On February 2, the ministers asked Zhao Kuangyin to claim the title of Emperor of the Taiping. 50-year-old Zhao Kuangyin is not allowed to "Yan Jin has not recovered, it can be said that the unification is too peaceful", it can be seen that the 16 states of Yanyun and the land of the Northern Han Dynasty will always hang in the heart of this Song Taizu. It's a pity that his ambition is no longer rewarded. There are still more than 8 months left, and the life of the founding emperor of the Great Song Dynasty is about to come to an abrupt end. And the oath he made before his death, "King of the Restoration of Yanyun", will become the only eunuch in Chinese history to be crowned a prince in 150 years.

Cao Bin, the first general of the Northern Song Dynasty, returned triumphantly and gave the emperor a work report, "I was ordered to return from a business trip to the south of the Yangtze River", and before the expedition, Zhao Kuangyin promised to "wait to sweep away the Southern Tang Dynasty, and when Fengqing is the prime minister", on the way to victory, Pan Mei congratulated Cao Daping, the prime minister of the military general who was about to become the first example of the Great Song Dynasty. But Cao Bin smiled: "This southward journey relies on Tianwei, and once you obey the temple, you can get things done." What do I do? Besides, the prime minister is the official of the extreme? And Taiyuan has not yet calmed down" On the 13th, Zhao Kuangyin met with the generals of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and he was a little embarrassed to "make the phase extremely good, and Xu Zhi, even more Taiyuan " Sure enough, everything was expected by Cao Bin. Cao and Pan looked at each other and smiled. Zhao Kuangyin asked Pan Mei what she was smiling at, and Pan Mei immediately explained. As a result, the emperor was even more embarrassed, and immediately compensated and crowned Cao Bin as the privy envoy to lead the loyal and martial arts. The official position of privy envoy and jiedu envoy began to appear in the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty from Cao Bin at this time. Shannan Dongdao Jiedu made Pan Mei and then added the envoy of Xuanhui North Court. The Xuanhui envoy also began to appear in the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty from Pan Mei at this time. The emperor also rewarded Cao Bin with 500,000 copper coins. As a result, when Cao Bin returned home that day, he saw a room full of money... Cao Bin suddenly laughed and said a wise saying that has been passed down through the ages: "Why should life be a good look." A good official doesn't get too much money."

In February, Qian Yu, the king of Wuyue, and his son Qian Weijun personally came to Kaifeng to meet the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty. In Hangzhou, the capital of Wuyue, every Wuyue person prayed for Qian Yu's safety, and even built a "Baochu Pagoda" for him on the gem mountain by the West Lake to pray for God's mercy.

But Zhao Kuangyin didn't know why, was he suddenly in a low mood? Or is it already in the mood for years of war? He was extremely kind to Qian Yu, and solemnly assured, "The marshal has the great merit of Kenan Tang Changzhou, and I miss you very much." You can come to the court for the time being. I'll let you go back soon" and Zhao Kuangyin also gave Qian Yu another honor, and unexpectedly sent an extremely important person to greet him - the second son Zhao Dezhao. In the past, such occasions were presided over by the imperial brother of the Great Song Dynasty, the uncle of Dezhao, the Yin of Kaifeng Mansion, and Zhao Guangyi, the king of Jin, without exception.

Once during the banquet, Qian Yu gave a speech on the spot. Among them, there is a sentence of "the golden phoenix wants to fly and is blocked, and the love is in the vein, and the line is separated by clouds and rain in the jade building". Zhao Kuangyin heard the song and knew the elegance, immediately stood up, walked to Qian Yu's side, patted Queen Wu Yue on the back and said, "Swear not to kill King Qian", and the words behind it suddenly became desolate for some reason, "Do my life, do your life" Maybe he expected something, right? Man can only decide what he can do while he is alive. And at this time, it was only more than 7 months since that heavy snowy day...

