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For Shi Jingyao, I think most people's first impression of him should be that he was the "son emperor" who ceded Youyun Sixteen Prefectures and recognized the Khitan Emperor as his father, and based on his shameless behavior of betraying the country and seeking glory, he could immediately make up Shi Jingyao's humble and flattering little face.
But Antelope wanted to say that this was just one of Shi Jingyao's faces, as the founding emperor of the Later Jin Dynasty in the chaotic world of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, he also had a wolf's ambitious and vicious face.
Why?
Next, the antelope unveiled the two-sided life of "Emperor Er" Shi Jingyao from two aspects.
<h1>1. Put Emperor Min under house arrest and surrender to the last emperor</h1>
Later Tang Mingzong Li Siyuan was born from the Shatuo clan without a surname, and did not understand the imperial succession system at all. He ascended the throne at the age of 59, but he did not consider the issue of Li Chu at all. The ministers asked to be crown prince, but he misunderstood that the ministers wanted to force him to give up the throne, and tears fell, and no one dared to mention the matter of li chu again, laying a huge hidden danger for the Later Tang Dynasty.
Emperor Mingzong was seriously ill, and his eldest son Li Congrong, the Prince of Qin, no longer had the patience to wait, so he launched a coup d'état to prepare for his own emperor, but the preparations were hasty, and he was killed by the forbidden army led by the privy councillors Zhu Hongzhao and Feng Yun. After hearing that Li Congrong had been killed, his illness worsened, and on his deathbed, he finally wrote an edict, which was passed on to the 20-year-old second son of Tianxiong Junjie to make Li Conghou the King of Song. Three days after Emperor Mingzong's death, the Song king Li Conghoucai rushed from Wei Prefecture (the tianxiong military administration) to Luoyang to ascend the throne as Emperor Min of Later Tang (一作愍帝).
The first of the Later Tang dynasty's regents was Li Congke( Li Congke, the Prince of Lu, who was the adopted son of Emperor Mingzong's Li Siyuan. Hedong Jiedushi envoy Taiyuan Yin Shi Jingyao, who was the son-in-law of Emperor Mingzong Li Siyuan. The Privy Counsellor Zhu Hongzhao and Feng Yun had taken over the power of Li Congrong, the Prince of Qin, because of the murder of Li Congrong, the King of Qin, and the establishment of Emperor Min, in order to maintain their positions, regarded Li Congke and Shi Jingyao as thorns in the eye.
In February of the first year of Ying Shun (934), Emperor Min Li Conghou was fooled by the privy councillors Zhu Hongzhao and Feng Yun, and through the Privy Council ordered the envoys of Fengxiang, Hedong, Zhenzhou, and Tianxiong to be transferred to The Four Towns of Fengxiang, Hedong, Zhenzhou, and Tianxiong, and Li Conghou, the King of Lu, was transferred from Fengxiang to Hedong, while Shi Jingyao was transferred from Hedong to Zhenzhou, Fan Yanguang was transferred from Zhenzhou to Tianxiong, and Li, the King of Yang, was transferred from Hezhong to Fengxiang. This naked strategy of moving the town and cutting the domain provoked the rebellion of Li Congke, the king of Lu.
Li Congke raised an army from Fengxiang, all the way triumphant, along the road the generals looked down at the wind, less than two months into luoyang city, the privy councillor made Zhu Hongzhao frightened to throw himself into the well, the privy councillor Made Feng Yun beheaded by his subordinate An Congjin and dedicated to Li Congke, and the Min Emperor Li Conghou led the pro-Wei Canghuang to flee and prepare to flee to Weizhou, the stronghold of the Tianxiong army.
When Emperor Min Conghou was passing through Weizhou (Weihui City, Xinxiang, Henan), he met Shi Jingyao, who had come with his troops, and Emperor Li Conghou of shi Jingyao told Shi Jingyao about the recent changes in the dynasty and asked Shi Jingyao about his strategy for rejuvenation. Shi Jingyao first settled Emperor Min Li Conghou in the Weizhou Inn, and then began to make the second major choice in his life.
The last time he made a choice was 8 years ago, when Shi Jingyao urged his father-in-law Li Siyuan to take advantage of the mutiny in the army to overthrow the rule of Later Tang Zhuangzong Li Cunxun, and as a result, Li Siyuan became Emperor Mingzong, and he himself became a later Tang chancellor to enjoy glory and wealth.
Did he choose to assist Emperor Min Li Conghou or Li Congke the Prince of Lu?
If it is the choice of officials here, I estimate that most people will give priority to assisting Emperor Min Li Conghou, why?
There are three main advantages that are obvious.
First, the name goes well.
