Chapter 333: Later Jin and Later Han
On the canopy.

On a platform for offering sacrifices to the heavens built with earth and stones.

The foreign emperor, wearing a fur hat and a fur coat, looked at the man kneeling on the ground in front of him and said with a smile:
"You are handsome and imposing."

"Today, I will make you the emperor of Central Plains! The master of Central Plains!"

Shi Jingtang, dressed in Hu people's clothing, bowed and kowtowed:

"My son, take your orders."

As Shi Jingtang kowtowed, the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun in the territory were all under the hands of the Khitan.

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[On November 936, AD, the "child emperor" Shi Jingtang formally accepted the title from Khitan Yelü Deguang and established the Later Jin Dynasty.]

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Great Qin.

Ying Zheng no longer had time to think about the philosophy of life.

A series of critical hits had already made the whole person feel like he was in a trance!

The Emperor of Central Plains...was enthroned by an emperor of a foreign race?

What failed to be done during the Northern and Southern Dynasties was easily accomplished here?!

And the Sixteen States of Yanyun in the sky...

Looking at the sixteen states scattered along the south side of the Great Wall, Ying Zheng muttered:

"Youzhou, Jicheng... Yunzhou, Yunzhong..."

Jicheng and Yunzhong were originally important towns for defending against nomads from the north, and the two places formed a horn around each other.

If one side suffers a loss, the other side will be in danger of being attacked from all sides.

Now, no need to worry about such things...

All gone!
The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, adjacent to the south side of the Great Wall, are a strong support for the Great Wall's defense line!

Now that these sixteen states were ceded to the Khitan, not only did the Great Wall defense line of more than a thousand miles from Jicheng to Mayi become a decoration.

Moreover, the strategic passes and farmland on the south side of the Great Wall, which could be used for military defense, were also handed over to the Khitan!

From now on, the Hu cavalry can enter the Central Plains however they want!
Enter from wherever you want!

"Wu Zixu shouldn't have traveled thousands of miles to whip the corpse of King Ping of Chu..."

"You, Shi Jingtang, are the one who deserves to be whipped!"

"On par with Hu Hai!"

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The period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty
"The orthodox ruler of the Central Plains!"

Liu Che, furious, pointed at the sky and cursed:

"They actually kowtowed to the uncivilized desert country, acknowledged their sovereignty, called themselves its subjects, and paid tribute!"

"You dare to cede Daidi and Zhuozhou!"

Daicheng has always been a key point in the conflict between the Central Plains and nomads in the early Han Dynasty.

Because that is the northernmost limit of arable land!

Do you really think that Qin Shihuang built the Great Wall at random?
As long as Guanzhong controls Dai, it can use the terrain to set up a defense line here to prevent nomads from moving south to herd their horses.

Once Dai was lost, for the Hu people, entering Guanzhong was like returning home. They could come and go as they pleased!
If we had Zhuozhou in our hands, we could have resisted for a while, but now Zhuozhou is gone!
Both ends connected!
"How hateful! How hateful!"

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Western Jin Dynasty.

Sima Zhao jumped up and down and cursed!
"You are such a bastard that you are not worthy of using Jin!"

"Degrade China and respect the barbarians!"

"How dare you call yourself Jin when you are such a disgrace to the world?!"

Sima Yi thought that there was no one in the world more shameless than him.

He was wrong.

He underestimated future generations...

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Datang.

Li Shimin sat on the dragon throne with a grim face and said nothing.

Let’s not talk about the fact that this dog slave sold the birthplace of the Tang Dynasty to foreigners.

What he is worried about now is how future generations will take back Yunzhou and Youzhou.

Yunzhou has a vast terrain, and if no special blocking measures are taken, the grassland cavalry can move south at any time.

From Yunzhou, you can go directly to Youzhou by passing through Juyongguan between Yanshan Mountain and Taihang Mountain.

And Gubeikou in the north of Youzhou is an important pass to resist grassland nomads!

Youzhou is the northern gate of the entire Central Plains. No matter whether they are nomads coming from the northwest or the Mobei Plateau, they all enter from these two places. As long as these two places are defended, the Central Plains will be safe, and the rear base for defending these two places is Youzhou!

