How to evaluate Zhao Kuangyin's merits and demerits? Is he a good emperor?

Zhao Kuangyin can be regarded as an enlightened monarch. In China's 5,000-year history, there are more than 500 kings. Some of these kings have outstanding achievements, some are mediocre, some are ignorant, and the people are in poverty during their reign. Song Taizu and Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperors of the Song Dynasty, were enlightened monarchs.

First, Zhao Kuangyin opened the Song Dynasty. Compared with Emperor Taizong and Li Shimin, Zhao Kuangyin seems to be more likely to get out of the mountains and rivers. Li Shimin also launched the change of Xuanwu Gate, but the reason was that my brother wanted to kill himself, so he had to do it, and Jiangshan was his own. Zhao Kuangyin, on the other hand, is different. Zhao Kuangyin was an important official of the Zhou Dynasty, and he was very trusted by Chai Rong. Even after his death, Chai Rong left his orphans and widows in his care. Zhao Kuangyin launched a mutiny in Chen Qiao at this time, trying to take Jiangshan into his own hands. Some people say that he was forced into the river, and his younger brother put a yellow robe on himself after drinking. But if you don't have your own will, how can others control your own affairs? Moreover, the orphans and widows of the Zhou Dynasty may not be able to keep the country, and they will fall into the hands of others sooner or later.

Second, Zhao Kuangyin's achievements After Zhao Kuangyin succeeded to the throne, the central idea of "South first, then North, first easy and then difficult" came to an end, and the chaotic separatist regime in the Central Plains for more than 200 years came to an end. In just over ten years, the Central Plains was unified. This gives the Han people a good opportunity for development. Moreover, Zhao Kuangyin has done many good things that benefit the people and the country, and greatly developed agricultural productivity, economic strength and culture. It is the great development and improvement of national productive forces that created another prosperous dynasty after Li Tang's prosperous time.

YiWen Zhao Kuang Yin, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty, was inevitably too selfish. Before reunification, he began to relieve the military power with a glass of wine to strengthen centralization. At the same time, the suppression of martial arts in Song Dynasty made the position of military commanders low, which indirectly led to the weakness of national strength. So in a word, Zhao Kuangyin can be regarded as a wise gentleman.