Between the Tang and Song dynasties, there was a fast-paced, extremely wonderful chaotic world, with the five orthodox inheritance regimes in the Central Plains, and more than ten regimes successively divided in the north and south, interpreting the chaotic story of more than fifty years, if you count from the Huangchao Uprising to the basic unification of the Northern Song Dynasty, then this chaotic world needs to be extended to nearly a hundred years. This period of history has brought endless suffering to the people of the world, and at the same time caused a lot of population losses. Because of the chaotic world and the division of the Central Plains, it is naturally difficult to resist the threat of the North with one heart, and even accompanied by foreign invasions, and in the following hundreds of years, foreign forces have a great degree of suppression of the Central Plains.
During this chaotic world, of course, there are also many kings and warriors who are obsessed with the world or ambitious people who are obsessed with power, calling on a group of capable people to change the chaotic world, reverse the pattern of the times, and promote the unification of the world. But either the luck is not enough, such as chai rong, who is a great talent, Jianghuai in the south, Khitan in the north, and Wenzhi wugong, but he died young; or the time has not arrived, such as Later Liang Taizu Zhu Wen, the talent is outstanding, the subordinate wenchen martial generals are brilliant, but they have not caught up with the good time, and li Keyong, Yang Xingmi, Wang Jian, Li Maozhen, and so on, who are the same batch of people, are the first generation of entrepreneurs, although he can stand out among these fierce people, but between a fierce tiger and a group of evil wolves, the victory or defeat is unknown; or the individual's heart is not so clear. For example, Li Cunxun, emperor of the Later Tang Dynasty, unified the north, and the nine divisions of the world were already in its sixth, but he stopped moving forward, coveted pleasure, and finally died and the country was destroyed.
Five generations later
In general, the Tang and Song dynasties were in turmoil, although regime changes were frequent, but on the other hand, the quality of talents emerging during this period was also very high. There are many intellectuals or learned people who, in order to realize the dream of changing the chaotic world and saving the people from water and fire, assist the king and strive to fulfill their ambitions. Many people have made very good achievements in the chaotic world, or assisted the king to open up the territory and protect the people; or to govern the world and maintain the stability of the people of a country.
Between the Tang and Song dynasties, in general, because the chaotic world was dominated by wars, supplemented by civil rule. In general, there are many high-quality military generals, and there are not many rulers in the world. However, throughout history, Chinese civilization will not lack the wonderful interpretation of Wenchen in any era. Next, we will take stock of those who can rule the world between the Tang and Song dynasties.
Zhu Wen and Jingxiang
1. Respect
Although for various reasons, the Hou Liang established by Zhu Wen is always more negative than positive in historical evaluation, but for the Hou Liang that created the historical era of the Five Dynasties, its Wenzhi and martial arts do not seem to be inferior to those of the Later Tang and Later Zhou. Even the quality of the talents it gathers is higher than that of the other five generations. Among these talents, if it comes to the top of the list, no one can come out of the right side of The Glory.
As the think tank of Zhu Wen's entrepreneurship, the wise Jingxiang and zhida Zhu Wenzhu joined hands for more than thirty years, from a corner of Bieliang, to pacifying Erzhu in Shandong, capturing Jianghuai and Jingxiang, and then plotting hebei, welcoming the princes of Tianzi, Dingguanzhong, and becoming an emperor. Zhu Wen was sharp and thoughtful. Jingxiang to Zhu Wen is no different from Wang Meng to Jian Jian, helping Zhu Wen to make a strange plot, and also helping Zhu Wen deal with government affairs, and later Liang's political affairs are basically out of Jingxiang's hands.
Later Zhou Chai Rong
2. Wang Pu
Later Zhou Chairong's humeral chancellor Wang Pu, who was the first minister of Later Zhou, helped Chai Rong quickly realize the rise of the country and subdue the four sides, and later Zhou, assisted by Wang Pu, made the country rich and strong, paving the way for the later Unification of the Northern Song Dynasty. Wang Pu was a very ambitious figure, planning Bieliang, revising the calendar, and examining Yale, so that the Central Plains, which had experienced the incomparable chaos of the Later Jin And Later Han Dynasties, once again entered the prosperous Era of Wenzhi. In terms of national policy, Wang Putian's "Pingbian Strategy" is easy first and then difficult, and the strategy of first going south and then north is also the basic strategy of Zhao Kuangyin, the grandfather of the Song Dynasty, to unify the world.
Wang Pu also had the talents of Kong Ming and Wang Meng, but like Chai Rong, he died young. That is, in 959 AD, Wang Pu and Zhou Shizong Chai Rong died in just three months. Let a booming, uplifting regime instantly overturned, sending a wedding dress for the Northern Song Dynasty.
