After pacifying the Southern Han Dynasty, the Wu and Yue Kingdom had already surrendered. Chen Hongjin's Zhang and Quanzhou were too small, and the next target of the Song Dynasty was the Southern Tang Dynasty. But what is strange is that Zhao Kuangyin did not launch troops against the Southern Tang for three years. There is no record of large-scale wars between the Song and Liao dynasties in history books. So what have Zhao Kuangyin been doing in the past three years?

On November 1, Li Yu sent his younger brother Li Congshan to Kaifeng to congratulate him with a large number of tributes. He took the initiative to ask Zhao Kuangyin to write to him in the future, and to call him by his name, and to demote himself to the first level, and officially become the "Zhengnan Lord". In this way, Zhao Kuangyin seemed satisfied and began to tolerate Nan Tang and Li Yu.

In fact, Zhao Kuangyin did not waste his time. Of course, from the perspective of my later generations, some of the things Zhao Kuangyin did during this period proved to be unsuccessful. In the past three years, he actually only did one thing: either support Zhao Pu and Zhao Guangyi in fighting, or support Zhao Guangyi in fighting.

Finally it's time to talk about Zhao Pu. But unfortunately, this part of the information in the history of the Song Dynasty is seriously missing and cannot be found. Just like Zhao Kuangyin's life that was suddenly ended, it is both cruel and ruthless. All the things that happened back then were all deleted by his "good brother" Zhao Guangyi (this is the emperor I hate and look down on the most among the 16 emperors of the Song Dynasty. His contempt for him is far greater than that of Zhao Gou. This is a big bitch). His nephew Zhao Heng was deleted from "The Record of Taizu" twice in a row.

Zhao Guangyi destroyed his brother, and then destroyed his brother's descendants, and destroyed everything that was not good for him in his brother's record. Zhao Pu is recognized as the closest person to Zhao Kuangyin, and his deeds were wiped out, even if it was a disaster.

The things recorded in "Biography of Zhao Pu, the Biography of the Song Dynasty" are either very similar to Zhao Kuangyin's snowy night asking questions, or they are very small, using a certain memorial from Zhao Pu that year to count. There are very few specific records of what he did in a certain year.

Zhao Pu's face was gloomy and his eyes stood at the junction of sunlight and shadows, looking coldly at everyone, including Zhao Kuangyin's brothers. On the one hand, he took the responsibility of the world as his responsibility, and was known as resolute and decisive in history, and there was no comparison. On the other hand, he was a deep and timid person by nature. When he wanted to be vicious, he could kill people without blood. When he needed shamelessness, he could be shameless than anyone else. This would not affect his historical significance. He was a powerful minister and a capable minister. He disdained his words and only had a half-tone scholar who only understood half of the "Analects of Confucius". But he had real talents and knowledge.

To be fair, Zhao Pu was a corrupt official. In 971, he was arrested by Zhao Kuangyin at least three times.

In March of the first time, Zhao Kuangyin reported that Zhao Pu violated the ban and sold wood. Zhao Kuangyin was furious and asked former prime minister Wang Pu what crime should Zhao Pu be? Wang Pu smiled and said, "Zhao Pu framed the ministers." Zhao Kuangyin thought about it and beat Zhao Kuangyin.

The second time it can be said that Zhao Pu was ordered to be corrupt. Li Yu of the Southern Tang Dynasty secretly gave Zhao Pu 50,000 taels of silver, but Zhao Pu did not dare to ask for it, so he reported to Zhao Kuangyin. Zhao Kuangyin said, "You accept it, remember to write a reply letter, thank Li Yu. Take some money to reward the messenger who gave you money." Zhao Pu was not sure why, so he refused. The emperor explained that "the body of a great country should not be weakened by itself. Accept it! Don't let Li Yu guess randomly." So Zhao Pu was ordered to collect the money. But on November 1, Li Congshan came to pay tribute, and Zhao Kuangyin gave another 50,000 taels of silver in addition to the normal reward. Li Yu knew it well and dared not make small moves.

In November 3, Zhao Pu lost his lord. On that day, Zhao Kuangyin suddenly arrived at Zhao Pu's house and saw 10 bottles scattered beside the wall. He asked what it was. Zhao Pu said it was seafood sent by Qian Chu, King of Wu Yue. When he opened it, he saw that the golden light was dazzling, all of them were gold... Zhao Pu had to kneel down and swear that he really knew nothing. You must know that he had reported it as before. Zhao Kuangyin smiled as usual, "Please put it away! Qian Chu thought that the country's major affairs were all the students."

