Daming Super Dimension Company, President Zhu Yuanzhang!

Li Shimin showed a sneer on his face, "You are already ambitious and yet you do such hypocritical things."

"Most of the military governors in the late Tang Dynasty were ambitious. They held military power and land in their hands, and certainly would not care about the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. The hypocrisy before becoming emperor was just for the sake of reputation." Xiao Ran said.

Moreover, he ascended the throne in front of the coffin many times, all to show that he was not plotting treason.

"Is this the Later Shu you mentioned?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

Xiao Ran shook his head, "No, Wang Jian belongs to Former Shu."

It goes on to say, "In the year after he became emperor, Wang Jian offered sacrifices to heaven in the southern suburbs of Chengdu and changed the reign title to Wucheng. He soon added the honorific title of Yingwu Ruisheng Emperor and appointed his second son Wang Zongyi as the crown prince."

"In the first month of 911 AD, Princess Puci and her husband Li Jichong were at odds, so Wang Jian recalled the princess. Li Maozhen was furious and sent troops to attack. Wang Jian ordered Wang Zongkan, Wang Zongyou and others to attack the Qi Kingdom. Wang Zongkan was defeated in Qingni, and Wang Jian personally led the expedition, and the Qi army retreated."

"In 913 AD, Tang Daoxi, a favorite minister, was at odds with the crown prince, Wang Zongyi, and falsely accused Wang Jian of treason. The crown prince's subordinates were frightened and launched a mutiny. Wang Jian sent troops to suppress the mutiny. The crown prince fled to the people and was later killed by the guards. Wang Jian asked someone to read the fortunes of his sons, and after seeing the joint signatures of the ministers, he thought Wang Zongyan was the most popular choice, so he made Wang Zongyan the crown prince."

"Later, Wang Jian changed the country's name to Dahan, and the following year was the first year of Tianhan."

Li Shimin frowned, "Is this the Later Han Dynasty?"

"In the first year of Tianhan, when Wang Jian was offering sacrifices to heaven, a strong wind uprooted trees. On the first day of the first month of the following year, the name of the Kingdom of Great Shu was restored."

"How can an emperor trust these things so much?" Li Jiancheng was a little disgusted.

Fusu didn't seem to agree with it either.

Xiao Ran said, "Although Wang Jian appointed a crown prince, he was worried that the crown prince would not be able to inherit the throne. He believed that Prince Wang Zongjie had talent and strategy, so Wang Jian began to think about changing the crown prince. Unfortunately, not long after, Wang Zongjie died suddenly, and Wang Jian was deeply suspicious of this. But in the same year, Wang Jian died of illness, and Crown Prince Wang Zongyan succeeded to the throne and changed his name to Wang Yan."

"Former Shu was destroyed by Later Tang only eighteen years after its establishment. However, even if there was no Later Tang, its demise would have been inevitable sooner or later."

"Why is this?" Li Cunxu looked puzzled.

Li Shimin continued in a deep voice, "Is Wang Yan a tyrant?"

"Wang Yan ascended the throne at the age of seventeen, with his biological mother, Xu, as the Empress Dowager, and his aunt as the Imperial Concubine. Wang Yan was incapable of handling state affairs, and entrusted military and national affairs to the eunuchs, while he pursued pleasure. The eunuchs abused their power, and the Empress Dowager and the Imperial Concubine openly sold official positions and titles, selling them at a low price according to the level of the official position. The powerful officials did not want to fall behind, and the Minister of Rites Han Zhao presided over the examination, and openly accepted bribes and cheated. He also asked to sell the positions of governors of several states to him, and the money would belong to him, and Wang Yan agreed."

"Not only that, Wang Yan himself also sold official positions and appointed officials arbitrarily based on his personal likes and dislikes. As for selling prisons for personal gain, corruption and abuse of power became common. The year after he ascended the throne, Wang Yan issued an imperial edict to tour the north. Every time he arrived in a place, he was entertained by a banquet from the local officials, and the money he spent was countless."

Li Shimin and others had complicated expressions. It would be a miracle if such a regime could survive.

The Later Tang Dynasty destroyed the Former Shu Dynasty, which was to eliminate harm for the people.

Xiao Ran said, "In the sixth year of Qiande, Li Cunxu sent Li Yan as an envoy to Former Shu to spy on the situation in Shu. After learning the situation, Li Cunxu prepared to attack Shu. At this time, Li Maozhen also surrendered to Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang. At this time, a minister reported to Wang Yan to remind Later Tang to attack. Although Wang Yan immediately appointed Song Guangbao as the governor of Zizhou, he did not actually take it seriously."

