The Cheng and Han dynasties were called "Cheng" in the early stage, and later changed to "Han" due to civil strife. But the emperor is a family, so we collectively call it "Cheng Han".

The founder of the Cheng Han Empire was the Ba Yi Li clan, which was a revolt of the exiles in nature, and was regarded as a branch of the beggar army. But it was not them who took the lead in rebelling, but Zhao Diao, the assassin of Yizhou in the Western Jin Dynasty.

Time goes back to the "Rebellion of the Eight Kings", in 300 AD, Sima Lun, the king of Zhao, abolished the queen Jia Nanfeng, and in November, Zhao Diao, the assassin of Yizhou, was the great Changqiu (a senior official in the queen's palace, responsible for announcing the queen's will, managing the palace, and leading the eunuchs).

Zhao Diao and Jia Nanfeng are in-laws, and after Jia Nanfeng fell, her henchmen changed from a prominent military and political tycoon to a submissive eunuch leader in a blink of an eye. The intent of such an appointment is obvious. In order to avoid becoming Jia Nanfeng's funeral, Zhao Diao opposed the Jin Dynasty in Chengdu, claiming to be the governor of the capital, the general, the pastor of Yizhou, and the Taiping of the Jianyuan Dynasty, known as the Taiping Dynasty in history. In the first month of 301, Li Te, the leader of the exile army, led an army to attack Chengdu, and Zhao Diao's troops were defeated and fled, and they were immediately killed by his subordinates, and the Taiping Dynasty perished.

The Li Teh brothers, who destroyed the "Taiping Dynasty", were not the indigenous inhabitants of Sichuan, but the Bayi people north of Luoyang, Shaanxi. In 296, the Qi people rebelled in ten thousand years, and the soldiers in the Kansai area were in trouble, and the six counties such as Lüyang and Tianshui were swarmed, and there were tens of thousands of people who entered Hanchuan to beg. It was in this environment that the Li Teh brothers followed the homeless people from Lüyang to the land of Sichuan and Shu.

Different from ordinary poor people, the ancestors of the Li Tet brothers were officials, and their families were well-off, not only did they not have to beg for food on the way to exile, but they could also often help the victims. Of course, because he couldn't be hungry, when he walked to a dangerous pass like the Sword Pavilion, he was in the mood to ridicule Liu Chan, who was like a waste. After arriving in Shudi, due to their family background and "quite popular hearts", the Li Teh brothers were hired by Zhao Diao, the assassin of Yizhou, with a good salary and an arrogant life, and often did some things that ran rampant in the countryside and bullied men and women, but at that time, the Li Teh brothers appeared as Zhao Diao's minions, exposing their true nature, but representing Zhao Diao.

As for the later attack on Zhao Diao, it was not because Zhao Diao rebelled against the imperial court, but because Zhao Diao killed their younger brother Li Zhen. Regarding the ability of the Li Teh brothers, the people of the time commented: "And there are eloquence", and the reason why Li Zhen was killed was precisely because of his "eloquence",...... was jealous of Zhao Diao. In order to take revenge, Li Teh and Li Liu led the exiles to revolt and destroy the Taiping Kingdom.

After this turmoil, the Leet brothers formed their own armed forces, which laid the foundation for the later establishment of the Han Dynasty.

In fact, the original intention of the Litt brothers is not much different from those wandering and begging homeless, they are also homeless people in essence, and what they are pursuing is just a full bite of food and a place to live. If the imperial court had been able to properly handle the resettlement of the displaced people at that time, the Li Teh brothers would have died as rangers or as officials in a certain place, and there would never have been the existence of the later Han Empire. However, after the fall of the Taiping Kingdom, the new Yizhou Assassin Shi Luoshang ordered the exiles in the land of Sichuan and Shu to return to their hometowns within seven days.

The well-fed people could never understand the despair and determination of the hungry homeless, and under the persecution of the government, Li Teh successfully became the leader of the homeless people gathered in the land of Sichuan and Shu. A war to "drive the displaced people out" and "insist on staying" began.

For a full meal, for a stable little life, for living!

The rebel army of the exiles fought a hard-fought battle with the government forces of the Western Jin Dynasty, and after paying a heavy price (Li Teh died in battle, Li Liu died of illness), the exiled army finally conquered Chengdu and established the first minority state of the Wuhu Rebellion, the Cheng Han Empire.

In 304, Li Xiong, the leader of the Wandering People's Army, was proclaimed the king of Chengdu and Jianyuan Jianxing.

In June 306, Li Xiong was proclaimed emperor, and the country name was "Dacheng", and the name was changed to Yanping.

