The most unacceptable result after hard work is not failure, but the fruits of success being stolen by others......

Counting the emperors of all dynasties, everyone is a unique existence that is different, and some are ruthless; Some people care about the world; Others are too indulgent to extricate themselves...... But if you want to say who among these emperors is the most regrettable, I think Chai Rong of Later Zhou Shizong has the most right to speak.

Chai Rongrong's life, just like the completion of the 25,000-mile Long March, took a lot of hard work to lay half of the country, seeing victory in sight but unfortunately died suddenly, all his life's efforts have made wedding dresses for others, leaving only endless sighs for future generations...... Without further ado, let's unveil the fog of history and enter the life of this "tragic figure......

Chai Rong was born in Yaoshan, Xingzhou, which was originally a wealthy family, but when he was born, his family was in the middle of the road, because his family could not afford to raise him, so Chai Rong grew up in his uncle Guo Wei's family. Chai Rong has been loyal and honest since he was a child, and he is cautious and cautious, and his uncle loves him very much, and even adopts him as an adopted son.

At the age of fifteen, Chai Rong followed in the footsteps of his adoptive father, abandoned business and joined the army, because of his courage and good fighting, he made great achievements, and became a general at the age of twenty-five. In 950 AD, there was a rebellion in the Later Han Dynasty, and Guo Wei, as a general, took the opportunity to send troops to attack Kaifeng, overthrow the Later Han, and establish the Later Zhou. But in this power struggle, Guo Wei's family was killed by the Later Han Emperor, and Chai Rong, who was only thirty-one years old, became the crown prince.

Perhaps it was the arrangement of fate, Guo Wei died of illness after only three years as emperor, Chai Rong sat on the throne naturally, at this time he was young and vigorous, and he was full of enthusiasm and hoped to be able to do a great career, so as soon as he came to power, he set himself a "thirty-year plan" goal, ten years to expand the territory, ten years to improve people's livelihood, ten years to calm the world.

Unlike those "formalistic" emperors who only shouted slogans, Chai Rong was a doer, and the plan began to be implemented as soon as it came out.

At that time, the Northern Han Dynasty colluded with the Khitan to invade the south, and the Later Zhou regime was in danger. On the battlefield, the Northern Han army was violent, and the right wing of Chai Rong's army fled without a fight because of fear, but even in this case, Chai Rong still dared to risk being shot by arrows to supervise the battle with the army.

Chai Rong's approach greatly boosted the morale of the whole army, the soldiers were deeply inspired to kill the enemy bravely, and finally defeated the Northern Han army.

Then Chai Rong began to fight in the south and north in order to realize his ideals, in which when attacking the Southern Tang Dynasty, he planned to personally lead the fleet from the Huai River into the Yangtze River, but in front of him was the silted up Beishen Weir, and dredging the river was a problem. The general who sent the expedition reported that the topography of the river was difficult to carry out the work, and that it would take a lot of manpower, material resources and time to start the construction.

Just when everyone was at a loss, Chai Rong personally went to investigate, and then spent a few days to develop a detailed construction plan, and then the craftsman according to his method only took about ten days to completely dredge the river, and the funds used were far less than the budget, so hundreds of huge warships were able to go straight into the Yangtze River smoothly, after hearing the news, the Southern Tang Dynasty was shocked, thinking that there were gods and gods to help after the week.

Chai Rong reigned for six years, a total of five personal expeditions, all of which achieved outstanding military achievements. He first conquered Western Shu, and it took only four months to occupy the four prefectures of Qin, Feng, Cheng, and Jie; Then there were three expeditions to the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the 14 states of Jiangbei and Huainan were conquered in ten years, and only four years later, the south was basically pacified; Then he looked to the north again, in order to recover the sixteen kingdoms of Yanyun, Chai Rong went north to attack Liao, relying on his outstanding military talent, he only spent more than forty days to take the three states and seventeen counties, and the Liao army was defeated and retreated. Just when victory was in sight, Chai Rong suddenly fell ill, and the army could only return to the dynasty, and what is even more regrettable is that not long after Chai Rong died of illness at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve.

From Chai Rong's life experience, it is not difficult to see that he has an extraordinary talent in military command and is a rare handsome talent, but his ability is not limited to this, in addition to leading troops to fight, he is also very good at governing the country.

When Chai Rong first took over the power, because the emperors of all dynasties had the purpose of self-preservation, the army was corrupt, the soldiers got by, and there was no combat effectiveness at all, and even the dignified royal army was almost composed of old and weak soldiers, these people were not only lazy and lazy, but also could not go to the battlefield to charge into battle. In Chai Rong's words at that time: "Since a hundred farmers can't afford to raise a single soldier, why scrape all the people's fat and ointment to raise so many useless people?" ”

After coming to power, Chai Rong carried out drastic military reforms, he streamlined the troops, let the sturdy soldiers rise to the "upper army", and eliminated all the old, weak, sick and disabled, and at the same time he also recruited brave men from all over the world, and promised generous treatment. Since then, the Central Forbidden Army of the Later Zhou Dynasty has been strong and strong, and its combat effectiveness has been rapidly improved, and then Chai Rong's ability to successfully conquer the world has nothing to do with this downsizing of troops.

If a country wants to be strong, its economy must not be left behind. As the saying goes: If you want to get rich, you must first build roads. When Chai Ronggang ascended the throne, the traffic in the latter week was very inconvenient, and even the capital Bianjing was rampant with illegal buildings, and the roads were even more congested, which led to many roads being in vain, even horse-drawn carriages could not pass smoothly. In order to improve transportation, Chai Rong ordered all roads to be widened, and even withstood great pressure to have the common people move all the graves in the old city outside the new city.

Chai Rong believes that the lack of raw materials for casting copper coins for a long time, coupled with the fact that the people like to melt the money to make daily utensils or cast Buddha statues, such a cycle will only lead to less and less money, which seriously hinders the economic development of the Later Zhou Dynasty. So he ordered the construction of a coin factory, and at the same time forced the recovery of non-statutory folk bronzes and Buddha statues, if there is a disobedience, according to the severity of the situation, the maximum sentence can be the death penalty, and all the losses of the people will be compensated by **. In this way, the mighty Buddha extermination movement arose in the Later Zhou Dynasty, and although it was opposed by countless people, Chai Rong still resolutely persevered.

In addition, Chai Rong also formulated a series of policies and measures to help the people recuperate, equalize the land endowment, reward farming, build water conservancy, and restore water transportation, so that the economy of the Later Zhou Dynasty has developed rapidly.

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Chai Rong made a plan for 30 years, but he died of illness after only six years in power, but in just six years, he made the Later Zhou Dynasty strong, if he didn't die so young, I think it was only a matter of time before he unified the world, and then the Northern Song Dynasty was able to complete the unification in only 20 years, which is inseparable from the solid foundation laid by Chai Rong.

For Chai Rong, Sima Guang once sighed: "If Zhou Shizong, it can be described as benevolent!" Love not the body but the people; If Zhou Shizong, it can be said to be clear! Don't waste the benefits of nothing. Ouyang Xiu also praised him: "His heroic and martial arts can be described as heroic, and he humbly listens to and uses people without doubt, isn't it the so-called virtuous master!" "It's a pity that such an immortal male lord finally lost his lifespan, and God will do so, so what can I do?