Later Han Gaozu Liu Zhiyuan

Liu Zhiyuan, a native of Shatuo, lives in Taiyuan. The complexion is purple and black, the eyes are white and black, it is the standard four white eyes, and the four white eyes are good in physiognomy but cold and cunning, and they will do whatever it takes to achieve their goals.

When Liu Zhiyuan was young, due to the difficulties of life, he had no choice but to go to a large family surnamed Li to be a door-to-door son-in-law. Just like Wang Xiaoshuai in "Old Boy: The Dragon Crossing the River", Liu Zhiyuan lived a life in the Li family where he had to watch the eyes of the whole family when he ate more bowls of rice.

During a horse grazing, because the horse trampled on the crops of the temple, Liu Zhiyuan was tied up by the monks and beaten severely.

In addition to being angry, Liu Zhiyuan expressed a feeling that the prince and general Xiangning had a kind of emotion, so he looked for an opportunity and planned to go out to do something.

Soon Liu Zhiyuan joined Li Siyuan's men as a small soldier, because of the guidance of the princely general's lofty ideals, Liu Zhiyuan fought bravely, and was soon promoted to a partial general, working with Shi Jingjiao.

When Li Siyuan and the Later Liang army fought fiercely in Desheng, Shi Jingjiao's war horse was wounded, and just when he was about to be caught up by the Liang army,

In time, Liu Zhiyuan suddenly came up and changed his mount to Shi Jingjiao, and he rode Shi Jingjiao's war horse to cover Shi Jingjiao's retreat.

Afterwards, Shi Jingjiao was very grateful to him, so after Li Siyuan succeeded to the throne as emperor and appointed him as the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, Shi Jingjiao asked Liu Zhiyuan to serve as a detainee under him and became his cronie.

When Li Congke raised troops to compete with Li Conghou for the throne, Shi Jingjiao also led his troops to the capital, and met Li Conghou who fled on the road. Secretly sent the warrior Shi Kang to protect him, and Shi Kangdang hid a hammer in his sleeve and stood behind Shi Jingjiao.

Li Conghou's entourage strange Shi Jingjiao had no intention of protecting Li Conghou, drew his sword and stabbed at Shi Jingjiao, and at the critical moment, Shi dared to hide in a room next to him as a cover. blocked the door with a giant log, and when Liu Zhiyuan led people to break in after hearing the news, Shi Gandang had already died in battle, so Liu Zhiyuan killed all Li Conghou's entourage and imprisoned Li Conghou.

Later, in order to commemorate the loyal and brave protector of the Lord's stone dangdang, people set up a big stone Taishan stone dangdang outside the house to avoid danger.

Liu Zhiyuan relied on his wit to save Shi Jingjiao's life again. Shi Jingjiao thanked him for saving his life and made him the head of the soldiers and horses.

Liu Zhiyuan was strict in governing the army, and his troops had strict military discipline and very strong combat effectiveness. After Shi Jingjiao and the Later Tang Dynasty started a war, Liu Zhiyuan blocked the continuous attacks of Zhang Jingda's 50,000 troops with only 5,000 people, and defended Taiyuan City without leaking.

In order to win, Shi Jingjin asked for Khitan reinforcements, and Liu Zhiyuan and Sang Weihan fully supported Shi Jingjian. However, on the terms of the promise, Liu Zhiyuan did not agree with Shi Jingjiao's practice of paying tribute and calling him both a minister and a son. But Shi Jingjiao wanted to be the emperor, worried that the conditions would be low, and the Khitan would not send troops, and Liu Zhiyuan could not persuade him, so he had to remain silent.

After Yelu Deguang supported Shi Jingjiao to repel the attack of the Later Tang Dynasty, he recommended Liu Zhiyuan to Shi Jingjiao and said: "This general is very brave, don't give it up at will in the future." Shi Jingjiao was also very satisfied with Liu Zhiyuan. After conquering the capital of the Later Tang Dynasty, Liu Zhiyuan served as the head of the forbidden army and entrusted the military power to him.

Later, Shi Jingjiao crowned Liu Zhiyuan and Du Chongwei as Tongping Zhangshi, and concurrently led the festival envoy. Liu Zhiyuan didn't look down on Du Chongwei in his heart. felt that it was an insult to him to hold the same official position as a person like Du Chongwei, who climbed up by nepotism, so he pretended to be sick at home and refused to take office. Shi Jingjiao thought that he was arrogant and waited for the price to sell, so he wanted to remove him from his official position.

Prime Minister Zhao Ying interceded for him, and Shi Jingjiao sent scholars and Ning to the mansion to do ideological work, and Liu Zhiyuan reluctantly accepted. But after that, the estrangement between the monarch and the minister began to deepen, and they gradually became suspicious of each other.

