Gao Qin and Xu Ming's eyes were already attracted by something else, a stone plaque hung above the emperor's stone statue, and three huge ancient inscriptions were engraved - "Life and Hell"

Seeing the handwriting on this stone plaque, Gao Qin and Xu Ming's eyes immediately lit up, and Xu Ming said nervously and excitedly: "...... I should have thought of it a long time ago...... I should have thought it was him! ”

Ah Hu and Zhu also looked up at the stone plaque, they couldn't figure out what it meant, they were very curious, they saw Gao Qin and Xu Ming seemed to have found something, Ah Hu asked, "...... Expert, what's wrong with you guys? What does that stone plaque mean? ”

Gao Qin was also very excited and said, "We finally know who this emperor is. ”

Ah Hu and Zhu were very excited after hearing this, and Nanyang was also in good spirits, and immediately asked, "Oh? Miss Gao, do you already know who this emperor is? ”

Xu Ming looked at Gao Qin and waited for Gao Qin to answer, but Gao Qin smiled at him and nodded silently. Xu Ming knew that his junior sister asked him to speak first, and then said: "This emperor should be Zhongzong of the Southern Han Dynasty, Liu Sheng." ”

Nanyang said: "Okay, Mr. Xu, tell me the detailed background of this emperor." ”

At this moment, when it came to historical materials, Xu Ming finally had a place to play, and said calmly like a professor's lecture: "Speaking of Liu Sheng, we must first talk about the Southern Han Dynasty, and when it comes to the Southern Han Dynasty, we must first talk about the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms." He said: "At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the state weakened, and the disaster of the town of Liangzhen, the rebellion of the eunuchs, the Huangchao uprising, and the dispute between friends and friends finally collapsed the glorious Tang Empire, and replaced it with another period of great division in China after the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Three Kingdoms, and the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Since the end of the Tang Dynasty, Zhu Quanzhong usurped the Tang Dynasty and became independent, changed the name of the country to Liang, and built the capital in Kaifeng. After Zhu Liang, the following dynasties were Tang, Jin, Han, and Zhou, and together with Liang were called the Five Dynasties. In addition to the Five Dynasties, there were many other separatist forces in southern China at that time, namely Wu, Chu, Min, Wu Yue, Former Shu, Later Shu, Southern Han, Southern Tang, Jingnan, Northern Han and other ten dynasties, collectively known as the Ten Kingdoms, known as the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms in history. He continued: "Of course, there are more than ten actual kingdoms. ”

Ah Hu and Zhu Zi are both excellent soldiers, they are exposed to military information in life, and they don't know much about history. Nanyang and Qiu Tian also listened carefully.

Xu Ming said: "During that period, the feudal towns were divided, the world was in chaos, etiquette was abolished, and Lun was often corrupted. The warlords, who wielded military power, set themselves up as kings when they had the opportunity. The Southern Han Dynasty was once known as the Great Yue Kingdom, which was built by Liu Yin and Liu Zhi brothers. The capital of Panyu in Guangzhou (now Yangcheng in Southeast Province), called Xing Wangfu. At the height of the day, there were 60 prefectures, about the two provinces of present-day Yang Province and Gui Province and part of the southwest. There are five masters, a total of sixty-seven years. Liu Yin's father was Liu Qian, who was the assassin of Fengzhou (now southeast of Wuzhou, Guangxi) at the end of the Tang Dynasty, with an army of tens of thousands and hundreds of warships. After Liu Qian's death, Liu Yin succeeded him as the assassin of Fengzhou. In 905 AD, Tang appointed Liu Yin as the Qing Navy Envoy. In the first year of Kaiping of Later Liang (907), Zhu Wen named Liu Yin as the king of Dapeng County; In three years, he was renamed the king of Nanping; In four years, he was crowned the king of the South China Sea. This Liu Yin was quite ambitious and capable, recruited talents, and ordered his younger brother Liu Zhi (889~942) to lead troops to pacify the separatist forces in Lingnan and control all parts of Lingnan. In the first year of Qianhua (911), Liu Yin died, Liu Zhi succeeded to the throne and called the emperor Yu Panyu, changed his name to Liu Yan, and the country name was Dayue, and the following year was changed to Han, known as the Southern Han Dynasty in history. ”

Xu Ming said: "After Liu Yan's death, his son Liu Jue (formerly known as Hong Du, 920~943) became the heir, and the year name was Guangtian. However, this Liu Jue only reigned for one year before he was assassinated by his younger brother Liu Sheng, and Liu Sheng sat on the throne and became the emperor. ”

Ah Hu said: "Damn, this Liu Sheng is bold, he dares to kill the emperor's brother and seek power and usurp the throne!" ”

Zhou De said lightly: "Since ancient times, there have been too many stories of fratricidal fighting between siblings for the throne, Cao Pi wanted to kill Cao Zhi, Cao Zhi wrote "Seven Steps Poem" and made Cao Pi 'deeply ashamed', Tang Taizong Li Shimin had a change in Xuanwumen and killed his brothers Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji. Every emperor of the Tang Dynasty would kill each other before ascending to the throne. And the clan of the Southern Han Dynasty, since Liu Yan and the next two generations, a total of nearly 20 brothers were all killed by their own brothers, and none of them remained, and the final winner was Liu Sheng. ”

Ah Hu glared at him and said, "Killed them all?!" ”

Gao Qin said: "Liu Sheng's elder brother Liu Jue was proud and extravagant when he ascended the throne, ignored political affairs, was unscrupulous, and was extremely suspicious, always suspicious of his younger brothers, so Liu Sheng had the intention of a coup d'état. After he became the emperor, his suspicion was heavier, and he was as suspicious of his brothers as his brother Liu Jue, and he was even more ruthless, he knew that he could kill Liu Jue as the emperor, and his brother could also kill him as the emperor, so he killed all his brothers, killed their sons, and even put their daughters in the harem, which was even worse than beasts. ”

