After a long time, the Later Zhou Dynasty court did not change its reign, and it was called the seventh year of Xiande. On the first day of the first month, the young lord Chai Zongxun did not go to the palace. He just asked all civil and military officials to express his congratulations. Suddenly, he received an urgent report from calm that the Liao army united with the Northern Han Dynasty and had already invaded in large numbers, and requested that the troops be sent to defend the frontiers quickly. Prime Minister Fan Zhi and others hurried to the palace to report to Empress Dowager Fu that Empress Dowager Fu was just a young woman who knew how to understand military affairs, so Fan Zhi and others were fully responsible for the disposal.

Fan Zhi and others then sent Zhao Kuangyin, the chief inspector of the Palace Front, to lead the army north to fight against the Liao army. At the same time, they ordered the deputy chief inspector of the Palace Front, Murong Yanzhao, and the army to set out first. In addition, there were Gao Huaide, Zhang Lingduo, Zhang Guanghan, Zhao Yanhui and other generals who met one after another. The armies successively left the capital, and Zhao Kuangyin also said goodbye.

At this time, a rumor spread in the capital that the book was inspected as the emperor. The residents were worried about chaos again, so many people hid. Where did the rumor come from and who said it first, there was no way to investigate at that time. Several officials in the court had heard of it, but they thought it was just nonsense, and there was no need to worry. Empress Dowager Fu and the young lord Chai Zongxun knew about this. Then they knew that the troops were sent on the third day of the first lunar month and the fourth day of the first lunar month, Chen Qiaoyi sent a police letter, which made the court officials so anxious that they were at a loss.

It turned out that when Zhao Kuangyin led the army to Chenqiaoyi, it was already late, so he ordered the troops to set up camp and stay for one night, preparing to continue the march the next morning. The commander Miao Xun stood alone outside the camp, looking up at the clouds in the sky. A man walked by and asked him, "Mr. Miao! What are you watching here?"

Miao Xun is familiar with astronomy, and he can predict everything that encounters storms in advance. Even if the good or bad things are related to the country, he can also predict them accurately. Therefore, the people in the army respect him very much and respectfully call him Mr. Miao.

Miao Xun turned his head and saw that the person who asked him was Chu Zhaofu, a relative under Zhao Kuangyin. Miao Xun pointed to the west with his hand and said, "Didn't you see another sun beneath the sun?" Chu Zhaofu looked carefully in the direction of his finger and saw that there was still a sun beneath the sun. Soon, one sun set, and only one sun still showed sunlight.

Chu Zhaofu was very surprised and asked, "What's the good or bad of this master?" Miao Xun said, "You are a relative of the examination, so why not tell you the truth. This is called destiny. The sun that disappeared first will be fulfilled in the Zhou Youzhu. The sun that appeared later will be fulfilled in the body of the inspector." Chu Zhaofu asked again, "When will it be verified?" Miao Xun said, "The celestial phenomena have appeared, right in front of you." After that, the two returned to the camp together. Chu Zhaofu naturally told others about Miao Xun's words, and it was immediately spread to ten, ten to hundreds, and the army was very surprised.

The commander Gao Huaide first advocated: "The Lord has just ascended the throne now, but he is too young. We are facing a great enemy. Although we are willing to work hard, who knows? We might as well follow the people of heaven and make the inspectors first and then fight together. I wonder what you think?" The generals responded in unison: "What Gao Gong said is reasonable, and we will follow our plans."

Li Chuyun of Duguanya said: "This matter must be reported to the inspection first before it can be implemented. But I am afraid that the inspection will not agree. Fortunately, the inspection younger brother Zhao Kuangyi is also in the army. We might as well explain the situation to him first and ask him to tell the inspection first, so that it will naturally succeed." The public agreed in unison, so he invited Zhao Kuangyi to discuss.

