Chapter 14 Chapter Fourteen I Have a Dream

Time flies, and it is the end of 962 AD.It’s almost Chinese New Year again, all the officials in Kaifeng City have been tortured by Zhao Kuangyin for a whole year, they are looking forward to holidays, rest, and year-end bonuses...Chinese people have been like this for thousands of years, as long as the knife has not reached the neck At the end of the year, they will have fun to their heart's content.But this definitely did not include Zhao Kuangyin at that time. Zhao Kuangyin still had a gloomy face, he didn't see a smile all day long, and his whereabouts were secretive, especially when the time of day was wrong and it was raining and snowing. Once the weather with such a high crime rate came, he would become more and more elusive.According to legend, on a night when it was snowing heavily, he suddenly appeared at Zhao Pu's house.

Zhao Kuangyin looked abnormal in the snow, because he smiled, and he "called Zhao Pu's wife his wife, and warmed the meat and wine for her".Then, in an environment far away from the palace officials, he spoke his heart to his chief adviser. ——I can't sleep at night, and there are other people's homes beyond my bed, so I came here to see you. After that, the two talked for a long time, and decided on the basic policy in one night regarding whether and where the emerging empire should develop.But in the final analysis, Zhao Pu at that time just threw a well-known memorial to Zhao Kuangyin, which was Wang Pu's "Ping Bian Ce" back then.

It's nothing more than going south first and then north, first easy and then difficult, why should Zhao Pu waste more words, and I waste more pen and ink?However, there is one thing that should be noticed anyway, and that is the treatment of the Northern Han Dynasty. Except for the first time that Chai Rong went to the Northern Han Dynasty for revenge, he had always dismissed that small land, and his goal was directly set on the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, which had greater strategic significance than the sky.Looking at the Zhao brothers in the future, whether it is Zhao Kuangyin who knows soldiers, or Zhao Guangyi who has never known soldiers, they all put the Northern Han Dynasty first.

Do not go down to the Northern Han Dynasty, regardless of Yanyun. The difference here will be discussed in detail later.It's just that after this snowy night, history showed an unprecedented smile to Zhao Kuangyin.The opportunity he wanted, the one that was most suitable for him, unexpectedly came uninvited. It is said that there were five dynasties and ten countries at that time, and there are eleven countries among them, and then subdivided, there are many "countries within countries" that are not called countries but act on their own.Jingnan and Hunan are two very typical representatives.

Hunan was first established by a man named Ma Yin from Yanling, Xuzhou.In the beginning, there were only two prefectures of Tan and Shao (Shaoyang, Hunan). After continuous painstaking efforts, it gradually developed into the later seven prefectures.Such a small place would not be too eye-catching, but unfortunately, he met Li Jing who was ambitious in his early years and was unwilling to be lonely. Relying on the family property left by his father Li Min, Li Jing quickly took over Hunan, but then he was dragged into the mud.After repeated back-and-forth and Chai Rong's torture of Li Jing, Ma's general Liu Yan took the opportunity to recover Hunan, and was killed by his subordinates later. The final beneficiary was Zhou Xingfeng.At the end of 962, Zhou Xingfeng also died, and the situation in Hunan after his death was the same as that of Zhou after Chai Rong's death.

Zhou Baoquan, an eleven-year-old boy, is a bit older than seven-year-old Chai Zongxun, but no matter how old he is, it doesn't matter, because his father left him an old comrade-in-arms who is almost equal--Zhang Wenbiao.Zhou Xingfeng had just died, Zhang Wenbiao did not hesitate to rebel immediately. Zhou Baoquan panicked. Strictly speaking, the ministers around Zhou Baoquan panicked. They sent Hunan General Yang Shifan to fight the rebellion while asking Zhao Kuangyin for help.Because the Zhou family had always claimed their vassal status to the north, and both Chai Rong and Zhao Kuangyin recognized their vassal status.

When the news came, the soldiers and civilians in Kaifeng City could not help taking a deep breath, and then their eyes flickered. It is said that this is a common physiological characteristic of human beings when they see money.They all believe that His Majesty the Emperor in the palace must have the same reaction as them at this time, so what are you waiting for?Send troops immediately! But what made them gnash their teeth was that their emperor had no reaction to this. Zhao Kuangyin's face was calm, and he said to the person Zhou Baoquan sent to call for help, don't worry, go down and rest for a while, and wait for the letter in two days.In this way, the anxious envoy from Hunan was dismissed indifferently.

