Goryeo Dynasty (V): Goryeo Hyejong
Goryeo Hyejong (Korean: 고려 혜종/Goryeo Hyryeo Hyejong; 912 – October 23, 945 (15th of September in the lunar calendar)), Kim Wang-myeong -- (Korean: 왕무/WangWu Wang Mu), also spelled Seung-joo, was the second monarch of the Goryeo Dynasty, reigning from 943 to 945.
Zhuang and Queen Wu, the mother of King Wu of Goryeo Hyejong, were the daughters of the people of Luozhou, and met Wang Jian, a general of the Kingdom of Tae-feng, while washing cloth by the Rongshan River, and although Wang Jian summoned her to have sex, he did not want to let her get pregnant because he suspected that his family was from a "side micro", but only performed oral sex, and Wu actually became pregnant, and gave birth to a son Wang Wu in Luozhou in the second year of Shuidewan (912). There are many rumors about The Birth of Wang Wu, such as Wu Shi dreamed of the dragon of Mokpo entering his abdomen before meeting Wang Jian, and Wang Wu had a mat pattern after his birth, and he used a lot of water to bathe, and was regarded as a "dragon son".
In the first year of Tianzhi (918), Wang Jian relied on a coup to seize the power of the Bow people, and the country was named Goryeo. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Wang Jianben wanted to make his eldest son Wang Wu the Crown Prince, but fearing that his mother's family would be isolated and humble and difficult to succeed to the throne, he hesitated, but only put the garnet yellow robe symbolizing royal power in a box he had used and gave it to Zhuang and Queen Wu. Wu revealed the matter to his retainer Park Shu-hee, who, knowing Wang Jian's intentions, asked Wang Wu to be made crown prince. Wang Jian, seeing that Wang Wu had supportive forces, reassured Wang Wu on December 10, 921, the fourth year of Tianzhi (921), to make Wang Wu the prince of Zhengyin (prince).
Over the next ten years, Wang Wu repeatedly joined the army against Zhen Xuan's post-Baekje regime, charged into the battlefield, and contributed to the three kingdoms after the unification of Goryeo. On May 29, the eighth year of Tianfu (943), King Jianxue of Taizu, Wang Wu attacked the throne, and Park Shuxi was ordered by Gu to assist. After Wang Wu succeeded to the throne, he sent envoys to pay tribute to Hou Jin, and later the Jin emperor Shi Chonggui also sent envoys to appoint Wang Wu as the king of Goryeo in the second year of Kaiyun (945), the governor of Xuanju Prefecture, and the envoy of the Chongdae Rebellion. Shi Chonggui also sent Guo Renyu (郭仁遇) to Goryeo to attack the Khitan (Liao Dynasty), which was a request made by Wang Jian to the Later Jin Dynasty through the Western Regions monk Socks, Shi Jinggui did not accept it, but after Shi Chonggui succeeded to the throne, he was hostile to the Khitan and turned over the old accounts at the instigation of the Socks, in an attempt to contact Goryeo to break the Khitan and recover the sixteen prefectures of Youyun. After Guo Ren met Goryeo, he saw that the goryeo regular army was extremely weak and goryeo was unstable internally, and Wang Wu did not dare to challenge the Khitans, so Wang Wu excused other reasons when Guo Renyu left Goryeo to explain that he could not send troops.
At that time, the Goryeo ruling clique was indeed a dark tide. Before Wang Jian's death, he had a wide range of intermarriage with the Hao clan, and Wang Wu was the lowest status of the mother's family among Wang Jian's sons, and the Hao clan did not want to take advantage of the bottleneck period after Wang Jian's death to fish in muddy waters and support their own women to succeed Wang Jiansheng's son. Therefore, although Wang Wu "has been in the Eastern Palace for a long time, tired of supervising, honoring the master, and being good at receiving guests, and is famous in the government and the opposition", the foundation is still fragile, and he has to "suspect too much", and at any time he is surrounded by heavily armed armored soldiers to protect him, in case of the unexpected, and at the same time, he vigorously rewards the military generals and soldiers, causing dissatisfaction among the civilian subjects.
After Wang Wu ascended the throne, the biggest challenges were Wang Yao, Wang Zhao's brothers, and Dakuang Wang Gui's grandson, Guangzhou Yuanjun. In order to support his grandson to succeed to the throne, Wang Zhi first slandered Wang Yao and Wang Zhao's brothers that Wang Yao and Wang Zhao were plotting against him, but Wang Wu ignored them and treated Wang Yao and Wang Zhao's brothers even more kindly. Wang Gui also sent assassins to infiltrate the palace and assassinate Wang Wu while he was asleep, only to be killed by Wang Wu's punch, but Wang Wu still did not pursue him. Wang Zhi was still not dead hearted, and personally led his henchmen to dig a hole into the Shende Hall of Wang Wu's Sleeping Hall, Wang Wu got the information, had already taken precautions, and secretly moved to the Chongguang Hall, so Wang Gui's plan to assassinate the king was once again frustrated.
