Li Song
Li Song
Li Song? He was born in Raoyang, Shenzhou (now Raoyang, Hebei). He was the Prime Minister of the later Jin Dynasty in the Five Dynasties.
In his early years, Li Song served in the late Tang Dynasty. He successively served as Zhenzhou Army member, Xingsheng palace inspector, xieluang, Yantie Tui Guan, chengdezhang secretary, Shiyi, buque, shiyilang, shangshulang, Hanlin bachelor, Hubu Shilang, and recommended Shi Jingtang as Hedong Jiedu envoy.
After the establishment of the later Jin Dynasty, Li song was worshipped as the prime minister, serving as the Minister of Zhongshu, Zhang Shi of Tongping, and also as a secret envoy. During the reign of emperor Shaodi, he took charge of the government and handed over the military power to Du Chongwei, which eventually led to the subjugation of the later Jin Dynasty. Later, he followed Emperor Taizong of Liao Dynasty to Qidan and was left in Zhenzhou.
After the establishment of the later Han Dynasty, Li Song returned to the South and was awarded as a servant. In the first year of Qianyou (948), Li song was falsely accused of treason for offending Prime Minister Su Fengji. After the anniversary, it was rehabilitated.
Life of the characters
Early experience
Li song was intelligent from a young age. He was good at writing articles when he was a teenager. When he was weak, he was appointed to join the army in Zhenzhou.
Later Tang Dynasty
In the first year of Tongguang (923), Emperor Zhuang Zong of Tang Dynasty appointed Prince Li Jiji as envoy of Xingsheng palace and governor of Zhenzhou. Li Song saw that Li Peng, the official who was in charge of the military official's documents, was not proficient in writing, and privately told LV judo, the leader: "linggong is the prince, who looks forward to the world, who writes letters, who talks about things, and who has to be reasonable in writing. The official documents drafted by Li Peng are not perfect. " Lu Rou asked Li Songdai to draft it and showed it to Lu Zhi and Feng Dao, who praised it unanimously. As a result, Li song was promoted to inspector of Xingsheng palace, who was in charge of playing notes. In December of the same year, Emperor Zhuang Zong of the Tang Dynasty established the capital of Luoyang and appointed Li Song as xielulang of Taichang temple. In the third year of Tongguang (925), Emperor Zhuang Zong of the Tang Dynasty appointed Li Jiji, king of Wei, as the commander of the camp in the southwest. He led the army to conquer the former Shu, and Li Song served as the commander of the camp. With the help of Guo Chongtao, the Privy envoy, Li Jiji pacified Xichuan and destroyed the former Shu in only 75 days. In the first year of Tiancheng (926), Li Jiji obeyed empress Liu's order and killed Guo Chongtao and his son, which made his army unstable. Li Song said to Li Jiji, "why did you do such a dangerous thing? Even if there is no room for Guo Chongtao, it is not too late to kill him when he returns to Luoyang. It's not wise to go five thousand miles alone and kill important officials without an imperial edict? " Li Jiji also expressed regret. Li Song summoned three or four clerks to go up the stairs, took yellow paper to forge the imperial edict, and stamped it with the official seal of Du Tong, so as to announce to the three armies that the morale of the army gradually stabilized. Soon after, Emperor mingzong of Tang Dynasty succeeded to the throne, and Prime Minister Ren Huan granted Li Song the title of salt and iron official. Later, because of his mother's death, Li Song resigned to keep filial piety. After his mourning, he was appointed secretary in charge by fan Yanguang, the governor of Chengde. In the third year of Tiancheng (928), fan Yanguang was promoted to the post of secretary. Li song was awarded as a pick-up and incorporated into the Privy Council. Later, he successively served as buque, shoushilang, shangshulang and Hanlin bachelor. In the second year of the Qing Dynasty (935), the late Tang emperor appointed Li Song as the Bachelor of Duanming palace and the Minister of the household department. He also went to zhizhongxing palace in turn with Li zhuanmei, the scholar of Duanming palace, LV Qi, Xue Wenyu, Zhao Yan, the astronomer of Hanlin, etc. in case of emperor's inquiry, he often answered correctly until late at night.
As prime minister
In the first year of Tianfu (936), Shi Jingtang, the governor of Hedong, became emperor. He established the later Jin Dynasty as the emperor of Jin and conquered Luoyang. After the fall of the late Tang Dynasty, Li Song fled to yique and hid in the people's homes. In the second year of Tianfu (937), Emperor Gaozu of Jin called Li Song to serve as the Minister of the Ministry of war and the Ministry of justice. Soon after, Li Song worshipped the prime minister, served as the Minister of Zhongshu, Zhang Shi of Tongping, and concurrently served as a secret envoy with Sang Weihan. In the fourth year of Tianfu (939), Emperor Gaozu of Jin abolished the Privy Council and assigned the Privy Council's functions and powers to Zhongshu province. In the sixth year of Tianfu (941), Li Song followed the emperor Gaozu of Jin Dynasty to visit yedU. When his father died, he resigned to keep filial piety. In the face of Li Song's repeated appearance, the emperor Gaozu of the Jin Dynasty ordered him to seize the situation and recover. At first, he gave an imperial edict not to allow it, and then he stayed in the middle of the country. Li Song had no choice but to be reinstated. In the seventh year of Tianfu (942), Shi Chonggui, the king of Qi, succeeded to the throne. He appointed sang Weihan as the Privy envoy and Li Song as the third minister. Soon after, Li Song took over from sang Weihan as a secret envoy and took charge of the government with Feng Yu. In the third year of Kaiyun (946), Khitan attacked the later Jin Dynasty. Demoted General Zhao Yanshou pretended that he intended to return to the Central Plains, in order to lure the Jin army. As a result, the Jin army was defeated and the later Jin Dynasty perished.
