Zhao Kuangyin's dismissal of the three prime ministers mentioned above, in fact, from a political point of view, it is time for these three to step down. Before Zhao Pu officially paid homage to the prime minister, his official position was a privy envoy, a school inspector and a doctor of imperial history. Officials don't have to pay too much attention to the names of these official positions, the previous officials generally hung up many positions after the main post, which is somewhat similar to the current temporary post.

This Zhao Dashen has a presence in many well-known historical events. Among them, the most well-known is the "cup of wine to release the military power". But today, let's take a look at why this Zhao scholar can be so favored by Zhao Kuangyin. Pedant is Zhao Kuangyin's joking name for Zhao Pu, because Zhao Pu is not a jinshi, and he is good at doing some literati elegance, so Zhao Kuangyin often calls Zhao Pu Zhao pedant. Let's get back to the topic, Zhao Pu is the "hermit" who led Zhao Kuangyin in the Battle of Chuzhou, but this "hermit" is not a master who is indifferent to fame and fortune. On the contrary, he was born in a family of eunuchs, and he was bent on how to soar, so he hit it off with Zhao Kuangyin, and Zhao Kuangyin left him by his side after the Battle of Chuzhou. The procedure of Chen Qiaoyi's mutiny was almost from the hands of our Zhao Xuezhi.

After the mutiny, Zhao Pu has been in charge of Zhao Kuangyin's military aircraft, and he can see Zhao Kuangyin's trust in this person. But when it comes to this great god, it seems that he can't avoid the matter of releasing military power with a glass of wine. Let's talk about the pros and cons of this matter today, and what role Zhao Pu plays. The beginning and end of the story is roughly that in the second year of Jianlong (961 AD), Zhao Kuangyin summoned Shi Shouxin at the suggestion of Zhao Pu, Wang Xianqi and other generals to drink. These people are all high-level horses who followed Zhao Kuangyin to fight in the south and the north, and after Taizu came to power, the soldiers and horses of the Northern Song Dynasty were almost in the hands of these people. Under the background of this time, the problem of local feudal towns has been basically solved. Brother has a heavy army, if you also mutiny in the whole Chenqiaoyi, my old Zhao will definitely not be able to stand it. The generals were originally Zhao Kuangyin's subordinates in the Later Zhou Dynasty, and the soldiers had the heaviest orders. On the second day after the banquet, they all asked for retirement, and Taizu gladly agreed. As for what Zhao Kuangyin said at the banquet, naturally there is no way to verify, anyway, the final goal must have been achieved. Since then, Zhao Kuangyin, the military and political power, has grasped it with both hands, and the release of military power with a glass of wine is actually in disguise as "the cunning rabbit dies, and the lackey cooks". The money and food and the false post sent away those generals who had followed him for a long time, but Shi Shouxin and others were still grateful to Zhao Kuangyin, which is also embarrassing.

In history, Zhao Kuangyin used the trick of releasing military power with a glass of wine, and Zhao Kuangyin used it twice. The second time was the second year of Kaibao (969 AD), Taizu invited Wang Yanchao, Wu Xingde, Guo Congyi and others to persuade the town to change the official to eliminate the hidden danger of the division of the feudal town. Many historical records will lead others to misunderstand that Zhao Kuangyin's release of military power was because he was afraid that his subordinates would threaten his position, but in fact, Zhao Kuangyin's move was only to stabilize the state power, although the Song Dynasty at that time had a strong enemy of Liao. However, in the context of that time, Song Liao had no intention of going to war. What the Great Song Dynasty needed was reunification and stability. To put it bluntly, who suffers the most in the war year after year is the common people. The people don't care who is the emperor, they can provide a stable environment, let themselves have food, and have land to plant is a Ming monarch for them. Of course, in this way, our Song Taizu seems to be too great, in fact, power must be the most important in his own hands, and it is impossible to be the emperor the same as when he led troops to fight before. Therefore, the evaluation of this matter has been mixed in history. Imagine what you would do if you were in that situation. I don't think any monarch would refuse a prime minister like Zhao Pu.

After Lao Zhao came to power, the biggest impact on his status was naturally the weak monarch and the strong minister, and the release of military power with a glass of wine perfectly solved this situation. But in the twelve-character policy proposed by Zhao Pu to Emperor Taizu, this is only a part. The Zhao and Song dynasties still faced many problems, and if they continued to use the system of the previous dynasty, how could they ensure that the Great Song Dynasty would not repeat the mistakes of the past. "Cutting down its power, controlling its money valley, and collecting its elite soldiers", this twelve-character policy laid the political tone of the Song Dynasty for 300 years. Under Zhao Pu's counsellor, checks and balances permeated the Song dynasty's system of central and local officials. First of all, the central government has set up the governor, the privy deputy envoy, and the three envoys with three powers as the prime minister. The Privy Council was directly accountable to the Emperor and was under the direct authority of the Emperor. Zhao Kuangyin was also born in the army, and he knew the essence of it at once, nakedly strengthening the rights of the monarch, under the constraints of the three parties, the balance between the power and the monarch's power was almost directly broken. silently gave Zhao Pu a thumbs up in his heart.

At the local level, a principal post and a deputy post were set up, and the literati served as the governor as the main post, and the deputy was sentenced to be the eyes and ears of the emperor. Checks and balances between the two phases to prevent the emergence of local dictatorship. To control its money valley is to set up a transshipment to transport the money and grain from the main place to the center. As soon as this twelve-character policy came out, politically, the central government divided the power of the prime minister, which strengthened the monarch's power in disguise. In terms of military power, the elite soldiers of the central government are under the unified leadership of the Privy Council, and the privy envoys are directly responsible to the emperor, and the military power is in the hands of the monarch. In terms of money and grain, the post of transshipment envoy was established, which completely solved the problem of the festival envoy and the feudal town. Therefore, Zhao Pu has his own unique political understanding of governing the country, which is also a big reason why Zhao Kuangyin favors him so much. Including Taizong Zhao Guangyi (Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi, Zhao Kuangyin's younger brother) also attached great importance to Zhao Pu after succeeding to the throne. The key is that although this Zhao scholar has not read much, he is really loyal to the Zhao and Song dynasties, which is also an important reason why he was able to succeed in the Taizu and Taizong dynasties.

In the second year of Qiande, Taizu worshiped Zhao Pu as his servant, Tongzhongshu Pingzhangshi, and Jixian Hall scholar, and officially worshiped him as the prime minister. Lu Yuqing was ordered, and Xue Juzheng assisted Zhao Pu in political affairs.

In the same year, a son was born in the family of a farmer surnamed Lu in Huangyong Village, Chenqiaoyi. His wife was pregnant for three years before giving birth to a son, and the farmer did not dare to publicize the matter, so he invited a fortune teller to tell the fortune for his son. It coincided with a torrential rain that day, and the gentleman sighed after seeing it: "Those of us who peep into the Tao, do not divulge the secret of heaven." "I didn't collect a penny from the farmers, turned around and disappeared into the wind and rain.