Gao Jixing

Gao Jixing

Nanping Wu Xin Wang Gao Jixing

(858-929), formerly known as Gao Jichang, with the word Yisun, was born in Xiashi of Shanzhou (now Sanmenxia of Henan Province) and the founder of Nanping.

He became Zhu's family friend. Later, he was awarded the title of "yingluan Yiyong meritorious official" for his meritorious service of breaking Fengxiang to save Tang Zhaozong, and moved to Songzhou as a governor. With Zhu Wen sweeping Qingzhou, Lei Gong rose to Yingzhou defense envoy.

In 907, Zhu Wen became emperor, and Gao Jixing was appointed as the governor of Jingnan.

In 914, he was granted the title of Bohai king. After the latter Tang Dynasty destroyed the latter Liang Dynasty, Gao Jixing became a minister to the latter Tang Dynasty and made a pilgrimage in person.

In 924, Zhuang Zong of the later Tang Dynasty made him king of Nanping.

Gao Jixing often intercepted tributes from various countries in southern Jingzhou, and he was called "gaolaizi" by various countries because of his caprice.

In 926, Gao Jixing intercepted the tribute from Shu, and then demanded the land from the later Tang Dynasty in an attempt to expand the territory. In the late Tang Dynasty, Emperor mingzong deposed Gao Jixing and sent his troops to punish him. Gao Jixing was defeated by the enemy, and his jurisdiction was gradually reduced. So he became a minister of Wu to the South and was granted the title of king of Qin.

In 929, Gao Jixing died, and his son Gao succeeded to the throne and became a minister again in the later Tang Dynasty. Therefore, Gao Jixing was granted the title of king of Chu in the later Tang Dynasty, and his posthumous title was Wu Xin.

Life of the characters

Early experience

Gao Jixing, whose real name is Gao Jichang, is a descendant of Gao Ao Cao, a Si Tu in the Eastern Wei Dynasty. In his early years, he was a slave of Li rang, a rich man in bianzhou.

In 883, Zhu Wen was appointed as Xuanwu Jiedushi. Li rang was accepted as his adopted son by Zhu Wen because he gave a lot of money, and he was renamed Zhu yourang. Later, Zhu Wen found Gao Jixing among Zhu yourang's slaves. Seeing his unusual appearance, he ordered Zhu yourang to accept him as his adopted son. Gao Jixing changed his surname to Zhu, became Zhu Wen's confidant, began to learn riding and shooting skills, and gradually promoted from the vanguard to the brave commander.

Welcome back Zhaozong

In the first year of Tianfu (901), Tang Zhaozong was abducted by eunuch Han Quanxu and others to Fengxiang (now Fengxiang County, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province) to take refuge with Li Maozhen.

In the second year of Tianfu (902), Zhu Wen led his troops to attack Fengxiang, but Li Maozhen could not. As the city could not be broken for a long time, Zhu Wen planned to withdraw. Gao Jixing advised: "the world's heroes have been concerned about this matter for a year. We should not withdraw our troops in a hurry. Moreover, the enemy is as tired as us, and the city is in danger. The king's only worry is that the enemy will always stay closed to consume our supplies and morale. It's not hard to deal with. I have a way to lead the enemy out. " Zhu Wen accepted his idea and ordered him to recruit warriors. Gao Jixing recruits the warrior Ma Jing.

According to Gao Jixing's plan, Ma Jing led several people to Fengxiang city and said to Li Maozhen, "Xuanwu army is going to withdraw to the East! The vanguard has set out. " Li Maozhen was deceived and opened the door to pursue. Xuanwu army took the opportunity to attack the city, but Ma Jing died. Later, Li Maozhen made peace with Zhu Wen and handed over Tang Zhaozong. Gao Jixing was appointed as the censor Sikong, the acting governor of Songzhou (now Shangqiu, Henan Province), and awarded the title of "yingluan Yiyong meritorious official".

After that, Gao Jixing followed Zhu Wen to conquer Qingzhou (today's Yidu of Shandong Province), took charge of Suzhou (today's Suzhou, Anhui Province), moved to Yingzhou (today's Fuyang, Anhui Province), and restored his surname.