Li Xiong, the word Zhongjun, Li Te's third son, this statement is based on legal principles, and the real situation is like this: Li Teh fell asleep by the water when his mother was fetching water, and dreamed that a big snake surrounded him and conceived Li Te, and fourteen months later, he gave birth.

Li Xiong's mother also had two dreams of rainbow ascension, which is said to indicate that the son of the chief of life can be rich, and Li Xiong is the one of the chief of life. His brother's name was Li Dang, and he died in battle with his father Li Te.

The adult Li Xiong is eight feet three inches tall, handsome, and not as handsome as a mortal. However, in the years when there was no way to rely on his appearance to eat, Li Xiong always fought at the forefront of the rebel army of displaced people led by Li Te, and his prestige in the army was extremely high. Later, Li Tezhan died, and his successor Li Liu also died of illness soon after, and the position of the leader of the rebel army naturally fell under Li Xiong's ass.

Li Xiong is a good emperor, but as a battle-hardened person, he is not thirsty for killing, but has a gentle temperament and treats people leniently. Even the murderers who betrayed him and hurt his mother, when they surrendered again, Li Xiong was still able to forgive them. This is a great mind, in that era of wars in all directions, this is also an important reason why the land of Bashu can be safe and sound. Under the rule of Li Xiong, the Cheng Han Empire built schools, placed historians, streamlined criminal laws, and lightly punished small endowments. In addition to political affairs, Li Xiong, as the emperor, did not release the papers, and there were few official affairs and labor was not common. The people are rich and solid, the road is not forgotten, the night is not closed, the people of all ethnic groups in Yixia are stable, and the people from all over the world return to it like a tide.

Of course, there are shortcomings, such as the court's etiquette is not good, and the first-grade prime minister and the nine-rank official often collide with each other, which is not easy to identify; The armed forces lack unified management, and when they fight, they fight separately and do not support each other. But compared to the things that affected the fortunes of the Han Dynasty, these are trivial things.

Li Xiong planned to pass the throne to his nephew Li Ban.

As the most wise and martial monarch of the Cheng Han Dynasty, Li Xiong, who is not stupid, can make such a deceitful act naturally has his reasons, according to Li Xiong, there are three main reasons:

First, Li Xiong thinks that his brother Li Dang is "the heir of the emperor, and Pi Zuo returns". It was precisely because of Li Dang's untimely death that Li Xiong had the opportunity to become the leader of the rebel army and then create the imperial cause. The transfer of the throne to Li Ban was intended to return the society to Li Dang's branch.

Second, Li Xiong believes that more than a dozen of his sons are all born from concubines (born to little wives), and "all of them are still extravagant", not successful, and not a talent for stability and stability.

Third, Li Ban is "humble and courteous, and obeys the law of etiquette" and "benevolence, filial piety, and studiousness, and will be able to bear the martyrs" ("Zizhi Tongjian"), Li Xiong believes that Li Ban will be able to inherit the wishes of his ancestors in the future and become a generation of Ming monarchs.

In 324, Li Xiongli overrode public opinion and officially canonized Li Ban as the crown prince. History records: "Chaos began here". Li Xiong's sons would never be willing.

In China's feudal society, most of the succession of the imperial throne is "inherited by the father and the son", and it must be "inherited by the heir and the long". Once this law is broken, it is often the source of trouble. Li Xiong certainly did not expect that his ingenious approach would sow the seeds of imperial infighting in the Cheng Han Empire. Li Ban, who inherited the throne as a nephew, died shortly after his death, and the murderer was Li Xiong's biological son. At that time, he himself had not yet been buried.

Li Ban is a good person, a set of modesty, Bona, studious, generous, benevolent, filial piety, thrift, love, sincerity in one, in Li Xiong's old illness recurrence, when the wood is about to enter, "all the sons are evil and far away, the only prince class day and night to serve the side, do not take off their clothes, and suck pus" ("Zizhi Tongjian"), and "there is no difficulty, every taste of medicine runny nose,...... His filial piety is like this" (Book of Jin). When Li Xiong needed the care of his relatives the most, his sons were all "evil and far away", only Li Ban, who was a nephew, was filial to the bed, although the prince wanted to set an example, but in fact, Li Ban could still find 10,000 reasons to leave. Based on Li Xiong's performance after his death, we can conclude the sincerity of Li Ban's filial piety. In terms of morality and integrity, Li Ban can be called the first among the Chinese emperors.

In June 334, Li Xiong died of illness at the age of sixty-one, and was nicknamed Emperor Wu and his temple name was Taizong. The crown prince Li Ban ascended the throne.

Li Ban was not a good emperor.

