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CCTV China General History Documentary Episode 52: Audio of Five Dynasties and Ten Countries (Commentary)
Episode 52: Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms

From 907 to 960, in a short period of 53 years, competing with each other, Houliang, Houtang, Houjin, Houhan and Houzhou, one short-lived middle-aged dynasty after another appeared in a pool of blood, known as the Five Dynasties in history, and other local governments did not lag behind, forming ten independent kingdoms, large and small, known as the Ten Kingdoms in history. With the continuous mutiny and war, the wheel of history has entered a chaotic and uncertain historical mystery.

In 884 AD, Bianzhou Post Office and Shangyuan Post Office were holding a grand banquet, just like the Hongmen Banquet in Qin and Han Dynasties. This banquet in the late Tang Dynasty also changed the history of China, which is recorded in many historical books. Not only that, it is also widely circulated among the people and has become an emotional legend. The main characters of the banquet are Zhu Wen, the Xuanwu envoy, and Li Keyong, the Hedong envoy. Zhu was a general of Huang Chao Uprising Army in the late Tang Dynasty. Later, he took refuge in the Tang regime and became an important force in encirclement and suppression of Huang Chao. He lived in seclusion in Bianzhou and formed a powerful military group. Li Keyong, a Shatuo, is a warrior. He is called the Flying Tiger in the army. He has a problem with one eye and is nicknamed cyclops. In the war of encirclement and suppression of Huang Chao, Li Keyong's power expanded rapidly, with Taiyuan as the center, forming a powerful Hedong military group. The two military groups finally met in the war of encirclement and suppression of Huang Chao. They joined forces to attack and won a great victory. Zhu Wen specially arranged a grand celebration banquet for Li Keyong. Li Keyong is youthful, trying to be brave everywhere at the banquet, and his words are disrespectful. Zhu Wen was angry, but he didn't show it at the banquet. After the banquet, he focused on.

Li Xiao: Well, there is a saying in history that this event was called the Hongmen Banquet and lasted for 100 years. It can be said that after the failure of the Huang Chao Uprising, it intensified. The two of them, Zhu Wen and Li Keyong, were the strongest at that time. They sit together, drinking and laughing on the surface, but in fact they hide their danger.

Li Keyong's posthouse is in danger, and Zhu Wen's army has been secretly surrounded, waiting for the right time. As night fell, Zhu Wen's army set fire to arrows, and all 300 Qin Bing in Li Keyong were killed. Li Keyong is in danger, and at this time the power of the rocket is greatly reduced. Under the desperate protection of several relatives, Keyong Li fled hastily, and his former comrades-in-arms suddenly became enemies. The struggle between the two military groups has begun, and their hegemony will be around five. At the end of the 9th century, the Tang Empire was terminally ill. In the process of encirclement and suppression of Huang Chao, the power of the buffer region was further strengthened, and the Tang Dynasty was dying. However, courtiers and eunuchs are still fighting fiercely and forming an alliance with the forces of the buffer region.

In 900 AD, eunuch forces not only killed courtiers, but also planned to depose Tang Zhaozong. If they want to subdue eunuchs, whether they are emperors or courtiers, they must rely on local forces. They all pinned their hopes on Zhu Wen, and Prime Minister Cui Yin secretly sent a letter to Zhu Wen, asking him to send troops to make trouble. Zhu Wen was overjoyed when he received a letter from the Prime Minister Cui Yin. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and he led him. Eunuch Han Quanhai and others hijacked it in desperation and took refuge in Fengxiang to save Li our time, but Li was no match for Zhu Wen. After the defeat of the war, he was forced to hand over Zhao Zong. At this time, Zhu Wen had completely controlled the central government of the Tang Dynasty. The brutal slaughter spread rapidly. More than 700 eunuchs were all killed by Zhu Wen, and the Central Army Shence Army, which had been controlled by eunuchs for a long time, was dissolved. Then, Zhu Wen, recognized as a loyal minister, quickly revealed his other side. He killed courtiers and even killed Cui Yin, the prime minister who accompanied him to Beijing. He forced Tang Zhaozong to move the capital to Luoyang, and before he left, he burned all the palaces, white temples and houses in Chang 'an. Soon, Tang Zhaozong was killed in Luoyang. After a series of preparations, in 907 AD, Zhu Wen proclaimed himself emperor on behalf of the Tang Dynasty and changed his name to Liang. This was the first Central Plains regime in the Five Dynasties-Hou Liang, and the 289-year rule of the Tang Dynasty finally came to an end.

