But what you may not know is that there really exists a political power in the history of our country, and women can go to court to discuss state affairs. This regime not only allows women to participate in politics, but also suppresses and excludes men, which is a rare miracle in past dynasties.
This regime is the Southern Han Dynasty in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.
Did the feminist era appear in China as early as 1000 years ago?
Of course not. Nanhan is indeed a wonderful flower, but it is not so wonderful.
Liu? Superstition and cruelty
The territory of the Southern Han Dynasty is roughly equivalent to today's Hainan, Guangdong and Guangxi plus parts of Yunnan and Vietnam, and it belongs to the southern separatist regime. His first emperor, Liu? Similar to Sun Quan, Emperor Wu, they all claimed the country by the inheritance created by their fathers and brothers.
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, there was chaos in the Central Plains, and warlords from all walks of life seized power fiercely, so they had no time to take care of the south. Liu's father and son took the opportunity to split up in Lingnan. Lingnan area is remote. At that time, most officials were exiled, and many descendants of nobles lived here. In addition, the scholars who took refuge here provided good human resources for the separatist regime. After two generations of painstaking efforts by Liu Yin and his son, Liu Jicheng ascended the throne. He took this opportunity to call himself king.
Liu? The title of Emperor Chu was "Da Yue". Later, because of the surname Liu and the popularity of the Han Dynasty, the country name was changed to "Han", which was called Nanhan in history.
Liu? I am superstitious about divination and like it very much. His real name was Ada, and later he changed his name to Liu Yi. Later, a white dragon appeared in the palace (at that time, it was said that the white dragon was Bai Hong, but today it fainted), Liu? So it was renamed Gong Liu, and the year number was changed to White Dragon. Later, a monk Hu pointed out that Gong was unlucky, Liu? Simply made up a word, that is, his last name "?" (the sound is the same as "eye"), which vividly means "the flying dragon is in the sky". Later, because of the divination before going to war, he changed the year number to "Judas".
Only superstition is tolerable, but what about Liu? The worst thing is his character.
He's a psycho killer.
In order to kill people, he invented various punishments, such as frying, frying, stewing, boiling, stewing, and throwing people into a pool full of poisonous snakes to kill them, which is called waterboarding.
He not only likes to invent punishment, but also likes to watch it. Whenever he sees killing people, it's like seeing food. His mouth was drooling, and there was so much water that people at that time even thought he was a marine animal and turned into a fine animal.
Although superstitious and abnormal, but Liu? But he was the most accomplished man among the emperors of the Southern Han Dynasty. During his reign, at least he made achievements in war and employing people, while the ruling ability of the other emperors was not as good as one, and the absurd things were stronger from generation to generation.
Liu Zan: debauchery and stupidity
Liu? Before he died, he planned to make his son Liu Hongchang the most like him emperor, but the minister advised him that this would lead to disaster, so he established the oldest Liu Hongdu and later renamed him Liu Jue.
So, Liu? I don't know his son, and I don't understand the need to consider his son's specific situation comprehensively. This eldest brother is a gluttonous man with no ambition, but his younger brothers are eyeing the throne.
Liu Jun's only hobby is playing. Before his father's funeral was over, Liu Zan, who acceded to the throne, called musicians to hold a concert in the palace, entertaining himself and drinking. He also called maids and eunuchs, stripped off their clothes and held an eighteen-forbidden carnival.
Even the women in the palace are not enough for him to enjoy. Liu Zan went out of the palace in disguise at night and went to a romantic place to have fun with the people.
Having such a good time, I'm naturally not in the mood for politics. Shortly after Liu Jue ascended the throne, a bandit in the Southern Han Dynasty, a demon named Zhang Yuxian, made an insurrection, calling himself "the Eight Kings of Zhongtian".
The troops in the Southern Han Dynasty who went to counterinsurgency were defeated, and the eastern part of Lingdong was in chaos, but even so, Liu Jue still did not repent and ate, drank, and was merry.
