On July 27, 968, Emperor Liu Chengjun of the Northern Han Dynasty died. How did he die? The cause of death report: He was so poor that he was scared to death, and even more so that he was anxious to death by his master of Liao.

Why did he die of poverty? Because the Northern Han had no money. The reason why the Northern Han was so poor was all caused by the Song Dynasty. The Northern Han farmers were pitiful! While working in the fields, a small team of Song Dynasty cavalry rushed over. They did not kill or rob anything, but rode on horses and rushed to the fields, trampled all the fruits of their labor, and then ran away. What should I do? I couldn't beat them and I couldn't control them. These people were like ghosts, and they came every few days, and they really couldn't live a life. The Song Dynasty was waving to them: Come on, we have fields to plant, and it's absolutely safe, and no one would bully you. So in history books, we can see such a story: 470 people from the Northern Han came to surrender. This was a large-scale migration and surrender activity, and there were more people in groups of three or five. As a result, the population of the Northern Han became smaller and smaller. The people were the foundation of the country. Without the people, the country naturally became poorer and poorer.

Since the founding of the Northern Han Dynasty, it has been with Guo Wei, Chai Rong and Zhao Kuangyin for nearly 18 years with the power of only 10 states. Even if it is as rich as the south of the Yangtze River, it is afraid it will be defeated and will be defeated. Later, the Northern Han Dynasty was so poor that it was impossible to beg for alms from the monks. After Li Yunzhi, Liu Chengjun promoted a monk to become the Minister of Rites. The country held a grand ceremony such as military parades, burned incense to his ancestors during the Qingming Festival, and received envoys from the Liao Kingdom to treat them to dinner. He understood at a glance that this was all about spending money.

Why ask this monk to do it? Because this monk is not ordinary. This man is a master monk Liu Jirong from Mount Wutai. His family has a background. He was the governor of Youzhou and the son of Liu Shouguang, who was named himself Emperor Yan. Liu Shouguang was captured by Li Cunxu, the Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang Dynasty. The Liu family fell into ruin. This man went into the deep mountains to become a monk. But he was not a junior monk who only knew how to recite Amitabha Buddha. He had special skills and could preach the "Avatamsaka Sutra". The "Avatamsaka Sutra" is equivalent to the theory of relativity in physics, which is very important. Not many people understand. So Master Liu is very popular, and many people give him money to incense to listen to his lectures. Master Liu is not a greedy person, and the money he earned from begging for alms and chanting scriptures was subsidized to the Liu family of the Northern Han Dynasty. Later, Master Liu made new contributions and conducted geological exploration. He discovered silver mines in Tuanbai Valley. He organized nearby people to dig mountains to obtain ores and cast silver. Now he has tribute to the Liao Kingdom. It seems that the monk has a long historical tradition of starting a business to make money.

Therefore, Liu Chengjun's death was a reason that poverty could not be ignored. Why did he be scared to death? This was the trouble caused by the Song Dynasty. After pacifying Li Yun, the Song army invaded the Northern Han border in three days. Liu Chengjun sat in Taiyuan and received a steady stream of military reports every day. Moreover, the situation was getting worse and worse. Jingnan was taken over, Hunan was destroyed, and Shu was also pacified. Maybe the next one would be his turn. How could he not be scared to death in such an environment?

Of course, the above two are not the main reasons. He was even more anxious to death by the master of Liao. The relationship between the Northern Han and Liao had already passed the honeymoon period, and now the two countries are already disgusted with each other.

When Li Yun in Luzhou rebelled and asked him for help, he regarded this as a great opportunity for him to restore the Central Plains. But Li Yun had backbone and was unwilling to borrow the power of the Liao Kingdom. In order to save the large amount of foreign exchange expenditure of the Liao Kingdom to ask the Liao Kingdom as foreign aid, Liu Chengjun did not join the Liao Kingdom in Li Yun's affairs. But Liao Kingdom quit, how could I not participate in the murder and rob money? The Khitans were very angry. They had long disliked Liu Chengjun. Liu Chong was so filial that he would report and ask for instructions whenever the country had more than 300 yuan. But the latecomers were gradually drifting away from them. Giving gifts was not so diligent, greetings were not so caring, and he would not report any state affairs. He would not even ask for instructions even for such a big attack on the Central Plains. The Liao people watched coldly to see how capable Liu Chengjun could be!

Sure enough, the Northern Han army was not far from Taiyuan, and Li Yun was defeated, and Liu Chengjun had to retreat. The Liao Kingdom was a little gloating and robbed the Central Plains. Without me, the leader, how could you succeed? Will you know the importance of me?

Another thing made the Liao Kingdom even more unhappy. Liu Chengjun killed Duan Chang. Duan Chang was the Privy Councilor of the Northern Han Dynasty and had great power. He could not say anything about Liu Chengjun’s bed!