Emperor Min Li Conghou was the righteous Emperor of the Later Tang Dynasty, while Li Congke, the King of Lu, rebelled against him, And Li Conghou, who assisted Emperor Min, was a thief, and Li Congke, the King of Lu, was an aider and abuser.
The second point is to monopolize military merit.
At this time, the two ministers who assisted Emperor Min Li conghou to ascend the throne made Zhu Hongzhao and Feng Yun all die, and Shi Jingyao, at this time, supported the lonely Min Emperor Li Conghou to retake Dabao, that is, to monopolize military merit and become the first heavy minister of the Later Tang Dynasty.
The third point is that the name remains in the history of youth.
Having made such an extraordinary achievement, people will contend to praise the heroic deeds of Shi Jingyao, a loyal and famous general, just like Guo Ziyi, who calmed the chaos of Anshi and saved the Tang Dynasty's Jiangshan Sheji, so that Shi Jingyao should be able to leave his name in history, why not enjoy it?
However, in historical facts, Shi Jingyao chose to surrender to Li Congke, the king of Lu.
Not only that, he killed all of Emperor Min's bodyguards, put them under house arrest in the inn, and completely turned into a bald-headed emperor, and then Shi Jingyao ran to Luoyang to ask Li Congke, the king of Lu, for credit.
Subsequently, Li Congke, the King of Lu, ascended the throne in Luoyang for the late Emperor of the Later Tang Dynasty, and then sent people to Weizhou to kill Emperor Min, Li Conghou, who died at the age of 21. Shi Jingyao was made an envoy of Taiyuan Jiedushi by the last emperor Li Congke, a retainer of Beijing, and the commander-in-chief of the military forces of Datong, Zhenwu, Zhangguo, and Weisai, and became the first important minister of the Later Tang Dynasty.
However, the powerful and powerful Last Emperor Li Congke did not trust Shi Jingyao because of this, and Shi Jingyao was afraid that the late Emperor Li Congke was suspicious and did not dare to propose to take the Hedong army back to Taiyuan. In the end, it was Shi Jingyao's wife who asked Empress Cao (Empress Li Siyuan of Emperor Mingzong and adoptive mother of the late Emperor Li Congke) to let the last emperor Li Congke release Shi Jingyao back, and the last emperor Li Congke had a strong relationship with his adoptive mother, Empress Cao, and for a moment she was soft-hearted, so she ordered that Shi Jingyao be allowed to return to Taiyuan and return the tiger to the mountains.
Shi Jingyao, who had made a special contribution, was so depressed, he really felt unworthy for him, but why did Shi Jingyao choose so much?
Justifiably?
Choosing to assist Emperor Min Li Conghou meant that he had to fight with the last emperor Li Congke, who was strong and strong, and even if he won, it would be a tragic victory, and without the moderation of soldiers and horses, it was not yet slaughtered by others, what is the use of this false name? If I lose, it will be a defeat and death, everything is gone, weigh the pros and cons, chase the rise and kill the fall is my choice.
Military feats?
And it is not only the last emperor Li Congke who is strong and strong, you see that I have killed his bodyguards and relatives for The Min Emperor Li Conghou, who has lost power, and then put the Min Emperor Li Conghou under house arrest, taking his life to surrender and ask for merit, and finally did not become the first heavy minister of the Later Tang Dynasty? Moreover, my soldiers and horses have not lost anything, and it is my choice to focus on the heavy and the light. (Ju heavy and light, idiom, allusion from Tang Taizong Li Shimin.) Refers to the master of the people to control the military power system, similar to "the barrel of the gun out of the regime")
Famous in history?
Let me do that Guo Ziyi, loyal and good general? I'm sorry, I want to be the emperor, I don't want the legend, it's the Honki! You say I'm humble and humiliated by the last emperor? As long as you don't lose your life, everything is easy to say. You say that I am afraid of being thin and not human, how can I be an emperor? There is no point acting, how to be an emperor, you see how cruel I am to Emperor Min, bullying is my choice.
As the saying goes, a gentleman is righteous, a villain is profitable, a hero is dignified, and a tyrant is a powerful person. Shi Jingyao's life choice this time fully reflects that on the one hand, he is a villain who values profit and does not value righteousness, and on the other hand, he is not serious about morality and power.
<h1>Second, after the fall of Tang, he recognized Liao as his father</h1>
The most emblematic of Shi Jingyao's deeds of being a villain and a tyrant on the other is that in the process of usurping Tang Jianjin, Shi Jingyao, on the one hand, had a wolf's ambition to be vicious and vicious after the demise of the Tang Dynasty, and on the other hand, he bowed his knees and flattered the emperor of the Liao State.
