On the 11th, Li Jiqi arrived in Lizhou and found that the pontoon bridge in Jubaijin had been dismantled by Li Shaochen. So he appointed Ren Yuan as the deputy envoy, led 7,000 soldiers and horses, and commanded Liang Han and Li Yanan, the supervisor, to crusade against him.

Dong Zhang led an army of 20,000 troops to be stationed in Mianzhou, and when he met Ren Yuan, the new hatred and old hatred were added together, so he volunteered to join forces with Ren Yuan to fight against Li Shaochen.

Li Cunqiao sent the envoy Cui Yanchen to Chengdu, and met Li Shaochen on the way, Cui Yanchen fooled Li Shaochen and said: "I came to see Meng Zhixiang on the order of the emperor, if you can delay it, you can get Shu without blood." ”

After flickering successfully and passing the customs smoothly, Cui Yanchen arrived in Chengdu and said to Meng Zhixiang that Li Shaochen was about to call and should hurry up and get ready. After hearing this, Meng Zhixiang immediately dug trenches, set up fences, took active action, and sent Ma Budu to command Li Renhan to lead an army of 40,000, and Xiao Rui to command Li Yanhou to lead an army of 2,000 to attack Li Shaochen.

Li Yanhou summoned the generals and said: "The young, strong, brave, and warlike people who want to make meritorious contributions and seek wealth stand on the east side, and the old and sick, afraid, and tired of marching and fighting stand on the west side. In the end, he got 700 elite soldiers and went straight to the front. Ren Yuan's army chased Li Shaochen in Hanzhou,

Li Shaochen sent troops to meet the battle. Zhang Li, the secretary of the court, asked for an ambush of the elite troops behind the army, and used the old, weak, sick and disabled to lure the enemy deeper, Ren Yuan listened to his advice and asked Dong Zhang to lead the weak soldiers of Dongchuan to meet the enemy first.

And then retreat as a whole. Li Shaochen looked down on Ren Yuan, thinking that he was just a scholar, and bullied him for his weakness, so he pursued with all his strength. At this moment, an ambush suddenly arose, defeating Li Shaochen's army. Thousands of people were killed.

From then on, Li Shaochen entered Hanzhou and retreated into the city. Don't dare to come out.

There were no fortifications in Hanju City, but some wood was simply erected as a fence. The ninth day of the first month. Ren Yuan attacked the barrier, set fire to burn them all, Li Shaochen met Ren Yuan at Jinyan Bridge, and after the defeat, he led more than ten horsemen to flee to Mianzhu, Ren Yuan took advantage of the victory to pursue, and soon captured him.

Meng Zhixiang went to Hanzhou to comfort the army, and at the banquet, he pulled the cart that imprisoned Li Shaochen to the middle of the crowd, Meng Zhixiang drank himself in a large cup, and said to Li Shaochen: "You have already taken the talisman given to you by the emperor." has the credit of pacifying the Shu Kingdom, why are you still worried that you can't get rich and rich, and seek to take this kind of car? ”

Li Shaochen said: "Guo Chongtao assisted the emperor in the first place, he captured the east and west rivers without a big war, and was suddenly exterminated without guilt, how can a person like me Li Shaochen save his head?" Therefore, he did not dare to return to the court. Li Jiqi learned that Li Shaochen had been captured, so he marched east day and night. On the fifth day of the first month, I arrived in Xingping, and at this time I heard that Luoyang was in rebellion. He hurriedly led the army back to the west, planning to defend Fengxiang. Soon Li Shaochen was killed.

Li Jiqi retreated from Xingping to martial arts, and the eunuch Li Congzheng said: "It is unpredictable whether it is a disaster or a blessing, but it is better to move forward than to retreat." Please hurry east to relieve the internal trouble. ”

Li Jiqi listened to his advice and marched to Weishui, while Zhang Zhuo, the western capital, had already demolished the pontoon bridge.

Li Jiqi was helpless. He could only lead the army to cross the Weishui River and reach Weinan on the same day. At this time, news came that the Jingshi had been broken and the emperor was dead. After hearing this, Lu Zhirou and the others were so frightened that they hid. Li Congxi said to Li Jiqi: "The general trend has gone, and the king should plan for himself." ”

Li Jiqi walked back and forth anxiously while crying, and then stopped as if he had suddenly realized, lay on the bed without saying a word, and ordered his servant Li Huan to strangle him to death with a rope. After Ren Yuan arrived, he buried Li Jiqi in the southwest of Huazhou. Li Jiqi was ill and castrated when he was young and had no heirs.

