【Clear flow】
The political chaos of the Southern Tang Dynasty was all-round chaos. For example, the "Princeling Party" with Song Qiqiu as the soul figure and the "Five Ghosts and Four Fierce" as the core also had internal disputes. Wei Cen excluded Chen Jue and united with others. Zha Wenhui started a small gang and was eventually killed by Song Qiqiu. The "Qingliu Party" is not clear either. For their own benefit, they will also do some outrageous things, such as intending to tamper with the imperial edict and so on.
Xiao Yan is one of the few who is more upright and "clean" in the true sense, so people like him are also the easiest to get rid of and the easiest to get the emperor's "good guy card."
Li Jing changed Xu Zhigao's fine style of advocating frugality. He advocated hedonism and pursued corruption and extravagance.
On one occasion, Li Jing held an "inner incense banquet" in the palace to show off various precious incense to the ministers and clan. According to records, "There are ninety-two kinds of Chinese and foreign medicines that are famous for their fragrance, combined with decoction and powder capsules, and they are all not found in Jiangnan."
Li Jing carried out a lot of real estate projects in the palace, built a skyscraper, and was extremely luxurious. After the project was accepted, Li Jing couldn't hide his joy. He called all the civil and military officials to show off and show off. The officials all praised its majesty and splendor.
Li Jing's vanity was greatly satisfied, but everyone's overwhelming praise would inevitably be mixed with nonsense, so Li Jing called the names one by one and asked the ministers to bombard him accurately.
The ministers searched their hearts and minds, trying their best to find words that others had not used before, and tried hard to cater to their master. Only when she arrived at Xiao Yan's place, Li Jing heard an unsociable saying, "It's good, but I have a small regret."
"Huh? What's the regret?"
"There is still a well missing downstairs."
"well?"
Xiao Yan slowly explained: "Because of the lack of this well, it cannot be compared to Jingyang Tower."
Xu Hun, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, has a poem that goes, "The righteous masters from all over the world return to the right way. How is the Lost Tower different from the Jingyang Tower." The second half of the seven-character sentence uses two allusions, the Lost Tower of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty and the Jingyang Tower of Empress Chen. building.
Chen Shubao, the empress of Chen, was a famous king who subjugated his country. He was debauched and doted on Zhang Lihua. Finally, the Sui army came to the city. In desperation, empress Chen hid with his beloved concubine Zhang Lihua and his concubine Kong in a dry well next to Jingyang Tower.
The subsequent section has always been talked about: the Sui soldiers searched the well and shouted into the well, asking Empress Chen to come out and surrender. However, there was silence down the well. They pretended that no one was there, so the Sui soldiers picked up a stone on the ground. , while gesticulating, he shouted, "If you don't come out, I will throw stones." Only then did Chen Shubao respond and expressed his willingness to come out and surrender. Sui Bing put down the rope and the hanging basket, but when they pulled it, they found that it was unusually heavy. Sui Bing teased each other, saying that Empress Chen was indeed a wine-pool meat forest, she looked so fat! When he pulled it up, he found that there were three people in the basket: Chen Houzhu, Zhang Lihua, and the noble concubine Kong.
Empress Chen's embarrassing behavior when he was captured was widely publicized by the Sui Dynasty to damage his image in people's hearts. For example, the former president of Iraq was taken out of the cellar where he was hiding. He was disheveled, unshaven, and haggard, but he was pressed down by lighthouse soldiers. This photo is enough to shock and destroy the psychological defenses of supporters of Iraq.
This well is also known as "Jingyang Well" and "Shame Well". It was destroyed after the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Later generations rebuilt it in order to remember the lesson of Chen Houzhu's subjugation. It is still a tourist attraction at Jiming Temple in Nanjing. One is called "Ancient Rouge Well".
Almost everything about Chen Houzhu has become synonymous with "the king who has subjugated his country", and has become a negative example in the writings of later generations of literati: for example, his original song "Flowers in the Backyard of Yushu", "The merchant girl does not know the hatred of the country's subjugation, but she still sings after her across the river." Garden Flowers";
His beloved concubine Zhang Lihua, "Zhaojun fell in love with Mao Yanshou, but Emperor Yang could not keep Zhang Lihua";
His Jingyang Well, "When the soldiers come, I have a plan, a golden well with jade hooks and railings";
There are many who have found all these elements of him, such as "Sighing that the Six Dynasties of the Southern Dynasty were in danger, and the spring flowers have turned into ashes. Only Taicheng, with the setting sun and water surrounding the mountains. Rouge Well, Jinling Grass, and later The jade trees and flowers are flying in the sky in the courtyard, the swallows are dancing and the orioles are singing, and the king is waiting in front of the hall to wait for the return of spring."
Ironically, the Sui Dynasty destroyed Nanchen and unified the world, and the second generation died. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty also left behind the allusion of Lost Towers.
Here, Xiao Yan said that adding another well would be comparable to Jingyang Tower. This sentence was too lethal. Because more than 300 years ago, Empress Chen built Jingyang Tower and Jingyang Well here (Jinling, Shengzhou), and then the country fell.
Li Jing was furious. Instead of reflecting on his extravagance and corruption, he demoted Xiao Yan from the court to Shuzhou. I may not be able to solve the problem, but I can solve the problem for you.
What is even more chilling and lamentable is that Sun Sheng of the "First Emperor Party" and "Qingliu Party" was the Shuzhou observer at the time. Instead of lending a helping hand to Xiao Yan who was in distress, he instead added insult to injury and sent troops to keep a close eye on Xiao Yan. Wagging his tail to show his favor to the powerful "Five Ghosts and Four Evils" and Li Jing.
Xiao Yan denounced Sun Sheng on the spot, saying that I was convicted and demoted because of my outspoken advice, and that I was not a vicious traitor. Moreover, when the late emperor died, it was you who almost harmed the country! Xiao Yan was referring to Sun Sheng's attempt to tamper with the imperial edict and allow the Empress Dowager to come to court.
Sun Sheng was speechless and withdrew the military police in dejection.
This is another microcosm of the party struggle in Li Jing's court. Everyone adheres to the principle of "there are no permanent friends and enemies, only eternal interests", sometimes forming "small circles" and "group politics", and sometimes forming "small circles" and "group politics". Fire and internal strife. For any team, this is an extremely dangerous hidden danger. However, Li Jing not only did not know it, but was immersed in the dream of a great power and could not extricate himself.
When the next challenge came, Li Jing finally couldn't restrain her restless mood and wanted to appear on the stage of history as a strong man.
