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"So, what happened to the Chenqiao mutiny in history?"

"Of course there are different opinions."

"Some highlight individuals, some highlight historical time, and some highlight exciting conflicts. Of course, historical events are there, and the general flow will not change."

The first day of the first month of the seventh year of Xiande.

"It's really a good time."

I don't know when, rumors started in the capital that the Khitan would join forces with the Northern Han Dynasty to go south to Houzhou.

At that time, Prime Minister Fan Zhi and others were a panicked group, and they had no time to distinguish between true and false, so they rushed to play the Queen Mother.

The Empress Dowager, a woman in the deep palace, does not know how to fight, so she can only hand over this matter to the ministers for discussion. The result of this discussion is naturally to send Zhao Kuangyin to lead the army north to resist.

Of course, all of this was Zhao Kuangyin's conspiracy. As for what the Khitan people and the Northern Han were doing at that time, perhaps only they knew.

But one thing is for sure, they didn't have the heart to go south to attack Hou Zhou at all.

The army set off vigorously.

On the second day of the first lunar month, Zhao Kuangyin led the army to leave the capital and stayed overnight in Chenqiaoyi (now Chenqiao Town, southeast of Fengqiu, Henan), 20 kilometers northeast of Kaifeng. The mutiny plan was put into practice.

According to the many things arranged in advance, some of Zhao Kuangyin's cronies took advantage of the opportunity of chatting to spread discussions in the army that night.

Today the emperor is weak and unable to govern himself, who knows if we will serve the country and defeat the enemy;

General Zhao is a man of benevolence and righteousness, he is considerate of his subordinates, and he pays a lot of bonuses.

Why don't we support Zhao Kuangyin as emperor first, and then set off for the Northern Expedition.

The mutiny of the soldiers was quickly instigated.

I have to say that the idiom "Three People City Tiger" has a very good effect at this time.

And most importantly, the temptation of money and status is the most attractive to middle-level soldiers.

On the third day of the first lunar month, Zhao Kuangyin's younger brother Zhao Kuangyi (later renamed Guangyi, Song Taizong Zhao Jiong) and his confidant Zhao Pujian saw the time was right.

Put a prepared yellow robe on Zhao Kuangyin who was pretending to be drunk, and they all worshiped in the court, shouting long live and supporting him as emperor.

Zhao Kuangyin woke up suddenly, his face turned pale with shock, and he wanted to take off his clothes when he went up, with a helpless look on his face: "You are greedy for wealth and honor, and you make me the emperor, if you can obey my order, otherwise, I can't do it for you. Lord."

The supporters all expressed that they "obedience to orders".

Zhao Kuangyin announced in public: "After returning to Kaifeng, you must not surprise the Queen Mother and the little emperor of the Hou Zhou Dynasty, you must not invade the ministers of the Hou Zhou Dynasty, and you must not invade the treasury of the court and city.

Those who obey the order will be rewarded, and those who disobey the order will be punished, and all the officers and men will say "No"! "

So Zhao Kuangyin led the mutiny team back to Kaifeng.

The main generals of the Forbidden Army guarding the capital, Shi Shouxin and Wang Shenqi, were all Zhao Kuangyin's past "brothers".

Of course they knew all this in advance.

So after the mutiny succeeded, they immediately opened the city gate to respond.

At that time, among the generals of the Hou Zhou Imperial Army in Kaifeng, only Han Tong, the deputy commander of the Mabu Army of the guards, wanted to lead his troops to resist in a hurry.

But before the army was called up, he was killed by the military academy Wang Yansheng.

Chen Qiao's mutiny led his soldiers to control Kaifeng, the capital of the Later Zhou Dynasty, without bloodshed.

At this time, the late Zhou Prime Minister Fan Zhi and others suddenly realized that they had been fooled, but they had no choice but to lead all the officials to obey.

Tao Gu, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, took out a pre-prepared edict of the Zen Dynasty.

Zhao Kuangyin then formally ascended the throne and easily seized the power of the Later Zhou Dynasty.

Since Zhao Kuangyin served as the military governor of the German Army in the Later Zhou Dynasty, Songzhou (now Shangqiu, Henan Province) was the location of the vassal town, so Song was used as the name of the country, Kaifeng was established as the capital, and the Yuan was changed to "Jianlong".

"This is the popular version of Chen Qiao's mutiny."

"Things seem to be going smoothly."

"Those who make yellow robes make yellow robes, those who spread rumors spread rumors, and those who are responsible for opening the city gates are even more relaxed without any pressure."

"The whole thing seemed like child's play."

"The army drove out for a stroll and came back, and they made the emperor."

"And what is Zhao Kuangyin's promise: You are greedy for wealth and honor, and you make me the emperor, and you can obey my order."

"It means that the biggest benefit of following me, Zhao Kuangyin, is that you can enjoy endless prosperity and wealth."

"It is estimated that this article should be written into the national policy of the Great Song Dynasty. It is why the rulers of each generation of the Great Song Dynasty in the future generations will put enjoying prosperity and wealth first."

Once the power is in hand, the natural situation will follow the dragon.

Once the affairs in Kaifeng are settled, the next thing is the world.

