On the first day of June in the 6th year of Zhou Xiande (959), Li Yun captured Liaozhou in the Northern Han Dynasty and captured Zhang Pi, the assassin. On June 9, Chai Rong established Miss Fu as the queen, the eldest son Chai Zongxun as the king of Liang, and the second son Chai Zongrang as the Duke of Yan and changed his name to Xirang. No matter how you look at it, it smells of trust. Yes. Chai Rong finally admitted the destiny of heaven at the last moment, and he was going to make the most difficult arrangements for his son and his empire.

In terms of Wenchen, Chai Rong chose three prime ministers - Fan Zhen, Wang Pu, and Wei Renpu. They were all ministers who were deeply favored by Chai Rong. Especially Wei Renpu, this person has no qualifications, he is not from a Jinshi background, and he was picked up by Chai Rong. In terms of military generals, Chai Rong dismissed Zhang Yongde from the post of inspection of the palace capital, promoted Zhao Kuangyin to this position, and promoted Han Tong to the palace front division's rival guard division as the deputy commander of the Ma Bu Army (second).

June 19, the 6th year of Zhou Xiande (959), was the last day of Chai Rong's life. He summoned Fan Zhen and other three prime ministers into the palace to receive the edict, and Chai Rong also said, "The king of Hanlin is the old man of my domain." If I can't afford it, I should summon him into the prime minister," but Fan Zhen turned around and left the palace, and said to the other two, "The king is drunk in the country, and he is drunk." How can it be in the picture? This will be the Lord's life. Fortunately, don't leak this, "Regardless of whether Fan Zhen is thinking about the court or not, at least he has erased the prime minister of Wang Shu." But Chai Rong didn't know what to do anymore, because he was dead. At the age of 39! He reigned for 5 years and 6 months. Five or six are multiplied by thirty, which is also the final understanding of Wang Pu's sentence 'His Majesty can reign for 30'......

Among the 9 emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty, only Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Ji inherited Chai Rong's legacy and tried the Northern Expedition to recover the lost territory. Song Taizong's Northern Expedition almost lost the entire family base of the Song Dynasty at that time. As for the Northern Expedition of Song Huizong, it needs to be analyzed in connection with the international environment at that time. Here's just one sentence: Song Huizong's Northern Expedition was ostensibly to recover the lost territory of Yanyun, but it was the real bane of the Northern Song Dynasty! It can be seen that the 9 emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty, including Zhao Kuangyin, are not as good as Chai Rong in this regard. Zooming in on the horizon, all the emperors of the Han regime dared to personally conquer and face the strong enemies in the north, in my opinion, Chai Rong can rank third! The champion is Liu Yu, Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty of the Southern Dynasty (however, Liu Yu was not an emperor during the Northern Expedition), and the runner-up is Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty!

Through such personnel appointments, Chai Rong felt that he had achieved the result he wanted: the major affairs of the DPRK and China were decided by three senior prime ministers such as Fan Zhen. In the army, Zhang Yongde and Li Chongjin were both transferred out of the Beijing Division, and the forbidden army was controlled by Han Tong. In order to contain Han Tong, Zhao Kuangyin was appointed as the leader of the former division of the sworn enemy of the guard division. Although Zhao Kuangyin rose very quickly, his qualifications were too shallow and too young, even if he wanted to be weird, he had no appeal. His threat is negligible for the time being. By the time he was also senior, the 7-year-old little emperor must have grown up. In this way, every link in the military and political system has completed the containment of each other, so that they can function without colluding together.

Seeing this, Zhao Kuangyin became very depressed. I feel like I'm still too young. The emperor's heart is unfathomable, and Chai Rong really gave him a vivid practical lesson in realistic political theory. But he didn't despair. The 34-year-old Chai Rongneng defeated his sworn enemy Liu Chong in one battle, and he Zhao Kuangyin is also 33 years old this year, and he also has his own way.

On June 20, the 6th year of Zhou Xiande (959), the 7-year-old King Chai Zongxun of Liang succeeded to the throne by his will. An edict was issued on July 19, which directly contributed to the establishment of the Song Dynasty half a year later. Ordered the guard Sima Bujun to command the envoy (boss) Li Chongjin to be the envoy of the Huainan Festival, and went out of Beijing to Yangzhou to take up his post. The original Tianping Jiedu envoy was taken over by Han Tong, the deputy commander of the guard Sima Bujun and the deputy commander (the second). And Zhao Kuangyin was reappointed from the Xuzhou Zhongwu Army Festival Envoy to the Songzhou Return to the German Army, and immediately left Beijing to take up his post! So there is no trace of Zhao Kuangyin's actions in the second half of the 6th year of Xiande in the history books...

But the officialdom of the latter week has undergone earth-shaking changes in the past six months. The changes are mainly in military circles. Please take a look –

The system of the front of the palace, the inspection (boss) in front of the palace is, of course, Zhao Kuangyin. Originally, the deputy capital of the palace (the second) who had never been served as the deputy of the palace was served by Zhao Kuangyin's iron buddy Murong Yanzhao. The commander in front of the palace (the third, Zhao Kuangyin's previous official position) is Shi Shouxin, and the palace is in front of Yu Hou (the fifth) is Wang Xianqi. These two people are Zhao Kuangyin's 'Ten Brothers of the Righteous Society'.

The sworn enemy of the front division of the palace is the guard system, and the guard Sima Bujun is Yu Hou (the third) is Han Lingkun. The commander of the Ma army (the fourth) is Gao Huaide. The commander of the infantry army (Lao Wu) changed from Zhao Kuangyin's political enemy Yuan Yan to Zhang Lingduo.

See the doorway? Zhao Kuangyin's enemies were expelled, and his brothers and friends were all installed in various important departments, especially on the side of his hostile forces. Han Lingkun has long been a friend of Zhao Kuangyin, Zhang Lingduo and Gao Huaide will become Zhao Kuangyin's family after the establishment of the Song Dynasty - Gao Huaide married Zhao Kuangyin's sister, and Zhang Lingduo's daughter married Zhao Kuangyin's younger brother Zhao Guangmei...... I don't know all this, will Guo Wei, who single-handedly founded the front division of the palace, and Chai Rong, who painstakingly arranged to support the orphans, spontaneously feel that 'people are not as good as heaven'?

Of course, there are also two top high-ranking officials of the Guards Division - the eldest Li Chongjin and the second Han Tong, which Zhao Kuangyin will never be able to handle. It's a pity that Li Chongjin is in Yangzhou, and the whip is out of reach. So it is destined that Han Tong will face the entire group of hungry wolves with the strength of one person and defend the eternal stability of the Great Zhou Dynasty! And Han Tong's son Han Huo doesn't know if it was out of jealousy for Zhao Guangyi to snatch Miss Fu San back then, or if he was really prescient, Zhao Kuangyin, who had long seen through that aspect, would definitely become the biggest omen of Da Zhou and his Han family. has been persuading his father to do it as soon as possible and take the initiative to get rid of Zhao Kuangyin... But his father was unaware of this.

After Zhou in the last years of Guo Wei a total of 97 states, after Chai Rong ascended the throne, take 4 states in Houshu, take 14 states in the Southern Tang, take 2 states in the Khitan, and new 4 states (including Xiongzhou recovered from the Khitan, Bazhou), abolish 3 states, at this time the territory of the Later Zhou has a total of 118 states, reaching the heyday of the Five Dynasties!

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye it is the New Year of the following year......