Things About the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms

The Tang Dynasty was not chopped to death by someone, it broke its bones bit by bit. The salt tax was oppressive, the feudal towns were like branch offices, and the eunuchs held the handle of the emperor's sword. The orders of the imperial court were like a joke when they came out of Chang'an. So, Wang Xianzhi raised his troops, Huang Chao went south, and the gate of Chang'an was knocked - the sunset of the Tang Dynasty finally fell below the horizon. But Huang Chao is not the end, he is just the person who smashed the old order. The real story begins with "Who will pick up the body?" Zhu Wen climbed from a subordinate to a usurper, Li Keyong from a border warrior to an overlord, the Later Liang, the Later Tang, the Later Jin, the Later Han, and the Later Zhou rotated like a revolving lantern, and the ten kingdoms were divided and fought constantly. Every change of dynasty is not "destiny", but the calculation of power, money, army and people's hearts; behind every hero, there are countless little people who are pushed forward by the times - some people reach the sky in one step, and some people have no bones left. Until Zhao Kuangyin put on a yellow robe at Chenqiaoyi, the Song Dynasty came on stage. Unification is not a battle, but a set of more efficient systems: withdrawing military power, controlling financial power, building bureaucracy, and exercising patience. The elegance of the Southern Tang Dynasty, the extravagance of the Southern Han Dynasty, and the stubbornness of the Northern Han Dynasty could not stop the opponents who were "better at living". In the fourth year of Taiping and Xingguo's reign (979), the Northern Han Dynasty was destroyed, and the chaos of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms finally came to an end. This is a history of the Five Dynasties in human terms.