After that, Zhao Kuangyin also began to breathe deeply.The opportunity really came, and he knew better than anyone else that the innocent boy Zhou Baoquan and the little court in Hunan who hadn't experienced a big scene were already on fire.Others are driving tigers at the front door and wolves at the back door, but these people who are in a mess are because of Zhang Wenbiao, the wolf, to attract him, an unprecedentedly huge hungry tiger. So what is he waiting for?There is already a power vacuum in Hunan. If he doesn't act immediately, Jingnan, Houshu, and Nantang around Hunan will all be eyeing them!

Hunan is a piece of fat, and anyone who eats it will grow stronger... However, one's true weight can only be weighed when faced with opportunities.Zhao Kuangyin was not in a hurry, and he didn't make the most reasonable judgment until another extremely important piece of information came. The message came back, it was Lu Huaizhong, the envoy he sent to Jingnan (also known as Nanping) to mourn.Jingnan, this is another small imperial court called vassals, which was actually a separatist regime. Its original ruler was Gao Jixing, who was a general under Zhu Wen, the Terminator at the beginning of the Five Dynasties.At that time, Jingnan was pitifully small, only Jiangling was an isolated city, and it had been war-torn and dilapidated.Gao Jixing started the family business bit by bit, almost hand in hand.

It was passed down to the establishment of the Song Dynasty, and the owner of Jingnan was Gao Baoxu.Without exception, Gao Baoxu paid tribute to Chai Rong and Zhao Kuangyin for the sake of peace. According to historical records, both he and his former elder brother Gao Baorong reached the level of filial piety of "three tributes within one year old".Unfortunately, before Zhou Xingfeng died, he died first, and Jing Nan was handed over to his eldest son Gao Jichong. Zhao Kuangyin was a benevolent king, and he was very sad about the death of his ministers. He sent a special envoy to express his condolences.The messenger came back at this time and brought him some information that had nothing to do with weddings and funerals