But did the influence of the Tang Dynasty really disappear completely? After the establishment of Hou Liang, although many buffer regions were destroyed by Zhu Wen, even Weber and Chengde, the strongest buffer regions since the Middle Tang Dynasty, joined Zhu Wen because of defeat. However, there is only one important person who always thinks that there is no end to the history of the Tang Dynasty. He is Li Keyong, who has forged a deep hatred with Zhu Wen. At this time, it has been 23 years since the Shang Yuan Yi Banquet, and Li Keyong has changed from a young boy to a mature military overlord. At this point, the only real threat to Houliang is the Hedong Military Group where Li Keyong is located, and the next Central Plains hegemony is also launched between these two military groups. When the news that Zhu Wen killed Tang Zhaozong reached Taiyuan, Li Keyong came to the south in tears and vowed to punish the rebellious violent elements and restore the Tang Dynasty. Li Keyong still pretends to be Tang Chen, and continues to fight Hou Liang's army under the banner of diligent rebellion.

Zhang Minghua: In terms of military strength, Zhu Wen Group has absolute superiority in military affairs, but morally, Li Keyong came under the banner of revenge for the Tang Dynasty, so morally, he has greater support.

Zhu Wen's army is disciplined and very brave. He once ordered that if a general school was killed or escaped in the war, all the soldiers he led would be beheaded. This is the famous postscript team chop, which is even more cruel to its own sergeant and enemy soldiers. Li Keyong, on the other hand, formed a powerful Yi 'er Army with the adopted son Thirteen Pacific Insurance as the core, and then formed a powerful military group centered on Yi 'er Army. It's Jinzhong Art School in Shanxi Province. The students began to rehearse nervously for this year's performance. The rehearsed drama "Elegant Pavilion" tells the story of the struggle between Li Keyong and his adopted son. In the story, Li Keyong's adopted son, Li Cunxiao, was only a teenager but had high martial arts skills. In the battle, he captured General Meng Juehai of Huang Chao alive. In the era when drama prevailed, there were many well-known plays describing the expedition of Li Keyong and his son, such as Shatuo Kingdom, Elegant Pavilion, Hu Fei, Taiping Bridge, etc., which became classic plays, thus deducing a well-known legendary story, Li Keyong and the Thirteen Pacific Insurance. It is said that Li Keyong has thirteen adopted sons, all of whom are superb in martial arts, and have made great contributions to Li Keyong's fame and farmland. Taibao Li Cunxiao is the most valiant military commander in the world, fighting among hordes. Li Keyong and his adopted son are very close. They fought bloody battles together and made great achievements.

Li Biao: Actually, Li Keyong's so-called semes mean that he is in the Central Plains. Because he comes from a minority nationality, he has to recruit many so-called semes in the Central Plains to form his own power. At that time, this meaning was more favorable, and its meaning was just a name.

For more than 20 years, Zhu Wen and Li Keyong have been fighting nonstop. After the establishment of Houliang, the war between the two sides became more intense, and it was a showdown at the last minute. However, in the first month of 908 AD, Li Keyong died suddenly. Until Li Keyong's death, he was still planning military plans in the barracks. He made his son Li King of Jin, took out three arrows and entrusted his son with three major tasks. The first arrow points to Liu Rengong and Liu Shouguang in the north, who are occupying Youzhou. The second arrow points to the Khitan outside the Central Plains Dynasty, and the third arrow is the most important one, which is to eliminate the feud of Zhu Wen.

Li Xiao: Should we attack Zhu Wen first, or should we stabilize our own defense and weaken the forces of Liu Rengong and Qidan in the north, which has always posed a strong threat to the Central Plains? This was a major strategic choice of some politicians and militarists at that time. Li Keyong put the leveling of Youzhou, which is now Beijing, in the first place to resist the old enemy Khitan at that time, which shows that he took stabilizing the rear as a top priority.

Youzhou, occupied by Liu Rengong and Liu Shouguang, is the junction of the Central Plains Dynasty and Qidan. This place is the battlefield of military struggle. Li Keyong pointed the second arrow at the Khitan. Only when it was not invaded by the Khitan could it be safe. Li Keyong's ultimate goal is Zhu Wen, and only after Zhu Wen's post-Liang Jun was eliminated did Li Canke's military clique really dominate the Central Plains. When Li Keyong died, there was yellow sand all over the sky outside, and the real war would be in full swing after Li Keyong's death. Since Zhu Wen proclaimed himself emperor and established the Back Beam, our southern provinces have become independent one after another, and nine countries have been established successively. Together with the Northern Han regime in the north, there are five dynasties and ten countries.

