There is a question on the Internet: If Zhao Kuangyin, who was forced to wear a yellow robe, did not comply, would he be killed by the soldiers? Personally, I think the result can only be one: even if it is not killed, the consequences are very serious. Judging from the development of existing events, the Chen Qiao Mutiny was a long-planned action that Zhao Kuangyin had planned, but it was only achieved through such a way that seemed to be very helpless and aggrieved, and he pushed the name of his own responsibility to others in order to maintain his tall image, which was the usual practice of Zhao Kuangyin and many others in history.
When this plan of the Chen Qiao mutiny began to be implemented, if Zhao Kuangyin chose to remain loyal to Later Zhou and not accept the good intentions of other generals to "persuade him to advance", the result may be that Zhao Kuangyin led those generals who were persuaded to ask the Later Zhou Emperor for punishment and forgiveness, or others chose another person as the new emperor and continued to overthrow the affairs of Later Zhou. As for the treatment of Zhao Kuangyin, the rest of him, who was already a major crime at this time, could easily control him, whether it was temporarily placed under house arrest or by other means.
So which outcome is more likely? Obviously, the latter is the latter, because the fact of the rebellion has become a fact, if the generals involved stop and continue to be loyal to Hou Zhou, no matter how much they contribute, they will be recorded as "rebellion", which also includes Zhao Kuangyin, and those who have conspired with him are likely to have left relevant evidence. Therefore, whether it was Zhao Kuangyin or those generals involved in the rebellion against Hou Zhou, it was already spilled water and arrows, and it was difficult to reconcile and ascend to the heavens.
On the contrary, in the second case, even if Zhao Kuangyin was not the emperor because he overthrew Hou Zhou and replaced the new emperor they supported, so that in the new imperial court, they were not only innocent but also meritorious, and they were the heroes of the founding of the country, and they would naturally choose the latter when comparing the two. Moreover, this is the later week also through the coup d'état in the hands of other regimes to take power, then the emperor is a minor child, the elite army of this regime is in the hands of these people, the success rate of the coup should be said to be very close to 100%, neither morally nor in strength there is no reason not to replace houzhou, why not enjoy it?
Therefore, even if Zhao Kuangyin really did not know in advance that other generals would add yellow robes to him, after the incident, he could only choose to push the boat along the water and calculate the plan, otherwise his life would be in danger.