To learn from Emperor Taizong of Tang, you must have strong soldiers and generals. On October 22, the first year of Zhou Xiande (954), Chai Rong issued an edict: First, the imperial guards and generals will be tested. The elites will be left behind, and all the old and weak will be eliminated! He will recruit heroes from all over the world, and the strong will be selected into the capital of various vassal states. Zhao Kuangyin will personally preside over the selection examination and incorporate all the most powerful warriors into the palace front department where Zhao is located. The battle of Gaoping made the palace front department famous in one battle. In contrast, the imperial guards of the guards, who had a longer history, were no longer welcomed by Chai Rong. Of course, Chai Rongwan was at this time.

Unexpectedly, it was this national audition that formed the original team of the future Taizu of Song: Luo Yanhuan, Guo Yanbin, Tian Chongjin, Pan Mei, Mi Xin, Zhang Qiong, Wang Yansheng... They were selected by Zhao Kuangyin in this national audition and immediately placed in their palace front office. Another list: Shi Shouxin, Wang Shenqi, Han Chongbin, Li Jixun, Liu Qingyi, Liu Zhong, Liu Tingrang, Wang Zhengzhong, and Yang Guangyi. These nine people formed the ten brothers of Yishe with Zhao Kuangyin and also came to Zhao Kuangyin at this time. Song Taizu undoubtedly became the biggest beneficiary of this national audition.

Take a look at the border of the Later Zhou Dynasty at this time: there was a Khitan in the north, and a small Northern Han in the northwest caused trouble. There were two countries in the southeast, the Southern Tang, Wu and Yue, the Later Shu in the southwest, Jingchu and Southern Han in the south. Faced with so many enemies, how could Chai Rong realize his great cause of unifying China? In April 2nd year of Zhou Xiande (955), Chai Rong personally presided over an exam! He asked all the ministers to give a essay on the topic "It is difficult to be a minister and is not easy to discuss" and "Prepare the Border Strategy".

Chai Rong personally approved the volume! The first article: The saint's virtue is far away, and the destiny is dependent on the destiny... Chai Rong frowned and picked up the second article: The saint's martial virtues are forever. If Confucian etiquette is added... Chai Rong's head is a little dizzy and sighs secretly. Is there no wise minister in the court able to be the commander? He drew another letter and read it, and his slightly angry expression was slightly gentle: Now that the various places are in power, they must divide it and attack it. The Jianghuai area is the weakest, but the land is rich. The king's army defeated it and thought it was the military supplies and grain warehouse in the rear. When he saw the author: Dou Yi, the Minister of War. The Minister of War was not in vain. Chai Rong took another letter and was overjoyed: I am waiting for this article!

There was Zhuge Longzhong's match, but now there was Wang Puping Bian Ce! The author of the top scholar's article: Wang Pu, who was the doctor of the Ministry of Justice at that time! This person was the of the Five Dynasties! He would become Chai Rong's right-hand man. Chai Rong fought for the Southern Tang three times, and the important tasks of staying in Kyoto were Wang Pu! All civil and military officials, including the later Emperor Taizu, respected him and did not dare to disobey him. After Zhao Kuangyin became emperor in the Zhou Dynasty, he passed by the Meritor's Pavilion, which was worshipped by the ministers of the Later Zhou Dynasty, and suddenly there was a strong wind and the door opened. The first thing Zhao Kuangyin saw was the portrait of Wang Pu! The emperor suddenly put on his clothes and tied his crown.

He saluted the portrait respectfully and said, "Wang Pu Ruo is here, I will never be this emperor." Wang Pu helped Chai Rong achieve great achievements. Moreover, the two of them have extremely similar personalities, both are aggressive, strong and harsh. They both burn violently like a group of fire, never giving others, and no room for themselves. And history has proved that Wang Pu's final fate was like Chai Rong, and suddenly fell at the peak of his life, just like a meteor crossing the sky of history, and the light made all the stars lose their color! But in a flash, the sudden disappearance dissipated, leaving only sighs and memories.

