Outsiders also have golden fingers

This is a rewritten history of the Later Zhou Dynasty. Zhou Taizu Chai Rong met an extremely wise and capable Queen Fu. With her assistance, he ended the troubled times of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms and created a prosperous Zhou Dynasty with a vast territory and strong national power.

The Liao people were also pushed further north to the desert grasslands and established a small country called Bei Liao. They bowed to the Great Zhou and the King of Liao even claimed to be the general guarding the border of the Great Zhou.

Taizu and Empress Fu had a son and a daughter. The two were always in love with each other. There was only one person in the harem throughout their lives, and the number of maids and eunuchs was much smaller than in the previous dynasty. The two died at a long life, and the throne was passed to their legitimate son Chai Zongxun.

Taizu no longer died young and left behind a young son like in history, and was robbed by someone in a yellow robe to usurp the throne, and suffered bullying from foreigners with half of his kingdom. After the rewrite, the Great Zhou Dynasty not only had a complete kingdom, but also had wise rule and prosperity. of national power.

The government was tolerant, the monarch and his ministers were united, the whole Zhou Dynasty was open and strong, the country was strong, and the people's lives were stable, and the world was truly at home.

Taizong Chai Zongxun was a well-established and wise king. He had a solid foundation laid by his father, the queen and his mother. He was taught by them carefully since childhood, and was assisted by loyal ministers and good generals. The great Zhou Dynasty was extended to Zuo.

But there are always a few unscrupulous descendants who want to destroy the ancestral legacy.

Some feel that the lenient government has weakened the power in their hands, and those who act arbitrarily and even obey me will prosper and those who go against me will perish. Some are extravagant and extravagant and ignore the government and ruin their family fortunes. Others go to war everywhere with military force.

The consequence of unworthy descendants being in power is that treacherous and sycophants gain power, loyal ministers and good generals are demoted to death, and the government is very chaotic and even absurd.

Many of the laws and decrees set by Taizu and Empress Fu have almost become a piece of paper. Although no one dares to change the ancestral system, most of them exist in name only.

Not only is the government very corrupt, but government orders are also seriously unreasonable, land annexation is very serious everywhere, and the polarization between rich and poor is getting worse.

Gradually, the Great Zhou Dynasty was still like all feudal autocratic dynasties, with various shortcomings that were difficult to get rid of, and it was almost difficult to move forward.

The imperial power was passed to Emperor De'an for the seventh generation, and the Great Zhou Dynasty lasted for more than 300 years.

After Emperor De'an came to the throne, he became even more ridiculous and extravagant. The noble officials and gentry throughout the empire also became extravagant. They bullied and oppressed ordinary people in various ways, making people everywhere miserable.

Coupled with the frequent addition of natural disasters to man-made disasters, it has truly reached the point where wealthy families are stinking of wine and meat, and roads are frozen to death. The government forces the people to rebel, and soon civil unrest breaks out everywhere.

Bei Liao, which seemed to be following the rules but secretly grew stronger, also unilaterally tore up the alliance, gathered 20 cavalry and took the opportunity to march southward. They committed many crimes of burning, killing, looting and looting along the way, which shocked the entire Zhou Dynasty.

At this time, traitors are in power, loyal ministers and good generals are either demoted or killed, or they are disheartened and stay away from the court. The country is facing a crisis, but there are no generals to use, no soldiers to control, and the country is in danger, and its strength is almost exhausted.

At this time, Cai Di, a deputy general in the southwest, took the opportunity to kill his treacherous and greedy boss Wang Shizhong who was unwilling to send troops to meet the enemy, and seized military power.

He merged with the surrounding troops, assembled an army of 30, and quickly repelled Bei Liao's attack. He also pursued the victory and attacked Wujing, the capital of Bei Liao, in one fell swoop.

The entire Northern Liao Kingdom lost all its strength, and after the death of the Liao King in battle, it fell into a struggle for power and throne, which could not be relieved for hundreds of years.

The borders of the Great Zhou Dynasty were peaceful, and the people praised him. Cai Qi became famous all over the world.