This is Yangzhou. As early as the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Yangzhou was very prosperous and was the largest city in the southeast at that time. In the Five Dynasties, two countries, Wu and Nantang, were established with Yangzhou as the center. Yang Xingmi, a native of Hefei, was my ambassador to Huainan in the Tang Dynasty and was named the King of Wu. When the war raged in the Central Plains, Yang Xingmi decisively sent troops, effectively stopping the pace of Zhu Wen's southward advance and preventing the southern economy from being destroyed. In 937, Wu Zili was replaced by Xu Zhigu, the powerful minister of Wu. Xu Zhigu claimed to be a descendant of the Tang Dynasty and changed his name to Li Sheng. He changed the name of the country to Datang, which was called Nantang in history. The basic national policy of the Southern Tang Dynasty is to protect the environment and people, and the development of agriculture is stronger than that of the northern and southern regimes. Great progress has been made in diversification, and handicrafts and commerce in Nantang are very prosperous. It is also an art dynasty. The founders of the two generations, Li Jing and Li Yu, are all Jiangnan talents. Driven by them, the literature, art, calligraphy and music of the Southern Tang Dynasty have made outstanding achievements.

Li Xiao: Compared with the northern region, there are two obvious differences in the southern region of the Five Dynasties and Ten Countries. First, it is relatively stable, and second, the social economy has made great progress. In order to win in the competition, these separatist local governments in the south adopted policies such as developing the economy, protecting the environment and safeguarding the people, which greatly promoted the social and economic recovery and sustainable development at that time.

This is the world-famous Suzhou and Hangzhou. Qian Miao, King of Wu Yue, developed agriculture and mulberry trees and built water conservancy projects, which made Wu Yue rich in the southeast. Suzhou and Hangzhou have been vigorously built. Pagoda of Six Harmonies, Baojiao Pagoda, Leifeng Pagoda in Hangzhou and Yunyan Temple Pagoda in Huqiu, Suzhou were all world-class at that time. Natural scenery and human landscape complement each other, forming an enviable place, with paradise above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below.

To the south of Wu Yueguo, Wang Chao and the established Fujian regime are thriving, and the marine economy is developing vigorously. Gan Tang Port has been prosperous since its opening. Among the ten countries, Sichuan, located in the southwest, is centered on Chengdu and has thousands of miles of mountains and rivers. It is called the land of abundance. When Zhu Wen established the Back Beam, Wang Jian, the king of Shu, also claimed to be the emperor, which was called Qian Shu in history.

Hu Weiwei: At the end of the Tang Dynasty, due to the war, many officials and scholars from the Central Plains took refuge in the former Shu. Then with their help, Wang Jian established a political system that imitated the official system of the Tang Dynasty, which was also a very perfect political system. Because there are many natural disasters in Sichuan, it can be said that it is the most risky area. Under this unique condition, the economy of former Shu has been greatly developed.

Wang Jian is a wise master, but his successor is cruel and fatuous. After the destruction of the former Shu, the latter Shu was established. At the beginning of the reign of Meng Changjun, the second emperor of Houshu, he worked hard to govern the country and was closely related to the people, so Houshu became strong. Meng Chang is a famous young man of literature and art, and he is most obsessed with traditional Chinese opera. Some troupes still regard him as the patron saint and call him Meng. In Chengdu, Feng, a Shu embroidery woman, is one of the few artists in the city, but she still sticks to traditional crafts. As a folk artist whose traditional craft is Shu Sleeve, she has been teaching in her own home for more than ten years. During the pre-Shu and post-Shu periods, despite the constant wars in the Central Plains, Sichuan was a corner and its economy was prosperous. This folk craft Shu embroidery, which originated in Chengdu, also began to develop and become popular at that time.