On the other hand, several younger brothers headed by Liu Hongxi began to plot to usurp power. On the one hand, they worship beautiful women to make him more and more addicted to beauty, on the other hand, they secretly trained a large number of warriors to kill them.
Although Liu Jue is confused about other things, he is somewhat alert to his own life. He became more and more suspicious of his younger brothers' intention to murder himself, so he stepped up the security in the palace. Anyone who enters the palace should be searched to prevent carrying weapons.
But Brother Stupid still didn't hit Brother Smart. Liu Hongxi dressed the trained samurai as wrestlers and sent them to the palace to perform in front of Liu Zan. At the party, Liu Jue was drunk and wanted to go back to his room to sleep. The warriors took the opportunity to follow him to the door of the sleeping hall, strangle him and destroy all his cronies.
Liu Zan, a dissolute and extravagant man, died in the West after only two years in office. His brother Liu Hongxi succeeded to the throne and became a tyrant in the Southern Han Dynasty.
Liu Sheng: tyranny and luxury.
After Liu Hongxi ascended the throne, he changed his name to Liu Sheng and began his career as emperor.
Because he is a brother killer, he is worried that his younger brothers will have no brains to copy their successful experience, so he simply takes the lead first.
After he ascended the throne, his younger brother Liu Honggao repeatedly asked for help to lead the troops to quell the chaos, and privately advised him to get rid of the warriors who helped them kill Liu Zan, which aroused Liu Sheng's suspicion and anger. One night, Liu Sheng sent an envoy to the palace to ask Liu Honggao to meet the saint. Hong Gao knew that the trip was doomed to failure, so he took a bath, changed clothes and said goodbye to his family in tears. When he left, he petitioned the Buddha: "Hong Gao was born into a royal family by mistake, and his life is in danger today. He is willing to be reincarnated into a small civilian family in the afterlife to avoid the pain of being slaughtered! "
So in the first year of Ganhe, when Liu Sheng ascended the throne, he drank his brother's first drop of blood, and from then on, he started the road of crazy slaughter.
In two years, he poisoned Liu Hongchang, who was valued by his father before, and completed the double killing.
He killed his brother Liu Hongya three times in three years. In the same year, he also killed the warrior that Liu Honggao had advised him to kill, and copied two ministers who helped him ascend to the throne.
In five years, he killed eight younger brothers, namely Hong Bi, Hong Dao, Hong Yi, Hong Ji, Hong Jian, Hong Jian, Hong Yong and Zhao Hong, in one day. At the same time, he killed all the men in their family, and their wives were stuffed into the harem, killing eleven.
In 12 years, his younger brother Liu Hongcao died in battle. Before he could do it, he had killed another brother, Hong Miao, twelve times.
13 years later, his last brother Liu Hongzheng also died at his hands. What about his father Liu? 17 sons, except for the eldest son and the second son who died early and Liu Hongcao who died in the battlefield, all the other 13 sons died at the hands of Liu Sheng, who was a brother harvester. This operation made Qin Ershi and Hu Hai call themselves experts.
In addition to brothers and ministers, the harem can't escape from Liu Sheng's clutches. Once, Liu Sheng was drunk. He hung a melon around the neck of a court singer to try his sword. As a result, the melon was still not cut and the head was gone. When he woke up the next day, he heard about it and sighed.
Besides killing people, another thing Liu Sheng did was to enjoy himself. He not only squeezed the domestic people, but also sent troops to plunder the surrounding areas from time to time, and even became one at sea and robbed merchant ships. The money collected was squandered by Liu Sheng, and hundreds of palaces were built alone, which has reached the point where historians can't count.
So many palaces have to sleep for several years, so Liu Sheng has no time to manage state affairs. At that time, the first female ministers in China were probably born.
