On the fifth day of the first month of the ninth year of Baoda (951 AD), Ding Mao Day, when the folk customs of "breaking the five" were held, a far-reaching ceremony was held at the same time in the Later Zhou and Southern Tang Dynasty.

In the northern city of Tokyo (Kaifeng), the Empress Dowager of the Later Han Dynasty issued an edict early in the morning, granting the seal of Guo Weichuan, the superintendent of the state, and officially became the emperor.

After receiving the order, the forty-seven-year-old Guo Wei wore a Ming yellow dragon robe and entered the palace from Gaomen, entered the Chongyuan Hall to take the throne, and held an unusually concise enthronement ceremony, issued a book, and distributed a series of "good news":

The name was changed to week. Said: "The descendant of the Zhou family, after Uncle Yu, the son of Guo Jian", so the country was named Zhou, the history was called Hou Zhou, and the year name was Guangshun, and the Hou Zhou regime, which lasted ten years, officially stepped onto the stage of history.

Abolish harsh sentences. He said: "To manage Anbang, we must first administer." Guo Wei posthumously presented official titles to Yang Wei, Shi Hongzhao, Wang Zhang and other important ministers of the Later Han Dynasty who died tragically a month ago, and the government came forward to bury them and search for their descendants to appoint them in turn; Those who commit the crimes of theft and rape shall be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of the criminal law before the first year of the Later Jin Dynasty; If the sinner does not commit the crime of treason, he must not be connected with his relatives and family property must not be registered and confiscated.

At the beginning, the Tang Dynasty was in decline, and there were many thieves, so the original criminal law was not used, and a harsh law was formulated, stipulating that the theft of dirty goods was enough for three silk silks to be executed. During the Tianfu period of the Later Jin Dynasty, the standard of execution was increased to five silk silks; ** A married woman, regardless of rape or adultery, shall be put to death by both men and women. In the Later Han Dynasty, the criminal law was strict, stipulating that anyone who stole more than a penny of money would be executed, and in addition, the crime was not a rebellion, and the Manchus often beheaded and confiscated family property.

Promote frugality. He said, "I started from the cold, prepared for hardship, once I became the emperor, how dare I be generous to the sick (dragging) Xia Minhu!" He said, "Accumulating in the division is a very useless thing." He took out all the dozens of treasures and jade artifacts in the Han Palace, broke them in court, and said: "Whoever is the emperor, use this thing!" It was announced that the additional harshness set up by the Later Han Dynasty and the "envy of surpluses" by local officials since the Middle and Tang Dynasty were exempted, and all officials in charge of grain warehouses and yards were not allowed to collect additional "surpluses" and "weighed consumption"; All the items that used to be paid tribute in the name of tax surpluses were abolished;

Guo Wei strongly advocated a thin burial, saying: "The first king trained and the filial son because of his heart, not to bury the virtuous, but to call the family as a ceremony, sweep the floor and sacrifice, you can still tell the god: the negative soldier becomes a grave, and the value is to do his best." ”

Restore people's livelihoods. He said: "Before establishing a government, we should support the people, and every time we levy taxes, we must especially favor the public...... The benefit lies in the people, and it is still in the country, what do I use this money for! "The people and the Tibetan people "deal privately as soon as they hear it"; The ban on salt, wine, and leather, which was extremely harsh in the Tired Dynasty, was slightly relaxed; Grant ownerless land to hundreds of thousands of hungry people in Youzhou who have returned to the Central Plains, exempt them from taxes, and divide the land to the current tenants to fill the permanent industry, and the ownerless wasteland is allowed to be cultivated by the peasants as a permanent industry; It is strictly forbidden for the army to disturb the people.

Subsequently, Guo Wei issued an edict to persuade the class to cultivate mulberry, saying: "The affairs of agriculture and mulberry, food and clothing, a husband who does not plow has to worry about hard food; A woman who does not weave is not afraid of brown. The officials were asked to do: "There is no open land in the wilderness, there is a ring mulberry in the house, and the valley is rich in silk, and then the steam of Li rests." ”

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Of course, rewards for cronies are indispensable, and the official hats are quickly distributed.

Among them, Chai Rongjin was the envoy of the Fengzhou Festival to control the armies of Hebei; Wang Yin, the former commander of the guards and pro-army, concurrently served as the envoy of the Ningjiang Festival, (on the thirteenth day of the first month, he was promoted to the Yedu Stay-at-Large, the Tianxiong Festival Envoy, and the Tongping Zhangshi, and the retinue of the Guards went to the town with him); Zhao Kuangyin was also promoted for his outstanding military achievements, and his position was the head of the eastern and western classes of the forbidden army, responsible for the palace guards......

In a word, since the beginning of the next Monday, there has been a rare sign of political clarity in the chaotic five generations, and the famous continuous historical drama of "making wedding dresses for others" has officially kicked off.

Compared with the grand narrative of the northern canon, the southern canon is also concise, but the content is very different.

The unprecedented morning of the fifth day of the first lunar month began with the mutual congratulations of the ministers of the upper dynasty, and Lin Feng, who was mixed in the crowd, naturally became the center of everyone's attention. Now, the news has already spread, and in today's early dynasty, the whole Ma clan of Chu State has come to surrender!

When the hour came, everyone immediately collected their voices, rushed in, and stood still in the hall of the two ceremonies.

