The mystery of Zhao Guangyi's ascension to the throne Why didn't any minister support Zhao Kuangyin's son?
In fact, in the history of Zhao Guangyi's ascension to the throne, there were"Kill your brother"The controversy. In fact, judging from the development of the whole incident, I would prefer to see Zhao Guangyi rightfully ascend to the throne. The question is, how can Zhao Guangyi finally succeed in ascending the throne? Why didn't the ministers of the DPRK and China support Cho Kwangyi's son?
Zhao Guangyi is actually the heir to the throne, so he can easily ascend to the throne.
When it comes to Zhao Guangyi's succession, you have to start with"The Jinling Alliance"Speaking of. In the second year of Song Taizu's Jianlong (961), Empress Dowager Du was seriously ill, and Song Taizu and Zhao Kuangyin and Prime Minister Zhao Pu became brothers and concluded"The Golden Pavilion Alliance"This is an important guarantee for Zhao Guangyi's smooth accession to the throne.
At that time, the Northern Song Dynasty was still in its infancy and had not yet been finally unified, and because Zhao Kuangyin's sons Zhao Dezhao (10 years old) and Zhao Defang (2 years old) were still minors, in order to prevent the recurrence of the tragedy of the Lord without national suspicion, it was formed"The Jinling Alliance"。This treaty is recorded in the History of the Song Dynasty - The Biography of the Empress Dowager Du and the History of the Song Dynasty - The Biography of the Emperor Tingmei of Wei.
Although there have always been doubts about the Jinling Covenant, and the original of the Jinling Covenant has never been found, the existence of the Jinling Covenant has been debated since ancient times. However, since ancient times, the debate about the existence of the Jinling Covenant has not been very extensive, and the existence of the Covenant is generally supported in today's academic circles. The only controversy is whether it is a three-party succession or a two-party succession, that is, after a hundred years of Taizu, the throne will be passed to his brother Zhao Guangyi, then Zhao Guangyi will be passed on to Zhao Guangmei, and finally Zhao Guangmei will be passed on to Zhao Dezhao, or Zhao Kuangyin will be passed on to Zhao Guangyi, and then Zhao Guangyi will be passed on to Zhao Dezhao.
In addition, Zhao Guangyi's successful ascension to the throne has another powerful proof, that is, his identity. Since the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms,"Prince + colt"It has always been the standard of the crown prince. In the first year of Kaibao in the Northern Song Dynasty (960), after Zhao Guangyi conquered Li Chongjin, he was appointed as the governor of the Inner Department as the judge of Tongping Zhangshi, the judge of Kaifeng Prefecture, and the Zhongshu Order, and later served as the judge of Kaifeng Prefecture for a long time.
In August 973, Zhao Pu, the prime minister who advocated the death of his father and the succession of his son and opposed Zhao Guangyi's establishment as crown prince, was dismissed from his post and transferred to Hengyang (present-day Shangmeng County, Henan Province) as the Taishou, Taiwei, and Tongping Zhangshi of the three cities. Only a month later, in September of the same year, Zhao Guangyi was named King of Jin, with an official position"Prince + King Yan"。
It can be said that Zhao Guangyi's status is not only completely in line with the configuration of the crown prince, but also since the Chenqiao Mutiny, he has also been in a high position and participated in court politics. Plus"The Jinling Alliance"The reason, we can basically conclude that Zhao Guangyi is the heir chosen by Zhao Kuangyin, which is also the reason why Zhao Guangyi ascended the throne after Zhao Kuangyin's death.
Zhao Kuangyin never raised his own son, so his ministers never supported him.
Zhao Guangyi's situation is diametrically opposed to Zhao Kuangyi, for his two sons, Zhao Kuangyin has almost no training, recognized Zhao Kuangyin, when Zhao Kuangyin died in the ninth year of Kaibao (976), Zhao Dezhao was 26 years old, Zhao Defang was 18 years old, if you want to pass on the throne to your son, this phenomenon is obviously very abnormal.
According to common sense, after the emperor's son leaves the palace, if not a prince, he should at least be crowned a county king. However, during Zhao Kuangyin's reign, his two sons never became county kings, and Zhao Dezhao and Zhao Defang also became county kings after Zhao Guangyi ascended the throne. In addition, Zhao Dezhao was appointed as the defense envoy of Guizhou on the fifth day of the sixth month of the same year after leaving the palace in the second year of Gande (964), while Zhao Defang was appointed as the defense envoy of Guizhou after leaving the palace in the ninth year of Kaibao (976).
Since then, until Chao Kuangjin's death, the positions of Chao Cuo and Chao Defang have remained unchanged. It should be noted that these two positions are only titles, have no real power, and cannot directly participate in the politics of the dynasty. As mentioned earlier, if Zhao Kuangyin wished to pass on his position to his son, he should have had time to educate his son, but he apparently did not do so.
The second suspicion is that Zhao Kuangyin died that night, why did he personally call Zhao Guangyi **, the content of the conversation between the two is unknown, but judging from the words revealed, Zhao Kuangyin, who is sick, is obviously thinking about Zhao Guangyi ordering Zhao Guangyi"Aftermath"Meaning. If Zhao Guangyi is not the ** person that Zhao Kuangyin is optimistic about, he will definitely find Zhao Dezhao or Zhao Defang again after he has nothing to do. What's more, Zhao Dezhao and Zhao Defang have never been directly involved in politics, if Zhao Kuangyin wants to canonize the two of them, how could Gu Shan not summon the minister of the secret line?
On the contrary, after the Empress Dowager Song learned of Zhao Kuangyin's death, she sent Wang Jien to find Zhao Defang. Moreover, when she learned that Wang Jien did not summon Zhao Defang into the palace, but wanted to summon Zhao Guangyi into the palace, the Empress Dowager Song"Very worried, suddenly summoned an official and said:'My mother and son's lives are entrusted to an official, go'。The king cried and said:'Wealth and wealth are worry-free'"。(Sima Guang's "Saving Flowers") This is obviously a thief's heart is not dead, and this behavior of Queen Song is probably also the reason why Zhao Guangyi is relatively cold on the throne.
As mentioned earlier, since Zhao Kuangyin could not train his two sons and could not give them a higher status, these two sons could not create their own power, and the courtiers also knew this, and of course no one accepted them.