In 263 AD, the Shu Han Empire collapsed.
After 40 years, a member of the Hu clan named Li Te entered the Shu land and rebelled against the Jin. The Chenghan regime kicked off with such a vigorous momentum.
First, Li Te entrepreneurship.
Li Te's family was originally a well-known and prestigious family among the Yu clan, and in the early years, both his grandfather and father worked for Cao Wei. In his generation, it coincided with the rebellion of the Eight Kings of the Western Jin Dynasty, and displaced people were everywhere.
Seeing that the days could not go on, Li Te and his clan also circulated in the crowd, coming and going, in the process of relieving the displaced people, Li Te accumulated a lot of people's hopes.
When people have prestige, their ambitions swell with it. After Li Te arrived in Shudi with hundreds of thousands of displaced people, he found that this place was simply too beautiful.
Shu land not only has 10,000 acres of fertile land, which can be called the country of heavenly capital, but also has lofty mountains and mountains, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack. He couldn't help but sigh: Liu Chan this guy is really unreliable, has such a good territory, actually took the initiative to surrender?
Of course, this is standing and talking without waist pain, and history will teach him to be a man. However, at this time, Li was deliberately angry and had the style of a master of entrepreneurship. Naturally, he does not know that it is more difficult to keep a job than to start a business.
When you first arrive, you must follow a good leader. With his bravery, Li Te was recognized by Zhao Liao, the assassin of Yizhou at that time. Zhao Liao and Jia Nanfeng were closely related, and Jia Nanfeng was killed by Sima Lun, the king of Zhao, so Zhao Liao had the idea of occupying the Shu land and cutting off the land from Xiong.
There was no way, this piece of land of Shu Han was really too tempting, when Zhong Hui came, he also wanted to occupy the mountain as king, and now Zhao Liao was also such a virtue. Zhao Liao had this idea, and the Li Te brothers, who were highly skilled in martial arts and had displaced people in their hands, naturally became very important thugs in Zhao Liao's hands.
With the help of the Li Te brothers, Zhao Liao eliminated all opponents of Shudi and became the king of Shudi. The Brothers Li Te and Li Itch also rose with the water and gradually became the core members of Shudi.
After a long time, Zhao Liu began to suspect that Li Te and Li Itch brothers had the intention of rebelling against themselves. Therefore, he attacked first, killed Li Itch's entire family, and was so angry that Li Te did not say a word, so he led his troops to rebel, invaded Chengdu, killed Zhao Liao, and robbed the city of Chengdu by the way.
When the Western Jin Dynasty learned of this situation, it immediately sent Luo Shang to bring troops to stabilize the situation in Shudi. After all, the people were regular troops, and Li Te had to choose to give in temporarily.
But Wang Dun, who was beside Luo Shang, was not an ordinary person, and he saw at a glance that Li Te was not simple, so he repeatedly asked Luo Shang to slaughter Li Te, and he really had to disband the stray militia horses in his hands.
Luo Shang had planned to steadily advance this matter, but as a result, Li Te took the lead and not only occupied the mianzhu key land, but also destroyed all the soldiers and horses sent by Luo Shang, and at the same time became the leader of the displaced people in the six counties.
Unfortunately, Li Te had not yet conquered Chengdu and taken Luo Shang, so he waited for reinforcements from the Western Jin Dynasty. In the end, Li Te was outnumbered and was beheaded by Roshan.
2. Li Xiong founded the country.
As soon as Li Te died, most of his subordinates chose to flee in all directions, but fortunately his younger brother Li Liu and son Li Xiong were still capable. After Li Liu gathered a bunch of remnants of soldiers, he appointed himself as a great general and a pastor of Yizhou, and instantly became the head of the displaced people.
But this matter did not last long, and the talent of Li Xiong, the son of Li Te, was revealed. As an uncle, Li Liu also had to admire this nephew of his own, so during Li Liu's reign, the military and political power was entrusted to Li Xiong to take care of.