At the beginning of the early dynasty, Li Jing got up with pride and read out a passionate edict in a low voice, summarizing the results of reform and development in the past year, and hoping that Datang would be more prosperous in the future.

As soon as Li Jing's voice fell, the celebrant shouted: "Xuan Chu Guo's Ma clan has entered the Hajj to see you!" ”

Ma Guanghui led four cousins to the palace in cloth clothes, performed three bows and nine bows, declared that the sinful people of Chu State came to surrender, and respectfully presented the seal of Chu State and the map of Chu Land.

Li Jing successfully played the role of a sage, benevolence, and Mingjun, personally went down the steps to help Ma Guanghui, praised and comforted a few words, and then returned to the dragon chair, and also announced a series of "good news" for Chudi:

The management of Chu is the same as the old practice, and there is still a Chu palace, and there are still four festival envoys of Wu'an, Wuning, Jingjiang and Anning, and they should be appointed by the courtiers;

The people of Chu were deeply affected by the war, and they were all exempted from rent for three years;

Ma Guanghui awarded the "stay king", and the Ma clan should be crowned the king, reward the mansion, and stay in Jinling;

Chu and Yi Han are equal, carry out the act of covenant, and coexist peacefully.

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Since then, it is natural that the heroes of Chu have been rewarded:

Li Congqian was crowned King Ji, temporarily received Chu land, rewarded thousands of acres of land, and rewarded 20,000 yuan;

Liu Renzhen added the seal of Tongping Zhangshi, and temporarily concurrently served Wuchang and Wuning; 200 acres of land, 5,000 yuan;

Lin Feng was awarded the title of Doctor Jin Ziguanglu, General Yunlu, and was crowned as a special deputy general; 200 acres of land, 5,000 yuan;

Ma Jiwei and Zhao Yu, the former deputy generals of the Wuchang Army, temporarily led Jingjiang and Langzhou Jiedu envoys respectively; Wang Kui and Zhou Xingfeng were appointed as deputy envoys of the two places;

Thirty-one warriors were awarded the Order of the Sixth-Class Lords of the Second Class, each with a reward of 100 times;

All the sacrificed soldiers of the Wuchang Army in Chu were distributed with a pension of 100 yuan, and the martyrs of the Guizhou War were awarded; The rest of the soldiers were awarded the Order of the Ninth Rank and rewarded with a hundred times.

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Lin Feng listened to the reward below, and his heart was calm, Doctor Jin Ziguanglu was a civil and prose official of the third grade, and General Yun Lu went from acting to acting, which can be regarded as a regular, and became a military officer from the third grade. There is only one rather strange position of special deputy general, which can be regarded as an official admission of a fact: Lin Feng can lead the troops in the bright light from now on!

After the reward, Li Jing led the ministers to hold a concise and grand ceremony to worship the ancestors, solemnly comforting the ancestors, the promising descendants of the old Li family, I, Li Jingtong, have a big chance today, successfully subdued a country, doubled the territory, you can drink in the sky to celebrate!

There have always been people who are happy and some who are sad.

When the news of Guo Wei's ascension to the throne spread like a fly, Liu Chong, the envoy of Hedong Jiedu and the secretary of Zhongshu, was remorseful and hateful, and was furious.

regrets that he did not listen to the persuasion of Taiyuan Shaoyin Li Xiang at the beginning. At the beginning, he heard that Emperor Yin of the Later Han Dynasty had been killed, and was about to raise troops to march south, when he heard that his son Liu Yun would succeed him, so he gave up. The loyal Taiyuan Shaoyin Li Xiang privately persuaded him: "Observing Guo Wei's thoughts, after all, he wants to take the throne by himself, you might as well quickly lead the troops over the Taihang Mountain, occupy Mengjin, wait for Liu Yun, the prime minister of Xuzhou, to take the throne, and then return to the town, then Guo Wei will not dare to do it." Otherwise, they will be betrayed. ”

At that time, Liu Chong, who was obsessed with ghosts, said angrily: "You rotten Confucian, you want to separate my father-son relationship!" "Order his subordinates to pull Li Xiang out of the city and behead him. Li Xiang shouted: "I have the talent to help the people in the world, but I am planning things for fools, and I should be willing to die!" But there is still an elderly wife at home, and I want to die with her. Liu Chong killed his wife together, and reported the matter to the imperial court, saying that he had no second thoughts.

When Liu Yun was deposed, Liu Chong sent an envoy to ask Liu to return to Jinyang. The Empress Dowager replied: "Liu Yun, the Duke of Xiangyin, is close to Songzhou, and now he is returning to the capital by way, so he must be able to get what he wants, so don't worry about it." If you can work together to assist the imperial court, you should be crowned a prince and guard Hedong forever. In this way, Liu Chong was easily appeased, and missed the best opportunity to help his son ascend to the throne.

Hate naturally hates Guo Wei's usurpation of the Han Dynasty and self-reliance, and it will be difficult for his beloved son Liu Yun to live. In the afternoon of the same day, Liu Chong took the throne of the emperor in Taiyuan, and still used the name of the Later Han Dynasty Qianyou, known as the "Northern Han Dynasty" in history. The land under its jurisdiction is 12 states (10 states) such as Bing, Fen, Xin and Dai, which is equivalent to the central and northern parts of present-day Shanxi.

On the same day, Liu Chong sent an envoy to the Liao State overnight, requesting a joint attack on Hou Zhou, and the north was destined to be covered with war clouds!