Zhuge Liang's Longzhong Counterattack was famous for his eternal reasons because when Liu Bei had nothing, he decided for him to occupy Jingxiang first, then seize the two rivers, wait for the world to change, and fight northward, and finally pacify the world. The reason why Wang Pu's plan to pacify the border was to be known as Zhuge Liang's Longzhong was because he set a grand strategy for unifying China when Chai Rong was enemies on all sides. It was divided into six steps: 1 raid the Huainan land of the Southern Tang Dynasty, 2 raid Huainan, 3 raid the remaining Jiangnan land of the Southern Tang Dynasty, 4 sank Bashu and Lingnan, 5 sank Yanyun, 6 The Northern Han and the Later Zhou Dynasty had a grudge to destroy the country and kill their sons, which was a sure mortal enemy. After the Liao power was greatly reduced, he defeated the Northern Han with heavy troops! In short, one sentence: First, south and then north!

Chai Rong was overjoyed and immediately promoted Wang Pu to Kaifeng Yin (this was Chai Rong's official position when he was the crown prince). The war to unify the world in the Later Zhou Dynasty was about to begin, but there was still a realistic problem now - lack of money! Chai Rong extended his hand to a group of special people - monks and nuns! The more chaotic the times, the more prosperous Buddhism was. Religion was a tool for humans to seek peace of mind. In the prosperous times, it was self-explanatory and self-comfort. In the chaotic times, it became a refuge. In order to live in peace in the chaotic times, people all carried Buddha's feet, and Buddhism suddenly became prosperous. There were many temples everywhere, and there were many monks and nuns. When Emperor Mingzong of Tang came to the capital, hundreds of eunuchs fled to the temple to avoid disaster and became monks. Buddhism accepted hundreds of disciples with truly six pure sensual senses. Later, Yelu Deguang destroyed the Later Jin and drove the Emperor of Jin and the Queen Li.

Going to the north, I was staying at Fengchan Temple halfway. Empress Dowager Li said: I was offering tens of thousands of people to eat in the temple. Today, you are pitiful, so give it a little. The answer is conceivable. But tens of thousands? There are so many monks in a temple. What is the point of looking at the world? The five generations of wars have caused many deaths. Many people died in wars. The living people are slain as monks, and the fields in the world are deserted. As a result, hundreds of people cannot raise a soldier. Moreover, Buddhism has changed. Some people are really not shining by the halo of Sakyamuni, but they have committed crimes and entered the temple. Isn’t Lu Zhishen? This is not counting. Some monks have practiced crooked things like **, and some people have used Buddhist affairs to cheat. It turns out that Monk Tang went to the West that day, but did not bribe the Buddha’s warehouse manager, and in the end they were still false sutras?

Chai Rong, who could not bear it anymore and could not bear it, was determined to destroy the Buddha: there were temples that the emperor gave plaques before, and everything was the same. No? Sorry! Demolition! No new temples are allowed in the future! It seems very fierce, but in fact there is still a lot of room for it. Because the emperor used to be a good Buddha, there were really many magic treasures left. In the future, only 2,694 temples were left in the entire area. How many were abandoned? 30,336! Chai Rong ordered all monks and nuns in the temple to go home to work! Who wants to become a monk in the future? The man must be 15 years old and the woman must be 13 years old. He must have parents and grandparents agree. No father or mother? Then he must be uncle

Brothers agree. It’s not OK for family members to agree, but they still need to take the exam! Men must be able to read 500 pages of scriptures, while women must read 70 pages! It’s not difficult to hear. However, it’s not easy to find someone who knows literacy in the five generations. After the family agrees, they can become monks, are they not OK? It’s not OK! Political assessment! Those who have committed crimes before, have sued their parents, fled slaves, and fled thieves, etc. cannot become monks and shave their heads! If the temple is taken in, it’s said that they are hiding criminals! They are also ordered to prohibit self-injuring themselves in the name of practicing Buddhism. In this way, Chai Rong drove more than 600,000 people out of the temple and returned home, leaving 42,444 monks and 18,756 nuns.