Li Xiong was indeed a talent, and under his leadership, the exile army defeated the official army, drove out Luo Shang, and took Chengdu. After Li Liu's death, Li Xiong naturally became the leader of the exile army.
In 304, after taking Chengdu, Li Xiong was elected king of Chengdu. Two years later, Li Xiong declared himself emperor and established the Dacheng regime, which was known as the Chenghan regime in history. It is difficult to start a business, and it is even more difficult to keep a job. In front of Li Xiong were difficulties to overcome.
First, there is the issue of discipline.
Under Li Xiong's hands were all troops organized by displaced people. In the past, Li Te had a good relationship with them, so these people had no discipline to speak of, and even slightly despised Li Xiong, and some veterans regarded Li Xiong as a junior.
This is a bit similar to the way Liu Bang had just established the Han Dynasty at that time, one by one the old brothers did not pay attention to Liu Bang at all, and the Upper Dynasty was like a bunch of foot-cutting Han holding a tea party.
To this end, Li Xiong painfully thought about it, found a person of high moral standing and came out to formulate state etiquette and law and discipline, and under one operation, he treated those thorny heads obediently. Li Xiong only then had the appearance of being an emperor.
Second, the issue of turf.
Although there was Shu Land, the gateway to this place, Hanzhong, was still in the hands of the Western Jin Dynasty. If you want to sleep soundly, the portal must be watched by yourself.
To this end, Li Xiong sent his sons to take charge of the army, led an army of 20,000 to capture Hanzhong, took Southern Zheng, and by the way, all the population here migrated to Shudi, and only regarded Hanzhong as a gate.
After that, Li Xiong extended his hand to Yunnan and Chongqing, and since then, the entire great southwest region has become Li Xiong's territory. At this time, Li Xiong and Liu Bei occupied almost the same territory.
Third, the relationship with the Western Jin Dynasty.
This matter is indeed quite tricky, after all, the Jin Dynasty is an orthodox dynasty, occupying most of the world's territory. And Li Xiong only had the southwest region in his hands.
The most crucial thing is that Li Xiong does not have the ambition to seize the world, so he will not take the initiative to attack like Liu Bei. Then he had to face the question, how to view the relationship between himself and the Jin Dynasty?
Treated as equals? People may not agree. Inferior? You may not be satisfied. This matter was quite difficult to handle, and he once planned to go to the imperial title and choose to become a vassal of the Jin Dynasty, but the courtiers in the middle of the court opposed it, and this matter was stopped.
3. Keeping one's job in civil strife.
Why is it harder to keep a job than to start a business? Because when starting a business, you are dealing with foreign enemies, you can take various means and do it without reservation. When keeping one's job, often the contradictions come from within.
Li Xiong this guy does not know whether it is a brain pump, he has more than 10 sons, but he wants to set up his brother Li Dang's son Li Ban as the prince, he also feels that this matter he has done a high wind and bright festival, worthy of praise. Don't you know that this decision directly laid the groundwork for the internal strife that later became a Han Dynasty?
First, Li Yue killed Li Ban.
After Li Xiong's death, his nephew Li Ban successfully succeeded to the throne. Can Li Xiong's 10 sons look cool? Therefore, Li Xiong's sons Li Yue and Li Qi immediately hit it off, and took advantage of the funeral efforts to formulate an assassination plan.
At that time, many people persuaded Li Ban to send Li Xiong's sons out, but Li Ban felt that Li Xiong's mourning period was not over, and he could not bear to send them away.
Sooner or later you will have to pay the price. Not long after, Li Yue took advantage of Li Ban's weeping and mourning and killed Li Ban. It was done by his brother Li Yue, and the younger brother Li Qi, who conspired with him, shirked it cleanly. Therefore, the courtiers were dissatisfied with Li Yue's tyranny, and Li Yue was more and more outgoing, so everyone jointly assisted Li Qi as emperor. Li Yue said: Can I scold my mother?
