The imperial mausoleum in the spring of March, thousands of spring colors still can't be waved quiet, the stone carvings are numerous, the stele is uneven, in the morning light, the carriage of the princess of Lin'an is far away, accompanied by the sound of the horse's hooves. The sparkling mountains and rivers surround the imperial mausoleum, and the feng shui ensures that the royal dragon qi "gathers when it encounters water, and it will never be lost" Quaker, but it implies inexplicable restlessness. Imperial power and wealth still can't escape the cycle of life and death, but the struggle for royal power has doomed some people's life and death in advance.

The cold and cool wind whistling and swaying from the ears, as if it was screaming, and like singing, the panic and melancholy sorrow were telling the ups and downs of the Northern Song Dynasty, remembering the unforgettable death.

Thoughts drifted, memories jumped, back to the mystery of the violent death of Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, this is the time node of the story.

"Zhongyun's fame is a horse washer, who is there to mourn when the old bureaucrats accompany him? This poem "Yongshi" writes about the historical facts of the "Xuanwumen Change" and the cannibalism of Li Shimin's brothers, implying the bloody and unreasonable change of dynasty and the alternation of power. The Zhao family in the Song Dynasty was also undercurrent, and there were many spy shadows.

Zhao Kuangyin and Chen Qiao mutinied, and the yellow robe was added to the body, and he captured the rivers and mountains of the Later Zhou Chai, which led to the Great Song Dynasty and the founding emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, Song Taizu. Song Taizu lived up to the trust of Zhou Shizong of the old dynasty and established his own hegemony, but he did not pass the throne to his children and grandchildren after that, and was usurped by his siblings and killed his brother, which is also regarded as retribution.

On October 20, the ninth year of Kaibao in the Northern Song Dynasty (976), Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, died suddenly at the age of fifty, which was only two years after he married the Xiao family. After Zhao Kuangyin's death, the throne was inherited by his younger brother Zhao Guangyi, but there was no edict. Why is it the younger brother who continues, not the eldest son, and the world has been arguing for thousands of years, some people say that Zhao Guangyi killed his brother and usurped the throne with the sound of candle shadow axe, and some people say that it was Empress Dowager Du (Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Guangyi's biological mother) who had a golden alliance with Zhao Kuangyin before her death.

No matter what the facts are, in short, after the violent death of Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, the successor was Zhao Guangyi, after Song Taizong ascended the throne and became the emperor, he became the second emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty in the fog and doubts of "candlelight axe shadow", known as Song Taizong in history.

Zhao Guangyi ascended the throne and called the emperor, the year name was changed to Taiping Xingguo, meaning the prosperity of the world, Zhao Kuangyin's eldest son Zhao Dezhao was 25 years old, had already started a family, was named the king of martial arts, when he was in the last dynasty, on the surface before the prime minister, the status was lofty, the power was prominent, and the people were still complimented, Zhao Xuan was canonized as the eldest princess, just turned seven years old, was in the year of yellow hair drooping, she didn't understand what her grandfather's sudden death meant to the family, but the sad and loving grandfather suddenly left, thinking about it every day.

Because his father served in the court, Xiao Zhengyu often met with Zhao Xuan. Seeing that Zhao Xuan often swallowed tears because she missed the happy time with the imperial grandfather, Xiao Zhengyu secretly took her to the hillside behind the palace, found a morning glory, and told her: The imperial grandfather has returned from the west and is watching you from the sky. If you want to talk to him, you can stay by the morning glory and listen. Morning glory is the microphone of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, and it can also speak for you.

Zhao Xuan believed that it was true, and with psychological comfort, he gradually forgot the pain as time passed, and still lived an unrestrained and happy childhood, but his father and mother often secretly felt sad and secretive, and leaned on the railing alone, playing the piano and howling, making Zhao Xuan's colorful childhood change into spring.

It is said that when he was in power, Zhao Guangyi was in a hurry, in order to show his ambition and correct the orthodox recognition in the government and the opposition, he hoped that he would be like Qin Shi Huang and Tang Taizong to fight in the south and the north, make meritorious contributions, and be a famous overlord in history. After establishing his ambitions, Zhao Guangyi set the goal of recovering the lost territory and unifying the Central Plains, first by attacking the Northern Han, then by defeating the Liao State, and finally by capturing the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun.

