Li Tszin (Janubiy Tang) - Li Jing (Southern Tang)

Li Tszin
Imperator Yuanzong (Janubiy) Tang (Ko'proq...)
Janubiy Tangning 2-hukmdori
O'tmishdosh	Li Byan (imperator Lietsu), ota
Voris	Li Yu, o'g'lim
Tug'ilgan	916 yoki 917 yil yanvar Ehtimol Sheng prefekturasi, ehtimol Guangling
O'ldi	961 yil 12-avgust Nanchang
Turmush o'rtog'i	Empress Zhong
Kanizak	Lady Ling (凌氏)
Nashr Boshqalar orasida	Li Xonsi, o'g'li Li Xongmao (李弘茂), o'g'il Li Yu, o'g'lim Li Kongshan, o'g'il Li Congyi (李 從 益), o'g'il Li Congqian (李 從 謙), o'g'il Li Kongdu (李 從 度 度), o'g'il Li Kongxin (李 從 信), o'g'il
To'liq ism Familiya: Xú (徐 ), Lǐ ga o'zgartirildi (李 ) otasi bilan Ismi: Jǐngtōng (景通 ), Jǐng ga o'zgartirildi (璟 ) va oxir-oqibat Jǐng (景 ) Era xurmolari Bǎodà (保 大) 943–957 Zhōngxīng (中興) 958 Jiāotài (交 泰) 958 (Keyinchalik davr nomlarini qabul qildi Keyinchalik Chjou va Qo'shiq ) Vafotidan keyingi ism To'liq: Imperator Míngdào Chóngdé Wénxuān Xiào (明道崇德文宣孝皇帝 ) Ma'bad nomi Yuánzōng (元宗 )
Ota	Li Byan
Ona	Empress Song

Li Tszin (李 璟, keyinchalik 李景 ga o'zgartirildi) (916^[1] - 961 yil 12-avgust^[2][3]), dastlab Xu Tszintong (徐景 通), qisqacha Syu Tszin (徐 璟) 937-939 yillarda, xushmuomala nomi Boyu (伯玉), shuningdek, uning tomonidan tanilgan ma'bad nomi Yuanzong (元 宗), ikkinchi hukmdor bo'lgan (ba'zan shunday nomlangan) Chjunju (中 主, "O'rta Hukmdor")) ning imperatorlik Xitoy "s Janubiy Tang davomida davlat Besh sulola va o'n qirollik davri. U 943 yildan o'limigacha o'z davlatida hukmronlik qildi.

Li Tsinning oldingi hukmronligi davrida u kichik qo'shni davlatlarni o'chirib, Janubiy Tan chegaralarini kengaytirdi: Min 945 yilda va Chu 951 yilda. Biroq, urushlar mamlakat boyligini ham tugatdi, bu esa unga qarshi turishga tayyor emas edi Keyinchalik Chjou 956 yilda bosqinchilik. Hammasidan voz kechishga majbur prefekturalar shimoliy Yangtsi daryosi, shuningdek, unvonidan voz kechishi kerak edi imperator va keyinchalik Chjouning 958 yilda va undan keyin hukmronligini qabul qiling Song Dynasty 960 yildan keyin hukmronlik Song keyinchalik Chjouga o'tgandan keyin.

Fon

Li Tszin, keyinchalik Xu Tszintong deb nomlangan, 916 yilda tug'ilgan.^[1] Uning otasi Xu Jigao keyin edi Vu Sheng prefekturasining prefekti (昇 州, zamonaviy) Nankin, Tszansu ), uni asrab olgan otasi ostida (Syu Tszintongning bobosi) Xu Ven, o'sha paytda Vuning regenti kim edi.^[4] U Syu Tszagaoning to'ng'ich o'g'li edi.^[5] Uning onasi Syu Tszagaoning ikkinchi xotini edi Song Fujin,^[6] keyinchalik u yana uchta o'g'il tug'adi, Syu Tszinyan, Xu Jingsui va Xu Jingda.^[7]

Vu paytida

923 yilda, shu vaqtga qadar Syu Tszgao Syu Ven boshchiligidagi kichik regent bo'lib, general Chjun Tayzang (鍾 泰 章), Syu Venni hokimiyatga kelishiga yordam bergan, korruptsiya uchun tergov qilinmoqda. Xu Zhigao Zhongni jazolashni qo'llab-quvvatladi, ammo Syu Ven Zhongning hissalariga ishora qilib, rad etdi va uning o'rniga Syu Tszagaoga Zhongdan birini olishni buyurdi. qizlari Xu Jingtongning rafiqasi sifatida, ammo nikoh o'sha yili yoki undan keyin sodir bo'lganligi aniq emas.^[8] 925 yilda to'qqiz yoshga to'lgan Syu Tszintongga mansab berildi Jiabu Langzhon (駕 部 郎中), mudofaa vazirligining nazorat xodimi (兵部, Bingbu). Keyinchalik unga imperator gvardiyasi generali unvoni berildi.^[5] 930 yilda, shu vaqtgacha Xu Zhigao Xu Vendan regent lavozimiga o'tgach, Syu Chigao Vu poytaxti Tsziandu (江都, zamonaviy tarzda) ni tark etishni rejalashtirgan. Yangzhou, Tszansu ) va uning shtab-kvartirasini qabul qiling Jinling (ya'ni sobiq Sheng prefekturasi), u Tsyuuduga Tsuanduga kichik regent sifatida tark etish uchun mudofaa vaziri unvonlarini berish bilan tayyorgarlikni boshladi (兵部尚書, Bingbu Shangshu) va aktyorlik kantsler (參政 事, Zhengshi mumkin). 931 yilda, Syu Tszgaoning bosh maslahatchisi bo'lganida Qo'shiq Qiqiu to'satdan nafaqaga chiqmoqchi bo'lganini da'vo qilganda, Xu Tszytong Songni hukumatga qaytishini talab qilish uchun Songning pensiya qasriga yuborgan edi. Yilning oxirida Xu Zhigao Tsziandu shahridan chiqib, Jinlingdagi shtab-kvartirani egallab oldi va Syu Tszintuni Tszianduga hukumatni nazorat qilish uchun qoldirdi, unga Song va Vang Lingmou. Xu Jingtong unvonlarini oldi Situ (司徒, ulardan biri Uchta zukko ), kantsler (同 中 書 門下 平章事, Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi) va harbiy masalalar bo'yicha direktor vazifasini bajaruvchi (知 中外 左右 諸 軍事, Zhi Zhongwai Zuoyou Zhujunshi).^[9]

934 yil oxirlarida Syu Chigao Tszuyxayda Tsxayxuning harbiy gubernatorining o'rinbosari unvonlari bilan Tszinlinga Tszinlingdan Tszinlinga Tszinlinga uning o'rinbosari sifatida xizmat qilishga chaqiradi (shtab-kvartirasi zamonaviy Chjetszyan, Tszansu ) va Ningguo (寧 國, bosh qarorgohi zamonaviy Xuancheng, Anxuiy Barcha davrlarning qo'shinlari qo'mondoni o'rinbosarlari (諸道 副都統, Zhudao Fu Dutong) va harbiy masalalar bo'yicha nazoratchi vazifasini bajaruvchi (判 中外 諸 軍事, Pan Zhonvay Jujunshi). Uning ukasi Syu Tszitsian Tszianduga uning o'rniga kichik regent etib tayinlangan.^[10]

935 yil oxirida, Vu taxtini egallashga kirishilishining bir qismi sifatida Syu Tszagao Vu imperatoriga ega edi. Yang Pu unga Qi shahzodasi va Generalissimo unvonlarini bering (大元帥, Da Yuanshuay).^[10] 936-yil boshlarida u oltita vazirlik bilan Generalissimoning shtab-kvartirasini tuzishni boshlaganida, u Syu Tszintongni generalissimoning o'rinbosari qildi va Tayvey (太尉, Uch zo'rdan biri).^[11] 937 yilda u Syu Tszintongni yaratdi valiahd shahzoda Qi knyazligi, ammo Syu Tszintong rad etdi.^[12]

