In the ninth year of Baokai, the night of June 65438+10/October 65438+September 976, the north wind was cold and the snow was falling. Song Taizu suddenly ordered Zhao Guangyi, king of Jin, to be summoned to the palace. When Zhao Guangyi arrived, Song Taizu asked his entourage to step down and drink alone with Zhao Guangyi. The eunuchs and ladies-in-waiting outside the temple saw the candle flickering in the hall from a distance. Zhao Guangyi figure suddenly left the table and waved back, as if to avoid and refuse something. Soon, I heard Song Taizu poking the ground with a column axe, and the sound of the axe was clearly audible. At the same time, he shouted, "Do it well, do it well." The two brothers drank until late at night. After Zhao Guangyi left his brother, Song Taizu took off his clothes and went to bed.
However, the next morning, Mao, the founding father of the Song Dynasty, died suddenly and mysteriously at the age of 50.
This is one of the expressions known as "axe sound candlelight" in history. This sentence comes from a book "Shan Ye in Hunan" written by an old monk in Wenying in Song Dynasty.
In fact, in the official history of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin's death was ambiguous. There are only two simple sentences. The first sentence is "the emperor collapsed in the Hall of Long Live, at the age of fifty"; The other sentence is "ordered by Du Taihou, passed on to Taizong".
There is only one reason why the official revision of History of the Song Dynasty is ambiguous, that is, since Zhao Kuangyi and Song Taizong, the emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty have been inherited by Emperor Taizong. These people don't want to tell the truth or make up history. The best way is to bypass it.
So, what happened on the night of June 65438+ October 65438+ September 976 in Kaibao nine years? What is the real cause of Zhao Kuangyin's death?
First of all, let's look at the first sentence in Zhao Kuangyin Biography, "Song Taizu suddenly ordered Zhao Guangyi, the king of Jin, to be summoned to the palace". Obviously, there is a problem here. Why did Song Taizu suddenly call Zhao Guangyi into the palace? And it's late at night. What is the important secret we are going to tell at this time?
Look at the last sentence, "After Zhao Guangyi arrived, Song Taizu retired the left and right attendants and drank alone with Zhao Guangyi." There are also two problems here. First, do they meet late at night just to drink? Second, even if it's just for drinking, why screen out the waiters? There is only one answer, that is, there are important things to talk about. What is this?
Look at "Song Taizu pokes the ground with a column axe, and the sound of' Chen Wenjing' axe can be clearly heard". What is a "column axe"? It's not an axe for chopping people, it's a kind of stationery that you can play with in your hand. It is shaped like a lamp. Made of jade or crystal. Generally, monarchs use this thing to sketch on drawings, and it is more appropriate to hold it in their hands.
Song Taizu is not a gibbon. If he wants to poke the ground with a column axe, he has to bend down. That's even weirder? Two people drinking wine, how can they suddenly poke the ground with a "column axe" and make a clear "scrape" sound? While poking, he shouted "Do it well, do it well".
Because of these suspicions, Zhao Guangyi poisoned his brother. In particular, "Zhao Guangyi's figure suddenly left his seat and stood up, waving his hand back, as if avoiding and rejecting something." It is easy to think of such a scene: Zhao Guangyi poisoned the wine, Zhao Kuangyin drank it, and the toxicity broke out. He grabbed the axe and poked at Zhao Guangyi, but he didn't have enough strength, so he squatted down, otherwise he might fall or get down. He painfully poked at the ground with an axe and shouted, "Suit yourself." Zhao Guangyi stood up in panic and instinctively dodged.
If so, he made sure that there would be a conversation between the Zhao brothers before saying "Do what you want". What is the content of the dialogue? It was Zhao Guangyi who asked Zhao Kuangyin to pass on the throne to himself after his death. Of course, this requirement includes compulsory. Zhao Kuangyin hesitated, became angry and had a poisoning attack. At this moment, he felt that his life had come to an end. He said sympathetically and helplessly, "You should be the successor. Do your best, do your best. "
What I want to say is that this scene is not an unfounded subjective imagination. From before and after the incident of "axe sound and candle shadow", we can get some evidence.
First, let's talk about Zhao Guangyi. 16 years as Kaifeng magistrate. In this process, he cultivated a large number of cronies. Under his banner, there are Song Qi who is proficient in official skills, Cheng Yu who is eloquent, and Jia Yan who is both civil and military. It can be said that there are many talents. Moreover, Zhao Guangyi himself is a well-deserved corporal, good at making friends, and has high EQ and IQ. So his influence is not only great, but also deeply rooted in North Korea.
In the ninth year of Kaibao, in March 976, a "war of moving the capital" broke out among the vassal states of North Korea. It is believed that Kaifeng, the capital of Zhao Kuangyin, has a good geographical position, but the terrain is not dangerous, it is not easy to defend, and it is easy to be attacked on all sides. So he plans to move the capital to Luoyang. Although the two places have their own advantages and disadvantages, in Zhao Kuangyin's view, the advantages of moving the capital to Luoyang outweigh the disadvantages.
Ministers put forward different opinions on this. For example, Li Huaizhong, commander of the left and right compartments, thinks that Kaifeng has the advantage of canal water transportation and can lead to the south of the Yangtze River. Every year, millions of welcome rice are shipped from Jianghuai to supply hundreds of thousands of troops in the capital. And the foundation of Tokyo is very solid and unshakable.
But Zhao Kuangyin wouldn't listen. He believes that all the materials needed by Kaifeng City should be transported by water. If Kaifeng is besieged, the consequences will be unimaginable.
It seems that Zhao Kuangyin has made up his mind to move the capital. At this time, Zhao Guangyi, who was also opposed to moving the capital, said something a little loyal: "It's not dangerous in Germany."
Surprisingly, after hearing this, Zhao Kuangyin was speechless. Zhao Guangyi, the king of Jin, came out of the temple and said to the ministers around him, "What the king of Jin said is true, but within a hundred years, everyone in the world will be exhausted."
So the plan to move the capital didn't happen.
Zhao Guangyi can convince Zhao Kuangyin in one sentence. Is his position in Zhao Kuangyin's mind extremely high, or does this sentence itself have profound truth? There are two reasons.
Let's take a look at the origin of the sentence "Virtue is not dangerous", which is recorded in Shan Ye, Hunan. He is an important viewpoint of Wu Qi, a famous strategist in the Warring States Period.
According to Records of Historical Records and Biography of Sun Wu, on one occasion, Wei Wuhou and Wuqi crossed the river by boat. While admiring the dangerous peaks on both sides of the strait, Wei Wuhou said, "How magnificent the mountains and rivers are! Isn't this the foundation of Wei's consolidation? "
Wu Qi immediately replied: "The fundamental reason for the consolidation of state power lies in moral policies rather than natural barriers. The ancient kingdom of Sanmiao left Dongting and right Peng Li, but it perished because Yu Xia did not cultivate moral benevolence and righteousness; Zuoheji, the capital of Xia Jie, has Taihua in the right, Yique in the south and Yangchangban in the north, which is impregnable, but it was replaced by Shang Tang because of his tyranny. Yin lived in Zuomengmen, right Taihang, Changshan in the north and big river in the south, but he was killed because of cruelty. From this perspective, virtue is not dangerous. If you are unfriendly, the people on board will become your enemies. " Wei Wuhou listened to Wuqi and sighed.
This shows that Zhao Guangyi's "virtue is not dangerous" is very reasonable. However, he said such a sentence, not for Zhao Kuangyin, but for.