Chapter 50: Waiting for a reward
Master Hayden has a poem:
Knowing that the stumble is endless,
Danger is not the main wind of the saint.
It is suspected that it is the wild language of Qi Dong,
For Zhang Ghost Axe and Divine Workmanship.
This poem is an anecdote about Song Taizu, Zhao Kuangyin, and Huashan gambling on chess.
Chen Tuo, the word Tunan, the number Fuyaozi, a native of Luyi, Henan. Chen Tuan did not seek fame and fortune, but lived in seclusion in Huashan, devoting himself to the research and writing of science. At the same time, he is good at poetry and calligraphy, which is quite legendary.
At that time, Zhao Kuangyin was a member of the generals under the Later Zhou Shizong, leading the troops through Huashan, and heard that Chen Kuan's ancestor was profound, and he didn't feel that his skills were itchy and unbearable, so he climbed Huashan and fought against Chen.
Chen Kuangyin has such eyesight, he has long seen that Zhao Kuangyin is not an idle person, and he refuses to frustrate his spirit, so he has two rounds in a row.
Zhao Kuangyin was able to kill, boasted of Haikou at that time, took Huashan as a bet, and fought the third game with Chen Kuan.
This game was also a tie, but because Zhao Kuangyin was greedy and forgot to defend it, the endgame was too hasty, and he missed the calculation, misused the cannon to hit the car, and was played by Chen Tuan as a clever killing of the king with a single horse.
Since then, Zhao Kuangyin has continued his career as a horse in the troubled times. Chen Tuan is in Huashan, and every time he hears about a change, he is full of worries.
When it came to the Chen Qiao mutiny, Zhao Kuangyin was added to the yellow robe, and the unification of the heroes and mountains was pacified, and Chen Tuan smiled and said: "The world has been settled since then!" ”
Of course, Chen Kuan did not forget the matter of gambling on Huashan, and Zhao Kuangyin also promised to transfer Huashan to Chen Kuan and exempt him from taxes.
Later, Zhao Guangyi, Taizong of the Song Dynasty, ascended the throne, and also acquiesced in Huashan as owned by Chen Tuan, but put forward an additional condition, hoping that Chen Tuan could be an auxiliary government official.
And Chen Jian was indifferent and refused to go out of the mountain. In his thanksgiving table, he said: "All ambitions are locked by white clouds, and the Nine Favored Edicts are suspended to teach Danfeng." Since then, Chen Tuan has left Huashan and traveled around, as for why he slept in the Yunmen cave, it should be a later story.
Mei Xiaohan was left in the palace, and he took the last train of the hero, waiting to be divided and rewarded.
Everything has been done, Zhao Kuangyin walked into the Chongyuan Palace, and was crowned, even if he officially ascended the throne.
Because he had stayed in his own station, Songzhou, he went to take the name of "Songzhou", and the country name was "Great Song". And changed the seven years of Zhou to the first year of Song Jianlonglong.
History will forever be remembered on one day, the fifth day of the first month, 960 AD.
Then there was an amnesty for the world.
The exciting time has arrived, and if a large empire is concerned, the next thing is to divide the rewards.
The people who should be replaced naturally have to be replaced, and the original people can't be used, of course, they are replaced with their own people.
The first step is to make changes to the top staff, which is very critical and necessary.
Reward the brothers who participated in the Chenqiao Mutiny, and the original team performed their duties.
Since Chai Zongxun is not suitable to be the emperor, it is naturally not suitable for Zhao Kuangyin to check in front of the palace.
Edict: Chai Zongxun was the king of Zheng, and the Empress Dowager Fu was the empress dowager of Zhou, and moved to live in the West Palace.
Everything is going on according to the "procedure", some people are happy and some are worried.
There is no job in the world that satisfies everyone, and since the "boss" has been replaced, it is natural for employees to be replaced.
Zhao Kuangyin sat on the throne of the emperor through the Chenqiao Mutiny and established the Great Song Dynasty, but at this time Zhao Kuangyin did not control the whole country, and there were still many lands and soldiers and horses in the hands of the Jiedu envoys in various places, and these generals who held military power were potential threats to the new regime.
If there is a threat, it must be eliminated individually, otherwise there will be endless troubles.
Zhao Kuangyin first took a measure to add officials to these generals, which was very successful and stabilized some people.
But there were still people who were disgruntled and ready to rebel, and among the many dissenting generals, this man jumped out first.
This person is Li Yun, he is the envoy of the Zhaoyi Army, Li Yun's original name was Li Rong, in order to avoid the name of Chai Rong of Zhou Shizong, he changed it to Li Yun.
Li Yun was the founder of the Later Zhou Dynasty and a subordinate of Guo Wei, the Taizu of the Later Zhou Dynasty.
When Zhao Kuangyin was still a minor official in Chai Rongjun, this Li Yun was already a prince of one party.
So Zhao Kuangyin became the emperor, and Li Yun was very unbalanced.
