The Later Zhou defeated the Southern Tang Dynasty, which fully demonstrated the powerful and terrifying military strength of the Later Zhou Dynasty. Chai Rong gradually implemented his grand plan to unify the world. Looking at the entire vassal states in the rivers and lakes, naturally no one could compete with the Later Zhou and Chai Rong. Everyone seemed to be helplessly waiting for the day when Chai Rong unified the world, and Zhou Xingfeng was no exception.

Of course, Zhou Xingfeng did not dare to compete with Chai Rong of the Later Zhou Dynasty. With Hunan's strength, fighting with Hou Zhou was like hitting a stone with an egg, which was like committing suicide. Zhou Xingfeng could only treat Hou Zhou more carefully and cautiously to extend his rule in Hunan.

Besides, after Qiqiu of the Southern Tang and Song Dynasties arrived at Jiuhua Mountain, the Southern Tang Dynasty ordered the locking of all the windows of his house and digging holes in the wall to provide food. Song Qiqiu sighed and said, "I used to offer advice to imprison the family of the Emperor of Wu in Taizhou, so today should be here!" So he hung himself to death.

Chen Jue and Li Zhenggu left Jinling in a daze. On the way, he received an imperial edict from the Southern Tang Lord, who ordered them to commit suicide. The Five Ghosts of the Southern Tang, Chen Jue was the leader, and Wei Cen and Cha Wenhui, these two had already died of illness, and there were only two Fengs left. However, the Southern Tang Lord no longer asked for guilt, but instead promoted Feng Yanji to the crown prince's tutor and Feng Yanlu to the Minister of Revenue, and was favored as the minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

The Tang Lord once held a banquet in the inner hall and said calmly to Feng Yanji: "Wrinkle a pond of spring water, what's your business?" Feng Yanji replied: "How can you blow the jade sheng as your Majesty sings? It's even more wonderful." At that time, the Southern Tang Dynasty was repeatedly defeated in the Later Zhou Dynasty, and the situation was critical, but it was only to survive. However, the rulers and ministers of the Southern Tang Dynasty could not lie on firewood and taste gall, so they even wrote old poems, as jokes, and were content. It's no wonder that the Southern Tang Dynasty was in a slump and eventually ended up in destruction.

Liu Congxian, the governor of Qingyuan of the Southern Tang Dynasty, sent envoys to the court to pay tribute, requesting to set up a Jinzouyuan in the capital, which directly belongs to the central court. The edict replied: "The south of the Yangtze River has recently returned and is trying to appease him. I will not change my attention. If I set up a Jinzouyuan official residence in the capital, compete with Jinling, accept you and have your Quanzhou, the sin will be on me. I come from afar to pay tribute, which is enough to show loyalty and diligence, and work hard to serve the old monarch, and everything should be the same. In this way, I can deepen my consistent friendship and fulfill my obligation to appease all directions. I hope you are reasonable and considerate and understand my original intention."

The Lord of Southern Tang sent his son Ji Gong Li Congshan to the court to pay tribute together with Zhong Mo. Chai Rong asked Zhong Mo: "Is Jiangnan also training troops to prepare for combat?" Zhong Mo replied: "Since I have already served as a great country, I dare not do this anymore." Chai Rong said: "No. I was an enemy in the past, but today I have become a family. The great significance of our dynasty and your country has been confirmed, and there are no other changes. However, life is unpredictable, and things will be even more unknown for future generations. Go back and say to your monarch: You can strengthen the city walls, repair weapons, guard the fortresses while I am here, and think about future generations."

After Zhong Mo returned to the country, he reported Chai Rong's words to the Lord of the Southern Tang. The Lord of the Southern Tang built the Jinling City Wall. Any cities in each state were not strong and repaired, and the few guards were fewer than those who were guarding were added.

Besides, Liu Sheng, the leader of the Southern Han fruit, was worried when he heard that the Southern Tang was defeated by Later Zhou Da. Since he usurped the throne, he was suspicious of his brothers and killed Liu Hongchang as his thirteen younger brothers. All his nephews were also killed, but they chose a few beautiful nieces and took them into the palace and forced them to be maids and concubines. He also

He sent troops into the sea, plundered the merchants' gold and silk, and built thousands of rooms away from the palace. Palace people were placed on the side of the palace.

