In the Battle of Gaoping, which decided the life and death of the Later Zhou Dynasty, Li Chongjin made great achievements and was therefore named the governor of Guide, and was commanded by the commander of the guards, the commander of the Ma and Infantry Army of the guards. His mother, Princess Fuqing, was posthumously awarded the title of Princess of Yan. Zhang Yongde was appointed as the chief tutor for his military achievements and was appointed as the governor of Yicheng Army. His wife, Princess Shou'an, was appointed as the chief tutor of Jin.

After Zhao Kuangyin ascended the throne, he ordered Han Lingkun to transfer Li Chongjin to Qingzhou instead of Li Chongjin. Li Chongjin refused to move and sent his aide Zhai Shouxun to persuade the governor of Zelu, Li Yun, to rise up and disobey. Zhai Shouxun secretly leaked the matter to Zhao Kuangyin, so Zhao Kuangyin asked Zhai Shouxun to delay Li Chongjin's troops to prevent Li Chongjin from echoing north and south.

Zhao Kuangyin said to Zhai Shouxun: "Li Chongjin is nothing more than afraid that I will blame him, so he has a strange intention. I now give him an iron coupon and vows to let him down. Will he believe it?" Zhai Shouxun said: "I must have a strange intention when Li Chongjin sees Li Chongjin, and I hope Your Majesty will prevent it in advance!" Zhao Kuangyin nodded and said: "I have known you for many years, so you came to report to me specifically that you can be called our old friend. But I want to personally conquer Luzhou, and I am worried that Li Chongjin will take advantage of the situation and sneak attack on the capital. I will have another constraint. I will bother you to go back and persuade Li Chongjin and tell him not to rush forward. In this way, they can prevent them from taking charge at the same time and divide my military power. It will be easier to go to conquer Li Chongjin after I pacify Luzhou." Zhai Shouxun agreed.

After Zhai Shouxun returned, he really tried his best to slander Li Yun, saying that he was not good at planning. Li Chongjin was trapped and missed the opportunity. Li Yun raised his troops in April, but was defeated in June, and died of self-immolation. In September of the same year, Li Chongjin raised his troops and prepared to restore the Later Zhou Dynasty. The year name was still based on the Xiande period of the Later Zhou Dynasty. When Zhao Kuangyin was in the north, he was still afraid that Li Chongjin would attack his retreat, so he sent Chen Sihui, a six-house envoy, to give Li Chongjin iron coupons with an edict.

Li Chongjin kept Chen Sihui and said that he would enter the court together when Zhao Kuangyin returned to Beijing. Zhao Kuangyin reported that Kai would return to Beijing. Li Chongjin was very scared and wanted to pack up his luggage and go to Beijing with Chen Sihui. The general Xiang Mei, Zhan Jing and others persuaded Li Chongjin: "You are the closest relatives of the Zhou Dynasty, and you will inevitably be suspicious of Zhao Kuangyin. If you enter the court now, you will definitely be trapped and you will not be able to come back."

After hearing this, Li Chongjin asked hesitantly: "If Zhao Kuangyin holds me accountable, how should I deal with it?" Xiang Mei said: "The ancients said: 'I would rather let others down than let others down,' Now that Zhao Kuangyin has just pacified Luzhou, the soldiers are exhausted. Why don't you raise troops today and attack Bianjing? This is called taking the initiative." Li Chongjin said: "It's just that I feel that there is insufficient troops, and it may be difficult to achieve success."

Zhan Jing replied: "We can detain the envoys from Bianliang and ask for help from Nan Tang. If we can get help from the Tang army, why worry about the big thing going?" Li Chongjin said: "It is inevitable that we will die once we obey and resist Zhao Kuangyin. I will act according to your opinion!" So Li Chongjin ordered Chen Sihui to be detained. At the same time, he sent an envoy to Nan Tang, built a city wall, improved the armored soldiers, and prepared to rebel.