Li Byan imperator sifatida hukmronlik qilgan davrda

937-yil qishida Xu Zhigao Yang Pu-ga taxtni topshirdi, Vu ni tugatdi va keyinchalik yangi davlatni boshladi Janubiy Tang^[11] (garchi bu vaqtda u Qi nomi bilan mashhur bo'lgan bo'lsa ham).^[13] Ba'zan o'tish davrida, Syu Tszintongga, ehtimol, barcha davrlarning qo'mondoni unvonlari berilgan (諸道 都 統, Zhudao Dutong) va generalissimo vazifasini bajargan va o'tishdan ko'p o'tmay, unga generalissimoning o'rinbosari unvonlari berilgan, imperator soqchilarining noziri, Tayvey, Shangshu Ling (尚書 令) va Vu shahzodasi. Ko'p o'tmay, uning ismi Jingtongdan Jingga o'zgartirildi. 938 yilda uning shahzoda unvoni Qi shahzodasiga o'zgartirildi.^[12]

939 yilda Xu Zhigao o'z familiyasini asrab oluvchidan o'zgartirdi Xu tug'ilishgacha Li va Bianning yangi shaxsiy ismini oldi^[14] (va, ehtimol, o'sha paytda davlat nomini Tangga o'zgartirgan).^[13] Xu Tszin va boshqa imperatorlar oilasi (Syu Venni biologik o'g'illari qatorlaridan tashqari) o'sha paytda ham ismlarini Li deb o'zgartirdilar. Li Byan barcha davlat ishlarini hal qilish uchun Li Tsinga topshirishni buyurdi, faqat o'zi harbiy masalalarni o'zi nazorat qiladi. Yilning oxirida Li Byan uni valiahd shahzoda sifatida yaratmoqchi edi, ammo u rad etdi va shu sababli Li Byan unga bir qator qo'shimcha unvonlarni berdi - generalissimo, imperator qo'riqchilari qo'mondoni vazifasini bajaruvchi Tayvey, hukumatning ijro byurosi direktori (錄 錄 事, Lu Shangshu Shi) va Sheng va Yang prefekturalarining katta prefekti (ya'ni Jinling va Tszianu). 940 yilning kuzida Li Byan unga generalissimo unvonlarini saqlab qolishda davom etib, uni valiahd shahzodasini yaratdi. Lu Shangshu ShiAmmo u yana rad etdi va shuning uchun Li Byan unga ruxsat berdi, ammo butun dunyo uni valiahd shahzodadek hurmat qilishni buyurdi. 940 yil oxirida, folbin Sun Tsziyong (孫智永) sayyoralar hizalanması tufayli Li Byan Tszyanduga tashrif buyurishi kerakligini da'vo qildi. Li Byan rozi bo'ldi va Li Tszinni Jinlingda regent sifatida davlatni boshqarishga topshirdi, u esa Tszyandu tomon yo'l oldi. U bir muncha vaqt u erda yashashni o'ylab topdi, ammo o'sha paytda Tsziandu bilan muzqaymoq sharoitida etkazib berish qiyin bo'lganligi sababli, u tez orada Jinlingga qaytib keldi.^[14]

942 yilda Song Tsiqiu unga yetarlicha vakolatlar berilmaganidan shikoyat qilganida, Li Byan Songni ijro byurosini boshqarishga mas'ul etib qo'ydi (phi, Shangshu Sheng), Li Tsinning ukasi Li Tszinsuy hukumatning boshqa ikkita byurosini - qonun chiqaruvchini (中書省, Zhonshu Sheng) va imtihon (門下 省, Menxia Sheng), Li Tszin Song va Li Jingsui qarorlarini ko'rib chiqishga mas'ul. (Biroq, bu kelishuv uzoq davom etmadi, chunki yil oxirida Songning sherigi Xia Changtu (夏 昌圖) korrupsiyada ayblangan, ammo Song uni ijro etishdan bosh tortgan. Li Bian g'azablanib, Sianing qatl qilinishini to'g'ridan-to'g'ri buyurdi va bu voqeadan so'ng, Song nafaqaga chiqishni talab qildi va nafaqaga chiqishga ruxsat berildi.)^[15]

Qanday bo'lmasin, har qanday holatda ham, Song o'tgan yillar davomida Li Bianning o'zi qat'iyatli va maqtanchoq deb hisoblagan Li Jingning ukasi Li Tszinaning qobiliyatlarini tez-tez maqtab kelgan va shuning uchun uning merosxo'ri bo'lishni o'ylagan. Haqiqatan ham bunday bo'lmagan bo'lsa ham, Li Jing yoshi ulg'ayganligi sababli, Li Jing bu taklifni aytgani uchun Songdan g'azablandi. Ammo bir marta, Li Bian Li Tsinning saroyiga tashrif buyurganida, u Li Tszinning cholg'u asboblarini chalayotganini ko'rdi - bu Li Byan uni beparvo deb bilgan va shu sababli bir necha kun davomida Li Tsinga tanbeh bergan. Li Byanning kenja o'g'li Li Tszintini tug'dirgan Li Byanning sevimli kanizagi Conshon Zhong (李景 逷), bu fursatdan foydalanib Li Byanni Li Tszindan Li Tsziniga merosxo'rlikni boshqa tomonga yo'naltirishga ishontirishga urinib ko'rdi - bu Li Bianning g'azabini keltirdi, u: "O'g'ilning gunohlari bo'lsa, otasi uni tanbeh beradi. Bu normal holat. Qanday qilib ayol muhim davlat ishlariga aralashadimi? " Uni jo‘natib, boshqa birovga uylantirdi. Ayni paytda, Li Tsinning ishchilari Chen Jyu va Feng Yanji Song bilan ittifoqdalar va ular bilan hamkorlik qilmaydigan odamlarni haydab chiqarish yo'llarini topdilar. Ikkala Chang Mengxi (常 夢 錫) va Syao Yan (蕭 儼) Li Bianga Chenni hokimiyatni suiiste'mol qilishda ayblagan arizalarini topshirgan va Li Bian ba'zi ayblovlarni haqiqat deb tushungan bo'lsa-da, 943 yil bahorida o'lim kasal bo'lib qolishidan oldin u ularga amal qilish imkoniyatini olmaganligi aytilgan. alkimyogarlar tomonidan berilgan tabletkalar tufayli zaharlanish.^[15] 30 mart kuni^[3] u Li Tszinni o'lim to'shagiga chaqirdi va davlatni unga ishonib topshirgandan so'ng vafot etdi. Li Tsin vafot etganini darhol e'lon qilmadi, aksincha uning nomiga farmon chiqarib, Li Jingga regent deb nom berdi va umumiy kechirim e'lon qildi. Ayni paytda, rasmiy Sun Sheng, Chen va boshqalarning kelayotgan imperatorga ta'sirini to'xtatishga urinib, Li Byanning irodasi Li Tszin uchun Empress Song regent deb nomlanganligini e'lon qilishga urinib ko'rdi, ammo rasmiy Li Yiye (李 貽 業) Li Bian ayollarning hukumatlardagi ta'siriga qarshi tez-tez gapirganini ta'kidladi va agar bu e'lon qilinsa, u irodasini ochiqchasiga buzishini aytdi, Sun to'xtadi. Ko'p o'tmay, Li Tszin Li Byan vafot etganini e'lon qildi va keyin taxtga o'tirdi.^[15]