Very good... Everyone can go home to celebrate their new life and pay taxes for work! Oh! Wait! Have you seen those Buddha statues? That's the best heavy metal! The country is short of this thing! You help me re-melt them all, copper can make money, and iron can make weapons! Chai Rong ordered the destruction of the Buddha in May 955. In November, he had all preparations for the war against the Southern Tang Dynasty. There are three martial arts and one sects in the history of Buddhism. Three martial arts: Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and Emperor Wu of the Tang Dynasty. One sect is Chai Rong of the Later Zhou Dynasty! Emperor Taiwu Tuoba Tao of Taiwu was because he heard that Buddhists were going to rebel and conspired with the rebel army. And at that time Buddhism had become a lewd religion, and monks

He often committed adultery with princes and women. Therefore, Emperor Taiwu had the intention to kill: all monks in Chang'an City were killed, all Buddha scrolls were burned, and the temples were divided into princes and nobles! This was a real destruction of Buddha. Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou was because there were too many temples at that time, and he competed for profit with the people and the country. Yuwen Yong ordered the temples to return to the country's fields, and the monks returned to secular life to become tenants of the country. Northern Zhou made a fortune in the morning, and destroyed the Buddha's power to become prosperous and strong, destroyed the Northern Qi, and unify the north. Emperor Wuzong of Tang Dynasty, Li Yan, was a dispute over Buddhism, Taoism and religion. Chai Rong this time was quite tribute to senior Yuwen Yong. The country had not been unified yet, and the temples had squeezed out the population and labor. Chai Rong also wanted to use the destruction of Buddha to become prosperous and strong, and unify the world!

Before the formal battle of the south and the north, there was still something that had to be guarded against. It was the Khitan cavalry that harassed from time to time, and the border people were not at peace. If things were not settled in the north, the southern affairs could not be taken. What should I do? At this time, a filial son from Zhang Zangying, who was called to Zhang Zangying, returned to China to offer advice to Chai Rong. At that time, the whole clan of Zhang Zangying was killed by a robber named Sun Judao. N years later, Zhang Zangying met a great enemy in Youzhou. He found a sword and went forward to take revenge, but was injured by Sun's surname and fled. Zhang Zangying was appreciated by Zhao Dejun, the governor of Youzhou, and became his tooth general. Soon, Zhang Zangying heard that Sun Judao lived in seclusion in Guannan of Youzhou, so he waited

In front of his door, when Lao Sun came out, he went up to kill people! He set up his parents' positions, whip his flesh, and sacrificed his parents with his heart. It was the Later Tang Dynasty, and it had been more than 20 years since the family was killed that day. Everyone in the world called Zhang Zangying avenged Zhang Xiaozi. When Shi Jingtang sold 16 states to the Liao Kingdom, Yelu Deguang also heard of this person's name: Come and be my Khitan official! But Lao Zhang was concerned about his motherland. In the third year of Guo Wei's emperor, he heard about the Central Plains' great rule, and led more than 7,000 oxen, horses, hundreds of boats, and returned to Zhou! Chai Rong was in Youzhou for a long time, and Zhang Zangying, who had been an official in Liao for many years, entered the court to prepare for border strategies.

Rong "The Khitan repeatedly invaded our territory, why did it resist it?" Ying "rejected it with the Great Wall" Rong was sad. "The Great Wall has already entered the enemy's hands, what can I do for it?" Ying "Although the Great Wall is lost, there is still a long river." Chai Rong's eyes lit up. The two of them said in unison that the "Hulu River" would resist the attack of the Khitan cavalry, and they must take advantage of the natural danger! Now the 16 states have been lost, and the only remaining is the Hulu River, which is a cross-flowing and deep border between the two prefectures of Hebei, and the Hulu River stretches for hundreds of miles. If it is dug deep and wide, it is enough to limit the southern herds of Huma! In the first month of the second year of Zhou Xiande (955), Zhang Zangying was the commander of the border inspection and recruited the commander of the county, and rushed to Li Yankou to share the worries of Chai Rong.

