Because Ouyang Xiu initially dismissed Di Qing from his post and military power only out of fear of military commanders, and wanted Di Qing to be on duty in other provinces, also for the sake of national interests. But I didn't expect to kill the great hero Di Qing.

At the end of the Song Dynasty, Diqing defeated Xixia in Anyuan and Weishui, which also contributed to Li Yuanhao's surrender. After Xixia was pacified, Di Qing made great achievements in Huang Yongnian's campaign to pacify the intellectual uprising in Guangyuan, attack Kyushu along the Yangtze River and surround Guangzhou. With his many military achievements in the border areas and the suppression of civil strife, he led a general and was finally promoted to special envoy. This position can be said to have touched the great interests of the whole literati group in the Song Dynasty.

In Song Dynasty, the ruling military minister was controlled by literati for a long time, and Di Qing, a general of Emperor Renzong, was put on the stage, which actually violated the interests of the literati group. As an important member of the literati group, Ouyang Xiu was naturally dissatisfied with this appointment and looked for opportunities to remove Di Qing.

Besides infringing on the interests and rights of literati, another motive of the civil service group headed by Ouyang Xiu to frame Di Qing is that the whole civil service group does not trust the military attache group. One of the main reasons for the demise of the Tang Dynasty was the warlord regime caused by the release of military power, and the local armed uprising before the Song Dynasty also overthrew the class rule caused by the local armed uprising.

As a dynasty with accelerated centralization in China's history, the literati class naturally feared the most powerful military rulers. Ouyang Xiu and others, who have learned from the past, believe that the removal of Di Qing's military power by political means is actually to maintain the stability of state rule. Therefore, we need to admit that Ouyang Xiu didn't hurt Di Qing out of personal resentment. It should also be pointed out that the unintentional group headed by Ouyang Xiu directly led to Di Qing's death.

Di Qing's outstanding military achievements are obvious to all in the imperial court. The emperor also relied on Di Qing in many military affairs. As the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, Ouyang Xiu could not turn a blind eye to this. His original intention is only to hope that Di Qing can serve as a local official system in other provinces and lead his official career smoothly after the military power is recovered.