Chai Rong advocated solving the Khitan first, why did Zhao Kuangyin want to go south and then north?

Because the army in the south is easier to defeat, and the south has a lot of strategic resources, it can get very good supplies.

Because the military strength in the south is not as good as that of the Khitan, Zhao Kuangyin chose to solve the easy one first, and then use all his energy to solve the difficult one.

Because Zhao Kuangyin believes that the outside must first be settled inside, and he thinks that only by solving the internal things can the external things be better solved.

After Zhao Kuangyin established the Song Dynasty, he treated Chai Rong's descendants very favorably, why is this?

"Kindness" refers to the type of treatment of kindness, but there is a point, and the premise of all "kindness" is not to endanger the rule of the Zhao family. Once there is a potential threat, there is still action. Chai Zongxun's death has always been a mystery in history, and there have always been different opinions about whether he died a normal death or an unnatural death.

Now if we want to find the truth of the matter, we must first look at the historical records: in the spring of the sixth year of the emperor's reign, it collapsed in Fangling. Today, the shock of hearing the sorrow, mourning into the palace, hundreds of officials into the name of the comfort, the search for the guardian of the mourning.

In the spring of the sixth year of Kaibao, Zhao Kuangyin's war to unify the world was nearing the end, and there was only one Northern Han Dynasty left, for Zhao Kuangyin, his war in the southern battlefield had ended, and then he would wave his sword to the north, so what he needed most at this time was internal stability.

At this time, Chai Zongxun's age was exactly twenty years old, and it was the time when he was in the prime of life and wanted to make a difference. It is unknown whether he has the idea of recovering Hou Zhou, but it goes without saying whether Zhao Kuangyin is at ease with Chai Zongxun at this age, which everyone knows. In addition, we can look at another problem, the place where Chai Zongxun died is **, which is Fangling.

This place is not a good place with a picturesque feng shui, and the limbs make the Fangling of "thousands of miles long, mountains and forests, its solid high tombs, and if there are houses" can not support people. Zhao Kuangyin gave Chai Zongxun a throne and gave him a certain treatment, but he "sealed" Chai Zongxun in Fangling. This is not so much a seal as it is a distribution and supervision.

Before the spring of Kaibao's sixth year, Zhao Kuangyin was bent on the southern expedition, and he sealed Chai Zongxun on a territory in the direction of his southern expedition, to put it bluntly, as long as Chai Zongxun made a slight move, Zhao Kuangyin could solve him. But when Zhao Kuangyin completed Pingnan and was about to go on the Northern Expedition, Chai Zongxun, who was in Fangling, was out of his sight. At this time, it was impossible for Zhao Kuangyin to change Chai Zongxun's place of residence, which would affect his reputation.

And what he can do is to get rid of Chai Zongxun quietly, which is a one-and-done thing for Zhao Kuangyin.

Because it turned out that the country belonged to Chai Rong, he knew that he was sorry for Chai Rong, so he would be good to this person's descendants.

Because this can improve his reputation, and it can also be seen that he has always been very generous to others, so many people will be willing to follow him.

Because he is a person with a particularly high emotional intelligence, he feels guilty about these people after he has won the country by recklessly suppressing himself, and in order to show that he is a Ming Jun, Handou made such a move.

First of all, I Hu Hong all know that Zhao Kuangyin obtained the throne through mutiny, the newly established Great Song Dynasty is not as glamorous as it seems, there are still a lot of undercurrents surging in the back, there are still many people loyal to the Hou Zhou Dynasty in the country, Wang Panfan Dynasty is not stable internally, in this context, Zhao Kuangyin has no ability or heart to launch a war against the sedan chair to respect the Khitan, if Zhao Kuangyin rashly launches a war, then it is inevitable that there will be people with evil intentions to take the opportunity to make trouble in the country, This was obviously unacceptable to Zhao Kuangyin, so judging from the background of the times at that time, Zhao Kuangyin could not send troops to conquer the Khitan at all.

Because at that time, he had not been able to solve it with the strength of the clan, after all, he had just started to ascend the throne, and the foundation was not stable.

Because the Khitan problem is a difficult problem to solve. So he chose to solve other problems first.

I don't dare, because when Chai Rong was alive, the Later Zhou developed very well, and the country was peaceful and peaceful. Later, after Chai Rong died, the emperor of the Later Zhou Dynasty was too small, and the military and political power was in the hands of Zhao Kuangyin.

The young emperor has no real power in his hands, and he trusts Zhao Kuangyin very much, so after Zhao Kuangyin rebelled, the young emperor had no choice. If Chai Rong was alive, when the young emperor grew up, Zhao Kuangyin would not be so bold to rebel.

Chai Rong's deeds in the world

Chai Rong is Guo Wei's nephew, and was later adopted by Guo Wei as a righteous son. When Guo Wei served as the privy envoy of the Later Han Dynasty, Chai Rong was the general of the left prison guard, and when Guo Wei was appointed as the envoy of the Tianxiong Army, Chai Rong was promoted to serve as the commander of the Tianxiong Army. When Guo Wei led his army to attack Kaifeng and end the Later Han regime, he appointed Chai Rong to stay behind in the rear of Yecheng.

It can be said that Chai Rong was promoted step by step with Guo Wei.

Before Guo Wei died of illness in 954 BC, he left an edict to pass the throne to Chai Rong. After Chai Rong ascended the throne, he broke the Northern Han Khitan coalition army in Gaoping, and his prestige moved in the north, and the rear front pointed directly at the city of Taiyuan.

After that, Chai Rong reorganized the armament, organized and trained the forbidden army, selected and appointed talents, and improved the combat effectiveness and cohesion of the troops, and some brave and brave generals were promoted. Zhao Kuangyin, who performed prominently in the Battle of Gaoping, also began to emerge.

In 959 B.C., after several years of hard work, the national strength of the Later Zhou Dynasty has been significantly enhanced, Chai Rong personally led the army to the Northern Expedition again, the Liao border was shaken, the Northern Expedition, two months to recover several strategic places including Mozhou, Yizhou, Yingzhou, the Liao army was defeated and retreated to the north. Just as Chai Rong was about to swing to Youzhou, he fell seriously ill and unfortunately passed away.

Chai Rong, the righteous son of Guo Wei, the privy envoy of the Later Han Dynasty, followed Guo Wei to fight in the killing field at the age of fifteen.

Zhao Kuangyin, a military family in Luoyang, left home at the age of 21 and sought a way to make contributions.

In 950 AD, 23-year-old Zhao Kuangyin met 29-year-old Chai Rong, and the two have formed a lifelong friendship since then, which can be described as brothers.

In 951 AD, Guo Wei ascended the throne as emperor, and the whole family, including his two sons, was killed, so he made his son Chai Rong the crown prince.

In 964 AD, Guo Wei died of illness, and Chai Rong ascended the throne as the emperor, with the year name Xiande, and the world name Zhou Shizong.

In the seventh year of Xiande (960), the Later Zhou army launched a mutiny in Chenqiaoyi, and Zhao Kuangyin was "forced" to put on a yellow robe and was proclaimed emperor by everyone. After Zhao Kuangyin led the army back to Beijing, Chai Zongxun was forced to take the throne, and Zhao Kuangyin officially ascended the throne, and in this way, the Later Zhou regime perished. What's even more dramatic is that it was Chai Zongxun's father, Chai Rong, the lord of the Later Zhou Dynasty, who promoted Zhao Kuangyin to the point of rebellion before he died, and finally made Zhao Kuangyin take charge of the army.

Zhao Kuangyin was the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty, while Chai Rong was the emperor of the Later Zhou Dynasty.