Kong Qian

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Who is Kong Qian?

Kong Qian was an official of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period state Later Tang and Later Tang's predecessor state Jin. He was credited with making sure that the campaigns of Later Tang's founding emperor Emperor Zhuangzong (Li Cunxu) was well-financed, but his methods of extracting funds from the people were also said to be so exacting that the people eventually became resentful of Emperor Zhuangzong, helping to lead to Emperor Zhuangzong's downfall.

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on July 23, 2013

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