<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="2" > begins</h1>
(Image by Zhu Zenchu)
In the late Tang Dynasty, that is, when the Tang Empire was about to fall, two people stepped onto the stage of history.
These two people are Zhu Quanzhong and Li Keyong.
The two elder brothers were once courtiers of the Tang Dynasty and worked for the Tang Dynasty, but both of them were wolf ambitions, and when they saw that the Tang Dynasty was going to die, they both turned into warlords who divided the side.
Of course, the warlords who were divided at the end of the Tang Dynasty went to the sea, and the reason why these two people were picked out was because they were very powerful and capable, and they were fighters among men and J-11 among warlords.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="110" > rear beam</h1>
First of all, Comrade Lao Zhu overthrew the Tang Dynasty and established the Later Liang regime in Kaifeng, which was the first of the five dynasties.
Old Zhu became Liang Taizu, but within two days he was killed by his son Zhu Youjue, and Zhu Youjue became emperor for two days, and was killed by his brother Zhu Youzhen.
The old Zhu family was busy fighting for power and profit every day, and there was no time to govern the country at all, and within two days it was destroyed by the Later Tang.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="112" > Later Tang</h1>
(Portrait of Li Keyong)
The Later Tang dynasty was the second regime in the Five Dynasties.
The old ancestor of the Later Tang Dynasty was another warlord, Li Keyong.
Li Keyong's son Li Cunxun established the Later Tang in Luoyang, and taking advantage of the old Zhu family's civil unrest, pressing the Hou Liang to the ground was a hammer, and within two days the Hou Liang was destroyed.
This Li Cunxun was not yet a fuel-saving lamp, and after the destruction of Liang, he was not addicted, and he beat up the Former Shu regime in the Ten Kingdoms, and Former Shu was also tragically destroyed.
The Nanping regime and the Nanchu regime in the Ten Kingdoms saw that Li Cunxun was also too fierce, and both surrendered.
Later Tang can be said to be invincible throughout the five generations and ten countries, but the day and night defense, the family thief is difficult to defend.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="115" > later Jin</h1>
(Image of Keijo Ishi)
There was a minister named Shi Jingyao in the Later Tang Dynasty, who felt that there was no future in mixing under the hands of the old Li family, so he colluded with the Liao Dynasty in the north, destroyed the Later Tang in one fell swoop, and established the Later Jin regime, which was the third of the five dynasties and a puppet regime supported by the Northern Liao Dynasty.
After Shi Jingyao established the Later Jin Dynasty in Luoyang, he passed away and left the throne to his son Shi Chonggui.
Xiao Shi's classmates had more backbone than his father, and immediately after becoming emperor, he wanted to get out of the control of the Liao Dynasty, he organized troops, and the Liao Dynasty did a big fight, but he did not expect to be beaten by the Liao Dynasty, and within two days he raised the white flag and surrendered, and the Later Jin perished.
Although the Later Jin Dynasty perished, a minister named Liu Zhiyuan appeared in the Later Jin dynasty, who was unwilling to submit to the Liao Dynasty, and established the Later Han in Kaifeng, the fourth of the five dynasties.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="117" > Hou Han</h1>
(Portrait of Liu Zhiyuan)
Liu Zhiyuan did not become emperor a few days after the establishment of the Han Dynasty, he passed the throne to his son Liu Chengyou, Liu Chengyou can be said to be a tyrant without compromise, eating, drinking and having fun, governing the country in a vain way, this is not to mention, Liu Chengyou is still a very suspicious person, he is very suspicious of his minister Guo Wei has a rebellious heart, so he ordered the murder of Guo Wei's entire family.
Originally, this Guo Wei was a loyal subject, but was hanged by Liu Chengyou's butcher's knife, which was equivalent to forcing him to Liangshan, and the brothers did not stop doing two, directly rebelled, overthrew the Later Han, and established the Later Zhou in Kaifeng.
This is the fifth and last of the five generations.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="119" > week after</h1>
(Guo Wei Image)
Guo Wei did not have a son, so before his death, he passed the throne to his adopted son Chai Rong.
Chai Rong was a violent temper, and after ascending the throne, he punched many regimes in the Ten Kingdoms.
The Northern Han Dynasty, the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the Later Shu were all pressed to the ground by Chai Rong with a hammer.
