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How did Song Taizu die?

Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin Sudden Death Mystery Legend: In 976 AD, Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty, died suddenly. There is no record of his illness in the official history, and there are different accounts in unofficial history. The cause of his death has become a bizarre unsolved case in history. According to Shan Ye in Hunan, on October 20th, the ninth year of Kaibao, on a snowy night, Zhao Kuangyin called his younger brother Zhao Guangyi into the palace, and the two brothers were drinking in their bedroom. After drinking, it was already late at night. Zhao Kuangyin and Yufu stabbed him in the snow and said, "Work hard." Zhao Guangyi (formerly known as Zhao Kuangyi) stayed in the bedroom that night, and Zhao Kuangyin died inexplicably at dawn the next day. Zhao Guangyi received a testamentary edict, which preceded Ling's succession. "Ember Record" said that Zhao Guangyi coveted Mrs. Huarui, the concubine of Zhao Kuangyin, for a long time. When Zhao Kuangyin was in a coma, she molested Mrs. Huarui in the middle of the night, woke Zhao Kuangyin up and cut him with a jade axe. He was unable to do so and cut the floor. So Zhao Guangyi, as a lamb, killed Zhao Kuangyin and fled back to his home. Sushui said: When Mao died, it was already four drums. Queen Song asked the chamberlain to call Prince Zhao. Considering that Mao had long planned to run wild with Wang Guangyi of Jin Dynasty, Wang Jien found Zhao Guangyi. After entering the palace, Queen Song asked, "Is Fang here?" Wang Jien replied, "The King of Jin is here." Empress Song was shocked, then suddenly woke up and cried and said, "My mother and son's lives depend on the government." In addition, it is said that as a younger brother, he inherited his brother's throne, which is the opinion of his mother, Empress Dowager Du. 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 it will be a blessing for the country to have a long monarch! "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 "pre-alliance in a golden chamber", which is the legal basis of Zhao Guangyi's "brotherhood". However, the first edition of Records of the Emperor Taizu did not record the "pre-alliance of the Golden Chamber", but only mentioned it in the new record edited for the second time, and it is still doubtful whether it really happened. All this has caused many questions. One is "the sound of a candle shadow axe" when Zhao Kuangyin died. Supposedly, according to court etiquette, Zhao Guangyi was not allowed to sleep in the palace, but he did. Eunuchs and maids were not supposed to leave the emperor, but they all did. The hectic figures, the strange sound of axes and Zhao Kuangyin's cry of "Let's do it right" all tell people that this is a bloody murder planned in advance. Second, Wang Jien forged the imperial edict. How dare Wang Jien go against the will of the Empress Dowager Song? It should have reached Zhao, but it came. If things fail, isn't it fatal? This statement only adds the crime of usurping the throne to a eunuch, and at the same time covers up the crime of killing his brother. The third is the authenticity of the "Golden Chamber Pre-Alliance". When Du Taihou died, Zhao Kuangyin was only 35 years old and in his prime. Brother Guangyi is 23 years old, second son Dezhao 1 1 years old, and fourth son Fang is 3 years old. Even if Zhao Kuangyin died a few years later, there would be no situation in which the seven-year-old orphans left by Chai Shizong in the later Zhou Dynasty were leaderless. Du Taihou was wise all his life. How can he make this decision? In addition, the "Golden Chamber Pre-Alliance" was announced by Zhao Pucai five years after Zhao Guangyi acceded to the throne. Why not announce it publicly when Zhao Kuangyin died? There are still some doubts, which also makes people criticize Zhao Guangyi. Zhao Guangyi didn't wait until the next year, so he changed his title-the new king acceded to the throne. It is a common practice to change a year into a new one. However, Zhao Guangyi changed the nine-year treasure-opening period to the first year of Taiping and Xingguo. This can't wait to break the routine. There is only one explanation: first, "clear your name". Is there a ghost in his heart? Zhao Dezhao, the eldest son who was forced to kill, and Zhao, the youngest son, who was only 23 at that time, also died of a mysterious sudden illness. After Zhao Kuangyin's widow died, Zhao Guangyi broke the queen's etiquette. All this is accidental? The most puzzling thing is that Zhao Guangyi's descendants believed his ancestor's statement of "killing his brother to usurp the throne" and passed the throne to Zhao Kuangyin's descendants. This is about the succession of Song Gaozong Zhao Gou. It is said that Zhao Gou has no son. Who will inherit the throne? Ministers are talking about it. There is a strong view that Zhao Kuangyin is the founding king and should choose his successor from his descendants. At first, Zhao Gou severely criticized this argument. Suddenly one day, he changed his mind and said that he had a dream that Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin took him to the "Long Live Hall" and saw all the surprises of the "candlelight sword shadow" that day, and said: "Only when the throne is passed on to my children and grandchildren will the country have a chance to turn over." So Zhao Gou finally found Zhao Shen, the seventh sun in Zhao Kuangyin, and passed the throne to him. At this time, the bloody night of terror has passed 187 years. This just shows that Zhao Gou admitted the sins of his ancestors and gave a basic answer to Zhao Kuangyin's death.