Second, Li Shou abolished Li Qi.
After Li Qi succeeded to the throne, he cleared all the brothers of Li Ban and cleared the obstacles. He felt that his big seat had been secured, so he began the routine of birds hiding with their bows.
First of all, Li Qi killed the old ministers who had supported him in the past, discarded them in various ways, and even degraded them. Switch to those of your former cronies. The key is that the talent of these cronies is not high, and the ability to cause trouble is not small.
Second, Li Qi prevented his brothers from seizing the throne and simply poisoned and killed Li Xiong's other sons. Including his older brother Li Yue, who helped him ascend to the throne in the past.
Moreover, Li Qi swept away obstacles and lived a life of absurdity and no way. He took all the wives and daughters of the heroes who had raided the house to his harem for selection, causing the people of the world to panic, and no one obeyed him.
To die like this is to ask God to clean him up. Li Te's younger brother, Li Jun, had a very good son named Li Shou. At that time, Li Shou had a heavy army in his hands, and seeing that Tang Nephew was so absurd and killed his own brother, he simply rebelled against Li Qi.
After taking Chengdu, Li Shou deposed Li Qi in the name of the empress dowager. Li Qi, a little unable to open his mind, committed suicide that year, only 25 years old.
Fourth, Li Shi's subjugation of the country was expected.
After such a toss, the Chenghan regime, which was not rich in the first place, seemed to be worse at this time. After Li Shou seized power, although he lived a stable life for a period of time, Li Shou was not a fuel-saving lamp!
After he seized the throne, he changed the Dacheng regime to the Han regime, which is why it was later called the Han regime in history. During the 5 years of Li Shou's reign, various construction projects were built.
The reason was that the emissary went to Zhao Shihu's palace after a trip and found that the palace there was gorgeous, which caused Li Shou to be a little envious and jealous. After Li Shou died a few years later, he passed the throne to his son Li Shi.
Li Shi is counted as the descendant of Li Te's grandson, where he knows the hardships of entrepreneurship, he did nothing to inherit the throne, naturally lived an extravagant and lavish life.
However, Li Shi was also aware of the dangers of the clan, so he slaughtered his only brother, Li Guang. Even if he did not have a son, he would not make his brother the emperor's brother.
At this time, Huan Wen of the Eastern Jin Dynasty had already set his sights on the fat meat of Cheng Han. As long as Cheng Han is destroyed, then Huan Wen's usurpation of the throne will go one step further.
In the face of the crisis, Li Shi not only did not realize the danger, but continued to commit various deaths at home. He constantly killed the ministers and robbed other people's wives, so that no one dared to look up at Li Shi.
Therefore, at this time, the Chenghan regime did not have the heart to resist Huan Wen's attack. Although Cheng Han occupied the geographical advantage, he was still beaten by Huan Wen.
When in danger, Li Shi did not think of continuing to fight, but took the initiative to surrender. Huan Wen was overjoyed, and brought all the clans of the old Li family to Jiankang's custody, and since then the Chenghan coup has been erased from the earth by Huan Wen, and Guo Zuo has been in charge for 44 years.
Summary: Everything is Li Xiong's fault.
Li Xiong passed the throne to his nephew Li Ban, which directly caused civil unrest in the Chenghan regime. In the feudal era, the succession of the throne was a very prudent thing, and the slightest carelessness would cause chaos in the clan.
This matter should not have been sloppy, but Li Xiong wanted to repay his brother's kindness, and finished such a show. He has been a monarch for 31 years, and his life is good, and he does not care about his descendants?
Therefore, after that, Li Xiong's sons and nephews killed each other for the throne. This caused the phenomenon of instability of imperial power, and even if Li Shou and Li Shi's father and son later stabilized the situation, the prestige of imperial power was also greatly weakened. At least everyone will feel: The emperor changes every year, who is your boy?
Reference: Book of Jin