Go to the Yellow Robe Chen Bridge, the moon shines sleepless tonight.

And send a glass of wine to talk about the old things, in exchange for iron coupons.

"What instructions does Your Majesty have, the ministers will listen to you!" Shi Shouxin and the others obeyed the order and stood up and said.

Zhao Kuangyin continued: "Life is like a white horse, birth, old age, sickness and death, at most more than 100 years. As long as you save more gold and silver, enjoy more blessings, so that your children and grandchildren will not be poor, there will be no regrets. For your sake, wouldn't it be better for you to quit officialdom now, buy more fertile land, and enjoy your old age? Wouldn't it be the best policy for me to marry you in the world, to be at peace with each other, and to be unscrupulous? ”

The ministers and generals didn't know that the killing of heroes by Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, was also a measure to seize military power in order to strengthen the imperial power and consolidate the rule, but Zhao Kuangyin showed much more benevolence and generosity, so all the soldiers knelt down and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for thinking so carefully for your ministers!" The ministers are willing to abandon their armor and return to the field. ”

The next day, the generals complained of illness and asked for resignation, and Zhao Kuangyin readily agreed. Shi Shouxin was appointed as the envoy of the balance festival, and the fictitious title of "commander of the guards" was retained. Wang Xianqi was the envoy of the Zhongzheng Festival, Zhang Lingduo was the envoy of the Zhenning Festival, and Zhao Yanhui was the envoy of the Wuxin Festival, and they took back their military power and distributed them to various places. Even Gao Huaide, the concubine, was appointed as the envoy of the Guide Festival and removed from the post of deputy capital inspector in front of the palace.

The generals resigned one after another, and Zhao Kuangyin rewarded them again. So everyone was happy, and the generals who helped him get on the horse in the past withdrew from the disputes between the government and the opposition and went to live a free life.

After that, Zhao Kuangyin divided the forbidden army into the command division of the front of the palace, the command of the guards and the horse army, and the command of the guards and infantry troops, that is, the so-called three ya. After relieving Shi Shouxin and other generals of military power, Zhao Kuangyin selected some other people with low qualifications, low personal prestige, and easy control from the army to serve as generals of the forbidden army. He also divided the power of the forbidden army to lead the army into three, and the generals with lower rank controlled the three ya, which meant that the imperial power strengthened its control over the army.

In the summer of the second year of Zhao Kuangyin's accession to the throne, his mother Empress Dowager Du was seriously ill, and Zhao Kuangyin waited day and night, but Empress Dowager Du's condition was getting worse day by day, and her life was dying, and many imperial doctors were ineffective.

On this day, the Empress Dowager Du seemed to feel sober, so she summoned her children and grandchildren and Zhao Pu to the sickbed, and the Empress Dowager Du said to Zhao Kuangyin: "Son! Do you still remember what your mother once told you about the story of your mother's pregnancy with your brother Guangyi? One night, my mother dreamed that the gods held the sun and gave it to me, and then she conceived your brother, until the night of Guangyi's birth, the red light rose like fire, and the streets and alleys were full of strange fragrances, and he was given to us by the gods. ”

"Yes, Guangyi has been smart since he was a child, and he is afraid of him when he plays with other children."

"When your father was framed by a traitor, so that you avoided leaving Jinling, it was your brother who supported the whole family, otherwise your father and sister would have starved to death."

"Yes, thanks to him that year, the life of the family was saved, Yin'er is really ashamed!" Mother's words made Zhao Kuangyin embarrassed, but shouldn't he have run away in the first place? Instead, should the government arrest it?

"Mother asks you again, it's been a year since you ascended the throne, do you remember how you got the world?"

"It's all the blessings of the ancestors and their mothers."

"No, Zhou Shizong handed over the world to the young master, you have a chance to get this country, you have to promise your mother, after you are a hundred years old, you will first pass the throne to your younger brother Guangyi, and then Guangyi will pass the throne to your son, the state has a long monarch is the blessing of the society, you must keep in mind!"

"Follow the teachings of the Queen Mother!"

The Queen Mother said to Zhao Pu again: "You and Yin'er have been friends for many years, and I have long regarded you as a family, and you will remember my last words." ”

Zhao Pu received the order, and wrote an oath in front of the bed, wrote down the queen mother's will, and then wrote the five words "minister Zhao Pu remember" in the back, and then stored it in the gold in front of the queen mother, so that the reliable palace people can keep it.

