As for Song Taizu's passing on his younger brother but not his son, The History of the Song Dynasty, as an official history, explains that it is his mother Du Taihou's opinion to inherit the elder brother's position with his younger brother. On his deathbed, Du Taihou said to Zhao Kuangyin, "If the Zhou Dynasty was succeeded by an elderly emperor, how could you be today?" ? You and Guangyi are both my sons. You will pass the throne to him in the future, and the country is the long monarch. This is the outline of the country! "Zhao Kuangyin agreed, so he asked Prime Minister Zhao Pu to write an oath in the synopsis of the Golden Chamber and seal it in the synopsis of the Golden Chamber. This is the so-called "Golden Chamber Alliance". This is the legal basis of Zhao Guangyi's "brother's death". It is said that during their lifetime, they agreed to be emperors in turn, including Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Guangyi and Chai Jia, but Zhao Guangyi didn't keep his promise.
But in the historical field, there is also a story of "the sound of an axe and the shadow of a candle". It is said that Zhao Guangyi killed his brother and usurped the throne. There is a secret story that the last person Zhao Kuangyin saw before he died was Zhao Guangyi. Someone saw their shadows cast on enough paper under the candle, as if arguing about something, and then Guangyi left the room in a hurry. Zhao Kuangyin immediately came out of the room, with an axe in his hand, shouting praise in the snow. Someone vaguely heard: he shouted "good! (There is another saying that "it was you ...") He died the next day. This left a mystery. Zhao Kuangyin's "Easy Things to Do" is a good thing you did! It means "work hard! "This can't be explained, but it means that Zhao Guangyi killed his brother and usurped the throne.
There is even more bizarre saying that Zhao Kuangyin robbed his wife, Mrs. Hua Rui, after he established the kingdom of Houshu in Meng Changjun, and he was very lucky. But then one day, Boss Zhao stuck Zhao and this Mrs. Huarui under the covers. Zhao hacked his younger brother to death with an axe in a panic and became emperor himself. The person who asked me to tell this story should have a lisp. If Zhao Kuangyin is replaced by Wendi Sui Wendi and Zhao Guangyi is replaced by Yang Di Yang Guang, this story seems to be just around the corner. ...
I believe the first statement, but I don't believe that Zhao Kuangyin will listen to his mother. It is estimated that Zhao Guangyi made a lot of preparations for usurping and seizing power, otherwise he could not have ruled so smoothly. You know, it's with Mao, with those arrogant soldiers, experts and some comrades-in-arms, but Mao's sons didn't have a chance to show before, and their strength is certainly not as good as that.
History is sometimes like this, there is no standard answer, only reasonable speculation.
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