In 904 AD, Guo Wei was born in Hebei. When he was born, his father was a high-ranking official under Jin Wang Li Ke, so the infant Guo Wei was already a proper second-generation official. But in that chaotic era, being an official was a high-risk profession. Today, he was still a feudal official, but tomorrow he might be beaten to death by some feudal town.
Sure enough, within two years, his father died in the war. In order to avoid disaster, his mother had no choice but to take him to see relatives and friends. Unexpectedly, his mother also passed away halfway. Poor Guo Wei became an orphan and was raised by his aunt.
When he was eighteen years old, Guo Wei went to join the army. Probably because he had a rough life and grew up in a city, Guo Wei had the temperament of a Liangshan hero. One day, Guo Wei went to stroll on the street and met a butcher. This butcher usually bullied the market, was arrogant and domineering, and did many bad things. The people nearby were indignant and helpless. It happened that Guo Wei drank a few glasses of wine that day, so he deliberately took advantage of his drunkenness to make a fool of himself and vent the anger of the people.
The butcher didn't dare to offend Guo Wei at first. After all, he looked very tall and powerful and looked difficult to offend. But in the end, the butcher couldn't bear it anymore and yelled at Guo Wei: "You've drunk too much and you're talking nonsense. If you have the ability to stab me to death.
" Obviously, the butcher didn't have enough understanding of the young man in front of him. After hearing this, Guo Wei said nothing, picked up a knife, and ended the butcher's life cleanly.
Seeing this, do the students think this story is very familiar? Yes, this is the part in "Water Margin" where Lu Zhishen punches in Guanxi . It is said that this section of Water Margin is based on Guo Wei. In this way, Guo Wei can be regarded as the originator of Liangshan heroes.
killed the bully butcher, and the people applauded. Even his leader praised his courage and courage and exempted him from all punishment. However, I would like to remind students that this story was about chivalry in ancient times, but in our current society under the rule of law, it is a violation of the law and must not be imitated.
After that, Guo Wei's leadership was defeated by Later Tang boss Li Cunxu. He was also incorporated into the army of Later Tang Dynasty and became Li Cunxu's personal soldier. After Li Cunxu died, he also changed several leaders, such as Shi Jingtang, the emperor of the later Jin Dynasty, whom we talked about earlier. Under these leaders, Guo Wei has always been a marginal figure, without any major achievements, and wasted for many years until he met his talent- Liu Zhiyuan.
After following Liu Zhiyuan, Guo Wei gave full play to his military and political talents. While helping him lead the troops in battle, he also advised him to ascend to the throne. The two are both monarchs and ministers, as well as confidants.
html In 1947, Liu Zhiyuan proclaimed himself emperor in Shanxi and established Later Han . Soon, the Khitans who captured the Central Plains were driven away by the Han people. Liu Zhiyuan returned to Kaifeng, Kaifeng without any bloodshed, and firmly established himself as emperor.
After Liu Zhiyuan became emperor, Guo Wei was promoted several levels and became a powerful minister.
Later Liu Zhiyuan died, Liu Chengyou succeeded to the throne as Emperor Yin of the Later Han Dynasty, and Guo Wei became one of the five ministers who assisted the new emperor.
When the new emperor ascended the throne, the Jiedushi and Khitan people who were watching eagerly around him became commotion again. They sent troops one after another with the intention of capturing the Later Han Dynasty. Guo Wei was ordered to do so at the critical moment, and led his troops to quell rebellions in various places, moved to the Northern Expedition, defeated Khitan , made great achievements again, and saved the precarious regime of the Later Han Dynasty.
At this time, Guo Wei still has the loyalty of a hero in his chest. Liu Zhiyuan was kind to him, and he was loyal to the emperor and served the country, and he did not dare to have any other wrong thoughts. However, although he had no objections, Liu Chengyou, who was sitting on the emperor's throne, had a lot of suspicions about him.
We have said before that Liu Zhiyuan was a military general and only used violence and massacre to govern the country. Compared with him, his son Liu Chengyou was even worse.As soon as he ascended the throne, he swung his sword at the meritorious ministers.
After getting rid of some old heroes one after another, Guo Wei became a thorn in Liu Chengyou's side. But the others were fine, but it was really difficult to kill Guo Wei. Why?
Because Guo Wei held military power at this time and was stationed in Hebei. This distance is really far, and I won't be able to kill him for a while.
But the little emperor didn't know where his fault was, and he just did a stupid thing-killed all the family members of Guo Wei who stayed in Kaifeng.
In these troubled times, many people should have encountered such misfortunes. Guo Wei must have been extremely sad when he suffered this misfortune. However, throughout history, Guo Wei's unfortunate incident had a major impact on the development of history. In a sense, it even affected the direction of history. Because it was precisely because all of Guo Wei's sons suffered, in the end he had to pass the throne to his wife's nephew, Chai Rong, who had no blood relationship with him. This emperor, praised by historians as "the most enlightened emperor of the Five Dynasties", will become an important figure in ending the chaos of the Five Dynasties. Of course, this is all for later.
His whole family was wiped out, and his life was also in danger. At this point, Guo Wei had to embark on the road of rebellion. He led his elite troops and fought all the way from Hebei to Kaifeng. The idiot emperor Liu Chengyou was so frightened that he packed up his things and fled. He was hacked to death by the rebels on the road. The remaining ministers recognized the current affairs and supported Guo Wei as emperor. After all, compared with the murderous idiot emperor, Guo Wei was much more kind.
In 951 AD, after half a lifetime of military service, Guo Wei officially proclaimed himself emperor. The country was named Da Zhou, and its capital was Bianjing. It was called Later Zhou in history.
At this point, the last dynasty of the Five Dynasties has finally arrived. At the dawn of dawn, Mingjun also stepped onto the stage of history.
Guo Wei is a good emperor. He has experienced a lot of hardships since he was a child and has personal experience of the sufferings of the people. Therefore, the first thing he did after he ascended the throne was to reduce the burden on the people.
To this end, he abolished various exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, ordered officials in various places not to increase taxes on the people under any excuse, and relaxed the cruel laws of the Later Han Dynasty. For example, we mentioned in the previous section that during the Later Han Dynasty, if your neighbor stole a penny, you might be inexplicably implicated in losing your head. Guo Wei completely abolished these unreasonable laws and stipulated that except for treasonous crimes such as rebellion and killing relatives, others would no longer be implicated.
When governing the country, Guo Wei also learned the lessons of the previous four generations of emperors, respecting Confucianism and Taoism, and placing high responsibilities on talented civil servants, which greatly reversed the ugly image of the military regime since Later Liang .
In his personal life, Guo Wei himself has always lived an honest and frugal life. During his reign, he not only refused to allow treasures to be brought into the palace, but also had dozens of jewels and jades, luxurious beds and stools decorated with gold and silver, and gold and silver eating utensils in the palace smashed to pieces in public in the palace. Lead by example and reduce the burden on the people.
Under Guo Wei's careful governance, China's long-term war-torn situation began to turn towards unity, and it began to show signs of a prosperous people and a strong country.
But the good times did not last long. In 954 AD, Guo Wei died of illness in Kaifeng at the age of 51. Before his death, he passed the throne to his wife and nephew Chai Rong, who had no blood relationship with him. This method of passing the throne was unique in Chinese history, but history also proved that his choice was correct.