At any time during the banquet, Liu Sheng sat alone between the palace and served the officials in the banquet, each with a colorful pavilion, and sat in the two wings next to the hall. After the banquet, he ordered the officer to pretend to be a wild beast with a prison chariot and sent it in, and there were swords and halberds on both sides. Liu Sheng went down to the palace to shoot the wild beasts. If there were no four beasts, he would use the sword to kill the wild beasts as a pleasure. He tasted drunk at night, put the melon between the neck of the actor Shang Yulou, then drew his sword to chop the melon, and cut off the head of Shang Yulou. The next day, he woke up and summoned Shang Yulou to attend the banquet. He told him that he was killed last night, and he sighed.

Liu Sheng's special favors were two concubines in the harem, Li Li Concubine, and Li Chan Concubine. The palace ladies Lu Qiongxian and Huang Qiongzhi were beautiful and cunning. They were specially appointed as the maid servant, and the court was crowned and involved in political affairs. The most favored among the eunuchs was Lin Yanyu. All the kings were destroyed, and they were all Lin Yanyu's mastermind. Lin Yanyu was about to die and recommended his accomplice Gong Chengshu to replace him. Gong Chengshu was even more cunning, similar to Lin Yanyu.

When Liu Sheng heard that Zhou conquered Huainan, he wanted to pay tribute to Zhou Ting. Because he was blocked by Hunan, it was inconvenient to the passage. So he managed the warships and cultivated military preparations, and made a plan to stick to it. Soon he sighed, "It is a blessing that I can avoid disasters. What kind of descendants should I care about?" So he indulged in wine and sex, drank for a long night, and died soon at the age of thirty-nine.

Liu Sheng's eldest son Liu Jixing was renamed Liu Yu. He respected the former lord Liu Sheng as Zhongzong. Liu Jixing was 16 years old and entrusted all political affairs to eunuchs. Gong Chengshu and Chen Yanshou had the most powerful power and were appointed as talented people. The internal affairs depended on Lu Qiongxian. Only a few officials in Taiwan were left behind and they were not allowed to go to the government. Liu Yu particularly liked luxury and built the Wanzheng Hall. One pillar should cost three thousand ingots of platinum. He also built the Tianhua Palace and the Huanglong Cave. The daily expenses were tens of millions, and he was not stingy.

The eunuch Li Tuo had two adopted daughters, both of whom were beautiful, and the eldest daughter became a concubine, and the second daughter had to be a talented man, and they were also favored by the time. There was also a palace maid, Persian, who was black and wise, and was charming and gave him the name Meizhu. The right minister of the Shangshu Zhong Yunzhang wanted to purify discipline and punish the treacherous, but was jealous of the eunuch, so he falsely claimed that Zhong Yunzhang had rebelled. He forced Liu Yu to be punished for his punishment, but his family actually killed his whole family.

So he promoted Li Tuo to the inner tutor and the six army's military inspectors. He reported Li Tuo first and then implemented the state affairs. Liu Huo and Concubine Li and the Persian charming pig were erotic every day. He called himself the doctor Xiao Xian and no longer visited the court to watch the affairs. The official positions were as high as 7,000, or the title of the Third Duke and Third Division. There were no less than 1,000 female officials, and there were also the name of a master and servant. Chen Yanshou also introduced the witch Fan Huzi, wearing a traveling crown and a purple-glass skirt. Sitting in the tent, he claimed that he had the Jade Emperor attached to the god, and could predict the good and bad fortune, and called Liu Huo the crown prince.

Liu Feng was extremely superstitious and often asked Fan Huzi for advice. Lu Qiongxian, Gong Chengshu and others rushed to rely on Fan Huzi. Fan Huzi then lied that Lu Qiongxian, Gong Chengshu, Chen Yanshou and others were all sent by God to assist the prince. They should not be punished lightly. Liu Feng therefore trusted these things more and regarded national affairs as a joke. However, because the Southern Han Dynasty was remote in Lingnan and the Later Zhou Dynasty had no time to punish him, the confused Liu Feng had to live in a desolate life for several years, and it was not until the founding of the Zhao Song Dynasty.

Besides, after Chai Rong, the Zhou lord, returned to the capital, Empress Fu died at the age of 26, and was posthumously named Xuan Yi. The queen's sister was quite generous and often went in and out of the palace. The Zhou lord wanted to make her the successor, but because she was able to win the Nanzheng and wanted to fight the north.

It was not too late to pay tribute. Soon after, the sixth year of Xiande was in Xiande, and the Goryeo Jurchens sent people to pay tribute to the local food.