Due to Li Xiong's good governance of the Cheng Han Empire, at the beginning of Li Ban's accession to the throne, the political situation of the entire country was stable, and there was no room for those with ill intentions to survive. It should be said that as long as Li Ban properly handles the issues between himself and his cousins about imperial power, he can stabilize the overall situation and realize his uncle's ardent expectations for him. However, Li Ban did not do it.

In the world of the good guy Li Ban, there are no thieves in the world! However, history tells us in blood that every time good and evil collide, it is always those who are good and those who are injured first. It's a pity that in the game of imperial power that defeat is destruction, what awaits Li Ban is not a story of making amends, but a sigh of hatred for thousands of years after a misstep!

Li Xiong's sons will never give up the opportunity to seize the throne that should have belonged to them but ended up with another family, even if it is only a single chance. In the face of fundamental interests, any form of friendship is not worth mentioning. From the day Li Ban was canonized as the crown prince, how could the two sides have love at all!

Just when Li Ban was sincerely "treating Li Xiong's sons" with his heart, disaster came. On the night of October 1, Li Xiongzi Li Yue "cried because of the night of the class and killed him in the funeral palace", taking advantage of the opportunity of Li Ban being crying and mourning, Li Yue killed Li Ban in front of his father's coffin!

There was nothing new in the future, the failed Li Ban was guilty of many crimes, and the Queen Mother, who had taken good care of him, also hated such a person, saying that she was completely deceived by it before. The abolition of the emperor is a must, and the name of the crown prince should not fall on his head. After Li Qi ascended the throne, he made Li Ban the prince and killed Li Du, the younger brother of Li Ban.

Li Ban's dignity as an emperor was not recognized until Li Shou ascended the throne, and he said "mourning the emperor"! Gongren said in a short way, good man, but he didn't have time to do anything!

Except for crying!

Li Qi, the word Shiyun, the fourth son of Li Xiong. Compared with the good man Li Ban, he still did some things, such as sending Li Shou to conquer Hanzhong, set up a magistrate, and govern Nanzheng, which made a contribution to the expansion of the territory of the Cheng Han Dynasty.

That's all.

Although he had a good reputation of being "smart and studious, light on money and charity", it did not prevent Li Qi from being deaf, indiscriminately killing and lewdness after he ascended the throne. During the reign of Li Qi, he favored villains and mediocre talents, which led to the disorder of national law and order, and the program often collapsed; killing a brother (suspected); The ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee were convicted of any of them, and if they were convicted, their homes were raided and their families were exterminated, and the wives, daughters, and property of those who were raided and exterminated were all privately owned by Li Qi. The ministers are all in danger, and the roads inside and outside the palace are in sight, but they want to survive and avoid disaster, and no one dares to give advice again. The glorious future of the Cheng Han Empire dimmed in this way.

In 338, Li Shou (Li Xiong's cousin) led an army to conquer Chengdu in the name of "Qing Jun's side", abolished Li Qi's self-reliance, and changed the country's name to "Han".

What made Li Shou decide to rebel was not because of the traitors around Li Qi, but because he began to be suspicious (Li Qi suspected Li Shou of rebellion and sent his cronies to spy on Li Shou many times), and, in order to eradicate Li Shou, Li Qi poisoned Li Shou's adoptive brother Li You to cut off his wings. Li Shou, who entered the hunting list of Li Period, made up his mind to rebel.

Most of us choose to remain silent when others are harmed, and only when our own fundamental interests are threatened will people take up arms and resist. This is the weakness of human nature, and this is also the strength of human nature, after all, we will still resist. It's just that, too often, there is only one person who rebels.

After all, the deposed Li Qi can be regarded as having some backbone, and after issuing a sigh of "the emperor of the world yesterday, the prince of a small county today", he hanged himself at the age of 25. He reigned for a total of five years, and was nicknamed Yougong.

Li Xiong's sons were all killed after Li Shou took power.

If Li Xiong hadn't chosen Li Ban, maybe the slaughter of his descendants would not have happened! As the saying goes, the higher you climb, the more painful it hurts to fall. Most of the disasters faced by the most wealthy are devastating. If you can hide from the first year of junior high school, you don't necessarily have to hide from the fifteenth.

As an older generation of revolutionaries, at the beginning of his ascension to the throne, Li Shou inherited Li Xiongkuan's simple style, and was able to achieve self-denial and public service, open up his views, investigate the people's livelihood and suffering, and blame himself for his own mistakes. However, as Zhao's envoy brought back the news about Shi Hu after the envoy, Li Shou changed his style. Regarding Shi Hu's actions, although Li Shou can't do it, his heart yearns for it!

