After Li Bian was captured, his master finally proclaimed himself emperor.

Southern Tang Dynasty was a Jiangnan regime established on the basis of Wu. This regime despised the Five Dynasties, ruled ten countries, attacked and destroyed Min, once destroyed Chu, later Jin, later Han and the last three dynasties in the north. It survived tenaciously in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty. All this is due to the solid foundation laid by the founding emperor Li Bian.

When it comes to Li Bian, we can't help but mention his legendary experience. Li Bian, whose real name is Pan, is a girl from Xuzhou Peng. Her father was a small official in Ji 'an, and Peng's daughter became an orphan in the daily war. Later, Li Shenfu, the general of the State of Wu, attacked Hangzhou and captured some people when passing through Huzhou. Peng Nv is one of them. When Li Shenfu saw Peng Nvcong Ming, he took him home and became a slave to the writer. Peng changed his surname to Li.

Yang Xingmi, the founder of Wu State, likes Li Shentong very much. Yang Xingmi often goes to his house. Once I met Peng Nv and liked her very much, so I took Peng Nv as my adopted son and changed her surname to Yang. But Peng Nu was so good that Yang Xingmi's son couldn't control him, so he was pushed out. Yang Xingmi couldn't help it, and she was embarrassed to let Li Shenfu return it, so she found Xu Wen, her confidant. Peng nu changed hands to recognize Xu Wen as his father and changed his surname to Xu.

Wen has six parents, namely Xu and Xu. After Peng nu entered the Xu family, he named the Xu family with the word "Zhi". Xu was a famous courtier of Wu. When Yang Xingmi was alive, he swore that when Yang Xingmi died, he was not very restless. A few years later, he joined another courtier, Zhang Qian, to kill Yang Wo, the heir of Yang Xingmi, and made Yang Long, the younger brother of Yang Wo, the monarch.

In the early days of Yang Longyan's reign, Xu Wen fought for power and profit, and finally Xu Wen was dismissed and became the actual ruler of Wu. After mastering the military and political power, Xu Wen allocated six States to establish Qi State, sealed Qi State, and established a new base area in Jinling. At the same time, Xu Wen promoted his eldest son to power, controlled Guangling performances, moved to Jinling, and remotely controlled the affairs of Wu.

As an adopted son, Xu Zhizhen was promoted to Runzhou Ambassador to Yingyong because of his ability and political integrity, and he was fully armed. In June, the 15th year of Wu Tianyou, Xu Zhixun was killed by Zhu Jin, the deputy governor, for his evil deeds in the imperial court. After hearing the news, Xu Zhizhen led his department from Runzhou to Guangling to take over the state affairs. Later, Xu Zhi and his adoptive father Xu Wen presided over government affairs in Guangling, and the other established a capital in Jinling, ready to usurp the throne.

According to Xu's patent, since the founding of Yang Xingmi, the State of Wu has been deeply rooted, and a hasty regime change will surely cause an uproar and become the target of public criticism. Therefore, Xu resisted the behavior, respectfully served the performance of peace, and treated the literati with great humility. He also pays great attention to his words and deeds, tolerates politics, scrimps on food and clothing, appoints talents and reforms the tax system. As a result, the national strength of Wu became stronger and stronger, but the people's hearts were attached to Xu.

After Yang Long's death, Xu Wen and his son made Yang Pu, the fourth son of Yang Xingmi, the prince of Wu. Under the repeated persuasion of Xu Wen and Xu Zhi, Yang Pu proclaimed himself emperor, which is undoubtedly a fatal move for Xu to replace Yang. Only when Yang Pu became emperor and Xu Can and his son became king, their status was further promoted. Only when Yang Pu became emperor, Xu and his son were able to force him to abdicate by peaceful means and openly seek the throne, which is a true portrayal of treacherous court officials in past dynasties.

Xu Wen died before Yang Pu abdicated. Xu Wen's second son came to fight for power and was controlled by Xu. Since then, Wu's power has fallen into Xu's hands. In the first year of Tianzhu, Xu Zhizhen was made King of Qi, just one step away from the throne. However, Yang Pu didn't mean to abdicate. Xu Zhi waited for three years and finally found it.

This year, Xu Zhizhen was fifty years old, and his hair and beard were white. Pan changed to Yang, Yang changed to Li, and Li changed to Xu. Xu Zhimo changed his master three times in his early years, was sponsored by others, and endured humiliation and burden. After decades in power, he became an orphan and a domestic slave, and finally became an emperor. He is the founding emperor. This legend is rare among emperors of past dynasties. After Xu proclaimed himself emperor, the title of the country was Qi at first, and later changed to Tang Dynasty, which was called Nantang in history.

The identity has changed, and Xu Zhi's name has also changed. At that time, there was a prediction that "carp in the East China Sea would fly to the sky", and everyone in the world thought of the Tang Dynasty and hoped that Li Tang would be revived. In response to the prophecy, Xu Chu decided to take Li as his surname, so he restored Li Shenfu's surname and renamed it Li Bian. In order to confuse the world, Li Bian claimed to be the descendant of Li Ke, the son of Tang Xianzong. At that time, it was undoubtedly more advantageous for Li Bian to assume that he was a descendant of Tang Clan under the guise of Li.

Don't forget the excavator. Although he changed his surname to Li, Li Bian did not forget to cultivate and support his adoptive father Xu Wen. Without Xu Wen, there would be no patent for Xu Zhi in those days, and there would be no Li Bian today. After Li Bian proclaimed himself emperor, he made Xu Wen, the temple name was Mao; After it was renamed Li Bian, Xuwen Temple was renamed Yi. Not only that, Li also gave very generous treatment to the descendants of the Xu family. The man became a prince, the woman became a county magistrate, and the Xu family also enjoyed a lot.

After Li Bian proclaimed himself emperor, he still maintained the style of being diligent and loving the people, sharing interest with the people at home, promoting the advantages and eliminating disadvantages, developing the economy and neglecting taxes. Peace with the outside world, a truce. In just a few years, the national strength of Nantang increased greatly and became the most advanced regime in the south of the Yangtze River. Xu Chu is really the most outstanding politician among the ten countries. Because of working day and night, Li became ill. In order to live forever, he was poisoned by an alchemist and became grumpy.

In the seventh year of ascension, Li Bian died of illness and reigned for seven years at the age of 56. His temple is called Zu. After Li Bian's death, his sons Li Jing and Li Yu became emperors one after another, and finally lost their great foundation. In November of the eighth year of Song Taizu Kaibao, the Northern Song Dynasty destroyed the Southern Tang Dynasty, which lasted for 39 years. If it weren't for Li Jing's incompetence and Li Yu's affair, the Southern Tang Dynasty might have lasted longer and created more miracles.