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Li Congke was the last emperor of the Later Tang Dynasty, and he was also a very contradictory person. When he was young, he only led dozens of cavalry soldiers to join the Liang army of tens of thousands and behead the Liang army generals; but after he became the emperor, he was timid and afraid of fighting, afraid of the Liao army, and did not dare to lead his army to rescue Zhang Jingda, leading to In the end, the country died. Then why Li Congke was brave and good at fighting when he was young, but when he was old, he became greedy for life and fear of death, the captain said carefully for you.
One, Li Siyuan adopted son
Li Congke
Li Zaoyuan’s father was adopted as the heir of Wang. When Li Congke grew up, he was tall and brave enough to fight, so Li Siyuan liked him very much. Li Siyuan followed Jin Wang Li Cunxu conquered the east and the west, often bringing Li Congke with him. Therefore, Li Cunxu also admired Li Congke very much and praised him for being as good at fighting as himself.
In the eighteenth year of God Blessing (921), Li Cunxu conquered and the back beam . The two armies fought in Deshengzhai. The Jin army repelled the Liang army, and Li Congke only led a few horses to mix into the Liang army formation, beheading the Liang army general, and received high praise from Li Cunxu. In the first year of Tongguang (923), Li Congke helped Li Cunxu to destroy the back Liang, and after the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, he was promoted to Weizhou governor. In the fourth year of Tongguang (926), civil strife broke out in the Later Tang Dynasty, Li Cunxu died in the Xingjiaomen change , and Li Siyuan was able to ascend the throne as emperor.
Li Siyuan
After Li Siyuan ascended the throne,Promote Li Congke vigorously and appoint him to be an envoy of Hezhong. The privy envoy An Zhong told because he was beaten by Li Congke, so he held a grudge, and repeatedly slandered Li Siyuan in order to get rid of him. However, Li Siyuan trusted Li Congke very much and reprimanded An Zhongzhi for instigating discord. In the first year of Changxing (930 years), An Zhong failed to scuttle the vassal vassal, which caused Dong Zhang, and Meng Zhixiang to rebel, so they lost their power and were killed. Li Congke's heart was settled, and he was promoted several times and was named the king of Lu.
Second, seeks to seize the throne
Li Conghou
Changxing four years (immediately 933), Li Siyuan died of illness, his son Li Conghou died. Li Conghou decided to cut the feudal vassal after seeing that the local government had great power. He was most suspicious of Li Congke, so he let his son Li Chongji out of town, and his daughter Li Huiming became a nun. Li Congke was very scared and worried that Li Conghou would kill himself, so he tried to rebel. In the first year of Yingshun (934), Li Conghou transferred Li Congke as the Hedong Jiedu Envoy, and Li Congke made up his mind and rebelled. Li Conghou hurriedly ordered Wang Sitong to stay behind in Xijing and lead his army to attack Fengxiang.
Li Congke saw that he was surrounded by the Tang Army regiment and the situation was extremely critical, so he climbed to the top of the city and cried to the soldiers outside the city, saying that he had been wronged, and he was jealous of his hard work. The besieged Yulin commander was originally Li Congke's old department. Hearing this, he encouraged the sergeants to take refuge. Li Congke's strength greatly increased, so he led his army to the east, killed Wang Sitong, and marched into Luoyang. Along the way, Jiedu envoys surrendered to Li Congke, scaring Li Conghou to abandon the city and flee.
Houtang
Li Congke entered Luoyang, was embraced by a hundred officials as emperor, and executed Li Conghou who had fled. In order to consolidate his rule, Li CongkeWant to follow the promise before taking the throne and reward the sergeant who followed him. However, due to the emptiness of the treasury, Li Congke had to greatly reduce the rewards, which caused strong dissatisfaction among the sergeants, and his rule was not stable.
III, suspicion of Shi Jingtang
Shi Jingyan
The powerful daughter of Hedong Jiedu and Shi Jingyu, the powerful daughter of Shi Jingyu. Therefore, Li Congke had some suspicions about Shi Jingtang, fearing that he would rebel. After the Liao army repeatedly invaded the Tang Dynasty, Li Congke ordered Shi Jingtan to resist the Liao army. Qingtai In the second year of (935), Shi Jingtang stated that there was a lack of rations, and he asked for reinforcements. Li Congke ordered the nearby states and counties to transport grain to him and sent troops to support him.
Liu Zhiyuan
Li Congke sent messengers to reward Shi Jingtang's army clothes, but the sergeant mistakenly thought that the clothes were Shi Jingtang's reward, so he shouted long live. Shi Jingtang was very frightened, so he sent Liu Zhiyuan to behead the 36 sergeants who were chanting long live, and pleaded guilty to Li Congke. But Li Congke was even more suspicious of Shi Jingtan, so he appointed Xuzhou Jiedu to make Zhang Jingda the deputy chief of the north camp and act as Shi Jingtan's deputy to divide his power.
Fourth, is dead and the country is destroyed
Yeludeguang
Qingtai three years (936), Li Congke thinks that Shi Jingtan will be rebelled sooner or later. So he was transferred to the Tianping Army Jiedushi. Shi Jingtang was frightened, thinking that Li Congke was going to get rid of himself, so he set up a rebellion. Li Congke appointed Zhang Jingda as the envoy and Yang Guangyuan as the deputy envoy.Crusade against Shijingtang. Zhang Jingda led a large army to encircle Taiyuan, but due to heavy rain, he was unable to break through the city for a long time.
Seeing that the situation is critical, Shi Jingtang hurriedly asked Yelv Deguang, Taizong of the Liao Dynasty, for help. The Liao army then went south to support Shi Jingtang, defeated Zhang Jingda, and surrounded him. Li Congke then sent the Tianxiong army to rescue Zhang Jingda in two ways. However, Fan Yanguang and Zhao Dejun were selfish and deliberately did not save Zhang Jingda.
Later Jin
Li Congke saw that the situation was critical, so he discussed countermeasures with his ministers, and some people persuaded him to recruit him. Although Li Congke led the army to the north, he was very timid and cried, so the march was slow. Yang Guangyuan saw that the army had been besieged for several months and had run out of ammunition and food, so he killed Zhang Jingda and descended to Liao. Shi Jingtang and Yelv Deguang joined forces and headed south towards Luoyang. Li Congke saw that the general situation was gone, so he set himself on fire.
In general, Li Congke is a very contradictory person. He is both a brave and warrior and an emperor who is greedy for life and fear of death. Although Li Congke feels like two people are different, it is not contradictory, and it has a lot to do with a person's mentality. When a person is in good times, he will be fearless and move forward courageously, but when he is in adversity, he will be indecisive and will only cry and complain. Li Congke has been living in a general since he was a child. He was deeply influenced and protected by Li Siyuan. He dared to fight and fight. Therefore, he has been in good times for a long time and has not experienced major setbacks. The mentality is not firm enough. Later Tang was destroyed.
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