【trip to Qinzhou】
In October 923 AD, astronomy enthusiasts ushered in a grand event: a solar eclipse and meteors appeared in the sky. However, politicians have mixed feelings about this.
At that time, Li Cunxu was gathering strength to prepare for the war of annihilation against the Later Liang; for the former Shu, he was even more afraid of meteors, because this time it was "a comet seen in Yugui". Yugui, that is, ghost constellation, is one of the seven constellations in the south among the twenty-eight constellations. It governs the land of Qin and Long. People in Shu believed that this comet was very unlucky, and Si Tianjian reported that there would be a great disaster in the country.
Si Tianjian of the Later Tang Dynasty also reported the abnormal changes in the sky to Li Cunxu and asked Li Cunxu to cancel the military operation. Li Cunxu angrily ignored him, which actually made sense, because the legitimate emperor at that time was Zhu Youzhen. A solar eclipse was unlucky, and it was also unlucky for Zhu Youzhen. .
Wang Zongyan followed the advice of the former Shu Sitianjian and issued an edict to build a dojo in Yujuhua (a place name in today's Chengdu City. Legend has it that it was the place where Taoist master Zhang Daoling became an immortal and ascended to immortality), and asked experts to do things to resolve the problem.
Zhang Yunshangshu, who filled the gap on the right, said that the people's grievances rose to the heavens and formed comets. This was a precursor to the country's demise and could not be resolved through a ritual (except for prayers).
Zhang Yun's original intention was that disasters stem from the failure of the emperor and the secrecy of the ministers, the people are in dire straits, and the country naturally changes. Therefore, we should not engage in feudal superstition, but Wang Zongyan must conduct deep self-reflection and correct evil, and then the country will be on the right track. It's not a sarcastic comment.
Wang Zongyan was furious and ordered Zhang Yun to be exiled to Lizhou. Still the same recipe, Changliu Lizhou, still the same result: died of illness halfway (Linqiong). Similarly, there is doubt whether it is to die of illness or to help die of illness.
Zhang Yun was loyal and upright, but he also couldn't stand the chaos in the court, and often compared himself to Zhu Yun. Zhu Yun was a famous official in the Western Han Dynasty. He criticized the court ministers many times and was not afraid of the powerful. He was almost killed by Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty because he accused the Prime Minister Zhang Yu of being a sycophant, leaving a historical allusion of "breaking the threshold". After breaking the threshold, Zhu Yun resigned angrily and never served as an official again. Zhang Yun regarded Zhu Yun as his idol and carried forward the spirit of not fearing the powerful and daring to remonstrate even to death.
The dignitaries of former Shu feared and hated him.
The eunuch Jing Runcheng once joked sarcastically: "Zhu Yun asked the emperor for a horse-cutting sword to cut Zhang Yu in half. Now, the emperor does not have Shang Fang's sword, but only a chicken-killing knife. Do you want to use it?"
Zhang Yun smiled coldly, "Although the chicken knife is small, it can also kill a group of dogs!"
Zhang Yun's determination to face death and fight against power to the end made the eunuch Jing Runcheng feel a chill down his spine.
This time, seizing the opportunity of Wang Zongyan's anger, the eunuch Jing Runcheng used the topic to add fuel to the fire, and convicted Zhang Yun of "slandering the country" and exiled him to Lizhou.
On March 1, the second year of Tongguang's reign (924), Wang Zongyan held a banquet with his ministers at Yishen Pavilion. They were so happy that Wang Zongyan, his ministers and maids all took off their hats and started making noises and playing, losing their manners. Li Guizhen, who was responsible for drafting the edict, remonstrated, saying that the monarchs and ministers were all addicted to wine and sex, and did not consider the future of the empire at all. I was really afraid that the powerful enemy in the north (Later Tang Dynasty) would attack us after learning about our true and false intentions. .
He refused to listen to "Sending Vietnamese troops overnight to the west" and Li Guizhen's advice. Wang Zongyan seemed to feel that Later Tang was too far away from him, while heaven was very close to him.
In fact, one month later, in April, Li Yan, the envoy of the Later Tang Dynasty, visited the former Shu. After returning, Li Yan really urged the conquest of Shu, and it took only a short time (70 days) for the Later Tang Dynasty to destroy the former Shu. .