Chai Rong died, and his youngest son Chai Zongxun took the throne.
Chai Zongxun was just a stinking little friend, and he could not become the leader of the Later Zhou In the true sense, and the palaces in the Later Zhou regime all inspected Zhao Kuangyin to see that this was the lord and the country, and I had a chance, so I launched the Chen Qiao Mutiny, the yellow robe was added, the Usurpation of Zhou Jiansong, and the destruction of Later Zhou.
After five generations, what is the matter with the Ten Kingdoms?
When the regimes of Later Liang, Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han, and Later Zhou alternated one after another, and there were ten other regimes that divided one side at the same time, then the first regime in the Ten Kingdoms was the Southern Wu regime established by Yang Xingmi.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="122" > Southern Wu</h1>
(Portrait of Yang Xingmi)
Old Yang was originally also a civil servant of the Tang Empire, the world was in chaos, he also took the opportunity to establish the Southern Wu State in Yangzhou, passed on to his son Yang Wo, Comrade Xiao Yang was a wine bag rice bag, what to eat is not enough, what not to do, within two days let his brother Yang Longyan take the throne away.
Unexpectedly, Yang Longyan was even more blind than his brother, during the reign, the national level was booming, there was no way, the throne passed to his brother Yang Pu.
Yang Pu was more finished than his two brothers, and within two days he ceded the throne to the powerful minister Li Fu, who transformed Southern Wu and, after a meal, established the Southern Tang Dynasty in Nanjing, which was the second regime in the Ten Kingdoms.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="124" > Nantang</h1>
(Image of Lee Xiao)
Li Fu passed the throne to his son Li Jing, who was a belligerent faction, dividing the ten kingdoms by five, destroying the Min and Southern Chu kingdoms of the Ten Kingdoms.
Li Jing, who was full of pride, saw that he was so fierce, and planned to fight with the Later Zhou regime in the five generations, but he did not expect that Hou Zhou was not a good stubble, and pressed Li Jing to the ground for a good time.
Li Jing died, and the throne passed to his son Li Yu.
Li Yu's classmates are very familiar with everyone, the poetry and songs are very well organized, the governance of the country is not very good, and the Northern Song Emperor Zhao Kuangyin, who usurped the Zhou Dynasty, is not at all a level, and within two days let Zhao Kuangyin destroy the Southern Tang.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="127" > Former Shu</h1>
(Wang Jian Image)
This was followed by the third regime in the Ten Kingdoms, the Former Shu.
When Zhu Wen, the grandfather of Liang, established Hou Liang later, Wang Jian, who was a colleague of Zhu Wen, was very dissatisfied, and he thought that you should establish a country, and I would also establish one, so the Former Shu regime was established in Chengdu.
Wang Jian, the elder brother, was still a very good founding emperor, who reigned for more than ten years and governed Former Shu in a similar way.
But I did not expect that the second emperor, that is, Wang Jian's son Wang Yan was unlucky, and after ascending the throne, it was all kinds of fainting, and he defeated the Jiangshan that his father had worked so hard to fight, and as a result, he was finally destroyed by the Later Tang regime in the fifth generation.
Although the Later Tang dynasty destroyed the Former Shu, but its own domestic strife was also frequent, the Later Tang Festival made Meng Zhixiang take advantage of the internal turmoil in his own country, divided the territory, and also established the Later Shu in Chengdu, which was the fourth regime in the Ten Kingdoms.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="130" > Houshu</h1>
(Image of Chisho Meng)
Meng Zhixiang passed the throne to his son Meng Chang, and Comrade Xiao Meng was quite energetic and made the Later Shu state a scream and scratch, which was very good. But it is a pity that Comrade Xiao Meng saw the country's peace in the later period of his reign, so he drank and enjoyed himself all day, and the power of the Later Shu state began to click again, whizzing down, and within two days the Northern Song government was destroyed.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="132" > Southern Han</h1>
(Portrait of Liu Yin)
Next came the fifth regime in the Ten Kingdoms, the Southern Han Dynasty.