In the early Northern Song Dynasty, there were many separatist forces in the world.

This situation makes Zhao Kuangyin, who has the world in mind, naturally worried.

"I often can't sleep, I always think, this world is mine anytime."

The Lord is worried about the humiliation of his ministers.Hearing what the emperor said, the courtiers naturally tried their best.

So with Zhao Pu's help and planning, Zhao Kuangyin quelled the rebellions of Li Yun and Li Chongjin one after another.

Then began a series of centralization, reform of the military system, development of production, and consolidation of rule.

Two years later, under the strategic decision of first easy to difficult, first south to north, determined to create a unified situation through war.

In September of the third year of Jianlong, troops were deployed to guard the west and north borders to prevent the Liao and Northern Han from plundering south; they chose Jing and Hu as breakthrough points, sent troops southward, and started the unification war.

Jingnan and Hunan are located in the center of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, adjacent to the north and south, to the east of the Southern Tang Dynasty, to the west of Houshu, and to the south of the Southern Han Dynasty.

Occupying Jing and Hu can split the Jiangnan countries and create conditions for each to be defeated.to this end,
Song Ting decided to find an opportunity to send troops to Jing and Hu.

The importance of Jing and Lake has long been concluded in history, so whether it can obtain this position is very important to the Song Dynasty.

In October of the third year of Jianlong, 11-year-old Zhou Baoquan succeeded to the throne.Zhang Wenbiao, the governor of Hengzhou, took the opportunity to mutiny, occupied Tanzhou and threatened Langzhou.Zhou Baoquan asked Song for help in order to discuss Zhang Wenbiao.

In the first month of the first year of Qiande, Murong Yanzhao, the governor of Shannan Dongdao, was ordered to deploy as the capital of the former army of Hunan Daoxingying.

On the ninth day of February, Murong Yanzhao secretly sent Li Chuyun to lead thousands of Qingqi to capture Jiangling City, forcing Jiedu envoy Gao Ji to surrender, and Jingnan died.

At the end of February, the Song army advanced both by land and water, broke through Sanjiangkou, captured [-] warships, and occupied Yuezhou.

After Song Ping Jingchi, he deployed to attack Shu.

After hearing the news, Meng Chang, the lord of Later Shu, wanted to rely on the dangerous terrain in Sichuan and Shaanxi, so he strictly refused to defend it, and at the same time sent envoys to the Northern Han Dynasty to jointly fight against the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Kuangyin was captured by Houshu rebel general Zhao Yantao, and when he learned of the deployment of the Shu army, he ordered to send troops.

In November of the second year of Qiande, Zhao Kuangyin ordered the troops to be divided into two groups: the northern route was deployed by Zhongwu Jiedu envoy Wang Quanbin as the military and horse capital of the Xichuan camp, and Cui Yanjin, the commander of the infantry guards, was deployed as the deputy capital, leading [-] infantry and cavalry. Fengzhou goes down the Jialing River.

On the east road, Liu Tingrang, the commander of the guards and horse troops, was deployed as the deputy capital, and led [-] horsemen to return to the state and trace the Yangtze River westward.

The two groups will split up and attack together, and they will attack Chengdu on a date.

At the beginning of the first month of the third year of Qiande, he broke through the dangerous point of Jianmen, defeated the Shu army, captured Wang Zhaoyuan, and continued to occupy Jianzhou.

The two roads approached Chengdu, Meng Chang surrendered the city, and Hou Shu perished.

After the fall of Jinghu and Houshu, the Southern Tang Dynasty and Wuyue surrendered, but Liu Yu, the leader of the Southern Han Dynasty, refused to attach to the Song Dynasty.

In June of the second year of Kaibao, Zhao Kuangyin used Youbuque Wangming as the transfer envoy of Jinghu to make preparations for war supplies.

On the first day of September in the third year of Kaibao, it went straight to Hezhou.

In the first month of the fourth year of Kaibao, the Song army used fire to attack Guo Chongyue, the recruiter of the Southern Han Dynasty, with [-] soldiers, and then captured the Xingwang Mansion. Liu Yu surrendered, and the Southern Han Dynasty perished.

After the Song Dynasty destroyed the Southern Han Dynasty, Li Yu, the queen master of the Southern Tang Dynasty, surrendered to protect himself, and secretly prepared for war to prevent the Song army from attacking.

In September of the seventh year of Kaibao, Zhao Kuangyin ordered Cao Bin, the envoy of Xuanhui South Academy, to deploy the horse infantry camp in the southwest of Yizhou. Together with Pan Mei, the capital supervisor, he led an army of [-] troops out of Jingnan, and transferred the Wuyue army out of Hangzhou to go north. .

On October [-], Cao Bin led his army down the Yangtze River to the east, advancing by land and water, breaking through Chizhou (Zhiqiupu, Guichi, Anhui), and occupying Caishi (North of Dangtu, Anhui).

On November 27, eight years, Jiangning was defeated, Li Yu surrendered, and the Southern Tang Dynasty perished.

So far, Zhao Kuangyin, the hero of the Great Song Dynasty, has unified the land in the south of the Yangtze River.