Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin was the founding monarch of the Song Dynasty . As a monarch, he had something different from ordinary people. Today we will take a look at another face of Song Taizu.
Zhao Kuangyin turned out to be a general of Houzhou , following Zhou Shizong to fight south and north. Unlike other generals who only focus on martial arts, Zhao Kuangyin would take a break from his busy schedule during the marching and war and read a book for a while.
He accompanied the army with many books. Once he led his troops to attack Nan Tang . Someone saw the mule and horse behind his army pulling two big boxes, thinking that it was the gold, silver and treasures he snatched, so he reported to Chai Shizong that he was corrupt.
Zhou Shizong was very angry when he heard this. He ordered someone to call Zhao Kuangyin to cure him. When Zhao Kuangyin heard that someone sued him, he carried two large boxes to Zhou Shizong. When I opened it, I found that there was nothing else except books, and there was no gold, silver and treasure at all.
Zhou Shizong asked Zhao Kuangyin: "You are a soldier, why do you bring so many books?"
Zhao Kuangyin said: "I am a relatively stupid person. I can't give your Majesty advice. I feel very uneasy. Only by not putting down the books every day and studying more can I make up for my shortcomings."
Zhao Kuangyin not only likes to study, but is also humble and studious, and is not ashamed to ask.
One day in 964 AD, Zhao Kuangyin saw a text while studying: During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the emperor checked the dressing boxes of the palace maids and saw that the words "Casted in the Fourth Year of the Yade" were engraved on their mirrors. Zhao Kuangyin felt very puzzled.
Zhao Kuangyin used the yellow robe through the " Chenqiao Mutiny " in 19960, and changed the year name to Yade in 19963. Why was his year name engraved on the mirror of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period?
Zhao Kuangyin called Prime Minister Zhao Pu and asked him what was going on? I originally thought that Zhao Pu could solve this mystery by reading a lot of books, but who knew, Zhao Pu shook his head and said he didn't know either.
Zhao Kuangyin called Grand Secretary Tao Gu and Dou Yi for advice. Dou Yi solved this mystery for Zhao Kuangyin: It turned out that there was an emperor named Wang Yan in front of Shu , and he once used the year name of "Yide".
After hearing this, Song Taizu slid his hands and laughed, "The prime minister still has to use scholars."
Shui Rutian said: The Song Dynasty is the most comfortable and comfortable dynasty for literati. They not only have high officials and generous salaries, but also have free and easy life. Although there is the reason why Zhao Kuangyin was afraid of the generals' rebellion and restricted their power, and Zhao Kuangyin himself was a person who likes to study. Although the Song Dynasty was weak, the study and learning boom that emerged across the country were not comparable to that of any dynasty.
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