From Liu? From the beginning, the monarch of the Southern Han Dynasty held a distrust attitude towards men. They think that men are officials to earn money to support their families, thinking about their own interests and not thinking about the country. Maids-in-waiting and eunuchs are closely related to the emperor and have no families, so they will serve the emperor wholeheartedly and are the most reliable people. Therefore, Liu Sheng began to grant official positions to ladies-in-waiting and eunuchs, and let them put on royal robes to discuss state affairs in the court. Headed by maids-in-waiting Huang Qiongzhi and Lu Qiongxian, they were both awarded the position of assistant, becoming the only two women in the history of China to get this position.
It can be seen that these female officials are not the products of women's liberation, but just an absurd idea after a bad king lost his mind. These ladies-in-waiting did not receive systematic education and knew nothing about politics, so they quickly colluded with eunuchs. Lv Qiongxian colluded with eunuch Lin Yan, occupied the court and killed courtiers at will.
After Zhou Shizong Chai Rong pacified Jiangbei, the idle Liu Sheng also felt the crisis. He wanted to send envoys to pay tribute to the Zhou Dynasty, but he was blocked by the Chu people and failed to make it. However, Liu Sheng's self-regulation ability is very strong. After a few days of depression, he began to drink heavily and have fun at night, saying, "It's good to save his life. How can I care about future generations! "
But such a good attitude did not prolong his life. At the age of 39, the absurd monarch died.
After Liu Sheng's death, his son Liu Jixing succeeded to the throne, and the most ridiculous emperor in this absurd dynasty appeared.
Liu Yong: a collection of predecessors' achievements.
Liu Jixing was renamed Liu Yong after he acceded to the throne. As the last king of national subjugation, he succeeded in inheriting all the dross of the Southern Han emperors.
First of all, its luxury surpasses the previous generation. It seems that Liu Yong built fewer palaces than his father, but he won by quality. According to "The Spring and Autumn Period of Ten Kingdoms", the Wansheng Hall built by Liu Yong cost 3,000 ingots of platinum for a single column. The hall was wrapped in silver and decorated with mica. During the construction period, tens of millions of dollars were spent every day without titles. In the same year, because he had a dream, he woke up and immediately built a Tianhua Palace.
Platinum and silver are only basic decorations, and the interior of the palace should be decorated with pearl hawksbill and jade. In the Spring and Autumn Period of Ten Kingdoms, there is also a special mention of the container "Fish Ying Tuolou Coconut Vertical Pot" used to hold treasures in the palace, with a volume of three buckets, that is, 30 liters (about equivalent to the volume of one and a half largest bottled water). The so-called fish English is that the skull of a fish is baked by a special process. Such a huge coconut world is rare, and such a huge fish is probably only sharks and whales. The container made of these things is a valuable treasure in itself.
Because Liu Yong likes luxury, people around him try their best to please him. Eunuch Chen Yanshou often tries to please the emperor in various ways, and spends money every time.
In addition to treasures, beauty is also the standard of a bad king. However, Liu Yong's taste is unique. Maybe he's tired of seeing women in the Central Plains. Liu Yong actually prefers a Persian woman. It is said that this woman is dark and plump. Liu Yong named her "Mei Pig" and hung out with her all day. He even imitated his uncle Liu Zan and started a group undressing show. Considering the audit reasons, it is not convenient to describe it here. (If you are interested, you can search for "roughly double")
Naturally, he has no time to deal with state affairs. Liu Yong called himself "Dr. Xiao Xian" and led his "charming pig" around, while the state affairs were handed over to Lu Qiongxian, a veteran maid-in-waiting of the two dynasties, and Chen Yanshou, an official. Liu Yong not only followed the idea of reusing eunuchs in the previous dynasty, but even enlarged it. He put all the officials in foreign countries on the shelf and gave all the real power to officials controlled by eunuchs, so that people who want to serve the country can only be reused if they enter the palace. Some shameless people also took the opportunity to seek money from the palace and even escaped the death penalty because they were in the palace.
As a result, castration has become a magic weapon to solve all problems, so that the "castration worker" who specializes in castration has become a popular occupation in the southern Han Dynasty. According to historical records, the number of eunuchs in the Southern Han Dynasty in this period may be 7000-20000.