After losing these two areas, the Central Plains had to be on guard against the rapid advance of cavalry forces at all times, and had to reserve defenses in the south.

And this reserve defense is to raise horses so that they can fight against the northern cavalry when they move south.

But after losing the horse-breeding land, Central Plains will have to pay a very high price to raise horses.

However, the northern cavalry could choose to go south to plunder farmland during the autumn harvest season, and the Central Plains' finances had to allocate part of the money to defend against them at any time.

Once the Yanyun area was lost, no matter which dynasty it was, it would have to face this situation of continuous bleeding from three sides.

However, the Khitans on the opposite side were able to develop their economy in these two places where they could both be used for animal husbandry and farming.

I don’t know how many years it will take to recover the Yanyun land!

"You bastard slave! Eating his flesh and sleeping on his skin will not satisfy my hatred!"

"As hateful as Li Longji!"

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Later Tang Dynasty: Zhuangzong Period
"Your son-in-law is a wonderful man."

Li Cunxu took off the mask on his face and put it on the face of the actor next to him.

What a shit song!

"I'll go and capture him."

Li Siyuan gritted his teeth and spoke word by word.

Li Cunxu looked at Li Siyuan with his hands behind his back.

"Forget it, I'm too lazy to see him."

"Just cut the bill."

"Also, contact Bohai King Dazhen and ask him to prepare and start harassing the Khitan."

Li Siyuan paused after hearing this.

"Bohai is not peaceful internally either. He may not agree."

Li Cunxu said nonchalantly:

"If he doesn't agree, then just wait for Yelu Abaoji to destroy his country."

"By joining forces with the Tang Dynasty, the Bohai Kingdom still has a chance to survive."

"Otherwise, the first place Yelu Abaoji would deal with would be Bohai."

Li Siyuan took a deep breath, looked at Li Cunxu and said:
"Do you really want to fight the Khitan? But..." "Brother..."

Li Cunxu suddenly interrupted Li Siyuan.

"I am the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty."

Li Siyuan choked, sighed, bowed, and turned to leave.

Li Cunxu stared at the sky without moving.

The unforgettable memory came to my mind again.

The kind-hearted elder stood beside him, holding his shoulders and praising the crowd below:

"This child is as good as his father. He will definitely be a pillar of the Tang Dynasty in the future!"

He didn't remember what the crowd said.

I only remember the elder's last words.

"Don't forget your loyalty and filial piety to my family."

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Later Tang Dynasty: Mingzong Period
Li Siyuan stood there in a daze, unable to believe it for a long time.

But it doesn’t matter whether you believe it or not.

Now he could only be thankful that he had not sent Shi Jingtang north to defend against the Khitan.

"Minister Shi is not feeling well, let him rest at home..."

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Great Song.

Zhao Kuangyin looked to the north.

To the north of Bianliang is the Yellow River.

After crossing the Yellow River, there is a vast plain.

Further north are the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, which were ceded by the "child emperor" Shi Jingtang.

That is the former land of Han and Tang dynasties and the old fiefdom of Yu and Xia.

That place is full of my land and my people...

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Song Huizong Period
"The unfinished work of Taizu and Taizong has been completed by me!"

Zhao Ji looked at the sky with great pride.

"From now on, the legitimacy of our Song Dynasty is truly the destiny of heaven!"

Wang Fu cupped his hands and praised:

"Your Majesty's achievements in civil and military administration far surpass those of Taizu and Taizong."

"From now on, all kings will remember your majesty's virtue!"

Zhao Ji waved his hand and smiled:
"These are all things I should do, hahahaha! They are things I should do!"

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[However, it was not easy to be a "child emperor". Every time the Khitan envoys came, no matter how arrogant, scolding and insulting they were. ]

【Shi Jingtang could only grovel and bow his head. 】

[The court officials were divided into two groups, one for war and the other for peace. He wavered between the two groups, but in the end he did not dare to declare war on the Khitan.]