Go to the later Han Dynasty
In the 12th year of Tianfu (947), Yelu Deguang, the Khitan emperor, entered Bianliang, the capital of Jin Dynasty. When he withdrew Khitan, he ordered Li Song to accompany him. In April, Yelv Deguang died of illness in Luancheng and killed Hulin. Li Song and other later Jin ministers were left in Zhenzhou. At this time, Liu Zhiyuan, the great general of the later Jin Dynasty, had already declared himself Emperor in Taiyuan and established the later Han Dynasty as the great ancestor of the later Han Dynasty. In the autumn of the same year, after the Han army recovered Zhenzhou, the Khitan garrison general Mada abandoned the city and fled. Li Song, Feng Dao, he Ning and more than a dozen other subordinates were able to return to the Central Plains. Li Song surrendered to the later Han Dynasty and was awarded the title of Prince Taifu. At that time, many courtiers spoke in front of emperor Gaozu of the later Han Dynasty, saying that Li song was highly valued by Khitan. Li song was worried because he praised Du Chongwei and had a grudge with emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty. He courteously catered to the powerful officials of the later Han Dynasty, and did not dare to be a little rebellious. Before that, Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty recovered Bianliang and gave Su Fengji the house of Li Song. Su Fengji got all the treasures Li Song buried in his house and other businesses in Luoyang. After Li Song returned to the Han Dynasty, he presented the lease of two capitals to Su Fengji, which aroused Su Fengji's dissatisfaction. Li Yu and Li Ming, the sons of Li Song, are ignorant of wine. They complain when they have a dinner with Su's children. They think that Su Fengji has seized his own house, which makes Su Fengji even more unhappy. Li song was so worried that he could not say he was ill at home.
Be wronged and killed
In the first year of Qianyou (948), Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty died of illness, Emperor Yindi of the later Han Dynasty succeeded him, and Li ShouZhen and other three Jiedu envoys rebelled. At that time, Li Yu denounced Ge Yanyu for hiding money. Ge Yanyu sleeps at Li Cheng's home in Su Fengji's trilogy, and plans with Li Cheng to falsely accuse Li Song of plotting against him. Su Fengji learned that he ordered Li Song to be sent to the guard prison. In prison, Li Yu said, "my brothers Li Song, Li Ming, my nephew Wang Ning, and my family of 20 intend to set fire to the capital when the emperor is buried. We also sent people to take wax pill secret books to Hezhong City, colluded with Li ShouZhen, and recruited Khitan soldiers. " In November of the same year, Li song was exterminated by his clan and killed in the street. Ge Yanyu was rewarded with a heavy reward. After the establishment of the Later Zhou Dynasty, Xu Taifu, the academician of the Imperial Academy, asked to kill Ge Yanyu and Li Cheng, who falsely accused Li Song. Feng Dao, the prime minister, thought that GE Yanyu and his wife had been pardoned repeatedly and refused to agree. When Wang Jun, the secret envoy, heard that he highly praised Xu Taifu's loyalty, he told Taizu of Zhou to kill Ge Yanyu and Li Cheng. Later, Zhou Shizong asked, "is it true that Li Song colluded with Khitan with wax bullet script?" Prime Minister Wang Pu replied, "if Li song has a wax bullet book, will he show it to others? It was Su Fengji and others who framed him. " Zhou Shizong also gave Li Song a gift.
Anecdotes and allusions
In the later Tang Dynasty, Emperor mingzong wanted to send his generals out of Taiyuan to resist Qidan. Shi Jingtang, deputy envoy of the Sixth Army, wanted to take the opportunity to avoid disaster because of the illegal activities of Li Congrong, king of Qin, and asked to go to Taiyuan. Fan Yanguang, Zhao Yanshou and other envoys discussed the candidates for the town, but they couldn't make a decision for a long time. Tang mingzong was very angry and blamed Zhao Yanshou and others. In a panic, Zhao Yanshou wants to recommend Kang Yicheng. Li Song said: "Taiyuan is the north gate of the country. It's necessary for Shi Jingtang to choose important officials as the commander-in-chief." Zhao Yanshou took his advice and recommended Shi Jingtang. Shi Jingtang was able to serve as the left behind envoy of Beijing and Hedong. In private, he sent someone to express his thanks to Li Song, and said, "if you are a butcher, you must be on top of him." I hope Li song can continue to help himself in the future. Later generations will use the metaphor of "seven levels of floating chart, focusing on the top" to say that the key to success lies in the end.
Character evaluation
Yelv Deguang: I only had Li Song to break the Southern Dynasty. Xue Juzheng: Li Song served in the Tang and Jin Dynasties, and he had a high expectation of Yigao. It is hard for heaven to be grateful for the misfortune of the people who were killed by the Shenyi people. Cai Dongfan: 1. He was slandered to be willing to fight for life, and death was too light. He died and his family was destroyed. How can he die for Jin and remain famous! (2) the death of Ruo Fu's three treacheries is due to his own fault, while the destruction of Li Song's family is not without injustice. However, who was responsible for the fall of Jin Dynasty and the fall of Liao Dynasty? So Su Fengji could not kill song. But song's crime is not to be ignored, and it is still a temporary prejudice!
personal works
Li song is the author of Zhenzhu collection.
member of family
Father: Li Shunqing, an official, joined the army in Shenzhou. Brother: Li Yu was killed with Li Song. My younger brother: Li, who was killed with Li Song. son: Li can, after entering the Song Dynasty, successively served as Changshu county magistrate, Zhuolang, Zishan doctor.
Historical records
The history of the Old Five Dynasties, volume 118, biography 5 of the Han Dynasty, and the history of the new Five Dynasties, Volume 57, miscellaneous biography 45
Chinese PinYin : Li Song
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