Zhao Kuangyin took over the burden and collected Jingnan Hunan, Hunan, Later Shu, Han and Southern Tang, in other words, most of the south.

As we all know, it is not easy to deal with after the troubled times.

In front of Zhao Kuangyin, the Later Liang Dynasty lasted for 16 years, the Later Tang Dynasty lasted for 14 years, the Later Jin Dynasty lasted for 11 years, the Later Han Dynasty lasted for 4 years, and the Later Zhou Dynasty lasted for 9 years.

The First Emperor unified the six worlds, was majestic and not cowardly, and it was gone for fifteen years of the Qin Dynasty.

In this book, Emperor Wen of Sui unified the world and conquered the troubled times. Emperor Yang of Sui was very powerful in the east and north and was not cowardly. The Sui Dynasty disappeared in less than forty years.

The Southern Song Dynasty in the book "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" existed for nearly three hundred years.

Another thing that Shi Kai admired was that Song Taizu was very good at fighting.

There is a record in the Tongjian of Zizhi: "The emperor first realized the disadvantages of the battle of Gaoping, so he ordered the Dajian army to be promoted to the upper army, and the weak ones were repelled. He also claimed that most of the brave men were collected by the towns, and ordered the heroes from all over the world to be sent to the palace. Emperor Taizu ordered the emperor to choose the best of the troops in front of the palace, and the cavalry and soldiers of each ordered the generals to select them. Therefore, the soldiers were strong and extremely talented in modern times. They fought against all directions, and they were all quick to choose the strength of training."

He himself was not only one of the most capable people of his contemporaries, but also united the generals and trained troops.

So as soon as he ascended the throne, he first cleaned up Li Yun, and then personally fought against Li Chongjin.

But it doesn’t make sense to fight just by fighting. The founding emperors of the Five Dynasties can fight, but they can’t protect the world.

Zhao Kuangyin could still collect power. It was easier said than done, but it was harder to do. Which emperor didn’t want to collect power? But the vassal states of the Tang Dynasty were too big. It would be better if the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms were not mentioned, but Zhao Kuangyin did it.

In addition, Zhao Kuangyin also has kindness.

He treats those who surrender to him very kindly.

Descendants of the Chai family will be treated preferentially until old age.

Liu of the Southern Han Dynasty lived for another nine years after returning to the Song Dynasty and died behind Zhao Kuangyin.

Chen Hongjin returned to the Song Dynasty and lived to his seventies and died behind Zhao Kuangyin.

Jingnan Gao Jichong, and after surrendering, it was pretty good.

It is well known that Li Yu died behind Zhao Kuangyin.

Meng Chang died in the Later Shu a bit strange, but the courtesy he received was quite good.

The most legendary King Qian of Wu Yue was that all the ministers advised Zhao Kuangyin to hold him up, but Zhao Kuangyin still let him go. Finally, King Qian offered his land to Song and had to protect the leader.

Including the release of military power by drinking a cup of wine, it is said that Zhao Kuangyin was scheming, but when he thought about it carefully, he said it bluntly: he was worried that you would become emperors one day, so he quit his military power earlier, so he would rest assured to the king and his ministers.

Zhao Jiu in later generations did not learn the kindness of Zhao Kuangyin. After killing Yue Fei, many people easily attributed the fact that Zhao Gou killed Yue Fei to the fact that the Song Dynasty was vicious and military generals.

But Zhao Kuangyin himself treated Gao Huaide and Shi Shouxin and others very sincerely. Zhao Gou killed Yue Fei and was more of Zhao Laojiu's own bastard, not to mention that he was from Zhao Guangyi. At that time, Zhao Kuangyin had been dead for more than a hundred years, so it was not blamed on Zhao Kuangyin.

Of course, his policies somewhat led to the cowardice of the late Song Dynasty, but everything was one and two sides.

If you enfeoff the power of various places, you will be bold in giving power and favoring military generals. If you have a long time, you will be unable to lose the separatist rule of the vassal states. If you have a strong power in the central government, you will be trusted by civil officials. If you have a long time, it will be difficult to suppress the merger of soldiers.

Any system will inevitably have problems over time.

But considering that Zhao Kuangyin could not blame him at that time, he really could not be harsh.

After all, in that era of more than a century of war, Zhao Kuangyin must have thought that the military and political issues of the Song Dynasty a hundred years after his death were cowardly. In the context of the collapse of the world and the short-lived dynasty, it is the key to let the dynasty survive first.

Any strategy system will have major side effects after many years, but it should be noted that any strategy targets it will always be a problem at that time.

Compared with the great talent of Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Guangyi is not good at it.

Zhao Kuangyin claimed to be "a stick that beats 800 military states", while Zhao Guangyi pointed his escape talent to the maximum level.

After successively destroying the two major separatist forces of Wu Yue Qian and Northern Han, in order to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, Zhao Guangyi launched a Northern Expedition despite opposition.

In the early stages of the Northern Expedition, the Song army once recovered Yizhou and Zhuozhou, Hebei. Then Zhao Guangyi personally led a large army to besiege Yanjing. The Song army and Liao army launched fierce battles on the banks of the Gaoliang River, which is known in history as the Battle of the Gaoliang River.

This battle was a crushing defeat. In the Battle of Gaolianghe, the elite troops of the Song army lost nearly half of them, which was an important turning point in the relationship between Liao and Song. For a long time, Song was completely at a disadvantage against Liao and had no ability to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.

Liao became a huge empire that dominated the Northern Song Dynasty and dominated the northern part of China until it was replaced by Jin, and the Battle of the Sorghum River had a profound impact.

Of course, the most famous scene is the scene where Zhao Guangyi was shot in the butt and ran away by driving a donkey cart. He became the "Sorghum River Car God" and left his name in history.

Shi Kai was puzzled by his thoughts. Why did Yang Guang learn from Zhao Guangyi?
Chapter completed!