Minister Zhong hates this. He bluntly asked Herry Liu to execute these unruly eunuchs, only to be falsely accused by eunuchs, and the whole family was beheaded. Eunuchs also persuaded Liu Yong to follow the example of the first emperor and get rid of his younger brother. Liu Yong readily agreed and immediately executed his younger brother Liu. Then eunuchs falsely accused each other. When Liu Yong heard about one thing, he put one to death and did not investigate at all.
Liu Yong also inherited his grandfather's and father's hobby of killing, created his own "punishment of burning, boiling, peeling and cutting trees", and even created an arena where prisoners and wild animals killed each other. Liu Yong's favorite thing is to kill the minister with poisoned wine, and he will watch the whole process of the minister's painful struggle until his death like watching a program. He also ordered craftsmen to build bronze statues for themselves, and if they didn't look like it, he killed the sculptor, thus killing three craftsmen in a row.
Liu Yong also inherited his grandfather's superstition, but with Liu? It's much worse than the level. Liu? Anyway, he divined by himself, but Liu Yong listened to the tricks. Chen Yanshou introduced the witch Fan Huzi to Liu Yong-you are not mistaken, she is a witch, but her name is Huzi. The witch sat in her tent, pretending to be possessed by the jade emperor, claiming that Liu Ti was the prince of the jade emperor, while Chen Yanshou, Lu Qiongxian and others were angels, so they should not be hurt at will.
This level of deception actually made Liu Yong believe it, and later he even surrendered national politics to Fan. So Fan Beard put on his royal robes and presided over the court affairs with these eunuchs and ladies-in-waiting, and the court in the Southern Han Dynasty was even more malodorous.
Nanhan was originally a remote and small country, because the court was messing around like this, and the people bore the brunt.
It can be said that Nanhan has tried his best to squeeze the people. Barrel rent collection is just a routine operation. Nanhan also stipulates that farmers have to pay five coppers for each bucket of grain, even when they enter the city or cross the city gate. Liu Yong led "Zhu Mei" to play in his palaces all over the country, and extorted local rich people to provide banquets wherever he went. In order to collect pearls for the decoration of the palace, Liu Yong set up a pearl-picking team named "Mei Chuan Capital". When these people go to the sea to collect pearls, they must tie their feet with stones, so that they can sink into the sea of 400 feet or 500 feet to collect pearls and then be pulled out of the water. In the process, countless people drowned.
The reason why such a defiant regime existed for decades was entirely due to the chaos in the Central Plains, and when Zhao Kuangyin and Chen Qiao mutinied to establish the Northern Song Dynasty, the good days of the Southern Han Dynasty were coming to an end.
Act recklessly and blindly
After the establishment of the Northern Song Dynasty, Shao Tingxuan, a general of the Southern Han Dynasty, made a suggestion to Liu Yong, clearly pointing out that: first, the survival of the Southern Han Dynasty was tied to the chaos in the Central Plains, and all parties had no time to take care of it; Second, the Central Plains will not continue to be chaotic. Now that the real hero has appeared, the world will be his. Third, because there is no threat for a long time, the army will be arrogant and helpless and unable to confront it.
In this regard, Shao Tingxuan suggested to Liu Yong that he immediately reorganize his armaments and consolidate his strength. Otherwise, send messengers to take out the treasure in the treasury and improve relations with DaSong.
Shao Tingxuan is also a eunuch, but he has a strategic vision. He made an accurate analysis of the world situation at that time, and his suggestion was a very correct choice for Nan Han. Unfortunately, this complicated problem is not suitable for Liu Yong's low IQ at all. Faced with Shao Tingyou's statement, he was short-circuited on the spot and didn't know what to say.
Afterwards, Liu Yong thought Shao Tingyou was thinking about his treasure, so he held a grudge against him. Soon someone anonymously accused Shao Tingxuan of rebellion, and Liu Yong did not hesitate to give him the death penalty.
