Zhao Zhao Chen bridge soldiers changed, and Zhao Zhao took over the reign after the week, given that since the middle of the Tang Canyon city assignment, the army will be stripped, not conducive to the central concentration of power, is with the Prime Minister Zhao Pumi merchant, decided to remove the powers of the general.

In the process of ending the situation in the five-generation ten countries, the rulers of the Songs of the North focused on two questions: one is how to rebuild the centralized authoritarian rule, so that the long-standing Clan Town Crossing situation since the end of Tang no longer continues to appear; and the other is how to consolidate the Zhao Song dynasty for a long time and no longer become the sixth short-lived dynasty after five generations.

At the end of the year (960), Song Taizou decided that Li Qing and Li re-entered the rebellion one day, and called Zhao Phu to ask: "Why, since the end of Tang, for decades, the emperor changed eight names and twelve lords, fighting endlessly?

Zhao Phu Zhenong ruled, had some consideration of these issues, listened to Taizhou's question, and he said that the problem is because the town is too heavy, the gentleman is strong, the methods of governance are not miraculous, as long as his power is cut, his money valley, his soldiers are collected, the sky is naturally stable. Zhao Phu's words have not yet been said, Song Taizhou said: "You don't need to say more, I understand everything."

In the North Song Central centralized power, the most important is the military power, and the first to solve the problem. In the "Five Generations" phantom pointed out: "Where the military power is, then the prosperity, where the military power goes, then the death." These words reveal the decisive role played by the military power in the political situation since the end of the fifth generation. From the small officer to the temple to the inspection, and from the temple to the temple to the inspection of the emperor's throne, Zhao Zhao, very well understand the important role of military power. Therefore, the Song dynasty was established, he absorbed the lessons of the aftermath and strengthened the control of the banned army.

In the second year, Taizhou, considering that the situation had been controlled at the time, began to take a number of measures in succession, inspecting the temple before the temple and the town of Ningbo for the temple to make the moon-southeast host of the temple, and commanding the soldiers to make the moon-southeast for the temple. Because the temple was inspecting the temple before the temple and the temple of Song Taizhou, the temple was no longer set up.

In the beginning, Taizhou and other people were their own friends, not bothered, Zhao Phu proceeded to him several times and said: ¡°The Sins are not worried that they will betray their Majesty, but if their subordinates are greedy and rich, if there are evil people possess them, can they be independent?¡± These words are actually to remind Song Taizhou, ask him to remember the events of Chen Bridge Soldiers, to avoid similar events.

On August 22, 961 AD (July 2nd, early 9th), the late morning, Song Taizou took the forbidden army's senior generals, such as Cao Wei, and left them to drink, and when the wine was strong, Song Taizou suddenly retreated from the servant and shouted, telling them his own bitterness, saying:

¡°If I do not rely on you, it is not possible to reach this position, so I remember your merits from the heart. But being an emperor is too difficult, rather than doing rituals to make joy, I do not dare to lie down all night!¡± stone guard letter and others were surprised to ask why, Song Taizou continued to say, ¡°This is not difficult to know, I this emperor who does not want to be?¡± stone guard letter and others heard that there is a word in this, even knocked on their heads, ¡°Master, what is this, now the order has been determined, who dares to have a dispute?¡± Song Taizou said, ¡°No, although you have no differences, but your subordinates want to be rich, once you put the yellow robe on you, even if you don¡¯t want to be emperor, when you come,

For a moment, the soft band hard, so that these generals know that they have been suspected, but will not lead to the killing pot, at a time all shocked crying up, begging Song Taizou to indicate them a "livable way."

"The life is as short as the gap, so to get rich people, but to gather more money, more entertainment, so that the children of the future generations are free from poverty only. You are not better than to release the military power, go to the place, put a lot of goodness house, for the children to set up an eternal immovable industry. at the same time more buy some singing and dancing women, drinking wine and drinking together, for the rest of the year, marry with you again for marriage, between the princes, no doubts, up and down the peace, is this not good?"

The people saw that Song Taizou had spoken very clearly, there was no room for turning back, when Song Taizou had firmly controlled the central ban army, several generals had no other way, but had to bow down to listen, and expressed gratitude to Taizou End. The next day, Stone Taizou, High Weed, King Xinhua, Zhang Zhang, Zhao Yai Hui, etc. claimed that they were sick, demanded to remove the military power, Song Taizou agreed, let them remove the ban army duties, to the local appointment, and abolished the temple's front inspection and guard of the army's peacekeepers.

After removing the military powers of the sheriff, Taizhou also chose some low-quality, not high personal prestige, and easily controlled people to serve as the prohibited army generals. The prohibited army commanders have the power of three, and the lower ranked generals have the power of three, which means that the imperial power has strengthened the control of the army, and then Song Taizhou also fulfilled the promise of union with the prohibited army's senior generals, marrying the widow's sister to High Weid, and later marrying the daughter to Stone Sheriff and the son of Wang Xuzhou.