Chapter 29 third quarter

It is not a difficult decision to add a yellow robe.When only orphans and widows are left on the way to the peak of power, Zhao Kuangyin cannot resist the fatal temptation. Nobody can. And how to deal with the former boss Chai's family is his most difficult proposition. He is not Wang Mang, who can't even wipe his own son's blood splashed on his face; nor is he Cao Mengde, who is so strong in his heart that he can clamor to the people of the world, "I would rather bear the people of the world, than the people of the world bear me." Many years later, referring to the former boss Chai Rong, Zhao Kuangyin, who has become the emperor, told his close ministers that when Emperor Sejong was in power, he never suspected that I had the intention to usurp the throne.

When he said this, there was a sneaky smile on his face, like a child who stole something from others, because he always thought that he had snatched this position from the Chai family. Chai Rong had six sons in total. The elder Yige and the second (unnamed) were both killed by Emperor Yin of the Han Dynasty Liu Chengyou. The third son, Chai Zongxun, was later Emperor Zhou Gong. The fourth child, Chai Xirang, and the sixth child, Chai Xirang. Emperor Gong of Zhou Dynasty, Emperor Chai Zongxun, was seven years old when Chenqiao was mutinied. After Zhao Kuangyin took over Kaifeng, he abolished Emperor Gong, changed his title to King Zheng, and moved to Fangzhou (now Fangxian County, Hubei Province).As the deposed emperor, Chai Zongxun was depressed although he had no worries about food and clothing, so he died at the age of twenty (973 A.D.), and his heirs inherited the title of Zheng Guogong.

However, Chai Rong's two youngest sons, Chai Xirang and Chai Xijiao, have no official history records. There are rumors (notes from Song Dynasty) that after Zhao Kuangyin entered the palace at that time, he saw a maid holding two babies. Zhao Kuangyin sighed and asked his subordinates how to deal with these two little guys. Zhao Pu, who ruled the world with half of his body, made a hand gesture to his neck. Zhao Kuangyin seemed to agree with Zhao Pu's suggestion. Just as he was about to wave his hands to let his subordinates deal with the two children, he suddenly saw General Pan Mei lowering her head and beating the pillar lightly.

Zhao Kuangyin asked Pan Mei, do you think this is inappropriate? Pan Mei said that maybe this is the best political choice, but you and I may not be able to pass this test in conscience. Zhao Kuangyin said what about the two children? Pan Mei said that if the emperor is at ease, these two children will be handed over to me, and I will arrange them properly. Later, Pan Mei took away the two princes, adopted Xi Rang, and renamed him Pan Weiji. Later, Pan Su, a famous general in the Renzong and Shenzong dynasties, was the successor of Pan Weiji. The other baby, Xihui, was adopted by Lu Yan, a minister of the Later Zhou Dynasty, and his surname was also changed to Lu.

The above stories are rumors in the rivers and lakes, and the credibility is not very high. Judging from Zhao Kuangyin's attitude towards the surrendered princes and heirs of all parties during the Southern and Northern Wars, although he was born as a general, Zhao Kuangyin had a tolerant heart and treated the captured royal family. Treat them all kindly, how can he not tolerate the two young children of Chai Rong's family who have been kind to him? And before he died, he left a mysterious stele in the palace. The newly enthroned emperor had to be led by an illiterate eunuch to see the oath stele left by his ancestors.

In the empire, the oath tablet of the old Zhao family has become the greatest curiosity of the subjects of the empire. Everyone is guessing and concerned about the family motto of Song Taizu back then. What will be written on it?