The ancestor of the Southern Han Dynasty was Liu Yin, who was originally a civil servant of the Tang Dynasty, and after the fall of the Tang Dynasty, he was originally attached to the Later Liang regime, and he fought for the Later Liang and pacified a lot of territory. After Liu Yin's death, his younger brother Liu Yan took over Liu Yin's position, and Liu Yan pondered, I myself have the ability and ability, why do I have to work for the Later Liang regime? Wouldn't it be nice to be emperor myself? Without stopping, he pulled the pole and pulled the banner and established the Southern Han Dynasty in Guangzhou.
After Liu Yan's death, his son Liu Yue took the throne, and within two days, Liu Yue's younger brother Liu Sheng coveted the throne and killed Liu Yue and became emperor himself.
Liu Sheng died of illness, and his son Liu Xun succeeded to the throne, the old rule, Liu Xun's old brother was very faint, and the Southern Han Was completely cool in his hands, and he was not destroyed by the Northern Song Dynasty.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="137" > Nanchu</h1>
(Portrait of Ma Yin)
Like Liu Yin, the old ancestor of the Southern Han Dynasty, Ma Yin, the old ancestor of Southern Chu, also worked for the Later Liang regime at first, but later he also felt that he was talented and capable, and he always suffered too much loss under the fence, so he established the Southern Chu regime in Tanzhou, which was the sixth regime in the Ten Kingdoms.
The Southern Chu State is not large and strong, but the change of throne is very frequent, almost like a roller coaster, Ma Yin passed the throne to his son Ma Xisheng, and Ma Xisheng passed the throne to his younger brother Ma Xiguang.
Soon, Ma Xiguang's brother Ma Xicao rebelled, defeated Ma Xiguang, and became emperor (King of Chu) for two days, and his generals rebelled again, and Li Xiguang's younger brother became emperor (After Wu Anliu).
Mutiny, civil unrest, the inheritance of this throne is chaotic.
When Nan Tang saw that you were fighting in the nest every day, he decisively sent troops, crackled and fought, and Nan Chu declared his demise.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="140" > Wuyue</h1>
(Portrait of Qian Biao)
In contrast to southern Chu's all-day battle of black smoke and miasma, the State of Wu Yue, founded by Qian Wei, can be said to be calm and calm, and this is the seventh regime in the Ten Kingdoms.
Qian Wei also worked for Zhu Wen, the grandfather of Later Liang, and the days of part-time work were very boring, so soon he had the idea of doing it alone, saying that he would do it, and Qian Wei established the State of Wu yue in Hangzhou and became the founding emperor.
The old qian passed the throne to his son Qian Yuanjuan, Qian Yuanjuan passed the throne to his son Qian Hongzuo, qian Hongzuo passed the throne to his younger brother Qian Hongzuo, and Qian Hongzuo soon gave up his position to Qian Hongzuo.
When Qian Hongli took the throne, Wu Yue's national strength was not as great as before, just in time for the Northern Song Dynasty (Later Zhou) big brother Zhao Kuangyin's growing power, it was already difficult for him to resist, so Qian Hongli simply and neatly chose to surrender, and Wu Yueguo was destroyed.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="143" > Minguo</h1>
(Portrait of Wang Zhenzhi)
The officials who worked for the Later Liang regime established themselves one after another, and Wang Zhenzhi, who was also a civil servant of the Later Liang state, was certainly not lonely, and established the State of Min in Fuzhou, which was the eighth regime in the Ten Kingdoms.
Wang Zhen knew that the country was well-governed, and developed the state of Fujian in an orderly manner, passing on to his son Wang Yanhan, who when he ascended to the throne, began to pit his father, eat, drink, gamble, and cheat. Within two days, he was pulled off his horse by his younger brother Wang Yanjun. Wang Yanjun had just become emperor, and was picked up by his own son Wang Jipeng and seized the throne, Wang Jipeng was a king without a way, and the emperor let his uncle Wang Yanxi occupy it.
The old Wang family's gang of imperial relatives and nobles fought a big fight for the throne, and the miasma of smoke and miasma was caused up and down the Min kingdom, and the powerful minister Zhu Wenjin really couldn't look at it anymore, and he clicked a knife and gave Wang Yanxi the result.
The chaotic courtiers and thieves usurped the throne and originally wanted to change the dynasty, but they did not expect that Wang Yanzheng, another son of Wang Zhenzhi, was killed halfway and Zhu Wenjin was laid down.
Minguo has hardly stopped for a day.
Fight every day, fight every day.