Hukmronlik

Dastlabki hukmronlik

Taxtga o'tirgandan so'ng, Li Tszin onasi Empress Song ni hurmat qildi imperator imperatori va uning rafiqasi malika Zhong imperatorni yaratdi. U Song Qiqiu va Chjou Zong erning eng obro'li yuqori lavozimli mulozimlari bo'lish uchun ularni o'zlarining etakchi kantslerlariga aylantirdi (masalan Zhonshu Ling (中書令) va Shizhong (侍中), lekin asosiy qarorlarni o'zi hal qildi. U akalari Li Tszinsuiga (Shou shahzodasidan Yan shahzodasigacha) va Li Tszinda (Syuanshen shahzodasidan E knyazigacha) katta knyazlik unvonlarini bergan. Taxtga o'tirgandan so'ng, u Chen Juega katta mas'uliyatni ishonib topshirgan va shu tariqa uning sheriklari guruhi paydo bo'lgan - Chen, Feng Yanji, Feng Yanjining ukasi Fen Yanlu (馮 延 魯), Vey Tsen (魏 岑) va Cha Venxui (查 文 徽) - kim uning sudida nufuzli bo'lib, o'zlariga foyda keltirishi uchun ta'sir o'tkazgan, shunday qilib ular "Besh arvoh" deb nomlanishgan. Biroq, ko'p o'tmay, Chen davlat xizmatidan bir muncha vaqt onasini motam tutish uchun ketgach, ittifoq buzildi, chunki Vey Chenni obro'sizlantirish imkoniyatidan foydalangan. Chen ketgach va Li Tszin Song Tsikyu tomonidan Chjo'yi obro'sizlantirishga qaratilgan bir necha bor urinishdan norozi bo'lganida, Li Tszin Songlingni Tszinxayning harbiy gubernatori sifatida xizmatga yuborish uchun Tszinlingdan tashqariga jo'natdi va keyin Song g'azab bilan nafaqaga chiqishni so'rab murojaat qilganida, uni ma'qulladi.^[15]

Keyinchalik, Li Bianning taxtini birodarlariga topshirishini xohlaganiga ishonib, Li Tszin Li Tszinsui generalissimo va Tsz knyazini qilib, uni sharqiy saroyga, ya'ni valiahd shahzodaning saroyiga ko'chirishga majbur qildi. - va Yan shahzodasi Li Tszinani yaratdi. U o'zlarining katta unvonlaridan voz kechishga urinishlariga qaramay, taxtni ikkalasiga topshirishni niyat qilganligini ochiq e'lon qildi. Shundan keyin Li Jingsui o'z lavozimini egallash niyati yo'qligini ko'rsatish uchun o'zining xushmuomalalik nomi bilan "Tuyshen" (退 身, "tortib oluvchi organ") oldi. Li Tszin ham eng katta o'g'lini yaratdi Li Xonji Nanchang shahzodasi va eng yosh ukasi Li Tszinti Baoning shahzodasi. Aytishlaricha, Empress Dowager Song Li Tszinni Li Tszinti bilan almashtirishga urinish uchun Consort Zhongdan norozi bo'lgani uchun, Li Tszinini o'ldirishni o'ylagan, ammo Li Tszinti Li Tsinning himoyasi bilan omon qolgan.^[15]

943 yil qishida agrar isyonchilar etakchisi bilan Chjan Yuxian - kim ilgari Janubiy Tangning janubiy qo'shnisini azoblagan Janubiy Xan - endi o'z shohligida Li Jing zobit Yan Enni yubordi (嚴 恩) rasmiy bilan Chjanga hujum qilish Byan Xao Yan armiyasining kuzatuvchisi bo'lib xizmat qiladi. Bian, bitta Bai Changyu yordamida (白昌裕) uning bosh strategisti sifatida Chjanga hujum qildi va uni mag'lub etdi. Keyin Chjan hibsga olingan va o'z bo'ysunuvchisi Li Tai tomonidan taslim bo'lgan (李 台) va Jinlingga olib borilgan va u erda qatl etilgan.^[15]

944 yil bahorda Feng Yanji, Vey va Cha imperatorga kirish huquqini monopoliyalashtirishga urinishdi va ular Li Tszinning taxtni Li Tszinsui va Li Tsindaaga topshirish istagini ilgari surib, uni shunday buyruq chiqarishga undashdi: "Li Tsz shahzodasi Djinsui barcha masalalarni nazorat qilishi kerak. Rasmiylar orasida faqat shtab boshlig'ining o'rinbosarlari Vey Sen va Cha Venxuiy biz bilan masalalarni muhokama qilish uchun kelishlari mumkin, aks holda ular bizni faqat chaqiruvimiz bilan ko'rishlari mumkin. " Bu davlatni juda hayratga soldi va Syao Yanning ushbu qarorni bekor qilish haqidagi iltimosnomasi inobatga olinmadi. Biroq, imperator qo'riqchisi qo'mondoni Jia Chong (賈 崇) saroy eshigi oldiga bordi va tinglovchilarni iltimos qilib tiz cho'kdi va Li Tszin uni ko'rgach, bu noto'g'ri maslahat qilinganligini va hukumatning qolgan qismini undan ajratib qo'yishini ko'rsatib, Li Tsinning bu siyosatni qaytarib olishiga sabab bo'ldi.^[15]

Keyinchalik, Janubiy Tangning janubi-sharqiy qo'shnisi bilan Min o'z imperatori o'rtasida fuqarolar urushiga aralashdi Van Si va Van Si akasi Vang Yanjeng o'zini yangi davlat imperatori deb e'lon qilgan Yin, Li Tsing ularga birodarlik fuqarolar urushi uchun tanbeh bergan va ularni tinchlikka chaqirgan maktublar yuborgan. Hech kim tinglamadi: Van Si javob yozib, avvalgilariga murojaat qildi Chjou gersogi uning isyon ko'targan birodarlari Lord Guan va Lord Kayni qatl qilish va Tang imperatori Taizong birodarlarini o'ldirish Li Jiancheng va Li Yuanji Van Yanjengg yozib, Vu taxtini egallab olgani uchun Li Tsinga (va uning otasi Li Byanga) tanbeh berdi. G'azablanib, Li Tszin Yin bilan diplomatik aloqalarni uzdi.^[15] 944 yil yozida, Van Si o'z generali tomonidan o'ldirilgandan keyin Chju Venjin Keyin Min taxtiga da'vo qilgan Chju munosabatlarni o'rnatishga umid qilib Janubiy Tangga elchilar yubordi. Li Tszin Chjuning elchilarini hibsga oldi va unga hujum qilishni o'yladi, ammo o'sha paytda issiq havo va vabo bo'lganligi sababli, Janubiy Tang aslida hujum qilmadi.^[16]

944 yil oxirida Cha Yinning poytaxti Tszian prefekturasiga (建州, zamonaviy tarzda) hujum qilish to'g'risida taklif qildi Nanping, Fujian ) va juda ko'p qarshiliklarga qaramay, Li uni bunday rejani amalga oshirish mumkinligini tekshirish uchun uni Yin bilan chegaralarni nazorat qilish uchun yubordi. Cha Sin prefekturasiga etib borganida (信 信, zamonaviy) Shangrao, Tszansi ), Yin chegarasi yaqinida, u hujum muvaffaqiyatli bo'lishiga ishonishini ko'rsatuvchi hisobot taqdim etdi. Keyinchalik Li Bianni Cha bilan uchrashuvga qo'shinni boshqarish uchun yubordi. Biroq, ularning dastlabki hujumlari muvaffaqiyatsiz tugadi. Yin general Wu Chengyi (吳成義), kim o'sha paytdagi Min poytaxti Changlga (was, zamonaviy tarzda hujum qilgan) Fuzhou, Fujian ), ushbu imkoniyatdan foydalanib, Changl aholisiga Janubiy Tang deb yolg'on da'vo qilish uchun qaror qildi yordam berish Chuga qarshi harbiy harakatlardagi Yin, Changlda katta tashvish tug'dirdi. Min rasmiy Lin Renhan (林仁翰) ushbu imkoniyatdan foydalanib, Chjuga qarshi ko'tarilib, avval Chjuning konfederatsiyasini o'ldirdi Lian Chongyu Va keyin Chju, so'ngra Vuni kutib olish uchun shaharni ochdi. Ko'p o'tmay Vang Yanjeng Min taxtiga da'vo qildi, ammo uni poytaxtini Changlga qaytarishdan ko'ra, Tszyan shahrida saqlab qoldi. Ko'p o'tmay, Janubiy Tang generali Zu Quan'en (祖全恩Li Chani kuchaytirish uchun yuborgan, Van Yanjeng kantsleri tomonidan boshqarilgan Min qo'shinini tor-mor qildi. Yang Sigong, so'ngra Tszianni qamalga oldi.^[16] 945 yilning kuzida Dzyan qulab tushdi va Vang Yanchjen Janubiy Tanga taslim bo'ldi va Minning davlat sifatida mavjud bo'lishiga chek qo'ydi. Biroq, Tszyanning Janubiy Tang qo'shinining o'ldirilishi Min xalqini hafsalasini pir qildi, ular Janubiy Tang kuchlarini zulmkor Min rejimidan ozod qiluvchilar sifatida kutib olishdi, ammo Li Minni yo'q qilishning buyuk ishi tufayli javobgar zobitlarga qarshi ayblovlarni ta'qib qilmaslikni tanladi.^[17]