Less than two years after Wang Wu ascended the throne, he became ill, did not see his ministers, became increasingly grumpy, and did not make any arrangements for the succession to the throne, and died on September 15, 945, the second year of Kaiyun (945), at the Kaijing Chongguang Hall. Before his death, there was a palace coup d'état, first Park Shu-hee and Wang Ji both had a premonition that Wang Wu was about to die, and each led 100 soldiers to guard each other. Wang Yao suspected that Park Shu-hee had different ambitions, so he exiled him to Ganghwa Island, and Wang Zhi falsely ordered Park Shu-hee to be executed. On the same day that Wang Wu died, Wang Zhi wanted to send troops to rebel, and Wang Yao succeeded to the throne under the tutelage of his subjects, in order to determine Emperor Dingzong, and used the troops under Wang Shilian,who was guarding Pyongyang in Western Beijing, to subdue Wang Zhi and kill wang Gui and more than 300 of his henchmen. Modern scholars believe that the historical truth is that Wang Yao and Wang Zhao's brothers took advantage of Wang Wu's illness to launch a palace coup, successively eradicated Park Shuxi and Wang Gui, usurped power after Wang Wu's death, and transferred the responsibility for the coup to Wang Zhi.
After Wang Wu's death, the temple name Huizong (一作太宗), courtesy name Yigong(義恭), was buried in Shunling, and was later posthumously honored by the Lei Dynasty as "RenDe Ming Xiao Xuan Xian Gao Ping Jing Xian Yi Gong Grand King". His only adult son, Heunghwa Gongjun (Ichijo Xinghua Langjun), was later killed by King Kwangjong of Goryeo.
Goryeo Jeongjong (Korean: 고려 정종/Goryeo Jeongjong; 923 – April 13, 949 (13 March of the lunar calendar)), King Yong of Kim (Korean: 왕요/Wang 堯 Wang Yo), the third monarch of the Goryeo Dynasty, reigned from 23 October 945 to 13 April 949.
Wang Yao was the second son of Taizu Wang Jian, and his mother was Empress Dowager Liu of the Divine King, so Wang Yao was also the half-brother of the second king Huizong. During Emperor Huizong's reign, Wang Yao and his younger brother Wang Zhao (later Emperor Guangzong) were falsely accused by Emperor Dakuang, but Emperor Huizong did not listen to him, but instead favored the two of them more and more. Wang Zhi plotted rebellion, and Huizong did not add to the crime. When Emperor Huizong was seriously ill, Wang Zhi plotted a rebellion and wanted to install his grandson Guangzhou Yuanjun as king. Wang Yao secretly conspired with the town general Wang Shilian, who was guarding Pyongyang, and Wang Shilian led an army into Kaijing to guard, arrested and killed Wang Zhi and his henchmen. The courtiers then supported Wang Yao to succeed to the throne, in order to determine The Emperor.
In the first year of Dingzong's reign (946), Emperor Dingzong paid homage to the Xianling Tomb and granted amnesty to the world. Emperor Dingzong personally enshrined the Buddha relics and walked ten miles to the Kaiguo Temple to settle down. He also donated 70,000 stones to major monasteries and purchased the Treasure of the Buddha's Name Sutra and the Treasure of Guangxue to persuade those who studied the Fa.
In the spring of the second year (947), Emperor Dingzong decided to move the capital to Pyongyang because of tujue reasons, recruited Zhuangding to build the Western King's City in Pyongyang, and sent his attendant Zhongquan to establish a palace, and the labor was endless. The people of Kaijing were also transferred to Pyongyang to make it real. The people were not convinced and complained.
In the autumn and September of the third year (948), the Eastern Lady Zhen da Kuang Su Wugai and others came to offer 700 horses and square objects. Emperor Dingzong watched the horses at the Tentoku Hall and evaluated their value. Suddenly, a thunderstorm fell from the sky, and the lightning hit the detainees and hit the west corner of the hall. Emperor Dingzong was horrified and was helped into the Heavy Light Hall by his close ministers to rest, and he never recovered from this illness. So there was amnesty for the world. In the same year, the Hou Han era number was used.
In the spring of the fourth year (949), Da Kuang Wang Shi Lian died of illness. In March, Emperor Dingzong was critically ill, summoned his brother Wang Zhao, ceded the throne to Wang Zhao, and moved to the Imperial Monastery himself. Shi Zai Dingzong revered Buddhism and was afraid. Zhuang Ding, who was recruited to build Xijing, was very happy when he learned of Emperor Dingzong.
After his death, he was buried in the south of the city in Kaijing, and the tomb name was Anling. Muzong for five years, Jia Yu Zhangjing. Five years of sutras, Jia Zhengsu; eighteen years, Jia Lingren. Emperor Wenzong for ten years, Jia Jian Jing. Forty years of Emperor Gaozong, Jia Zhuangyuan. The full title of the courtesy name was then known as Zhide Zhang Jingzheng Su Ling Ren Jian Jing Zhuang Yuan Civilization King.
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