Li Xiong, whose name is Zhongjun, was the founder of the Cheng Han regime during the Sixteen Kingdoms period, born in Linwei, Luoyang (now Qin'an County, Gansu), his father Li Te, is a well-known local wealthy family, but also the leader of the Bayi tribe, Li Teh and his wife Luo Shi gave birth to Li Xiong in the first ten years of Emperor Tai of the Jin Dynasty. Maybe it's a premonition, Luo Shi said when he met people: "I gave birth to Li Dang and Li Xiong, no matter which one lives or dies, the one left behind must be rich and noble." "Li Xiong has been smart and studious since he was a child, and he has great ambitions. He knew that in order to gain a foothold in troubled times, he must have strong military force and cultural literacy. Therefore, he not only paid attention to martial arts, but also studied literature diligently. Li Xiong grew up to be eight feet three inches tall and dignified. There was a local Taoist priest named Liu Hua, who once said to everyone: "The people of Guanlong will move south to Shu in the future, and only Li Xiong will eventually become the monarch in the Li family." This is probably a posterity. However, Li Xiong was indeed lucky. When Li Teh rebelled against the Western Jin regime, Li Xiong was named a former general.
In the second year of Emperor Tai'an of Jin Hui, Li Xiong's father Li Teyin led the Li family army and the exiles to attack Bashu, and was defeated by the Western Jin Dynasty general Luo Shang, and soon died on the battlefield, and the Li family army was led by Li Xiong's uncle Li Liu, but Li Liu was frightened by the tragedy of the war and was ready to surrender to the Jin army. Li Xiong and his uncle Li Xiang took turns to persuade Li Liu, but Li Liu did not listen at all. At this time, Li Te's former general, that is, Li Te's brother-in-law Li Li, asked Li Xiong to lead the attack on the Jin army, Li Xiong said with a sad face: "Although this plan is advisable, what if my uncle does not agree!Li Li said decisively: "Coerce him to do it!."When Li Xiong heard this, the worries in his heart were immediately eliminated, and he immediately instigated the displaced people to attack the Jin army with Li Li. The homeless people also have this desire, and they are all grinding their fists and eager to try. As a result, Li Xiong led his troops to attack Sun Fu's army in the Western Jin Dynasty and won in one fell swoop. Through this military operation, his uncle Li Liu suddenly looked at Li Xiong with admiration and handed over all military power to Li Xiong. In September of the same year, Li Liu fell ill and died, and Li Xiong proclaimed himself the governor of the capital, the general, and the pastor of Yizhou. Soon, Li Xiong conquered Chengdu. However, there was a long time of food in Chengdu, and Li Xiong could not maintain the lives of the officers and soldiers after entering the city, so he had to lead his troops to Yuxian to solve the problem of food.
At this time, Fan Changsheng, the Taoist leader who lived in seclusion in Xishan, was highly respected and highly respected by the Shu people, and Li Xiong had long worshiped him and was ready to welcome him to worship as the monarch. Fan Changsheng had to wait and see for a while before making a decision, so he refused to go down the mountain. Seeing this, Li Xiong proclaimed himself the king of Chengdu in October of the first year of Yongxing in the Western Jin Dynasty, Jianyuan Jianxing, and named Li Xiang as Taifu, Li Shi as Taibao, Li Li as Taiwei, Li Yun as Situ, Li Huang as Sikong, Li Guo as Dazai, Yan Shi as Shangshuling, and Yang Bao as a servant. Li Li and Li Guo were very wise and resourceful, and Li Xiong asked them for advice when he had something. In March of the third year of Jianxing, Fan Changsheng arrived in Chengdu from Xishan, and Li Xiong personally went out of the city to greet him, named him prime minister, and honored him as Fan Xian. In June of the same year, Li Xiong proclaimed himself emperor, changed the Yuan to Yanping, and the country name Dacheng, named Fan Changsheng as the Taishi of Heaven and Earth and the Marquis of Xishan, and gave him many preferential treatments, including exemption from taxes and military service for his subordinates.
At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Dacheng regime had no laws and regulations, and many ministers often quarreled over the level of official positions. Li Xiong adopted Shang Shuling's suggestion and established a system of 100 officials, which put an end to the farce of competing for officials. Although no one was competing for official positions anymore, because the finances were unable to make ends meet, Li Xiong acquiesced in the fact that his subordinates could buy officials with gold and silver. As soon as the door to buying officials was opened, it was immediately discovered that there were too many ills, so it was strictly forbidden to buy officials. In order to solve the financial crisis, Li Xiong began to pay attention to the development of agricultural production, and appropriately reduced the rent and forced labor, stipulating that each male should pay three taels of rice a year, a female man should pay half of it, and only a quarter of the sick one, and each household should pay a few zhang of silk and a few taels of cotton. After a few years, the strength has increased significantly. In the fifth year of Cheng Yanping, Li Xiong's two right-hand men Li Li and Li Guo were killed by their subordinates respectively, and Zitong (now Mianyang, Sichuan) and Brazil regained the territory of Luo Shang, a general of the Western Jin Dynasty. Li Xiong was very annoyed and said to the general Zhang Bao: "If you can recapture Zitong, I will grant you Li Li's official title." "There must be a brave man under the heavy reward, Zhang Bao fled to Zitong to deceive in the name of committing a murder crime, and won Luo Shang's trust. Soon after, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Zitong guards to go out of the city to meet Luo Shang's envoy, he closed the city gate and easily captured Zitong. Li Xiong did not break his promise and made Zhang Bao a lieutenant. Soon, Luo Shang fell ill and died, and Li Xiong took the opportunity to send Li Xiang to capture Fucheng and capture Zitong Taishou Deng. In the fourth year of Dacheng Yuheng, Yang Hu in Hanzhong and Zhang Xian in Liangzhou also defected to Li Xiong. As a result, the Hanjia, Fuling, and Hanzhong regions all became the territories of Chengguo. This was probably the most prosperous period of Chengguo.
Li Xiong had a total of ten sons, but none of them were to his liking, so he wanted to make his nephew Li Ban the crown prince, but the ministers were strongly opposed, and Li Xiong took a lot of words to convince everyone and finally set up Li Ban as the crown prince. In the twenty-fourth year of Dacheng Yuheng, Li Xiong had sores on the top of his head, pus flowed everywhere, his son felt disgusted after seeing it, and hid far away, only Li Ban waited by his side day and night, often sucking pus for him with his mouth. Li Xiong was sick for six days and returned to heaven, at the age of sixty-one, buried in Andu Mausoleum, nicknamed Emperor Wu, temple name Taizong. Comment: Emperor Li Xiong of Chengwu is an outstanding figure in Chinese history. He not only established the Cheng Han regime and unified the Shu region, but also implemented a series of political, economic, and cultural reforms. During his reign, the Cheng Han regime became one of the most powerful secession regimes in southern China at the time. At the same time, he also attached great importance to the development of culture and education, and made important contributions to the prosperity of Shu culture.
Recorded in 202401.09.