——Your Majesty, although Jingnan Jiabing is well-organized, there are no more than 30,000 strings.Although the valley of the year is up, the people are trapped in tyranny... It is easy to get. Zhao Kuangyin laughed heartily.A map has been clearly mapped out in his mind - starting from the Song Dynasty in the north, to reach Zhou Baoquan's Hunan, one must pass through Gao Jichong's Jingnan in the middle... and Jingnan has passed through it deeply. Yangtze.In other words, one day, if you set off from Jingnan to Southern Tang, not to mention taking a boat, even if you walk barefoot, there will only be dirt on your feet, and it will never turn into mud... Hahahaha, there is nothing better than this Anything better? Zhao Kuangyin didn't hesitate any longer, and sent troops!According to the original division of military deployment, the area around Jing and Hu was the main theater of Murong Yanzhao, the second military strongman of the Song Dynasty.Very well, Murong Yanzhao was in charge of this expedition, and Zhao Kuangyin's old staff, Li Chuyun, who was already the deputy envoy of the Privy Council at that time, was sent to supervise the army.At the same time, he appointed Bian Guang, Tai Changqing, to take office in Xiangzhou, and appointed Teng Bai, the household department, as the former land and water transfer envoy of the Southern Army, and went all out to supply Murong Yanzhao's military supplies. This is the first time the Song Dynasty has gone abroad to conquer the world since the founding of the country. Zhao Kuangyin has sent his strongest military team, even stronger than himself, and gathered soldiers from ten states to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop and demonstrate everywhere ! However, no one expected that in this attack, the one who is really frightening is not the well-known Murong Yanzhao who has been on the battlefield for a long time, but the seemingly weak literati who was born in the staff Li Chuyun.History has proved that he is not inferior to the most cruel and vicious public enemy of mankind at that time, even in the history of mankind... In the first year of Qiande in the Northern Song Dynasty, that is, the first month of 963 A.D., Zhou Baoquan, the Jiedu envoy of Wu'an, Hunan Province, set off to fight against the Song Dynasty army who rebelled against Zhang Wenbiao.But the first order was given to Jingnan Gao Jichong who was on the only way. He ordered Jingnan Wang Gao Jichong to send 3,000 water troops to assist the Song army to go south to Tanzhou. Gao Jichong panicked, this is really sitting at home behind closed doors, the disaster comes from heaven.Why did he ask me Jingnan Gao Jichong for no reason about Zhou Baoquan in Hunan?Moreover, Gao Jichong had just started work at this time, had no work experience, and was almost helpless in the face of the sudden military situation.But his father left him some adult employees after all.They immediately saw through Zhao Kuangyin's trick for him-to destroy Guo by false means. This is really an old-fashioned ashes-level strategy.It has been known to everyone for more than a thousand years before the Song Dynasty. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Yu State and Guo State were adjacent to each other with the same surname and had a blind date. Although Jin State was powerful, it could not do anything about them.So the people of Jin came up with a dirty trick. First, they gave a large amount of gold, silver and jewels to Duke Yu for free, so that this small duchy with shallow eyelids could make a way out. The Jin army wiped out Guo State. Taking the sheep by hand, he also took back Yu Guo and the gold, silver and jewelry that he had given before. It's just such a small thing, this kind of trick is a typical irreversible fraudulent conspiracy, the first person who uses it is a genius, and the second one who wants to use it again is to deliberately find a way to send it to someone else Just for fun, such as the well-known Zhou Lang of the Three Kingdoms... But the terrible thing is that now Gao Jichong is not Liu Bei, he can't keep Zhao Kuangyin's army out of his house, and then curse - get out, go back and think of a fresher move. cheat! All was well after that. Because he really didn't dare.You know, at this time, Zhao Kuangyin's strength has reached 111 states, with a population of 960,000 households, and the army is full of elite soldiers. How did Gao Jichong cope?Moreover, Zhao Kuangyin's order is reasonable. You Jingnan has shown all-round surrender since I ascended the throne. Now I just want to borrow a way from you, and then I will send 3,000 people to help the battle. At most, I will add some supplies along the way. Is this too much? ?Isn't it the duty of a courtier? So the people in Jingnan's small court thought it over and over again, they couldn't be too hard but they couldn't be too soft, there was only one way.That is to prepare more military supplies, take the initiative to meet them, and say to the people of the Song Dynasty in a half-dark manner that the people in Jingnan are afraid of the king. Jiangling City. I just hope that Murong Yanzhao, the head coach of the Song Army, will show some conscience, and don't kill everyone...but who knows?After all, Zhao Kuangyin had already issued such an order first! But to their surprise, on February 9 of that year, Gao Jichong's uncle Gao Baoyin brought a large amount of wine and meat to Jingmen, a hundred miles away from Jiangling City, and met Song Jun. They were greeted by Li Chuyun, the supervisor.Li Chuyun treated them kindly, and told Gao Baoyin not to be afraid with a smile. The Song Dynasty was really just an excuse. You can send someone back to report that you are safe now, and then rest in my barracks. Our commander is ill. Come and receive you in person. Having narrowly escaped death, Gao Baoyin immediately sent