In the blink of an eye, several days have passed. Suddenly someone came to report that the Song army had already arrived. Li Chongjin said in surprise: "The Tang army has not arrived yet, but the Song army has arrived. What should we do?" Xiang Mei and Zhan Jing were also a little scared. Since the war was mainly caused by the two of them, they had to bite the bullet and invite the soldiers to go. Li Chongjin sent 10,000 troops to take them to resist the Song army, and he himself was in the city.

Keep guard and listen quietly to the news of the battle formation.

Shortly after the two of them went on the army, there were reports of their defeat. Then they heard that Zhao Kuangyin was personally expeditioning. Li Erzhongjin was even more panicked and wanted to recruit soldiers and go to pick them up. At this moment, he suddenly saw Zhan Jing fleeing back in a panic and reported to Li Chongjin that Xiang Mei had been killed and all the soldiers were killed and injured.

When Li Chongjin heard such bad news, he was so scared that he was no one looking. When he was panicking, he heard the shouts outside the city and the drums and horns were ringing. Li Chongjin knew that it was the Song army that was coming, so he hurriedly climbed the city to watch. But he saw that the Song army soldiers outside the city stood densely, and their spears and halberds were arranged like trees. The Song army came in a row, and the team lasted for several miles. The last one was Zhao Kuangyin.

Seeing this, Li Chongjin couldn't help but sigh, stepped down the city wall, and said to everyone: "I was an old minister of the Zhou Dynasty, and I should repay the Lord with death. Now I plan to join my family to burn myself. You can escape by yourself!" Someone asked to kill Chen Sihui, venting his hatred. Li Chongjin said: "I am almost dead, what's the use of killing him?" After that, he ordered his family to get dry firewood and set fire to the fire.

Li Chongjin ordered his wife and others to join the fire, and then he jumped in. Li Chongjin's family was burned to death. When Li Chongjin died, the whole city was in chaos. Where could anyone defend? The Song army quickly climbed to the top of the city and rushed in, holding hundreds of people including Zhan Jing. Zhao Kuangyin entered the city and beheaded all the main civil officials and military generals of Li Chongjin.

Zhao Kuangyin asked Chen Sihui again, and a soldier reported that he had been killed in prison by the rebels. After hearing this, Zhao Kuangyin sighed for a long time and ordered someone to bury him with generous gifts. Zhao Kuangyin asked someone to find Zhai Shouxun again, and finally found him. Zhao Kuangyin said to him: "Yangzhou has been pacified, so you can go to the capital with me!"

Zhai Shouxun said, "I am afraid that Li Chongjin will doubt it, so I hid. Seeing Your Majesty again today is no less than seeing the light of day again. But I served Li Chongjin for many years and couldn't bear to see him traumatized in the wild. I asked Your Majesty to be particularly kind and allow me to clean up his remains and bury him outside the city. Even though I die, I will not blame you." Zhao Kuangyin said, "According to what you have reported, I will not blame you!" Zhai Shouxun then went to pack up Li Chongjin's remains, find a place to properly bury him, and then returned to the capital.

When Zhao Kuangyin was planning to leave Yangzhou, Tang lord Li Jing sent envoys across the river to reward the Song army. Li Jing also sent his son Li Congyi to see Zhao Kuangyin, and Zhao Kuangyin was very grateful. At this time, the ministers of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Du Zhuo and Xue Liang, joined Zhao Kuangyin's army and offered a plan to pacify the south. Zhao Kuangyin was furious and said, "The Tang lord is very respectful to me, but you want to sell your master for honor. Where is your conscience?"

Zhao Kuangyin immediately shouted, "Left and right, take it down with me!" The soldiers in front of the tent immediately stepped forward and captured the two of them and tied them up. Zhao Kuangyin issued an order in person, ordering Du Zhu to behead him and Xue Liang to be exiled to the frontier. In fact, these two people had offended Li Jing, so they took the opportunity to escape from the crime and wanted to get rid of the crime and be greedy for merit. Unexpectedly, they backfired, one was killed and the other was exiled.