In early March, Zhao Kuangyin sent Qian Yu back to China. Before leaving, he was given a small burden wrapped in yellow cloth and told him that he would not watch it until he was on the way back. Qian Yu was grateful, and took the initiative to say that I would accompany you to the west, and let me be your follower. Zhao Kuangyin shook his head: "The north and south have different terroirs. Now it's about to get hot, you go back to China early" Qian Yu cried, he didn't expect Zhao Kuangyin to be so good to him. He asked for 3 years to thank Zhao Kuangyin. But Zhao Kuangyin still shook his head: "It doesn't have to be like this. The mountains and rivers are far away, and it is not easy to come and go. When I write to you, you can come again"

In this way, Qian Yu returned to China. On the way, he opened the small yellow cloth baggage, only to find that it was full of Song Dynasty courtiers who asked Zhao Kuangyin to leave him and get Wu Yue's recital without a fight... Since then, Qian Yu has surrendered to the Song Dynasty even more desperately. History said that after he returned to Hangzhou, he no longer sat and lay in the palace in the northwest, but always chose to go to the east. Because of "the northwest, Shenjing is in Yan." Tianwei does not violate his face, and dares to live in peace" and every time before paying tribute, he first displays the tribute in his palace, and only sends out after burning incense and worshipping.

But he didn't know that his benefactor, Zhao Kuangyin, the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, had embarked on a road back to his hometown at this time. On March 9, Zhao Kuangyin went out of Kaifeng and went west to Luoyang. There is no particularly high-sounding reason in history to go. If there must be, then the biggest and most reasonable statement is that he wants to return to his hometown to worship his ancestors. After all, his father Zhao Hongyin's Anling was there. It was also the place where he was born.

Before leaving, his younger brother Zhao Guangyi asked him for instructions as usual, "Second brother, when will you come back this time?" Because every time the second brother leaves, he has to stay, so he has to ask for the return date. But this time he waited for a long time, and his second brother didn't answer. It wasn't until he was confused and looked up that he found that his second brother was staring at him with heavy eyes. Four eyes exchanged, Zhao Kuangyin said slowly, "No need." This time, you go with me..."Kaifeng was left to his son Zhao Dezhao and fourth brother Zhao Guangmei to guard.

On the 13th, Zhao Kuangyin and his younger brother came to Anling, mourning according to the ceremony, and weeping left and right. After that, he looked for the city of Luoyang, the western capital of the Great Song Dynasty. Seeing the magnificence of the Luoyang Palace, he summoned Jiao Jixun, the prefect of Henan, to reward and encourage him, and promoted him to the envoy of the Zhangde Army.

After that, it was rumored that he went to Zhao Pu's house. After Zhao Pu dismissed the prime minister, although he had titles such as the envoy of the three cities of Heyang, he actually lived in Luoyang and did not participate in any political affairs. At this meeting, it was announced to the public that it was just Zhao Kuangyin taking the opportunity to visit his old friend.

After coming out of Zhao Pu's house, Zhao Kuangyin suddenly proposed that he would not leave and would move the national capital from Kaifeng, Tokyo to Luoyang, Xijing. As soon as the word came out, the world shook. A person named Li Fu listed 8 difficulties in moving the capital, but Zhao Kuangyin seemed to be iron-hearted, ignoring it, and the ministers did not dare to admonish. Only one person named Li Huaizhong carefully showed his 'loyalty': "Kaifeng has a canal and a canal, which transports millions of rice from the Jianghuai River every year. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the capital live on this. Your Majesty suddenly moved the capital, how to transport grain in Luoyang? And the treasury is heavily armed, and the fundamental place is in Kaifeng, which is really unshakable", it seems reasonable, but Zhao Kuangyin still ignores it. He knew that the person who really didn't want to move the capital by himself would soon come to the door by himself.

Sure enough, the big slut Jin King Zhao Guangyi came. This gentle, polite, and generous 'good brother' said a lot of things to his brother from many angles and aspects that were not suitable for moving the capital. But Zhao Kuangyin was determined, and he replied simply and forcefully: "Can't you move to Luoyang?" No! I'm telling you! Luoyang is just a temporary plan, and I will move to Chang'an in the future."