Dastlab, Min hududi, Tszyan qulaganidan so'ng, Janubiy Tangga sodiqlikni va'da qildi. Bunga Fu prefekturasi (福州, ya'ni Changle),^[17] nazorati ostida bo'lgan Li Renda, Tszyan Janubiy Tang hujumiga uchraganida prefekturani o'z qo'liga olgan va Li Tszin bunga javoban Xongyining yangi nomini bergan va Janubiy Tang imperiyasining klaniga qabul qilgan.^[16] Jianning qulashidan so'ng, Fu Fu Tangning samarali nazoratidan tashqarida qoldi. O'sha paytda Li Tsinning shtab boshlig'i bo'lgan Chen Jyu (Shumishi ), Li Xongiyni yarim mustaqilligidan voz kechishga va Jinlingga borib, Li Tsinga hurmat bajo keltirishga ko'ndira olaman deb va'da berib, Li Xongiy bilan uchrashishga ixtiyoriy ravishda murojaat qildi. Ammo Chen Fuga etib borganida, Li Xongiy qat'iy pozitsiyani egallab, Chenga hurmatsizlik bilan munosabatda bo'ldi. Chen Tszinlingga kelishi haqida gapirishga jur'at etolmadi, ammo Tszinlingga qaytishda Tszyan prefekturasiga ((州, zamonaviy Nanpinga) etib kelganida, Chen o'zini xo'rlangan deb his qildi va avtorizatsiz Li Tszin nomidan buyruq chiqardi. , o'zini Fu ustidan nazorat qilish bo'yicha vakolatli vakolatni talab qilib, mintaqadagi militsiya askarlarini Fu tomon yo'naltirishga chaqirdi va Li Xongiga Jinlingga hisobot berishni buyurdi. Li Xongyi qarshilik ko'rsatganda, janglar boshlandi. Li Tszin Chenning vakolatsiz buyruqlar chiqarganidan g'azablandi, ammo o'sha paytga qadar Janubiy Tang amaldorlari Chenning harakatlarini qo'llab-quvvatladilar va shu sababli Li Tszin o'z kuchlarini yubordi. Janubiy Tang kuchlari Funi qamalga olishdi, ammo general Vang Chonven (王崇文) butun operatsiyalarga qo'mondonlik qilgan, Chen, Feng Yanlu va Vey Tsen uning hokimiyatiga aralashgan, generallar Van Tszyanfeng esa (王建 封) va Lyu Kongxiao shuningdek, chidamli bo'lib, qamalning diqqatni yo'qotishiga va muvaffaqiyatga erisha olmasligiga olib keldi, shuning uchun qamal davom etdi.^[17]

947 yil bahorida Li Tszin rasmiy ravishda o'zining valiahd shahzodasi Li Tszinsuni yaratdi. Shuningdek, u Tsz shahzodasi Li Tszinani va Yan shahzodasi Li Xonsini yaratdi, shu bilan birga Li Tszinda generalissimo va Li Xonszining o'rinbosari bo'lib xizmat qildi. Sifatida Kidan Liao sulolasi yaqinda Janubiy Tangning shimoliy qo'shnisini vayron qilgan edi Keyinchalik Jin va Xitoyning markazini egallab olgan Li Tszin Liaoni tabriklash uchun o'z elchilarini yubordi Taizong imperatori Li Bian ajdodlari da'vo qilganidek Tang sulolasi imperatorlari, Tang imperatorlari qabrlarini ta'mirlash uchun askar yuborish uchun ruxsat so'radilar. Liao imperatori rad etdi, ammo baribir evaziga Janubiy Tanga elchilar yubordi. Ayni paytda, Liyoga bo'ysunishni istamagan Jinning bir qator amaldorlari Janubiy Tangga qochib ketishdi va agrar isyonchilar shimoliy qismida Xuay daryosi (Janubiy Tang va Keyinchalik Jin o'rtasidagi chegarani tashkil etgan) ham Janubiy Tangga sodiqlik va'dasini berishgan. Rasmiy Xan Xizay Janubiy Tang markaziy Xitoy hududlariga qarshi chiqish uchun agressiv harbiy pozitsiyani egallashni taklif qildi, ammo armiya Funi qamal qilish bilan band bo'lganligi sababli, o'sha paytda bunday kampaniyani amalga oshirib bo'lmaydigan bo'lib, Li Tsinga juda afsuslandi.^[18]

947 yil bahorining oxiriga kelib, kuchlar Vuyue Li Xongyi (endi Li Da ismini olgan) yordam so'rab, Fuga etib kelgan. Janubiy Tang qo'shinlari Vuyyu kuchlarini mag'lubiyatga uchratib, keyin shaharni egallab olish umidida qo'nishga ruxsat berishdi. Biroq, Vuyue kuchlari tushganlaridan so'ng, Janubiy Tang kuchlariga hujum qilib, mag'lubiyatga uchradilar va Fu shahridagi qamalni ko'tarishdi. Keyinchalik, Liu o'zining qal'asi Quan prefekturasiga (zamonaviy, zamonaviy tarzda) qaytdi Quanzhou, Fujian ) va u erdagi Janubiy Tang kuchlarini tark etishga majbur qildi - shuning uchun u rasman Janubiy Tang sub'ekti bo'lib turganida, u boshqargan zamonaviy janubiy Fujian viloyati amalda o'sha paytdan boshlab yarim mustaqil edi. (Shunday qilib, Janubiy Tangni samarali boshqargan sobiq Min hududining yagona qismi shimoliy-g'arbiy qism bo'lib, Tszian prefekturasi atrofida joylashgan.) Li Tszin mag'lubiyatdan g'azablanib, Chen va Feng Yanlularni qatl etishni o'ylardi, ammo oxir-oqibat, shafoat qilganda Song Qiqiu va Feng Yanji faqat ularni surgun qildilar.^[18] Keyinchalik Li Jing Liaoning oldingi Jin poytaxtidan voz kechganini eshitganida Daliang, U general bilan, shimolda bir kampaniyani ko'rib chiqdi Li Jinquan buyruq bilan. Biroq, tez orada u keyinchalik Jin generalini eshitdi Lyu Chjyuan Daliangga kirib, imperator unvoniga da'vo qilgan (yangi davlatning asoschisi sifatida) Keyinchalik Xan va shuning uchun Lyuga qarshi turishga jur'at etolmay, bu rejalarni bekor qildi.^[19]

Lyu Chjyuan vafotidan keyin 948 yil boshida va uning o'g'li merosxo'rlik qildi Lyu Chengyu,^[19] Keyinchalik Xan generali Li Shouzhen Xezhonda isyon ko'targan (zamonaviy, zamonaviy) Yuncheng, Shanxi ) va Janubiy Tangdan yordam so'radi. Li Tszin Li Jinquanni shimolga hujum qilish uchun yubordi. Li Jinquan armiyasi Keyinchalik Xan hududiga kirib, Yi prefekturasiga etib bordi (沂州, zamonaviy) Linyi, Shandun ), ammo Xezhon uzoqroqda, Xan hududi bo'ylab va Janubiy Tang askarlari ruhiy holati past bo'lganida, ko'p o'tmay Li Tszinuan Janubiy Tang hududiga qaytib ketdi. Keyinchalik Li Jing Liu Chengyou-ni yozib, hujum uchun uzr so'radi va undan Li Shoujenni kechirishni so'radi va Janubiy Tang va Keyinchalik Xan o'rtasidagi savdo aloqalarini tiklashni iltimos qildi. Lyu javob bermadi. Ko'p o'tmay, Li Shouzhen keyinchalik Xan generalidan mag'lub bo'ldi Guo Vey va o'z joniga qasd qilgan.^[20]

