About Li Yu, Queen of Southern Tang Dynasty
His original poems were romantic, but the cruelty of political struggle in the Southern Tang Dynasty made him choose to escape from reality and concentrate on writing. His father is a gentle and indifferent person. Because of the problem of the throne, he often breaks up with his uncles. There is also a difference between the ministers of the DPRK and China. His father is sad all day, which makes him feel that being king is not much fun. The biggest stimulus to Li Yu is his brother, former Prince Hongji. They have a good relationship and are brothers who talk about everything. But after Li Yu grew up, he gradually developed the image of a gentleman, especially his heavy eyebrows and eyes, which is the difference between the legendary Dashun and Xiang Yu, the overlord of the western Chu Dynasty. Hongji gradually became jealous of Li Yu, fearing that Li Yu would compete with him for the crown prince in the future. In fact, Li Yu is not interested in imperial power. Later, when he wrote to Zhao Kuangyin, he said, "I was born with a soft heart, and I was raised by my father and brother. Le Riyue has a good trip. " He also said in the word "Fisherman": "A pot of wine, a steelyard, how many people are there in the world", "a spring breeze, a boat, a cocoon and a light hook. Flowers are full of Zhu, wine is full of Europe, and you are free in the waves. " These words are really a true portrayal of his heart. Brother hongji suspects him. Although he is very sad, he is as good as ever to his brother. Hong Gene was seriously ill for playing tricks, and Li Yu's care before and after running made him deeply moved. Therefore, before he died, Hongji confided to Li Yu the human tragedy of poisoning his uncle Jing Sui, which greatly stimulated Li Yu and made him more and more disgusted with politics.
Because Li Yu is not the eldest son and Hong Ji is also very capable, Li Yu never wanted to be the king of a country in the past. He really wants to be a captain in his lifetime. He named himself a hermit in Zhongshan, a hermit in Zhongfeng, a layman in Lianfeng and a layman in An Baili in Zhongfeng, all of which were full of negative birth and escape from seclusion. However, after Hongji and his father died one after another, the land of the Southern Tang Dynasty accidentally fell into his hands. What's more, at this time, the situation of division is drawing to a close, and the pattern of China's great reunification is getting closer and closer with one's accession to the throne. This man is Zhao Kuangyin, a figure who was born under the prayer of Li Siyuan, the post-Tang Ming emperor.
According to legend, in the Five Dynasties, Li Siyuan (867-933, a member of Tang Shatuo) was diligent in governing the country, and was known as "the master of a well-off society" by later generations. In a sacrificial ceremony, he prayed with infinite sincerity: "I am a barbarian, can I rule the world?" The world has been in chaos for a long time. May the saints be born early. Soon, (927-976) was born in the home of Zhao, a general in the later Tang Dynasty. Zhao Kuangyin replaced the Hou Zhou Dynasty and established the Da Song Dynasty. Fortunately, he got a good family business. British monarch Chai Rong (92 1-959) founded this family business. Chai Rong has been in office for more than five years, determined to "open the world in ten years, support the people in ten years and achieve peace in ten years". He drastically reformed politics, reorganized the army, rewarded production, built water conservancy projects, melted Buddha coins and fixed land taxes. In the Northern Expedition, the four states of Houshu, Cheng, Qin and Feng were successively taken, and the Jianghuai area in the southern Tang Dynasty 14 state, and then the Khitan was attacked in the north, and the states of Mo, Ying and Yi 17 county were recovered in one fell swoop, which laid a solid foundation for the unification of the Northern Song Dynasty. After Zhao Kuangyin ascended the throne, he adopted the unified war strategy of "easy first, difficult later" and "south first, then north", and prepared to annex the southern separatist regimes such as Jingnan, Nanhan, Houshu, wuyue and Nantang in turn, and finally deal with the northern rival Liao Dynasty and the northern Han under the control of the Liao Dynasty.
The Southern Tang Dynasty that Li Yu took over was really a mess. The treasury is not rich, and it has been defeated repeatedly, and it has to pay tribute to the north. In the fifth year of Xiande in the Later Zhou Dynasty (958), a week after China leader Li surrendered, he sent millions of silver, silk, money, tea and grain to Chai Rong in the name of the old gentleman. When Li Yugang ascended the throne, he also gave the Northern Song Dynasty 2,000 taels of gold, 22,000 taels of silver and 30,000 pieces of gauze. Zhao Pu, the prime minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, gave fifty-two thousand silver at a time. Nantang was originally a small country, and the result of such tossing was often beyond the means. In the last years of Li, Zhong You, the leader and minister of China, demanded that a large sum of money be cast as "eternal spring goods" to tide over the financial crisis. After Li Yu ascended the throne, he issued iron money to help the emergency in the second year of Gande (964), and at the same time he had to raise taxes under various excuses to increase his income. Later, even the folk geese gave birth to double eggs, and catkins were taxed. It was crazy! Southern Tang lost its elite in many wars, and most of the rest were exhausted and demoralized. As a strategic buffer, Jiangbei 14 has fallen. Once the army of the Northern Song Dynasty crossed the Yangtze River, the gate of the capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty was opened, and there was no danger to follow. Originally, northerners were uncomfortable getting on the boat, and the water army in the southern Tang Dynasty was sharp. However, the Southern Tang navy was lured to surrender by the Northern Song Dynasty, and many prisoners were captured. Zhao Kuangyin used these people to step up the training of the water army, and the last advantage of Nantang was lost.