Zhao Kuangyin did indeed trust Zhao Pu very much. There was another example. It was October 968, when Li Jixun's Song army was unable to advance and retreat under the city of Taiyuan. Zhao Kuangyin was depressed and asked someone to call Lei Dexiang to come to Liaohuwu. He said that Zhao Pu was an authentic bastard who wanted to buy and sell the houses of the people and accepted bribes. He asked Zhao Kuangyin to enforce the law impartially and dismiss Zhao Pu. Zhao Kuangyin was holding the famous jade axe in his hand, staring at his front teeth. He raised an axe and hit the target! This was not the first time he was already skillful in the technique, and the range of the jade axe was very accurate. Mr. Lei had comminuted fractures on two front teeth on the E, and the emperor yelled at him, "The cauldron still has ears, don't you hear Zhao Pu's country minister?"

Zhao Pu was carefully weighing the stick in his hand, and was also evaluating the hardness of Zhao Guangyi's head. If this stick really hits, is it Zhao Guangyi's head blooming? Or will his own stick break? Zhao Pu needs to consider two points: first of all, it is the emperor's intention. After judging that the emperor must support him to smash it. There is only one reason, but it is definitely enough: Zhao Kuangyin's second son Dezhao and fourth son Defang have grown up (the eldest son Dexiu and the third son Delin have both died prematurely), especially Zhao Dezhao, who is 21 years old, and is the legitimate son of Zhao Kuangyinyuan and Empress He.

It is the legal continued empire. Zhao Pu's second analysis is that the court officials are mainly the support of the Secretariat, the Privy Council, and the Sansi Envoy. The Secretariat is fine. This is his own territory. Although there are Xue Juzheng and Lu Yuqing, two deputy officials of the political affairs of the government, Zhao Pu, but everything is decided by Zhao Pu. Privy Councilor Li Chongju? Zhao Pu's son and Li Chongju's daughter will soon get married. Is the relationship strong enough? Chu Zhaofu, the Third Secretariat? Although he has not had a good relationship with Zhao Pu on weekdays, Chu Zhaofu and Zhao Guangyi are not in a good relationship. Brother Chu, don't you tell me no?

As of the first half of Kaibao 5th year (972), Zhao Pu and Zhao Guangyi should have a strong advantage in the battle. But after that, everything is hard to say...

In July, Zhao Kuangyin was facing his stake warehouse. The autumn harvest season is here again, which means that his treasury will become more sufficient. In any case, the life of having money and food can last. But at this moment, the three envoys Chu Zhaofu suddenly came, "Your Majesty, it's over. Now the treasury is only enough to eat until February next year. There is no way, so I have to disband the imperial guards and let them go to all parts of the country to eat. Then I recruit all civilian ships and go to the Jianghuai area to transport grain. This will ensure that Kaifeng Prefecture will not starve to death in the spring of next year." Zhao Kuangyin suddenly returned to extreme poverty from his golden dream, and the gap was too big. He made him crazy in an instant and shouted at Chu Zhaofu, "How do you serve as the three envoys? The country has no 9 years of reserves, and you only give it to me.

I left rations for half a year! I divided the army to farm and collect civilian ships. This is something I can do in one go? Tell you, I will kill you and explain to the people of the world. When Chu Zhaofu came out of Zhao Kuangyin's palace that day, he must have confirmed that his death was not far away. In the crisis, he thought of Zhao Guangyi. At first, he just wanted to ask the emperor's younger brother to tell me about his love and give me a few days of grace. Unexpectedly, Zhao Guangyi was so helpful. Not only did he help him, but he also used his own Kaifeng Prefecture team (Zhao Guangyi was appointed as the prefect of Kaifeng in July 1961 to help him make efforts. The result was amazing. The three departments of the Song Dynasty's plan to make the Lord (the Minister of Finance) could not do anything, and the private team of the prefecture of Kaifeng Prefecture could easily be handled.

Before the imperial guards were disbanded and the civilian ships were expropriated, the grain of Jianghuai appeared in the national treasury in Kaifeng City.

This matter seemed to be very happy to outsiders. But in Chu Zhaofu, Zhao Pu's heart was another matter. Zhao Guangyi, who had always shown his affinity and tenderness, made everyone see what he could do...

So, where would Chu Zhaofu stand? What happened next in September scared Zhao Pu even more and more. On that day, Zhao Pu went to work as usual, waiting for Zhao Kuangyin to summon him in Changchun Palace, and suddenly felt that something was missing. Then he found that his old friend, Privy Councilor Li Chongju, was gone. As soon as he asked, Li Chongju was dismissed as the governor of the country. Zhao Pu, who was extremely sensitive in politics, immediately realized the crisis. He violated the taboo of emperors of all dynasties - autocracy! He and Li Chongju were the military and political power of the Song Dynasty, but they were together to get off work and became children's families!