Zhang Chengye
3. Zhang Chengye
Who could have predicted that the last loyal servant of the Weiwei Tang Dynasty was actually a eunuch who lived in Jinyang, Zhang Chengye. Zhang Chengye, at the beginning of the Five Dynasties, a great talent with Xiao Hezhi's ability in Hedong. It is an important basic guarantee for Li Keyong and Li Cunxun to compete with the Central Plains for two generations of male lords. Zhang Chengye's main role was to supply li Keyong with the logistics of the expedition. Then, in the process of the transfer of power between Li Keyong and Li Cunxun, he played a perfect arch guard, including the suppression of Li Kening's rebellion. In addition, Zhang Chengye has a very high pattern, he can control the distribution of power within Hedong and the problem of people's unity, twist everyone into a rope, assist the king to become a thing, Li Cunxun went out on the expedition, and basically left Zhang Chengye to guard Jinyang. However, li Cunxun and Zhang Chengye's goals were different, Zhang Chengye assisted the Li family, was to use the strength of the Li family to complete the goal of restoring the Tang Dynasty, and Li Cunxun's dream was to take revenge on the Liang Zhu family, and then achieve the imperial industry, and finally Zhang Chengye saw that the dream was difficult to achieve, and died of depression, becoming the last loyal servant of the Tang Dynasty.
Rear beam
4. Li Zhen
If jingxiang is the first powerful minister under Zhu Wen's account, then Li Zhen is the first counselor under Zhu Wen, Li Zhen, similar to Jia Xu's yin poison and qizhi. Li Zhen was born into an aristocratic family, and in his early years, he did not succeed in scientific research, and by chance, he turned to Zhu Wen and has been united ever since. Li Zhen's most important achievement was to help Zhu Wen firmly grasp the line of Chang'an during the rise of Zhu Wen, and later to welcome tianzi to Luoyang, and it was also Li Zhen who contributed the most. Zhu Wen killed the emperor and established himself, usurping Tang to stand on his own, and Li Zhen undoubtedly contributed the most. However, it was precisely because of this that he was not tolerated by Later Tang, and after Li Cunxun attacked Bieliang, although Li Zhen had surrendered, he was still executed by Order of Li Cunxun.
Wei Renpu
5. Wei Renpu
Later Zhou's founding minister Wei Renpu, who was himself a later Han chancellor, was suspected after Liu Chengyou ascended the throne and threw himself into the side of the most promising Guo Wei, helping Guo Wei to come up with advice and monopolize power step by step. Later, when Guo Wei's entire family was killed by Liu Chengyou and he was cornered, Wei Renpu led an army south for Guo Wei Dingji, and finally dingding the Central Plains. By the time of Emperor Chai Rong of The Zhou Dynasty, Wei Renpu was even more in a high position, helping Later Zhou to build water conservancy and develop agriculture, which greatly increased the strength of later Zhou in the short term, and gradually had a trend of unification of the world. De wei Renpu, the world is not worried about enough, Guo Wei's evaluation, which can be seen.
6. Sample quality
Later Zhou Chancellor Fan Qian, among many talents, did not show the mountains and water, but he was the highest position of power, and the biggest feature of Fan Qian was stability, and with him, the entire court was orderly. Therefore, from the Later Jin to the Later Han and then to the Later Zhou, Fan Qian was in a high position. Fan Qian is a man who handles affairs, can be called a model of prime minister, can share the worries of the king, adhere to principles, put forward reasonable suggestions, and can control the group of subjects and manage the imperial program.
Vanity
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7. An Zhongzhi
Although he was humiliated by the history books and ended in a dismal end, it is undeniable that he was a very capable person who also made many correct decisions during the period of monopolizing the Post-Tang Dynasty Program. First of all, An Zhongzhi's efforts to cut the domain were of great progressive significance; secondly, during the reign of Emperor Mingzong of Tang and Li Siyuan, the major affairs of the government and military affairs were presided over by An Zhongzhi, and after the five or six years of peaceful development of the Tang Dynasty, the people rested and recuperated, and the national strength was restored, and in the end, there were also some credits for An Zhongzhi. However, An Zhongzhi also had a big problem, that is, he was lost by power, and after presiding over government affairs for too long, he began to arrogantly indulge, and even threatened Tang Mingzong.
8. Yuan Raid
Yang Xingmi's confidant, between the Tang and Song dynasties, was considered to be one of the most powerful strategists in the Ten Kingdoms, helping the little man Yang Xingmi to dominate Huainan and Jiangzuo. Yuan Xun's resourcefulness was Yang Xingmi's most important reliance, and to some extent, it was not an exaggeration to call Yuan Xun the first strategist of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. Strategizing and winning thousands of miles, comparable to Zhang Liang and Chen Ping. Helping Yang Xingmi come out of small Yangzhou, he laid the foundation for half of Jiangnan and Huainan, laying the foundation for Yang Wu, one of the strongest in the Ten Kingdoms.
Five generations of chaos
Feng Dao
9. Feng Dao
Five generations of political evergreen trees, known as the elders of the Ten Dynasties, starting from Liu Shouguang of The Yan Dynasty, the Later Tang Dynasty, the Later Jin Dynasty, the Later Han Dynasty, and the Later Four Dynasties, most of the five generations, Feng Dao was in a high position. His degree of tact and political talent are unique in the five generations, and Feng Dao is not an incompetent person, and his emphasis on talent, goodness, kindness, goodness, dedication, frugality and peace, is a model of human subjects.
10. Yang Ying
Although his personal evaluation was inferior to that of Li Gu, Wang Pu and others, Yang Ying, as the first able minister of the Later Han Dynasty, Yang Ying was able to accomplish things in the chaotic Later Han Dynasty, which showed that his ability was not ordinary. Yang Ying was frugal in government, did not accept bribes, and could not refuse, and handed them over to the emperor, and Ren Xian recommended him and spoke out. In the Later Han Dynasty, it belongs to the unique role.