After gaining the allegiance of the generals, Zhao Kuangyin immediately sent people to Kaifeng and first contacted Shi Shouxin, Wang Shenqi and others, the senior generals of the Forbidden Army guarding the capital.

These people had known the inside story for a long time, so there was no reason to ignore it, so they agreed one after another.

After receiving a definite response, Zhao Kuangyin felt relieved and began to organize the army. He promoted all his cronies to high positions and demoted those generals who were loyal to Zhou to idle positions.

After that, he emphasized military discipline again and returned to Kaifeng from Chenqiaoyi.

There was no rush on the way north, but when we returned to Beijing, the wind was indeed flying, the army was marching high, and the cavalry took the lead in clearing the way.

When the cavalry arrived at the Tokyo city gate, it had already opened. It turned out that it was Shi Shouxin who was guarding the city gate, and Wang Shenqi was waiting outside the city gate to greet them.

"I have seen His Majesty——" The two of them knelt down on one knee, looking happy.

"Both of you are my brothers, not outsiders. There is no need to be so polite, hahaha..."

Although Zhao Kuangyin had short legs, he had strong arms. He patted the two generals and looked at the tall Tokyo city. Zhao Kuangyin picked them up and without having time to reminisce, he mounted his horse and entered the city.

It's still important.

The army entered the city. Although it was daytime, the streets and alleys were silent, with not a soul around.

The people on both sides of the street tightly blocked the doors and closed the windows. Listening to the sound of horse hooves, they felt as if they were beating drums. When the army entered the city, another robbery was inevitable.

It's no wonder they were so nervous. During the Five Dynasties period, whenever there was a military disturbance, there would be a lot of looting, which was called "ramming the city." Tokyo was also unlucky. Since the Jin Dynasty moved the capital to Bianliang, every time there was a change of dynasty, it would be looted.

For example, Guo Wei, the founder of the Later Zhou Dynasty, led his army south to Tokyo after his family was killed, and after conquering it, they looted it for three days.

After the plunder, he established a little emperor of the Liu family, and suddenly the Khitans invaded. Although it was really strange that the Khitans didn't care about horse power when horses were thin in winter, Guo Wei still went north to Chanzhou (the fortress south to Tokyo).

Dao) was forced to wear a yellow robe (yes, Zhao Kuangyin, one of the great copyists in the world, even copied this), and then established the Later Zhou Dynasty.

Therefore, the people of Tokyo were so frightened that there were so many people who fled with their young and old. Only those in the palace knew nothing about it.

However, the group of people who had been waiting for a long time in the crack of the door still did not receive news of the break-in. For a time, there were many people who opened the windows and looked out.

It's no wonder that these Imperial Guards are willing to obey. Most of the Imperial Guards have their families in Tokyo. They rob themselves. It's really difficult to force others to do so. Most of the people who rob Tokyo are local soldiers.

Such a large-scale army, especially the generals of the Later Zhou Dynasty who were led by Zhao Kuangyin and guarding the city, did not dare to act rashly. Only Han Tong, the deputy commander of the guards and the army, heard the news and couldn't help but feel his eyes cracking and he was so angry:

"What a red boy, but he turned out to be a deceiver. The late emperor's dedicated cultivation and promotion were wasted—"

Thinking in his mind, he quickly rode out from the inner court of the palace, hoping to rally his troops to resist.

When he was walking on the street, he was noticed by Wang Yansheng, who followed him closely and pursued him relentlessly. However, he had no choice but to be chased straight to his home, where he and his entire family were killed.

How could the other imperial guards dare to be so presumptuous? They trembled and stopped talking.

After Zhao Kuangyin entered the city, he boarded the Mingde Gate and ordered the soldiers to return to their respective military camps to prevent any rebel soldiers from disrupting his plans. Afterwards, he returned to his original official office.

He felt relieved, but other senior officials were implicated and escorted out door to door by the group of soldiers and came to his official office.