"Not long after, Emperor Zhuangzong of Tang sent envoys to paralyze Wang Yan. Wang Yan sent back the envoys and sent people to the Later Tang as envoys to communicate with him. He thought he could rest easy, so he withdrew all his troops and traveled with his palace ladies all day. But when the Tang army entered Dasan Pass, the guards surrendered one after another, and they captured most of the cities. Wang Yan led 50,000 troops to Lizhou, sent 30,000 infantry and cavalry to fight at Sanquan, was defeated, and fled back to Chengdu. The Later Tang army immediately surrounded Chengdu, and Wang Yan surrendered to the Later Tang in a shameful way, and was killed on the way to be escorted."

"Former Shu will also perish." "Such a regime should not exist in the world." Fusu's face darkened slightly, and he felt deep sympathy for the people of Former Shu.

Xiao Ran raised his hand and patted his shoulder, sighing a little, "The people have no choice."

"The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms were a chaotic time, and being able to barely survive was sometimes a luxury. Other similar periods in history include the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Warring States period before the Qin Dynasty, and the late Qing Dynasty."

"So, your father's achievements in unifying the country will be remembered for all eternity."

Fusu was stunned for a moment, then suddenly smiled, "I understand what you mean. I have discussed this with my father for a long time, and he already knows how narrow-minded I was in the past."

"That's fine." Xiao Ran didn't say anything more.

Li Shimin pondered for a long time and said, "During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the Later Liang still existed, and the Later Tang was related to Li Cunxu. Then who established the remaining Later Jin, Later Han, Later Zhou, and the other nine regimes except Former Shu?"

"When I talked about the Later Tang Dynasty earlier, I should have mentioned that it was Shi Jingtang who allied with the Khitan who destroyed the Later Tang Dynasty." Xiao Ran said after thinking for a moment.

Li Jiancheng frowned, not quite believing it. "Could the Khitan be so kind as to allow Shi Jingtang to become emperor?"

"After Shi Jingtang took the throne, he ceded the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun to the Khitan. In addition to paying a large amount of money and goods to the Khitan every year, he never forgot to celebrate or mourn. Envoys met each other on the road, presented a letter of homage, and called Liao Taizong his father. Even though the Khitan envoys were arrogant every time they came, Shi Jingtang endured it, but the court and the people were ashamed of it."

Xiao Ran felt ashamed when he talked about it. In history, foreign races have always been the attacked party. It is really rare to see someone like Shi Jingtang rushing to please others.

Of course, Khitan wouldn't care about raising an obedient dog.

Sighing heavily, Xiao Ran continued, "Although Shi Jingtang ascended the throne, many vassal states were dissatisfied, especially those who were ashamed to be subjects of the Khitan. Among them, Wu Luan, the judge of the Datong Jiedushi, closed the city and refused to obey the Khitan's orders. Guo Chongwei, the commander of Yingzhou, stood up and returned south."

"In the second year of Tianfu, which was 938 AD, Fan Tingguang, the governor of Tianxiong, rebelled. Shi Jingtang ordered Zhang Congbin to suppress the rebellion, but Zhang Congbin joined him in the rebellion. Then a mutiny also occurred in Weizhou. Soon, the Khitan changed its name to Liao. At the same time, Yang Guangyuan, the imperial guard general of the Later Jin Dynasty, relied on his heavy troops to interfere in government affairs."

"In the fourth year of Tianfu, Yang Guangyuan killed Fan Tingguang without authorization, and Shi Jingtang did not dare to say much."

"In the sixth year of Tianfu, An Zhongrong, the governor of Chengde, submitted a memorial accusing Shi Jingtang of serving the Khitan and preparing for a decisive battle with the Khitan."

At this point, Xiao Ran paused for a moment, and his tone changed, "Shi Jingtang sent troops to kill An Zhongrong, and sent his head to Khitan."

Li Shimin and his companions became furious.

"This person is totally unreasonable! He deserves death!"

"In the seventh year of Tianfu, the Khitan sent an envoy to ask for the tripod of Tuyuhun. Shi Jingtang did not dare to offend Liu Zhiyuan, who held a large number of troops, nor did he dare to offend his "father emperor". As a result, he became depressed and died in humiliation."

After Xiao Ran finished speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, "I wonder if we in the Ming Dynasty can still find his tomb."

"It is not too much to whip the corpse of the Khitan lackey!" (End of this chapter)