The Tang Empire struggled for hundreds of years after the Anshi Rebellion, and finally slid into the abyss. This abyss made the Tang Dynasty no longer have the strength to climb up, and it was greeted by destruction and collapse.
The law of long-term unity divided the territory of the Tang Dynasty into several small states, which alternately ruled. Some of these ruling monarchs came from the Han chinese in the Central Plains and some from the barbarians on the frontier.
Without exception, these small countries were founded by strong force, without faith and courage to speak of, and the reign time was very short, and it was on these countries that they formed a chaotic era - five generations and ten kingdoms.
Overthrow the Tang Dynasty and become the country of my later Liang
Zhu Wen's beginnings are more legendary, and he was initially only a member of the rebel army. Attacked by the four sides in the back, there was really no way, so he surrendered to Wang Chongrong in the middle of the river, which made Tang Shuzong very happy, saying that this was given to him by God.
As the master of the whole world, Tang Qizong was actually very helpless to say such a thing, he himself did not have a sufficient number of troops, and could only rely on the support of the fan town in that era to continue the Tang Dynasty's state.
After the Yellow Nest swept through the Central Plains, Zhu Wen gained a firm foothold in Da Liang, and after more than ten wars, repelled the Yellow Nest coalition forces besieging Huaiyang. After absorbing a large number of Huang Chao generals, Zhu Wen successfully put himself above the Heavenly Son.
In the fourth year of Tianyou (907), the last emperor of the Tang Dynasty, like his temple name Emperor Wai, the entire Tang Dynasty collapsed, and Zhu Wen laid the foundation of the Hou Liang on this ruin.
The determination to restore the Tang Dynasty has won the third
If it is said that the five generations are the most powerful, the author still recommends Li Cunxun, who is the real founder of the Later Tang.
At that time, after Zhu Wen replaced the Tang Dynasty, they still respected the Tang Dynasty Zhengshuo and regarded the Liang Dynasty as a pseudo-dynasty. After Li Cunxun became emperor, he began his plan to destroy the country, of course, not to destroy his own country, but to destroy the country of others.
Inheriting his father's legacy, he eliminated Hou Liang in the first year, and later eliminated other separatist regimes, allowing the southern countries to annex themselves.
At that time, there was a vague trend of unification, but later due to Li Cunxun's favoritism gradually neglecting the government, he was usurped by Li Siyuan in a mutiny, and eventually Later Tang died in Later Jin.
After the humiliation of the traitor, Jin Er played after Han and Zhou
There is a saying in later generations that says it well: Those who dare to do what Shi Jingtang and Wu Sangui did, the whole world will strike at it together.
Shi Jingtang, as a feudal town in the Five Dynasties period, did not seek self-improvement to save the country, but built his own country by betraying the interests of the nation, which was condemned by everyone at that time and in later generations.
Fortunately, the Later Jin regime did not exist for a long time, and the second generation of emperors only ruled for eleven years.
At that time, when the Khitan rulers were unable to stand firm in the Central Plains, Liu Zhiyuan established the Later Han Dynasty, starting from Taiyuan and going all the way to Kaifeng to regain the people's hearts. However, his son Liu Chengyou was also an indisputable guy, and he forced his subordinates to rebel. Guo Wei established hou Zhou by killing back home on the way out of that expedition.
The Ten Kingdoms regime is south of the Yangtze River in Anchuan and Shu
The territory of the late Tang Dynasty is basically in line with the Qin Dynasty period. The northern region was mostly controlled by the Liang, Tang, Jin, and Han Zhou, while the southern region was composed of these ten countries.
We discuss today that according to the geographical division of the country, the Bashu region is basically ruled by the Former Shu state and the Later Shu state.
Their founders were Wang Jian and Meng Zhixiang, who relied on the Shu Dao's natural dangers to divide the territory, neither going out to conquer the four sides nor abusing the people. However, Former Shu was still destroyed by Li Cunxun, and the life expectancy of Later Shu continued until the establishment of the Song Dynasty, and by the beginning of the Song Dynasty, rebellions were often caused by the people's nostalgia for Later Shu's life of light-heartedness. You know, the rulers of the Song Dynasty at that time had always been wary of the Sichuan region.
Nanping is a small country, the land area is very small, in that era it was a wall grass, swaying with the wind, floating uncertainly, basically who is strong to follow whom, the founder is Gao Jixing.
The real big country in the Jiangnan region is the Southern Tang Dynasty, and its founding monarch is Li Sheng, who has been divided by relying on the natural dangers of the Yangtze River and has ambitions to unify the south. From the five generations of chaos to the establishment of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Southern Tang Dynasty had to perish when it encountered the poetry emperor Li Yu.
Wuyue is a magical country, it is a special existence. It continued for several years after the establishment of the Song Dynasty, just like the internal princes of the Han Dynasty. The founder was Qian Mu, who, in order to continue his own national unity, was attached to the Song Dynasty and flattered Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty.
The state of Min was a region around present-day Fujian, and was established by the canonization of Hou Liang, and the founder was Wang Zhenzhi. Their demise was not external, but from within, and the originally small country was also internally consumed and annexed by the Southern Tang.
The Southern Han Dynasty was a big country at that time, a big country in the Lingnan region, and the founder was Liu Qian, who started with a water army, and there were warships at that time. It can freely haunt the southeast coast.
The State of Chu was located in the present-day Hubei, Guizhou region of Hunan, and its founder was Ma Yin, who eliminated many of the Jiedushi regimes in the territory and established a unified kingdom of his own, and the people under his rule lived and worked in peace and contentment, but were later annexed by the Southern Tang.
The founder of Southern Wu was Yang Xingmi, a truly short-lived regime with only thirty years to come. Later, it was replaced by his subordinates and became the Southern Tang.
The Northern Han Dynasty is a special example, he is the remnant of the Five Dynasties Later Han, the founder is Liu Chong, relying on the support of the Khitans to confront the northern powers, has been delusional to restore the Later Han.
In summary: The Five Dynasties refer to the Later Liang, Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han, and Later Five Dynasties. The Ten Kingdoms refer to more than a dozen separatist regimes such as Shu, Southern Tang, Wuyue, Fujian, and Southern and Northern Han Dynasties.