Founding of Later Zhou

Timeline

1. 950–951Kaifeng · KaifengLater Han's Emperor Yin Liu Chengyou, heeding slander, executed chancellor Yang Bin, Shi Hongzhao and other ministers, and secretly ordered the killing of Privy Councilor Guo Wei, then suppressing a revolt elsewhere, and his family in Bian; Guo Wei was forced to raise troops at Yedu against Later Han.
2. 951Yedu (Daming) · HandanGuo Wei marched south from Yedu; the Emperor Yin was defeated and killed, and Guo Wei entered Bianliang to control the capital, abolishing Later Zhou's predecessor Later Han and preparing to take the throne.
3. 951Kaifeng · KaifengGuo Wei, acclaimed by his troops, was draped in the yellow robe and enthroned at Kaifeng, taking Zhou as the state name (Later Zhou), adopting the era name Guangshun, founding the last Central Plains dynasty of the Five Dynasties and opening the reforming reign of Guo Wei and Chai Rong.