In June of the third year of Tongguang (925), Li Cunxu of the Later Tang Dynasty issued an order to mobilize the whole country to prepare for the expedition to Shu; in September, the army of the Later Tang Dynasty officially set off for the expedition.
What was Qianshu doing during this period?
In March of this year, Wang Zongyan paid a visit to the Yongling Tomb of the late emperor. Needless to say, it was another labor-expense trip under the guise of visiting the tomb. Wang Zongyan made a homemade "turban" in the style of "a pointed scarf, shaped like a cone". It should be the kind of hat worn by Black and White Wuchang in folklore. In the early days, prisoners also wore this kind of hat when parading in the streets.
Wang Zongyan led the fashion trend, and people followed suit one after another.
Later, Wang Zongyan visited the Yishen Pavilion. All his concubines were wearing golden lotus crowns and Taoist priest uniforms. When they were half drunk, they took off their hats, disheveled their hair, covered their faces, and painted their faces with vermilion powder, which is called "drunken makeup."
In September when the army of the Later Tang Dynasty was dispatched, Wang Zongyan, the eldest Concubine Xu and his concubine Xiao Concubine Xu visited Qingcheng Mountain, Zhangren Temple, Shangqing Palace with great interest, and also visited Yangping Mountain in Pengzhou and Sanxue Mountain in Hanzhou.
In Qingcheng Mountain, all the accompanying concubines and palace maids were dressed in Yunxia clothes, looking up at them as if they were immortals. Wang Zongyan was delighted to see it, and inspired, he improvised a song called "Ganzhou Song", describing it as being like a fairy, and asked the palace maids to play and sing on the spot. The tune was sad and plaintive, and those who heard it burst into tears. His words said:
"Painting a skirt can end it and measure the waist. The willow brows and peach-faced faces are full of spring.
Bo Mei is full of spirit, but it is a pity that she has fallen into the dust of the world. "
Wang Zongyan's original intention was to describe the palace maids as like fairies who were tired of the heavenly palace and descended to the mortal world. As a result, more than two months later, the former Shu Kingdom was destroyed, and most of the palace maidens were reduced to the common people. Only then did people think of the sentence "It's a pity to be reduced to the dust of the world." , believes that Wang Zongyan is a prophecy.
At Zhangren Temple, Wang Zongyan and his party checked in at Danjingshan, Jinhua Palace, Zhide Temple, and Shangqing Palace. He paid homage to the late emperor, prayed for blessings, wrote poems, and engraved his poems on stones, which were passed down to future generations. These poems have been shown previously.
When we went to Yangping Mountain and Sanxue Mountain in Hanzhou, we enjoyed the unparalleled sunset and watched the holy lanterns, which cleansed our hearts and purified our spirits. Concubine Xu wrote a poem that said, "I suddenly felt as if I transcended the three realms, and was confused by the six powers of hypochondriasis." The little Concubine Xu wrote a poem that said, "The sound of chimes striking the golden earth, and the sound of monks singing to the Brahma sky. If it is said that there is no mind, this light seems to have emotion."
On the way back, passing by Tianjuyi, the eldest Concubine Xu had endless aftertaste, and she still had unfinished thoughts. She also wrote a poem saying, "The smoke that I hated was not enough, but I drove the golden chariot into the turtle city." It goes like this: "I recently went out to see the scenery of the country, but I was judged by the country."
The large-scale military actions of the Later Tang Dynasty inevitably leaked out, and there were already widespread rumors in Shu that the Later Tang Dynasty was about to invade on a large scale.
But under this situation, Wang Zongyan still made a bold decision: go to Qinzhou to check in.
The military governor of Qinzhou was the eunuch Wang Chengxiu. He had a capable deputy, the deputy military governor An Chongba. Seeing this surname, it should not be difficult to guess that this person originally belonged to the Hedong Group.
An Chongba, a native of Yunzhou, was originally a general under Li Cunxu. Later, he violated military regulations and fled in fear of crime. He fled first to Houliang and then to Shu. At that time, Wang Jian saw that he was good at riding and shooting, and he was a rare military talent in Shu, so he kept him by his side and entrusted him with important tasks. After Wang Zongyan came to the throne, he promoted An Chongba to the governor of Jianzhou.
