Within six months after Song Taizu (the first emperor of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin) ascended the throne, two people of our time rose up against the Song Dynasty. Song Taizu himself went into battle and had a great effort to pacify them. Song Taizu is always uneasy about this matter. On one occasion, he talked to Zhao Pu alone and asked him, "Since the end of the Tang Dynasty, there have been five dynasties and wars. I wonder how many ordinary people died. What is the reason? " Zhao Pu said: "The reason is simple. The country is in chaos, and the problem lies in the excessive power of the buffer region. The military power is concentrated in the court, and the world is naturally peaceful. " Song Taizu nodding, appreciate Zhao Pu said well. Later, Zhao Pu said to Song Taizu: "Shi Shouxin and Wang Shenqi, two generals of the imperial army, have too much military power, so it is better to transfer them from the imperial army." Song Taizu said, "Don't worry, these two are my old friends and won't object to me." Zhao Pu said, "I'm not worried about their defection. But as far as I'm concerned, these two men have no talent as commanders in chief, and they can't control the soldiers below. One day, the people below will make trouble, and I'm afraid they can't control it themselves! " Song Taizu knocked on his forehead and said, "Thanks to your warning." A few days later, Song Taizu gave a banquet in the palace and invited several elders such as Shi Shouxin and Wang Shenqi to drink (that was 96 1 year). After a few drinks, Song Taizu ordered the eunuch standing beside him to go out. He picked up a glass of wine, invited everyone to drink first, and said, "If it weren't for your help, I wouldn't have come to this." But you don't know that it's hard to be an emperor, so it's better to be comfortable. To tell the truth, I haven't had a good sleep in the past year. "Shi Shouxin and others were very surprised and quickly asked what the reason was. Song Taizu said, "Don't you understand? Who doesn't envy the status of the emperor? " Shi Shouxin and others recognized the voice. Everyone panicked and knelt on the ground and said, "Why did your Majesty say such a thing? "Now that the world is stable, who dares to be half-hearted to your majesty?" Song Taizu shook his head and said, "I still don't trust you guys? I'm afraid some of your men and soldiers are greedy for money and put you in yellow robes. If you want to quit, can you? " Hearing this, Shi Shouxin and others felt that disaster was imminent. They kowtowed repeatedly and said with tears in their eyes, "We are all rough people. I didn't expect this. Please show your majesty a way out. " Song Taizu said, "I think it's better for you to hand over the relieving of the military power, go to a place to be an idle official, buy some farmland houses, leave some property for your children and grandchildren, and spend your old age happily. Wouldn't it be better if I married you and didn't suspect each other? " Shi Shouxin and others said in unison, "Your Majesty is so considerate to us!" As soon as the party was over, everyone went home. The next day in court, everyone handed in a letter saying that they were old and sick and asked to resign. Song Taizu sighting immediately, take back their relieving, reward them with a large sum of property, and send them to various places to do our time. Historically, this incident was called "a glass of wine to release the rights of soldiers" ("release" means "release"). After a while, some of our envoys came to Beijing to appear before the court (AD 969). Song Taizu held a banquet in the Imperial Garden. Mao said, "You are all old ministers of the country. Now the affairs of the buffer region are so busy, I'm sorry to let you do such a hard job! " A clever time saver immediately said, "I don't have any contribution, so it's not appropriate to stay in this position." I hope your majesty will let me retire to my hometown. " Also, one of our judges is ignorant, boasting about his experience and how much credit he has made. Song Taizu said with a frown, "this is an old score. Why should I mention it? " The next day, Shi Shouxin, Gao Huaide, Wang Shenqi, Zhang Lingduo, Zhao and so on. Claiming that they were sick, they demanded to be relieved of the military power. Song Taizu readily agreed to let them go to the imperial garrison, where they served as our time, and abolished the guards of the inspection and command department in front of the temple and the pro-horse stance just look army. The imperial army was commanded by the imperial palace command post, the imperial guard army horse command post and the imperial guard cloth command post, which was called Sanya Command. After Shi Shouxin and other generals were relieved of military power, Mao chose other people with junior qualifications, low personal prestige and easy control as imperial generals. The imperial power led the troops into three parts, and the lower generals mastered three words, which meant that the imperial power strengthened its control over the army. Later, Song Taizu also fulfilled his promise, married a senior general of the imperial army, married his widowed sister to Gao Huaide, and later married his daughter to the sons of Shi Shouxin and Wang Shenqi. Zhang Lingduo's daughter married Mao's third brother Zhao. After Song Taizu recovered the relieving power of local generals, he established a new military system, selecting elite soldiers from local troops and forming an imperial army under the direct command of the emperor. The local chief executive is also appointed by the imperial court. Through these measures, the newly established Northern Song Dynasty began to stabilize. Song Taizu's practice has been used by his successors to this day, mainly to prevent mutiny, but in this way, the soldiers don't know what to do, they don't know what to do, those who can mobilize the army can't directly lead the troops, and those who can directly lead the troops can't mobilize the troops. Although it successfully prevented the coup of the army, it weakened the combat capability of the army, so that the Song Dynasty was defeated again and again in the wars with Liao, Jin and Xixia.

In the Song Dynasty, there was a man named Shi Yang, a student of Cheng Zhu's Neo-Confucianism. In his forties, he went to Luoyang to visit Cheng Yi. When he and another classmate came to the Cheng family, it was snowing heavily and Cheng Yi was taking a nap. They stood outside the door and waited quietly until Cheng Yi woke up. At this time, the snow has fallen more than a foot deep. This is the story of "It's snowing at Chengmen".

When Yue Fei was born, there were walls all around the house. Before the full moon, a flood broke out in his hometown and his father was washed away by the water. Although the mother and son survived, they had to live in exile and live a poor life. However, Yue Fei liked learning very much since he was a child. At the age of five, he learned thousands of words by heart. One day, Xiao Yuefei suddenly asked his mother for paper and pen to learn to write. Her mother was puzzled. She was too poor to eat enough. How can she afford paper and pens? Looking at her mother's embarrassment, the sensible Yue Fei stopped making trouble, but she was still thinking about what to do. One day, he squatted by the fire and cooked, staring blankly at the fire. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he jumped up and shouted, "I have a way to write, I have a way to write." I saw Yue Fei carefully scrape out the blue ash in the kitchen by hand, gently spread it on the ground, and then carefully write down the words with his fingers. This method is really good. Since then, Yue Fei has been writing on the ground in front of a pile of green ashes every day, and his fingers are worn out, but Yue Fei doesn't care and still insists on writing and reading every day.