An Chongjie and Han Mei's wishful thinking was to create a diplomatic incident, anger Qian Liu and make him complain to the court. Seeing that this farce was about to come to an end, An Zhongjie was unwilling to give up, so he made a desperate move.
After Han Mei came back, she immediately made a false accusation, saying that Qian Liu was separatist and hegemonic and had no court. If the envoys of the Later Tang Dynasty flattered him, they would get a lot of rewards, otherwise they would have to face his cold butt; In order to please Qian Liu, Zhao Yu went so far as to kneel down three times and kowtow nine times to Qian Liu. He also proclaimed himself a minister to Qian Liu, and even leaked all the truth and falsehoods of the court to Qian Liu, just to get a small reward.
Qian Liu did give Wu Zhaoyu a lot of rewards, but gave Han Mei very little. This was because Han Mei bullied Wu Zhaoyu, and Qian Liu couldn't stand it, so he treated Wu Zhaoyu favorably and treated Han Mei coldly.
Han Mei, on the other hand, falsely accused Wu Zhaoyu of being a traitor who betrayed state secrets, and described herself as Su Wu who did not disgrace the country.
Li Siyuan was furious, so he ordered Wu Zhaoyu to commit suicide without further investigation. At the same time, he issued an edict to deprive Qian Liu of all his official positions and retire in the name of Taishi. He also arrested all official officials such as the envoys of Zhejiang and Zhejiang in the Central Plains. It is also said that Li Siyuan did not know about it and that this series of orders were all "correct edicts" from An Zhongjia.
Sitting at home behind closed doors, disaster will come from heaven.
When Qian Liu heard a thunderbolt from the blue, he hurriedly went to the bookstore to explain. His son Qian Yuanguan and others also went to the bookstore to defend themselves. However, these memorials were intercepted by An Zhongjie and disappeared into the sea.
Qian Liu was deprived of his regulatory title and ordered to retire. Although the court did not send a single soldier, the power of this imperial edict was far greater than that of thousands of troops. This means that Qian Liu lost his legal rule over the two Zhejiang regions, and the two Zhejiang regions were in danger of falling into civil war.
Of course, the risks of this approach are also extremely high. Because Qian Liu could take the opportunity to stand on his own feet, and he could also surrender to Huainan. This edict issued by the Later Tang Dynasty was to injure the enemy by one thousand and injure oneself by eight hundred.
Qian Liu has governed the two Zhejiang provinces for more than 30 years. His regime is extremely stable and the masses have a solid foundation. There has been no civil strife. Qian Liu could completely stand on his own, but Qian Liu was far-sighted and very pragmatic. He did not choose to proclaim himself emperor and stand on his own feet. Instead, he very pragmatically continued to preach to the later Tang Dynasty.
In the two Zhejiang areas, although he is only a king in name, he is actually no different from an emperor. There is no need to bear the political cost of rebellion for a nominal "emperor" title.
In the following year, internal chaos broke out in the Later Tang Dynasty, and An Chongjie was killed. In February of the second year of Changxing (931), the Later Tang Dynasty sent envoys again, announcing the restoration of all official positions and titles of Qian Liu, and explained that An Chongjie had previously forged imperial edicts and blocked communications and had been killed, hoping to restore the good old days.
In the face of common interests, Li Siyuan and Qian Liu shook hands and made peace as before.
The following year (the third year of Tiancheng, 932), Qian Liu was seriously ill. He summoned his ministers and staff and said: "My time is approaching, but my sons are all stupid and cowardly, and it is difficult to achieve great things. You recommend each other to see who can succeed me." My position?"
The generals cried and said: "The young master Qian Yuanguan is kind and filial, and he has made great achievements and has a high reputation. Who wouldn't want to support him?"
Qian Liu had made it clear before that he would pass the throne to Qian Yuanguan, and he was also "democratically elected". Now he is just going through the motions to pave the way for his son. Please pay attention to the cooperation of the group performers.
Qian Liu handed the seal and other tokens of power to Qian Yuanguan and said to him: "All civil and military officials are willing to support you, you must be diligent!" Then he emphasized, "No matter how the Central Plains dynasty changes, you must Remember: respect the Central Plains!"
At the end of March, Qian Liu died of illness. He passed away from us prematurely at the age of 81. After the Tang court heard the bad news, they stayed away from court for seven days.
