Zhao Pu smiled slightly, "It's easy to say, it's easy to say" After a pause, Wang Yuanheng suddenly remembered something strange and said, "The old man is famous all over the world, but why is he not above the temple, but he lives in this barren mountain and wilderness?"

After Zhao Pu took a sip of tea, he immediately fell into deep thought, "This matter is a long story......

After a long time, he said slowly, "This matter has to start after Emperor Taizu ascended the throne, at that time, Taizu not only gave preferential treatment to the old ministers of the previous dynasty, and issued an edict, but also supported the empress dowager of the former dynasty with the gift of the empress dowager, and the descendants of the Chai family must not be harmed forever."

At the same time, he was also extremely generous to the ministers of the court. I remember one time, he gave a banquet to his ministers.

During the banquet, the Hanlin scholar Wang Zhu got drunk and began to play drunk. Taizu asked people to pull him down, but he still didn't leave, crying at the gate of the palace.

The next day, someone impeached him, saying that Wang Zhu was crying yesterday because he was crying for Shizong (the former emperor Zhou Shizong Chai Rong), and asked for his crimes.

Taizu said, "This person is just a drunkard." He was a courtier of Sejong, and I know that.

Besides, if he is a scholar, he cries a few times, so what's the matter? ''Taizu is so merciful?''

Wang Yuanheng asked coldly. 'Taizu was not only kind to the former ministers of the previous dynasty, but he was also a person who was known to be suspicious, and Taizu was also extremely generous and preferential.

Zhao Pu replied. Oh, Wang Yuanheng was very interested. After a short pause, Zhao Pu continued, "Once, Taizu had a banquet with his ministers.

Halfway through the drink, Taizu suddenly asked Wang Yanchao, who had turned him away, "I was in Fuzhou and went to take refuge with you alone, why didn't you accept me?"

Wang Yanchao had already made a written order in the court at this time. Hearing Taizu's question, he thought he was going to settle old accounts with him, and he was suddenly scared into a cold sweat.

Hurriedly retreated, kowtowed, and excused: "At that time, the minister was just a small imperial history. Just like a spoonful of water, how can it contain a huge dragon?

Furthermore, if the ministers had kept Your Majesty that day, how could you have the great achievements you have today, Your Majesty?

Taizu laughed when he heard this, and still let him be in the position of secretary in the middle. There is another person, that is, Dong Zunzhi, who once bullied him, this person has been following Taizu's political rival Han Tong when Taizu followed Guo Wei, one day, Taizu summoned him, he thought he would die.

But Taizu not only did not remember the old evils, but also promoted him to be a festival envoy, and also managed to redeem his mother from Youzhou, which had been occupied by the Khitans.

''Taizu would be so generous and merciful to such an extent?' Wang Yuanheng was a little unconvinced. Zhao Pu nodded: "Taizu is indeed like this!"

After a pause, he changed his words again, but unexpectedly, Taizu's generosity and kindness annoyed Zhao Guangyi, the king of Jin who was the Yin of Kaifeng Mansion at that time.

On that day, he came to me and said to me, 'The emperor is too lenient with others, and in the long run it may lead to the abolition of morality, and he wants to ask me for help in rectifying the discipline of the imperial court.'

'Because I see that the king of Jin is calm and methodical on weekdays, and Taizu was indeed a little too lenient at that time, and before he thought about it, he agreed'' How many younger brothers does Taizu have?

Wang Yuanheng asked suddenly. Zhao Pu stretched out two fingers and gestured, "Two!" One is Zhao Guangyi, the other is Zhao Tingmei; among them, Zhao Guangyi and Taizu were born to the same mother, and they are usually the closest; Zhao Guangyi himself is calm and resourceful, plus his mother Empress He's **, the two are the most intimate; yes, soon after Taizu ascended the throne, he was crowned King of Jin and handed over the heavy responsibility of defending the imperial city to him.

Zhao Pu replied. 'In this way, it is only natural for him to share the political affairs for the imperial brother,' Wang Yuanheng said.