This involves the difference between the three ancient imperial capitals of Luoyang, Kaifeng, and Chang'an. Kaifeng lives in the Central Plains and occupies the world's great profits. With Kaifeng as the national capital, it is destined to be prosperous. However, the geographical conditions of Kaifeng also implied a huge military disadvantage. Wilderness on all sides, a flat river. As soon as the enemy crossed the Yellow River, it was directly exposed to the enemy's swords and guns. There is Hangu in the west of Luoyang, and there is a tiger prison in the east, all of which are dangerous passes in the world. Back then, Li Shimin's Xuanjia elite was helpless against Wang Shichong in Luoyang City. Chang'an is even more of a place of congestion. At that time, because of this huge geographical advantage, the Qin State resisted the six countries of the Central Plains alone and was safe and sound. Chang'an City is the strongest army in the history of cold weapons, and the Mongolian iron cavalry cannot break through the safety and security head-on.

The two longest-lived dynasties in history - the Eastern and Western Zhou Dynasty and the Later and Later Han Dynasty were both built in Chang'an and Luoyang! Need another reason? Will anyone still oppose it? Yes! Zhao Guangyi knelt down for his brother, known in history as "the king kowtowed and admonished"

Zhao Kuangyin had no choice but to further explain, "Moving west is nothing else." It is to eliminate the harm of redundant troops according to the danger of mountains and rivers. Learn from Zhou and Han to make the world peaceful" Zhao Kuangyin, as the founding emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, all political decrees and the foundation of the country were created by him. He is also constantly modifying all sorts of things that have been experimentally proven to be inappropriate. If the "redundant soldiers" who were miserable in later generations of the Great Song Dynasty settled in Kaifeng, a place where there was no danger to defend, they must have a large number of troops to defend. And moving to Luoyang or Chang'an can completely change this bad policy!

But Zhao Guangyi slowly raised his head and said five words to his brother. History proves that this mere 5 characters completely determined the splendid prosperity, humiliation and sorrow of the Great Song Dynasty for 300 years, and the disaster of continuous national variants since then. The impact of these five words has reached and will continue to be felt to this day...

Zhao Guangyi said that "there is no danger in Germany", as soon as this statement came out, history said that Zhao Kuangyin did not answer. In other words, His Majesty the Emperor was shocked by these 5 words and had nothing to say.

And so it ended. That day, the big slut Zhao Guangyi got up from the ground and walked out of the road calmly in front of his brother. Everyone present knew which one had won.

What's even more weird is that Zhao Kuangyin had nothing to say in front of his younger brother, and when his younger brother left as he wished, he looked at his back and said another thing to the left and right: "King Jin's words are good." However, in less than a hundred years, the people of the world are still "extremely accurate, and they are still majestic and strategic, and their eyes are like torches." But why didn't you just say it?

There are a thousand people in the world, and there are a thousand interpretations of the five-character mantra of "there is no danger in virtue". Looking back at the open and secret struggle between Zhao Pu and Zhao Guangyi, could it be that Zhao Kuangyin really can't see his brother's wolf ambitions? Of course not! Interpreting Zhao Kuangyin, it can be found that his original intention was to stabilize Zhao Guangyi and take Zhao Pu first. None of the 2 bastards can be left behind, but they must be in order.

The first is Zhao Pu, who borrowed Zhao Guangyi's hand to suppress it. As soon as the monarch does not come forward, the political situation will not be chaotic. Second, it also revealed Zhao Guangyi's original slut, and no one said that he didn't care about his brotherhood when he started in the future.

And for Zhao Guangyi, he has to come step by step, after all, he is his own brother. first pushed Zhao Dezhao to the forefront, and then moved the national capital. First, it is in line with the national interest, and second, it can solve the urgent need - Zhao Guangyi is already in a big tail, and his strength in Kaifeng is intertwined. If you want to win it in one fell swoop, it will definitely shock the world. It's better to take advantage of the name of moving the capital to change the entire team. In this way, everything is done quietly...

