Millennium unsolved case in Northern Song Dynasty: What are the sounds of candles and axes?

Behind this unsolved case is actually a struggle for the throne, because in 976 AD, Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty, suddenly died. It is said that Zhao Guangyi was in Zhao Kuangyin's bedroom on the night of Zhao Kuangyin's death. Zhao Guangyi was seen leaving his seat in the shadow of a candle, and even heard the figure of an axe falling to the ground. The news of Zhao Kuangyin's death came out the next day, so it is said in history? Candle shadow axe sound? There are different opinions about the cause of Zhao Kuangyin's death, but Zhao Guangyi is the most suspect, because after Zhao Kuangyin's death, Zhao Guangyi first went to court with Zhao Kuangyin's two sons, and even ascended the throne of the emperor. There was a lot of discussion at that time.

Zhao Guangyi's position can be said to be ill-gotten gains, but at that time, he also found evidence for the legitimacy of his throne, that is, his mother Du Taihou left an imperial edict before his death, that is, he passed the position to Zhao after his death. At that time, after taking out the testamentary edict, it can be said that many people suspected that it was forged, but there was no way. Can only accept this fact, and after he sat on the throne, Zhao Dezhao and Zhao, two sons who had promised to be kind, did not expect them to die for various reasons, which can be said to be full of doubts.

After three years in Zhao Guangyi, Zhao Dezhao, the second son of Zhao Kuangyin, was reprimanded by Zhao Guangyi in the palace at that time, and even committed suicide after returning home. It can be said that it is full of doubts, because it is impossible for a person to get hard after being scolded, and two years later, his fourth son, Ye Zhao, died. It is said that the cause of death was illness, and he was only 23 years old when he died. After the death of the two most threatening people, the next step is his younger brother Zhao, because he said that his status after death would be passed on to his younger brother Zhao's imperial decree. As a result, the news that Zhao was going to rebel came out after the death of his two sons.

After Zhao proclaimed himself emperor, in order to avoid taboo, he changed his name to. At that time, it can be said that he was under great pressure, because the threat to his brother Zhao Guangyi was very great. As a result, he didn't want to be reported to rebel in 1982, so he was demoted to Xijing (now Luoyang, Henan). As a result, he was reported to have colluded with the Ministry of War and planned to rebel after going to Xijing. So at that time, he was exiled to Zhoufang (now Fangxian County, Hubei Province), and then he died of vomiting blood in anger. He was only 38 years old when he died, so he was no threat to Zhao Guangyi, so in fact, what was involved in this mystery was the struggle for the throne, and the three of them were more victims.