It turns out that in the well-known cup of wine to release the military power, there is still such an inside story.

As we all know, Zhao Kuangyin was proclaimed emperor due to the Chenqiao Mutiny, so it is obvious that in order to avoid his generals from being added to the yellow robe, he will naturally be extremely vigilant about military power.

In the thousand-year-old history of China, who can become a generation of emperors will be soft-hearted, after having such concerns, Zhao Kuangyin's instinctive first reaction should be to get rid of the founding heroes who fought the world with him.

It's not that I'm vicious, but the millennium of China, and there are countless such things, among which the first famous examples should be the Lan Yu case and Hu Weiyong's case in the four major cases in the early Ming Dynasty.

The so-called Lanyu case is that Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, was worried that the heroes would be in chaos and wanted to strengthen the centralization of power, so under the pretext that Lanyu wanted to rebel, he wantonly killed the heroes and generals, among whom more than 15,000 people were killed because of the Lanyu case.

At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang took the Lanyu case as an opportunity to not only kill Lanyu, but also Fu Youde, Feng Sheng, Wang Bi and other princes, all of whom were implicated, and none of them were spared.

The so-called Hu Weiyong case, also known as Hu Dang's prison, has far more people implicated in this case than in the Lan Yu case.

In the thirteenth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang killed the prime minister Hu Weiyong's nine clans on the charge of "plotting misdeeds", and at the same time killed several people such as Chen Ning and Zhongcheng Tujie, and then executed Li Shanchang, Lu Zhongheng and other founding heroes for the crime of conspiring with Hu Weiyong.

After the execution of Li Shanchang and others, Zhu Yuanzhang still did not stop his killing, and he continued to investigate Hu Weiyong's henchmen on the charges of Tongwei and Tongyuan, and killed more than 30,000 people before and after, which was called "Hu Prison" at the time.

After getting rid of Hu Weiyong, Zhu Yuanzhang dismissed the prime minister, abolished the Zhongshu Province, and then set up a palace scholar for the emperor as an adviser, it was during this period that Zhu Yuanzhang ended the prime minister system that had been inherited in China for thousands of years, and strengthened the autocracy of the imperial power.

For thousands of years, after careful research, later generations of scholars have always believed that Hu Weiyong actually did not have the intention of rebellion, and Zhu Yuanzhang's actions were not just manslaughter.

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang did not kill because Hu Weiyong intentionally rebelled, and the reason why he went to such great lengths and did not hesitate to implicate so many people to purge the founding heroes was only to abolish the prime minister and then strengthen the autocracy of the imperial power.

There is no doubt that when he was fighting the world, it was a great blessing to have such a group of like-minded people around him who had the ability and means, but after the world was calmed down, the existence of these people unconsciously became a hidden danger in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart.

Whether it is Hu Weiyong, Lan Yu, or Li Shanchang, they are all the founding heroes who followed Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the world together, and Zhu Yuanzhang only because he was suspicious for a while, he wantonly launched a killing campaign, in order to ensure the stability of his country, the so-called imperial mental tricks, which can be seen.

Because of this, later generations often show a highly praised attitude towards Zhao Kuangyin's release of military power with a cup of wine.

The so-called release of military power by a glass of wine, which occurred during the Jianlong period of the Northern Song Dynasty, was a historical event in which Zhao Kuangyin threatened and induced the generals to surrender the military power in order to strengthen the centralization of power and prevent the subordinate generals from rebelling.

In the second year of Jianlong, Zhao Kuangyin left Shi Shouxin and other senior generals to drink, and when the wine was strong, Zhao Kuangyin suddenly spat out his bitterness, saying that it was with the help of these people that he could ascend to the Ninth Five-Year Plan, but it was too difficult to be the Son of Heaven, and he even couldn't sleep at night because of it.

When Shi Shouxin and the others heard this, they were immediately extremely shocked, and hurriedly asked why, and Zhao Kuangyin revealed his worry that he would be rebelled against by his subordinates.

These generals are naturally not stupid people, even if they understand that they have already been suspected by Zhao Kuangyin, they may also lead to death, so they hurriedly implore Zhao Kuangyin to show them a clear way.

So, Zhao Kuangyin persuaded them to give up their military power, since they already have wealth, they will go home to enjoy the blessings, buy more good land and beautiful houses, and Zhao Kuangyin is willing to marry these people all year round, the monarch and the minister are harmonious, the two are not suspicious, and the top and bottom are at peace.

Shi Shouxin and others, seeing that Zhao Kuangyin said this, there was no room for maneuver, and at that time, Zhao Kuangyin had firmly controlled the central forbidden army, so the generals had to bow their heads and obey the orders to express their gratitude to Taizu for his kindness.

Subsequently, Shi Shouxin and others really came to the table, saying that they were unwell and asked to be relieved of their military powers, and Zhao Kuangyin of course took advantage of the situation and abolished the military rights of several people and took them back into his own hands.

However, Zhao Kuangyin did not unload the mill and kill the donkey, he really fulfilled his original promise, married his sister to Gao Huaide, married his daughter to the son of Shi Shouxin and Wang Xianqi, and married Zhang Lingduo's daughter to his third brother Zhao Guangmei.

Although they lost their military power, Shi Shouxin and others did not lose their lives, but became relatives of the emperor as promised.

And now it seems that Zhao Kuangyin at the beginning was not as kind-hearted as he appeared.

Perhaps, at the beginning, he really had the idea of slaughtering heroes like Zhu Yuanzhang in his heart, but because of the advice of King Yama when he retired, he didn't dare to make a mistake, so he could only choose Huairou to take back the military power.

And by mistake, it is precisely because of his gentle approach that he did not kill the heroes, avoiding the tragic ending of "the cunning rabbit died, the lackeys cooked, the birds were exhausted, and the good bow was hidden", but left a good name through the ages, which is very different from Zhu Yuanzhang's reputation.

But now, the truth of these things is no longer important, at best, it only allows us to solve some doubts in our hearts.

And the focus of the matter still fell on the Emperor Xudu.

Now that the period of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms has ended, and Zhao Kuangyin established the Northern Song Dynasty, it means that the chaos in Shenzhou has passed, and the influence of Yan Luo's relatives on Shenzhou has been quelled.

At the same time, since Emperor Xudu already knew that the King of Yama had come to Shenzhou to look for him, he would definitely hide his whereabouts and never let the King of Yama find his whereabouts.

And in this case, why did Emperor Xudu incarnate as Bao Zheng Bao Longtu, leaving behind the eternal legend of breaking the sun and breaking the yin at night?

It seems that there may have been something else that happened during the Northern Song Dynasty that we still haven't found out about.

And if you want to know what happened back then, you may have to rely on Juekong and Chunting.

After all, thousands of years have passed, and it is really difficult to restore the original truth based on our conjectures alone.