The Northern Song Dynasty ended the chaos of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, why didn t Zhao Ku

The main reason is that Zhao Kuangyin died early, and he died suddenly after only ten years of reign.

Because he made a mistake in strategy, he did not adopt the strategy formulated by Chai Rong to first the north and then the south, and when he recovered the south and then recovered the north, the Khitan had already gained a firm foothold in the sixteen states of Yanyun and could not recover.

Because when Zhao Kuangyin died, the south had only just calmed down, so there was no time for Zhao Kuangyin to open up territory.

Zhao Kuangyin of the Song Dynasty opened up the Great Song Dynasty after the destruction of the Zhou Dynasty.

In 959, Zhou Shizong Chai Rong collapsed, and the seven-year-old Zhou Gong Emperor Chai Zongxun ascended the throne. Zhao Kuangyin, the envoy of the German army, and Shi Shouxin, the senior general of the forbidden army, and Wang Xianqi, mastered the military power.

On the first day of the first month of 960, it was rumored that the Khitan united the Northern Han to attack Zhou, and the prime minister Fan Zhen and others did not distinguish the authenticity, so he urgently sent Zhao Kuangyin to lead the troops north to resist the enemy. The Zhou army marched to Chenqiaoyi, Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Pu conspired to launch a mutiny, and the generals put a yellow robe on Zhao Kuangyin and supported him as the emperor. Subsequently, Zhao Kuangyin led the army back to Kaifeng, and the guards of the capital, Shi Shouxin and Wang Xianqi, opened the city to welcome Zhao Kuangyin into the city and coerced Emperor Zhou Gong to take the throne.

After Zhao Kuangyin ascended the throne, he changed the name of the country to "Song", and still set the capital of Kaifeng. Shi Shouxin, Gao Huaide, Zhang Lingduo, Wang Xianqi, Zhang Guanghan, and Zhao Yanhui were all awarded the title of envoy of the festival.

After the week. Zhao Kuangyin was originally inspected in front of the palace of the Later Zhou Dynasty, in charge of the emperor's army, and later ordered by the emperor to go on the Northern Expedition. The emperor died halfway through, and the young lord ascended the throne. He stopped marching at Chenqiao, mutinied, and established the Northern Song Dynasty. Hope to adopt, thank you.

It is not considered to be extinguished, it is basically regarded as Zen to let the little emperor of the Later Zhou abdicate and let Xian.

After Song Taizu gained power through the "yellow robe", the internal political situation became more and more stable. At that time, among the five dynasties and ten kingdoms, there were Northern Han in the north, and Southern Tang, Wuyue, Houshu, Southern Han, and Nanping small countries in the south. Song Taizu's next plan was to unify the Central Plains.

Song Taizu spent 13 years to destroy the five southern countries, and sent troops to attack Taiyuan, the capital of the Northern Han Dynasty. The Liao Dynasty sent troops to aid the Northern Han, and the Song army suffered a defeat, and soon after, Song Taizu fell ill and died.

Therefore, Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, unified the whole country after the establishment of the Song Dynasty. It was not the destruction of that small country that established the Song Dynasty, which is similar to the Tang Dynasty, and Li Shimin also slowly unified the whole country after the establishment of the Tang Dynasty in 618.

And Zhao Kuangyin became the emperor after usurping power and seizing the throne of the Chai family in Houzhou, so the Song Dynasty treated the Chai family very favorably, which is why there is a respected Cheshire lord in the Yang family.

There are probably three reasons, one of which is that the Great Song Dynasty established by Zhao Kuangyin, formerly known as the Later Zhou, is the strongest country in the troubled times of the Ten Kingdoms, and has the most unified strength. Second, although the Song Dynasty was the strongest, it was not easy, and it was inseparable from Zhao Kuangyin's personal ability to end the five dynasties of troubled times. Third, Zhao Kuangyin learned a lesson, improved the status of the literati, collected military power, highly centralized power, and improved the people's livelihood A series of favorable measures to improve the people's livelihood minimized the possibility of rebellion, and consolidated and developed the elder brother and the Great Song Dynasty.

Because Zhao Kuangyin is talented, he understands the root cause of the chaos of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, so that he can finally end the chaos.

First, the ruler was very capable, and secondly, the people at that time were eager to achieve the unity of the country.

Because Zhao Kuangyin himself is both civil and military, he has great talents, and he is also good at attracting talents.

Because of his strategic mistakes, the policy of first south and then north allowed the Khitan to gain a firm foothold in the 16 states of Yanyun, and he was unable to recover it.

First, at that time, the Pants Bridge Treasury had no money to pay for additional military expenditures. Second, because of the fierce battles for many years, the people are miserable. Third, at that time, the Yellow River valley was flooding, and the troops could not move south.

At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, it was necessary to pacify all parts of the south, and to look north without flaws, and by the time the Song Dynasty looked north, the rule of the Liao State in Youzhou had been deeply rooted.

Because the Northern Han and Khitan kingdoms were united at that time, Zhao Kuangyin's ability was not enough to shake the Northern Han.

Although Liu Chong of the Northern Han Dynasty is not strong, he has a backer! His backer was unbeatable to Zhao Kuang at that time, so he couldn't attack the Northern Han Dynasty for a long time.

The emaciated camel of the Northern Han Dynasty was bigger than a horse, and Zhao Kuangyin's strength was not enough to shake it, so he could only be defeated in the end.

Zhao Kuangyin had just founded the country, which was not enough to shake the Northern Han Dynasty, and his strength was insufficient.

The foundation is unstable, and it is necessary to re-establish the system of morality and etiquette and develop the people's livelihood.

Because the Song Dynasty was not righteous, after Zhao Kuangyin added the yellow robe, he spent his main energy on pacifying the interior, rather than the outside.

Because the Northern Song Dynasty had just been established at that time, its foundation was unstable, and it could not be used to use force.