Liu Chengjun married a new wife, and the new man was embarrassed to say that her father was a medical monk. As the name suggests, he used medical skills to save all living beings. Once, this medical monk cured a person's illness. This widow suffered from infertility. In severe cases, this disease was a terminal illness, because he had no other half, and the widow would never give birth to children. In mild cases, we, the medical monk, can cure the disease. How to treat it? Amitabha! Isn't your problem blasphemy? This medical monk just entered the widow's door in the middle of the night and went to her bed, and cured the disease.

Not long after, the widow gave birth to a daughter. The surname was Guo. I couldn't help but think of an online joke, which was very pornographic and violent. A lady gave birth to a son, but she didn't know what her father's surname was, so she couldn't name it. So she went to ask a professor. A professor asked, "Do you know when he was conceived?" The lady said he knew. The professor asked again, "Do you remember who had anything to do that day?" The lady has a good memory. "A secretary Gao, a manager Li, and a factory director Chen." The professor pondered for a moment and said, "Then you can have a surname Guo." Then he explained, "Take the upper part of the high, the lower part of the Li, the left part of the Chen, and form a word, isn't it 'Guo'?"

It is not difficult to imagine that a widow is a shameful thing to give birth to a daughter. Today, when the mind is liberated or even debauchery is too great. What's more, in ancient times? Miss Guo was countless fingers and fingers behind her, and her ears were filled with rumors and mockery, but all this did not prevent Miss Guo from growing taller and growing into a graceful beauty.

What does it matter if you have a bad background? A beauty covers all the ugliness. The beautiful girl Guo is lucky to be attracted by Liu Chengjun and marry her as a wife.

Does anyone dare to laugh at him behind his back? Yes! It’s not that behind him, but he actually said it in person! Duan Chang’s reason made Guo very sad and angry: this girl’s origin was not right, and if she was made a concubine, she would be laughed at by the neighboring country.

Do you know the grievance and anger when you were caught by someone who was not caused by yourself, and the invariable past? Guo gritted his teeth and tears behind him: The surname Duan, let’s take a look!

Guo had a chance to retaliate. She could not become a concubine, but she could still occupy Liu Chengjun's bed and blow the wind beside the pillow. The wind beside the pillow is gentle, light and soft, but its power is no less than a typhoon of level 12.

Duan Chang was also unlucky. He was not so easily blown to death by the wind beside his pillow, but unfortunately he was involved in a conspiracy and demoted to the bottom to become a small official. Staying away from the political center, he was like a strand of hair on the edge of a sharp blade. When Guo blew it gently, his head broke.

Duan Chang's death was just a battle between ministers and **, but this was discovered by the Liao Kingdom. The Liao Kingdom felt that it was greatly despised. In the past, the Emperor of Northern Han had to ask for instructions to kill a chicken, but now he killed such a minister and did not even say hello. The anger that had been accumulated by the Liao Kingdom erupted out of the past years, and he issued a serious foreign exchange disc to Liu Chengjun, listing three major crimes: changing the year name without permission, assisting Li Yun, and killing Duan Chang without permission.

Liu Chengjun was scared. Through Li Yun, he had already seen the terror of the imperial guards of the Song Dynasty. If the Liao Kingdom was not supported by the support, what would he use to separatist Taiyuan? Therefore, restoring the relationship with the Liao Kingdom was the top priority. Liu Chengjun was anxious and even sent envoys to the Liao Kingdom with a large handful of money to say good things, recalling the old feelings, and to consolidate diplomatic relations with the Liao Kingdom and reshape the military alliance. But the envoys all turned into meat buns, and they fought one by one, but none of them came back! How many people? 16 people!

Liu Chengjun was anxious. What does the Liao Kingdom mean? I agree or object? Finally, he sent a heavyweight figure in the royal family: Liu Chong's legitimate grandson and his eldest nephew Liu Jiwen as an envoy. He was still muddy and there was no news.

Are those people dead or detained? I don’t know that after the Liao Kingdom issued the letter of guilt, he never sent an envoy to the Northern Han Dynasty. The diplomatic relations between the two countries suddenly became a deadlock. This silence is the most suffocating.

Outside was the occasional harassment of Song Bing from time to time. Behind it, the only allies that were expected to be refuted were never expressed on the issue of restoring friendly relations. In the midst of waiting and panic, Liu Chengjun died. The death certificate reads: Since Li Yun was defeated, he returned in a mess, and lost the favor of Liao, his power was weak, and he was exhausted.

Why didn't Liao respond to the Northern Han? Maybe this is just a diplomatic move. Sometimes silence is more effective than roaring. Leaving a speech can make others know your existence better than chatting. The Liao Kingdom is to let the Northern Han know that without him, you are nothing.

Of course, we must seize the God-given opportunity of Liu Chengjun's death. The government handover work is enough for them to be busy, and now they can catch the other party off guard. And when they send troops, Zhao Kuangyin has even made excuses.

When Zhao Kuangyin was uneasy in the Northern Han Dynasty, he finally gave Liu Chengjun a challenge letter, "You are a feud with the Zhou Dynasty, so you are unwilling to surrender in Taiyuan, but I have no holiday with you. Why bother to trap people in this area? If you also have the heart to dominate China, please go down to Taihang Mountain and we will fight to decide the outcome." The clever Liu Chengjun replied, "We can't beat you, but our family is not a splitter. We guard Taiyuan, just to burn incense to the ancestors of the Liu family."