someone back to Jiangling to convey this great joy to Gao Jichong immediately.And people in the Song Dynasty were very trustworthy, and that night, Murong Yanzhao really hosted a banquet to welcome them.At the banquet, Gao Baoyin and other Jingnan people were really grateful and regretful, because they found that the legendary Murong Yanzhao, who was so powerful and famous in battle, was really ill, but he still attended to drink and chat with them in person. Really flattered them... So, even if they found out that the amiable military supervisor Li Chuyun who received them at first was not present, they were embarrassed to ask any more questions. Li Chuyun had already left the barracks, and led thousands of Qingqi straight to Jiangling, the capital of Jingnan.The night was dark, and Li Chuyun tore off the mask of a literati. At this time, he was the supervising army, the first leader of the army in the actual sense, and he fired the first shot. This is an honor and his expectation! All he has to do is to appear in front of Gao Jichong and all the Jingnan people out of the blue, smashing the childish fantasies of those poor people in one fell swoop, and making them understand in an instant that there is no other way to go except complete surrender . It was broad daylight, and he had approached fifteen miles outside Jiangling City. At this moment, he was startled by a group of people who appeared suddenly.He never thought that he would meet these people in this place.Can you imagine?The 21-year-old owner of the Jingnan Little Court, Gao Jichong, brought the people of the Jingnan Little Court to wait for him on the avenue early in the morning! what happened?If Gao Jichong knew that he was marching toward Jiangling, Li Chuyun was not surprised. No matter how secretly he marched, he would be discovered, especially if it was near the enemy's capital. But why did Gao Jichong abandon the capital Jiangling and run to fifteen miles away? Outsiders "greet" him? Is there an ambush?But it was so strange, even if there were really soldiers from Jingnan ambushing nearby, did Gao Jichong himself have to be used as the bait? But Li Chuyun was not afraid at all.Judging from his resume, he can't wait for this. According to historical records, Li Chuyun was a member of the Luzhou Shangdang, his father was Li Zhao, and he was the inspector Situ in the later Tang Dynasty.When the later Tang Dynasty conquered Dingzhou, they suddenly encountered Khitan people. Li Zhao led his troops and never retreated.At the end of the Later Jin Dynasty, Li Chuyun followed his elder brother to Kaifeng. His luck was really good, and he happened to meet Yelu Deguang attacking Shi Chonggui.Later Jin's traitor Zhang Yanze rushed into the capital first.At that time, Li Chuyun was less than twenty years old, and the city was full of rioting soldiers, killing people and setting fire to him. He "was in charge of the gate alone, shooting and killing dozens of people, and none of them dared to do so." In this way, it lasted until dark.On the second day, the rebellious soldiers came again, and Li Chuyun "resumed the fight at dawn, and killed several people, and the fight was still unresolved." It was not over until his relatives led troops to help. Such a person led thousands of troops, would he still be afraid?At this time he asked Gao Jichong coldly, what are you doing here? Gao Jichong completely collapsed.From his point of view, could it be said that he could hide in the city, and then let the "master of the king" of the Song Dynasty call the door outside the city, and he would ignore it?What if the "Wang Shi" attacked the city?What else is he going to do?resist?Or surrender? None of them seem to be as good as going out of the city to greet him... This way he can occupy the "reason". He has never resisted and has always been a good courtier of the Song Dynasty. Then the emperor will not rob him of anything again, right? In this way, it took Gao Jichong a long time to say that he was here to meet Master Wang.Li Chuyun looked at his face and was completely disappointed with this "courier".He didn't want to waste any more words, and ordered Gao Jichong to stand still. The coach Murong will arrive soon, so you should report to him.Then he led the troops straight to Jiangling. Behind him, Gao Jichong and his Jingnan courtiers looked dejected. They didn't understand, how could people in the Song Dynasty not follow the rules?Ordinarily, "destroying Guo by false means" is not like this. It is necessary to borrow the way first and destroy the main enemy "Guo State" before returning to destroy "Yu State". What about the person who borrowed the knife? This made them very puzzled and dissatisfied. After all, the ball is not played like this... Without a drop of blood on the knife, Li Chuyun occupied Jiangling, the capital of Jingnan.It was too easy, the victory came too easily, which made him feel uncomfortable.Is this what he should be doing?Is it what he wants?He should face a strong enemy, fight several times, and even survive from death, and win the battle at the last moment.This is his Li Chuyun-style victory, which can achieve his prestige that is passed down to future generations and admired by thousands of people. Moreover, it makes him stand out from Zhao Kuangyin's side. Still unfinished, Li Chuyun began to busy Jiangling City, deploying defenses, taking over, recruiting, Anmin and so on. Gangneung. The next target, Hunan, this is the real target! Please note that Li Chuyun's performance has been very good up to this point.Although he was a little too active, but as the supervisor and the coach was sick, he had reason to take more responsibility.But then, this person's mentality is completely out of balance. Once the power is in his hands, life and death can be taken as he pleases, and the true face of a person hidden deep in his heart