In 950 AD, Liu Chengyou, a Yin Di in the later Han Dynasty, killed Guo Wei, Wang Jun and other ministers entrusted to orphans in order to centralize power. Because Guo Wei was not in Beijing, Liu Chengyou sent two troops to kill Guo Wei's wife, two sons, a daughter and three nephews, including Guo Wei's infant son. On the other hand, go to Yecheng to arrest Guo Wei.
In desperation, Guo Wei had to launch a mutiny, led the troops south to attack Kaifeng, got revenge and overthrew the later Han Dynasty. The following year, Guo Wei ascended the throne and established the regime of the Later Zhou Dynasty.
Guo Wei was 47 years old. Physiologically, he can also accept the harem and have several sons. However, Guo Wei didn't think so, because he understood that the Central Plains had been fighting for nearly two hundred years since the middle of the Tang Dynasty. A boy who doesn't know how to be a soldier and doesn't believe in kindness can't keep his position by blood alone.
Therefore, when Guo Wei ascended the throne, he did not consider giving himself another son, so that his son could inherit the throne. From the beginning, I made up my mind to find a young talent to succeed me to the throne. But the price is that this person must be adopted to the Guo family, be his adopted son, and sever the inheritance relationship with his own family.
So, who is Guo Wei's favorite candidate? At that time, Guo Wei selected three people:
The first is his son-in-law Zhang Yongde;
The second is his nephew Li Zhongjin;
The third is his nephew Chai Rong;
Judging from the blood relationship, he is the son of Guo Wei's sister, half of the blood relationship of the Guo family, and the blood relationship is the closest; Zhang Yongde is Guo Wei's son-in-law. He has the closest relationship with Guo Wei, and his children are the direct descendants of Guo Wei. The worst is Chai Rong, who is only the nephew of Guo Wei's wife, Queen Chai, but actually has no blood relationship with Guo Wei.
However, Guo Wei chose Chai Rong. On the one hand, this is Guo Wei's gratitude to Queen Chai for being with him when he was down and out. On the other hand, Chai Rong has a high comprehensive quality, which is better than the other two. Therefore, from the perspective of inheriting political power, Guo Wei chose Chai Rong.
After Chai Rong was chosen as the heir, he was adopted by the Guo family according to the legal system. Since then, he changed his name to, which has nothing to do with his family firewood.
Therefore, in the next week, your family, Chai, could not enjoy the royal treatment.
Attention! Say the important things three times!
Chai is not a royal family of the later Zhou Dynasty, and he has no right to inherit the throne of the latter Zhou Dynasty. Chai will not pose any threat to us.
In 959, Zhou Shizong Guo Rong died. Before his death, he left four sons:
They are seven-year-old Zhou Gongdi Guo Zongxun and three younger brothers, Guo Xirang, Guo Xijin and Guo.
After Zhao Kuangyin usurped the throne, the fate of these four children is as follows:
Guo Zongxun was made King Zheng. But Guo Zongxun's title of Zheng Wang is not hereditary. After his death, the title of Zheng Wang was cancelled. His descendants can't inherit Zheng Gong. Guo Zongxun had a son who inherited the title, but was demoted to duke. After his son died, Zheng Gong was deposed and no one succeeded him to the throne.
Guo Xirang, the king of Cao, disappeared after the establishment of the Song Dynasty, and there is no record of him. His end, either dead, or live in the folk, anonymous.
The Western Jin Dynasty of Ji Kingdom and Qi Kingdom disappeared in the mutiny in Chen Qiao. According to the legend of Song Dynasty, after Song Taizu returned to Korea, he wanted to kill them, but was dissuaded by General Pan Mei. Pan Mei and Yan Lu took the two children in and named them Pan He.
At this point, our four children, the eldest Guo Zongxun, died inexplicably, the second Guo Xirang disappeared, and the third Guo Xijin and the fourth Guo were adopted by others and became adopted sons of others. As a result, the Guo family lost their children.
After Zhao Kuangyin's death, the direct descendants of Guo Rong are not recorded in the official history books. Song Taizong and Song Zhenzong dynasties have no relevant records. It was not until the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1999, that is, the fourth generation emperor Song Renzong, that it was recorded in the history books again.
At this time, I remembered the descendants of the Guo family who had been forgotten for nearly a hundred years. He ordered the search for the direct descendants of Zhou Shizong Guo Rong's four children. I can't find it.
So, I ordered someone to look for Chai's genealogy, choose from the descendants of Chai, and find a person with the longest generation in Chai's side room. This man's name is Chai Yong.
Later, Song Renzong summoned Chai Yong, made him a "loyal minister" and gave him some courtesy. Let his descendants bear the responsibility of honoring the royal family of the later Zhou Dynasty. This is the truth of the so-called "kindness" of the Song Dynasty to the descendants of Chai.
I can only use eight words to describe this behavior of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty-pigeons occupied the magpie nest and killed people.
First of all, as emphasized above, Chai has no right to inherit the throne, and Chai has nothing to do with the later Zhou regime. Zhao Kuangyin didn't kill Chai Shi, not because he was soft-hearted, but because Chai Shi was no threat to him. Chai is just an ordinary person.
Second, Chai Rong adopted Guo Wei. His name is Guo Rong. The person who really has the right to inherit in the later Zhou Dynasty must be surnamed Guo. However, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty asked Chai to assume the post of royal family in the later Zhou Dynasty, and forced Guo to change his surname to Chai. What is the reason?
Third, people who really have the right to inherit were killed by Song Zhao. After People's Republic of China (PRC) was founded 99 years ago, he hypocritically searched for an heir in the Chai family which had nothing to do with the later Zhou Dynasty. Moreover, he also publicized his "kindness to firewood" everywhere. It's shameless. It's invincible.
Chai, who really should be kind, was killed, and then he found someone who had nothing to do with the Emperor of the Later Zhou Dynasty and was kind to him in a false way. What's this called?
Moreover, even the descendants of Chai, who was named "Chongyigong", are far from the amulets such as "gold medal for avoiding death" or "iron coupon for Dan Shu" rumored by the people.
Because I chose Chai's successor and named him Qi Huangong, I didn't think Zhao owed Chai and wanted to give him some compensation. He just wants to set an example of Chai and whitewash the peace. Most of the unsealed Chai's people are ordinary people, and they don't enjoy any privileges.
Therefore, let alone the Guo family, even the Chai family did not enjoy any "kindness" in the Northern Song Dynasty. Most of Chai's descendants are just ordinary people. After whitewashing by historians and literati, it seems that our descendants and all the descendants of Chai have been treated well.
On being whitewashed by literati, Emperor Zhao and Song can definitely rank high.