In order to weaken Liu Zhiyuan's power, Shi Jingjiao transferred him out of the capital to serve in Weizhou on the grounds of guarding against An Chongrong.

In the second year, he was transferred to the post of envoy of Hedong Jiedu, and Du Chongwei was allowed to take over his position as commander of the forbidden army.

Liu Zhiyuan knew that Shi Jingjiao began to be suspicious of him, and after arriving in Hedong, he tried his best to win over the people, intending to turn Hedong into his base.

Liu Zhiyuan specially sent someone to invite the monks who beat him to the mansion and gave them a warm reception, which moved the monks to tears.

Since then, Liu Zhiyuan's reputation for emphasizing benevolence and righteousness has spread all over Hedong, and his prestige in the eyes of the military and civilians has greatly increased. In fact, Liu Zhiyuan is neither benevolent nor righteous, just like the face says, Liu Zhiyuan is ruthless and vicious, and he will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals.

In order to deal with the Khitans, he instigated the Tuyuhun tribe in the Khitan to surrender, and then asked the imperial court to appoint its leader Bai Chengfu as the envoy of the Datong Jiedu and bring his cavalry under his command.

Later, he was worried that Bai Chengfu would become bigger, so he framed Bai Chengfu for fornicating with the Khitan, killed Bai Chengfu and more than 400 people in his family, and embezzled their livestock and property. After Shi Chonggui succeeded to the throne, Jing Yanguang controlled the government.

The attitude towards the Khitan began to harden, although this was the same as Liu Zhiyuan's governing philosophy, but he did not choose to cooperate with Jing Yanguang, but to preserve his strength and wait and see what happened.

In the three major wars between the Later Jin Dynasty and the Khitan, Liu Zhiyuan did not send a single soldier to help in the war.

During the Battle of Yangcheng, he even profited from the fishermen and included the scattered thousands of Later Jin soldiers under his command. At this time, he had 50,000 people and had a strong strength, and Liu Zhiyuan began to look for an opportunity, intending to chase the Central Plains. When he heard that the Khitan had occupied the Great Liang, Liu Zhiyuan immediately divided his troops to guard against the Khitan invasion.

He also sent Wang Jun to Yelu Deguang to present three seals: first, to congratulate the Khitan on entering the Great Liang; Second, because Taiyuan is a place where Yi and Xia live together, and the guards are gathered, they dare not leave the town to go to Chaohe; The third is that the tribute should have been offered, but when the army of the Khitan general Liu Jiuyi entered Nanchuan from Tumen West, the people in Taiyuan City were worried and fearful, and the tribute could only be sent when the army was recalled and the road was unblocked.

Although Yelu Deguang was unhappy with Liu Zhiyuan, he was unable to deal with Hedong at this time, so he also gave the edict in a fake way, praised and commended, and when he personally approved the edict, he added the word "son" to Liu Zhiyuan's name to show closeness, and gave it to Mu.

According to the traditions of the Khitans. Only ministers who receive courtesy and preferential treatment can give wood. Liu Zhiyuan also sent Bai Wenke, the deputy of the northern capital, to present valuable silk fabrics and good horses to Yelu Deguang.

Yelu Deguang asked him to tell Liu Zhiyuan: "You don't serve either the Southern Dynasty nor the Northern Dynasty, what are you going to wait for?" ”

Therefore, his subordinates persuaded Liu Zhiyuan to raise troops, and Liu Zhiyuan waved his hand and said: "There is a delay and urgency in the use of troops, and appropriate strategies should be adopted according to the time." Now the Khitan has just recruited 100,000 soldiers and horses from the Jin Kingdom. Dominating the capital like a tiger, there is no other change in the situation, how can it act rashly!

Now observe that what they covet is nothing more than money and goods, and when they have enough money and goods, they must return to the north. Moreover, now that the snow and ice have disappeared and the climate is getting warmer, it will be difficult for them to stay for long, and they should wait for them to recede before occupying it. to ensure that nothing goes wrong. ”

Soon, when he heard that Shi Chonggui was going to be escorted to the Khitan, Liu Zhiyuan released a rumor that he would send troops to Jingcheng to meet Shi Chonggui. On 11 February, Liu Zhiyuan ordered Wu Jiedu to command Shi Hongzhao to gather all the armies and announce the date of the troops.

The soldiers all said: "Now that the Khitan has captured the capital and captured the Son of Heaven, there is no monarch in the world." He who is able to be the ruler of the world. Who else can there be but our King of Beiping!

We should first determine the name of the emperor before sending troops. "The crowd was excited. Competing to shout "long live" is not stopped.

