The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms began at the end of the Tang Dynasty and ended with the Song Dynasty, a period of great turmoil in Chinese history, including many separatist regimes such as the Five Dynasties and the Ten Kingdoms.
Ten countries, let's not talk about it here, today we will talk about the five generations, those things that you may not know.
Five generations and ten kingdoms
It can be said that after the Anshi Rebellion, the prosperity of the entire Tang Dynasty began to decline, and the feudal towns in various places took the opportunity to become bigger and stronger. After the Yellow Nest Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty even appeared in a situation of "extremely blind and no fireworks".
Of course, at this time, the Tang Dynasty still existed, but the power was relatively weak. The official demise of the Tang Dynasty stemmed from the establishment of the "Later Liang".
In 907, Zhu Wen, the King of Liang, usurped the Tang dynasty as emperor, with the state name Liang, that is, Later Liang Taizu, and finally set the capital at The Eastern Capital, Tokyo. "Hou Liang" was the first state established in the five generations, and he was also the smallest country in the five generations. Although the territory is small, it does crush the last straw of datang.
Now that we know the smallest nation, who is the largest nation in five generations?
I believe that everyone has already concluded in their minds, yes, this country is the "Later Tang", a feudal dynasty established by the Shatuo people. The Later Tang Dynasty was the most extensive dynasty that ruled during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. "Five generations of fields, no one who flourishes here". "When Liang Jin wu shu divided the world into four parts, the Later Tang dynasty destroyed two with one, and the four points in the world have scored three points."
Of course, even such a huge empire did not unify the Central Plains. Therefore, the task of unifying the Central Plains fell into the hands of the last country in the five generations, the "Later Zhou".
And the "Later Zhou" did not live up to the expectations of the public, and brought the economy and military to the extreme; unfortunately, at the last step, the wisest monarch of the Later Zhou Dynasty died, and the result was cheaper than Zhao Kuangyin, the grandfather of the Song Dynasty.
It can be said that the "Chen Qiaoyi Mutiny" made Zhao Kuangyin leap forward, established the Great Song Dynasty, unified the Central Plains, and ended the rebellion of the Five Dynasties.