Shi Jingyao was very jealous of the last emperor Li Congke, not only because he was the most powerful, but also because of personal reasons. Shi Jingyao has been living in the shadow of the last emperor Li Congke Yongwu since he followed Emperor Mingzong Li Siyuan, the last emperor Li Congke was 7 years older than Shi Jingyao, regardless of seniority and prestige, he has always been stable shi Jingyao, and what is more powerful is that his military ability can be said to be the head of the Later Tang Dynasty.
Later that year, Emperor Zhuang of Tang, Li Cunxun, took the enemy lightly in the Battle of Later Liang, which led to the death of the Later Tang general Zhou Dewei at Huliupo, the army was scattered, and the situation was very critical, it was the last emperor Li Congke who escorted Zhuangzong Li Cunxun to seize Tushan, condescending, destroying the elite of the enemy army, only to be able to reverse defeat and win, and then safely withdraw to Hebei.
At that time, Emperor Mingzong Li Siyuan had already crossed the river in advance to reach Hebei, and When Emperor Zhuangzong Li Cunxun saw it, he said very unhappily: "General, you should fight for me to the death, where to cross the river?" Frightened, Emperor Mingzong Li Siyuan quickly confessed his guilt, and finally under the persuasion of Li Congke, the last emperor who escorted the first merit, Zhuangzong Li Cunxun's resentment was eliminated.
Finally, the later Liang capital of Beizhou was also a cavalry led by the last emperor Li Congke, and Li Siyuan was in the middle command. Emperor Zhuangzong Li Cunxun comforted Emperor Mingzong Li Siyuan and said: "Fu Tang Sheji, Qing Father and Son Gongye."
The last emperor Li Congke was the leader of the Later Tang army from this time on, and how could Shi Jingyao not be jealous of such a brave and martial person?
However, what is unexpected is that the last emperor Li Congke, like Li Cunxun of Zhuangzong, was a military giant, a political dwarf, and incompetent in governing the country. He appointed heavy ministers one by one, such as Ma Yinsun ," the prime minister of the "three opens" ("three opens" refers to "not opening his mouth to argue, not opening the seal to act, not opening the door to Yan Shi Dafu"), the mediocre Minister Lu Wenji, who had no good policy for governing the country, and the greedy Privy Counsellor Liu Yanlang, as a result, which made the court smoke miasma and his reputation decline rapidly, which gave Shi Jingyao an opportunity to take advantage.
In the third year of the Qing Dynasty (936), the last emperor Li Congke, assisted by a group of heavy courtiers with wine bags and rice bags, did not have a long memory, learned the tricks of The Min Emperor Li Conghou, and according to the gourd painting scoop, he went out again to move the town to cut the domain, and ordered Shi Jingyao to be the envoy of the Balance Festival. Therefore, Shi Jingyao also painted a scoop according to the gourd, and learned from the rebellion of the last emperor Li Congke, which was almost the same rebellion, which lasted only two years, which made people sigh endlessly.
Slightly different, Shi Jingyao did not rebel independently but borrowed troops from the Khitans. Shi Jingyao was a tyrant who was a tyrant with heavy power, and his wolf ambitions were fierce and vicious, and he had to raise an army to destroy Tang, but he judged the situation and he could not destroy Hou Tang independently, so he claimed to the Khitan to borrow troops.
Why did Shi Jingyao feel that he could not destroy Hou Tang independently?
Because the most powerful people in the Later Tang Dynasty, in addition to his most feared last emperor Li Congke, there were also The Zhenzhou Jiedushi envoy Fan Yanguang, who was ordered to move the town with Li Congke and Shi Jingyao during the Min Emperor period, and Zhao Dejun, the king of Beiping in Zhenshou Youzhou, were all very powerful, which made Shi Jingyao have to be jealous.
Facts proved that Shi Jingyao's vision was not wrong, and Li Congke, the last emperor of the Yongwu Dynasty, did not personally march, with Zhang Jingda as his commander, leading a 50,000-strong army to easily surround Taiyuan. Forcing Shi Jingyao to personally resist the flying arrows, although the military spirit was still relatively stable, the grain in the warehouse was gradually scarce, and the situation was greatly unfavorable.
He had not yet fought with the last emperor Li Congke, even his little brother could not beat him, Shi Jingyao was fierce, since he was already a faceless person to the Khitans, it didn't matter if he didn't want a face anymore, there was no face anyway! Therefore, he promised the Khitan to cede youyun sixteen states despite the opposition of his subordinates, and called him a son's country, only to send troops to rescue him quickly.
