First of all, I would like to introduce to you Zhao Kuangyin, the founder of the Song Dynasty, who is different from Zhu Yuanzhang is not a reckless background, on the contrary, before the Chen Qiaoyi Mutiny, this person was already a relatively high official position in the previous dynasty.

The official position held by Zhao Kuangyin is called the palace front inspection, and the origin of this official position is a special force composed of idle people recruited by Chai Rong (Zhou Shizong) after succeeding to the throne, and they were uniformly promoted to the palace front army, which was directly commanded by the emperor himself. To put it simply, it is the emperor's personal soldiers. This palace is inspected in front of the palace, that is, the main leader of the army in front of the palace and the senior general of the army.

Zhao Kuangyin himself was not in this position, and Chai Rong only promoted Zhao Kuangyin to this position before he died. Of course, in terms of hindsight, this also created conditions for Zhao Kuangyin and Chen Qiaoyi to mutiny.

So why did Chai Rong mention Zhao Kuangyin to this position before he died, the reason is also very simple, as long as we understand the relationship between several characters at that time, it is not difficult to know.

First, he and Zhou Taizu Guo Wei only adopted a father-son relationship, and Zhao Kuangyin's previous palace inspection was Zhang Yongde.

So who is this Zhang Yongde, and why did Chai Rong have to change his commander before he died.

Second, Zhang Yongde is the son-in-law of Zhou Taizong, and Chai Rong is only an adopted son. Chai Rong is naturally worried that after his death, Zhang Yongde will take the opportunity to take the throne, which will definitely not be beneficial to his descendants.

Of course, Chai Rong definitely didn't know that Zhao Kuangyin was going to mutiny, otherwise he would definitely end up with two swords, our Song Taizu. However, this is also a helpless move, in the case of choosing one of the two, the loyal Zhao Kuangyin must have a higher priority than Zhang Yongde.

In this way, when he learned that he would not live long, Chai Rong would naturally choose his henchman Zhao Kuangyin. Of course, after Zhao Kuangyin ascended the throne, he was worthy of Chai Zongxun (Emperor Zhou Gong) and Empress Xiaofu.

In 959 A.D., Chai Rong died of illness, and the young Emperor Gong of Zhou succeeded to the throne, and Empress Xiaofu hung the curtain. At this time, the Later Zhou country was in a state of suspicion of the main and young countries.

It coincided with the Spring Festival of 960 AD, and the border was urgently reported, and the Liao State invaded.

In this case, it is conceivable that a seven-year-old emperor and an empress who has actually been appointed for less than twenty days are basically two puppets, one young and one young.

Zhao Kuangyin is inspected in front of the palace, and the military power is in his hands, if he really has no intention of rebellion, it is definitely impossible.

After learning the news, Empress Dowager Xiaofu was puzzled, so she had to deign to find the prime minister at the time, Fan Qian, and ask what the matter was.

Fan Zhen felt that only Zhao Kuangyin could solve this matter, and immediately found Zhao Kuangyin and asked him to lead troops to quell the chaos. At this time, Zhao Kuangyin's response was very intriguing, and he, as the main general of the palace army, shirked the matter. What is the reason, the soldiers are few and the generals are outnumbered, I am just such a brother, how can you let me fight with the Liao people and the Northern Han coalition army.

In a word, Lao Tzu is not going.

Fan Zhen had no choice, and after discussing with Wang Pu and others, it was decided to give Zhao Kuangyin the highest military leadership, that is, all the soldiers and horses in the Northern Zhou Dynasty could be transferred by Zhao Kuangyin.

It is not difficult to see that Zhao Kuangyin has actually been planning for a long time. If he was really willing to continue to serve Chai Rong's descendants as emperors, he could have led his troops directly when he received Fan Zhen's order, but our Song Taizu did not.

At this point, Zhao Kuangyin also got his wish and got the supreme military leadership of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

On February 3, 960, Zhao Kuangyin led the army out of Kaifeng (Tokyo City) and marched to Chenqiaoyi (Fengqiu Chenqiao Town). Okay, our Song Taizu is finally ready to defend against foreign enemies.