Zhao Pu nodded, "At that time, I thought the same way" Immediately, his expression changed again, "However, the changes that happened later were unexpected by me."

''What's going on?'' Wang Yuanheng asked. Zhao Pu's expression became solemn, and soon the news came that Taizu had died violently in the middle of the night.

Soon after I arrived at the palace in the early morning, Taizu's former sworn brothers Shi Shouxin, Wang Xianyuan and others also arrived one after another.

As soon as they came, they began to question the cause of Taizu's death. ''How did Taizu die?' Wang Yuanheng couldn't help but ask.

According to the palace people, on the first day and night of Taizu's funeral, he drank with his brother Zhao Guangyi until late at night; during this time, on the second watch, some people saw that in the tent where the two were drinking, one was sitting, and the other kept walking back and forth; soon, there was a sound of a knife and axe poking the ground, which was mixed with Emperor Taizu's angry shouting, 'Good to do!'

''Good to do!'' Because Emperor Taizu had said something before drinking, although everyone felt a little suspicious, no one dared to go in and sweep the emperor's wine.

Therefore, the internal situation is unknown. After speaking, Zhao Pu sighed again and again. 'And then?'

Wang Yuanheng asked. Soon after, Zhao Guangyi hurriedly walked out. When the palace people went in to check, they found that Taizu had fallen asleep, and they didn't care about it at the time.

But it was only a moment's work, and at the time of the third watch, when the palace people went in to check again, they found that Taizu had already died!

''How long did Emperor Taizu live at that time?' Wang Yuanheng suddenly asked. 'The imaginary number is fifty, and the real number is forty-nine years old,' Zhao Pu replied.

'This matter is indeed a little suspicious, no wonder some people will question it,' Wang Yuanheng said. After a pause, he asked, 'What happened then?'

Zhao Pu thought for a while, motioned for Wang Yuanheng to take a sip of tea, and then spoke slowly: At that time, as soon as the news of Taizu's funeral came out, the government and the opposition were shaken, and even the officials who were released from outside hurriedly rushed back to the court to help take care of the emperor's funeral.

As soon as they entered the palace, the ministers remembered that Taizu was generous on weekdays, and they all beat their chests. For a while, there were sorrowful voices, and the righteous brothers such as Shi Shouxin and Wang Xianyuan were even more crying.

Hanlin Scholar Wang Zhu was crying while kowtowing in front of Taizu's coffin. Seeing this, Zhao Guangyi, the king of Jin who was the highest-ranking king at that time, stopped everyone, and after hastily arranging the funeral, he suddenly said to the ministers, "Today's son is gone, it is really suffocating; but Taizu's wish has not been fulfilled, and the great cause of reunification has not yet been completed, as the emperor's brother, it is my duty to complete the unfinished business for the emperor's brother to comfort the emperor's soul in heaven!"

As he spoke, he took out something from his bosom and shouted, "There is an edict of Taizu here, who dares to disobey!"

As soon as these words came out, the ministers immediately began to discuss. Seeing this, Zhao Guangyi said again, "This edict was made by the Empress Dowager that day and Emperor Taizu, and Zhao Pu was also at the scene!"

''Oh, is it really written by the Empress Dowager and Emperor Taizu?'' Wang Yuanheng asked. Zhao Pu smiled slightly and said, "Taizu is filial, only Empress Dowager Du can reprimand and order Emperor Taizu in the whole world;

In addition, the entire five generations of troubled times were mostly caused by weak monarchs and strong ministers. Looking at the turbulent situation at that time, if the situation is not calmed down in time, I am afraid that the world will immediately fall into chaos again.

So, I walked out of the crowd and said to the ministers, 'This matter is true! On that day, in view of the fact that there were many incidents caused by the lord and the young ministers in the five generations, Empress Dowager Du specially ordered Emperor Taizu to write this edict in the prime of life.

At that time, I was there. Then the ministers calmed down. So, after Zhao Guangyi bowed in front of Taizu's coffin, he was enthroned in front of the spirit, which was for Song Taizong.

"Brother to brother, wonderful, wonderful!" Wang Yuanheng said coldly.