Nanyang asked with a serious expression: "But, Miss Gao, how can you and Mr. Xu be sure that this emperor is Liu Sheng?" This ancient site was built by Liu Sheng? ”

At this time, Zhou De said coldly: "Because it was Liu Sheng who created the 'birth hell'!" "For harshness, even 'Adultery with husband and wife, regardless of the forcible peace, men and women die together.'" Su Fengji, the prime minister of the Later Han Dynasty, even issued an edict to the state and county, writing that "all thieves live in their own homes and neighbors are punished." Some people objected and said, 'It is no longer the king's law to punish the thief clan, but the neighbor is protected?' He had no choice but to cancel the 'clan punishment'. For example, Zhang Lingrou, a thief envoy in Yunzhou (northwest of present-day Dongping County, Shandong Province), killed hundreds of villagers in Pingyin County in the so-called operation to catch thieves. Weizhou (now Weihui City, Henan Province) assassin Shi Ye Renlu led his troops to arrest the thieves, and falsely accused more than 10 villagers who automatically entered the mountain to assist in the arrest of thieves, and arrested all of them. Su Fengji thought that Ye Renlu was capable, and 'the world was rampant because of theft and murder'. As early as when he was the judge of Hedong (stationed in present-day Jinyang City), Liu Zhiyuan made merit for his birthday, and sent him to relieve the prisoners in custody, and exempted those who were wronged and guilty of minor crimes, which was called 'Jing Prison', and he 'killed the prisoners in prison regardless of the severity of the crime', and then reported that 'the prison is quiet!' 'There are too many murderous maniacs like Su Fengji in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. The prime minister of the Later Han Dynasty and the guards and pro-army all commanded Shi Hongzhao to 'send troops and policemen to kill, and all crimes were killed'. In the "History of the New Five Dynasties", "The Biography of Shi Hongzhao" records that whenever a common person is accused of breaking the law and reports to Shi Hongzhao, he immediately stretches out his 'three fingers' (that is, the middle finger) to signal the beheading, and the people are punished with a beheading. 'Others who cut their tongues, break their mouths, cut their tendons, and break their feet, there is nothing but the day of life. ''Abuse of the house, don't dare to appeal.'' The patrol military officials, because of fate, blame and threaten others, are invincible. Even the originally lighter cane punishment became absurd and cruel in the Later Han Dynasty. For example, when Liu Bao was appointed as a local envoy of the festival, the usage was profound, and when the people committed a mistake, they first asked how old they were, and then they beat them with a rod according to this number, which was called a 'staff for the year'; Five generations of troubled times, law and order are corrupt, and the people are living in dire straits. ”

When Ah Hu heard the name "Born Hell", he shuddered and asked, "What is 'Born Hell'?" ”

Xu Ming said: "During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, the warlords held all the rights to divide the territory, and always tried to expand their power, and even seize the emperor and throne. Power and violence have become the axis that dominates social life, wars are endless, the rule of law is gone, and morality and ethics are corrupted to the extreme. He continued: "These warlords and emperors are very brutal. ”

"At the end of the Tang Dynasty, when Zhu Quanzhong was serving as the envoy of Xuanwu Town (stationed in Kaifeng City, Henan Province), in order to maintain a certain number of soldiers, he ordered to tattoo words on the faces of soldiers as a mark to prevent escape. "Zizhi Tongjian" records that "a sergeant or a homesick person flees, and the Guan Jin is stubborn, and he is sent to his belonging, and there are no immortals, and his township does not dare to tolerate it." Since the dead are all gathered in the mountains and rivers for thieves, it is a great disaster for the state and county. Later, Zhu Quanzhong called the emperor to build the Later Liang, and only then did he pardon his crimes, and since then, although he has listened to the text, he has returned to the township. Seventeen or eighteen'. Youzhou (stationed in present-day Beiping City) Jiedu envoy Liu Rengong tattooed all the men in the jurisdiction regardless of whether they were high or low. Ordinary people are dark-faced, and the text says 'Dinghedu', and the scholars have dark arms, and the text says 'one heart and one mind'. The men in the area of the swallow thistle were panicked and fled everywhere, and those who failed to escape were 'many cases'. Liu Rengong fought with Zhu Quanzhong and forced 200,000 men between the ages of 15 and 70 to be conscripted into the army. It is recorded in the "History of the Old Five Dynasties" that Zhu Quanzhong's army came to attack Cangzhou City (now the east of Shicheng City), and Liu Rengong lived in Waqiao and could not fight together. There was a great hunger in the Lion City, and 'people usurped each other, dissected the corpses and planed them, pilled the soil and ate them, and turned the dead bones to stand six or seven out of ten'. This continued directly into the Five Generations, and the warlords fought even more brutally. ”

"In addition to the war, the bloody rule of the emperors of the five dynasties and ten kingdoms was even more brutal, indiscriminately punished and cruel, extremely cruel, and all to a heinous degree. Warlords and officials even took pleasure in killing. According to the Zizhi Tongjian, in the second year of the Qing Dynasty (935), the Later Tang Dynasty stipulated that 'theft does not count the amount of stolen goods, and arson and robbers, and implements extreme law.' Such severe punishments are too numerous to mention. The punishment of the Later Jin Dynasty was the most cruel, with 'nasal irrigation, tongue cutting, dismemberment, picking, cannon burning, cooking and steaming' and so on, and the punishment was also extreme