Two days later, the queen mother died of illness in the Zide Palace, the surrounding countries sent envoys to mourn, the Tang State was the most generous, the silk gold was 10,000 catties of gold.

Zhao Kuangyin listened to Zhao Pu's strategy, took back all the military power of the feudal town, and took the family members of the commander of the border pass to the capital, and they were all supported by the imperial court, and the generals had the right to handle military affairs on their own. When entering the court, Zhao Kuangyin will definitely give a banquet bounty, so all the generals are willing to fight to the death, and the northwest border pass can be stabilized.

In the second year of Qiande, the three prime ministers Fan Zhen, Wang Pu, and Wei Renpu were deposed together, and only Zhao Pu was appointed as the prime minister. Zhao Kuangyin trusted him even more, and consulted with him on all major state affairs.

Shu Emperor Meng Chang was extravagant, abused traitorous ministers, corrupted and degenerate, and the favored Wang Zhaoyuan, Yi Xianzheng, Han Baozheng, Zhao Chongtao and others were incompetent.

Meng Chang's mother, Li Shi, once said to him: "When Zhuang Zong and your father destroyed Liang Dingshu, the generals who commanded the army were all awarded according to merit, and the soldiers were convinced by this. Wang Zhaoyuan was born humble, without talent and virtue, and Han Bao was a gentleman, and they didn't know how to use soldiers. Once there is something at the border, how can you pick up this burden? ”

This Wang Zhaoyuan and Meng Chang have played together since childhood, they are his companion boys, and they have been with Meng Chang for many years, so Meng Chang especially likes and trusts him.

It's a pity that Meng Chang didn't take his mother's words seriously that day. Later, * settled on Jingzhou and Huzhou. Li Hao, the prime minister of Shu, admonished: "The minister feels that the Song Dynasty is not like the Zhou and Han dynasties, and it will definitely unify the four seas in the future." For the sake of today, it is better to pay tribute to the Song Dynasty, and perhaps war can be avoided. ”

Meng Chang felt that his words were reasonable, so he discussed with Wang Zhaoyuan, and Wang Zhaoyuan said disdainfully: "My Shu country is in a dangerous position, and there are three mountains outside, can the Song soldiers still fly across?" Peace of mind in the Lord! Why bother to call the minister a tribute and be under the command of the Song court? ”

Meng Chang thought about it and felt that what Wang Zhaoyuan said was also reasonable, so he gave up the idea of paying tribute to the ministers, and just increased troops to defend the fortress. Later, Wang Zhaoyuan persuaded Meng Chang and the Northern Han Dynasty to make good progress and attack Bianliang. Meng Chang sent Zhao Yantao and others to detour to Taiyuan from the small road to send a letter to the Han lord.

However, Zhao Yantao Yang disobeyed the yin and actually presented the letter to Emperor Song, after Zhao Kuangyin read it, he couldn't help but ridicule: "I was trying to send troops to the west, but he came to provoke first, and found an excuse for me to go out of the army." ”

Immediately sent the army to the west to attack Shu, Wang Quanbin deployed the camp for Xichuan, Liu Guangyi and Cui Yanjin as deputy generals, Wang Renzhen and Cao Bin as the capital supervisors, led an army of 60,000 people, divided into Shu, before leaving, Zhao Kuangyin asked the generals: "Do you think Xichuan can be captured?" ”

Wang Quanbin, who was courageous, resourceful and loyal, said with confidence: "The ministers rely on the power of heaven and abide by the will of heaven, and it will not take long to take it." ”

Shi Yande stepped forward and said, "If this Xichuan is in the sky, there is really no way to take it. As long as it's on the ground, it will be calm! ”

Zhao Kuangyin said happily when he heard this: "The general is so brave and imposing, what else am I worried about!" As long as I conquer the walled city, all the wealth I get can be distributed among the soldiers, and I only want to get the land. Wang Quanbin and others kowtowed to receive orders.

Zhao Kuangyin said: "I have set up a mansion for the lord of Shu, a total of more than 500 rooms, and all the furniture and miscellaneous items are ready. If the lord of Shu surrenders, his family, whether men, women, or children, is not allowed to violate a single person, and they will be sent to see me. You can't hurt the people, you can't rob your property. ”

"Obey the teachings!"

