A building in Zhao Kuangyin, Song Taizu, was mutinied by Chen Qiao and given a yellow robe, ending the situation that emperors took turns to be pawns in 50 or 60 years.

From then on, the emperor only had the Zhao family, and this was done for 300 years.

Why?

In fact, Song Taizu took the old road of selective bullying and usurpation in the Five Dynasties. Why does his ass sit still?

He also incorporated all the marginal small countries step by step, managed to unify the world and let the people live a peaceful life.

It was the prayers of Ming Di and Li Siyuan in the late Tang Dynasty that moved heaven, and the saint was really born?

It's hard to say.

However, one of the most important reasons is that Song Taizu's personal quality is better. To put it bluntly, he is educated.

In the Five Dynasties' troubled times, the emperors who suddenly appeared were basically military commanders, many of whom had never learned.

I only believe in fists and fists, and I have no manners or shame. Even if I become emperor, I don't know what to do.

It's a mess to run the country.

For example, Zhu Wen, the ancestor of the Back Beam, ruined Li Tang's 300-year inheritance, but was killed by his own son.

After the Tang Dynasty, Zhuang Zong left a deep impression on people from the beginning, and his bravery was extraordinary. He was emperor for only three years, but he died at the hands of actors.

Ming Sect in the late Tang Dynasty, a rare good emperor in the Five Dynasties, was also illiterate. He needs a private secretary to read it to him with an explanation. Occasionally, the priest will drop his schoolbag, and Mingzong will be in a daze.

In order to be emperor, Shi Jingtang, the high-impedance of the late Jin Dynasty, gave up his face and recognized the Khitan Lord as his father, and was finally destroyed by this father.

Liu Zhiyuan died after one year as emperor, and his son died after three years as Yin Di.

Chai Rong of post-Zhou Shizong was a hero, smart and brave, but he died too early and gave the throne to his youngest son.

Directly paved the way for Song Taizu.

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Song Taizu is also a military commander, but he is different from previous military commanders. He loves reading, knows the benefits of reading, and has a good mother.

After Chen Qiao's mutiny, his mother heard that her son became emperor and said, "My son has always had great ambitions, and it really does!"

Song Taizu honored his mother as the empress dowager. His ministers cheered when he saluted in the hall, but the empress dowager was not happy.

People around the Queen Mother asked, "Mothers are more precious than children. Now that my son is the son of heaven, why are you unhappy as a mother? "

The queen mother said, "I heard that the emperor is not easy to be." This is a high-risk occupation. Above hundreds of millions of people, if the country is well governed, then the status of the emperor is indeed noble. If the country is not well governed, it will be full of crises. I'm afraid it's impossible to live as an ordinary person. That's what I'm worried about. "

Be prepared for danger in times of peace and take a long-term view.

How can a son be bad with such a mother?

Besides, Song Taizu is a very filial son.

Du Taihou died after only one year as queen mother.

When she was ill, Song Taizu personally served her mother to take medicine.

Before she died, Empress Dowager Cixi called Song Taizu's confidant Zhao Pu, told the funeral and asked Song Taizu, "Do you know how you got this world?"

Song Taizu said, "These are the blessings of our ancestors and the teachings of your mother. "

The queen mother said, "No, just because Chai was a child, he became emperor in the following week. If an old man becomes emperor next week, how can it be your turn? So, one hundred years later, you should pass it on to your brother Guangyi, Guangyi to your third brother Guang Mei, and Guang Mei to your son Dezhao. The world is big, and it is a blessing for society to establish a mature monarch. "

Song Taizu cried and said, "My son dare not disobey you."

The Queen Mother looked at Zhao Pu and said, "Write down my words, too. Don't go against them. "

Zhao Pu wrote down the words of the Empress Dowager and signed the last line: "Shangshu".

Then he hid it in a box and ordered the cautious imperial secretary to take care of it.

Confucianism governs the world with filial piety. In terms of filial piety, Song Taizu completely achieved it, much better than the previous Han and Tang Dynasties.

I don't know how much higher than the five generations when father and son ate and brothers fought.

This is the advantage of being literate.

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After the establishment of the Song Dynasty, Song Taizu repeatedly asked military commanders to learn and understand the truth of governing the country.

This opened the wind of reading in the imperial court.

Zhao Pu, his confidant, can do things, but he is semi-illiterate. After he became prime minister, he also studied hard under his inculcation.

Every time he came home from work, Zhao Pu got into the study.

Going to court the next day, dealing with political affairs is like running water.

What precious secrets did he read?

It was not until his death that his family opened the box and found him reading The Analects!

Hee hee, yes, Zhao Pu is the prime minister who ruled the world with The Analects.

The Analects is very powerful.

Mao was very friendly to his younger brother Guangyi, and then passed the throne to Guangyi according to his mother's instructions.

It's Song Taizong.

"The Sound of Candle Shadow and Axe", it is said that Song Taizu had rejected all the separate summonses to Song Taizong before his death, and there was a fierce dispute between them, which was about the right of inheritance. Some people say that Song Taizu was forced to death by Emperor Taizong.

However, this is not the focus of our discussion now.

The point is, this Song Taizong, like his brother Song Taizu, is a military commander, but he loves reading more than his brother.

Every time I fight, I go with my book on my back.

After becoming the emperor, I still studied hard and worked tirelessly, and I have been reading the application for four hours!

It is equivalent to reading from 9 am to 3 pm, 8 hours.

This momentum, the average person really can't catch up.

What's more, he is already an emperor, so he doesn't need to take the test for fame.

He ordered the History Museum to repair the volume of Magnolia Taiping 1000, and read three volumes every day.

His prime minister was afraid that he would get sick at school and advised him to relax. Taizong said, "Opening books is beneficial, not hard. I intend to finish reading this book within one year. "

In his spare time, he also asked his academicians to read and write books, asking about the meaning and brushwork of books.

He said to Qian Ruoshui, a bachelor of Hanlin, "The kindness and preciousness of the position of a bachelor of Hanlin is incomparable to other official positions. I also want to be a bachelor of Hanlin. "

He specially built a secret cabinet (library) for storing books and found someone to look after it.

He said: "When the emperor is indifferent, don't expose your hobbies so that traitors can't get close. I don't have any hobbies, so I like reading books, seeing the successes and failures through the ages and learning more from them. "

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Reading makes people knowledgeable and literate, but this kind of reading is not that kind of reading.

Qin Rong, the son of the late Tang Dynasty, likes to write poems, and often calls some flashy children to sing poems together, singing with each other and being arty.

Ming zong said to his son, "although I have never read a book, I like to listen to those Confucian scholars talk about the Five Classics, which can open people's wisdom and thoughts." I used to think that Zhuang Zong liked to write poems, but we were all disciples. Writing poetry has never been a specialty, and others will laugh at you behind your back. Don't follow suit! "

Song Taizong once said, "I don't wait for fifty, and I know forty-nine years is wrong."

This means that compared with last year, this year has happened again and needs to be changed and improved.

This is to combine reading with personal practice and self-cultivation, and constantly improve yourself.

What is the purpose of reading?

To understand.

What is the purpose of understanding?

The purpose of understanding is to make people do better and do things better.