Being able to receive the treatment of "quitting the court" after death was an extremely glorious thing in the feudal period, because not every minister could receive this honor.
Taking the Tang Dynasty as an example, they were generally civil and military officials of third rank or above, and "casual officials" were no longer among them. According to the "Old Book of Tang", there were only about 60 people in the entire Tang Dynasty who were eligible to drop out of the dynasty, including Wei Zheng and Di Renjie. , Guo Ziyi and other famous ministers.
In addition, there are strict etiquette regulations on the length of time for leaving the court, usually one, two, three, five, or seven days. The majority are those who "missed the pilgrimage for three days", followed by those who "missed the pilgrimage for one day", and the two together accounted for 90% of the total. As we all know, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui stayed away from court for three days, while Wei Zheng stayed away from court for five days.
When Qian Liu passed away, Li Siyuan retired from court for seven days. This was the highest honor, enough for him to live in the underworld for a while.
The Taichang Liyuan was responsible for collaborating on the etiquette of leaving the imperial court. The "elite of leaving the imperial court" reflected the strictness of the feudal hierarchy. It also became a management tool for the emperor to commend the loyal and patriotic activists.
The etiquette system is a management tool, not a tool for emotional expression. It cannot truthfully reflect the inner world of the king. For example, when Yang Shihou passed away, Zhu Youzhen stayed away from court for three days. During this period, she was so grief-stricken that she secretly had a party to party all night long.
Qian Liu fought for a long time when he was young and developed military habits that were so harsh that they were almost abnormal. For example, he is very alert and dare not relax for a moment. He never takes off his armor. Whenever he wants to take a rest, he has to rearrange his armor and always maintain a fighting state.
In order to keep himself alert at all times, Qian Liu also invented the "alarm pillow", which used a log as a pillow with bells hanging on both sides. In this way, as long as he turned his head slightly, his head would slide off the pillow. , triggering the copper bell at the same time, and then you will wake up.
Later, the story of his "police pillow" became widely circulated among the people. As it was passed from person to person, it became known that Qian Liu never slept. In the end, he even made up the nickname "Never Sleeping Dragon".
The legend of the "Never Sleeping Dragon" has spread beyond the Great Wall. During the Later Jin Dynasty, Khitan envoys visited the Central Plains. During this period, the Khitan envoys asked Qian Liu's current situation with great curiosity, "Hey, does the 'Busleeping Dragon' still stay up all night?" They only knew that "No Sleeping Dragon" Dragon", but he didn't know that the "Never Sleeping Dragon" had been dead for many years.
Qian Liu's maids had a special job. They changed shifts every two hours and were on duty outside the door. As long as someone reported military information, they would ring the bell and wake Qian Liu up so that they could handle military affairs at any time.
Whenever it was late at night, Qian Liu would wander around and randomly throw projectiles outside the wall building to test the response of the night guard.
During the "Xu Xu Rebellion", Qian Liu personally climbed the city wall at night without encountering any obstruction. When he climbed up the city wall, he saw that the sentry on guard was sleeping soundly against the warning drum, but Qian Liu immediately killed him.
There is a poem praising:
"The wind blows through the curtains in the bedroom, and the pillow is slouched until late at night.
We know that the dragon never sleeps when we stay together, and the partition wall corresponds to copper pills several times. "
The first sentence says that Qian Liu advocates frugality, and the curtain on the bed is torn and he is unwilling to replace it.
Qian Liu's wife, Mrs. Wu, was also extremely kind and frugal. It is said that she once went to Fengguo Temple to worship Buddha. Qian Liu prepared a hundred pieces of silk for her as alms, but Wu refused.
Qian Liu and Wu had a deep relationship. Wu would go back to his hometown in Lin'an every spring, while Qian Liu stayed in Hangzhou to handle official duties. One time, Qian Liu missed him deeply, so he sent someone to send a love letter with only nine words on it:
"The flowers are blooming on the street, and you can return home slowly."
When Su Dongpo was working in Hangzhou, he admired Qian Liu very much and wrote three poems "Flowers on Moshang". The phrase "flowers blooming on Moshang" has been passed down to this day. Nowadays, when you are teasing or posting on Moments to pretend to be literary and artistic, don’t forget that the copyright belongs to Comrade Qian Liu.