O'rta hukmronlik

950 yilda o'sha paytda Yong'an tumanining harbiy gubernatori vazifasini bajaruvchi Cha Venxuey (bosh qarorgohi Tszian prefekturasida joylashgan), Vuyue Fu prefekturasini tark etganligi to'g'risida yolg'on xabarlar oldi va uni boshqarish uchun Fuga borishga qaror qildi. U yaqinlashganda ham, U Vuyening Veyvu tumanidagi harbiy gubernator vazifasini bajaruvchi tomonidan tashkil etilgan pistirmaga tushdi (bosh qarorgohi Fuda joylashgan), mag'lubiyatga uchradi va qo'lga olindi. Vuyue qiroli Qian Hongchu keyinchalik Chani qaytarib berdi va buning evaziga Janubiy Tang Vuyuega ilgari qo'lga kiritgan bir qator zobitlarni qaytarib berdi. (Keyinchalik Janubiy Tang avvalgi Min poytaxtini egallashga yana bir urinish qilmas edi).^[21]

Ayni paytda, Janubiy Tangning janubi-g'arbiy qo'shnisi Chu u paytdagi shahzoda sifatida fuqarolar urushiga tushib qolgan edi Ma Xiguang akasi Ma Sze, uni katta akasi chetlab o'tganidan xafa bo'ldi Ma Sifan Ma Xifan merosxo'rni tanlayotganda, 949 yilda Ma Siguangga qarshi bosh ko'targan va Vuping Circuit (武 平, shtab-kvartirasi zamonaviy Changde, Xunan ), asosiy Chu davlatidan mustaqil.^[20] 950 yil bahorda Ma Tszey, Chu vassal bo'lgan keyinchalik Xan imperatori Lyu Chengyuga uni mustaqil vassal deb tan olishga qodir emas, buning o'rniga Li Tsinga sodiqlik va'da qildi. Yilning oxirida u Chu poytaxti Tan prefekturasini egallab oldi (潭州, zamonaviy) Changsha, Xunan ), Ma Xiguangni qatl etdi va o'zi uchun knyazlik unvonini talab qildi.^[21] U Janubiy Tangning vassali bo'lishni davom ettirdi va o'z kotibi Lyu Guangfuni yubordi (劉光 輔) Li ga o'lpon to'lash. Li, o'z navbatida, rasmiylarni yubordi Sun Sheng va Yao Feng (姚 鳳) Tanga Chu shahzodasini rasmiy ravishda Ma Tszeyga unvon berish uchun. Biroq, Liu Li ga Chu hududi xavfsiz emasligini yashirincha ma'lum qildi va shuning uchun Li Yuan prefekturasida (袁州, zamonaviy tarzda) Byan Xaoni joylashtirdi. Yichun, Tszansi ), Chuga qarshi ish tashlashni kutish bilan. Ko'p o'tmay, Vuping zobitlari Vang Kuy va Chjou Xingfeng Ma Szining ostidagi askarlarni og'ir mehnatga majburlaganidan va ularni munosib ravishda mukofotlamaganidan xafa bo'lib, Tandan Vupingning poytaxti Lang prefekturasiga qochib ketdi (朗州) va uni qo'lga kiritib, Ma Syening o'g'li Ma Guangzan (馬 光 贊) harbiy gubernator vazifasini bajaruvchi sifatida va uning o'rnini avval Ma Sening jiyani bilan almashtirdi Ma Guanghui, lekin aslida bir guruh ofitserlar birgalikda etakchilikni amalga oshiradilar. Ma Szie bu haqda Liga xabar berganida, Li bu zobitlar uni xo'jayin deb tan olishiga umid qilib, elchilarni sovg'alar bilan Vupinga yubordi, ammo Vang va boshqalar sovg'alarni oldilar va emissarlarni unga javob bermasdan Liga qaytarib yuborishdi. Vang va boshqa zobitlar keyinchalik generalni qo'llab-quvvatladilar Lyu Yan Vupinning harbiy gubernatori bo'lish uchun Liu elchi yuborib, Janubiy Tangdan uni harbiy gubernator etib tayinlashini so'radi. Li javob bermagach, Keyinchalik Xanning voris davlatiga bo'ysundi Keyinchalik Chjou, Guo Vey tomonidan tashkil etilgan va boshqarilgan.^[22]

Tanni egallab olgandan so'ng, Ma Sze Chu davlatini zo'ravonlik va qobiliyatsizlik bilan boshqarib, kunlari va tunlarini ziyofat bilan o'tkazdi. 950 yilning kuzida Tanda uni ag'darib tashlagan to'ntarish sodir bo'ldi. Ma Szening ukasi Ma Xichong unga qarshi fitnachilardan biri bo'lgan, rejimning hukmdori bo'ldi. Ma Xichong Ma Xieni Xengshanga surgun qildi (衡山, zamonaviy ma'noda) Hengyang, Xunan emas, deb umid qilibXon boshliq Peng Shigao (彭 師 暠), ilgari Ma Siguangni qo'llab-quvvatlagan va shuning uchun Ma Tszeni jazolagan va Xengshan mintaqasini boshqargan, u uchun Ma Szeni o'ldiradi, ammo Peng o'rniga Ma Szeni Ma ga qarshilik ko'rsatishda etakchi sifatida qo'llab-quvvatladi Xichong. Davlat to'ntarishini eshitgan Lyu Yan o'z qo'shinlarini olib, Tan tomon yo'l oldi va Ma Sixon qo'rqib ketdi. Lyu talabiga binoan Ma Xichong Ma Sziega yaqin bo'lgan bir qator zobitlarni qatl etdi, ammo bu Lioning oldinga siljishini to'xtata olmadi. Lyu va Penning tahdidlari bilan Ma Sixonning fitnachilari uni o'ldirishni o'ylashdi. Ma Xichong qo'rqib, o'zining general Fan Shoumini yubordi (范守牧) Janubiy Tang sudiga, o'z davlatini Janubiy Tangga topshirishni so'rab. Li taslimlikni qabul qilish uchun Bianni Tanga yubordi va Chuni Ma oilasi boshqaruvi ostidagi davlat sifatida tugatdi. Urushlar sababli ochlikdan azob chekayotgan Chu davlati bilan Bian Ma oilasi to'plagan ovqatni tarqatdi va dastlab Chu xalqiga juda yoqdi. Shundan so'ng, Ma Szie Vuan tumanining harbiy gubernatori lavozimiga qayta tiklanishini so'raganda (bosh qarorgohi Tanda joylashgan 武 安), Tan aholisi, Ma Tszening oldingi qoidabuzarligi uchun undan nafratlanib, Bianni shunday bo'lib qolishini iltimos qildilar. ularning harbiy gubernatori va Li rozi bo'ldi. Keyinchalik Li Ma Tszeyga Chu shahzodasi unvonini berishga ruxsat berishni davom ettirdi, ammo uni Zhennan Circuit (鎮南, shtab-kvartirasi zamonaviy Nanchang, Tszansi ). U Ma Xichong va boshqa sobiq Chu amaldorlariga kamroq idoralar berdi, ularni sobiq Chu erlaridan uzoqlashtirdi. Chu qulashi munosabati bilan, Janubiy Tang amaldorlari, tantanali ravishda, Janubiy Tang yaqinda boshqa davlatlarni yo'q qilishiga ishonib, mag'rurlashdi, ba'zilari esa kampaniyalar davlatni qanday quritayotgani to'g'risida yashirincha yashiringan.^[22]

952 yil boshida Keyinchalik Chjou general Murong Yanchao (Lyu Jiyuanning o'gay ukasi) Keyinchalik Chjouga qarshi bosh ko'tarib, Janubiy Tangdan yordam so'radi. Ammo Li Tszin yuborgan Janubiy Tang yordam qo'shinlari qaytarib olindi va keyinchalik Murong mag'lubiyatga uchradi. Guo Janubiy Tang generali Yan Jingquanni qaytarib berdi (燕 敬 權) va buning evaziga Li Janubiy Tangning markaziy Xitoy rejimlaridan asirlarni qaytarib berdi.^[22]