Li Shou changed his lenient style, followed Shi Hu's abuse of punishment, and treated his subordinates harshly, and the ministers were killed at the slightest mistake. For those ministers who advised, Li Shou no longer spoke widely and humbly accepted advice, one word: kill! Kill the wrong one directly, and kill the wrong one for another reason. In short, there is only one principle for killing: killing to make a decision.

In terms of material enjoyment, in view of the sparse population and lack of materials in Chengdu, Li Shou ordered all families above three in the surrounding counties of Chengdu to live in Chengdu; At the same time, Li Shou also ordered the dispatch of skilled craftsmen from various counties and counties to build palaces on a large scale, and they were extremely luxurious.

The good life of the emperor's family also needs to spend money, in order to loot wealth and satisfy selfish desires, Li Shou creatively invented "Hanxing money". Hanxing money, according to the arrangement of money and literature is divided into the upper and lower arrangement of the "straight Han Xing" and the left and right arrangement of the "Heng Han Xing", the money and the text use the year, breaking through the baht two monetary system, is the turning point of the ancient Chinese coins from the amount to the year number, the later emperors mostly take the minting of the year name money as one of the symbols of the establishment of the dynasty. "Hanxing money" created a precedent for Chinese era money.

Although Hanxing money met the practical needs of social development at that time to a certain extent, it avoided the disorder of the currency circulation market. However, Li Shou's Hanxing money weighed about one gram, which was as light and thin as elm money, which aggravated the exploitation of the working people and caused the entire Cheng Han to complain. Under Li Shou's exploitation and harsh punishment, there are nine times out of ten that those who want to rebel.

The Cheng Han Empire was in decline under his rule.

In July 343, Li Shou died of illness, Emperor Zhaowen, the temple name Zhongzong, and the crown prince Li Shi succeeded to the throne.

Li Shi, whose name is Ziren, is the eldest son of Li Shou, Emperor Zhaowen of the Cheng Han Dynasty, and the last emperor of the Cheng Han Dynasty.

This is a very round-looking person, the "Book of Jin" recorded: "The body is seven feet nine inches long, the belt is fourteen girths, and he is good at pitching, and people are different." Converted to today's unit system, Li Shi is 1.8 meters tall and has a waist circumference of 4 meters. It looks like an oval ball, and it is actually good at "pitching" (bowing and raising its head), which is different from time to time! …… Everyone thinks that it is amazing that they can still do the exercise of looking up and bowing their heads when they look like this!

The monarchs who started their careers have their own styles, but the demeanor of the monarchs of the dead country is mostly similar, such as poverty and luxury, ignorance and incompetence, favor and treachery, etc., Li Shi is not a special case. During his reign, he was "arrogant, dispassionate about state affairs, mostly forbidden, rarely accepted ministers, neglected old ministers, trusted left and right, gluttonous and flattering, and punished harshly, and was centrifuged by Chinese and foreign centrifuges." "Because of the canonization of the crown prince, he forced his younger brother Li Guang to death, and killed Ma Dang, Xie Siming and others, these are two very famous ministers, both are loyal and good people, Xie Siming is resourceful, and Ma Dang is popular. After the two were killed, Cheng Han Shimin mourned.

On the scale in the hearts of the people, this is an inversely proportional relationship, how virtuous the slain minister is in the hearts of the people, how evil and brutal Li Shi is in the hearts of the people! Since then, there has been no repetition or admonition. In addition, Li Shi is greedy for women and often kills people to take his wife. …… Once Li Shi discovers that there is a beautiful wife and concubine in the family, the day when the whole family will be destroyed is not far away.

Li Shi's hearts were lost, and the people of Sichuan and Shu wanted to return to Jin.

In the winter of 346, Taibao Li Yi rebelled, and tens of thousands of followers followed. If it weren't for Li Yi's courage in the battle, on a whim, he single-handedly stormed the gate of Chengdu and was killed by an arrow, Li Shi would have almost no chance of winning.

Although Li Yi's rebellion was put down, after this turmoil, the national strength of the Cheng Han Empire was greatly reduced, and the Fang people who used to live in the mountains in Shu also went out of the mountains and endangered the people of Sichuan and Shu. The government had no choice but to let the fangs revolt, and the famine caused by the war turned the country of abundance into a place of depression, and the Cheng Han regime fell into turmoil.

The monarch is mediocre and cruel, the ministers are detached, the political situation is turbulent, and the people are poor. This is the true portrayal of the Cheng Han Empire before the Huan Wen expedition to the west.

Huan Wen knew and seized such an opportunity to destroy his country in a battle.