Today, Feng's Shu embroidery workshop is well-known, and customers' favorite works are this beautiful hibiscus flower and Mrs. Huarui. Mrs. Hua Rui is Meng Changjun's favorite princess. She is also a stunning beauty and a famous poetess. She wrote the words of Madame Huarui Palace, and Chengdu is also called Rongcheng. Few people know that the name Rongcheng is related to Mrs. Hua Rui. It is said that Mrs. Huarui likes hibiscus flowers and peony flowers best, and Meng Changjun ordered people to plant hibiscus trees all over the city. In the flowering season, Chengdu is 40 miles splendid. People marvel that it is referred to as Furong City for short, and Wu and others, the prime minister of the post-Shu Dynasty, compiled 500 pronouns in the Tang Dynasty into Flower Collection, which had a great influence on later generations. Wu spent millions of private money to build a study hall, develop education, and asked him to engrave the Nine Classics. Because of the revival of Shu culture, it is a romantic country and a country where cultures converge. When the Central Plains was full of war, Houshu once became a place.

Changsha, Central South China, was Tanzhou of Chu during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, when it was the largest tea market in the south. Tea tax became the main tax source of Chu at that time. Every year in the southern countries, located in Nanping, Hubei Province, in the buffer zone of various countries to survive and develop. Nanhan, who lived in Lingnan, was also able to set up schools and advocate culture and education, which enabled the former wild land to be developed to a certain extent. Northern Han is the only northern country among the ten countries. After forming an alliance with Liao, it was able to establish a separatist regime to protect the country and defend the country.

Li Xiao: This new look and pattern of urban economy can be traced back to the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties. Like many things in urban life, such as some folk cultural activities such as Goulan Washe, and some lifestyles, concepts and even values of the whole society, the rise of people's commodity consciousness has also benefited from the development of this commodity economy to a great extent. Then, if there is no break of the old pattern in the northern region and such a trend of commodity economy development in the southern region, there may not be such a fascinating picture of prosperous commercial trade as Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival, which will have an impact on future generations.

At this time, China and the separatist regime in the south, although economically developed and culturally prosperous, were unable to rewrite history, and the real historical drama was staged in the Central Plains. After Li Keyong's death, his successor Li fought for hegemony in the Central Plains according to his last wish. The three arrows left by Li Keyong before his death are enshrined in the temple at home. Every time he went out, Li solemnly took them out and put them in his own equipment box. After winning the battle, they were put back to the temple. These three arrows became Li's frontal compass. In 9 13 AD, Li Dajun captured Youzhou, and Hebei, which was completely controlled, was captured by Liu Rengong and his son. Li paid homage to Li Keyong's tomb with the blood of Liu Rengong, thus completely completing the task of the first arrow. In 922 AD, Li led a battle with the Khitan army and deported it. The second arrow given by Li Keyong also achieved good results. In 923 AD, Li proclaimed himself emperor, and established the second Central Plains Dynasty of the Five Dynasties, known as the Late Tang Dynasty in history. Li Keyong shot only the last of the three arrows, and the real decisive battle is about to begin. At this time, the back beam has gone downhill. In 9 12 AD, Zhu Wen was killed by his second son, and the back beam further declined. In 923 AD 10, Li led an army to attack the capital of Houliang, and the once powerful post-Liang Jun was completely annihilated. Li's ambition is full, and he really dominates the world. He just can't hold it. Perhaps the only regret is that Zhu Wen is dead, and Li can't kill Zhu Wen himself.

But this warrior who ascended the throne of the emperor began his more legendary drama life. Li has been good at music since childhood and can compose and write lyrics. After pacifying the Central Plains, Li often took pity on others and gave himself a stage name. The word "pity" can be traced back to the period of the Yellow Emperor. According to historical records, the emperor used pity to make music, and later called the music official "pity". Later, artists who made a living by acting were included, collectively referred to as "pity". In the ancient traditional concept, the position of compassion is very humble. Li attached great importance to the people and pitied them to hold important official positions. This has become an unprecedented unique landscape in the history of China. The position of sympathy suddenly reversed, and BLACKPINK appeared in real politics. The hero who helped Li conquer the world on the battlefield was ignored. There are honest people in pity, but more pity officials rely on the emperor's favor to be unscrupulous. Officials dare to be angry but dare not speak, and pity the people for asking about the outside situation for Tang. As long as someone offended him, he vilified his opponent in front of Zhuang Zong, and disaster came immediately, and eunuchs were reused again.