Subsequently, Ren Yuan succeeded him and led the troops to continue eastward. Li Siyuan ordered Shi Jingjiao to pacify them, but the soldiers did not resist and obediently submitted to the new regime.

Li Cunqiao died, Li Jiqi also died, and the other heirs were also dead, crippled, and missing.

There is no doubt who will succeed to the throne, but how to succeed has become a new focus of discussion.

Li Shaozhen and Kong Xun believed that the national fortunes of the Tang Dynasty had been completed, and they should establish their own national names. Li Siyuan was uneducated, and asked the ministers on the left and right: "What is the name of the country?" The minister replied: "The first emperor accepted the surname of the Tang Dynasty, and later avenged the Tang Dynasty, following Tang Zhaozong, so he was called Tang." Now the people of the Liang Dynasty do not want His Royal Highness to continue to be called Tang. ”

Li Siyuan said: "I served my ancestor Li Guochang at the age of thirteen, and my ancestor treated me like my own son. Later, he served Emperor Wu Li Keyong for nearly 30 years, and served the former Emperor Li Cunqiao for nearly 20 years.

The foundation of Emperor Wu is my foundation, and the world of the first emperor is my world, how can there be a reason for the same family and a different country! ”

So he ordered the presiding officers to reconsider. Li Qi, the secretary of the ministry, said: "If the name of the country is changed, then the first emperor will become a person who has nothing to do with the country, and where will his coffin be placed?"

This not only means that His Royal Highness has forgotten the old lord of the third generation, but those of us who are ministers are also unable to be at ease, and there are many people who inherited the throne with side branches in the past dynasties, and Your Majesty should now inherit the throne with the etiquette of the heir taking the throne in front of the coffin. "Everybody thinks so.

So, on the 20th, Li Siyuan wore a heavy mourning dress made of burlap, and the emperor was enthroned in front of Li Cunxuan's coffin, and all the officials also wore white mourning clothes to express their mourning.

After a while, Li Siyuan wore the emperor's dress and hat and accepted the book, and the officials took off their mourning clothes and congratulated the new emperor in festive clothes.

On the 28th, Li Siyuan ordered a general amnesty to the world and changed the name of the era. Then leave 100 people in the harem, 30 eunuchs, 100 in the workshop, 20 in the eagle workshop, and 50 in the imperial kitchen, and the rest of the slaves and maids will be dismissed according to their wishes. All departments, envoys, and offices in name only were abolished.

Armies were also assigned to supply food in nearby places in order to save the cost of transportation. It also exempts the provincial tax consumption from summer and autumn taxes.

The four festivals of New Year's Day, Winter Solstice, Dragon Boat Festival, and the Emperor's Birthday are allowed to pay tribute, but the people are not allowed to gather. Officials below the history of the assassin shall not pay tribute.

Soon, he posthumously honored Li Cunqiao and said that "Emperor Min Xiao, the holy god of light", and the temple number was Zhuangzong. In 940, Empress Liu was given the nickname "Empress Shen Min Jing".

The king of Dingzhou is straight

Yiwu Festival Envoy. It is also known as the Yiding Festival Degree Envoy, located in today's Hebei region. It was the bridgehead of the Tang Dynasty to contain the three towns of Hebei, and the first Jiedu envoy Zhang Xiaozhong was a member of the Xi nationality.

Originally the old general of Li Baochen, the envoy of the Chengde Festival. In the second year of Jianzhong (781), Chengde Jiedu made Li Weiyue, the son of Li Baochen, plot to attack his father's throne, but the court did not allow it.

Li Weiyue united with Tian Yue and others to rebel. Tang Dezong appointed Zhang Xiaozhong as the new envoy of the Chengde Army, and joined forces with Zhu Tao, the envoy of Youzhou Jiedu, to defeat Li Weiyue.

In the first month of the third year of Jianzhong (782), Zhu Tao and Zhang Xiaozhong broke Li Weiyue's army in Shulu (now Xinji, Hebei).