As a result, the Southern Tang took advantage of the civil unrest in Fujian and directly destroyed the state of Fujian.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="148" > Nanping</h1>
(Portrait of Gao Jixing)
Similarly, Gao Jixing, as a subordinate of Zhu Wen, the taizu of Later Liang, was not willing to honestly be a worker.
The other colleagues were all engaged in their own business, and they could not sit idle, so he established the Nampyeong State in Gangneung, which was the ninth of the Ten Kingdoms.
There were five emperors in Nanping, Gao Jixing, Gao Congjie, Gao Baorong, Gao Baoxun, and Gao Jichong.
The emperors of the old Gao family had mediocre qualifications, although there were no tyrants, but there were also no ming monarchs who ruled the country.
The country has been passed down from generation to generation, and the national strength is not as good as a day, and when the last emperor Gao Jichong took the throne, he saw that the Northern Song Dynasty was too fierce, and he could not fight at all, so he did not say a word and chose to surrender.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="151" > The Northern Han Dynasty</h1>
(Portrait of Liu Chong)
Liu Chong, the founding emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty, the last regime in the Ten Kingdoms, had little to do with Zhu Wen.
He was of extraordinary origin and was the younger brother of Liu Zhiyuan, the founding emperor of the Later Han Dynasty in the Five Dynasties.
Later Han's chancellor Guo Wei replaced Later Han to establish Later Han, and Liu Chong, as the bloodline of the Later Han imperial family, of course, could not follow Guo Wei, and he recruited troops and bought horses himself to establish the Northern Han regime in Taiyuan.
The Northern Han Dynasty was the weakest of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and there was no one of them.
The brothers Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Guangyi of the Northern Song Dynasty were always looking at the tiger.
Therefore, the emperors of the Northern Han Dynasty, from Liu Chong, Liu Chengjun, Liu Ji'en to Liu Jiyuan, had to rely on the liao dynasty elder brother in the north.
But Big Brother also has a day of missing hands.
The Song army fought the Han, the Northern Han retreated after successive defeats, and once again asked for help from the Liao army, the Liao army came to support, but did not expect that it was not an opponent, help did not help, and was also pressed on the ground to repair a meal.
The Northern Han Dynasty called the heavens and the earth ungodly, and was destroyed by the Song army.
- Epilogue
The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms was a period of great division in Chinese history.
Fifteen regimes alternately coexist, today you beat me, tomorrow I fight you, this is a unique and wonderful history.
Later Liang, Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han, Later Zhou.
Former Shu, Later Shu, Wu, Southern Tang, Wuyue, Min, Chu, Southern Han, Nanping, Northern Han.
Fifty-four years, nineteen thousand seven hundred and eleven days and nights.
They have all issued their own shouts in history, left their own stories, and finally disappeared in the long river of history.
At the end of this river, it was the Song Taizu who replaced the Later Zhou Dynasty that established the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin.
Friends who are familiar with history know that the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms are often called "chaotic worlds", and this chaotic world is often despised by people.
People hate this history, and people think it's dark, brutal, and undesirable.
Not only the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, in the historical circle, people often express their feelings for a dynasty or a period of time according to their own preferences.
People will frantically praise their favorite dynasties, and abandon their own hated dynasties and speak ill of each other.
But in fact, history needs to be looked at dialectically.
No matter how strong the era, there have been unforgettable pasts, and they have also brought deep pain to the land of China.
The two Han Dynasties were strong, but at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the people were also unhappy.
The Tang Dynasty is unparalleled, but there is still the tragedy of the nine escapes of the Heavenly Son and the six destruction of the capital.
The Song Dynasty was rich, but in a sense, the two Song Dynasties never achieved unification.
Daming is mighty, but the Tumu Fort is broken and the sand is sinking, and 200,000 Ming troops are innocent to die, how to calculate?
And even in the darkest times, there has been a fleeting glory, and it has dedicated its own strength to the long volume of history.
As a historical author, I am really curious, how did this chain of historical discrimination come about?
Shouldn't history be viewed rationally and shouldn't be respected?
If later generations are to act arbitrarily and criticize history with strong personal prejudices, how will future generations evaluate us when our generation becomes history?
Yes, that's exactly what I want to say.
In any case, respect for history is the main premise for our generation to study history.