The Founding of the Song Dynasty: the Biography of Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin

Since the end of the Tang Dynasty, vassal towns have been segregated and military men have seized power. The Central Plains has experienced five dynasties and continuous wars, and the world has been plunged into division and turmoil for half a century. In the midst of these troubled times, Zhao Kuangyin, a disciple of a general from Jiamaying, Luoyang, stepped onto the center stage of history step by step. This book is an official biography that strictly adheres to historical facts. It uses the original historical materials of the Northern Song Dynasty as the core to completely restore the life trajectory of Song Taizu: as a young man, he traveled around and understood the root causes of troubled times; After ascending the throne, Zhao Kuangyin suppressed the rebellion internally and pacified the four external parties. He used the strategy of "first south and then north" to pacify Jinghu, Houshu, Southern Han, and Southern Tang, ending the division of the Central Plains. He also used a glass of wine to release military power to eradicate the source of the feudal towns, restructured the centralized power system, established the tone of governing the country by advocating culture and restraining military force, and laid the institutional foundation for the Song Dynasty.