Liu Zhiyuan excused himself and said: "Hulu's army is very strong, and our military prestige is still weak, so we should make meritorious deeds first." How could the soldiers know these things! ”

Then hurriedly stopped the noise of the soldiers left and right. On the 13th, marching Sima Zhang Yanwei and others wrote three times to persuade Liu Zhiyuan to ascend the emperor's throne, but Liu Zhiyuan hesitated. Guo Wei persuaded: "Now the hearts of people from near and far coincide. It's providence! If you don't take advantage of this time to seek the world, you are only afraid that people's hearts will shift, and if people's hearts are shifted, I am afraid that you will suffer from it. ”

Liu Zhiyuan saw that the play was almost done, so he decided to obey the will of the people. On February 25, 947, Liu Zhiyuan ascended the throne in Taiyuan.

In order to win people's hearts. He claimed that he couldn't bear to change the name of the Later Jin Dynasty, but he was disgusted with the name of the lucky year, so he changed the name to the twelfth year of Tianfu.

On the 16th, Liu Zhiyuan issued an edict: "All provincial officials who loot money for the Khitan will be dismissed; If the courtiers of the former Later Jin were coerced and sent as envoys, they were not held accountable and ordered to report to them. As for the other Khitans, they must be killed everywhere. ”

On the 18th, Liu Zhiyuan personally led his troops east to meet Shi Chonggui. When the soldiers arrived in Shouyang, they heard that Shi Chonggui had been escorted to Hengzhou for several days, so he left his troops to guard the Chengtian Army and returned. In fact, Liu Zhiyuan's army has a lot of ears, so why don't you know the movements of Shi Chonggui and his party, sending troops to welcome the lord is just a show, if he really welcomes Shi Chonggui back, where will he Liu Zhiyuan?

On the 22nd, Liu Zhiyuan returned to Taiyuan, intending to ask the people for money and rewards to the soldiers, and his wife Li advised: "Your Majesty relies on Hedong to create a great cause, and if you do not bring favors and benefits to the people, you must first seize the capital that they borrow to earn interest, this is probably not the original intention of the new emperor to save the people from suffering, right?" Now all the money in the palace, please take it all out to comfort the soldiers, although the money is not too much, but people will not cause complaints. ”

After Liu Zhiyuan heard this, he thought it was true, and immediately exempted the people from apportioning the battle, and took out all the savings of the inner government to reward the soldiers, and the people were very happy when they heard it.

After the Khitan learned the news that Liu Zhiyuan was proclaimed emperor, he immediately appointed Geng Chongmei as the envoy of the Luzhou Festival, Gao Tangying as the envoy of the Xiangzhou Festival, and Cui Tingxun as the envoy of the Heyang Festival, so as to make the key points.

On the 23rd, Liu Zhiyuan sent Shi Hongzhao to attack Daizhou, and Shi Hongzhao captured Daizhou in one go, and beheaded Shi Wang Hui to show the public.

At that time, Liu Zaiming went to Daliang to worship Yelu Deguang, and Luo Conglang was in charge of military and political affairs, Liu Zhiyuan sent Zhang Yanhong, Xin Chuming and others to inform Jinzhou that he had ascended the throne, but Luo Conglang imprisoned Zhang Yanhong and others. The Jinzhou general Yao Keyu killed Luo Conglang, asked Zhang Yanhong to be the queen, and Xin Chuming to be the capital eunuch.

On the 24th, the city of Jinju was returned. On the 25th, Zhao Hui, the queen of Shaanxi, and Wang Shouen, the queen of Luzhou, both played to express their obedience. On March 6, Zhou Mi, the envoy of Yanzhou Jiedu, was expelled by the soldiers, and after being temporarily appointed by Gao Yongquan, he requested to be surrendered.

On the 7th, the commander-in-chief of Danzhou made Gao Yan Wang Xun kill the assassin appointed by the Khitan and occupy the state city to express his submission. On the 17th, Yerod Guang left Tokyo and returned to his homeland.

On May 1, Wu Xingde, the queen of Heyang, led the whole city to surrender. On the 13th, Zezhou Assassin Shi Zhai Lingqi led the whole county to surrender. On the 24th, Li Conglang, the assassin of Jiangzhou, surrendered.

Since then, the prefectures and counties where the Khitan sent officials to defend have successively returned to Liu Zhiyuan.

On June 11, 947, Liu Zhiyuan entered Daliang and claimed to be a descendant of the royal family of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, the name of the country was changed to Han, and it was known as the Later Han Dynasty in history.

Fifty-five, baked cakes Shih Tzu flowers are ashamed

As mentioned above, after the death of Liu Yan, who was a hundred steps, his wife Hua was ashamed and widowed, and soon after, Hou Liang perished. Li Siyuan was appointed as the envoy of the Tianping Festival and stationed in Bincheng.

coincided with the death of Li Siyuan's wife, Mrs. Xia, and wanted to find another spouse. At this time, someone told him about the beauty of being ashamed of flowers.

