Chapter 229 Chapter 228: Emperor Gong Chai Zongxun

Chai Zongxun was the eldest son of the emperor, born in August of the third year of Guangshun (AD 953), his mother is unknown, and died in the spring of the sixth year of Song Kaibao.21 years old. In June of the sixth year of Xiande (959 A.D.), Shizong Chai Rong of the Later Zhou Dynasty died of illness.Before he died, he made his 6-year-old son Chai Zongxun the king of Liang and appointed him as the general of the left guard.And established a legacy system: "The king of Liang will be the emperor before the coffin." On the day Chai Rong died of illness, the ministers of the Later Zhou Dynasty became emperor according to Chai Zongxun.

When Zongxun came to the throne at the beginning, the government affairs were very busy.The great government was mainly assisted by the loyal Fan Zhi, so all the officials were added to the ranks, and the fierce general Zhao Kuangyin was appointed as the Jiedu Envoy of Songzhou, and he was appointed as the Founding Marquis. military power. In the seventh year of Xiande, the Khitan invaded on a large scale, and the Northeast Han regime in Hebei also sent troops from Tumen to the east. The two enemies joined forces and attacked the Central Plains.Chai Zongxun sent Zhao Kuangyin to fight.On the morning of the third day of the first lunar month, Zhao Kuangyin, who had just dispatched troops, added a yellow robe, and the army returned to Kaifeng to occupy the capital. Tao Gu, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, read to all the ministers the "Zen Edict" written in the name of Chai Zongxun, and he arrived in Chongyuan. Dian was promoted to the throne to be the emperor, and the country name was "Song".The Later Zhou Dynasty was overthrown.

Zhao Kuangyin named the 7-year-old Chai Zongxun the King of Zheng, and the Queen Mother Chai was the Queen Mother of Zhou, who lived in the West Palace.To worship the God of the Great Zhou.In the third year of Jianlong (AD 962), Chai Zongxun left Kaifeng and lived in Fangzhou. He died in the sixth year of Kaibao (AD 973). The cause of death is unknown.Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin buried Chai Zongxun on the side of his father Shizong Chai Rong's Qingling, posthumously "Emperor Gong", and the mausoleum was called "Shunling".