This man is the traitor Shi Jingtang that Bian Xiao will talk about today. We should have heard of this man's name, because he has been recorded in many books, among which the most description is that he is an emperor and a very despicable traitor. Brother Shi did the worst thing, just to get money from others and cede sixteen states to foreigners.
The biggest consequence of his behavior was to break the barrier of nomadic people in the Han Dynasty, and even the later dynasties could not directly defeat foreigners. Let's talk about Tang Jing. First of all, the first thing he did after his debut was to become a general in the late Tang Dynasty by virtue of his military command ability.
He first became attached to Li Siyuan in troubled times, and later became the son-in-law of Li Dage, who was the son-in-law of the powerful Li Keyong at that time. He fought for it with Li. Soon, Li gained all the power and established the back beam. But the general who could go to war became a broke man politically, and was soon taken away from the throne by Li Siyuan. When Li Siyuan became emperor, he would hold everyone who helped him at that time to a high position, including Shi Jingtang.
When Li Siyuan became emperor, he had to consider the next heir. The existing candidates are Li Congke and Shi Jingtang. It turned out that both of them thought they would get the throne. Unexpectedly, Li Siyuan passed his position on to his son Li Conghou. This really made Li Congke very uncomfortable, so he began to send troops to rebel.
After a while, he defeated Luoyang, but he thought that if he became emperor, the biggest threat to him would be Shi Jingtang, so he forced Shi Jingtang to rebel. Faced with the threat of Li Congke, Shi Jingtang had to launch a rebellion. However, Shi Jingtang's strength is very small. At this time, the only thing he can rely on is the Khitan outside the Central Plains.
In order to get the aid of the Khitan, he decided to give sixteen states of Yanyun and a large sum of money to the Khitan. The Khitans refused to let go of such a good condition, so they sent troops to help Shi Jingtang. After winning this battle, the other disciples kept their promise and gave the sixteen states to the Khitan.
Since then, Shi Jingtang has been worshipping the Khitan. People around him once suggested that he give him money. Why did he yield to them? But every time I hear such a question, Shi Jingtang will show an ugly expression and refuse to answer. After Shi Jingtang's death, his descendant Shi Chonggui came to power.
Shi Chonggui is very different from his uncle. His views on national territory were very tough, which made the Khitan very angry and sent troops to attack. But without the block of the Sixteen Kingdoms, the Khitan fought all the way to Kaifeng, just like riding a horse on the plain, which made the later dynasties suffer greatly.