Shi Jingtang
RulersMingzong's son-in-law served as the governor of Hedong. He and the Last Emperor were suspicious of each other. In 936, they rebelled and used Khitan troops to destroy the Later Tang Dynasty and establish the Later Jin Dynasty.
Dynasties of ChinaFive Dynasties and Ten KingdomsLater Tang Dynasty
Last EmperorLi Congke
Qingtai · Reign 934—936
Mingzong's adopted son, Fengxiang raised an army to seize the throne, and he and Shi Jingtang were suspicious of each other. In the end, Shi Jingtang led the Khitan soldiers south and the whole family committed suicide.
IBiography
- Reign
- 2 years
- Reign era
- Qingtai
- Order of accession
- Ruler #4 · Later Tang Dynasty
- Life dates
- 885—936
- Titles
- The real surname is Wang, the diminutive name is Asan·Feng Lu Wang·Historically known as the Last Emperor of the Later Tang Dynasty
Li Congke, whose surname is Wang, is from Pingshan, Zhenzhou. When he was young, he was acquired by Li Siyuan from his mother and was adopted as an adopted son. He is tall, brave and good at fighting, and has repeatedly made military exploits with Zhuangzong. Mingzong was then the envoy of Fengxiang and granted the title of King of Lu. In 934, Emperor Min ordered the transfer of vassal towns. He raised an army to resist and defected before the crusade. He then entered Luoyang and ascended the throne, changing the Yuan Dynasty to Qingtai.
After entering the capital, the treasury was empty and there was not enough reward for the troops. He had to plunder the people's wealth, but the morale of the army was still dissatisfied. He and Hedong Jiedushi Shi Jingtang had always been suspicious of each other. In 936, he ordered Shi Jingtang to move the town. Shi Jingtang immediately raised troops and asked for Khitan's aid on the condition of becoming a vassal and ceding territory. The Khitan and Jin armies went south, and the armies of the Later Tang Dynasty were defeated one after another. In the eleventh month of the month, he, Caotaihou, Liuhuanghou and others climbed to the Xuanwu Tower in Luoyang and burned themselves on fire. The Later Tang Dynasty was destroyed.
IITimeline
During the reign · 934—936
PoliticsFengxiang raised troops and entered Luo
In February, because he refused to move the town according to the imperial edict, he raised troops in Fengxiang. The imperial expeditionary army defected to the city and surrendered. He led his army eastward, and Emperor Min fled in March. In April, he ascended the throne in Luoyang, changed the Yuan Dynasty to Qingtai, and immediately sent people to kill Emperor Min.
EconomySearch for bounty troops
When he raised the army, he promised generous rewards to the soldiers after entering Luoyang. After taking the throne, the treasury was insufficient, so he lent the people of Luoyang several months of rent in advance and collected the people's property, but it was still difficult to cash it. The sergeant was dissatisfied and sang "Remove the Bodhisattva and support the cast iron", complaining that the new emperor was not as generous as the deposed Emperor Min.
PoliticsMoving town catastrophe
In May, he ordered Hedong Jiedushi Shi Jingtang to move to Yunzhou to weaken his military power. Shi Jingtang refused to obey the imperial edict, saying that he was the adopted son of Mingzong and should not inherit the throne. He asked King Xu, Mingzong's own son, to pass it on, and then he rebelled.
MilitarySiege of Jin'an Village
In September, Khitan leader Yelü Deguang led his army to assist Shi Jingtang. After being defeated at Taiyuan City, Tang general Zhang Jingda besieged him in Jin'an Village. The Last Emperor was timid and did not dare to go to the front line in person. Reinforcements from all walks of life stayed and watched, and Jin'an Village was trapped for several months.
PoliticsSelf-immolation in Xuanwu Tower
In the eleventh month of the month, Yang Guangyuan, deputy general of Jin'anzhai, killed Zhang Jingda and surrendered to the enemy. Khitan and Shi Jingtang sent their troops southward, and all the armies of the Later Tang Dynasty collapsed one after another. In despair, the Last Emperor, Caotaihou, Liuhuanghou and others boarded the Xuanwu Tower in Luoyang and set themselves on fire, thus ending the Later Tang Dynasty.
IIIPeople of this reign
Zhang Jingda
MilitaryHe was ordered to attack Shi Jingtang, but was besieged by Khitan soldiers in Jin'an Village. He held out for several months and refused to surrender, and was killed by his deputy general Yang Guangyuan.
Yelü Deguang
RulersThe second son of Liao Taizu Abaoji personally led an army south to aid Shi Jingtang in 936, and appointed him emperor of the Jin Dynasty in exchange for the sixteen states of Yanyun.