Zhao Kuangyi said: "This matter is not a small matter. It is better to discuss with Secretary Zhao first and then make a decision." It was Zhao Pu who served as Secretary Zhao Pu. Zhao Kuangyi told Zhao Pu about this matter and asked for his opinion. Zhao Pu replied: "Now the king's country is suspicious, so it is really impossible to make the ministers feel at ease. The prestige of the inspection is high, and China and foreign countries are willing to return. As long as he enters Bianjing, he can be upright. We can arrange to act as early as tomorrow morning."

Zhao Kuangyi and Zhao Pu came out, deployed the generals, waiting for dawn. At dawn, everyone approached Zhao Kuangyin's sleeping place, shouted in unison, and shouted the soldiers guarding at the door, and quickly shook their hands and said, "Dianjian has not gotten up yet, don't make loud noises!" Everyone said, "Today we want to make the Dianjian the emperor, don't you know?" Before he finished speaking, Zhao Kuangyi rushed in impatiently.

Zhao Kuangyin pretended to have just woken up and deliberately asked Zhao Kuangyi what happened? Zhao Kuangyi was secretly amused. This was originally a plan that the two brothers had agreed on in private. However, because there were outsiders around, Zhao Kuangyi had to pretend to be the situation of the people outside the door. Zhao Kuangyin pretended to hesitate and asked: "Can this happen?" Zhao Kuangyi said: "Now there is a wooden sign that responds to the prophecy, brother might as well be the emperor."

Zhao Kuangyin said, "When I go out and discuss with the generals carefully, then make a decision." After that, he hurried out from the house. When everyone outside saw Zhao Kuangyin, they shouted in unison: "The army has no master, we are willing to regard the Grand Marshal as the emperor." Before Zhao Kuangyin could answer, Gao Huaide and others put a yellow robe on Zhao Kuangyin. Then the generals and sang together to pay homage to each other and shouted long live.

Zhao Kuangyin said, "This matter is of great importance, but why do you act so suddenly? Besides, I have received the kindness of the country, how can I be arrogant? Isn't this let me be ungrateful?" Zhao Pu said, "Now it is the fate of heaven, and people's hearts tend to be. If Ming Gong repeatedly refuses it, it will violate the destiny of heaven and lose people's hearts. If you remember the benefits of the Zhou family, as long as you give courtesy to the young master in the future and give preferential treatment to the empress dowager, you will never betray it." At this time, the soldiers had already embraced Zhao Kuangyin and got on the horse.

Zhao Kuangyin then said to the generals: "I have orders, can you all obey me?" The generals naturally agreed. Zhao Kuangyin said: "Empress Dowager and Lord, I have served them in the north, so you must not offend me! The ministers in the capital have been side by side with me, and you must not bully them. The court treasury and scholars and commoners, you must not invade you! If you obey my orders, I will reward you in the future, otherwise you will kill your wives, children, and children, and you will never be lenient!" The generals agreed. Zhao Kuangyin was very happy and led his army back to the capital. At the same time, he sent Chu Zhaofu and the envoy of the guest province Pan Mei to rush to Bianliang first.

Pan Mei went to instruct the prime ministers first, and Chu Zhaofu went to comfort his family first. The two entered the capital, and the people in Bianliang received the news. It happened to be the morning court, and suddenly they heard that such an accident had happened. The ministers were so scared that they didn't know what to do. Empress Dowager Fu received the report and hurriedly summoned Fan Zhi and asked, "You recommend Zhao Kuangyin, how did you have such a change?" The empress dowager was already in tears.

Fan Zhi had to evade, "I'll just go and persuade him." Empress Dowager Fu knew that it was useless to say more, so she went back to the harem with tears. Fan Zhi withdrew, held the hand of the right servant Wang Pu, and asked, "We sent Zhao Kuangyin in the middle of a sudden. What happened like this now is our fault. What should we do?

?” Wang Pu was silent.

