Why didn t Zhao Kuangyin pass on the throne to his son after his death

This is a historical mystery and is famous"The sound of the candle shadow axe"The incident is talking about his sons Song Taizu had four sons:

the eldest son, Tengwang Zhao Dexiu;

Mother: Empress Hyo-e-ga;

Ending: Early death;

the second son, Yan Wang Zhao Dezhao;

Introduction: Zhao Dezhao (951-979), the second son of Song Taizu, Zhao Defang's brother, was successively named King of Wei, King of Wugong, King of Yan, King of Wu, King of Yue. Cho Dezhao is also the ancestor of the Shirakawa Cho clan on the Korean Peninsula.

Mother: Empress Hyo-e-ga;

Son: Zhao Weizheng, the king of Tong'an.

King Kangxiao of Nanyang, King Zhao Weiji of Ji, and his descendants are Emperor Lizong of the Song Dynasty.

General Zuo Qianniuwei, King of Wei Zhao Weigu.

General Wei of the right Qianniu, Ezhou Observation Envoy, Jiang Xiahou, Changhua Military Festival Envoy, Shu Guogong Zhao Weizhong.

Ruzhou Defense Envoy, Linru Marquis, Yongqing Army Observation Stay, Qingyuan County Duke Zhao Weihe.

Descendants: [Southern Song Dynasty] Song Lizong, Song Duzong, Song Gongdi, Song Duanzong, Song Youzhu.

Ending: Forced to kill himself.

the third son, Shu Wang Zhao Delin;

Ending: Early death;

The fourth son, Zhao Defang, the king of Qin.

Introduction: Zhao Defang (959-981), the fourth son of Song Taizu, was the cousin of Song Zhenzong. After his second uncle Song Taizong succeeded to the throne, he was named Xingyuan Yin.

Mother: Queen Xiaoming Wang;

Descendants: [Southern Song Dynasty] Song Xiaozong, Song Guangzong, Song Ningzong.

Ending: In the sixth year of Taiping Xingguo (981), Defang died of illness and died young, at the age of twenty-three.

Because Zhao Defang's brothers died in a short period of time, many people suspect that the cause of Defang's death was not pure, and it must be related to Song Taizong.

After Defang's death, he gave Zhongshu Ling and King Qi. Later, he was crowned Taishi and renamed King of Chu.

Song Taizu felt that his son might not be suitable to be emperor. Because in the year of Taizu's death, his second prince Zhao Dezhao was already twenty-five years old, and even the fourth son Zhao Defang was seventeen years old. However, Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, still had no intention of making one of them the crown prince, nor did he divide them as kings.

Obviously, Zhao Kuangyin was not very satisfied with these two sons, and only gave them some inconsequential positions. On the other hand, Zhao Kuangyin gave Zhao Guangyi a very high position and asked him to assist the government. When Zhao Kuangyin was in power, he constantly added officials to Zhao Guangyi, and at the same time, he did not need him to go out of the town, but let him stay in Beijing to assist the government.

Zhao Kuangyin was a native of Zhuo County, and was born in Jiamaying, Luoyang (now Dongguan, Qianhe District, Luoyang City, Henan Province) in the second year of the Later Tang Dynasty. He came from a military family.

Zhao Kuangyin did not pass the throne to his son at all, because when Zhao Guangyi was sitting on the throne, his other younger brothers won the throne, so the main reason why he could not pass the throne to his son.

The emperor's succession is generally passed to his son, but there is such an exception in history, that is, Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty. Although he had a son, he passed the throne to his own brother, Zhao Guangyi, the king of Jin. Why is that?

Zhao Kuangyin was covered in bruises because of the battlefield, and his body left a lot of old diseases, and his health has been poor since he ascended the throne, so he planned to find an heir, and his children were too young at that time to be a good choice for the heir. Zhao Kuangyin's mother also disagreed with Zhao Kuangyin passing the throne to his son, and wanted to find a reliable person to inherit the unification, so she chose Zhao Kuangyin's younger brother.

It is common for emperors to be indifferent and ruthless, but Zhao Kuangyin is very affectionate and righteous, and treats his mother and younger brother sincerely. Taizu knew that King Jin's health was not good, when Taizu was playing, when he went to King Jin, he personally helped him with acupuncture, and he was afraid of hurting his younger brother, so he would prick himself before giving his younger brother acupuncture. As an emperor, it is rare to have such family affection.

His younger brother is also very good to him, Taizu is not in good health, everything falls on Zhao Guangyi, and Zhao Guangyi will do his best to do things for Zhao Kuangyin.

In addition, the Song Dynasty took power from the Later Zhou, and a very important factor in the fall of the Later Zhou was that the emperor who succeeded to the throne was too young, only seven years old, and the ascension of the young lord to the throne plunged the country into chaos. Zhao Kuangyin learned this lesson and chose the successor not based on the relationship but on the talent.

Another reason is that passing the throne to Zhao Guangyi was the last wish of his mother, Empress Dowager Du. Before his mother died, under the witness of Zhao Pu, she told him that she wanted to pass on the throne to her younger brother, and Zhao Kuangyin nodded again and again. Zhao Pu wrote down this covenant, which is what we call the "Golden Kui Alliance".

So, Zhao Kuangyin fulfilled the agreement and passed the throne to his younger brother.

After Zhao Kuangyin died, he passed the position to his younger brother and not to his son, and there were many reasons for this。Because of each dynasty, his position may be different, but sometimes he will change his mind temporarily, and it may also be found that some changes may cause this lineage to be given to some unrelated people. There are many people who have different opinions about Zhao Kuangyin's death.

Some people say that it was his younger brother Zhao Guangyi who killed Zhao Kuangyin, and others say that the position had been passed to Zhao Guangyi before he died.

But no matter what, the hereditary system of the throne has not changed, and it may be given to his relatives, or it may be given to some people with greater ability。For the management of the dynastic state, it is still necessary for capable rulers to manage, because if there is an emperor with poor management ability, then the development of the country may be relatively poor. If some rulers have strong ruling ability, then the development of the country is also very good for the life of the people.

Just like Qin Shi Huang unified the six countries, and then he was very powerful in some reform systems. The cultural, political and economic reforms are all very forward-looking, especially in some political reforms, which are stipulated in some laws and some books, and also make some norms and enlightenment for the development of the market outlook. Although Qin Shi Huang was very strict and unkind when he ruled at that time, he also had a great influence on later generations.

As for why Zhao Kuangyin passed the throne to his younger brother Zhao Guangyi after his death, there are many theories. There are many reasons for this, and we are not the parties and we can't say clearly, so if you want to know more, you can check some ancient texts and some historical facts to investigate, and then you can ask some professionals. Therefore, we can't judge and explain this matter too one-sidedly, because we are not professionals, nor are we parties.

When Empress Dowager Du was dying, she once said to Zhao Kuangyin: "If Hou Zhou is succeeded by an older emperor, how can you be where you are today?" You and Guangyi are both my sons, you will pass on the throne to him in the future, and the country has a long monarch, which is the outline of the society!

Zhao Kuangyin agreed, so he asked Prime Minister Zhao Pu to write an oath in front of him and seal it in Jinkui, which is the so-called "Jinkui Alliance". That is, the legal basis for Zhao Guangyi's "brother dies and brother dies".

Because he promised his mother at that time that he would pass on the throne to his younger brother, and his younger brother also had this ambition and strength, and lied to him that he would return the throne to his son.

The main reason is that Zhao Kuangyin didn't have time to pass on the throne at all, and he died before he could pass the throne.