kuangyin, just like the propeller of an airplane, and it was not very convenient for two people next to each other to talk to each other after wearing it; Because the hat wings will touch each other, if you get closer, the hat wings will even draw the other person's face.

This is exactly the effect that Zhao Kuangyin is looking for - don't whisper.

It may be a story that Zhao Kuangyin invented the long-winged official hat, and it seems to find a record of where the long-winged official hat is invented by Zhao Kuangyin; Even the unique style of the hat of the Song Dynasty did not attract much attention from later generations.

Only one copy of "Rotten Talks on the Table" written by the Yuan Dynasty has recorded: "Song and two feet horizontally, with iron wires, Shu Shun when the court meets occasional words" There is no mention of Zhao Kuangyin anything.

So, what exactly is the history of the development of hat wings? According to the archaeologists of the rescue excavation, people before the Shang Dynasty were clothed with heads; In the Shang Dynasty, people felt indecent and began to tie headscarves.

At that time, the turban was a square cloth head with four bands tied at the four corners; The front two straps are tied under the chin, and the back two straps are tied behind the head; This was called a head in those days.

The meaning of the head is to cover the head, or to cover the hair, and it is a simple hat.

After about 2000 years of development, to the Northern Zhou in the second half of the 6th century; Emperor Wu of Zhou, Yu Wenyong, demanded that the wearing method of the head be standardized.

Wrap one corner of the fold from the forehead to the back, and place the two corners at the back of the head to tie the knot; The rest of the corner naturally hangs down the back of the head.

At the same time, soap yarn was used as a regular wear, which was the initial prototype of the black yarn hat in later generations; And the hat of the head has also begun to develop in the direction of "aircraft propellerization".