Saving time in Jingnan

In the third year of Tianyou (906), Zhu Wen conquered Xiangzhou (now Xiangfan, Hubei Province). Zhao kuangning, the governor of Jingxiang, went to Huainan, and his younger brother, Jing Nan, went to Xichuan. Zhu Wensui appointed Gao Jixing as the posterity of Jingnan soldiers. After emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty, Jingzhou was in a confluence of wars, and the cities were in ruins. Gao Jixing gathered the displaced people, and the people who fled returned to their homeland to resume their old business. Zhu Wen praised Gao Jixing and awarded him a talisman and axe.

In the first year of Kaiping (907), Zhu Wen became emperor of Tang Dynasty, established Houliang, and appointed Gao Jixing as the governor of Jingnan. Soon after, Zhu Wen ordered Lei Yangong, the eunuch of Zhenjun, to send Gao Jixing and Ma Yin, the king of Chu, to attack. Gao Jixing ordered general Ni Kefu and Chu general Qin Yanhui to attack Langzhou (now Changde, Hunan).

In 908 (the second year of Kaiping), Qin Yanhui conquered Langzhou and Lei Yangong went to Huainan. Before long, Zhu Wen increased Ji Xing's position as the leader of tongzhongshu.

At this time, Jiangling city was dilapidated and sparsely populated. After Gao Jixing arrived, he appeased the people and resumed production. In addition, Gao Jixing appointed Ni Kefu and Bao Tang as generals, and Liang Zhen, Si kongxun and Wang Baoyi as counsellors.

In 912 (the second year of Qianhua), Zhu Wen was killed by his son, and the power of Hou Liang became weaker and weaker. Gao Jixing first sent troops to attack Guizhou (now Zigui, Hubei Province) and xiazhou (now Yichang), but was defeated by Wang zongshou, the general of Shu. Then he attacked Xiangzhou in the name of "helping Liang to attack Jin", and was defeated by Kongqing, the governor of Shannan. From then on, Gao Jixing cut off the tribute to Houliang.

At that time, the late Liang emperor was too busy dealing with the Northern War to take care of Jingnan, so he adopted the policy of leniency.

In 915 (the first year of Zhenming), the late Liang emperor granted Gao Jixing the title of king of Bohai, and granted him the crown of sword.

In 917 (the third year of Zhenming), Gao Jixing restored his tribute to Houliang.

The pilgrimage to Luoyang

In 923 (the first year of Tongguang), Li Cunxu, king of Jin Dynasty, perished Houliang and established the later Tang Dynasty. After Gao Jichang learned that, in order to avoid Li Cunxu's grandfather Li Guochang's taboo, he changed his name from "Ji Chang" to "Ji Xing", and under the persuasion of Sikong Xun and others, he planned to enter the pilgrimage. Liang Zhen advised: "the king is not allowed to enter the court. The Liang Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty have a 20-year feud. The king is an old minister of the Liang Dynasty. He holds a strong army and occupies an important town. If he enters the dynasty in person, he will never return. " Gao Jixing didn't listen and went to Luoyang in person.

After Gao Jixing entered the court, he was appointed as Zhongshu Ling. As expected, Emperor Zhuang Zong of Tang Dynasty intended to detain Gao Jixing. Guo Chongtao admonished him: "Your Majesty gets the world. All the princes in all places just send people to pay tribute. Only Gao Jixing comes here in person. You should praise him as an example. If you detain him, how can you make the princes of the world return to their hearts? " Zhuang Zong ordered Gao Jixing to return to Jiangling. Gao Jixing leaves in a hurry.

After Gao Jixing left, Tang Zhuangzong regretted again and ordered Liu Xun, the governor of Xiangzhou, to stop him in the middle of the journey. When Zhuang Zong's imperial edict arrived in Xiangzhou, Gao Jixing had already left overnight. When he arrived in Xiangzhou, he said to Kong Qing, "there were two mistakes in this trip: it was a mistake for me to go to worship, and it was a mistake for them to put me back."

