Three things are very representative, that is, although Qian Liu professed his vassalage to the Central Plains Dynasty, he would never implement the Central Plains imperial court's edicts without thinking, but based on the actual needs of his own development. If his demands were consistent with the central edicts, then of course It's a good baby who obeys the imperial edict; if it's not consistent, then it depends on the actual situation and means that there is nothing you can do. Anyway, there is always an excuse to express deep regret.
Internal affairs of the two Zhejiang provinces:
Although Qian Liu dominated one area and was in charge of Zhejiang and Zhejiang, his actual scope of influence was very limited. At its peak, it was no more than thirteen states.
The poet Guanxiu wrote a poem for Qian Liu's birthday: "Three thousand guests were drunk with flowers in the hall, and fourteen states were cold with one sword." He had already lost a state for Qian Liu, but Qian Liu was still not satisfied and insisted on giving him " "Fourteen States" was changed to "Forty States". Monk Guanxiu was very angry, "Four is four, ten is ten, fourteen is fourteen, forty is forty..."
At that time, Qian Liu only occupied western Zhejiang and was about to send troops to conquer his old superior Dong Chang, so Monk Guan Xiu's "Fourteen Prefectures" meant to wish Qian Liu a victory in advance.
With a small territory, surrounded by powerful enemies, and a harsh environment, Qian Liu had to strengthen internal construction, and Qian Liu did an outstanding job in this regard.
In 890 AD, Qian Liu was still in the miserable situation of being ravaged by Sun Ru and Yang Xingmi, so in August he carried out a large-scale expansion project of Hangzhou City. He built a "clip city" from Baoshi Mountain to Qinwang Mountain, "all through The forest shelf is dangerous and built "and is fifty miles long. When the construction started, Qian Liu personally transported a basket of soil, so all the peasants worked bravely and took the lead. "Every slave must work hard."
In July 893, Qian Liu mobilized soldiers from the "Thirteen Capitals" and more than 200,000 civilians to continue to expand the outer city of Hangzhou. This time, the outer city wall was 70 miles long, and even Qiantang Lake was fully utilized.
It was precisely because of Qian Liu's many constructions that Hangzhou City formed the shape of "Waist Drum City", with thick ends and narrow middle, which laid the foundation for the later Hangzhou City. Therefore, Qian Liu was also called "Hangzhou City" by later generations. father".
In addition to building the city of Hangzhou, Qian Liu also had another feat that was praised by people during his governance of Hangzhou, "King Qian shoots the tide".
Hangzhou is located to the north of the Qiantang River and suffers greatly from tides. The previous earth-building method was used with little success. In 910 AD, Qian Liu began to build the "Defending Sea Wall", using bamboo cages loaded with huge stones as the foundation stone.
At the beginning of construction, river waves washed away day and night, seriously hindering the progress of the project. Qian Liu built a "Xushan Temple" by the river and wrote a poem, which included the line "In order to repay the Dragon God's invasion of Shuifu, Qiantang borrowed money to build a money city." As a result, Jiang Tao didn't buy it and kept washing.
"I'm giving you face, right?"
Qian Liu was furious, and on August 18, he ordered five hundred strong crossbowmen to stand on the shore. When the tide of the Qiantang River came, Qian Liu ordered to shoot hard at the head of the tide.
Why choose August 18th? Because generally speaking, the Qiantang River tide is the most ferocious on this day, and to this day, August 18 of the lunar calendar is the best time to watch the tide. Legend has it that this day is the birthday of the Tide God. The Tide God will ride a white horse at the head of the tide, so the tide is the strongest and fiercest.
Qian Liu chose this day to shoot the tide head with his crossbow, hoping to confront the "Tide God" head-on.
A miraculous scene occurred. After several rounds of Qian Liu's salvos, the Qiantang River tide suddenly receded as if it was scared. The workers used this precious time to complete the emergency repairs.