However, the sky was not as good as people wanted, and in the fourth year of Taiping Xingguo, that is, three years after Zhao Guangyi boarded the plane, Song Taizong led his troops to attack Youzhou, and Zhao Dezhao followed. Due to the chaos of the army, he was defeated in a battle, Zhao Guangyi fled alone at night and lost contact with the army, and for a time the group was leaderless, there was a mutiny in the army, and the generals were at a loss. So at that time, someone proposed to establish Zhao Dezhao as the emperor. Afterwards, when Song Taizong returned and learned about it, he was immediately displeased and angry. After the failure of the Northern Expedition, Song Taizong was depressed and had no heart to reward the soldiers who had made meritorious contributions in the war.

In this battle, although the Song army was defeated in the Battle of Gaoliang River, the Song army won the previous Battle of Taiyuan. Zhao Dezhao was kind and generous, his personality was not like sex, and he felt injustice for the soldiers, so he mentioned the matter to Song Taizong, but he didn't expect to get Zhao Guangyi's stern reprimand, and said angrily: "Treat yourself to it, it's not too late to reward!"

It turned out that the matter of Zhao Dezhao in the army stimulated Zhao Guangyi's sensitive nerves, and he found that Zhao Dezhao had a very high prestige in the army, and he was a threat to himself after all. Now that Zhao Dezhao is asking for the soldiers' lives, it shows that they are complicit with each other, and Zhao Guangyi said coldly. Although this sentence is concise, it is rich in connotation and implies murderous intentions.

After Zhao Dezhao retired from the dynasty, he was very frightened and returned to his palace, only to see his young daughter putting a few fish and shrimp from a bamboo pocket by the pond and returning to the water. The daughter turned her head and saw her father coming back, jumped up to meet her, and said, "Father, are you tired! I'll pinch your shoulders and beat your legs—Brother Xiao taught me the technique today, but it's comfortable!"

Zhao Dezhao felt sorry for his daughter's sensibility, so he hugged his daughter in his arms and whispered: "Father is not tired, what was Xuan'er doing by the pond just now?"

"I'll release the fish and shrimp again, and send the little fish and shrimp home. Zhao Xuan explained that she asked the guards to take a few fish and shrimp from the imperial dining room, put them in a bamboo pocket, and take them back and release them.

"Why?" asked Zhao Dezhao.

"The Buddha said, "Those who release life will respond to their requests. I hope that the Buddha can help me fulfill my wish, so that my father and mother can be happy with me and not sigh from time to time. Zhao Xuan's eyes flashed wide, and he said cutely, "Since the emperor's grandfather returned to the west, my father and mother don't like to laugh much, and you also miss your grandfather, so don't you miss me?"

Zhao Dezhao suddenly fell into heavy thought, frowning, for a long time. He didn't want the child to think too much, just like ordinary parents, he picked up the child, his eyes were full of tenderness, and he deliberately stabbed his daughter's white and tender face with stubble, and said softly with a smile: "Parents miss you, and they have never changed, but you grow up day by day, and you must slowly learn to take care of yourself." ”

Saying that, Zhao Dezhao asked the maid to come over and take the little princess to the courtyard to hide and seek. He resolutely stood up and said to himself, "Yes, I'm really tired. He walked to the bedroom.

Zhao Dezhao understood that Zhao Guangyi spoke coldly to him, indicating that he no longer trusted himself, and his wife, daughter, and more than 50 people in his family could be killed at any time. Since ancient times, the struggle for imperial power has been unscrupulous, and his father is Emperor Taizu and his death is unknown, and he and his family are weak, and they will definitely not escape the catastrophe.

So, in order to prove his innocence and not affect his wife, daughter and family, Zhao Dezhao, the king of Wugong County, pondered for a moment, and chose to cut his veins and commit suicide without warning, leaving a sigh in the long river of history.