Shi Jingyao
Shi Jingyao, I believe everyone is familiar with it.
He is also a famous traitor in Chinese history, and in order to become an emperor, it can be said that he is ugly.
In order to become an emperor, he did not hesitate to recognize the Liao Emperor Yelü Deguang as his father, knowing that Shi Jingyao was born in 892, and Yelü Deguang was born in 902, and the two were exactly ten years apart.
He also ceded the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun to the Liao State, and his ugliness could not even be seen by his generals.
Liu Zhiyuan, a close confidant of Shi Jingyao, also advised him that he should be a subject, that his father's affairs were too much, that he was generous with gold, that he was self-sufficient in his army, that he did not have to allow his soil to be in the fields, that he was afraid that the next day would be a great trouble for China, and that he would not be able to regret it.
However, Shi Jingyao endured such a great insult and made such a great sacrifice, but why did he pass the throne to his nephew before he finally died?
Is it because Shi Jingyao did not have a son?
No, Shi Jingyao had a son at that time.
Shi Jingyao especially liked his own son Shi Chongrui, and when Shi Jingyao died, he entrusted Shi Chongrui to Feng Dao.
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But why did Shi Jingyao eventually pass the throne to his nephew Shi Chonggui?
This is because the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms are The most famous chaotic world in China, the so-called emperor, the strong soldiers and strong horses.
For example, the famous warlord Of The Late Tang Dynasty, Li Keyong of Shatuo, knew that "strong troops are difficult to control" (a strong army is difficult to command), so he let his son, the later Tang Zhuangzong Li Cunxun, receive formal military training from an early age and stay with the Shatuo cavalry from an early age. (Many warlords in the Republic of China period actually did the same, such as Zhang Xueliang was forced by his father to go to military school, in fact, according to Zhang Xueliang's interests, studying abroad or studying at Peking Yenching University in Tsinghua University is the most suitable for him)
It is precisely because it is too high to see that in the chaotic world, the risk factor of wanting to engage in the death of the father and the son is too high, if the son is underage, or if his son is not a tool, then many emperors/kings in the five generations period would rather pass the throne to their brothers or adult sons and nephews, at least this can also ensure the prosperity of the family, after all, in the chaotic world of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, once the regime changes, the former imperial family will basically be killed.
Although passing the throne to a brother/nephew means that the country and mountains they have worked so hard to fight cannot be left to their sons, at least they can ensure that their sons are rich and noble, and they can also be regarded as the hearts of these tyrants who love their sons.
Therefore, Shi Jingyao passed the throne to his nephew, Shi Zhonggui. That is, the later Jin Dynasty Emperor.
Moreover, judging from Shi Chonggui's initial reward for Shi Chongrui, Shi Chonggui was ready to cultivate Shi Chongrui as his heir, because Shi Chonggui sealed his own little brother as an inspector Taibao and Kaifeng Yin, and used Zuo San to ride a regular attendant To wei Quan to know the affairs of Kaifeng Province.
This is basically the symbol of the crown prince in the five generations.
Unfortunately, Shi Chonggui took Shi Chongrui with him when he fought with the Khitans, and as a result, both of them were captured by the Khitans and taken to the Liao State.