Chapter 215 The Heyday of Chinese Culture

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I listened with relish. Uncle, you are much more detailed than in our history textbooks. So, let me tell you this if you release the power of military power with a glass of wine!

Uncle Zhang Qingfang nodded and began to continue talking about Zhao Kuangyin's success, of course, he was worried that the heroes under his command would also take him into a yellow robe one day and take him over Zhao Kuangyin's world. So, one day, Zhao Kuangyin summoned Zhao Pu and asked: In the decades since the end of the Tang Dynasty, the emperor had changed eight families, and wars were frequent and endless. The people lived in dire straits. Why is this? I want to end the war in the world and make the country last for a long time. How can I do it?

Zhao Pu replied: Your Majesty said this, which is a blessing of heaven and earth, and a blessing of man and god. The chaos in the world is not another reason. It is because the power of the vassal states is too great, the monarch is weak and the ministers are strong. Now if you want to solve this situation, you can only weaken the power of the vassal states, limit their finances, and confiscate their elite troops, so that the world will be peaceful.

Therefore, in the spring of the first year of Gande (963), Zhao Kuangyin left Shi Shouxin after retiring from the court. Gao Huaide, Wang Shenqi, Zhang Lingduo, Zhao Yanhui, Luo Yanhuan and other senior generals drank. After drinking, Song Taizu told his subordinates that if I had no one, I would not be the emperor. Even though I was the emperor, I would rather be the governor than be happy. After becoming the emperor, I have never slept well.

These words shocked Shi Shouxin and others: Why did Your Majesty say that? Now that the destiny is determined, who dares to have another strange intention?

Taizu said: Who doesn’t want wealth? One day, your subordinates will also wear you with yellow robe and support you as the emperor. Even if you don’t want to rebel, will you still be able to do so?

Shi Shouxin and other generals knelt down and kowtowed, crying and saying: I am ignorant, I cannot understand how to deal with this matter. Please ask Your Majesty to envy us and indicate a way out.

Song Taizu took the opportunity to express his idea of ​​asking them to give up their military power and suggested that life is short and it is like a flash of time. It is better to accumulate more money, buy some real estate, and pass it on to descendants. He will have more singing girls and dancers at home, drink and have fun day and night to end his life. There is no suspicion between the king and the minister, and the upper and lower levels are at peace. Isn’t this great?

The ministers thanked and said: Your Majesty, who can think of our affairs, will bring us the favor of resurrection!

The next day, Shi Shouxin, Gao Huaide, Wang Shenqi, Zhang Lingduo, Zhao Yanhui and others claimed that they were sick and demanded the removal of military power. Song Taizu happily agreed to let them get rid of their positions as imperial guards, and to serve as military governors in the local area, and abolished the Palace Front Inspection and the Command of the Cavalry and Infantry Command of the Guards. This is the famous Chinese history.This cup of wine releases military power is just the beginning. The three hundred years of the Song Dynasty showed its defense and distrust of soldiers everywhere. At that time, the Song Dynasty showed its high economic and cultural development had reached a height of prosperity. At that time, neighboring countries such as Korea or Japan were even proud of being able to marry a Chinese because the Chinese in the Song Dynasty were culturally and well-educated, and their every move was full of cultural and artistic temperament. Japanese or Koreans admired the Chinese people very much. The reason why these Japanese women or Korean women regarded marrying Chinese men as their goal in their lives was to hope that the children in their stomachs could inherit some cultural and artistic genes from Chinese men. This Zhao Song Dynasty was a heyday of Chinese civilization!