On March 1, 973, the last emperor of the Later Zhou Dynasty, Chai Zongxun, 21, died in Fangzhou, where he was exiled. From September 21, Zhao Kuangyin personally held the first official palace examination in the history of the imperial examination in the palace. From then on, the palace examination officially became the last hurdle for the world's enrollment to squeeze into a single-plank bridge.

Starting from April 973, Zhao Pu's market continued to decline until it completely failed after more than four months and was driven out of the capital by Zhao Kuangyin.

First of all, on April 17, a man named Lu Duosun went on a mission to the Southern Tang Dynasty. He was about to set off to return to the north. Lu Duosun sent someone to say this to Li Yu, "Now the imperial court is recompiling maps of various states in the world. There is a map of Jiangnan in the history museum. Can I bring a copy back?" The map was the most important military secret in ancient times. If Liu Bei had not had Zhang Song presented a map, would he dare to enter Shu rashly? Unfortunately, Li Yu could not think of this and got the map of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Lu Duosun was naturally appreciated by Zhao Kuangyin, and he was also Zhao Pu's lifelong enemy. During Zhao Pu's first rescinding, facts proved that he was the last straw that broke Zhao Pu's back. However, due to the bad guy Zhao Guangyi's malicious tampering with history many times, today we can only read a very vague record in history books, "Every time we call each other, we attack Pu's shortcomings." That is, Lu Duosun often talks bad things about Zhao Pu in front of Zhao Kuangyin. But what he said was not explained in history.

Do you still remember Lei Dexiang? The tough guy who reported Zhao Pu but was knocked out by Zhao Kuangyin? He was demoted to Shangzhou, but had a bad relationship with the local governor Xiyu. In June, he was demoted to Lingwu in the northwest again. This matter may have nothing to do with Zhao Pu. Will a sesame official who was demoted to the outsider of the Song Dynasty continue to find fault? But Lei Dexiang's son Lei Youlin didn't think so, so he ran to the capital to sue the emperor. As a result, Zhao Pu's confidant Liu Wei was executed, and the rest were expelled from the list. Young Master Lei was awarded the title of Secretariat. Why did he become an official, anyone with a discerning eye could see clearly.

As a result, the officialdom was in full swing, and everyone knew what to do. Zhao Pu's hard days came. On June 28, Xue Juzheng, the assistant minister, and Lu Yuqing, were promoted to the right, and all power was equal to Prime Minister Zhao Pu.

On August 23, Zhao Pu, who had been the only prime minister for 10 years, was dismissed from prime minister for the first time and became the governor of the Three Cities of Heyang. He was driven away by Zhao Kuangyin.

Zhao Pu was willing to accept the loss, but he knew he would make a comeback. But maybe the weather had changed at that time. So the cunning Zhao Pu wanted to leave a way out for himself in the future. Before leaving, he wrote a letter to Zhao Kuangyin, "Outsiders say that I would like to discuss the emperor's brother Kaifeng Yin. The emperor's brother is loyal, filial and loyal, how can it be? Your younger brother Zhao Guangyi is a perfect person. You should love him wholeheartedly!

Less than a month after Zhao Pu left the capital, on September 19, the prefect of Kaifeng Zhao Guangyi was appointed King of Jin. Xue Juzheng and Chen Yilun became the Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty, and Lu Duosun became the deputy prime minister and the political affairs. On the 22nd, King of Jin Zhao Guangyi's status was above the prime minister for the first time, and was promoted to the top of the real one below ten thousand people.

Zhao Kuangyin was a very careful person who was very careful and unwilling tolerate disgusting phenomena such as disorganization and discipline. In fact, he did a lot of work in this regard. Whether he released military power with a cup of wine, dismissed the vassal states, made money and grain, collected elite soldiers, or reassigned official power, it was all like this.

But history has proved that in the past 10 years, just under his nose, there was a powerful force with far-reaching influence, and a omnipresent force on the Song Dynasty's national economy and people's livelihood, which had quietly emerged. There were signs that when this force was still in its infancy and even its leader was still unknown, Zhao Kuangyin deliberately supported the promotion, allowing this bitch to show his feelings among the masses. There are many reasons, including Zhao Kuangyin's unfavorable relationship, and also from his own interests that he wanted to make this person bigger.

But it is easy to release a tiger and difficult to collect it. When this force becomes a huge, dense, tough and toxic net, or more like another blood net nerve that penetrates into the body of the life of the Song Dynasty, everything is too late. But at this time, Zhao Kuangyin knew nothing about this. His generous and kindness really turned into a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it made his empire evolve smoothly and become the image of his hope. But on the other hand, it also made him lose everything in the end. The tragic consequences are not only him, but also his descendants, who have been suppressed for life and are peaceful.

History has long proved that others have always slept soundly beside him. No matter what blood relationship this bitch has with him.
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