(The final view of this article comes from Xiaoma's "The Past is Like a Flower in the Song Dynasty". Thanks to Xiaoma Brother)

Guess who made this wooden sign? I believe that 2/3 of the people will say it was Zhao Kuangyin, and the remaining 1/3 of the people will say it was Li Chongjin. Then let us interrogate the suspects one by one:

No. 1 suspect: Zhang Yongde. Zhang was very honored and unfortunately held this position. In addition, the identity of the son-in-law of the late emperor Guo Wei made him the first person to be suspected. Of course, no one is that stupid. It is obvious that Zhang Yongde would not do it. However, Zhang unfortunately became the first victim of the wooden card incident. This can only be said that Chai Rong would rather miss it than let go of his mind, and the real criminal is still at large.

No. 2 suspect: Li Chongjin. Li and Zhang have the same positions, both the supreme leaders of the imperial guards. They have the same identities, they are both royal relatives of the Great Zhou Dynasty. They have similar abilities and have a lot of military achievements. Moreover, Li and Zhang had conflicts. There was an unpleasant secret letter incident as early as the front line of Huainan. More importantly, Li Chongjin was pressed down on Guo Wei's arrogant head by Guo Weiqiang and knelt down to Chai Rong in front of all officials. Can he have no hatred for Chai Rong? Can he have no ambitions for the throne? In the view of Chai Rong at that time, these were probably Li Chongjin's one stone and two birds with one stone. But the most important thing is that we can't find any evidence. But there is no evidence.

It doesn't matter. We would never kill a thousand people in the wrong way than let one go! So Chai Rong returned to the court, but threw Li Chongjin to attack the Northern Han. The question is whether the Northern Han was necessary to fight? In addition, Li Chongjin could not even fight the Shouzhou City back then, let alone let him fight Taiyuan, where the city was higher and deeper? There is only one possibility: Chai Rong did suspect that Li Chongjin was on the head. So he was left outside, and the matter in the capital was not as good as the matter. Later, Empress Dowager Fu and Fan Zhi even transferred Li Chongjin to Yangzhou farther away. So if Li Chongjin really used this trick to kill two birds, he would have hurt the enemy by 1,000 and defeated himself by 800.

The ultimate winner of the interests is often the initiator of the incident. So there is the third suspect: Zhao Kuangyin. Later we all know that the emperor ticket was inspected in front of the palace, which finally fulfilled the lucky one of Zhao Kuangyin. Maybe Zhao Kuangyin was loyal and honest, and his generous style confused Chai Rong. However, Chai Rong really lost his son and his army this time. In fact, it is very simple to break the prophecy on the mysterious wooden sign, and it is just to directly abolish the position of inspecting the palace. Maybe Chai Rong thinks this was the creation of the late emperor Guo Wei, and his son cannot change his father's way. But Chai Rong, do you still remember that the late emperor once had a last word: I heard the folk rumors that Zhao should be the emperor. Therefore, I have long abandoned this person to protect my Great Zhou for thousands of years... That's right, Zhao Feng was killed, but Chai Rong, your newly appointed Chai Rong, isn't his surname still Zhao?

Is there any evidence to support that this mysterious wooden sign was done by Zhao Kuangyin? It didn’t exist, but it was later.

Not long after Chai Rong's death, the prophecy on the wooden sign "Check the Emperor" was revealed in Kaifeng City. Of course, someone was creating public opinion for Zhao Kuangyin's final robe. But in theory, only Chai Rong and the author of the wooden sign would know these five words? Chai Rong would definitely not tell anyone this prophecy that was unfavorable to him. Then who leaked these five words? It was obvious that only the author!

There is a slander evidence. Is there a slant evidence? Yes! First, Wang Pu passed away, Chai Rong was seriously ill, and Zhao Kuangyin's ambition suddenly expanded. There were also two bystanders who were as clear as a mirror. The censor Zheng Qi and the censor Yang Huizhi once secretly wrote a letter to reveal the unjust intention of reporting Zhao Kuangyin. But Chai Rong refused to listen. He was completely deceived by Zhao Kuangyin's fat face. Second, it was obvious. As soon as the mysterious wooden sign was released, Zhang Yongde was dismissed, Li Chong went out, and all good things were directed towards Zhao Kuangyin. Chai Rong died of illness and the young lord ascended the throne. The obstacle to Zhao Kuangyin's reign ascendance to Zhou became extremely bright (if only Han Tong was the obstacle). This was too coincidental, right? If you insist that no one was using the means behind, you must have taken Zhao Kuangyin's money.

