It is a historical allusion. On the first day of the first lunar month in the seventh year of Xiande of the Later Zhou Dynasty (960), the monarchs and ministers of the Later Zhou Dynasty during the Five Dynasties period were celebrating the New Year in the palace. Suddenly, they received an urgent report from Zhen and Ding two states. The Han colluded with the Khitan and invaded. Prime Ministers Fan Zhi, Wang Pu and others immediately sent out the inspectors to check the guards in front of the palace. Zhao Kuangyin led his troops to resist.
Yellow robes are added
On the third day of the lunar month, the army was stationed at Chenqiaoyi, the first post station in the northeast of Kaifeng. Zhao Kuangyin was drunk and lying down, but the soldiers who wanted to support him were standing around. dawn. At dawn the next day, there were screams and shouts all around, and the sound shook the wilderness. Zhao Pu and Zhao Guangyi lined up the door to report. At this time, the soldiers knocked on the door of the sleeping tent and shouted: "The army has no master, and I hope that the Taiwei will be the emperor." Some of Zhao Kuangyin's cronies spread rumors among the soldiers, saying, "This emperor is the emperor." We are young and weak and cannot govern ourselves. Who knows if we can serve the country and defeat the enemy? Why not first support Zhao Kuangyin as emperor and then set off for the Northern Expedition." The soldiers' mutiny mood was quickly incited. At this time, Zhao Kuangyin's younger brother Zhao Kuangyi (later renamed Guangyi, namely Song Taizong Zhao Jiong) and his confidant Zhao Pu, seeing that the time was ripe, instructed the soldiers to use a prepared yellow robe for the emperor's enthronement. It was draped on Zhao Kuangyin, who pretended to be drunk and had just woken up, and they all bowed down in front of the court. The shouts of long live could be heard from miles away, so they supported him as emperor. However, Zhao Kuangyin pretended to be forced and said: "You are greedy for wealth and honor, and you have made me the emperor. You can follow my orders, otherwise, I cannot be your master."
Supporters They all expressed their "obedience to orders". Zhao Kuangyin announced in public that after returning to Kaifeng, the queen mother and the young emperor of the Later Zhou Dynasty were not allowed to be surprised, the ministers of the Later Zhou Dynasty were not allowed to be invaded, and the treasury of the court and city were not allowed to be plundered. Those who obeyed the orders would be rewarded, and those who disobeyed the orders would be punished by their families. The soldiers all echoed "Promise"! So Zhao Kuangyin led the mutinous troops back to Kaifeng. The main Forbidden Army generals guarding the capital, Shi Shouxin, Wang Shenqi and others, were all Zhao Kuangyin's "brothers" in the past. After learning that the mutiny was successful, they opened the city gate to respond. Among the generals of the Forbidden Army of the Later Zhou Dynasty in Kaifeng at that time, only Han Tong, the deputy commander of the Guards and Ma Bu Army, wanted to lead his troops to resist in a hurry, but before he could summon the army, he was killed by Wang Yansheng of the military academy. The generals and soldiers of Chenqiao's mutiny took control of Kaifeng, the capital of the Later Zhou Dynasty, without any bloodshed.
At this time, Fan Zhi, the prime minister of the Later Zhou Dynasty, and others knew that they could not distinguish the true and false military information, so they rushed to dispatch the generals. However, they had no choice but to lead all the officials to obey the orders. A pre-prepared edict from the Zen Dynasty announced that Emperor Zhou Gong would abdicate. Zhao Kuangyin then officially ascended the throne as emperor, easily seized the political power of the Later Zhou Dynasty, and changed the title of Emperor Gong Chai Zongxun to Prince Zheng. Since the vassal town where Zhao Kuangyin served as the military envoy to the German Army in the Later Zhou Dynasty was located in Songzhou (today's Shangqiu, Henan), Song was named the country and the capital was Kaifeng. Historically, it is customary to call the Zhao and Song dynasties established by Zhao Kuangyin the Northern Song Dynasty. After Zhao Kuangyin's death, he was revered as Song Taizu. Zhao Kuangyin seems to have been forced to join the army, but historians have raised too many questions:
First, according to records such as "Sushui Chronicles": "Ji Jiang During the Northern Expedition, the capital announced that on the day of departure, the Emperor's strategy would be implemented. Therefore, the wealthy family or the Qi family were far away from the state, and the Du Palace did not know about it. "It can be seen that there was a mutiny before the army arrived at Chenqiao. It is said that the emperor has already seen the emperor before he saw the yellow robe. The Chenqiao mutiny was not an accidental incident, but was premeditated. As the ancient poem said: "The yellow robe is not an ordinary thing. Who can believe that it is found by chance in the army."
Secondly, Song Dynasty people's notes record that Zhao Kuangyin went to Gaoxin Temple to divine his future career in his early years. "From the primary school level up to the Jiedushi envoy, every throw was rejected. Suddenly he said: "If you pass this, you will be the emperor!' One throw is a holy lot." Regardless of the authenticity of this matter, this is in the A widely circulated anecdote in the Song Dynasty reflected Zhao Kuangyin's long-cherished wish. At Chenqiao Station, the soldiers had stood around and shouted, and Zhao Pu and Zhao Guangyi had also entered to report. However, Zhao Kuangyin did not think about why he was "drunk and unconscious". Considering her early wishes, this situation is too artificial.
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Fourth, at that time, Zhao Kuangyin was ordered to lead the troops to fight because of the national emergency. Why was the war decided after the yellow robe was added to the body without a shot or a sword? It is the so-called "Qianqiu Mystery Case" Chen Qiaoyi, wearing a yellow robe and adding a body. Then he stopped his troops." It can be concluded that the military situation in the two states of Zhen and Ding was reported in response to Zhao Kuangyin's rebellion and independence.
In the process of replacing the Later Zhou Dynasty in the Northern Song Dynasty, because Zhao Kuangyin paid attention to strict military discipline, he returned to Kaifeng He ordered the troops to return to their barracks, and there was no chaos in Kaifeng City like the burning, killing, looting, etc. that had occurred during dynasty changes in the past. Therefore, he received the support of the former Zhou Dynasty
At the beginning of the establishment of the Northern Song Dynasty, some of the later Zhou Dynasty officials. Most of the generals who led heavy troops to perform border patrol missions, such as Murong Yanzhao and Han Lingkun, expressed their support for Song Taizu's ascension to the emperor's throne. Only Li Jun, the military governor of the Zhaoyi Army in cross-legged Luzhou (today's Shangdang, Shanxi), and Huainan Jiedu in Yangzhou This caused Li Chongjin to raise troops to resist one after another, so Song Taizu personally led an army to put down the rebellion, and defeated Li Jun and Li Chongjin successively in less than half a year.
Li Jun and Li Chongjin were two powerful vassal towns in the Later Zhou Dynasty at that time. Their failure made some local vassal towns with smaller forces and dissatisfaction with Zhao Kuangyin's replacement of the Zhou Dynasty feel unable to compete with the central government and had no choice but to surrender. In this way, by the end of the first year of Jianlong (960), the Northern Song Dynasty had basically stabilized the situation in the former Hou Zhou area.