For those who know a little about Chinese history, the Chenqiao Mutiny is certainly no stranger. Historically, Zhao Kuangyin became emperor in the Chenqiao Mutiny, and then established the Song Dynasty.
Historically, the founding emperors have inherited the throne in a variety of ways, but Zhao Kuangyin has a unique way of inheritance. After his death, he did not pass the throne to his son, but chose to pass it on to his younger brother Zhao Guangyi.
There are many reasons for this choice, and some historical books record that Zhao Kuangyin may have died at the hands of Zhao Guangyi, and the sound of the axe and candle shadow is a symbol of this history.
There are also records that Zhao Kuangyin's death had nothing to do with Zhao Guangyi, and he chose Zhao Guangyi because the Song Dynasty was not stable enough at that time, and it was more stable to pass the throne to his younger brother.
Whatever the reason, it reflects Zhao Kuangyin's far-reaching insight and overall concept.
Although the throne of the Song Dynasty eventually passed to Zhao Guangyi, of the four sons of Zhao Kuangyin, the Taizu of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Dexiu, the king of Teng, and Zhao Delin, the king of Shu, died young, and only Zhao Dezhao, the king of Yan, and Zhao Defang, the king of Qin, lived to adulthood.
According to common sense, Zhao Dezhao should become the emperor, but because the cause of Zhao Kuangyin's death was unknown, and the power of the court was in the hands of Zhao Guangyi, he finally succeeded in ascending the throne.
Zhao Guangyi had promised that if he died, the throne would pass to Zhao Dezhao. However, neither Zhao Dezhao nor Zhao Defang waited for that day. Four years after Zhao Guangyi ascended the throne, he sent troops to attack the Khitan, but the result was a crushing defeat.
In this defeat, Cho Kwang-yi disappeared, and the ministers of the DPRK and China planned to enthrone Cho Dezhao. However, just a few days later, news came that Zhao Guangyi was safe. When he returned to the court, he heard about it and was very dissatisfied.
And Zhao Dezhao, who was elected by the ministers, also began to feel worried. Later, because Zhao Dezhao proposed to reward the ministers, Zhao Guangyi said: "It's better to wait until you become the emperor yourself before rewarding the ministers." ”
Zhao Dezhao felt extremely frightened because of this, and finally chose to commit suicide.
The death of Zhao Defang, the son of Zhao Kuangyin, is also full of mystery. Two years after the suicide of his brother Zhao Dezhao, although Zhao Guangyi had passed away, the throne eventually passed to his third son, Zhao Heng, the historical Song Zhenzong.
Zhao Defang, who was only 23 years old at the time, died suddenly due to illness, and the "History of the Song Dynasty" only recorded this as "sleeping disease", and there were no more details. As a result, Zhao Kuangyin's two sons died when they were young.
Many historians believe that Zhao Guangyi secretly killed them in order to prevent them from competing for the throne, but this is only speculation, and the actual situation is still inconclusive.
Despite this, Zhao Dezhao and Zhao Defang's descendants were not punished for this, but survived unharmed.
Zhao Dezhao's five sons are Zhao Weizheng, Weiji, Weigu, Weizhong, and Weihe, while Zhao Defang's three sons are Zhao Weizheng, Weixian, and Weineng. During the Northern Song Dynasty, although no one in Zhao Kuangyin's bloodline became emperor again, the fate of these descendants was uncertain.
The policy of the Song Dynasty was different from that of the Ming Dynasty, allowing the imperial family to participate in government affairs, so even if you were born into the imperial family, you could pass the imperial examination to become an official, do business, etc. However, by the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the situation had changed drastically.
The shame of Jingkang caused almost all the imperial families of the Song Dynasty to be wiped out by the Jin people, so when the Southern Song Dynasty was established, the only remaining Zhao Gou was elected as the emperor and ascended the throne as the emperor.
Before Zhao Gou died, he left a strange story. Because he was injured in the Jingkang Revolution in his early years, he was unable to have children, so he could only adopt one child from the side before his death.
This person is the later Song Xiaozong, that is, the sixth grandson of Zhao Defang and the seventh grandson of Zhao Kuangyin. This means that the Northern Song Dynasty was made an emperor by Zhao Kuangyin, and the other emperors were taken over by Zhao Guangyi.
In the Southern Song Dynasty, the first emperor was Zhao Guangyi, and the subsequent emperors were all descendants of Zhao Kuangyin. The wonderful coincidences of history are amazing. February** Dynamic Incentive Program