[Lingguan Qingliu Jingxinmo]
Li Cunxu liked opera, was proficient in music, and could compose music himself. He composed many popular songs himself, which were sung by the people of Hedong for many years and were called "imperial" by the common people. He also gave himself a stage name - "Li Tianxia". When he got interested, he would appear on stage as "Li Tianxia".
After the incident of "Liu Sou recognized his relatives", one day, Li Cunxu had a sudden idea and ordered someone to buy a suit of Liu Sou's clothes, carrying a medicine bag, and asked his son Li Jiqi to carry a broken straw hat with him. Then he suddenly visited Xiao Liu's bedroom, "Ahem... where is my daughter? People from Liu Shan are looking for my daughter! Ahem..."
Li Cunxu's acting skills are outstanding, and coupled with his appearance, he is no different from Liu Sou.
Little Mrs. Liu was startled and looked carefully, "Hey——" She was so angry that she beat Li Jiji (Liu was furious and chased him away).
Li Cunxu, on the other hand, laughed like a pig.
Li Cunxu played a trick on the young Liu family and played the role of "Liu Sou's Provincial Daughter", which was even more sensational than the original version of "Liu Sou's Recognition of Marriage". From then on, it became the biggest joke in the palace (the palace thought it was a laugh).
Is this what the emperor did?
Among the huge group of actors, there is also a good actor who deserves respect. His name is Jing Xinmo.
Once, Li Cunxu transformed into "Li Tianxia", went on stage to perform in a ticketed opera, and performed on the same stage with other actors. According to the script, Li Cunxu said several lines by his own name. Li Cunxu shouted with great devotion: "Li Tianxia, Li Tianxia!"
Suddenly, Jing Xinmo walked up quickly, raised his hand and slapped Li Cunxu loudly.
The scene instantly became silent. Li Cunxu was also confused.
I saw that Jing Xinmo was calm and said slowly: "There is only one person who can rule the world, and that is our Holy Emperor! Who else do you want to call me?"
Li Cunxu was very happy, the slap was so comfortable! So reward and respect new grinding.
He really didn't hear the subtext of Jing Xinmo. On the surface, he was expressing his loyalty to Li Cunxu, but in fact, he was trying to persuade him. The general idea is that with your character, you are not worthy of being our emperor. Li Cunxu didn't hear it.
Another time, Li Cunxu went hunting in Zhongmou County, and his entourage also trampled and destroyed the farmland. The magistrate of Zhongmou County knelt in front of Li Cunxu's horse and said: "Your Majesty is the parent of the people in the world, why do you destroy the people's food and let them starve to death?" "
Li Cunxu was furious, "How dare you, a small county magistrate, spoil my mood? Get out of here!" and then ordered him to be killed.
Jing Xinmo hurriedly led the other officials to catch the county magistrate from the temporary execution ground, threw him in front of Li Cunxu's horse, and loudly reprimanded: "Who among the people in the world doesn't know that the emperor likes hunting? How dare you, the county magistrate, say you don't know?" Allowing the people to cultivate fields and grow crops to pay taxes? How brave! You should burn all the crops and starve the people to death, so as to free up the land for the emperor to hunt. You should really kill !”
Then he begged the county magistrate to be executed on the spot. Other actors also echoed, "Yes, yes, kill him!"
Li Cunxu laughed "haha" and ordered the county magistrate to be pardoned.
Playing hard to get is a common method used to persuade tyrants. Zhang Chengye repeatedly used this method to persuade Li Cunxu.
Jing Xinmo once went to the palace to report something, and he met Li Cunxu walking his dog. "There are many vicious dogs in the palace. If they are freshly ground away, one dog will chase them away." Those who are good at hunting must be good at raising flying eagles and running dogs. Li Cunxu raised hounds, not little teddy dogs, which were very threatening to people.
Jing Xinmo staged "King Qin running around the pillar" and shouted at Li Cunxu: "Your Majesty, don't let your child bite me!"
The Shatuo people are originally from the Yi Di, and the Central Plains often use the Yi Di to compete with dogs, so the Shatuo people are most taboo about this (Zhuang Zong's family is Yi Di, and Yi Di people taboo dogs). Lu Zhi, who used to love drinking, often scolded Li Cunxu after drinking. The brothers were pigs and dogs, which made Li Cunxu want to kill him many times.
Jing Xinmo deliberately mocked him, "Your Majesty, please don't allow your children to bite others!"
Li Cunxu was furious. He took off his precious eagle bow, bent the bow and nocked an arrow, intending to shoot Jing Xinmo himself.