Ayni paytda Li Tszin adabiy iste'dodni qo'llab-quvvatlaganligi va o'sha paytda Janubiy Tang Xitoy davlatlarining eng ko'p adabiy iste'dodlariga ega bo'lganligi aytilgan. Biroq, u ushlab turmadi imperiya imtihonlari. 952 yilda Li imperiya imtihonlarini qayta tikladi va rasmiy Tszyan Venveyni qo'ydi (江文蔚) ularga mas'ul. Li imtihonlar bilan solishtirganda qanday o'tkazilishini so'raganda Tang sulolasi, Janubiy Tang vorisi deb da'vo qilgan Tszyan shunday javob berdi: "O'tmish sulolasida imperatorlik imtihonlaridan o'tganlarning yarmi ularning jamoat ishlariga qarab, yarmi esa xususiy imtiyozlarga qarab to'g'ri topshirilgan. Men, sizning mavzuingiz, faqat ularni omma oldida ijro etishiga asoslang. " Li mamnun edi, ammo rasmiy Chjan Vey (張 緯) Tang imtihonchisi bo'lgan, buni eshitib, Tszyanga g'azablanib, imperatorlik imtihonlariga qarshi gapira boshladi. Bundan tashqari, boshqa yuqori martabali amaldorlar ham imperiya imtihonchilari emas edilar va shuning uchun ularning fikri ularga yoqmadi. Ko'p o'tmay, imperatorlik tekshiruvlari yana bekor qilindi.^[22]

Janubiy Tang Chu poytaxti Tan prefekturasiga kirishi Janubiy Tang Chu erlarining hammasiga egalik qilgan degani emas edi, chunki uning kuchlari Vuanni boshqarar ekan, Vuping Lyu Yanning qo'lida qoldi va Chuning uchinchi asosiy ko'chasi Tszitszyan (靜 江, zamonaviy shtab-kvartirasi) Guilin, Guansi ), Janubiy Xanning qo'liga tushdi. Li Vuan va Tszintszyanni qo'lga kiritish uchun kampaniyalarni o'ylab topdi, ammo 952 yil yoziga kelib Tszinzyanni qo'lga olish kampaniyasidan voz kechishni va shunchaki Liuga komissiyani haqiqiy nazoratni qo'lga kiritmasdan topshirishni o'ylardi. U ilgari kantslerlar qilgan Sun Sheng va Feng Yanji bilan maslahatlashganida, Sun rozi bo'ldi, ammo Feng bu fikrni rad etdi va bu Chu qo'lga olinishi bo'sh bo'lgan degani edi. Biroq, Tszitszyan poytaxti Guy prefekturasiga hujum (桂州) Janubiy Xan tomonidan Janubiy Tangga katta yo'qotishlarda qaytarildi.^[22] Ayni paytda, Bian mehribonligi bilan tanilgan bo'lsa-da, Uuanni to'g'ri boshqarolmagan, chunki u qaror qilmagan va o'z bo'ysunuvchisining ko'pchiligining qarorlariga aralashishiga yo'l qo'ygan. 952 yil qishida Lyu Vang Kuyni Tanga kutilmagan hujum boshlash uchun yubordi. Bian, qisqa vaqt ichida Tanni himoya qilmoqchi bo'lganidan so'ng, uni tashlab, to'g'ri Janubiy Tangga qochib ketdi. Tanning qulaganini eshitgan sobiq Chu prefekturalariga tayinlangan boshqa Janubiy Tang prefektlari ham o'z prefekturalarini tark etishdi va Lyu armiyasiga Chuning deyarli barcha shimoliy hududlarini tiklashga imkon berishdi. Nanling tog'lari (ya'ni, Tszitszandan tashqari). Janubiy Tang, aslida Chu sarguzashtidan hech narsa yutmadi. Sun va Feng kanslerlik lavozimlaridan iste'foga chiqdilar va Li boshqa armiyani hech qachon ishga tushirmasligini aytdi.^[23] Hali ham 955 yilda, qachon Keyinchalik Shu imperator Men Chang unga va unga elchilar yubordi Shimoliy Xan imperator Lyu Jun, Keyinchalik Chjouga qarshi uch davlatli ittifoq tuzish taklifi bilan u hech qanday haqiqiy qo'shma hujum sodir bo'lmasada, rozi bo'ldi.^[24]

Kech hukmronlik

Keyinchalik Chjou bilan urush

Janubiy Tang tarixining avvalida, Janubiy Tang armiyasi suv sathi past bo'lgan paytda Xuay daryosining janubiy qirg'og'ini ehtiyotkorlik bilan qo'riqlashi odatiy tartib edi. Biroq, 955 yilda yoki undan oldin, Vu Tingshao (吳庭紹), armiya monitori, Keyinchalik Chjou bilan urush bo'lishi ehtimoldan yiroq emas deb o'ylardi va xarajatlarni tejash uchun ushbu protsedurani bekor qilishni taklif qildi. Vu taklifi Liu Renjanning keskin qarshiliklariga qaramay qabul qilindi (劉仁 瞻) Tsingxu okrugining harbiy gubernatori (bosh qarorgohi zamonaviy Lu'an, Anxuiy ). Shunday qilib, 955 yil oxirida, keyinchalik Chjou Janubiy Tangga qarshi kansler tomonidan boshqariladigan yirik hujumni boshlaganida. Li Gu, general Van Yanchao yordam bergan (王彥超), Janubiy Tang tayyorgarliksiz ushlandi. Li Tszin general Lyu Yanjenni yubordi (劉彥貞) Liu Renjanga yordam berishga harakat qiling, uning poytaxti Shou prefekturasi (壽州) Keyinchalik Chjou hujumining aniq boshlang'ich maqsadi bo'lgan va u harbiy qarorlar qabul qilishda yordam berish uchun o'sha paytda Zhennan harbiy gubernatori bo'lgan Song Tsikuni Jinlingga chaqirgan.^[24]

Li Gu, aslida Shouni qamalga oldi, ammo uni qo'lga kirita olmadi. Lyu Yanjenning qo'shini Shou yaqiniga kelganida, u Lyu Yanjen bilan zudlik bilan to'qnashmasdan, orqaga chekinishga qaror qildi. Lyu Yanjenga bo'ysunuvchi Sian Shilang (咸 師 朗) Li Gu ortidan quvish va uning armiyasiga hujum qilish tarafdori edi va Lyu Yanjen Lyu Renjanning unga qarshi maslahatiga qaramay, shunday qilishga qaror qildi. Lyu Yanjen Zhengyangga yetganda (正陽, zamonaviy) Jumadyan, Xenan ), Li Gu qarshi hujumga o'tdi, uni Syan va uning boshqa ko'plab zobitlarini asirga olish paytida jangda mag'lub etdi va o'ldirdi. 10 mingdan ortiq Janubiy Tang askarlari o'ldirildi. Keyinchalik, keyinchalik Chjou imperatori Guo Rong (Guo Veyning asrab olgan o'g'li) Shouga etib keldi va uni yana qamalga oldi, Li Gu armiya qo'mondoni o'rniga uning amakivachchasi bilan almashtirildi. Li Chonjin. Keyinchalik Li Tszin Guoga maktub yozib, "Tang imperatori Buyuk Chjou imperatoriga hurmat bilan murojaat qiladi. Biz sizning armiyangizni tinchlantirishingizni va tinchlikni tiklashingizni iltimos qilamiz. Biz sizga xuddi katta akangizdek xizmat qilishga tayyormiz, va sizning armiyangiz xarajatlariga tovarlarni qo'shishga tayyor. " Guo javob bermadi. Keyinchalik o'z davlatiga zarar etkazishi mumkin bo'lgan narsadan xavotirlanib, Li o'z mulozimlari Zhong Mo-ni yubordi (鍾 謨) va Li Deming (李德明), ikkalasi ham nutq qobiliyatlari bilan mashhur bo'lgan, Chjou armiyasining Shou tashqarisidagi lageriga imperatorlik kiyimlari, choy, an'anaviy tibbiyot, oltin, kumush, ipak, mol va sharob uchun o'lponlarni topshirish. Chjun va Li Deming u erga etib kelishganida, Guo ularni tanbeh qildi va tinchlik uverturasidan voz kechdi, buning o'rniga Li Tsinning o'zi kechirim so'rashini talab qildi. Li Tszinning Liaoga yuborgan elchisi Liaodan shimoldan Keyingi Chjouga hujum qilishni iltimos qilishni so'radi Keyinchalik Chjou uni ushlab oldi va hech qachon Liaoga etib bormadi. Shu bilan birga, Vu imperiyasining Yang klani, uning a'zolari keyinchalik Tai prefekturasida (泰州, zamonaviy tarzda joylashtirilgan) ehtimoli borligidan xavotirda. Taychjou, Tszansu ), keyinchalik olingan Chjou armiyasi tomonidan ishlatilishi kerak edi, Li Tszin rasmiy Yin Yanfanni yubordi (尹延範) ularni Yangtszening janubiga, Zhenxayning poytaxti Run prefekturasiga ko'chirish uchun Tayga (潤州). However, Yin, believing that the road is difficult and concerned that the Yangs would rebel, slaughtered them. Li Jing, shocked at this result, executed Yin.^[24]

