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Introduction: The battle for the throne has always been an important drama staged by the royal family. Fratricide, father and son turn against each other, uncles and nephews oppose each other, the history of this scene is to remind the descendants, since ancient times, thin love for the emperor's family.
The Southern Tang Dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period also staged such a scene, the emperor invited his brother to drink poisonous wine, but the younger brother's words not only saved himself, but also made Long Yan very happy. This emperor was Li Fu, the founding emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and this younger brother was surnamed Xu.
Miserable childhood, hard work
Speaking of the Southern Tang, the most profound impression of everyone is the Southern Tang Emperor Li Yu, this queen lord who only loves to dance and ink has no intention of governing the country, resulting in the final demise of the Southern Tang, but Li Yu's achievements in literature are obvious to all, but it is a pity that he was mistakenly born in the imperial family.
However, the founding emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty was a good emperor who was diligent and loved the people, and he worked hard to govern and recuperate. Under his administration, the Southern Tang Dynasty was strong and prosperous, and the country was safe and secure. But it was such an outstanding emperor, and his throne was also contested. In the last years of the Tang Dynasty, there were constant strife in various places, the Central Plains was in chaos, and the division of forces on all sides gradually became a great split, which was the Period of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms in Chinese history.
After Xu Wen adopted him as a righteous son, he changed his name to Xu Zhihuan and studied and was taught with his son. During this period, Li Fu showed extremely high talent, not only strong learning ability, but also higher than Xu Wen's own sons in terms of comprehension ability. Therefore, Xu Wen also put his mind on this righteous son, in addition to cultural knowledge, but also taught him martial arts.
After growing up, Li Fu was strong in martial arts, handsome in appearance, humble and courteous, and Xu Wen loved, so his career was also smooth. Soon, Xu Wen, who held great power, realized that his wings were full, and he had a heart of disobedience. Li Fu followed his righteous father's side for many years, knew his father's thoughts, and did his best to help his righteous father get what he wanted.
However, the good times did not last long, and it was not long before Xu Wen died, and the power of Southern Wu fell into the hands of his eldest son Xu Zhixun. Xu Zhixun was an arrogant and lascivious person, and his lack of virtue and talent soon caused resentment among the people and was killed by his subordinates.
Turning around accurately, the real power was finally in Li Fu's hands. Xu Wen's second son Xu Zhiqian wanted to regain power, but was put under house arrest by Li Fu, and Li Fu, who had completely controlled the regime, ascended the throne as emperor. After ascending the throne, he immediately changed his original name and surname, and took the name of Emperor Taizong of Tang as tang, and created the Southern Tang regime.
Strive to heal and recuperate
Li Fu claimed that the empress dowager, foreign peace talks with neighboring countries, internal taxes were reduced, so that the people could recuperate, and he was from a poor background, and he was eclectic in selection, so that the Southern Tang Could develop into a powerful country in a short period of time.
However, Li Fu did not have the idea of opening up territory to the outside world, although the Southern Tang Dynasty was strong at that time, he never thought of invading and occupying other countries, because he lost his parents in the war, and he was well aware of the pain of war. Moreover, during his reign, he advocated frugality, and throughout Chinese history, he was frugal among the emperors of successive dynasties to the point of almost cutting the door.
Protect the throne and want to kill the killer
Although Li Fu loved the people like a son in governing the country and could be called a generation of holy lords and kings, he could not escape the shackles of the world after all, and he was always at ease with Xu Zhiqian's younger brother. Although Xu Zhiqian completely gave up the idea of retaking Jiangshan after Li Fu became emperor, the support of a large number of old ministers was a hidden danger for Li Fu.
However, in order to stabilize jiangshan, Li Fu still wanted to extend his poisonous hand to his brother, so he found an excuse to set up a feast at the Hongmen Gate and invited Xu Zhi to enter the urn. During the banquet, the original two brothers now had their own hearts, and Xu Zhiqian said to Li Fu with emotion that since his brother became emperor, the feelings between the brothers were much worse than before. At this time, Li Fu was bent on getting rid of this younger brother, and then poured a glass of wine for Xu Zhiqian and said that the feelings were still the same, and raised a glass to celebrate his long life.
Xu Zhiqian looked at Li Fu's abnormal behavior, and he already knew his intentions in his heart, only to see that he did not hurry to divide half of the wine in the cup to Li Fu and said, "I am willing to give you 500 years." A sentence suddenly made Li Fu dumbfounded, and he couldn't help but feel a little guilty in his heart.
Conclusion: Xu Zhiqian used his wit and quick reaction to evade Li Fu's trap, so that he could save himself. As an enlightened monarch of a generation, Li Fu, the founder of the Southern Tang Dynasty, also passed on for his diligence in government affairs and the benefit of the people.
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