Li Siyuan immediately summoned her and looked at her carefully, and sure enough, she was gorgeous and unique. This general, who dared to bend his bow and shoot the tiger, but could not read, was immediately overwhelmed by Hua Jiansha, and soon married her as a concubine. Although Hua Jian is ashamed to have no owner, he still has an inheritance of tens of thousands. So far, a lot of it has been given to Li Siyuan.

Li Siyuan married Hua Jiansha as his wife, and he got both beauty and gold, so he was naturally overjoyed and spoiled.

And the flowers are shy and gentle, and the entertainment is thoughtful, whenever Li Siyuan gets up in the morning, he obeys the emperor. It's all served by her.

Hua was shrewd and generous, and often used this money to curry favor with Li Siyuan's other concubines and his daughters-in-law. So everyone praised Hua Jiansha in unison, and Li Siyuan doted on her even more.

In the battle to destroy the Liang, Li Siyuan repeatedly performed miraculous feats, and his achievements were high, which made Li Cunqiao feel like a man's back. Hanami had just turned twenty at the time, but she also felt that her husband was hiding the scourge of killing.

She feared that her second husband would not pay attention. will be killed, so he always reminds Li Siyuan to pay attention to self-preservation.

Li Siyuan asked her how to protect herself, and Hua was ashamed that he should not leave the army at any time, and often had to stay with his subordinates, so as not to be killed by Li Cunmiao. This gust of pillow wind naturally blew Li Siyuan more sober.

Afterward. Li Siyuan proclaimed himself emperor in Hebei and fought against Li Cunqiao in Luoyang. At that time, Hebei was not suitable for the further development of Li Siyuan.

Li Siyuan asked Hua Jian shame again? Hua Jian shy analyzed: The situation in Hebei is complicated, and it is difficult to establish a country, so it is better to cross the Yellow River, enter Kaifeng, and attack Luoyang in the west. Li Siyuan weighed the situation and once again adopted Hanami's suggestion.

Soon, just as Li Siyuan's army crossed the Yellow River, Guo Congqian, the commander of the forbidden army, launched a rebellion and led his troops into the palace. In this way, Li Siyuan rushed to Luoyang in time, quickly pacified the chaos, and justifiably took the throne.

After Li Siyuan inherited the throne, many of his actions were influenced by Hua Jiansha. He abolished many of the systems he had instituted during his reign, abolished some institutions that had no real name, and advocated frugality, diligence and love for the people. It happened that there were bumper harvests year after year, the people gradually became rich, and the society was stable, which was the most healthy period in the five generations.

Li Siyuan's original wife died early, and after ascending the throne, he wanted to be ashamed of Tachibana. Hua Jian shy away and said: "The queen is just a name, if you love each other, what is the name?" What's more, His Majesty and his original wife Xia have been in trouble, and now although she has passed away, the two sons she gave birth to have grown up and led the troops outside, and the Xia clansmen also have many official positions.

It is better not to canonize the queen first, and posthumously crown Mrs. Xia as the queen, which can make people feel that His Majesty does not forget the old feelings, and secondly, it can also stabilize the situation. Li Siyuan felt that it was very reasonable, so he adopted her opinion, and sure enough, he won the applause of the government and the opposition.

Three years later, the ministers came to the table one after another, thinking that the queen's mother should not be suspended for a long time, and unanimously admired the flowers to be ashamed, and Li Siyuan couldn't ask for it. But Hua was ashamed and still humble, and insisted that Li Siyuan canonize Concubine Cao Shu as the queen. Who is this Concubine Cao? Concubine Cao Shu originally waited for Mrs. Xia and helped raise the two sons born to Li Siyuan and Mrs. Xia.

Just after the last time the canonized queen was rejected by Hua Jianshy, Li Siyuan insisted on giving Hua Jiansha the title of a concubine, and because Hua Jiansha suggested that the title of concubine be given to Mrs. Cao, Mrs. Cao became Concubine Cao.

This time, Concubine Cao Shu, who was already old and decrepit, only burned incense and worshiped the Buddha on weekdays, and lived in a simple house, said to Hua Jianxi: "I am sick and impatient, and my sister can be in the middle palace on my behalf." Hua Jian hurriedly bowed and said: "After the emperor, that is, the mother of the world, how dare the concubine be on this throne?" So Cao was canonized as the queen, and Hua Jiansha was named a concubine.

Although Empress Cao is always in charge of the harem, she is in vain, and everything is disposed of, and she obeys the advice of Hua Jiansha. Although Hanami is not a queen, she is actually an uncrowned queen. Liu Tong's two sons also had to be given official titles, and they had no worries about food and clothing from then on.

At that time, someone in the harem gave birth to a son, and Li Siyuan let the childless flower be raised by shame, this is Li Congyi, the king of Xu. (To be continued.) )