(Tang Aidi Li Ji image)
In 905 AD, when the last emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Li Ji of Tang Dynasty, reigned, Li Ji was a puppet, and the real power was held by the powerful minister Zhu Wen.
This Li Ji is a complete puppet, the kind of puppet emperor who Zhu Wen said that one plus one equals three, and he would never dare to say that it equals two.
Therefore, Li Ji is nominally the son of Tang Tianzi, but in fact he is just a mascot and a transition for Zhu Wen to become emperor.
This person's mentality will always change with the change of the environment, when Zhu Wen was in Bianzhou before, his heart was quite bottomless, because in the chaotic times and the environment of warlord separation, he Zhu Wen's power at that time was really not the strongest, no one else said, just Li Keyong, a person from Shatuo in Hedong, was enough for Zhu Wen to drink a pot, not to mention that Zhu Wen had set fire to Li Keyong back then, and now Zhu Wen occupies the Central Plains and got such a place where Henan is a top soldier, can he worry about his safety from time to time?
However, since Zhu Wen took Tang Zhaozong back from Li Maozhen's hands, achieved his goal of "coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes", and forced Zhaozong to move the capital from Chang'an to his base camp Luoyang, Zhu Wen's strength has increased dramatically, not to mention Li Ke's use, even if Li Shimin comes, he may not take it seriously.
Zhu Wen took control of the emperor by chance and grasped the central power, while Li Keyong embarked on a completely different path after parting ways with Zhu Wen.
(Zhu Wen image)
Of course, Li Keyong is also expanding, but most of his expansion methods are strong military conquest, not as refined as Zhu Wen.
Li Keyong's first opponent was Wang Rong of Zhenzhou.
Wang Rong, a Uighur and envoy of the Chengde Festival, was defeated by Li Keyong, and although he did not die, his vitality was greatly damaged, so he could only turn to Zhu Wen.
The second opponent is Li Cunxiao, this Li Cunxiao, he was originally Li Keyong's adopted son, and it can be said that Li Keyong's henchmen general, followed Li Keyong to destroy Huangchao, pacify Luzhou, and crusade against Youzhou, it can be said that he is invincible and invincible, and Li Keyong can achieve his current achievements, and part of it is due to Li Cunxiao.
Of course, when Li Cunxiao is mentioned, he has to mention a fighting group around Li Keyong, that is, the Thirteen Taibao.
What is the thirteen Taibao, it is Li Keyong's thirteen sons, these thirteen sons are all young generals, leading the troops to fight for their father, opening up the territory, and they were all famous at that time, of course, the most famous of them is Li Cunxiao.
We all know Luo Guanzhong who wrote "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but in fact, Comrade Luo Guanzhong has a lot of works, and he also wrote a book "The Romance of the Five Dynasties of the Remnant Tang Dynasty", in this book, Li Cunxiao's image is very remarkable, Bi Yanlao with 700 catties in his left hand, and Yu Wang Lance with 800 catties in his right hand, can be said to be invincible all over the world.
What does that mean? That is to say, none of the kings in ancient times could surpass Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, and none of those who were generals in ancient times surpassed Li Cunxiao.
(Li Cunxiao image)
Of course, there is an element of artistic exaggeration, but it also reflects from one side that Li Cunxiao's strength should not be underestimated.
Another point worth mentioning is that Li Keyong really didn't give birth to thirteen sons, twelve of his thirteen Taibao are adopted sons, and only the third Taibao Li Cunqiao is his own son.
This Li Cunxiao, the force value is extremely high, he could have become a sharp sword for Li Ke to fight against Zhu Wen, but unfortunately the credit was too great, he was framed, and the father and son were separated, Li Cunxiao finally broke away from Li Keyong's team and surrendered to the court.
Later, Li Cunxiao was defeated and captured, but Li Keyong still killed him.
The hearts of the people in the troubled world are like this, after Li Keyong killed Li Cunxiao, he was sad and sad for more than ten days, and since then, as long as he talks about Li Cunxiao, this powerful king of Hedong Jin will inevitably cry.
Actually, it's quite strange.
Because from the usefulness of Li Cunxiao to Li Keyong, and from the hard work that Li Cunxiao has made for Li Keyong for so many years, Li Keyong will not want to kill Li Cunxiao.
Even Li Cunxiao's rebellion against Li Keyong was because there were some treacherous villains who sowed discord from it.
(Li Keyong in the play)
In this case, wouldn't it be good to leave Li Cunxiao with his life, let him atone for his sins, make meritorious service for his crimes, and establish a greater meritorious career for himself?
Of course it's good, because Li Keyong also thought so at that time.
Let's restore the scene at that time, Li Keyong captured the defeated Li Cunxiao, the three armies were tried, Li Cunxiao was detained in the hall, Li Keyong sat on a high ground, and Li Keyong was surrounded by many henchmen.
In the lobby, Li Keyong was very angry, blowing his beard and glaring, accusing Li Cunxiao of having no king and no father, and betraying himself, and then said that Li Cunxiao's crime was not punishable and should be tortured to death.
After Li Keyong finished speaking, several warriors immediately walked in outside the military tent, and pulled Li Cunxiao out, which meant that he was about to be executed.