In fact, Liu He has a clear understanding of the strength gap between himself and the Central Plains, while Liu Yong has no concept. After the establishment of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Southern Han Dynasty often harassed its borders, and even planned to send troops to seize territory when it was not stable. As a result, the generals of Nanhan Sect were all killed, and they lost a state.
Yu Yanyue, the eunuch of the Southern Han Dynasty who was captured in this war, was sent to Kaifeng, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty. Zhao Kuangyin heard that he was an archer of the South Han Royal Guards, so he gave him a bow to show his skills. As a result, the Royal Archer tried his best to open the bow, which made Zhao Kuangyin laugh.
Zhao Kuangyin asked Yu Yanyan about Liu Yong, and Yu Yanyan told all the truth. Zhao Kuangyin was shocked by Liu Yong's absurd behavior. He shouted: "I should save people here."
But at this time, Zhao Kuangyin still hasn't made up his mind to attack Nanhan. He ordered Li Yu, the king of the Southern Tang Dynasty who had surrendered, to write to Liu Yong to stop harassing the border, demanding that Nan Han cede territory and let him go. Liu Yong, who doesn't know how to live or die, certainly won't agree. He angrily detained the emissary of Nantang and wrote back to Li Yu.
When Zhao Kuangyin received a reply from Liu Yong handed over by Li Yu, he finally decided to send troops to Lingnan and sent Pan Mei as the coach to attack Nanhan.
Liuyong, who is still partying, doesn't know that he is in big trouble.
Absurd collapse
Liu Yong knows nothing about his own strength except his mouth shut. The confrontation between the Southern Han Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty is like a funny performance.
After Liu Sheng and Liu Yong, the heroes of the Southern Han Dynasty have been slaughtered, all the equipment of the army has rotted after years of use, and the fortifications in the city have also been changed into entertainment places. In the face of a powerful Song Jun, South Korea's resistance is almost as fragile as soap bubbles. In just one month, Fuzhou was conquered.
When the army of the Northern Song Dynasty approached Hezhou, the monarch of the Southern Han Dynasty and his subjects began to panic. Liu Yong hurriedly sent his favorite minister, eunuch Gong Chengshu, to Hezhou to boost morale.
The emperors and ministers of the Southern Han Dynasty lived a frenzied life, but they were extremely harsh on the soldiers. Hezhou defenders have not been paid for a long time. When they heard that an imperial envoy had come to work for the army, everyone was full of expectations and thought they would be rewarded. Unexpectedly, after Gong Chengshu arrived, he shouted slogans and encouraged him, and didn't even send a penny. As a result, the morale of the army has not improved, but has become even more sluggish.
Shortly after Song Jun's vanguard troops arrived, Gong Chengshu began to flee, and Hezhou City was surrounded.
At this time, there was another general in Nanhan, Pan Chongche, who was also dismissed because he was reported by a villain. Liu Yong thought of him at the critical moment and immediately sent someone to ask him out of the mountain. Pan Chongche refused to accept being demoted because he was wronged, so he used illness as an excuse to shirk. At the moment, this is a matter of life and death. Liu Yong should have put down his face and sincerely asked for help, but at this time he was arrogant. Seeing his refusal, he sent his cronies Wu to fight at will.
When the army of the Northern Song Dynasty heard that the enemy reinforcements were coming, they set an ambush around and took the initiative to retreat for 20 miles. Wu has no idea about it. After landing on land and water, he sat on Mazar-e and proudly commanded the army. As a result, Song Jun's ambush suddenly appeared, and the unlucky man was cut off before he understood what had happened.
The defenders of Hezhou, who lost foreign aid, still planned to stick to it, but before the regular army of the Northern Song Dynasty took action, a transshipment envoy from Song Jun rushed to the city gate with a group of logistics soldiers and thousands of migrant workers, picked up shovels and picks to fill the moat. The south Han army, which lost its barrier, voluntarily opened the gate and surrendered.
