【Establishing Hou Tang 3】
In order to make his regime appear more legitimate, Li Cunxu ordered to visit Tang Dynasty officials to serve as political vases. Zhu Youqian in the river promptly presented a good baby - Su Xun, the former Minister of Rites.
Su Xun, one of the "Six Ministers Carrying the Coffin", and his son Su Kai were once crazy lickers of the Zhu Wen Group. They were shameless and shameless. Their biggest dream was to become the prime minister. It's just that the father and son were extremely shameless and had a very bad reputation. After Zhu Wen usurped Tang Jianliang, not only did he not reuse this "founding father", but he was forced to retire and ordered to return to his place of origin to wait for death.
Su Xun and his son were like jackals in the political arena, with a keen sense of smell. Unwilling to withdraw from the stage of history, they defected to Hezhong Mansion and embraced Zhu Youqian's lap. Zhu Youqian is duplicitous and capricious, and has the same bad taste as Su Xun and his son.
Now, hearing that Li Cunxu planned to proclaim himself emperor, Su Xun finally looked forward to the day when he would come forward. After Zhu Youqian's introduction, he came to Weizhou Xingtai and became Li Cunxu's crazy licking dog.
As soon as he entered the inner city of Weizhou, Su Xun's professionalism as one of the top dog lickers in the country was put to use. When he passed by the house where Li Cunxu once lived, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed. Everyone was puzzled. The former Minister of Education, who was well-read in poetry and books, popularized cultural knowledge to everyone, saying that this was called "worshiping the temple."
When he saw Li Cunxu himself, Su Xun knelt down and knelt down three times and kowtowed nine times. He shouted long live and burst into tears with excitement, saying that he had seen the real dragon emperor and called himself "Chen". .
The next day, Su Xun presented another thirty "Japanese painting brushes" to Li Cunxu. In the old system of the Tang Dynasty, after the edict was drafted, it was reviewed by the emperor, and the imperial pen inscribed the word "日" before it could be issued. This process was called "drawing the day", which was equivalent to the leader's approval of "agree", and the pen used was It's called "drawing the day pen".
Most people have only heard of the saying "Kneeling three times and knocking nine times", but they don't know the specific and cumbersome steps. As for "worshiping the temple" and "drawing a Japanese pen", I'm afraid most people have never heard of it.
A knowledgeable person's flattery is full of rich cultural flavor.
Li Cunxu was like a human being. There were many people around him who were leaning back and smiling, but this was the first time he had seen such a tall and distinguished person. Li Cunxu enjoyed this kind of connotative and high-level flattery, and immediately announced that he would restore Su Xun's original official position and add the title of deputy envoy to Hedong Jiedu.
In fact, most people in Hedong disliked Su Xun, especially Zhang Chengye. Even the heinous villain Zhu Wen refused to use this person, so why should we use him? Is Hedong a garbage recycling station?
Proclaiming himself emperor takes a long time to operate. The shameless Su Xun finally did not survive that day and died of illness before Li Cunxu proclaimed himself emperor. Even until his death, he could not realize his dream of becoming prime minister.
In February of the third year of Longde (923), Li Cunxu ordered the establishment of a hundred civil and military officials to select those who had served as high-ranking officials in the Tang Dynasty within his jurisdiction, and selected the most famous ones to serve as his prime ministers.
Lu Zhi, who loves to drink, stands out. However, Lu Zhi was "loose" and indulged in drinking. He did not want to be prime minister and resolutely resigned. Lu Zhi recommended two talents to Li Cunxu: Doulu Ge, the judge of the Yiwu Army in Dingzhou, and Lu Cheng, the judge of Hedong Observation. The two served as Zuo Cheng and You Cheng respectively, while Lu Zhi only served as Minister of Rites.
On April 25, Li Cunxu held an enthronement ceremony in Weizhou, officially proclaimed himself emperor, granted amnesty to the world, and changed the "Twenty Years of God's Blessing" to "The First Year of Tongguang".