Ministers in the Southern Tang Dynasty have always been good at playing politics. Since the founding of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Song He has formed two factions, fighting and attacking each other, which has caused great internal friction, and both the former master Li and the middle master Li are bored. After Li Yu ascended the throne, there were many talents in the DPRK, such as Chen Qiao, Xu Xuan, Han Xizai, Pan You and Zhang. But because Li Yu can't fathom their temper, he can't make good use of them. Han Xizai is the most typical one. Han Xizai (902-970), a native of Beihai, Shandong Province, was a Southern Tang Jinshi in the Five Dynasties, specializing in articles and poems. He is an old minister of the Southern Tang Dynasty and the Three Dynasties, and a minister of the Ministry of War. When he was young, he had great ambitions. When he left his hometown for Jiangnan, a good friend named Li came to see him off. He said to Li, "If Jiangnan appoints me as the Prime Minister, it won't be long before Jiangnan will March forward and pacify the Central Plains." Li also said: "If the Central Plains let me be the prime minister, it would be as easy to pacify the south of the Yangtze." Later, the later Zhou attacked Jiangnan, and Li Jue was appointed as the general, easily seizing the land of Huainan. Because Han Xizai is a northerner, he has never been reused. When Li Houzhu first acceded to the throne, he was very skeptical. Pigeons killed many northern ministers, and Han Xizai deliberately indulged in debauchery in order to escape the suspicion of Li Houzhu in the Southern Tang Dynasty. Li Yu was dissatisfied with Han Xizai's dissolute life, so he sent Gu, a painter, to sneak into Han's home, carefully observe what Han did, and then paint for him. This painting is now in the Palace Museum, and its name is Han Xizai's Night Banquet. Such a beautiful and vivid picture reflects the embarrassing state of mutual suspicion and distrust between the monarch and the minister in the Southern Tang Dynasty. Afterwards, Han Xizai was not reused by Li Yu, and eventually died of desolation.
There was no successful diplomacy in Southern Tang Dynasty. Although it is also a "distant friend and close attack", painting a tiger is not anti-dog. Recently, Wu Yueguo and Nantang got along well. Former master Shi Li took the initiative to make up with them, and even helped Wu Yueguo when he was in trouble, thus losing the opportunity to dominate Jiangnan again and again. China leader Shi Li was in civil strife in Fujian, and Southern Tang took the opportunity to seize territory. Wu Yueguo also intervened, and the two countries eventually turned against each other, but the two countries did not live in complete harmony. Later, Wu Yueguo took refuge in the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty. Every time Nantang was attacked by the north, Wu Yueguo had to fish in troubled waters, but Nantang was helpless. This is a "close attack". As for "distant friendship", it refers to two countries in the north: Qidan Liao and Northern Han. The Khitan was the object of the Southern Tang Dynasty's best friendship, but at this time, the owner of the Liao State was the famous bad king Liao Mu (93 1-969) in history, who was called the "sleeping king". He often drinks too much, is cruel, treats human life like dirt, and kills people if he is slightly unhappy. Such a bad king naturally didn't take Nantang to heart, and King Mu of Liao coveted only those gifts from Nantang. King Liao Mu also sent his uncle to Nantang. His head was cut off by the assassins of the later Zhou Dynasty because of the poor care of the Southern Tang Dynasty. King Mu of Liao was angry and broke up with the Southern Tang Dynasty.
Even so, Li Yu played an extremely active role in governing the country, trying to bring some changes to the lifeless Southern Tang Dynasty. In the early years of his accession to the throne, Li Yu really made great efforts to govern, with clear rewards and punishments. He established the Longxiang Army and practiced water warfare in case of emergency. The Jinling bonfire party put Han in charge of public security in Beijing, but this man was domineering and often bullied the people for no reason. Professor Lu Ying of imperial academy was angered, pulled Han off his horse and gave him a good beating. Han came to Li Yu and shouted: Li Yu was resolute and immediately dismissed Han. People are all impressed by the crisp and neat means of the late master, and this matter has been sung in Jiangnan for a while. Li Yu has always wanted to find an excellent prime minister to help him turn the tide. He also tried to play the role of Han Xizai, but because he couldn't accept such a bohemian prostitute as prime minister, things finally fell through. He often praised those who made great contributions to the country, such as Lu Zhaofu who lived up to his mission in the Song Dynasty and Xu Ge, a bachelor of Jixian Temple. They kept their integrity and selected many talents for the country. This convinced the whole Manchu dynasty. At that time, the people turned their backs, the weather in the southern Tang Dynasty changed greatly, and the country gained temporary peace.