"Damn... Even you, Zhao Kuangyin, are you worthy of being the emperor? ”
When Zhao Kuangyin's envoy came to knight Li Yun, Li Yun immediately took out the portrait of Taizu Guo Wei and cried in front of the envoy.
"Taizu! What a miserable death you had! ”
"Taizu... Do you know? There are rebellious ministers and thieves, and they have rebelled! ”
After Zhao Kuangyin heard about this, he immediately issued an order to summon Li Yun's son to Beijing and prepare to question the matter.
Li Yun was in contact with the Northern Han Dynasty at this time to deal with Zhao Kuangyin together, and because he was not ready, he sent a son to meet Zhao Kuangyin, one to delay time, and the other to be an undercover agent.
Speaking of which, Li Yun was ruthless enough to send his son as a hostage.
Li Yun's son is called Li Shoujie, and when he came to the capital to see Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Kuangyin opened his mouth and asked:
"Prince, why are you here?"
This sentence of the prince frightened Li Shoujie and quickly knelt down, saying that he didn't dare.
Zhao Kuangyin knew that everything was his father's idea, and he did not embarrass Li Shoujie, and then asked Li Shoujie to go back and tell Li Yun a word:
"I don't want to be an emperor, let you do it yourself, I am an emperor, can't you let me be small?"
Hearing this, Li Shoujie was frightened, and rode back to Shanxi from Kaifeng overnight, and conveyed Zhao Kuangyin's words to Li Yun.
Zhao Kuangyin's words were to scare Li Yun and make him stop rebelling and return to the imperial court.
But Li Yun's brain is too straight, as soon as he heard that Zhao Kuangyin knew that he was going to rebel, he simply didn't do anything, and immediately rebelled.
This is the first military general to rebel after Zhao Kuangyin established the Song Dynasty.
At this time, Zhao Kuangyin was worried about how to recover the envoys of all parties, and after hearing that Li Yun had rebelled, he immediately led the army to conquer and fought three battles, Li Yun was defeated in all three battles, and died of self-immolation.
After Li Yun's death, Li Yun's son Li Shoujie did not observe the festival, and immediately opened the city and surrendered.
Li Yun wouldn't know that his army just helped Zhao Kuangyin scare other Jiedu envoys, and it had the effect of killing chickens and setting an example.
After Li Yun's death, the Jiedu envoys who were originally preparing to rebel from all over the country, seeing that Li Yun was dead, went to Beijing to see Zhao Kuangyin and surrendered to the Great Song Dynasty.
Another person who disagreed with Zhao Kuangyin was named "Han Tong", and as soon as he walked out on the street, he met a reckless general, Wang Yansheng of the military academy.
Wang Yansheng is Zhao Kuangyin's right-hand man, and he is also the hero of the Chen Qiao Mutiny.
Long before the Chenqiao Mutiny, Wang Yansheng shouted that he wanted to take the lead in supporting the new emperor, and lamented that he didn't catch up with the change of dynasty last time, and this time he finally had to kill him.
Zhao Kuangyin's discipline of entering the city and the words that he was not allowed to harass the people and kill the ministers had long been forgotten.
Wang Yansheng was very happy to kill outside the city, and when he saw Han Tong in the city, he chased him, and chased him all the way to Han Tong's house, Han Tong couldn't beat Wang Yansheng, if Mei Xiaohan hadn't killed Han Tong first, Han Tong would have been killed by Wang Yansheng.
Han Tong died, Wang Yansheng was not addicted, and killed Han Tong's wife and son, all of whom were old and young, and really passed the addiction of "mutiny".
Wang Yansheng was happy, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin was angry, Han Tong's death was still counted on his head by Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Kuangyin hoped for a "peaceful mutiny", and the scene of "the support of all the people" was destroyed, and his concept of peace was blamed and suspicious by the Later Zhou Qunchen.
Zhao Kuangyin is a face-saving person, and he cares a lot about the evaluation of public opinion, including his speech in Chen Qiaoyi, which is very cautious.
Zhao Kuangyin's concept of governing the country is completely different from the previous five generations of generals, Wang Yansheng hit the wall this time, and he will be crippled if he does not die.
Although Taizu was angry that Wang Yansheng had lost face by killing him, because he had just opened the country, he couldn't bear it, and no matter how wrong Wang Yansheng was, he was his own person. not to kill him.
"Taizu killed Han Tong for his snatching, and he was not awarded Jiecheng for life." Wang Yansheng became the only general among the heroes of the Chenqiao Mutiny who did not receive a reward in his life, and was never reused again.
So when everyone was sitting in line waiting for the reward, Wang Yansheng could only watch with a blank eye.
For Han Tong, Zhao Kuangyin personally issued an edict to explain the situation: "Han Tong is a loyal minister, he has made great contributions to the previous dynasty, and it is commendable to maintain the integrity of loyal ministers when he is dying. ”
People are dead, what you want to seal is not all based on one sentence, and it has meaning!
Han Tong inexplicably became one of the few stepping stones for the establishment of the Great Song Dynasty.