Emperor De'an was very jealous and worried that Cai Di's soldiers and horses were strong and wanted to rebel, so he conspired with his confidants to deceive Cai Di into entering the capital in the name of a reward, and tried every means to kill him.

After an investigation, it was found that Cai Di had no family or in-laws in the area near Beijing, and his resume was very simple. His family members, relatives, and friends were all in the place where he worked.

His ancestral home is in the northwest and he has an ordinary background. He has been promoted little by little with his military achievements and martial arts. He is usually humble and low-key, and is just an ordinary deputy general with no name. What he did this time was beyond everyone's expectations.

Cai Diyi made excuses again and refused to return to Beijing to receive the title. Emperor De'an became even more panicked and immediately summoned soldiers from all over the world to kill Cai Diyi in the name of treason.

After hearing the news, Cai Di not only did not back down, but immediately raised his troops to rebel, and made shocking revelations.

He claims to be the direct grandson of the eighth generation of Taizu Chai Rong. His real name is Chai Di, which means the direct lineage of the Chai family. He is also the nephew of Emperor De'an.

It is said that his grandfather is the former crown prince Chai Cheng, the direct grandson of the sixth Emperor Taizu, who was posthumously named Emperor Gongxiao after his death. His biological father is Chai Cheng's eldest son, King Chai Nuo of Qin County who faked his death and escaped.

Chai Nuo soon appeared and proclaimed himself emperor in the northwest in the name of Taizu's direct descendant and the eldest son of the late crown prince Chai Cheng. His reign was titled Emperor Renxian, and Chai Di was granted the title of crown prince.

It is said that after the young Chai Nuo escaped from the capital, he hid in Tibet and ran around and was frightened, and his body was always weak.

After adulthood, he gave birth to two sons. The second son born by a concubine was weak and died young. Now only the eldest son Chaidi is left. Chaidi leads the army and handles all affairs with full authority.

Chai Nuo and his son led the 50-strong army to rise up under the banner of "exterminating the evildoers and returning the direct descendants", and soon occupied all parts of the northwest, and their power became stronger and stronger.

In order to prove his identity, Chai Nuo claimed that he had all the personal and material evidence in his possession, which could be verified by the clan and important ministers in person after coming to Beijing in the future. He also welcomed knowledgeable people from all over the country to come and verify the identity of their father and son.

The first physical evidence is the crown prince's official seal and dragon-pattern private seal of the former prince Chai Cheng, as well as a love letter written by Chai Cheng and stamped with double seals, explaining how to send off his eldest son Chai Nuo.

The second is Chai Nuo's royal jade certificate and the official seal of the county king, with Chai Nuo as a witness.

Although nearly 40 years have passed, there are still many old ministers and servants in the court. Chai Nuo promised that after coming to Beijing, he would be willing to confront the old ministers and servants about what happened back then to prove his identity.

The first witness was an inconspicuous young eunuch, two guards and a counselor who were around Chai Cheng. They still had old acquaintances in the capital and had to prove their identities.

It turned out that after noticing their father's sinister intentions, under Chai Cheng's arrangement, they and some other people hiding in the dark escorted Chai Nuo to quietly escape from the capital.

Later, Chai Nuo was taken care of by eunuchs, counselors served as mentors, guards taught martial arts, and people in the dark also appeared to help them.

But there must be old people in Beijing who recognized the three of them, and they were willing to go to Beijing and confront each other to prove their identities. After the confrontation, their identities were indeed true.

Things have reached such an extent that almost the whole world believes in the identities of Chai Nuo and his son. There are also rumors that Prince Chai Di looks very similar to his great-great-grandfather Emperor Qi Ming, and his behavior is quite like that of Emperor Qi Ming.

In addition, the whole world has been dissatisfied with Emperor De'an and his son and the government for a long time. More and more people came to seek refuge and surrender. For a time, their prestige and power became stronger and stronger.

The truth of what happened back then was also revealed.

Chai Cheng was the eldest son of Emperor Tianyou, the fifth emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the daughter of his first wife, Queen Zhen.

He was smart, capable, and broad-minded, and was deeply loved by his grandfather, Emperor Qiming. He was named the emperor's grandson and taught him carefully since he was a child, claiming that he was enough to entrust the people of the country.