Under such a rainbow fart attack, the Liao lord Yelü Deguang was overjoyed, and personally led 50,000 cavalry from Yanmen to the south, and met with Shi Jingyao to Taiyuan, and established Shi Jingyao as the Emperor of the Later Jin Dynasty, signing a state letter to cede Youyun Sixteen Prefectures and meet the kingdom of father and son. Then, with the blessing of the founding buff and khitan reinforcements, the situation was reversed, and the Later Tang army was instead surrounded.
This upset the last emperor Li Congke, who quickly ordered the two most powerful people in the Later Tang To support Zhang Jingda, that is, fan Yanguang, the jealous privy councillor Fan Yanguang and Zhao Dejun, the king of Beiping, whom we just mentioned.
The Privy Counsellor Fan Yanguang also had careful thoughts and delayed sending troops to rescue. This Peiping king Zhao Dejun took advantage of the chaos to blackmail the last emperor Li Congke, asking me to go out to fight thieves, fan Yanguang's command of the troops to me, not allowed. So he asked his son Zhao Yanshou to be the envoy of Zhenzhou Jiedushi, which completely angered the last emperor Li Congke, of course, not.
Zhao Dejun, the king of Beiping, saw that the last emperor Li Congke was not easy to fool, so he did a surprising thing, and he actually wanted to be "Shi Jingyao second".
He learned from Shi Jingyao to send the Khitan as a vassal, asked the Liao lord Yelü Deguang to come to Youzhou and crown himself emperor, and promised a bunch of other reasons, which are not recorded in the specific history books, and I think it should not be better than Shi Jingyao to cede Youyun Sixteen Prefectures. If you think that the "son emperor" is bad, if the conditions are not rich, how can you impress Yelü Deguang?
Alas, when seeing this history, Antelope felt that the hou Tang dynasty figures were really drunk and cosplayed each other. The last emperor Li Conghe played Min Emperor Li Conghou, Shi Jingyao cosplay the last emperor Li Congke, and the Beiping King Zhao Dejun cosplay Shi Jingyao...
In the face of such rich conditions, and the beiping king Zhao Dejun was guarding Youzhou, a place that made the Khitan covet, and his strength should not be underestimated, the Liao lord Yelü Deguang led 50,000 cavalry to the south alone, rejecting this Zhao Dejun What if he broke the way back?
When he was hesitating, Shi Jingyao began to kneel down and cry, this tear was so real, yelü Deguang was touched to feel that it was good to have a son, so he swore an oath to Shi Jingyao, and in front of Shi Jingyao's face, he righteously refused Zhao Dejun's request.
Yelü Deguang: My son, you can rest assured, I have let the surname Zhao die this heart!
Shi Jingyao: Father Emperor, I know that you love me the most, whining...
Zhao Dejun: Recognize your father as soon as possible...
Zhang Jingda led 50,000 Later Tang troops, surrounded by the combined forces of the Liao state and the Later Jin dynasty in Jin'an Village. Although Zhang Jingda was loyal and unwilling to surrender, he did not lead the army to break through, nor did he inspire morale, but sat in difficulty waiting for the rescue of the last emperor Li Congke, and as a result, Fan Yanguang and Zhao Dejun were pregnant with ghost fetuses, and reinforcements were delayed. Under such circumstances, the deputy marshal Yang Guangyuan took the opportunity to kill Zhang Jingda, led the Later Tang army to surrender to Shi Jingyao, and the siege of Taiyuan was lifted.
After hearing that the siege of Taiyuan was lifted, the brave and fierce emperor Li Congke was depressed, drank and sang sad songs day and night, did not dare to march in person, and learned that Zhang Jingda was trapped in Luoyang.
After that, Shi Jingyao led the Jin army all the way to triumph, and after following the road, the Tang generals looked down at the wind, and after two years of war, they once again burned to Luoyang City.
The last emperor Li Congke did not cosplay Min Emperor Li fled from hou to guard the army this time, but chose a heroic way, led the family to climb the Xuanwu Tower, self-immolated and died, and Later Tang perished.
And Shi Jingyao finally fulfilled the dream of the emperor of unifying the Central Plains, and put on a most gorgeous crown for himself for the Later Jin Dynasty.
But even under this magnificent crown, it was not enough to hide his humble and flattering little man's face and the wolf's ambitious and vicious wolf's face.
[Thank you for reading, liking, forwarding, commenting and paying attention, I am Antelope Feidu, the winner of today's headlines in March 2019 monthly high-quality account, the leader of the Zhongjiantang Historical and Cultural Exchange Group, the "index finger pointing Jiangshan" in the history of the Jiantang writer team, good at the sui and Tang dynasty five dynasties history and online novel creation, determined to carry forward the traditional history and culture]