The Khitan Chengde soldiers and horses made Wang Wujun defect to the battle, captured Li Weiyue alive, hanged himself outside the Yuanmen, and then passed on the head of the Beijing Division. Chengde Rebellion to quell the rebellion. Tang Dezong was worried that Chengde's tail would not fall,

Take the opportunity to divide the Chengde Jiedu envoy into the Yiwu Jiedu envoy (Dingzhou, Yizhou, Cangzhou) and the Hengji Tuanlian Observation Envoy and the Shenzhao Tuanlian Observation Envoy, and appoint Zhang Xiaozhong as the Yiwu Jiedu Envoy and Wang Wujun as the Hengji Tuanlian Observation Envoy. This arrangement made Wang Wujun quite unhappy, and a group training observer wanted to send him away?

No way, what he wants is the whole Chengde, so he secretly colluded with Zhu Tao and Ziqing Jiedu to make Li Na, so in November of that year, Zhu Tao was called the king of Ji. Li Na called the king of Qi, Tian Yue called the king of Wei, and Wang Wujun called the king of Zhao rebelled again,

It was not until the first year of Xingyuan (784) that the imperial court surrendered Wang Wujun, and afterwards. Zhang Xiaozhong continued to serve as the envoy of the Yiwu Festival, and Wang Wujun was the envoy of the Chengde Festival. After Zhang Xiaozhong's death, his son Zhang Maozhao took the throne.

Zhang Maozhao's brother Zhang Shengxuan has always been at odds with Wang Wujun. He insulted him wantonly on the seat, and Wang Wujun was furious. Sent troops to attack Yifeng, Anxi, Wuji and other counties, plundering 10,000 people. Zhang Maozhao led his troops to defend the infant city, sent an envoy to thank him, and Wang Wujun quit the army.

Soon, Zhang Maozhao entered the court and analyzed the affairs of Hebei in front of Dezong to show his loyalty. And specially gave a banquet in the Lin De Palace, and gave good horses, Jiadi, and coins, and Princess Jinkang promised to match her son Zhang Keli.

After Tang Shunzong succeeded to the throne, Zhang Maozhao entered the same Zhongshu Sect under the Ping Zhangshi, and was ordered to return to the town to take office. In the past, Fenyang, Xianning, Xiping, and Beiping all had great merits, so they should be given. Now the ministers report on their work to the court, so why indiscriminately reward? There will be meritorious ministers the day after tomorrow, why should Your Majesty add them? ”

After Tang Xianzong succeeded to the throne, Zhang Maozhao was added as the crown prince. In 810, Zhang Maozhao returned to office, Chengde Jiedu made Wang Chengzong rebel, Tang Xianzong ordered Hedong, Hezhong, Zhenwu, Yiwu towns to join forces to crusade, Zhang Maozhao was ordered to govern the stables, set up beacon pavilions, and repair roads to wait for the army.

It was the Lantern Festival, the four towns of the official army will be in Dingzhou, all by Yiwu is responsible for entertaining, Yiwu's military officials think they are foreign troops, ask to ban Zhang Deng, Zhang Maozhao said: "Hedong, Hezhong, Zhenwu three towns are all official soldiers, how can they be called foreign troops!" ”

So he ordered the lights to be lit, not to forbid people to walk at night, not to close the gates of the shop, for three nights in a row, as usual.

Soon, Wang Chengzong because Yiwu was the main force of the crusading army, specially led 20,000 elite cavalry to attack, and started a big battle with the official army in Mudaogou, Zhang Maozhao personally went into battle, with his son Zhang Kerang, the son of the clan Zhang Kejian as the vanguard, and the army divided into left and right wings.

The arrows rained down, Li Guangyan was made by Hezhong Jiedu, and Zhu Xie Zhiyi was also killed by Hedong Jiedu, and the rebels were defeated and beheaded by 10,000 people, and Wang Chengzong was only spared.

After that, because the imperial court went all out to crusade against Wu Yuanji, the envoy of Huaixi Jiedu, Tang Xianzong decided to give up Chengde, issued an edict to pardon Wang Chengzong, and Zhang Maozhao was crowned as the inspector and the prince for his merits.

Zhang Maozhao was loyal, several times pleaded to enter the court, Tang Xianzong did not allow, a long time later ordered the left concubine Ren Di Jian as the marching Sima, to replace Zhang Maozhao, but soon after Zhang Maozhao as the Hezhong, Ci, Xi, Jin, Jiangjie envoy, the following year, Zhang Maozhao died of illness, at the age of 50.