But Zhao Guangyi's response is also very direct: I have firmly grasped the fundamental strength in the superstructure. You are the emperor, and the holy decree is supreme, but you also need people to implement it. If everyone is against it, can you move alone? What's more, you seek stability in everything, especially cherish the hard-won good situation in front of you. And it's very good-looking, and it will never leave any stain and infamy... Oh well! I'm calling you out on the spot! Unless you turn your face immediately, you'll have to listen to me!

In this way, Zhao Kuangyin watched his younger brother swagger and walked out of him satisfied, but there was nothing he could do, and his mood was low. Depressed, Zhao Kuangyin decided to walk around. He returned to his birthplace, Luoyang Jiama Camp.

The past is vivid, but Zhao Kuangyin seems to turn a blind eye, and slowly walks towards a dark alley, "I remember that when I was a child, I once got a small stone horse, which was often stolen by playmates. So it's buried here, I don't know if it's still there, "as soon as I call Bainuo, someone immediately digs it." Sure enough, the stone horse is still there. Zhao Kuangyin took it and silently took it with him.

Before leaving, Zhao Kuangyin came to his parents' grave again. This time, he came from sorrow, and suddenly fell in front of his father's spirit, "I must not worship here again for the rest of my life", and the emperor climbed the corner tower of the cemetery on the same day. Suddenly, he took his bow and arrow, and shot as far as he could to the northwest, "I don't live here, I should be buried here when I die... The place where the arrow rested was the cemetery of me," he took out the small stone horse and ordered it to be buried in the place where the arrow fell, as a mark.

On April 11, Zhao Kuangyin left Luoyang and returned to Dongyi, and returned to Kaifeng on the 15th. Continuing the second half of his life...

On the 21st, Jiangzhou, the last state of the Southern Tang Dynasty, resisted for another five months after Li Yu surrendered before it was breached. In order to punish these stubborn Southern Tang people, Cao Han, the commander of the Song army, issued an order to slaughter the city. This is the only time in the battle of the Southern Tang Dynasty that has been recorded in history. For the peace of the Southern Tang Dynasty, let us once again pay tribute to the benevolence of the first general, Cao Bin!

On August 13, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin launched the last expedition in his life. Dang Jin is the main general, Pan Mei is the supervising army, and the troops are divided into 5 routes to the Northern Expedition to Taiyuan! Hao Chongxin and Wang Zhengzhong went out of Fenzhou; Yan Yanjin and Qi went beyond Qinzhou; Sun Yanxuan and An Shouzhong went out of Liaozhou; Qi Yanchen and Mu Yanzhang came out of Shizhou; Xiao will Guo in and out of Daizhou! On the 22nd, the army has been killed under the city of Taiyuan!

This time, the Great Song Dynasty sent all the generals who had been stationed in the Northwest Frontier for many years. And whether it is Pan Mei, Dang Jin or Guo Jin, they are all masters who are brave and resolute, unstoppable, and only recognize swords and guns but do not recognize people. They will never leave Liu Jiyuan much time.

On September 1, Dang Jin defeated the Northern Han army under the city of Taiyuan. And Liu Jiyuan had no other way but to gather a pitiful number of troops to defend Taiyuan City, and he had to ask the Khitan for help immediately. Liaojingzong Yeluxian sent Yelusha and Taal to lead heavy troops to the rescue.

A bloody battle on an unprecedented scale seems inevitable. This is a direct confrontation between the pinnacle of the Great Song army and the Khitan army that has just recovered from the rule of the sleeping king! If the two armies really go head-to-head, it is very difficult to predict who will die. But the ending must be amazing, and it is likely to directly change the course of history!

But at this moment, suddenly earth-shattering news came from the Song Dynasty. Tens of thousands of Song soldiers instantly stiffened, and they couldn't believe all this.

Their emperor, that wise and martial artist, never got sick, and the person who sent them on the expedition more than 2 months ago actually died!