Li Cunxu's country name is "Tang", and it is known as "Later Tang" in history. From this we can see the political wisdom of Li Cunxu’s group. If according to convention, when Li Cunxu founded the country and proclaimed himself emperor, the country's title should be "Jin" because his title was "King of Jin". However, Li Keyong and Li Cunxu have always regarded themselves as members of the Tang Dynasty royal family, and for many years they have used the banner of supporting the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, legally speaking, Li Cunxu did not "found the country" but "restored the country."
Zhu Xie wholeheartedly helped the Tang Dynasty put down the "Pang Xun Rebellion" and was named Li Guochang. Here are the key points, knock on the blackboard: Li Guochang was admitted to the royal family and belonged to the family lineage of Prince Zheng. Therefore, unlike the general "given national surname", Li Guochang was incorporated into the royal family and was a member of the royal family recognized by the royal family. Li Cunxu could say with confidence, "I am Li Cunxu's Li, and I am Li Shimin's Li. I am also a descendant of Emperor Taizong."
The temple name of Li Cunxu after his death was "Zhuang Zong", which is "Zong" rather than "ancestor". This shows that his successors are also maintaining and building the political image of the Hedong Group, emphasizing that they are the legal successors of the Tang Dynasty, rather than "ancestors". The founders of the new dynasty, they inherited the mantle of the Li and Tang royal families, not the warlords who separated themselves and ruled the roost.
It must be emphasized here that maintaining the Tang Dynasty and recognizing this inheritance system are the legal basis and political cornerstone of the Later Tang regime. The Zhu Wen group that usurped the Tang Dynasty must be completely denied. This is the political correctness of the post-Tang Dynasty regime. We will expand on this in detail later.
There is another interesting point here. The "Five Dynasties" are Liang, Tang, Jin, Han and Zhou. However, their actual changes are not seamless. There are overlaps and interruptions. For example, the Later Liang and the Later Tang had an overlapping period of more than six months. In April 923, Li Cunxu proclaimed himself emperor, established the Later Tang Dynasty, and changed the Yuan Dynasty to Tongguang. In October, he invaded Bianzhou and the Later Liang Dynasty was destroyed. During this period, this book still uses the reign title of Zhu Youzhen of the Later Liang Dynasty as "the third year of Longde". After October, it changes to the title of Li Cunxu of the Later Tang Dynasty as "the first year of Tongguang".
Li Cunxu ordered Weizhou to be upgraded to Xingtang Prefecture; Taiyuan Prefecture to be called Xijing; Zhenzhou to be Zhending Prefecture, called Beidu.
After three generations of ancestors were honored as emperors, a royal ancestral temple was built in Taiyuan Prefecture, which worshiped seven ancestors: Gaozu Li Yuan, Taizong Li Shimin, Yizong Li Miao, Zhaozong Li Ye, Yizu Zhu Xiezhiyi, Xianzu Li Guochang, Taizu Li Keyong. Mr. Li's father, Mr. Zhu Xie... Never mind, we have the blood of the Li Tang royal family anyway.
According to records, during the reign of Emperor Yizong of the Tang Dynasty, one day the horoscope was different, and the four stars of gold, water, earth, and fire gathered in Bi and Pleiades. Bi and Subaru both belong to the twenty-eight constellations. The ancients regarded Bi and Subaru as the divisions of Jizhou. Relevant departments reported to Emperor Yizong that this horoscope predicted that a king would appear in the land of Zhao and Wei (in the territory of Zhenzhou Chengde Army).
Therefore, Emperor Yizong of the Tang Dynasty issued an edict, ordering Wang Jingchong, who was then the governor of the Chengde Army in Zhenzhou, to put on the emperor's robes, and the central government sent a full set of equipment needed for the emperor to come to court. Wang Jingchong's officials knelt three times and kowtowed to him. Jing Chongzhao played the three-day emperor. Use this to resolve astrological signs.
Today, 49 years later, Li Cunxu indeed ascended the throne in Weizhou and proclaimed himself emperor, confirming the horoscope of a king emerging under Bi and Pleia.
Of course, this is also the need for political propaganda. In addition, Wang Jingchong died of illness at the age of 37, which may be related to this play house. He could not afford to carry it and his life was shortened.