The joke was too big. Jing Xinmo hurriedly shouted: "Your Majesty, please don't kill me. Your Majesty and I are one. Killing him is ominous!"
Li Cunxu was puzzled, loosened his bowstring, and asked him what he meant by this.
Jing Xinmo replied: "Your Majesty founded the country and changed the name to 'Tongguang'. People all over the world call your Majesty the 'Tongguang Emperor'. Respect, it is a mirror, made of copper; newly polished, there is light. Jing Xinmo, It's called Bronze Light. If you kill Jing Xinmo, you're killing Tongguang."
Li Cunxu then laughed and stopped embarrassing him.
There is no occupational discrimination in history. When we scold the eunuchs, we must know that there are Yang Fuguang and Zhang Chengye among the eunuchs; when we scold the court officials, we must not forget Shi Yezhu (Xizong said that if I play polo and enter the imperial examination, I will definitely get the top prize. Shi Yezhu replied : If Yao and Shun had been the examiners, Your Majesty would have failed), Jing Xinmo.
【Eunuch's Spring】
Li Cunxu's character is the revivalist of the Tang Dynasty. The rise and fall continue, and the building is about to collapse. In theory, he wanted to restore the cultural relics system of the Tang Dynasty and restore the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.
To this end, he did make a lot of efforts, such as abolishing the "Liang Ling Style" and replacing it with the Tang system; restoring the old names of states, counties, temples, and palaces; redressing the injustices of those persecuted by Zhu Liang and restoring their reputation... At first glance, it looks like a big deal, but in fact it is of little importance. There is only one thing that is of great significance - the restoration of the eunuchs.
No matter how much later generations slander and discredit Zhu Wen and his back-liang dynasties, they have to admit an objective fact: the situation of eunuchs interfering in politics that seriously corroded the Tang Dynasty and made it increasingly declining was completely eradicated by Zhu Wen. Although the method is cruel and the process is bloody, it is indeed effective.
Later Liang changed the original "Privy Council" to the "Chongzheng Yuan" and put it in charge of civilian officials. The central power was transferred from the power of eunuchs to the civil servant group, not to mention the power of the imperial army. Zhu Wen accomplished the goal that Zhaozong dreamed of and eradicated the eunuch cancer.
This should be the political legacy left by the Later Liang Dynasty to Li Cunxu of the Later Tang Dynasty.
Li Cunxu didn't appreciate it.
In the first month of the second year of Tongguang (924), Li Cunxu issued an edict to collect eunuchs from all over the country and send them to the palace. At that time, Li Cunxu already had 500 eunuchs around him. After the edict was issued, the number of eunuchs in the palace immediately exceeded 1,000.
Since the "Siege of Fengxiang" (903), the eunuchs were massacred, and civil and military officials took over the power from the original eunuch forces. It has been 22 years since then. Now, Li Cunxu not only gave these eunuchs more generous salaries than before, but also allowed them to regain control of various real powers. He also sent them to various armies and roads to serve as military eunuchs.
The power of the eunuchs who supervise the army even exceeds that in the Tang Dynasty. As long as the military and political chiefs leave the headquarters, whether they are going out to fight or come to Beijing for an audience, the eunuchs who supervise the army will immediately take over the military and political power. The eunuchs who oversaw the army even dared to insult and oppress the commander-in-chief. Although the commander-in-chief gritted his teeth in hatred, he did not dare to complain or resist.
The power of eunuchs was revived.
Letting the eunuchs regain power was just a means for Li Cunxu, not an end. His purpose was to use the rise of eunuch power to suppress and weaken the meritorious old ministers and disintegrate local vassal towns. Just the opposite of Zhaozong's route.
The eunuchs lived up to Li Cunxu's high expectations. They grew rapidly and vigorously like dogs peeing on moss after the rain, and competed for power with the meritorious old ministers and military generals who helped Li Cunxu conquer the world.
For example, Guo Chongtao among civil servants and Li Siyuan among military generals became the targets of eunuchs. Although the power of the eunuchs in the Later Tang Dynasty was in its infancy, they had the secret support and instigation of Li Cunxu behind them, so they exploded with astonishing fighting power. Even Li Siyuan, who was well-established, highly respected, and had a large number of troops, could not withstand them.
Guo Chongtao voluntarily resigned more than once to avoid disaster; and Li Siyuan even voluntarily requested to hand over military power. Even these two people surrendered to the eunuch group, let alone the others.
The soil for the strong return of eunuch power was Li Cunxu's change in attitude towards meritorious generals.
