Chapter 88 Famous Generals of the Five Dynasties
When everyone heard Chunting talk about this, they suddenly realized what happened back then.
From this point of view, Zhu Wen is just a pitiful person.
As a surrendered general, it was a great honor for Zhu Wen to be the best minister, but he could not withstand the bewitching and chose to end the Li Tang Dynasty with his own hands. From then on, he had actually destined his own final destiny.
Speaking of this, the identity of the person behind Zhu Wen is actually extremely obvious. Just think about one question carefully, and the truth hidden behind him will be revealed.
The question is, the collapse of the Li Tang Dynasty is the most beneficial to which force?
The answer is undoubtedly that behind the end of the Li Tang Dynasty, its ultimate beneficiary must be the ruthless water who is determined to make the world attack again.
Because as long as the Li Tang Dynasty does not perish for one day, Shenzhou will not come to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period in one day. For Ruoshui, this must not be the situation they wanted to see.
At the same time, the weak water, which has been passed down for thousands of years, is naturally clear. As the saying goes, a centipede insect dies without being stiff. Even if the Li Tang Dynasty looks like this, it is definitely not possible for anyone to subvert it. If there is no destiny of the emperor, subverting the dynasty will have to bear the retribution of cause and effect.
Therefore, they finally chose Zhu Wen, on the surface to help him become emperor, but in fact they wanted to let him bear the price of ending Li Tang.
In the end, Li Tang was destroyed, Zhu Wen died, and Shenzhou entered the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, but Wushui did not lose any loss.
In this way, Ruoshui's plan was indeed a business that would not suffer any loss. It was under their plan that Shenzhou entered that period of war and chaotic.
However, it is obvious that at the same time, the Emperor of Fengdu and King of Yama, who discovered the problem, did not sit by the wall and watch. The two of them entered the game of Shenzhou under pseudonyms and participated in this multi-party game.
This drama gradually became interesting.
"The establishment of the Later Liang Dynasty originated from the demise of Li Tang. Since Zhu Wen had no emperor's destiny, even if Ruoshui assisted him behind him, Hou Liang could not become a long-term dynasty. After only sixteen years, this short-lived regime came to an end."
At some point, Chunting spoke again, and his words were as if he had traveled through the long river of time.
"The one who eventually destroyed the Later Liang Dynasty was Li Cunxu, who was known as the number one strong general of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms."
When I heard the three words Li Cunxu, an extremely contradictory image suddenly appeared in my mind.
Li Cunxu was the son of Li Keyong, the founding emperor of the Later Tang Dynasty during the Five Dynasties and King of Jin. If he were to be of seniority, he seemed to be called Li Cunxiao as his brother.
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Li Cunxu was already the governor of Jinzhou. Later, he inherited his father's position and was appointed as the governor of Hedong. He was promoted to King of Jin. He was brave and good at fighting and was good at strategy. During his reign, he attacked Houliang in the south, defeated the Khitan in the north, seized Hebei in the east, and joined the river in the west, which made Jin gradually become stronger and revived the hegemony of the Tang Dynasty.
By the first year of Tongguang, Li Cunxu was the emperor in Weizhou and named the Tang Dynasty, which was known as the Later Tang Dynasty in history. In the same year, he destroyed the Later Liang Dynasty, took all Henan, Shandong and other places, and established his capital in Luoyang. Everyone admired his bravery and extraordinary strength.
And the so-called contradiction I mentioned has not begun at this time.
According to later generations, Li Cunxu was heroic and extremely glorious in his early reign. He led his subordinates to join the country of Qi, destroyed the Former Shu, obtained Fengxiang, Hanzhong and the two rivers, and shocked the southern rule of the countries. Later generations even claimed that "the territory of the Five Dynasties was not prosperous here."
However, in the later period, he suddenly became addicted to the sensuality and sex. Not only did he lack the ability to govern the country and use people incompetently, he even indulged in the empress to interfere in politics, value actors and eunuchs, and stingy in levies but was stingy in money, which led to the hardship of the people, resentment of the vassal states, and the soldiers were disunited.
What kind of story will be like Chunting say about such a complex and contradictory character?
Unlike what I thought, when Shen Lang heard the names of the so-called No. 1 general and Li Cunxu, his eyes couldn't help but shine and looked at Chunting and asked impatiently.
"Brother Ting, who is Li Cunxu? What is the relationship between this person and my master Li Cunxiao? Don't it be said that my master is the number one general of the Five Dynasties? Why did you become Li Cunxu?"
"Although Li Cunxu and Li Cunxiao, although the names of the two are very close, they have no blood relationship with each other."
When he was so popularizing knowledge, Chunting naturally had no interest at all, so Ling Xuan pulled Shen Lang aside and explained the relationship between the two of them to him.
"However, although there is no blood relationship between the two, it is indeed related, because Li Cunxu is the son of King Li Keyong of Jin, and Li Cunxiao is the adopted son of King Li Keyong of Jin."
"As for the so-called "first general of the Five Dynasties", it was not exclusive to Li Cunxiao. Later generations generally believed that if one person is brave, Li Cunxiao could indeed dominate the Five Dynasties, but if it is about leading troops and marching and setting up formations, then Li Cunxu would be the best in the world."
"I see."
Ling Xuan's easy-to-understand explanation easily allowed Shen Lang to figure out the truth. After briefly sorting it out, Shen Lang said confidently.
"Master, do you mean that the master and the master are unparalleled in the world, and the method of leading troops to fight and fighting formations is Li Cunxu invincible in the world?"
Hearing Shen Lang's understanding, Ling Xuan nodded, and it was not difficult to see his satisfaction in his expression.
"Everyone already knows that the so-called Li Cunxiao was the pseudonym used by the leader at the time. The leader ended Huang Chao's uprising with this identity. After Li Keyong cast the underground palace for him to store the statues, he retired and pretended to die and hide in the world."
When Chunting saw Shen Lang, he continued to speak, and there was a faint sense of admiration in his words.
"This Li Cunxu is not a simple person. Although historical records record that he was Li Keyong's parent-child, it is not the case in fact. How could Li Keyong be a common man, so how could he give birth to a person like Li Cunxu?"
The meaning of Chunting's words is extremely obvious, but I was still worried about misunderstanding his words, so I patiently asked him carefully.
"Chunting, do you mean that Li Cunxu and Li Cunxiao are both extraordinary people, but are made by someone's pseudonym?"
"People often say that there is no righteous war in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the same is true for the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. During this period, the world was full of war and chaos. Since Li Cunxu was recognized as the number one general of this period, it is enough to prove how extraordinary this person is."
Chunting nodded to me, then looked at Juekong, not seeming to want to say too much about this.
Chapter completed!