Chapter 221 Chapter 220 Min Emperor Li Conghou

Li Conghou was born in Jinyang in the fifth year of Qianhua (915 AD). At the age of 16, he was granted the title of king of Song Dynasty and ordered to guard Yedu.Although Conghou and his elder brother Congrong are siblings, their temperaments are very different. Conghou likes to study, respects virtuous corporals, and has a cowardly character. Congrong is the opposite. He is always guarded and suspicious, but fortunately Conghou is extremely respectful and obedient to Congrong, so there is no big gap between the two. In the fourth year of Changxing in the Later Tang Dynasty (933 A.D.), Congrong was punished, and Ming Zong called Conghou to Luoyang.Before Houhou arrived, Mingzong was dead.On December 1st, Conghou became the emperor, and became Emperor Min.

After the 19-year-old Conghou became emperor, he wanted to work hard to govern. On the fifth day of his enthronement, he called a scholar to read "Records of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty" to him.However, he was very indecisive in the handling of government affairs, unable to grasp the outline, and the power of the court was controlled by Zhu Hongzhao and Feng Yun.Zhu and Feng are the key figures of Li Congrong, the king of Qin. In the first month of the second year, Emperor Min pardoned the world, and changed the name of the year to Yingshun, taking the meaning of Yingshun and people. He also appointed Zhu Hongzhao, a privy envoy and Tongping Zhangshi, as well as Zhongshuling, and Feng Yun, the second rank of Tongzhongshumen, as his servant.Both Zhu and Feng were subordinate officials and had no military exploits, so they were very scruples about famous officials in the court and in the local area.On the one hand, they assigned several well-known Forbidden Army generals An Yanwei, Zhang Congbin and others to serve as Jiedu envoys, and on the other hand, they took strict precautions against the two major local forces, Shi Jingtang and Li Congke.At that time, Li Chongji, the eldest son of Congke, was the commander of the Imperial Army to control Hedu. Zhu and Feng sent him to Bozhou as a regiment training envoy. Congke had a daughter who was a nun in Luoyang and was called into the palace and was actually taken as a hostage.However, they did not expect that the result of doing so would be to leave the imperial court empty, with the inner light and the outer heavy, and it may be overthrown at any time.

Zhu and Feng later realized the seriousness of the emptiness of the imperial court and the strength of the feudal town, and they proposed a plan to "change the town" to Emperor Min.It is to exchange the envoys of some important areas with each other to weaken their power in various places.In February, Shi Jingtang, the Jiedu envoy of Hedong, was changed to be the envoy of Jiedu of Chengde, Cong Ke, the envoy of Fengxiang, was changed to envoy of Jiedu of Hedong, Fan Yanguang of Jiedu of De was changed to envoy of Jiedu of Tianxiong, and envoy of Jiedu of Tianxiong, Meng Hanqiong, was called back Beijing.And sent envoys to supervise and send the envoys to their posts.This caused great dissatisfaction among the envoys.Cong Ke immediately raised the banner of Qing Jun's side and set up troops in Fengxiang.

When Emperor Min heard the news of Fengxiang's rebellion, he immediately sentenced Kang Yicheng, the guard of the Sixth Army, to lead the army to conquer.Yicheng was afraid of losing his military power, so he refused to go out.Emperor Min had no choice but to appoint another person, taking An Yanwei, the military governor of the country, as the capital supervisor of the west camp, and led five military governors to fight against Fengxiang, but they were defeated very quickly.Emperor Min wept and said in the court hall: "I didn't intend to be the emperor. After being supported by you, I was still young. I entrusted the affairs of the country to the lords. I agree with the major plans of the country decided by the lords. At the beginning of Fengxiang's army , all the lords are boasting, guaranteeing that the invaders will not be peaceful. Now that this is the end, what good way do you have to turn the disaster into a blessing? I don’t think there is any. I will go west to welcome Congke and give up the throne. , and willingly." Zhu Hongzhao and Feng Yun were terrified and speechless, Kang Yicheng wanted to lead the imperial army to surrender to Cong Ke, and resolutely opposed Emperor Min's leaving the city.He lied and said: "Fengxiang's defeat was due to the general's miscalculation. There are still many forbidden troops in the city. I request to lead the army to the west and resist Congke."Zhu Hongshi, the commander of the imperial army and horse army, advocated sticking to Luoyang and not going out.Kang Yicheng said angrily: "Hong Shi won't let you go out, so do you want to rebel?" You come and go, endless disputes.Emperor Min couldn't tell who was right and who was wrong, so he ordered: "Hong Shi has committed crimes against the superior, beheaded for public display."

After Kang Yicheng left Luoyang, Cong Ke's army had arrived in Shanzhou (now Sanmenxia City, Henan).Yicheng led the army to Xin'an, more than 200 miles away from Shanzhou, and there were hundreds of soldiers from all armies rushing to Shanzhou.When Yicheng entered Shanzhou, there were only a few dozen people left under his command, and he happened to meet more than ten scout cavalry sent by Congke.Yicheng took off the bow and sword he was wearing and asked them to pass it on to Cong Ke, and conveyed his willingness to surrender. When Emperor Min heard the news of Kang Yicheng's surrender, he was very anxious and sent someone to summon Zhu Hongzhao to discuss countermeasures.Hongzhao said to his family: "This time I will be summoned to be executed." He threw himself into a well and died.An Zhongjin, the commander of the Ma Jun of the imperial army who stayed in the capital, took the opportunity to send troops to kill Feng Yun, and sent the heads of Feng and Zhu to Cong Ke.

Seeing that the capital could no longer be defended, Emperor Min wanted to rush to Weizhou.Order Meng Hanqiong to go to Weizhou to make arrangements.As soon as Han Qiong left the city gate, he rushed to Shanzhou and surrendered.When Emperor Min was in Yedu, he favored Murongqian very much. After he ascended the throne, he was promoted to Commander of Crane Control.This time when Emperor Min left for Weizhou, Emperor Min asked him to lead the army to accompany him, and he also said: "Life and death follow everyone." But as soon as Emperor Min left the city, he closed the city gate and sent someone to contact Li Congke.

On the second day after Emperor Min left, Prime Minister Feng Dao entered the court, and only when he arrived at Duanmen did he learn that Emperor Min had left.At this time, someone informed Feng Dao: "King Lu Congke is coming in a hurry, and Xianggong should lead a hundred officials out of the city to meet him." Feng Dao and the officials flocked to the Shangyang Gate in the west of the city in a hurry, and waited outside the Shangyang Gate for three days. One day, it was not until April 3rd that King Lu arrived in Luoyang.Feng Dao led a hundred officials to go to the table three times to persuade him to enter. The next day, the Queen Mother ordered Emperor Min to be abolished as King E and King Lu to supervise the country.Two days later, King Lu took the throne in front of Mingzong's coffin, and soon sent someone to kill Emperor Min.Emperor Min died at the age of 21.No posthumous title.