Han Tong, the deputy commander of the Guards, came out of the palace and happened to meet Fan Zhi, Wang Pu and others, and asked, "The rebels are coming soon, why can the second duke still chat here?" Fan asked, "Commander Han, what good methods are there?" Han Tong said, "There are fires and waters coming, and the generals are blocking. There are also imperial guards in the capital, so you should quickly ask for an order to mobilize the city to defend. At the same time, you will send an edict to all towns in the world to send troops to help the king. There are many loyal and righteous people in the town commander. If they can come at night and jointly fight against the rebels, why should the rebels not be pacified?"

Fan Zhi said, "If you don't have any trouble, the distance cannot save the near fire, what should I do?" Han Tong said, "Second Duke, go and ask for an order. Let me summon the imperial guards." After that, he hurriedly left. Fan Zhi and Wang Pu were still hesitant. At this time, the family servant came to report: "The front team of the rebels has entered the city. Prime Minister should go home quickly!" When the two heard that they were not concerned about what to ask for orders or not, they ran away at home.

At this time, Wang Yansheng, the former chief of Zhao Kuangyin, had indeed rushed into the city with his cavalry. He happened to meet Han Tong and shouted: "Guard Han, go and pick up the horse! The new emperor has arrived." Han Tong said furiously: "Where did the new emperor come from? You people are greedy for wealth and rebellion, but you dare to come here to run rampant?" As he said that, he rushed to the door of the house.

Wang Yansheng had always been cruel, but after hearing Han Tong's words, he was so angry that he was so angry that he was chasing Han Tong. So he rode his horse and followed Han Tong closely. Han Tong had just arrived at the door and was about to enter. Unpredictably, Wang Yansheng jumped off the horse, walked in with a knife, and slashed Han Tong to death. Then he broke in and killed Han Tong's wife together, and then came out to greet Zhao Kuangyin.

At this time, Zhao Kuangyin had already led the army into the capital from Mingde Gate. Zhao Kuangyin ordered all the soldiers to return to the camp and returned to the office himself. After a while, the military academy Luo Yanhuan and others brought Fan Zhi, Wang Pu and others in. When Zhao Kuangyin saw them, he said, "I was favored by Emperor Shizong and was forced to do this by the soldiers of the six armies. I have to violate the heaven and earth, why don't I be ashamed?" Fan Zhi and others were about to speak, but Luo Yanhuan shouted sternly: "We see that there is no master in the world, so we all set up Dianjian as the emperor. If you have any strange words? If you dare not obey your order, my sword will never be sympathetic." As soon as he finished speaking, he drew his sword out of the sheath.

Wang Pu was so scared that his face looked like a mortal expression and hurriedly bowed. Fan Zhi was also frightened and was also a great worshiper. Zhao Kuangyin hurriedly helped the two of them up, gave him a seat, and discussed with them the matter of ascension to the throne. Fan Zhi said, "Ming Ming became the emperor, how should he deal with the young master?" Zhao Pu said, "Please treat the ancient abdication, and he will naturally treat the guests of honor in the future and live up to the Zhou Dynasty."

Zhao Kuangyin said, "The Empress Dowager and the Young Lord, I was their minister. I had already ordered the army to not violate each other." Fan Zhi said, "Since that is the case, Jian'ou should summon all civil and military officials to be prepared to receive Zen." Zhao Kuangyin said, "Please ask the two dukes to summon me, I will never bear to treat the old ministers." Fan Zhi, Wang Pu resigned and entered the court to summon all officials. Soon, all officials gathered together in the court and separated from the left and right. Shi Shouxin, Wang Shenqi and others hugged Zhao Kuangyin and slowly climbed to the hall. Hanlin Chengzhi Tao Gu immediately took out the abdication edict from his sleeve and handed it to Dou Yi, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War, and he would read the edict aloud.

After Dou Yi finished reading the edict, the envoy Xuanhui took Zhao Kuangyin to receive the edict. They helped Zhao Kuangyin ascend to the Chongyuan Hall, plus Yan Mian, officially ascend the throne and accept congratulations from all civil and military officials.
Chapter completed!