Then, Zhaozhou in the Southern Han Dynasty and the secretariat of Guizhou fled one after another, and the army of the Northern Song Dynasty easily went down to the second state, and then conquered Lianzhou.
Seeing that he was getting closer and closer to Song Jun, Liu Yong suddenly showed his father's optimism and said to the ministers: "They have paved so many places and earned enough money. They will not go south again!"
Blind optimism can't save Nanhan. After capturing Lianzhou, Song Jun marched into Shaozhou.
At this time, Nanhan took out their secret weapon. In the past, when dealing with small neighboring countries, they were invincible like soldiers. These elephant soldiers can carry more than a dozen people, and they can overwhelm the enemy with momentum when fighting head-on. But these tactics were effective for small countries, and they failed again in front of Song Jun. Song Jun concentrated his firepower on the elephant's leg with a crossbowman, and the elephant turned around and fled in pain, not only beating all the soldiers into patties, but also stepping on the ground with the soldiers of Nanhan. Southern Han army chaos, Song Jun took the opportunity to attack, 100,000 troops were wiped out again.
Song Jun continued to move forward, less than 100 miles from Panyu, the capital of the Southern Han Dynasty. Liu Yong's people are gone. At this time, a ruling maid-in-waiting recommended her adopted son Guo Chongyue, and Liu Yong ordered him to play.
Guo Chongyue also has no military talent. The two armies confronted each other across the bank, and the Han army dared not fight. He just put a bamboo fence in the water to hinder Song Jun's progress. Pan Mei attacked it with fire, the fence with fire, and the wind burned to Hanying. Nan Han was defeated again, and Guo Chongyue died in the disorderly army.
Now Nanhan has no resistance, but Liu Yong still has a way out. He prepared a dozen big ships, loaded all his gold, silver, jewels and ladies-in-waiting, and prepared to escape. Unexpectedly, the soldiers guarding the ship saw so many treasures and beautiful women, so excited that they left Liu Ting, who had not yet boarded the ship, and sailed away by themselves.
This time, Herry Liu was at the end of his rope, but the eunuchs headed by Gong Chengshu made a weak move at the last minute. They think that Song Jun began to covet those magnificent palaces, and if they were destroyed, Song Jun would go home angrily. So they simply set all the palaces in Nanhan on fire. Pity that these hundreds of magnificent palaces built with people's blood and sweat and even bone marrow have been reduced to ashes in the hands of these traitors.
Of course, this will not stop Song Jun's progress, and eventually Herry Liu went out of the city to surrender, and this evil dynasty finally came to an end.
Live a life of national subjugation
Burning the palace made Zhao Kuangyin very angry. After Liu Yong was taken to Kaifeng, Zhao Kuangyin asked him why he set the fire. At this moment, Liu Yong lost his pride. He said aggrieved: "I 16 years old acceded to the throne, and Gong Chengshu and others controlled the state affairs. I haven't been a host myself for so many years. These things are their ideas! "
So Gong Chengshu and others were beheaded, but Herry Liu survived. He was awarded the title of General You Qian Niu Wei and was pardoned. During Song Taizong's reign, he was also appointed General Zuo Jianjun and Duke Peng Cheng.
Contrary to Li Yu, the founding father of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Herry Liu completely abandoned his arrogance after national subjugation and became a smirked clown.
Before conquering the Northern Han Dynasty, Song Taizong and Zhao Guangyi once hosted a banquet for Pan Mei, the commander-in-chief of this operation. At that time, all the kings conquered by the Northern Song Dynasty attended the banquet except Meng Changjun in the later Shu Dynasty and Li Yu in the Southern Tang Dynasty. At the meeting, Liu Yong raised a glass to Zhao Guangyi and said, "The imperial court is so powerful that all the fake emperors in the world are sitting here now. When the army captures Taiyuan and brings Liu Jiyuan back, please give me a stick and let me be the captain of these surrenders! " This sentence made Zhao Guangyi laugh, and Herry Liu was rewarded.
After the death of the country, the arrogant emperor lived like this until his death.