Zhang Zangying arrived at Li Yankou and called the clerk to write the recruitment notice. After a while, the clerk submitted a draft: General Zhang Zangying is here to recruit several border soldiers according to the emperor's will. Those with martial arts can be promoted to military academy. Zhang Xiao: Are we recruiting soldiers? The clerk is puzzled: Isn't it? Zhang asked: What is the most important thing now? The clerk said: Recruiting soldiers and training troops to repair the bases and resisting the Liao soldiers. Zhang shook his head: No. The most important thing at the moment is to take advantage of the drying of the Hulu River in winter and dig the mud and expand the river channel. The clerk understood: We must recruit migrant workers to complete the river channel first. Will the soldier still be recruited? Zhang shouted stupidly: After the migrant workers have finished building the river, can they be converted into soldiers? The clerk asked again: What if those strong and strong people are unwilling to do hard work? Zhang Dao: You add 30% of the wages according to the market conditions. If you write that after the river is completed, those who are strong can be admitted to the imperial guards.

Less than ten days after the list was posted, more than a thousand people gathered at Li Yan's mouth. But even the Liao Kingdom was alarmed. What do so many people gathered together? Do you want to invade our Great Liao? Gao Mouhan called spy Jia to investigate. Spy Jia reported: I heard that it was the river channel and the river embankment. Gao Mouhan understood: The Central Plains Emperor was managing the floods for years. After being cured, the harvest was raised. We can grab more next year. Spy Jia also said: Another saying that those who are strong can be admitted to the imperial guards. Gao Mouhan still

No doubt. A few days ago, the notice of the emperor recruiting soldiers in the Central Plains was posted in Liao. After a while, Gao felt worried and asked Spy Jia to see what new situation was there on the river. This time, Spy Jia had been there for two months and had not come back. He sneaked to the bank of Hulu River and saw that the migrant workers were working hard here! Spy Jia was relieved, it was okay. Suddenly, what sound came from the front? Spy Jia turned over and saw that a group of big men were practicing naked.

.There are soldiers! And they are elite soldiers! There is a situation! Spy Jia was about to turn around and go back to notify him, but was stopped: Who is watching from the side? Spy Jia was talking about you. What are you doing here? Spy Jia had a sudden inspiration: I... I came out to make soy sauce. That person was Zhang Zangying: It just so happens that I lack labor at this construction site. You are good-looking. You have been working here for two days and earn some money to buy soy sauce. Spy Jia’s legs are weak, and he has been changed into a migrant worker’s aid. Now he is going to break into the enemy

Ministry, migrant worker A figured out the situation: the general of the Zhou Dynasty recruited thousands of people and divided them into two teams. One team was training, and the other team worked to open the river, and a week was replaced. However, for some reason, our migrant worker A had been doing hard work on the construction site, and he had not let him go ashore. Migrant worker A wanted to escape, but often migrant worker B and migrant worker C were taking care of him, which made him unable to escape. Do you know the pain of holding important information in your hand but not sending it out? Migrant worker A couldn't sleep all night.

Two months later, the opportunity finally came. The Hulu River completion project was initially successful. The reward for the people was no, it was the reward for the army! The people who Xiuhe River had turned into the army and became border guards. Everyone was drunk that night, and our migrant worker A finally took advantage of the opportunity to escape. He rolled and crawled back to his hometown. He turned into a spy again. Seeing Gao Mouhan crying: General, I am so tired for two months! Gao: I thought you were caught. Why are you back? Spy Arab reports: General Zhou recruited soldiers in the name of repairing the river and digged deep and widened the river, not to build water conservancy, but to block my cavalry! Gao Mouhan was shocked: Once the Hulu River becomes a galaxy, how could I go over?
Chapter completed!