After that, the Yiwu Jiedu envoy became a feudal town directly appointed by the imperial court to resist the secession of Hebei, and participated in the suppression of the rebellion of the three towns of Hebei and the crusade against Liu Zhi, the envoy of the Zhaoyi Jiedu.

During the Huangchao Rebellion, he was the envoy of the Yiwu Festival as the king. Wang Chucun, a native of Jingzhao Wannian (now Xi'an, Shaanxi), his ancestors were rich in Chang'an, and his father Wang Zong was the inspector of the school, the general of Jinwu, the envoy of Zuojie, and the envoy of Xingyuan Jiedu in the distance.

Wang Chucun was born in a wealthy family, and when he was a teenager, he served jade food, and there were thousands of slaves, relying on his father's status.

He got the position of the right army envoy, and was later promoted to the general of Xiaowei and the patrol envoy of the left army. In October of the sixth year of Qianfu, he served as the secretary of the Criminal Department of the inspection school and the envoy of the Yiwu Army.

In 875, the Huangchao rebel army captured Chang'an, and Tang Xizong fled to Shuzhong. The king kept the news, like a dead father, crying day and night, endlessly, without waiting for the order of the imperial court, that is, he led the people of the headquarters to join the reinforcement and guard, and sent 2,000 people to Shannan from the trail to protect Tang Xizong, Tang Xizong was moved to cry, and said nothing

Good people! At that time, Huangchao was powerful, and the world's feudal towns were mostly ordered by him, only the former prime minister Zheng Zheng guarded Fengxiang, Hedong Jiedu made Zheng Congyan guard Taiyuan, and Hezhong Jiedu made Wang Chongrong and others loyal to the imperial court.

In April of the first year of Zhonghe, Sima Tang Hongfu of the Jingyuan marching army led the army to defeat the Huangchao generals Lin Yan and Shang Rang, and took advantage of the victory to force the Beijing division.

Wang Chucun personally selected 5,000 soldiers from Weibei, all of whom were called by Bai Xuan, and attacked the capital at night. Huang Chaojun saw that the situation was unfavorable and fled by night.

Wang Chucun entered Chang'an, the citizens cheered and blocked the road, the troops were scattered, Huang Chao got the news, and the Hui army attacked Chang'an again, Wang Chucun was defeated, Tang Hongfu was killed, Wang Chucun had to withdraw from Chang'an, collect the army and return to the camp.

In order to quell the rebellion, Wang Chucun sent envoys to Hedong many times before and after, to meet the Shatuo warlord Li Keyong, who had a strong army at that time, in the name of marriage, asked him to send troops to recover Chang'an, Li Keyong sent troops, Huang Chao finally withdrew from Chang'an, Wang Chucun sent the general Zhang Gongqing to lead 3,000 soldiers, and the army attacked Huang Chao in Mount Tai, and promoted the school Situ with merit.

Later, Tian Lingzi crusaded against Wang Chongrong, and took Wang Chucun as the river festival, and Wang Chucun redressed Wang Chongrong's grievances in the last chapter: "Chongrong is not guilty, and he has made great contributions to the country. ”

Wang Chucun was cautious, gave preferential care to the army and the people, broke the corporal, and returned to him with many people, accumulating the lieutenant and the inspector.

In September of the second year of Qianning, Wang Chu died, at the age of sixty-five, gave the prince and the prince, said Zhongsu, and the army supported his son and deputy ambassador Wang Gao to stay behind, and his younger brother Wang Zhi was the backyard of the army to know the soldiers and horses.

In the third year of Guanghua (900 years), Zhu Wen sent troops to attack Dingzhou, Wang Gao sent Wang Chuzhi to resist the Liang army in Shahe, the result was the defeat of the Liang army, and then the troops mutinied, and the generals elected Wang Chuzhi as the leader, led the troops back to Dingzhou to expel Wang Gao, Wang Gao fled to Hedong, and Wang Chuzhi became the envoy of the Yiwu Festival.

The Liang army entered the siege of Dingzhou, and Wang Zhi sent 100,000 silk horses to reward the Liang army, sued the Liang army for peace, and expressed his willingness to kill Liang and form an alliance with the Later Liang. Zhu Wen was crowned the king of the throne and was directly the envoy of the Yiwu Army, and he was crowned the king of Taiyuan.

In 907, Zhu Wen replaced the Tang Dynasty to establish the Later Liang, and in 909, the king was crowned as the king of Beiping, thus establishing the Beiping Kingdom. (To be continued......)