Li Cunxun, King of Jin, was the founding emperor of the Later Tang Dynasty in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and the hereditary King of Jin. Li Cunxun once exerted great efforts to rule the world with the "oath of the three arrows", destroyed houliang, retired to Khitan and established later Tang, which was actually a generation of tyrants in a chaotic world.
The life of such a legendary figure is also extraordinary, and the attitude of life before and after will be very different, he is the founding emperor of the Later Tang Dynasty who is wise and courageous, knows people and makes good use of people, and is also a "Li Tianxia" who spoils adultery and indulges in sound. What exactly caused this Tang Dynasty "Guangwu Emperor" to produce such a big change, and the Tang Dynasty's "Guangwu Zhongxing" eventually burst like a bubble.
In his early years, Li Cunxun was good at riding and shooting, and was both literate and martial, and conquered all directions and made great achievements. After Zhu Wen destroyed the Tang Dynasty, Li Ke confronted Zhu Wen with his father and son under the banner of reviving the Tang Dynasty, becoming Zhu Wen's greatest threat. After Li Keyong's death, Li Cunxun succeeded to the throne of Jin, at this time the new king was just established, the domestic situation was unstable, everyone was in danger, and the foreign Hou Liang was looking at the tiger, and the entire Jin state was in the midst of internal and external troubles, and it was difficult to move forward.
Li Cunxun dealt with it with a heavy response, and took a series of measures to successfully eliminate domestic rebels and stabilize the domestic situation, while deterring foreign enemies, after which he reorganized his internal affairs, solemnly enforced military discipline, punished corruption, reduced taxes, and rewarded and punished appropriately, so that the national strength of the Jin state increased greatly, and the whole country was united, which also laid a stable foundation for Li Cunxun to pacify the world. At that time, there were still many people in the world who missed the Tang Dynasty, and many people saw that Li Cunxun was so powerful that they thought that another "Guangwu Emperor" was about to be born.
The story of Li Cunxun's three arrows fixing the world was widely circulated at that time. Li Cunxun's father, Li Ke, left three arrows for Li Cunxun before his death, representing his three last wishes, that is, to get rid of Zhu Wen, Yelü Abaoji, and Liu Rengong. These three people and Li Keyong all have different degrees of grudges, and they are also the few people that Li Keyong wants to kill the most.
Li Cunxun stored three arrows in the Taimiao Temple, took one arrow each time, and returned the arrow to the Taimiao Temple when he returned victoriously. After years of wiping out the troops, Li Cunxun first led his troops to personally march, attacked Youzhou, captured Liu Rengong's father and son, and fulfilled his first will.
After the Khitan invaded Youzhou, Li Cunxun sent the general Li Siyuan north to defeat the enemy and complete the second will. In the end, Li Cunxun swung his troops south, crossed the Yellow River, broke the enemy army, successfully defeated Hou Liang, and fulfilled his last will. At this point, the general trend of the world was basically determined, Li Cunxun accepted the advice of the courtiers, established the Later Tang, changed its name to "Tianyou", and the Tang Dynasty also ushered in a brief light of Zhongxing.
It is a pity that after Li Cunxun won the world, he failed to maintain his previous good style, but instead favored the officials, connived at the dictatorship of foreign relatives, and alienated his former heroes, which led to the Later Tang, who had just entered glory, turning around and going downhill, and the national strength was weakening day by day. He and the empress loved money as much as they wanted, desperately amassing wealth, not only openly accepting bribes from their subordinates and even embezzling military salaries.
Not only that, Li Cunxun reused eunuchs and eunuchs, scavenged for beautiful women for himself, and connived at their misdeeds, causing the entire imperial court to become miasma, and many meritorious heroes were not guilty, and everyone was in danger. Li Cunxun also gave himself a stage name, called "Li Tianxia", he spent all day composing and filling in lyrics with the people, indulging in sex, seeking pleasure, ignoring state affairs, and not observing the people's feelings.
If this continues, The Later Tang will inevitably be unable to escape the fate of annihilation. Sure enough, later Zhao Zaili and others launched a mutiny, and Li Siyuan was forced to join the rebel army, resulting in Li Cunxun being isolated and helpless, and eventually dying in the xingjiaomen change, and the Tang Dynasty's dream of "Guangwu Zhongxing" was also shattered.
In the early days, Li Cunxun took it as his duty to restore the Tang Dynasty and swear revenge on his father, and these heavy burdens weighed on him, making him work hard every day and not dare to slacken off, and eventually achieved a hegemony. However, after he became famous, no one could restrain him, and he himself began to indulge himself, and eventually did not live as the Guangwu Emperor but became the second Duke of Qi Huan.
The ancients once said, "Born of sorrow, died of happiness." This is undoubtedly the best portrayal of Li Cunxun, who avenged his father in his early years, worked hard to govern, and eventually became a great cause, but later he coveted enjoyment, and finally ended up with a death and the destruction of the country. In contrast, in the five thousand years of China, from the summer to the Qing Dynasty, many dynasties were because those in power only coveted enjoyment and did not care about the lives and deaths of the people, which led to the fate of destruction.
Qin Shi Huang Fen VI's forces achieved hegemony throughout the ages, and Qin II's dynasty perished; Han Gaozu rose up and worked hard to establish the Han Dynasty Foundation, while Huanling Second Emperor's relatives Yu Yuanxian caused a bunch of disasters such as the Rebellion of the Ten Constant Attendants; the Qing people entered the customs and founded China's last feudal dynasty, and there was also a Kangqian prosperous era in the middle, but the rulers of the late Qing Dynasty only knew that they were greedy for pleasure and did not conform to the will of the people, and as a result, an eight-nation alliance army almost ended the entire Qing Dynasty.
This is true of the state, and it is also true of the people. Most of the achievements we enjoy now are the hard work of ourselves or our ancestors, and if we have been satisfied with the small achievements of the present and do not think of making progress, sooner or later we will even lose this little thing in the present. Only by always having a sense of distress and making preparations early can we respond calmly when danger comes, and even avoid possible disasters.