Chai Rong personally visited Chongde Hall and summoned the foreign envoy. He ordered the officials to set up music and hang them all over the Han rituals. There were several false bells and chimes on all sides, and there were no sounds. After the foreign envoy retreated, Chai Rong summoned the musicians to ask why there was no sound. The musicians have always been like this and dared not attack randomly. Chai Rong asked in detail, but most musicians could not answer.

Chai Rong then ordered Dou Yi, a scholar of Duanming Palace, to discuss the ancient and modern music, and to examine the lack of research. Dou Yi reported that he was familiar with music and was not as good as Wang Pu. Chai Rong therefore asked Wang Pu to set the music rhythm. After Wang Pu submitted a memorial, he adapted to follow the ancient method and used millet to set the ruler. One millet was divided into pieces, ten millet was inches, and it accumulated into nine inches, and the diameter was three minutes, which was made into yellow clock ruler. The twelve rules were deduced, and the rules were correct. There were 10 three strings, nine feet long, and columns were set in sequence to form the sound.

Chai Rong was also devoted to promoting the imperial examinations, trying to obtain talents, and then banned temples, and strictly prohibited the left-wing roads. Chai Rong was very careful of farming, carving wood as a farmer and silkworm wife, and placed it on the palace court. He also ordered 34 people including Ai Ying, the scattered cavalry officer, to go to each state and set up land rent. He also ordered all the prefectures to join the countryside, and to place 100 households as a group, each group of three elders, and ordered them to manage civil affairs and encourage farming and crops. He also cut the passage from Biankou to allow boats to travel, and then guide the Bian River into the Cai River to facilitate the transportation of grain, and the public and private affairs, and the upper and lower levels were connected.

Chai Rong sent Wang Pu to inspect Biankou and supervise the construction of the Doumen. After the completion, Wang Pu passed by the mansion of former prime minister Li Gu. Suddenly, he fell asleep and fainted on his seat. He hurriedly used someone to carry him back. The treatment failed and he died. He was only fifty-four years old. Chai Rong went to the funeral in person, knocked on the ground with a jade axe, and cried bitterly again and could not stop himself. He comforted and advised him from the side. Chai Rong sighed to the sky and said, "Don't you want me to pacify the Central Plains? Why is it to take me Wang Pu? It's so fast!" After hanging back to the palace, he was not happy for several days.

Wang Pu carefully studied numerology, and most of his words were in line with Chai Rong's wishes. Zhou Lord Chai Rong was determined to unify the world, and he was often worried that his fortune would be short and he could not do what he wanted. One day Chai Rong asked Ang Pu calmly, saying how many years would I live? Wang Pu replied: "Your Majesty is determined to govern, and he often thinks of the people of the world. The sky is high and the listen is low, and he will be blessed. I am originally stupid and silly. I can only understand the mathematics and principles, and I will be able to achieve thirty years. Thirty years later, it is not something I can know." Zhou Lord Chai Rong said happily: "As you said, I will be the master for thirty years. I will use ten years to open up the world, support the people in ten years, and achieve peace in ten years. My wish is enough!"

After Wang Pu died, Chai Rong lost a strong minister. However, Chai Rong's ambition to the Northern Expedition still remained unchanged, so he issued an edict to personally expedition. The northern border was not recovered by the Zhou lord. The Northern Han once led the Khitan invaders and repeatedly caused border troubles. So he decided to personally conquer Liao, summon Zhao Kuangyin to the court, and ordered to deploy it for the water and road capital, and Jian's personal army, the capital of Yuhou Han Tong, and deployed it for the land and land. The two generals set out first, advanced along the water and land, and Chai Rong was the dragon boat himself, as a response.

So Zhao Kuangyin led the warships and set off. The journey was smooth and sailed through Ying and Moge Prefectures. The soldiers and civilians in Liao were completely unprepared. When they suddenly saw Zhou soldiers coming, they were frightened and did not dare to fight and fled to the point of being in trouble. Wang Hong, the governor of Liaoning Prefecture, also received news of Zhou soldiers entering the country and asked for troops to defend the city. Unexpectedly, the Liao soldiers had no effect. Zhou Jun had already arrived on the edge of the city river. Wang Hong lived in an empty city and knew that he could not resist the enemy, so he immediately opened the city to surrender. Zhao Kuangyin then surrendered Wang Hong and ordered him to march into Yijin Pass as a guide.

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