will suddenly be exposed. First of all, there was a sudden news that made Li Chuyun anxious and angry.Zhou Baoquan sent a message even more urgently than when he first asked for help, saying that the traitor Zhang Wenbiao had been taken care of by himself, and Song Chao was very grateful for coming to rescue him in time, but now that the matter is over, you don't have to come again. Just kidding, Li Chuyun was furious, he wondered if the whole of Hunan was an eleven-year-old kid like Zhou Baoquan?The dignified army of the Song Dynasty is something that you can come and go as soon as you call it on!In this regard, the entire Song army responded by speeding up, not only mobilizing all of them, but also taking the original army from Jingnan, and rushing towards Hunan together.I don't believe it, in the face of such an army, are you still waiting for the wind to surrender? But things are so strange, Hunan people dare to resist!On land, the Hunanese closed their doors, demolished bridges, and made every effort to stop the Song army; on the waterways, the Hunanese did even better. They filled the boats with huge stones and wood and sank them on key waterway beaches. Block all the roads of the Song Army and the Navy. Things got serious, Murong Yanzhao asked Zhao Kuangyin what to do.Zhao Kuangyin was thousands of miles away, so he didn't think much of it, he just gave Zhou Baoquan a sentence - "It's difficult for the army to save you, why do you reject the king's teacher and take your own life!" The whole meaning lies in the last four words, be careful of "self-defeating!" But the Hunanese didn't respond.Then there is no way but to enter the army.At this time, Murong Yanzhao, who had been fighting all his life, was very calm. Whenever there was an attack, there would be resistance. This couldn't be more normal.But in Li Chuyun's heart, it was a completely different matter. This is the first time he led the army (in his heart, the real commander is definitely not Murong Yanzhao, and what happened later proved this point), he will never allow anyone to resist him, and make any mistakes in his career accident.Facing him, everyone should, like Gao Jichong, automatically walk out of the city and stand by the side of the road waiting for him to conquer! At the beginning of March of that year, Li Chuyun of the Song Army led the vanguard, and then the coach Murong Yanzhao led the army and left Lizhou (now Lixian County, Hunan). The target of the attack was Langzhou, Hunan. Just after leaving Lizhou, he encountered the Hunan army, and the tragedy happened. Li Chuyun won the first battle, not only killing many people, but also capturing many people.He picked out dozens of fat ones among the prisoners, then set up a pot and lit a fire.He not only threw the enemy into it and cooked it, but also asked his soldiers to eat it in front of other captives... Recalling the history of all races in the history of mankind, it is not uncommon for a large number of captives to be massacred, tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people killed, but even the concentration camps of Nazi Germany only used poison gas to kill collectively, and only collected human hair, gold teeth, etc. after death Valuable things; the Mongols are famous for massacring cities and destroying the country. In the initial barbaric era, Temujin’s enemy Jamuka just threw the enemy into the pot and boiled it, but he didn’t eat it... Li Chuyun was not crazy at the time. He didn't regret it afterwards, his goal was achieved, and the people of Hunan were really afraid of him. On March 10, he attacked Langzhou, the capital of Hunan, killed Zhang Congfu, who was the main battler, and captured eleven Zhou Baoquan, a 10-year-old child. But his victory did not bring him the glory he expected.People can kill, but there must be a minimum bottom line! The battle report soon reached Zhao Kuangyin's hands.The good news is that it took less than 100 days from the dispatch of troops to the present. In actual combat, Jingnan was conquered within two days, and Hunan was captured within ten days. Gao Jichong and Zhou Baoquan were captured alive. A total of 237,000 households. You're done. But Zhao Kuangyin couldn't be happy.Because this is not the victory he wanted. Winning, sometimes really isn't everything.He was born in the Five Dynasties and Eleven Kingdoms, and grew up and fought in the Five Dynasties and Eleven Kingdoms. His fame, wealth, and even his fame and family fortune are inseparable from fighting with swords.However, that doesn't mean he likes them.Let's not forget that when Zhao Kuangyin ran away from home when he was a teenager and was desperate, he didn't allow himself to fall.History has long proved that Zhao Kuangyin is good at killing, but he doesn't take pleasure in killing. I think he has always had a question, and this question will gradually become clear as he grows up and meets Chai Rong to fight the world.That is, what can the sword bring him? This is the ultimate question.It contains another extremely profound core, that is, he lives by sword, where can he go in the end?Specifically, can he surpass Chai Rong? With Chai Rong's strength, he will fight every day of his life, be strict with himself and others. Although he lives happily, what will happen in the end?Conquering the world with the power of the sword, can the sword not be damaged for a thousand years?Chai Rong's lesson is that he treats himself like a knife, and he will go wherever there is something wrong. In the end, he can't be strong for long, and the blade collapsed with one knife. So it can no longer be like that.So Zhao Kuangyin began to send his subordinates to send troops, and chose his cronies to be the supervisors.Not only victory, but also people's hearts.He deeply understands that what belongs to him is his, and once someone else's is snatched, it