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Emperor Taizu of Song was a ruler.
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History of Song, Chapter 484Volume 484 Biographies 243: Three Zhou Officials Han Tong, Li Yun, Li Zhongjin · 9 passages
太祖建隆初，加兼中書令，遣使諭以受周禪。
Early in Jianlong the founder additionally made him Director of the Secretariat and sent envoys to announce the Zhou succession.
及太原劉鈞以蠟書結筠共舉兵，筠雖緘書上太祖，心已畜異謀，太祖手詔慰撫之。
When Liu Jun of Taiyuan sent a sealed letter proposing a joint rebellion, Yun forwarded a loyal report to the founder even as he nursed treason in his heart. The founder answered with a personal edict of reassurance.
太祖又遣守節諭旨曰：“吾聞汝諫汝父，汝父不聽，吾今殺汝，何如汝歸語汝父，我未為天子時，任自為之，既為天子，獨不能臣我耶？”
The founder sent Shoujie back with a message: "I hear you pleaded with your father and he would not listen. Shall I kill you instead? Go tell him this: when I was not yet emperor he could do as he liked; now that I am emperor, does he alone refuse to bow to me?"
太祖遣石守信、高懷德將兵討之。
The founder dispatched Shi Shouxin and Gao Huaide to crush the rebellion.
太祖遂親征。
The founder took the field in person.
山路險峻多石不可行，太祖先於馬上負數石，群臣六軍皆負之，即日平為大道。
The mountain track was steep and littered with boulders. The founder began by carrying stones from horseback; ministers and soldiers followed until a level road was cleared in a single day.
太祖至，列柵圍之，筠龍捷使王廷魯、吐渾留後汾州團練使王全德率所部自昭義來降，筠益失援。
The founder arrived and invested the city. Wang Tinglu of the Dragon Swift Corps and the Tuguhun regent Wang Quande of Fenzhou defected from Zhaoyi with their commands. Yun's isolation deepened.
太祖親督戰，拔其城，筠赴水死，獲鈞相衛融，鈞懼而遁歸。
The founder directed the final assault himself. The city fell; Yun drowned himself. Wei Rong, Liu Jun's councilor, was taken prisoner, and Jun fled north in terror.
太祖進伐上黨，守節以城降，釋其罪，賜襲衣、金帶、銀鞍勒馬。
Advancing on Shangdang, the founder accepted Shoujie's surrender, pardoned him, and rewarded him with a ceremonial robe, gold belt, and silver-trapped horse.