But not long after Zhao Kuangyin led the army to leave Kaifeng, there were rumors in Kaifeng City that he should be the Son of Heaven. Suddenly, the people in Kaifeng City were panicked, and the civil and military officials in the court were also in chaos.

Zhao Kuangyin had almost reached two-thirds of the mutiny plan, and on the night of his arrival at Chen Qiaoyi, Zhao Kuangyin's cronies spread the word in the barracks: "When the son is weak today, how can he be pro-government." We are waiting for the front line to kill the enemy, who knows our merits. It is better to support the capital inspection point as the emperor first, and then set off on the northern expedition. ”

Just when the soldiers were almost emotionally incited, Zhao Kuangyin's younger brother Zhao Kuangyi (Zhao Guangyi of Song Taizong) and his confidant Zhao Pu took out a yellow robe that had been prepared for a long time and draped it on Zhao Kuangyin, who pretended to be drunk, and then bowed at the feet of Zhao Kuangyin, shouting long live and supporting Zhao Kuangyin as the emperor. Then Zhao Kuangyin was possessed by the actor, showing a helpless look and said the classic line: "You are greedy for wealth and wealth, and you make me the Son of Heaven, and you can follow my life, otherwise, I can't be the master." "Brother doesn't want to be the emperor, it's you who are greedy for glory and wealth, and want to seek higher and better development, if I don't have this emperor, how can I serve the public and so on.

Zhao Kuangyin spoke, I am going to be the emperor, and these people who support me will naturally rise to the top. The followers had no choice but to obey Zhao Kuangyin's "helpless words".

At this point, our Song Taizu is only one step away from the throne.

Before returning to Kaifeng, Zhao Kuangyin instructed his subordinates not to infringe on the Later Zhou royal family, and the former ministers of the dynasty still treated each other with courtesy, and did not burn and loot civilians. Those who obey orders will be rewarded. Instead, be careful of your Nine Clans. The soldiers happily said: "No."

Zhao Kuangyin returned to Kaifeng City with a mutinous army, and the generals of the forbidden army who defended the city, Wang Xianqi and Shi Shouxin, were Zhao Kuangyin's siblings, so they naturally happily opened the door to welcome the new emperor into the city. Only Han Tong wanted to lead his troops to resist, and without exception he was strangled in the cradle.

In this way, the army surrounded Zhao Kuangyin and returned to Kaifeng, and Emperor Zhou Gong was also forced to give Zhao Kuangyin the throne.

As for the origin of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin was in Songzhou (Shangqiu) when he was appointed as the envoy of the German army in the Later Zhou Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty was the country name, and the capital was Kaifeng, which opened the Zhao Song Dynasty.

Since then, our ambitious Song Taizu has finally sat on the dragon chair justifiably.

But with this means alone, it is not worthy of such a high evaluation of Tang Zong and Song Zu.

After Song Taizu received Zen, he demoted Emperor Gong of Zhou to King Zheng, and did not directly dismiss Fan Zhen Wei Renpu and others who were still in office, but continued to use these people to continue to be prime ministers.

For the generals of the feudal towns who were patrolling the borders, Zhao Kuangyin's handling was also extremely appropriate, and Han Likun and others expressed their willingness to support Zhao Kuangyin as the emperor. Li Yun and Li Chongjin of Huainan raised troops to resist one after another, but Zhao Kuangyin ended up with a thunderbolt.

This move is undoubtedly the best warning for other feudal towns that are still waiting, and they have expressed their willingness to support Zhao Kuangyin as emperor. Less than half a year after ascending the throne, Song Taizu basically covered the scope of the Later Zhou's rule. Completed the unification of the forces of the previous dynasty, based on this alone, it can be seen that Zhao Kuangyin is not only a martial artist, but also a first-class emperor in terms of strategy, and is one of the few monarchs in the history of our country who is both civil and military.

Ladies and gentlemen, stay tuned for the plot of the next chapter.