In spring 956, after continuous Later Zhou victories, including capturing Jiangdu in a surprise attack,^[24] Li Jing made another peace overture, sending Sun Sheng and Wang Chongzhi (王崇質) to again pay tributes of gold, silver, and silk to Guo, and this time submitting a submissive petition (i.e., as a subject, rather than on equal terms):^[25]

Shundan buyon Tyanyou [(天佑, Tang's last davr nomi )], the realm had been divided into parts; parts were occupied by warlords, and parts kept changing ruling families. I, your subject, inherited from my father, and I possessed the lands south of the Yangtze, but I was looking forward to being able to submit to a phoenix. Now, heaven has bestowed its mandate on you, and your fame and guidance reach through all the lands. I am willing to be like the Two Zhes [(i.e., Wuyue, whose lands were Tang's former Zhexi and Zhedong Circuits)] and Hunan [(i.e., the former Chu lands, then again under vassalage of Later Zhou)], to accept the rightful calendar and defend just my own territory. May you take back your military punishment and pardon my sins of late submission. Let us be the first of your subordinate states, and be a subject to you on the outside. Then, your grace will calm everyone from a far, and no one will dare to resist you.

Subsequently, through Li Deming and Sun, Li Jing further offered to give up his imperial title; give annual tributes of gold and silk; and cede six prefectures—Shou, Hao (濠州, in modern Chjjou, Anxuiy ), Si (泗州, in modern Shuzhou, Anxuiy ), Chu (楚州, in modern Huai'an, Tszansu ), Guang (光州, in modern Sinyan, Xenan ), and Hai (海州, in modern Lianyungang, Tszansu )—to Later Zhou. However, Guo, with his confidence bolstered by the Later Zhou victories, believed that he would be able to conquer all of Southern Tang's territories north of the Yangtze, refused. Li Deming and Sun convinced Guo to allow Li Deming and Wang to return to the Southern Tang court to relay the Later Zhou emperor's demands, and Guo himself issued letters addressed at Li Jing and the high-level Southern Tang officials, offering peace, but only at Later Zhou's stated terms. Li Jing again submitted a petition thanking Guo. When Li Deming arrived at Jinling, pointed out the Later Zhou military strength, and argued for ceding all of the territory north of the Yangtze for peace, however, Li Jing was displeased at his report, and Song argued that ceding land had no benefit to the state. Further, Chen Jue, who was then Li Jing's chief of staff, and Chen's deputy Li Zhenggu both had hated both Li Deming and Sun, and therefore enticed Wang into making different assessments than Li Deming about the Later Zhou strength. They then stated to Li Jing, "Li Deming has sold out the empire for his own benefit." In anger, Li Jing executed Li Deming—thus ending hopes of peace at that point.^[25]

While facing the Later Zhou invasion, Southern Tang was also facing the threat of Wuyue's invasion from the southeast. Li Jing, concerned that Wuyue would attack Run from Chang Prefecture (常州, in modern Chanchjou, Tszansu ), decided to recall Li Hongji, who was then the commandant at Run, to Jinling, as he saw Li Hongji as too young to oversee the defense. Li Hongji, however, listened to his subordinate Zhao Duo (趙鐸) and decided that if he left Run, it would throw the city and the surrounding region into panic, and declined the recall and instead prepared to defend. He also gave full support to the general Chai Kehong (柴克宏) in Chai's efforts of resisting Wuyue forces. Chai subsequently crushed Wuyue forces under Vu Cheng, ending Wuyue's campaign against Southern Tang.^[25]

With the faltering of the peace efforts, Li Jing commissioned Li Jingda to head an army to counterattack and to try to lift the siege on Shou, but made Chen the army monitor, in actual control of the army. He also commissioned the official Zhu Yuan (朱元), whom he considered to be militarily talented, to lead an army in trying to recover the prefectures that Later Zhou had captured. Zhu was able to quickly recapture Shu (舒州, in modern Anqing, Anxuiy ) and He (和州, in modern Ma'anshan, Anxuiy ) Prefectures, while Li Ping (李平) recaptured Qi Prefecture (蘄州, in modern Xuangang, Xubey ). With these losses and with Li Jingda's army approaching Shou, Guo decided to withdraw from Jiangdu, concentrating his forces on capturing Shou. Li Jingda's army set up camp near Shou, but did not dare to engage the Later Zhou siege army.^[25]

In winter 956, Li Jing, hearing of discord between the Later Zhou generals Zhang Yongde (張永德, Guo Rong's brother-in-law) and Li Chongjin, Li Jing wrote a secret letter to Li Chongjin, apparently trying to entice him to turn against Guo, in which he made many disparaging remarks about Guo. Li Chongjin, however, presented the letter to Guo, who had at that point returned to the Later Zhou capital Daliang. Upon seeing the letter, Guo, incensed, summoned Sun (whom he had taken back to Daliang with him, along with Zhong), and confronted him about how, unlike what he had previously stated about Li Jing (that Li Jing wanted to become a vassal), Li Jing was trying to entice Li Chongjin to rebel. He also ordered Sun to tell him Southern Tang state secrets. Sun refused and asked for death. Guo thereafter executed Sun and exiled Zhong, but soon thereafter regretted executing the faithful Sun, and therefore recalled Zhong back to his court. Meanwhile, Li Jing sent another emissary, Chen Chuyao (陳處堯), over the seas to go to the Liao court to request aid from Liao imperatori Muzong. Liao did not launch an army to aid Southern Tang, and detained Chen at the Liao court.^[25]

Because of Zhu's battlefield achievements, he became arrogant and often resisted orders issued by Li Jingda (but actually by Chen). In spring 957, Chen submitted a petition to Li Jing, arguing that Zhu could not be trusted, and Li Jing sent the general Yang Shouzhong (楊守忠) to replace Zhu. Zhu, in anger and fear, initially considered committing suicide, but instead decided to surrender to Later Zhou, with more than 10,000 soldiers. The Later Zhou forces sieging Shou took this opportunity to attack and crush Li Jingda's army. Yang, Xu Wenzhen (許文稹), and Bian Hao were captured. Li Jingda and Chen fled back to Jinling. With Liu Renzhan deathly ill, the Shou garrison surrendered. When Liu died shortly after, Li Jing, in remembrance of his faithfulness in defending the city for so long, bestowed posthumous honors on him. After capturing Shou, Guo Rong, now again personally commanding the Later Zhou army, approached Jiangdu. Southern Tang forces burned the city and abandoned it, as Later Zhou forces continue to capture city after city north of the Yangtze.^[25] As of spring 958, Guo's army had arrived at the Yangtze and was inflicting losses on the Southern Tang fleet, posturing to cross the Yangtze. At this point, Southern Tang only retained four prefectures north of the Yangtze—Lu (廬州, in modern Xefey, Anxuiy ), Shu, Qi, and Huang (黃州, in modern Huanggang).^[26]

