On the night of October 20, 976, what exactly happened that night? The great historian of the Song Dynasty Sima Guang In "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", the beginning starts with "Gui Chou, the upper part collapsed in the Wansui Hall", and only writes about What happened after Zhao Kuangyin , and never mentions the secret of Taizu's death. just said in a vague way that night there was a eunuch named Wang Jien . He met the doctor who was also anxiously waiting in the middle of the night at the door of Zhao Guangyi, and then went to find Zhao Guangyi on his own initiative, and then the three of them entered the palace together.
Southern Song Xu Dazhuo's records in "Jin Yulu" are very bloody, saying that Taizu Zhao Kuangyin was sick and unconscious in the bed, and his favorite concubine, Mrs. Huarui, was waiting in front of the bed. Taizu's younger brother Zhao Guangyi came to visit her for a while and saw that Mrs. Huarui was beautiful and beautiful, and she was in a state of control. After pulling and pushing, she woke up the unconscious Taizu Emperor. The emperor was furious when he saw this. Zhao Guangyi was shocked and killed someone.
Axe Sound Candle Shadow is the most widely circulated. At that time, a monk named Shi Wenying wrote in his "Xuxiang Mountains and Wild Records" that when Zhao Kuangyin was still a civilian, he met an Taoist priest . After seeing Zhao Kuangyin, the Taoist priest accurately predicted the day when the Chenqiao mutiny and Zhao Kuangyin put on the yellow robe. Strangely, this person disappeared after Zhao Kuangyin became emperor. A few years later, the Taoist priest appeared again, and Zhao Kuangyin was overjoyed. So how long can the Taoist priest live?
Taoist priest pondered for a long time and said: On the night of October 20 this year, if the weather is sunny, it will increase your life by twelve years. If it is cloudy, "you should deal with it quickly." Zhao Kuangyin kept these words in mind. On that night, he climbed to the Taiqing Pavilion in the palace alone and looked around. He saw the sky was clear and the stars were bright. He was a little happy just now, but unexpectedly, the haze suddenly rose and the sky changed sharply. In just a moment, heavy snow and hail fell from the sky... Zhao Kuangyin moved to the palace and rushed to the palace to start the door and summoned his younger brother, Kaifeng Premier Zhao Guangyi. Start drinking. The people who were guarding outside could only see from a distance. In the shadow of the candle in the window lattice, Zhao Guangyi stood up from time to time and retreated, as if he was refusing to avoid something, and could not hear anything else, let alone see clearly.
Wait until they finish drinking it, it is already three days. At this time, the snow outside the hall was several inches thick. Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Guangyi walked out. Everyone saw Zhao Kuangyin poking the snow with a pillar axe and shouted: Itβs easy to do! Easy to do. It is recorded that what Taizu said at that time was not easy to do, but to do it himself.
Then he returned to the hall alone and took off his clothes, breathing like thunder. When it was Wugu , when it was almost dawn, the guards outside the hall could no longer hear any sounds. Song Taizu had already died in their sleep. That night, Zhao Guangyi was in the palace all the time. He immediately accepted his brother's will, ascended the throne in front of Zhao Kuangyin's coffin, and became the second emperor of the Song Dynasty.
or above is the source of the legend of the sound of axe and candle shadow. A monk said the unfounded and unfounded statement. If Zhao Kuangyin died of a powerful weapon, he would have hidden it from all the civil and military ministers of the court.
In 975 AD, the year Wu Yue King came to Beijing to worship. The person responsible for receiving him was Zhao Kuangyin's eldest son Zhao Dezhao . There are many things to pay attention to here, because instead of the emperor, the prefectural prefecture of Kaifeng King of Jin Zhao Guangyi was responsible for it.
So Zhao Guangyi will not be unable to see this political signal. The original heir to the throne was himself. Now that the prince has grown up, there is no hope of the throne. Zhao Guangyi, who is anxious, has a great possibility of taking the risk of poisoning the emperor, so doctor Cheng Dexuan and eunuch Wang Jien appeared.
Song Dynasty has been changed, and it is difficult to convince the record of the cause of Taizu's death. The Southern Song Dynasty historical scholar Li Tao "Such Zizhi Tongjian Changbian" by Li Tao , and even " Liao History ". Even Khitan has his own opinions on the death of Zhao Kuangyin .
For history, we may only know the result.
