In the first year of Qianhua, in 911 AD, in the Lingnan region during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Liu Yin, a heroic man who divided the two provinces, ended his life in a unique way.
Unlike other rulers, Liu Yin was not assassinated by his soldiers, disobeyed by his ministers, or murdered by his relatives. Instead, he chose to leave naturally, ending his twenty-year struggle.
During Liu Yin's lifetime, almost no one could have foreseen the date of his death. In the process of his silent cultivation, economic development, and recruitment of talents, he has always maintained an atmosphere of mystery.
With the help of heaven, he gradually became the most powerful warlord in the Lingnan region. His deeds have become a legend in people's mouths and are widely praised by people. Liu Yin's death left people with endless emotion and thought.
In this era when mutinies and usurpation of power are commonplace, Liu Yin has shown us a new way of life in his unique way. His death not only proves his talent and ability, but also shows us his noble character and great spirit.
His death is a life choice and an attitude towards life. His story will always inspire us to pursue our dreams, to achieve our goals, and to create our life value.
In the troubled times, the Jiedu envoys went their own way and used war to expand externally, which led to war in the Central Plains and the population moved south. Lingnan was originally barren and remote, and it was even more degrading during the Tang Dynasty, but at this time it was developed due to population migration.
Liu Yin governed Lingnan with his talents and means, and enjoyed the dividends of population migration. However, he died of illness at the age of thirty-nine. Historically, many talented military generals also died early at the age of thirty-nine, such as Cao Pi, Chai Rong, Yue Fei, Tuo Lei, etc.
Life and death are not opposites, but eternal as a part of life.
Although Liu Yin has left this world, the country he left to his younger brother Liu has developed steadily and social contradictions have eased, and it is a prosperous and peaceful era.
Liu Yin's departure is like the changes of the four seasons of trees, the baptism of floods and droughts in rivers, and the changes of mountains and rivers through collapse and polishing, all of which are the inevitable process of life.
Only people, short lives, are gone and never return. But even so, we can't lose our love for life and hope for the future. Because, just like trees, mountains, rivers, as long as time is long enough, everything will change, and everything has the potential to change for the better.
Although Liu Yin's departure is regrettable and reluctant, his spirit and legacy will continue in the hands of his younger brother Liu. Let us remember Liu Yin, remember his tenacity and courage, and continue to move forward to create a better future.
Liu was once known as the "Hero", but he was not just a military leader. After taking over his brother's class, he continued to work hard, and finally became the emperor of the Southern Han Dynasty in 917 AD, in the third year of Zhenming.
Since then, he is no longer just a "hero", but has become an emperor. During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, the world was in turmoil, and the land of Lingnan became a refuge for many people due to its remote location.
Therefore, many literati doctors and ** chose to move to Lingnan to avoid chaos. Their support or rejection of Liu played an important role in whether the Southern Han regime could maintain long-term peace and stability in the Lingnan region.
Liu inherited the style of his brother Liu Yin's corporal Lixian, and treated these civil servants who had lost their original units and iron jobs with courtesy, making them the first ministers and supporters of the Southern Han political system.
However, the relationship between the monarch and the minister has always been the most difficult to deal with, and the emperor needs to rely on the support of the ministers to sit on the throne, and the ministers need the emperor's protection to protect their careers.
But there is no equilibrium between the monarch and the minister, only checks and balances.
Wang Dingbao image) Wang Dingbao, the founder of the Southern Han Dynasty, the word Yisheng, a native of Nanchang, Jiangxi, and a Jinshi during the Guanghua period of the Tang Dynasty. He lived in Lingnan to avoid chaos and became the first hero of Liu Yin's secession of Lingnan and helping Liu pacify the world.
Wang Dingbao is not only an iconic political figure, but also a general who is well versed in the art of war. Before Liu became emperor, he was worried that Wang Dingbao would have different intentions or not support him.
Wang Dingbao was born as a scholar of the Tang Dynasty, and in the eyes of such people, Liu ascending the throne and becoming emperor is undoubtedly a kind of arrogance. On the eve of becoming emperor, Liu found a reason to arrange for Wang Dingbao to send an envoy to Jingnan and sent him out.
By the time Wang Dingbao returned, Liu had already proclaimed himself emperor and invited guests to dinner, creating an established fact, and it was too late for Wang Dingbao to object. Although Liu has been proclaimed emperor, he is still not very comfortable with Wang Dingbao.
When Brother Wang returned from Jingnan, Liu immediately sent his confidant Ni Shu to inquire about the news, and when Ni Shu saw Wang Dingbao, he told the news of Liu Cheng's reign as emperor.
Unexpectedly, Wang Dingbao was not indignant or surprised, but just said this sentence lightly: "When I entered the city from the south gate, I found that the plaque of the Jiedu envoy who had been enshrined by the imperial court was still hanging on the city wall.
Since the country has been founded, isn't it a bit nondescript to hang that thing again, and when the time comes, won't it make people laugh? ”
Liu turned around and smiled, because he knew that Wang Dingbao was a true brother and cared about him very much. He revealed the news to Ni Shu and said that his worries about Wang Dingbao all along were unnecessary.
This story shows the clear atmosphere of the Southern Han officialdom and the harmonious relationship between the monarch and the minister. Liu Although not an incompetent monarch, he has some personality issues.
According to the History of the New Five Dynasties, he was brutal by nature and liked to study and use extremely cruel punishments, and every time he saw a prisoner executed, he would be overjoyed and even drool.
At the same time, he also began to be satisfied with the status quo and became arrogant and lascivious. In the history of the Five Dynasties, he was considered a promising king in the first half of the period, but in the second half of the period, he plummeted and fell from the altar.
He requisitioned a large number of Lingnan people to build ornate palaces, which led to the gradual loss of his morality, while the silence of the ministers of the court and the central government fueled his arrogance.
Liu named his ornate palace"Nangong", and invited the minister Wang Dingbao to write a poem "Nangong Seven Wonders" to congratulate. Liu was excited about the new name, and he put his original name"Liu Yan or Liu Xuan"Instead"Liu Zhi", but only a year later, the palace people found a white dragon at the door of the dormitory, and he changed the name again"Liu Gong"。
However, when he heard that there was a book of prophecies circulating among the people"Gong Ye, the one who destroyed the Liu family", he decided to reinvent a character and changed the name to"Liu"。
Yes, you read that right,"䶮"This word was coined by Liu himself.
The flying dragon is in the sky, I am invincible, in the sky and on the earth, I am the only one. However, no matter how much the name is changed, it cannot get rid of the fate of birth, old age, sickness and death. In 942 AD, Liu Gaozu of the Southern Han Dynasty died at the age of fifty-four.
Compared to his older brother Liu Yin, who died young, he was given an extra decade to govern the world. But instead of cherishing this opportunity, he became more and more brutal and extravagant.
Gradually, he ignored the law, regarded his ministers as servants, and punished the people at will. He even began to hand over power to eunuchs, ruled the world with domestic slaves, and regarded the two Lingnan provinces and 46 prefectures as his private property.
Nonetheless, Liu contributed to our research because he was a typical transitional king, and the good and evil of human nature were reflected in him.
His existence is a model for the study of feudal emperors. Just as I have always insisted on academic thinking, when we treat ancient emperors, we should not only affirm their merits, but also point out their mistakes, which is the true respect for history. "