No one expected that his excellence and favor would arouse the uneasiness and jealousy of his biological father, who was the prince at the time.

Emperor Tianyou was mediocre, incompetent and narrow-minded. He not only wanted to use Chai Chenggu's favor to secure his position as crown prince, but he was also afraid that Emperor Qiming would pass the throne directly to Chai Cheng over him, who was mediocre and incompetent. On the surface, he loved his son very much, but in his heart he was hostile in every possible way. beware.After the death of Emperor Qiming, Emperor Tianyou succeeded to the throne, and Chai Cheng changed from the grandson of the emperor to the prince, and finally felt the jealousy and deep malice from his biological father.

The situation at that time made him unable to resist, so he made arrangements in advance, such as asking his only son, Chai Nuo, to complain that he was sick and was always weak and not to appear in front of others.

Before anyone noticed, he found a suitable opportunity to let Chai Nuo fake his death and sent his henchmen to take him away from home.

He also arranged for people to secretly protect the two daughters, because in the royal seizure of power, the girls of the clan could usually escape with their lives, and at worst, they could die in peace in the royal temple.

Sure enough, after Emperor Tianyou gradually took control of the country and the court, he found troubles in every possible way against Queen Zhen and Chai Cheng and weakened his wings.

On the other hand, he promoted the second prince Qi Wang Chai Chang who was born to his beloved concubine in every possible way. Finally, he doted on the Qi King's ambition and wanted to replace Chai Cheng.

There were even more treacherous officials in the court who tried to figure out the holy will and colluded with the King of Qi to murder the prince.

With the acquiescence of Emperor Tianyou, first the whole family of Zhennan Hou Zhen, Chai Cheng's maternal ancestor, was executed on the crime of Luo Zhi and the whole family was exiled and sent to the army. Then he slowly liquidated the prince's close associates and took away their wings.

After all the conditions were met, Emperor Tianyou threatened the lives of Empress Zhen and Chai Cheng's two young daughters, forcing Chai Cheng to claim that he was seriously ill and had not long left, so he was willing to give up his position as crown prince.

In order to save the lives of his mother and daughter, Chai Cheng was forced to agree to the tragedy of father murdering his son.

He offered to take special drugs to make it appear that he had "died of illness" in order to fulfill the name of the "loving father" of God Blessed Emperor.

But he must die as a prince, claim the throne, and enjoy the glory after death, otherwise he will die.

Now it seems that he had already made arrangements at that time.

Precisely because he remained the crown prince when he died and was granted the title of emperor after his death, Chai Nuo was able to raise his troops to seize the throne in the name of his direct lineage and not be known as a rebellious minister and traitor.

Emperor Tianyou did not want to lose his reputation. At that time, there were many forces in the court that he could not balance, so he agreed after weighing the pros and cons.

So after Chai Cheng died of illness, he was posthumously named Emperor Gongxiao. Crown Princess Luo Shi committed suicide by taking poison and died as a husband, and was posthumously named Queen Wenshu.

Empress Zhen had long been disheartened. In order to save the lives of her two granddaughters, she was forced to resign as empress in the name of the late emperor's blessing.

Emperor Tianyou was worried about what would happen to her, but he still kept his promise and made Empress Zhen a Jing'an layman, his two granddaughters were made princesses, and the three of them were kept in the harem.

After the incident subsided, Emperor Tianyou found an opportunity to help his beloved concubine ascend to the throne, and appointed his second son, King Chai Chang of Qi, as the crown prince.

Chai Cheng's two daughters grew up safely in the palace. They were raised by their grandmother and were both beautiful and beautiful. However, they were always ignored by everyone, and no one ever dared to ask for marriage.

Emperor Tianyou neither wanted to grant them a marriage nor dared to let them get married. He also refused to allow them to be tonsured out of concern for their reputation, so he allowed his two granddaughters to pass away in the palace.

After Jing'an layman passed away, the two princesses joined hands to lead the practice in the royal temple.