In 925, eunuchs and concubines selected 3000 women to fill the harem. In 926 AD, Li listened to the slanderers of eunuchs and killed Guo Chongtao, the king of Xiping who had rendered meritorious service before pacifying Shu. The mutiny resumed, and there was a mutiny in Weizhou and other places. There was also a rebellion in the capital. Guo, a pro-army general, usually regards Guo Chongtao as his uncle and has close ties with him. After Guo Chongtao's death, Guo Qiancong led the troops to attack the city gate. Unable to mobilize nearby troops, people around you have also left. This once all-powerful warrior is now isolated and fighting alone. In great loss and pain, Li was shot dead with an arrow, only three years. At that time, there was only one poor man who picked up some abandoned broken musical instruments and set fire to Li's body. Li is a master of makeup and performance, and even regarded as the ancestor of traditional Chinese opera by many troupes. In the real world outside the drama, he also wrote an unparalleled tragicomedy with his own life, pitied people, musical instruments and bows and arrows, pretending that he was the representative of passion and charm in life and participated in the ending of his drama. In Zuo Zhuan quoted by Ouyang Xiu, you started from this.

Keyong Li's adopted son, Li Siyuan, is the oldest of the thirteen Pacific Insurance. He fought side by side with Li Keyong and Li for more than 30 years, with outstanding achievements. When the mutiny broke out, Li Siyuan was ordered to crusade against the rebels in Weizhou, but not long after the rebellion, his soldiers instigated the mutiny, merged with the rebels and made Li Siyuan the new emperor. This is another successful mutiny, and Li Siyuan is the beneficiary of the mutiny. But after he takes office, he must strongly curb the mutiny, or the next one may be killed.

Deng Xiaonan: Actually, in the Five Dynasties, the imperial army actually referred to the regular army of elite troops. What about this imperial army? On the one hand, their military potential is relatively strong. On the other hand, the commander-in-chief of this imperial army was beaten up for many years in this harsh war and was more popular. Even these emperors dare not touch them easily, so although there are many measures to prevent this mutiny, such as this strict discipline,

If Li Siyuan wants to break through the pattern of mutiny, the first thing to do when he acceded to the throne is to suppress and rectify. For those soldiers who were arrogant and difficult to control, Li Siyuan killed them all in order to avoid future trouble. Several large-scale massacres made the situation that arrogant soldiers and experts were easy to make trouble get a preliminary change. Li Siyuan further strengthened centralization, reorganized the guards and pro-army, and set out to establish a new monarchy. In addition to defending the capital, the imperial army also stationed in various places to contain and weaken the forces of the buffer regions, and our time was frequently mobilized to prevent them from forming separatist forces. The powerful buffer has been divided repeatedly, and its strength has been greatly reduced. Li Siyuan also tried to eradicate the soil that led to the mutiny. He purged the bureaucracy and made the people in the Central Plains who suffered from war get a certain degree of self-cultivation. These measures undoubtedly stabilized the political situation and made the mutiny lose its foundation. However, Li Siyuan has insurmountable defects. He was 60 years old when he acceded to the throne, and his perfect system could not be established yet. He had to distribute a lot of power to his family and cronies, and close people replaced the original warlords as new forces.

Li Siyuan tried to make up for the defects of the system by linking emotion with righteousness. However, can he succeed? Li Siyuan got sick in his later years, and the palace coup happened again. The second son, Li Congrong, led the troops to attack the palace gate in an attempt to usurp the throne, and was defeated and killed. Li Siyuan himself was terrified and killed, after a series of palace killings.

In 934 AD, Li Siyuan's adopted son Li Congke became emperor and just acceded to the throne. Li Congke was frightened by Shi Jingtang in Taiyuan. Shi Jingtang is not only a vassal with an army, but also a son-in-law of Li Siyuan. In order to remove the threat of Shi Jingtang, Li Congke decided to strike first, forcing Shi Jingtang to leave his lair. But this time, the decision not only made Li Congke die soon, but also triggered a problem that the Central Plains Dynasty could not solve for hundreds of years. In order to resist the difficult choices faced by Li Congke and Shi Jingtang, he finally took extraordinary measures and took the initiative to turn to Qidan in the north for help. After a series of reforms, the Khitan became stronger at this time. In order to get the help of the Khitan army, Shi Jingtang voluntarily ceded sixteen states to the Khitan, which completely changed the political situation in northern China.

