How did Zhao Kuangyin treat Chai Rong s heirs after he became emperor?

Judging from the current historical records, Zhao Kuangyin did give preferential treatment to Chai Rong's descendants, and the little whirlwind Chai Jin in the Water Margin we saw was Chai Rong's descendants, so his Danshu iron scroll was given to him by Zhao Kuangyin.

For Chai Rong's heirs, a tolerant approach was adopted, and the replacement of ancient emperors was inevitably very bloody and cruel, but only this one was not bloodshed.

Zhao Kuangyin treated Chai Rong's heirs, although he did not kill them all, but he also turned a blind eye. I don't think it's any accident that many of Chai Rong's children died young.

After he eliminated Chai Rong, he promised to be good to his heirs, but in fact, Chai Rong's heirs died when they were very young, and Chai Rong's bloodline was wiped out.

Zhao Kuangyin treated Chai Rong's wife and children very well, and did not kill them all, but gave him a generous pension, so that he could enjoy wealth and wealth all his life, without worrying about food and clothing, and also established an ancestral motto, where the descendants of the Chai family are guilty, the punishment shall not be increased. If a person conspires to rebel, he shall be given all in prison, and he shall not be killed in the city, nor shall he sit in a subordinate position.

In order to buy people's hearts, Zhao Kuangyin treated Chai Rong's wife and children very well, and also gave Chai Rong's son Danshu iron coupons, it can be said that Zhao Kuangyin is the most benevolent emperor on the surface.

In order to win people's hearts, Cairong's wife and son also ordered his subordinates very favorably not to plunder their property, and also added them to the palace and honored him as the Empress Dowager of Zhou.

According to the History of the New Five Dynasties, Chai Rong had seven sons in the Later Zhou Dynasty, the first three of which were killed by Liu Chengyou, the Yin Emperor of the Later Han Dynasty. When Zhao Kuangyin succeeded to the throne, Chai Rong still had four sons alive, namely Chai Zongxun, Chai Xilang, Chai Xijin and Chai Xiwu. Let's talk about each of them.

His sons were all killed by the Hidden Emperor Liu Chengyou in the late Han Dynasty, leaving no traces of blood. When Zhao Kuangyin usurped the throne, Chai Rong still had four sons alive. In addition to Chai Zongxun, the other three are Chai Xiran, Chai Xijin and Chai Xiwu.

Cheng, his third son Chai Zong", before Chai Rong's death, he was killed by Liu Chengyou, Emperor Yin of the Han Dynasty, and was named King of Yue and King of Wu, which was also the direct cause of Guo Wei and Chai Rong's rebellion. He was very dissatisfied with Zhao Kuangyin's plan to seize his family's land, and he was helpless about this situation. Eventually, he suffered from depression and died young at the age of 20, leaving no children.

Chai Rong's fifth son, Chai Zongren, also known as Chai Xiren or Ning Xiren. Of Chai Rong's seven sons, only one son and his descendants really enjoyed treatment, and the remaining six sons did not win this honor.

On the contrary, some almost met the catastrophe. When Kuang Yin became emperor, he deposed him to the throne of Zheng Guo. He died when he was 20 years old.

Chai Xirang, on the other hand, disappeared mysteriously, and no one knew his whereabouts. The remaining two sons, Chai Xirang and Chai Xiwu, were ordered to make Liang Wang Zongxun emperor and were born seven years later. The Mirror of the Wise, vol. 294.

When Chai Rong died in the later five generations, the eldest son Chai Zongyi, the second son Chai Zongcheng, and the third son Chai Zong were all killed by Liu Chengyou, the emperor of Yin Shang of the Later Han Dynasty, and were named King of Yue, King of Wu, and King of Wu respectively. This is also the direct cause of Guo Wei and Chai Rong's rebellion.

After the death of the son of Chai Zongxun and Chai Rong's heir to the throne, Zhao Kuangyin launched a mutiny to seize power, Chai Zongxun took the initiative to give up, Zhao Kuangyin did not embarrass him, let him move to Fangzhou, and replaced it with royal ,..treatmentEmperor Chai Zongxun** was moved to Fangzhou and demoted to King Zheng, but there was no problem. After all, he is not an emperor, so he should be given a proper arrangement.

But Chai Zongxun died when he was 20 years old. His son Chai Zongyi, his second son Chai Zongcheng, and his third son Chai Zongxuan were all killed by Liu Chengyou, the emperor of Yin Shang of the Later Han Dynasty, and were named King of Yue and King Wu, which was also the direct cause of Guo Wei and Chai Rong's rebellion.

In the seventh year of Xiande, Chai Zongxun was named King Zheng by Zhao Kuangyin, and lived in the West Palace with his mother, Empress Dowager Fu. In addition to Chai Yongqi, Chai Zongxun's other sons either died early or due to other changes. To put it bluntly, they may have died early, so there is no relevant record of them in the history books.

Chai Yongqi, who was named Zheng Guogong, also had a miserable end. Zheng Guogong is a hereditary title, but after Zhao Kuangyin, in the history books about the Song Dynasty, except for Chai Yongqi, there is no other hereditary succession to the title of Duke Zheng. Chai Xirang and Chai Xiyu were named King Cao and King Qi respectively.

The Northern Song Dynasty writer Wang Gong recorded in his book "Miscellaneous Records" that Chai Xirang was succeeded to Pan Mei by Zhao Kuangyin, and later changed his name to Pan Weiji.

After Zhao Kuangyin seized the throne, Chai Rong's seven sons already had 4 trends, and the remaining 4 children, Chai Zongxun died of illness, Chai Xirang and Chai Xiyu were also awarded knighthoods by Zhao Kuangyin, and finally changed their names in order to survive, and one child was passed on by Zhao Kuangyin to others.

Of his 7 sons, three were killed by Emperor Yin of the Later Han Dynasty, one died of illness, one became incognito and became an ordinary person, and two were given away to others and became other people's children.

Zhao Kuangyin treated Chai Rong's family preferentially, gave him a knighthood, and enjoyed the imperial court for generations, exempted from punishment, and had a higher rank than others.

He just killed all of Chai Rong's family, because he thought that Chai Rong was a very big disaster and had to be cut down and eradicated.

He is a very good brother to Chai Rong's family, and he set up the king with the youngest pomelo, and also gave him the Danshu iron scroll, which is often called the gold medal for avoiding death, which can be seen that he is very good to Chai Rong's family, and the rest of the children have also been treated very well.

Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin is the founding emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty, Chai Rong is the second emperor of the Zhou after the Five Dynasties period, Zhao Kuangyin began to be Chai Rong's subordinate, and then after Chai Rong's death, only 7 years old Liang King Chai Zong ascended the throne, after which Zhao Kuangyin launched the "Chenqiao Mutiny" and established the Song Dynasty.

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.