Wang Nanping

After returning to Jiangling, Gao Jixing held Liang Zhen's hand and said, "I didn't listen to you. I almost couldn't come back." When people asked about the situation in the central court, Gao Jixing said, "as soon as the new emperor got Henan, he raised his hand and said to the meritorious officials," I won the world with my fingers. " Is he responsible for the destruction of the Liang Dynasty? The emperor was so proud that all the meritorious officials were cold hearted. And it's short of wine and sex. It won't last long. I have nothing to worry about. " Therefore, Gao Jixing repaired the city in Jiangling, stored grain and recruited the scattered soldiers of Liang Dynasty for the future.

In the second year of Tongguang (924), Gao Jixing was concurrently appointed as the Secretary of state, and became the king of Nanping.

In 925, Zhuang Zong ordered Li Jiji and Guo Chongtao to lead troops to attack Shu. Gao Jixing asked Jingnan soldiers to take Kuizhou (now Fengjie east of Chongqing), Zhongzhou (now Zhongxian County of Chongqing) and Wanzhou (now Wanxian County of Chongqing), Guizhou (now Zigui of Hubei), xiazhou (now Yichang of Hubei) and other places, and was appointed as the southeast camp recruitment envoys. However, Gao Jixing did not send troops.

After Li Jiji destroyed Shu, he ordered people to escort the finance department down the river, ready to be transported to Luoyang.

In the fourth year of Tongguang (926), with the change of xingjiaomen, Tang Zhuangzong was killed. When Gao Jixing learned that, he killed the messenger and intercepted the goods.

Life in old age

After Tang mingzong ascended the throne, Gao Jixing asked Kuizhou and xiazhou to be subordinate counties. The court agreed to his request, but still wanted to appoint an assassin. Gao Jixing also said that he had sent his children to ask the court not to appoint an assassin. Emperor mingzong of Tang Dynasty was very angry and removed Gao Jixing.

In the second year of Tiancheng (927), Emperor mingzong appointed Liu Xun of Xiangzhou as an envoy to attack Gao Jixing. Soon, don't capture Kuizhou, Zhongzhou and Wanzhou. Gao Jixing became a minister to the south of Wu in Jingzhou, Guizhou and xiazhou, and was canonized as the king of Qin.

Gao Jixing died of beriberi in December of the lunar calendar in the third year of Tiancheng (January 929). He was 71 years old. After his eldest son Gao succeeded to the throne, he pleaded guilty to the later Tang Dynasty.

In 930 (the first year of Changxing), Gao congjiao was appointed as the Jiedushi of Jingnan in the later Tang Dynasty, and Gao Jixing was granted the title of Wu Xin.

Political initiatives

Jingnan Jiedushi was under the jurisdiction of ten prefectures. After the war in the late Tang Dynasty, urban and rural areas were withered, devastated and the people were in dire straits. After Gao Jixing took office, he attracted refugees, appeased officials, developed agriculture and commerce, stabilized the society, and rapidly changed the appearance of Jingnan.

Anecdotes and allusions

The old woman greets the king

Gao Jixing went out with Zhu Wen in his early years. When he arrived at the inn, it was still dark. An old woman met him at the door with a candle and was very respectful to him. Gao Jixing was very strange. The old woman said, "I just dreamt that someone knocked on the door and said to me," get up quickly. Someone is coming. " I got up and washed. You came as soon as I opened the door. It means that you are the one who sealed the king in the split soil, so you dare not neglect it. " Gao Jixing is very happy. Later, Gao Jixing came to Jingnan and became king.

Jackie's dream

Gao Jixing dotes on his concubine, Zhang, and takes her with him every time he goes to war. A defeat, Gao Jixing with Zhang fled, night into the deep stream. At that time, Zhang was pregnant and slow. Afraid of Zhang's involvement, Gao Jixing wanted to trigger a landslide to crush her to death while she was sleeping. When the mountain was about to collapse, Zhang suddenly got up and said to Gao Jixing, "I just dreamed that the mountain collapsed on me. There was a god man wearing gold armor and holding a spear holding the mountain. I didn't get crushed." After listening, Gao Jixing thought that Zhang was pregnant with a child