"Shu Road is difficult, it is difficult to go to the blue sky", the brave and good commander Liu Guangyi and the general Wang Quanbin led an army of 50,000 and went straight to Xichuan.

And Zhaoyuan, the king of Shu, who received the alarm, drunkenly boasted in front of Meng Chang, the lord of Shu: "I go this time, and it will be easy to retreat from the enemy, even if I enter the Central Plains!" Meng Chang was extremely happy to hear this.

Wang Zhaoyuan led the troops to set off, holding an iron Ruyi to command the military horses, comparing himself to Zhuge Liang. When he arrived in Luochuan, he heard that Song Shuai, Wang Quanbin and others had conquered Wancheng and Yanzi Erzhai and were marching towards Xingzhou, so he sent Han Baozheng and Li Jin to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to resist the enemy.

The Song army was divided into two routes, led by Wang Quanbin and Wang Rengan as the overseer, leading the 30,000 army to the north road; Liu Guangyi was the commander, and Cao Bin was the overseer, leading the 20,000 army to take the east road and attack on both sides.

Soon, Han Baozheng and Li Jin were both captured alive, and 300,000 loads of grain were also robbed by the Song army, leaving not a single grain.

Wanzhou, Shizhou, Kaizhou, and Zhongzhou surrendered one after another, and after all the counties in the gorge were pacified, Wang Zhaoyuan took advantage of the chaos to hide in an abandoned granary, thinking that he could hide, but he was still searched out by the Song army, and Wang Zhaoyuan, who was shrunk into a ball, was dragged away by the Song army with iron ropes and led him away like a monkey.

And Shu Emperor Meng Chang saw that Wang Zhaoyuan swore to win the battle, so he took it lightly and didn't pay much attention to this war.

When he received the report of defeat, Meng Chang was drinking and having fun with his concubine Lady Hua Rui. Hurriedly asked the ministers what to do, and some courtiers said: "The Song army entered Shu and was invincible, so it is better to surrender at the opportunity, and maybe you can protect yourself." ”

Meng Chang thought for a while: "Let's go, let's go!" I can't take care of it anymore, you can draft a table for me! ”

In this way, 50,000 Song soldiers wiped out the 200,000 army of Shu in only 66 days.

However, Wang Renzhen was the first to run back to Zhao Kuangyin's side after Pingshu, and he complained to Zhao Kuangyin first. exposed the chaos of the Great Song Dynasty generals in Shu, he said that he was wrong, but he was willing to make meritorious contributions, and he blamed all the faults on others, and it was none of his own business.

However, Zhao Kuangyin actually understood the situation for a long time, so he asked him: "There is a general in Shu who asks for money from women, who is it?" ”

Wang Renzhen was shocked when he heard this, and thought to himself, who else had sued before him? Hurriedly knelt down to the emperor: "As the saying goes, the mountains of Shu are high and the emperor is far away, and the emperor also knows about this?" ”

It turned out that Zhao Kuangyin had already learned from the subjects of Shu and the envoys of Shu that the Song generals who had won the battle were greedy and robbed, and they believed what Zhao Kuangyin said before the expedition, as long as there are three kinds of weapons, grain, grass and land. In Shu, Wang Quanbin and Wang Renzhen and other five major crimes: robbing their children's jade silks, opening the treasury of Houshu without authorization, concealing goods, deducting money from Shu soldiers without authorization, massacring and surrendering troops, the evidence is conclusive, and in front of the facts, several generals confessed.

According to the law, all the main generals of Pingshu were sentenced to death, but Zhao Kuangyin did not kill them, but pardoned them all in an edict. The official was demoted and restituted. Ask them to return all the looted and demanded property.

However, at this time, the Shu garrison rebelled, and the original salary issued to the defenders was actually deducted by Wang Quanbin, and these Shu soldiers gathered hundreds of thousands of rebels to launch a mutiny.

This incident made Zhao Kuangyin angry, and ordered Wang Quanbin and others: "Whoever does evil, whoever cleans up the mess, the war will be uneven for a day, and you will not be allowed to return to Bianjing for a day!" ”