[In order to please his "father", Shi Jingtang turned a deaf ear to all insults from the Khitans, turned a blind eye to all provocations from the Khitans, sent a steady stream of wealth to the Khitans, and tried his best to maintain bilateral relations. ]

[At first, he did some serious things, such as developing agriculture, filling warehouses, facilitating merchants, circulating money, comforting the vassal states, and training soldiers.]

[However, the good times did not last long. In his later years, he began to be suspicious and extravagant.]

[In order to prevent people from rebelling, many outrageous tortures were enacted, such as nasal irrigation, tongue cutting, dismemberment, cutting, roasting, and steaming.]

[He did not trust scholars, believing that they were mostly concerned about their descendants, so he used eunuchs extensively, causing eunuchs to fill the court again.]

[Many of his trusted ministers who had once been relied upon also became disappointed with him and left him, each seeking their own way out.]

[Hedong Jiedushi Liu Zhiyuan first held his own army and occupied Jinyang, then resisted the Khitan and accepted the Tuyuhun Bai Chengfu tribe who were unwilling to submit to the Khitan.]

[In 942 AD, Yelu Deguang sent people to question Shi Jingtang. Shi Jingtang did not dare to attack Liu Zhiyuan, who held a large number of troops, nor did he dare to offend his "father emperor". He was at a loss and eventually became depressed. ] [In June, Shi Jingtang died of illness. ]

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Great Sui.

Yang Jian stared at the sky in amazement.

At first he thought that this man would at least endure the humiliation and then accumulate strength to wait for an opportunity to destroy the Khitan.

As a result, you really acted like a child or grandchild all the way?

What's the point of being the emperor?
Die after having a good time?
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[In the same year, Shi Jingtang's nephew Shi Chonggui succeeded to the throne.]

[In 944 AD, Shi Chonggui rejected all objections and firmly said to the Khitan that he only called himself a grandson and not a subject, refusing to serve the Khitan any longer. He then provoked the Khitan many times. The Khitan attacked the Later Jin Dynasty.]

[The Khitan army approached the Yellow River. Shi Chonggui led his troops northward to defeat the Khitan. The Khitan army was defeated and fled north.]

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Big man.

"It's still a bit bloody."

Liu Bang crossed his arms and sighed.

If the precedent of the Dog Emperor was followed, the State of Jin would become a vassal of the State of Liao, and he would call himself the Puppet Emperor.

It is a family shame in terms of kinship and a national shame in terms of state relations.

But this kid only calls himself grandson and not subject.

The implication is that Jin has become independent and has an equal relationship with Khitan.

He could bear the shame of being the grandson of the Yelu family.

But the State of Jin could no longer pay tribute to the Khitan as a vassal state.

"I'm afraid your bloodiness can't support the strength of your Jin State."

The land of Yanyun has been lost, and the Khitan can attack you whenever they want.

If you can't beat him, you can run away and he will come back to beat you.

How long can you last if you keep going back and forth like this?

"This dog thing is really harmful."

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[In December 945 AD, the Khitan invaded the south again. Shi Chonggui led the expedition in person. The Baituanwei of the Later Jin Dynasty defeated the Khitan and Yelu Deguang fled north in panic.]

[In October 946 AD, Shi Chonggui sent envoys to surrender and seek peace many times but to no avail, so he mobilized the entire country to march north, but the commander Du Chongwei rebelled on the battlefield, and the Khitan army marched straight into Kaifeng and occupied it.]

【Shi Chonggui surrendered, and the Later Jin Dynasty fell. 】

[After the Khitan retreated north, Liu Zhiyuan took the opportunity to send troops eastward, occupied Luoyang and Kaifeng, recovered Henan and Hebei, and established the Later Han Dynasty. ]

【But he died after only one year in office. 】

[Two years later, General Guo Wei led his army to attack Kaifeng, Emperor Yin Liu Chengyou was killed, and the Later Han Dynasty fell. ]

[In the first month of 951 AD, Guo Wei ascended the throne and changed the country's name to "Zhou", which is known in history as "Later Zhou"]

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(End of this chapter)

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