Sixteen states, which are about 600 miles long from east to west and 200 kilometers long from north to south, are not only the natural dividing line between the farming civilization of the Central Plains and the nomadic civilization of the grasslands in history, but also the military dividing line for the Central Plains dynasty to resist the invasion of northern nomadic peoples. As early as the Warring States period, Yan and Zhao spared no effort to build the Great Wall on the high mountain. After the establishment of the Qin Dynasty, they even joined the Great Wall. Since then, the central plains regime of each dynasty has sent heavy guards for fear of losing. Because once lost, there is no danger in defending the north, and powerful fighters can ride freely in the Central Plains.

Cursor: For any dynasty, it must control the Yanyun area. After taking control of Yanyun, he could basically guarantee the security of the Central Plains Dynasty. If he loses this security barrier, he will easily be led to the south by the cavalry of ethnic minorities, which will have a great influence on the Central Plains dynasty.

Deng Xiaonan: Well, after this area was ceded to the Khitan, the Khitan used to be a nomadic people, so basically nomadic is the mode of production and lifestyle. After getting Yanyun 16, such an agricultural economy-oriented zone began to emerge. This situation actually stimulated the development of the Khitan people themselves, which was of practical significance to his social structure, including the ruling style of the Liao Dynasty.

With the help of the Khitan, Shi Jingtang established the third Central Plains regime in the Five Dynasties, but although Shi Jingtang became emperor, he could only grovel to the Khitan. Shi Jingtang's successor, Shi Zhonggui, tried to take back sixteen counties from the Khitan, completely changing the passive situation, but at this time the form was irreversible. In 944-947, the Khitan army went south three times, and the late Jin Dynasty perished. Although the Khitans entered the Central Plains, their looting and atrocities aroused the resistance of the people in the Central Plains, and the Khitans were forced to retreat, resulting in a political gap in the Central Plains.

Taiyuan stayed in Liu Zhiyuan and took the opportunity to send troops to establish the post-Han regime. He died after only one year in office. His second son Liu Chengyou succeeded to the throne, and the mutiny happened again. Liu Chengyou was killed. In the first month of 95 1 year, Ye Du, who was leading an army against the Khitan, stayed in Guo Wei and was made emperor by soldiers. The army returned to Tokyo to establish a new regime. This is the last Central Plains dynasty in the Five Dynasties-the Later Zhou Dynasty, Guo Wei and his successor Zhou Shizong Chai Rong. They were all emperors with great achievements in the Five Dynasties. They have drastically eliminated their ills and diseases, which has become the top priority of their country governance. Guo Wei's heir, Chai Rong, is his nephew and adopted son. In order to prevent the mutiny, Chai Rong set up avant-garde, avant-garde and guard guards to form the central imperial army and even the core of all armed forces, which fundamentally changed the situation that the outside was more important than the inside since the late Tang Dynasty.

Deng Xiaonan: In the process of reorganizing the imperial army in Chai Rong, the Imperial Palace Division joined some elite troops, so its role in the imperial palace structure at that time was obviously improved. Then, it almost became such a force that it could keep pace with the imperial guards. Therefore, two imperial divisions, such a commander-in-chief structure, or a leadership structure, made the imperial army at that time.

In fact, besides the mutiny, the state of Yanyun 16 has always been an urgent problem for the regime in the later Zhou Dynasty. Chai Rong's army conquered Houshu and Nantang successively, and achieved remarkable results. However, sixteen states were always in the corner of his throat, and Chai Rong couldn't wait to take them back from the Khitans. In 959 AD, Chai Rong made up his mind to make a personal expedition to the north and fought bloody battles with the Qidan army to recover the three states of Mo, Ying and Yi occupied by Liao. But unexpectedly, just as Chai Rong was preparing to push his luck and forge ahead in Youzhou, the disease suddenly came and he left the great cause with a bang, and his successor, Chai Zongxun, was only seven years old. Death is coming, and Chai Rong is still holding his last strength to take care of the funeral. He made the last big adjustment to the personnel of the army, but he didn't expect such an adjustment, and he still couldn't get rid of the terrible mutiny.

The Five Dynasties are coming to an end. In the middle of the night, one ruler after another, black and pink, appears and disappears in an instant. Zhu Wen, who is cunning and harsh, Li, who is obsessed with opera, Li Siyuan, who is old and frail, or Chai Rong, who is unlucky, are unable to solve China's political dilemma, not to mention Chai Zongxun, who is seven years old. But the wheel of history can't wait to move forward, and the Central Plains is calling for a great king.