But is the mysterious wooden sign necessarily from Zhao Kuangyin himself? You should know that this Northern Expedition is not as powerful as before. Chai Rong faced the most powerful Khitan, and Zhao Kuangyin was his confidant general. Can he be as confident as he did to Zhao to act alone like the previous few campaigns to Huainan? Judging from historical records, Zhao Kuangyin himself followed Chai Rong closely during this Northern Expedition. He had the opportunity to create this wooden sign? In addition, the wooden sign was to scare Chai Rong, which shows that it was indeed a bit magical. It had to be made very simple, and it was not written on it casually. It had to be like an ancient magical object, so that it would have the function of a prophecy board. Zhao himself should not be able to do it.

From this, we can assume that this suspect is literate (nonsense), has superb carving skills, can have things like a thousand-year-old ancient wood, is a sorcerer or has this knowledge. Let us interrogate the suspect from Zhao Kuangyin's group:

The number 4 suspect is a group of people, the so-called Zhao Kuangyin's "Ten Brothers of Yishe". But unfortunately, most of these nine brothers are illiterate, and denied these five words are all big questions.

No. 5 suspect: Zhao Guangyi. My conclusion about this person is: Zhao Kuangyin's younger brother, the second emperor of the Song Dynasty. A super conspirator, a superb document forger, and a failed military strategist. It is said that Zhao Guangyi does have this potential: he loves reading, and is usually silent, and he is a yin bad guy at first glance. But he was only 21 years old when the mysterious wooden sign case occurred. Maybe ten years later, he might become an excellent carpenter. But now he should not have the extensive knowledge and carving skills required to make sacred wood.

No. 6 suspect: Zhao Pu. This person is a small official, has some cultural level, and has mixed contacts. Maybe he is a master of craftsmanship. However, Zhao Pu's cultural level is really not high. During the reading movement initiated by Zhao Kuangyin after the establishment of the Song Dynasty, he was named by the emperor to ask for a supplementary cultural course. The textbook he tutored was called the Analects of Confucius. I read the Analects of Confucius and couldn't find a person who taught me how to do carpentry. So unless Zhao Pu's comprehension has an abnormal person and can learn how to make a divine wood in the Analects of Confucius, it would not be him.

Maybe we took a detour from the beginning and tried our best to find this mysterious man by Zhao Kuangyin, while ignoring other peripheral figures.

Let's look back and look at the clues: this suspect has to read (nonsense), has superb carving skills, can have things like a thousand-year-old ancient wood, is a warlock or has knowledge of this. By the way! We forgot the most critical thing: the warlock background.

Don't move! Raise your hand! Suspect No. 7: Chen Tuan! First of all, he has read books, and he understands metaphysics as a Taoist priest, and has a great opportunity to learn some carvings. And he has more materials, and he can easily break up a piece of wood from an ancient Taoist temple in Huashan to make a fake antique with a long history. Secondly, he has a close relationship with Zhao Kuangyin, and can even be said to be Zhao Kuangyin's minister of folk propaganda. He created many rumors that Zhao Kuangyin should become an emperor in the future: 1 Song Taizu lost to Huashan by gambling; 2 Don't say that there is no emperor in the world, today the emperor will carry a load; 3 When Guo Naian met, it will be revealed in Zhou Dynasty. Two days of re-light, the sacrificial wood responded to the prophecy; 4 After the Chenqiao mutiny, Zhao Kuangyin became emperor and established the Song Dynasty, this man happily fell from a donkey to the ground, and after getting up, he added his forehead with his hands, "The world will be settled from now on." Third,

This person was dissatisfied with Chai Rong. When Chai Rong summoned him from Huashan to Bianliang, Chen Tuan was actually full of joy and thought he could realize his life's ambitions. However, Chai Rong only gave him a clerk who was the left-handed official. To put it bluntly, he was a censor, and a small official of the seventh and eighth rank. Why did I say that Chen Tuan is now famous as an old god in Huashan, so I gave me a sesame and mung bean official? Chen Tuan got angry and returned to Huashan. At this time, Chai Rong realized that he had done a bit too much and asked Tao Gu to write a letter of consolation, but it was too late. In the end, Chen Tuan was treated with a grand courtesy from all emperors in the Song Dynasty. He became a famous Taoist scholar and was later called Chen Tuan's ancestor and sleeping immortal. We know that it is difficult to become a famous religious figure without political power to support him.
Chapter completed!