Generally speaking, at this time, there will definitely be a few people rushing out, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing violently, saying Brother Li, don't be like this, Li Cunxiao is your son, don't take the bean bag for dry food, don't take the adopted son for the wrong child, he has no credit and hard work for so many years, Brother Li, you are doing well, just forgive Li Cunxiao this time.
If the level of this person who came to intercede was relatively high, he might also quote scriptures, saying that Qin pardoned Meng Ming, used Ba Xirong, Chu Zhu Ziyu, and the second did not compete, Li Keyong would naturally think it made sense when he heard it, so he borrowed the slope to get off the donkey and directly pardoned Li Cunxiao.
But Li Keyong never expected that no one in the audience would intercede for Li Cunxiao, not a word, not a word.
(The Great Tent of the Three Armies)
Mu Xiu will be destroyed by Lin Feng, everyone knows that if Li Cunxiao continues to live and continue to work for the boss Li Keyong, then their remaining employees will never have a bright day.
Therefore, they chose to remain silent, because they believe that it does not matter whether Li Cunxiao is guilty or not, but without Li Cunxiao, it is very important to them.
But to say a thousand ways and ten thousand, whether this Li Cunxiao is alive or dead, in fact, it is all in Li Ke's words, Li Ke is now saying that I will not kill Li Cunxiao, you pull him back for me, who dares to object? Who dares to stop it?
However, Li Keyong thinks that he is his leader, he is the lord, he is a word, it is difficult to chase the horse, and he spits on the ground is a nail, which is like water spilled out, where is there any reason to take it back?
Therefore, no one pleaded, and Li Keyong had no choice but to kill Li Cunxiao head-on.
The first military general at the end of the Tang Dynasty fell, did not die from a powerful enemy, did not die from a vicious battlefield, but died from interpersonal relationships that were not good at management and design, even if one person stood up and said such a word for Li Cunxiao at that time, maybe he would not have to die.
But fortunately, he left his prestige in the history of the five dynasties of the Tang Dynasty, life is short, although the fame and glory are only for a moment, but to a certain extent, this is the eternity of Li Cunxiao.
Yes, life is short, even if happiness is only for a moment, it is happy.
(Herendor image)
Li Keyong's third opponent is Helian Duo of Yunzhou, this Helian Duo had hit Li Keyong when Li Keyong was in trouble.
At that time, Helian Duo thought that Shatuo Li had been wiped out by the imperial court, because Li Keyong had only a few hundred people left at the worst time, the city was lost, and there was nowhere to go, and finally had to flee into the vast desert, indicating that Li Keyong had completely become a loser who had no power to return to the sky, but who would have thought that the Huangchao Uprising had brought a big reshuffle to the society at the end of the Tang Dynasty, and Li Keyong returned to the card table by chance, and the bigger the territory, the stronger and stronger the strength, and Helian Duo was defeated and retreated, but Helian Duo was not as lucky as Wang Rong, he fled all the way, and was finally caught and killed by Li Keyong。
After such a series of large-scale battles, one of the most beneficial points for Li Keyong was that he gained control of Youzhou.
Youzhou, is an area near Beijing, this place has been an important military town since ancient times, is the northern end of the Hebei Plain land transportation hub, and the local population is very dense, the economy is particularly developed, after Youzhou was taken, Li Keyong's strength has been further enhanced.
But the problem is that Li Ke uses the axis of power in Hedong, although Youzhou is good, but when the world is undecided, it is impossible for him to move the headquarters to Youzhou, so he simply handed over Youzhou to Liu Rengong, a general he trusts very much.
Liu Rengong, a native of Shenzhou, Hebei, used to eat under Li Congwei, the envoy of Lu Longjiedu, and his initial identity was just a big soldier, and later he was promoted to a petty officer in the army because of his military exploits.
(Lee Converse image)
According to his own words, he once had a dream when he was young, in which it was predicted that he would be able to achieve great fame when he was forty-nine years old, and he would be a blockbuster and shake the world.
Liu Rengong has been saying in the barracks that he can achieve great things and will be a big man in the future, which makes his leader Li Congwei very uncomfortable.
You're an employee, I'm a leader, I haven't done anything big, you're going to heaven?
Because of this, Li Congwei had a bad impression of Liu Rengong and never reused him.
Therefore, Liu Rengong didn't know if he was pregnant, but he definitely didn't meet it.
We often say that people's fate is destined by God, and in the troubled times of the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, many little people like Liu Rengong felt so.
Some people are born in the family of princes and nobles, and some people are born ready to inherit the position of a festival envoy, and the height of birth seems to determine the accuracy of life.
But is fate immutable? Of course not.
What the author wants to say is that across the screen, when you are reading my article, I want to tell you that your destiny can develop in the direction you expect.
(Troubled Times)
But there is a premise, not only to work hard enough, but also to be lucky enough.
When heaven and earth come together, the heroes are not free.
In the vernacularity of the Internet, when the wind comes, pigs can fly.
We often envy pigs that are swept up in the wind, but we should also understand that pigs are pigs, and pigs can't fly.
If the wind keeps blowing, of course it can fly all the time, but if the wind stops, then its fate is only four words:
Pieces.
In the troubled times, heroes are everywhere, there are countless heroes, of course they are not pigs, but the fate of most of them is like this pig blown up by the wind, and they will eventually fall to the ground.
And Liu Rengong, he doesn't want to be a pig, what he wants to do is the wind blowing wantonly.
The fate gear of this little person is about to change completely with the great changes of the times.