belongs to him.So we must cherish it. But Li Chuyun, this damn bastard, everyone can win a battle. I have never seen him do this. Could it be that the Hunan people are so stubborn that they can only be obeyed by throwing them into the pot and cooking them before eating them? !Zhao Kuangyin was heartbroken. He understood that this was a standard victory during the Five Dynasties and Eleven Kingdoms period, and he was desperate for victory.But this is not what he wants! Disadvantages appeared immediately. Although Zhou Baoquan was caught, the people in Hunan became angry, the soldiers and people rebelled, and the city of Langzhou was under the threat of rebels and rioters.Li Chuyun, is your cauldron enough now?Shall I send you some from Kaifeng? And not only that, the temperament of Li Chuyun, who had killed people, changed drastically. Not only was he brutal externally, but he also began to punish severely and mercilessly in his own army.Especially the soldiers of the commander Murong Yanzhao, as long as there is a mistake, Li Chuyun will directly kill and make a decision without asking the commander of the whole army at all. In his heart, supervising the army is the highest leader in the true sense! The consequences were serious. Murong Yanzhao went to the expedition with a sickness, and he was exhausted. He couldn't get sick from then on, and died shortly after returning.Looking back at this time, where is Li Chuyun's credit?In Jing and Hu's weak places, it would be overkill to send generals like Murong Yanzhao to the expedition. They only want to win, and they will definitely win!But Li Chuyun changed everything. In order to deal with the aftermath, Zhao Kuangyin had to issue an edict to announce the amnesty of all rebellions in Jingnan and Hunan. It was far from enough, Zhao Kuangyin understood that he was still living in the Five Dynasties and Eleven Kingdoms, and the world hadn't changed anything because he became emperor. No, I have a dream, the world I want is definitely not like this! So how to deal with Li Chuyun?Rewards, don’t even think about dreaming; then punishments, how much should they be punished?In the Five Dynasties and Eleven Kingdoms, and even among the founding emperors of all dynasties in China, there was a market for "do nothing or do absolutely nothing", but the officials of Zhao and Song Dynasties were not like this.The result was unexpected, Li Chuyun was only adjusted out of the central government, and went to the localities to study and reform—depose Li Chuyun as the governor of Zizhou.It is said in history that "you are afraid, you dare not tell yourself." What else can he say?Only three years later, Li Chuyun died at the age of forty-seven.Maybe it's because the gods are at fault, so I'm restless! But the problem is not over yet, Zhao Kuangyin needs to figure out why there are such cruel and violent people like Li Chuyun?Is Li Chuyun the only scum like this?He thought hard and finally found the fundamental answer to the question. It is still power, and unchecked power will definitely turn people into wild beasts. From the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Jiedushi in various places became princes who could stand against the emperor. They had soldiers, food, money, and their own judicial organs in their own territory, so they were completely free. And believe me, humans are happy when killing is irresponsible! From then on, Zhao Kuangyin took back the foot that had just been stretched out.Whether it was the Southern Tang on the east of Jinghu Lake or the Hou Shu on the west of them, Zhao Kuangyin temporarily left them aside.His goal was to return to the country, and he took back the jurisdiction, financial power, and judicial power of the "branch counties" (branch counties, which are other states and counties within the defense area outside the Jiedushi's station) of the Jiedushi in various feudal towns. Among them, the jurisdiction, from now on, will be uniformly assigned by the imperial court to serve as the magistrates of the prefectures and counties; The financial power is in charge of a full-time agency set up by the imperial court—the Department of Transshipment, and each transshipment envoy is responsible for the fiscal revenue of a road (road, simply put, equivalent to the current province, the highest administrative region).Every year, except for a small amount of funds to pay for daily expenses, all taxes are handed over; Judicial power is even more thorough. Zhao Kuangyin ordered that all death penalty cases in all states across the country should be reported to the imperial court for review by the Ministry of Punishment. State and county officials and Jiedu envoys no longer have the power to execute people.In particular, all the judicial officials who were formerly served by the school lieutenant of Jiedushi were eliminated, and the civil officials admitted by the imperial examination were appointed. And after that, Zhao Kuangyin sent "soldier samples" to the whole country again, that is, some tall and mighty soldiers who met the standards. All the qualified soldiers in the army of all states in the country must be handed over. In this way, Zhao Kuangyin basically achieved "the soldiers were collected, the wealth was also collected, and all rewards, punishments, punishments and administrations were collected"-Quotations from the great sage Zhu Xi.While doing these things, he deeply felt how dangerous his former emperor Chai Rong was. He had been driving a horse-drawn carriage without a rein for many years, and it would tip over at any time. Zhao Kuangyin didn't want to do this. He wanted to create a system that would be effective for a long time, without putting pressure on his subordinates at any time, so that he could convey orders and ensure their execution.Only in this way can his country enjoy long-term peace and stability.