Since Yangzhou has been pacified, Zhao Kuangyin returned to the court. Zhai Shouxun was appointed as the official position of the palace and soon became a entrusted official. Sometimes, Zhao Kuangyin ordered Zhai Shouxun and others to follow him and visit him in private. Zhai Shouxun advised: "Your Majesty has just won the world, and people's hearts are not completely stable. Now Your Majesty often travels easily. If you encounter any unexpected problems, what should you do

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Zhao Kuangyin smiled and said, "Since ancient times, emperors have destiny for starting businesses. They cannot force them or refuse them. In the past, when Zhou Shizong was there, they would kill them as long as they saw soldiers with great ears. I served him all day long, but I did not encounter any danger. It can be seen that the destiny of heaven will never be plotted against."

One day, Zhao Kuangyin came to Zhao Pu's house in disguise. Zhao Pu hurriedly came out to greet him and invited him to the hall. After Zhao Pu met, he also urged Zhao Kuangyin to take special care. Zhao Kuangyin smiled and said, "If someone really deserves the destiny and let him do it, I will not prohibit it." Zhao Pu replied, "Your Majesty is originally a wise man, but if everyone in the world is pleased with you, no one is in a difficult situation with Your Majesty, I dare not make this assertion. Even the generals who commanded the army are not reliable. If someone is secretly planning, then the disaster will be caught off guard and regret it will be difficult to pursue. Therefore, I would like to think about Your Majesty, please be careful!"

Zhao Kuangyin said, "Like Shi Shouxin, Wang Shenqi and others are my old friends, and there will be no accidents. You are too worried." Zhao Pu said, "I am not doubting their loyalty to Your Majesty, but if you know these people carefully, they have no talent to control them, and I am afraid they cannot subdue their subordinates. If someone in the army coerces them to undergo mutiny, they may have to obey the orders of the people."

After hearing this, Zhao Kuangyin nodded and said to Zhao Pu: "I am not addicted to flower wine and often go out to travel slightly. It is because the country has decided that whether people's hearts will submit is unpredictable. That's why I conduct private investigations and dare not be lazy or lax." Zhao Pu said: "As long as all power is given to the emperor and others dare not covet it, the world will naturally be peaceful." Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Pu talked for a long time before returning to the palace.

Time flies very quickly, and it was already the second year of Jianlong. At this time, the generals inside and outside were still the same and there was no change. Zhao Pu was anxious in private, but it was not convenient to make any comments to Zhao Kuangyin often. Because he was afraid of angering these generals and being unfavorable to him, he had to endure it. In March, Zhao Kuangyin transferred Murong Yanzhao to go out to serve as the governor of Shandong Dongdao, and revoked his position as the chief inspector of the palace.

Then two or three months later, there was no movement. In the summer, Zhao Kuangyin summoned Zhao Pu into the palace and asked: "Why did the emperor change the eight surnames and twelve kings in decades since the end of the Tang Dynasty, and the battle was endless? Is there any good way to destroy the soldiers of the world and build a country from now on?"

Zhao Pu was waiting for his problem and said, "The crux of this problem is that the power of the vassal states is too heavy, and the king is weak and the ministers are strong. There is no clever way to govern. As long as you seize the power, control the money and grain, and collect the elite troops, the world will naturally be stable." Before Zhao Pu finished speaking, Zhao Kuangyin said repeatedly: "You don't need to say it anymore, I understand everything."

The next day, Zhao Kuangyin ordered people to hold a banquet in the side hall and summoned Shi Shouxin, Wang Shenqi, Zhang Lingduo, Zhao Yanhui and others to attend the banquet. Halfway through the drink, Zhao Kuangyin stepped back and said to the generals: "If I hadn't been your help, I would not have been today. But as the emperor, I feel very uneasy. It is better to be free and comfortable when I am a governor. I have been in the past year since I received Zen, and I have never had a sleeping night!"

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