In fact, during that period, there were more than twenty regimes in total, but these were the sixteen countries that were more influential and more representative, so history was called open. This brings us to this edict of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely the Cheng Han Kingdom of the Ba Qi and the Han Zhao State of the Xiongnu Liu Yuan, both of which were independent at almost the same time, that is, in October 304 AD. Li Xiong, the son of Li Te, was called the King of Chengdu, and Liu Yuan was called hummer. Later, in 306 AD, Li Xiong was called emperor, the state name was Dacheng, and the history was called Chenghan. Then in 308 AD, Liu Yuan declared himself emperor and moved the capital to Pingyang, with the state name Han. The two of them ushered in the era of the Sixteen Kingdoms. We all have a question, that is, how did the power of these ethnic minorities suddenly break out?
Later, I learned that this was a sudden outbreak, which was fundamentally a historical reason, dating back to the Western Han Dynasty, and there were records of the Hu people moving inland. In the Three Kingdoms period, this scale was already very large, but because the number of Han people always occupied an absolute advantage, he could not make trouble with this Hu people. And when the Rebellion of the Eight Kings came to the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, there was a fierce internal friction, which was a sharp decline in the population of the Han nationality, and this war was tens of thousands of deaths. Therefore, the population of this Hu people gradually took advantage. In addition, during the rebellion of the Eight Kings, many forces used the power of the Hu people to let the Hu people also participate in the infighting of the Jinshi. Coupled with the continuous revolts of various large and small sizes in China, initially various small-scale uprisings of the Han people, this gradually evolved into a rebellious pattern and independence of the Hu people. At that time, the Han people could not bear the brutal rule of the Western Jin Dynasty, and they also went to annex, which made the regime of these ethnic minorities strong.
Now when many of us mention this Five Hu Sixteen Kingdoms and the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the first thing that comes to mind is an era of great national integration, which is correct. To be more precise, it should be a period of violent integration. In fact, this fusion between Han and Hu has never stopped, as early as the Spring and Autumn Warring States Period, it was already underway. Later, when they arrived in the Western Han Dynasty, the Southern Xiongnu surrendered, and then the Southern Xiongnu, which later split off, surrendered to the Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu and were placed in the Hetao area. Later, during the Cao Wei period, there was even more fighting and disturbance against the Hu regime, there were conquests, there were canonizations, and there were many resettlement and management policies. And at the time of the Rebellion of the Eight Kings at the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, many Hu forces. In particular, the Xiongnu Liu Yuan directly or indirectly participated in the infighting of the Eight Kings, and this process of fighting and cage between Han and Hu from the Spring and Autumn Warring States to the Western Jin Dynasty has never stopped, but it has never been so intense.
So let's talk about this Chenghan kingdom and this Chenghan kingdom. In fact, the Cheng han kingdom is accurately divided into the Chengguo and the Han kingdom, but because they are all made by the Li family, everyone calls it Chenghan. The general process of the establishment of this Han state began in 306 AD when Li Xiong was proclaimed emperor and the state name was Dacheng, after which Li Xiong fell ill and died, leaving a will for his brother's son Li Ban to succeed to the throne. However, a few months later, Li Xiong's son Li Qi killed Li Ban. Li Qi established himself as emperor. Four years later, Li Xiong's uncle Li Shou, the son of Li Xiang, killed Li Qi and established himself as emperor, and then he changed the name of the country to Han.