At this time, Li Jingsui, who had continuously offered to yield the crown prince title, again did so and argued that Li Hongji, due to his contributions during the campaign against Wuyue, should become crown prince. Li Jingda also offered to yield the title of generalissimo of all circuits. Li Jing agreed, creating Li Jingsui the Prince of Jin and making him the commandant at Hong Prefecture (洪州, in modern Nanchang, Tszansi ) as well as the generalissimo of Jiangnan West Circuit (i.e., Zhennan), and making Li Jingda the commandant at Fu Prefecture (撫州, in modern Fuzhou, Tszansi ). He created Li Hongji crown prince.^[26]

With the Later Zhou forces at the Yangtze, Li Jing finally decided to capitulate, but felt ashamed of personally becoming a vassal to Guo, and therefore sent Chen as an emissary to Guo, offering to pass the throne to Li Hongji and have Li Hongji submit as a vassal. Chen, upon arriving at Guo's camp, saw the impressiveness of the Later Zhou army, and therefore spoke humbly to Guo, requesting that he be allowed to send his subordinate Liu Chengyu (劉承遇) back to Jinling to obtain a petition from Li Jing, offering to cede Lu, Shu, Qi, and Huang to Later Zhou, so that the Yangtze would form the new border. Guo agreed, and authored a letter in which he addressed Li Jing, "The respectful greeting of the Emperor to the Lord of Jiangnan." When Liu arrived at Jinling to report, Li Jing agreed, and, in a petition in which he referred to himself as "The Lord of Tang," offered submit the four prefectures and annual tributes. Guo agreed to the terms, and ordered cessation of hostilities. He also had Chen inform Li Jing that it was unnecessary to pass the throne to Li Hongji. Pursuant to his submission to Later Zhou, Li Jing stopped using his own davr nomlari and adopted Later Zhou's, to show submission. He stopped referring to himself as "emperor" but only as "lord," and stopped using imperial ceremonies. He also changed his own name from the character 璟 to 景, to observe tabu qo'yish,^[26] as Guo Wei's great-great-grandfather was named Guo Jing with the character of 璟.^[27]

After losses to Later Zhou

In summer 958, Li Hongji, fearful that Li Jing would restore Li Jingsui to crown prince status, poisoned Li Jingsui to death. Subsequently, Li Jing again proposed to Guo that he pass the throne to Li Hongji, and Guo again declined to approve. Guo did return Feng Yanlu (who had previously been captured), Zhong Mo, Xu Wenzhen, Bian Hao, and Zhou Tinggou (周廷構) to Southern Tang. Li Jing, viewing Xu and Bian to be defeated generals, never commissioned them again with army commands.^[26]

At this point, Li Jing was depressed over the military disasters. Li Zhenggu suggested that he go into seclusion and entrust the state to Song Qiqiu to govern. Zhong, who was friendly with Li Deming and who wanted to avenge Li Deming, used this opportunity to accuse Song, Li Zhenggu, and Chen Jue of collaborating to have Song usurp the throne. Further, at this time, Chen had also forged an order from Guo that the Southern Tang chancellor Yan Syu be put to death. These events convinced Li Jing that the Song faction was up to no good. In winter 958, Li Jing thus acted, exiling Chen, executing Li Zhenggu, and ordering Song back into retirement, albeit with his titles still intact. After Song reached his retirement place at Jiuxua tog'i in spring 959, Li Jing had his mansion securely guarded, only allowing food to be passed through a hole in the wall. Song lamented and believed that this was divine retribution for his suggestion to have Yang Pu's family put under secure guard, and thereafter hanged himself. Subsequently, at Guo's encouragement, Li Jing began to rebuild some of his defenses. (Li Jing had previously feared that that would be viewed by Guo as provocation, but Guo, who was ill at that point, pointed out that what might lie in the future was uncertain, and that Li Jing had to watch out for his own state's own good. Guo would, in fact, die in summer 959, and be succeeded by his six-year-old son Guo Chongxun.) Meanwhile, with Jinling just across the Yangtze from Later Zhou territory, Li Jing began to consider moving the capital to Hong Prefecture, and put the deputy chief of staff Tang Hao (唐鎬), who was the only high-level official in favor of the idea, in charge of building up Hong to serve as the capital.^[26]

By this point, the Southern Tang economy had been greatly damaged by the wars with Later Zhou and the subsequent crippling annual tributes agreed to, particularly given that the supply of coins remaining from Tang times was dwindling and the inflation of prices of goods that the state was confronted with. At Zhong's suggestion, Li Jing ordered that large coins be minted and be deemed the worth of 50 Tang coins.^[26]

In fall 959, Li Hongji died. Zhong, who had long been honored by both Li Jing and Guo Rong and therefore had been highly influential at the Southern Tang court, but whose arrogance was beginning to cause Li Jing to be displeased, spoke against having Li Jing's next oldest son Li Congjia the Prince of Zheng succeed Li Hongji as crown prince, instead recommending a younger son, Li Congshan (李 從 善) the Duke of Ji, arguing that Li Congjia was timid and overly devout in Buddhism, while Li Congshan was resolute. This greatly displeased Li Jing, who viewed him as overreaching. Soon, he exiled, and then executed Zhong and his ally Zhang Luan (張巒), and cancelled the large coins that Zhong had advocated. He created Li Congjia the Prince of Wu and had him move into the Eastern Palace.^[26]

In 960, the major Later Zhou general Chjao Kuangyin carried out a coup, overthrowing Guo Chongxun and claiming the throne himself as the emperor of a new state of Qo'shiq (as its Emperor Taizu). When he subsequently sent an edict to Li Jing, Li Jing accepted it (thus accepting Song overlordship), and in fact then sent an emissary to congratulate the Song emperor's ascension. When, in fall 960, Li Chongjin rose against the Song emperor at Yang Prefecture (揚州, i.e., Jiangdu), where he was serving as the military governor of Huainan Circuit (淮南), he sought an alliance with Southern Tang, but Li Jing rejected his overtures. The Song emperor shortly after defeated him, and he committed suicide. When the Song emperor subsequently reviewed the Song fleet on the Yangtze, Li Jing became very fearful, but was calmed some what when two minor Southern Tang officials, Du Zhuo (杜著) and Xue Liang (薛良) tried to defect to Song, but the Song emperor, despising their treachery, executed Du and exiled Xue. Still, he became more resolute on moving the capital.^[28]

In spring 961, Li Jing ordered that the capital be moved to Hong, now upgraded to Nanchang Municipality. He created Li Congjia crown prince, to remain at Jinling and oversee the affairs of state during the capital move. When he reached Nanchang, however, he discovered that the city was too small to house his government, such that there was only office space for about 10-20% of his officials, and that it was not easily expandable. The officials longed for Jinling, and Li Jing himself often looked north (toward Jinling) in sadness, such that his imperial scholar Qin Chengyu (秦承裕), in order to alleviate his sadness, often blocked his view with a screen. He considered executing those who advocated the move, such that Tang Hao died in anxiety.^[2]

Li Jing himself died in summer 961. He left directions that he be buried in the mountains west of Nanchang. However, instead, his casket was returned to Jinling, where Li Congjia took the throne (and thereafter kept the capital at). Subsequently, at Li Congjia's request, Li Jing was allowed to be against posthumously referred to as "emperor" and have his tomb considered an imperial tomb. The Xu Zizhi Tongjian commented about Li Jing:^[2]

The Lord of Southern Tang was talented and studious. During his reign, he was kind and frugal, and he had the disposition suitable for a ruler. However, as he regarded himself to be a descendant of the Tang imperial clan, he fell under the seduction of suggestions to enlarge his realm. After he suffered losses at Fu Prefecture and Hunan, he finally began to know the difficulties of capturing territory. He thus once stated, "I do not want to use the army again in my lifetime." When the Zhou army invaded, he entrusted his own army to the wrong people and thus could not resist the army from the north. He was forced to humiliate his state and reduce his own titles, and die in fear and regret.

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