Not long after, the generals, surrounded by Fan Zhi and other important officials from the Later Zhou Dynasty, came to Zhao Kuangyin's official office. When Zhao Kuangyin saw them, they were all his former colleagues. After taking a closer look, he saw that all the powerful people were there, so he felt relieved and hurriedly

He stepped forward, took off the rope, and burst into tears.

He whimpered: "I have disobeyed heaven and earth, and this is it!"

His dark face was completely red at this moment, and he didn't know whether he was excited or really sad, and his nose was running freely.

Prime Minister Fan Zhi and others standing aside were embarrassed, but before they could respond, Luo Yanhuan of the Military Academy put his sword in his hand and said sternly: "We have no master, and today we must have the emperor!"

Fan Zhi and others looked at each other in astonishment and had no choice but to bow down and retreat to the steps, where they lined up to worship.

With the status of monarch and ministers established, Zhao Kuangyin felt relieved and treated these civil servants very politely.

Immediately, Zhao Kuangyin summoned all civil and military officials in the official hall and determined the order of entering the court based on each person's merit.

Hanlin accepted the order and Tao Qibu took out the pre-written Zen title book from his sleeve and read it out in public, saying that Chai Zongxun abdicated and Zhao Kuangyin became the emperor.

Everyone couldn't help but be silent, staring at this performance with their eyes wide open, and looked back at the Prime Minister, with endless sighs in their hearts.

Later, the Xuanhui envoy led Zhao Kuangyin down from the hall, to the courtyard, and worshiped facing the north. He also led him out of the official office and into the palace, into the Chongyuan Hall, where he changed his court clothes, wore a crown on his head, and officially ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor.

Song Taizu.

In addition, Chai Zongxun, Empress Fu and others were moved to the West Palace, and their imperial titles were changed to Prince Zheng, while Empress Fu was honored as Empress Dowager Zhou.

The Later Zhou Dynasty, one of the Five Dynasties, ends here.

Zhao Kuangyin ordered a general amnesty for the whole country, changed the Yuan Dynasty to Jianlong, and still established the capital in Kaifeng. Because he had served as a military envoy to the German Army in Songzhou (governing today's Shangqiu, Henan Province), he took "Song" as the country's name, and it was called the Northern Song Dynasty in history.

Afterwards, Zhao Kuangyin granted titles and titles to meritorious officers and soldiers, and gave them rewards.

Shi Shouxin was appointed as the military commander of the returning German army, the deputy capital commander of the Guards' Ma Bu Army, and Wang Shenqi was appointed as the military commander of the Taining Army and the commander of the capital in front of the palace. The other generals of the Forbidden Army were also assigned official positions and concurrently led the army.

Jiedushi. Chiefs were re-appointed in all important government agencies of the imperial court, thereby establishing the ruling order of the Song Dynasty.

The world of the Song Dynasty was not stable. There were mainly Li Jun who occupied Shangdang (now part of Shanxi) and Li Chongjin who occupied Huainan. These two were the most powerful vassal towns.

Li Jun, the governor of the Zhaoyi Army, ran the Shangdang for eight years. He arbitrarily collected taxes and recruited desperadoes in the area under his jurisdiction. He was so powerful that the court of the later Zhou Dynasty also felt that Li Jun was "stubborn"

Difficult to control".

Li Chongjin, the military governor of Huainan, was the nephew of Zhou Taizu Guo Wei and was very powerful. When Zhou Shizong Chai Rong was in power, he once shared military power inside and outside the court with Zhao Kuangyin, so his dissatisfaction was obvious.

While Zhao Kuangyin was thinking about how to suppress the rebellion, Li Jia was also thinking about who to help.

In fact, when the time came to the first day of the first lunar month, he made a decision: to help Li Chongjin fight against the Song Dynasty.

First, Li Chongjin was in Huainan, with convenient sea transportation, while Li Jun was in Shanxi, and was not close to the sea, so he was beyond his reach.

Of the two, Li Chongjin was a relative of the emperor and the country, so it was easier to win people's hearts and his rebellion would be more successful.
Chapter completed!