Later, he became tough again, "If you have the ability, come in from Tuanbai Valley and go to Taiyuan, I will wait for you." History says: The emperor mourned his words and said, "Word for me, Kaier's lifelong journey." So he ended with Liu Chengjun's life, and Zhao Kuangyin did not use large troops to suppress the enemy. However, in my opinion, this seemed compassionate, and a word that was opened on the Internet was just a slowdown. Because Zhao Kuangyin had decided to start a war against the southern countries one by one, and had no extra energy to do it, he did not want to be beaten up by people from both sides.

Now that Liu Chengjun is dead, he promised to be automatically lifted. Zhao Kuangyin felt that the reason for sending troops was righteous at this time.

So less than a month after Liu Chengjun died, before his bones were cold, Zhao Kuangyin's army arrived. On August 17, the Song army divided into three groups: Li Jixun, Dangjin was the chief and deputy general, Cao Bin was the chief and supervisor, and set out from Luzhou; Zhao Zan, Si Chao was the chief and deputy general, and Li Qianpu was the chief and supervisor, and captured Fenzhou; He Jiyun was the chief and Kang Yanzhuo was the chief and supervisor, and served as the vanguard.

But Liu Chengjun's death was an opportunity for the Song Dynasty, and even more for the Northern Han Dynasty, and the opportunity to reposition diplomatic relations with the Liao Kingdom. The newly appointed Liu Jien knew the importance of the Liao Kingdom to him. Before ascending the throne, he asked the Liao Kingdom to be cautiously informed and requested the normalization of diplomatic relations between the two countries to achieve Liu Chongqi's close partnership and military strategic alliance. The Liao Kingdom also stopped when he saw the good news. He agreed to Liu Jien's succession and agreed to the Tathagata attack of the Song Dynasty and would definitely come for assistance.

Well, with foreign aids, the rest is defense. But at this critical moment, another major incident happened in Taiyuan City, which made the situation very messy. Liu Jien, the new emperor of the Later Han Dynasty, who had just succeeded to the throne, was killed. This is a mystery. But the case itself is not complicated.

Time: In late September 968, only more than 60 days before Liu Chengjun's death Location: The deceased of Qinzheng Pavilion: Liu Jien, the new emperor of Northern Han, murderer: Hou Barong, the enthronement official

The case happened very delicately. At this time, a strong enemy was forcing him to enter the outside world, and the new emperor took office inside. Needless to say, the panic in Taiyuan City, such a big thing also proves that there are several forces fighting in the city.

Let's look at the deceased Liu Ji'en. Liu (Xue) Ji'en was actually the nephew of Liu Chengjun and the daughter of Liu Chong, the founding emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty. When the Liu family did not make a fortune, Liu Chong married his daughter to a soldier named Xue Zhao. But the situation later changed. Liu Zhiyuan became the emperor and Liu Chong became the prince. The gap widened now, Xue Zhao was still a soldier, and his wife became the princess. Generally speaking, if the mother's family became rich, this son-in-law should be able to benefit from some wealth.

?But the facts are completely opposite. Once the couple's identities are opened, things will all change. Perhaps because the couple's relationship is not very good, they are separated. Later, Xue Zhao had to post a post to meet his wife and ask his disciples to pass on messages and ask him to see him. Xue Zhao became popular. Once, he drank some wine and went to the Liu Mansion again to ask for a meeting with his wife. After begging, he finally met his wife whom he hated day and night. He took out a knife and stabbed him. Unfortunately, he did not stab the unfaithful woman to death.

Xue Zhao failed to kill his wife and committed suicide. His wife must have had an affair. As soon as Xue Zhao died, she remarried a surname He and gave birth to a son named Liu (He) Jiyuan. Later, the surname He and the princess of Liu died, so Liu Chong adopted Liu Jien and Liu Jiyuan, the brothers, to Liu Chengjun, and asked them to change their surnames to Liu Chengjun.

Okay, after the gossip, the Liu family's shameless scandals. Let's look at the murderer Hou Barong. He was actually a horse thief, often stealing things between Taiyuan and Fenzhou. Later, he was recruited by Liu Chengjun and became an officer of the Northern Han Dynasty. But in August 963, Wang Quanbin captured Leping County of the Northern Han Dynasty, and Hou Barong jumped to the Song Dynasty and became a member of the Song Dynasty imperial guards. What was even more surprising was that not long after, Hou Barong came back. What was going on? What was going on? If it weren't for the fact that he was a good big company and returned to the Northern Han Dynasty, which would collapse at any time? The strangest thing was still behind. Liu Chengjun did not blame him for his defection, but instead made him a entrusted official. If it weren't for Liu Chengjun's absolute trust in Hou Barong, how could he have been arranged to be the closest position of the emperor's follower?

From this we speculate that Hou Barong may have gone through the infernal Affairs and falsely surrendered to the Song Dynasty to inquire about information.
Chapter completed!