Qian Liu managed the Qiantang River and built seawalls to defend the sea, which became one of his most admired achievements by later generations and benefited future generations. After eight hundred years of erosion, it was still functioning during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty.
In 1983, during the construction of a bus project on Jiangcheng Road in Hangzhou, a section of the ruins was discovered. In the second half of 2014, relevant units conducted archaeological excavations and discovered a more complete Qian Liuhan seawall ruins.
The site of Qian Liu's seawall defense is also the earliest actual seawall defense discovered and preserved in my country so far. The quality of its engineering is evident.
In 2008, the giant sculpture "King Qian Shoots the Tide" with a total weight of more than 300 tons was erected on the bank of the Qiantang River in Hangzhou Binjiang Park as a spiritual landmark of Hangzhou. It is majestic and very spectacular.
Various history books clearly state that a strong crossbow is used to shoot the tide. Why does the sculpture ask King Qian to use a bow? Maybe from an aesthetic point of view, I have reservations about it.
Qian Liu is good at shooting and crossbows, especially crossbows. When 20 people ambushed two thousand Grass Army, Qian Liu was the pioneer of the Grass Army who was killed with a crossbow; during the "Xu Xu Rebellion", Qian Liu also climbed up the city wall and personally "shot with a crossbow"; the Qiantang River was also governed with " Five hundred powerful crossbows to shoot at the head of the tide"...
Corporal Origami:
When evaluating historical figures, especially those in leadership positions, one important topic cannot be avoided, and that is his attitude towards scholars. Because after all, it is "students" who make the evaluation.
Therefore, those who accept advice with an open mind and treat virtuous people with courtesy will often receive a lot of praise. Qian Liu is no exception.
The most representative one is that Qian Liu took in the great talent Luo Yin.
Luo Yin's original name was Luo Heng. He took the imperial examination ten times one after another, but failed in all of them. Although he failed despite repeated attempts, it still could not change Luo Yin's aura as a "great talent". After failing the list ten times, he changed his name to "Luo Yin" and then promoted himself everywhere. He went to Hunan, Huainan, Runzhou and other places, but he encountered obstacles everywhere.
Later, I heard that Qian Liu was looking for talented people, so I came to join him. Because I had encountered many obstacles before, I had a psychological shadow, so I submitted a poem to show off my talents. One of the lines was "You can't tolerate a Mi Heng. Thinking about Huang Zuman's heroes." "Compared with Ni Heng, I would like to ask Qian Liu whether he wants to be Huang Zu.
During the Three Kingdoms period, Mi Heng, who was arrogant and talented, played the drums naked and performed a very large scale "beating drums and scolding Cao". Cao Cao "borrowed the knife to kill" and gave it to Liu Biao of Jingzhou. Liu Biao was thoughtful and gave Mi Heng to Huang. Zu, Huang Zu was so stupid that he used the knife to kill Ni Heng.
Qian Liu laughed loudly after reading the poem and replied: "Zhong Xuanyuan entrusted Liu Jingzhou with the help of the troubled times; the master appointed him as a Lu Sikou just for his hometown." He also answered with historical allusions.
Luo Yin compared himself to Mi Heng, which can be said to be self-aware. There is a little ink in his belly, but there are more passionate words in his chest.
Luo Yin's bumpy career had a lot to do with his unruly character, and it was also inseparable from his extremely ugly appearance.
His appearance is really terrible, and he can compete with Mi Heng, Zhang Song, and Pang Tongyou.
At that time, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, Zheng Di, cherished Luo Yin's talent very much and made good friends with him. Zheng Di's eldest daughter, Bai Fumei, a young girl from the prime minister's family, was also a fan of Luo Yin. She read Luo Yin's poems every day and couldn't put them down. He very consciously "recited the full text" and regarded Luo Yin as his destined Prince Charming, whom he would love as much as he wanted.
One day, Zheng Tian's daughter said something from the bottom of her heart to her father: "I really want to see Luo Yin!"