From then on, everyone thought that the lineage of the former prince Chai Cheng was extinct. After the death of Emperor Tianyou, prince Qichang ascended the throne with the title of Zhengqian, and the kingdom of Great Zhou fell into the common line.

Emperor Tianyou and Emperor Zhenggan were father and son, one was incompetent and the other was headstrong. The government became increasingly corrupt and the national power plummeted.

When Emperor De'an, the son of Chai Chang, succeeded to the throne, he was even more ridiculous and extravagant in not thinking about government affairs. The Great Zhou Dynasty was on the verge of collapse. Even without Chai Di raising his troops, the country was almost unprotected.

At that time, there was a rumor in the capital that Emperor Qiming was very high on his eldest son, Chai Cheng, because he was dissatisfied with his son.

Not only did he teach him personally as the grandson of the emperor, but before his death, he also handed over the two dark forces that were said to be controlled by each generation of emperors in the Great Zhou Dynasty to his hands instead of to Emperor Tianyou.

Although there are many rumors about these two dark forces, no one has ever actually seen them. It is said that these are the real trump cards of each generation of emperors in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Without them, the country will definitely not be stable.

Emperor Tianyou was worried that the rumors were true, and nothing was found out until he forced his eldest son and grandson to death.

Later, it was regarded as a rumor and no one was allowed to mention it again, but people were arranged to search secretly.

Nowadays, everyone increasingly believes that these two dark forces are in the hands of Emperor Renxian, who has just proclaimed himself emperor. Otherwise, he would not have been able to suddenly become powerful enough to fight against the imperial court from an unknown young general.

The country was already on the verge of collapse, Emperor De'an became more and more unpopular, and Emperor Renxian and his son responded to the call of the whole world.

Although the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty was very vast, there were civil servants and generals loyal to Emperor De'an and his son who fought desperately to resist. There were also other forces who also wanted to seize the country and established themselves on their own. During the same period, four people proclaimed themselves emperors, including Emperor Renxian and his son. The road is not easy.

It took them almost five or six years to gather the entire Zhou Dynasty and fight all the way to the vicinity of Chang'an, the capital.

On the eve of the city's fall, Emperor De'an was hanged to death by an eunuch. Only four of his five sons escaped and became kings. The remaining four were beheaded to claim credit for the new emperor.

Emperor Renxian was merciful and ignored his past mistakes. He thought that he was also a descendant of Taizu, and allowed the father and son to be buried in the imperial mausoleum, and all the concubines were buried as sacrifices.

Moreover, because of his extreme arrogance and extravagance, which brought disaster to the country and people, the father and son almost brought down the Zhou Dynasty, so they were posthumously named Extravagant Emperor as a small punishment but a big warning, and their four sons were also named county kings.

He also promised that as long as King Cheng is willing to reveal himself, he will no longer be held accountable for his crimes, and he will be named King Cheng, and he will enjoy the honor of the clan and continue the lineage of Emperor She.

However, King Cheng never showed up again until someone discovered his body at the southeastern border half a year later, along with a gold medal confirming his identity. After verification, he was posthumously named King Cheng and was buried in the imperial mausoleum.

The two daughters of the former crown prince Chai Cheng did not want to return to the mortal world. Although they were granted the title of eldest princess, they practiced spiritual practice throughout their lives.

The two daughters of Emperor She were also made princesses and raised in the harem. Later, they also asked themselves to become monks to atone for their father's sins and pray for blessings. From then on, the line of Emperor She was extinct, and the history is always surprisingly similar.

After the old and the new were smoothly replaced and the court was gradually straightened out, Emperor Renxian could no longer bear the burden of being an emperor, so he voluntarily retired to the position of Supreme Emperor. Prince Chaidi succeeded to the throne and took the title of Emperor Chengzong.

He not only presided over the smooth transition between the old and new courts to appease the hearts of his subjects, but also worked diligently, loved the people, and governed with great vigor. He won the support of all the people in the world and devoted himself to creating a new era of peace and prosperity, allowing the Zhou Dynasty to last indefinitely.

Dazhou is like being reborn once again with a new life.

If there are knowledgeable people, they will definitely say, Oh, it turns out that Queen Taizu traveled through time! (End of chapter)