Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, left a secret, which was passed down by the six emperors b

Mondo History Updated on 2024-02-02

Time back to 960 AD, the beginning of the establishment of the Northern Song Dynasty. Zhao Kuangyin, also known as Zhao Kuangyin, the Taizu of the Song Dynasty, successfully overthrew the rule of the Later Zhou Dynasty and established the brilliant Northern Song Dynasty. However, after his accession to the throne, he left behind a crucial secret.

Zhao Kuangyin was well aware of the arduous governance of the country and the changes in the political situation, and he understood that the rise and fall of a dynasty was often closely related to the quality of the emperor and the ability of his successor. In order to ensure the long-term stability of the Northern Song Dynasty, he decided to leave an important secret to future emperors.

When Zhao Kuangyin decided to reign, he told this secret to his heir, Zhao Guangyi, who was Zhao Guangyi, Taizong of the Song Dynasty. The ambitious Zhao Guangyi accepted Zhao Kuangyin's teachings and passed on the secret during his reign. He knew that this secret was crucial to the future of the Northern Song Dynasty, so he solemnly passed it on to his successor, Zhao Xu, Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Xu was a visionary emperor who understood that the secrets left behind by Zhao Kuangyin were crucial to the future of the Northern Song Dynasty. He decided to keep this secret as a top state secret and pass it on only to his suitable successors. So, he passed on the secret orally to his successor, Song Renzong Zhao Zhen.

During the reign of Song Renzong, he was well aware of the wishes of Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Guangyi, and regarded this secret as the treasure of the Northern Song court. He kept the secret in a special album for which he instituted strict secrecy. This album is shaped like an ordinary book of poems, called "Concentration Collection". He mixed the Concentration Collection with other poetry collections and placed it in the emperor's study to prevent detection.

However, Song Injong has always worried that this secret will be lost due to accidents, and he hopes that this secret will be preserved from generation to generation. Therefore, he decided to make a special rule that required every emperor of the Song dynasty to personally go to the imperial tomb at the beginning of his succession to the imperial tomb, enter a secret room, and have the previous emperor himself teach this secret.

As a result, this secret was passed down orally among the six Song Dynasty emperors and passed down from generation to generation. Every new emperor goes through this mystical ritual when he succeeds to the throne, learning and receiving the secrets taught by the previous emperor. The ritual of this lineage is rigorous and solemn, symbolizing the convergence of power and the preservation of the state.

In the one hundred and sixty-five years after the establishment of the Southern Song Dynasty, this secret has always been kept without a trace of **. No matter how curious and eager he was to know this secret, no matter how curious and eager he was, he had to follow the orders and regulations of his ancestors and wait for the previous emperor to teach him.

This enigmatic secret became one of the symbols of the Northern Song Dynasty and a case of education for later generations of monarchs and ministers. However, people at that time did not know what this secret was, only that it was one of the secrets kept secret by the Northern Song court.

It was not until the reign of Emperor Zhao Yun of the Song Dynasty (1224-1264 AD) that this secret first appeared in public. Song Lizong Zhao Yun has a very close nanny, known as "Guifei Mother-in-law".

The concubine's mother-in-law is old and kind, and she is deeply favored by Song Lizong. One day, the concubine's mother-in-law accidentally broke into the emperor's study and found the "Concentration Collection" hidden inside.

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