Chapter 65 Chapter 65: Zhao Kuangyin Is Not So Cold

Regarding the death of Li Yu, the empress of the Southern Tang Dynasty, many people have fallen into a misunderstanding, that is, to attribute the crime of killing him to Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, because they think it is very reasonable for a king of subjugation to die at the hands of a founding emperor. It is not. The murderer who poisoned Li Yu was not Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, but his younger brother Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi, and it is very likely that Zhao Kuangyin himself died in the hands of this younger brother. Therefore, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin was really wronged. Bear the notoriety of killing cultural celebrities for Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi who may be his own deadly enemy.

In fact, not only did Zhao Kuangyin not abuse and kill Empress Li, but he was also benevolent to several other monarchs who surrendered to the separatist regime, such as Meng Chang, Empress of Shu, Liu Yi, Empress of Southern Han, and Gao Jichong, Lord of Nanping. With preferential treatment.He not only conferred the title of marquis to Li Yu and others, and gave them mansions, but also let some of them hold important official positions. It should be said that Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin was a benevolent and generous emperor, which is fully reflected in many aspects. Zhao Kuangyin is very filial to his mother, Queen Mother Du.Empress Dowager Du preferred her second son, Zhao Guangyi, and seeing that Zhao Kuangyin's two sons were younger, she proposed that after Zhao Kuangyin's hundred years, his younger brother Zhao Guangyi would inherit the throne, and then pass it on to his eldest son Zhao Dezhao.The filial Zhao Kuangyin agreed to his mother's arrangement.A few years later, Song Taizu passed away unexplainably amidst the sound of candles and axes on a dark and windy night. Many people believed that Zhao Guangyi was the man behind the scenes.What makes us gratified is that after Zhao Guangyi's throne was passed on to Emperor Gaozong Zhao Gou, it returned to the hands of Zhao Kuangyin's descendant Xiaozong Zhao Yun, because Zhao Gou was frightened in the war and lost his fertility and had no offspring. This is probably a kind of retribution. !

Zhao Kuangyin's image of caring for women is also very influential among the people, and the story of "sending off Jingniang for thousands of miles" when he was young is still circulating among the people.After he rescued the weak woman Zhao Jingniang from the robbers, he became a brother and sister with her, and sent her back home after thousands of miles and painstaking efforts.Along the way, Jingniang was very moved by Zhao Kuangyin's heroic spirit and meticulous care, and she had already secretly agreed with her heart, but Zhao Kuangyin was determined to concentrate on building meritorious deeds, so she had to politely decline.After parting, Jingniang was so infatuated that she couldn't help herself, and soon passed away sadly, leaving behind a sad love song that has been sung through the ages.After Zhao Kuangyin sat on the dragon chair, he didn't choose beauties to fill the harem and show his respect for women.

For the veteran generals who helped him gain status, such as Shi Shouxin, Gao Huaide, Tian Zhongjin, etc., Zhao Kuangyin cleverly deprived them of their military power by using the strategy of "releasing military power with a glass of wine", and then gave them a lot of land, houses, money, and jewelry. Let them live a carefree life freely, and marry their first sister and two daughters into the homes of these high-ranking generals, so as to eliminate their worries and worries , These practices are ten times or a hundred times stronger than Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang's killing of heroes.

Although Zhao Kuangyin "added the body in the yellow robe" with the support of the soldiers and launched the "Chenqiao Mutiny" to win the throne of the emperor, he did not kill the deposed little emperor Zhou Gongdi Chai Zongxun according to the story of the previous dynasty, but sealed him. He is the king of Yunnan, and he is given the iron certificate of Danshu that will be passed down from generation to generation to keep his wealth forever. Xiaoxuanfeng Chaijin, the emperor's son and grandson, led to Xiaoliang Wang Chaigui, who became the commander-in-chief in the middle school. These characters may be fictional, but it should be an indisputable fact that Zhao Kuangyin treated Chai's descendants preferentially.