Why would Shi Shouxin voluntarily give up his military power when others are greedy for power

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In history, basically every founding emperor would choose to liquidate those meritorious officials after completing their great cause of unification. This is because the contributions of these meritorious officials are too great, reaching the level of shaking the emperor. If they are not liquidated, rebellion is likely to occur. The Northern Song Dynasty was no exception, but Emperor Zhao Kuangyin of the Northern Song Dynasty was relatively gentle and did not engage in mass killings. Instead, he adopted another method: “drinking wine to release military power”. Who were the ones with military power? As one of the “Top Ten Founding Fathers” of the Northern Song Dynasty, Shi Shouxin was naturally the first to bear the brunt. However, one of the “Top Ten Founding Fathers”, Shi Shouxin voluntarily submitted a petition to relinquish his military power. Why did Shi Shouxin voluntarily give up the power that others coveted?
After the establishment of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin has been pondering two questions. The first question is how to strengthen the centralization of power in the central government, maintain its rule, and prevent the recurrence of the chaos caused by feudal lords during the Tang Dynasty. The second question is how to ensure the long-term stability of the Song Dynasty and prevent it from becoming a short-lived dynasty after the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. In fact, the similarity or root cause of these two problems is only one, which is that when the ruler is weak and the ministers are strong, the power of the ministers will naturally seek greater power for their children and grandchildren. Therefore, there is only one way to avoid these two problems, which is to weaken the power of the ministers and strengthen the power of the monarch, and then the world will naturally stabilize.
The most important aspect of power is military power, which is also the first problem to be solved. Therefore, there was the scene of Zhao Kuangyin “drinking wine to release military power”. Fortunately, most generals were quite tactful and surrendered their military power one after another. However, for Shi Shouxin, Zhao Kuangyin didn’t know what to do. The reason why Zhao Kuangyin gently reduced military power was because he was more benevolent and righteous. This kind of benevolence and righteousness made him unsure how to deal with his “good friend” Shi Shouxin. However, at this time, Shi Shouxin also understood Zhao Kuangyin’s dilemma and took the initiative to release his military power. Zhao Kuangyin was still very moved by Shi Shouxin’s decision to release his military power. Therefore, Shi Shouxin was dispatched as the military governor of Tianping Army.
After Shi Shouxin became the military governor, Zhao Kuangyin also turned a blind eye to some of Shi Shouxin’s actions. Shi Shouxin took the opportunity to “specialize in accumulating wealth and accumulate huge amounts of money”, gaining immeasurable wealth. On the other hand, he lived better than Zhao Kuangyin, at least not having to worry about national affairs every day. With Zhao Kuangyin’s protection, even if his behavior was too extreme, he would only be criticized once, and he would not be dismissed or killed. His life was also extremely carefree and nourished. Sometimes he voluntarily gave up, and perhaps he would get more.