The officers and soldiers cheered and rushed to cut his flesh with knives, and then stabbed him with human flesh on the spot. After a while, Xue Wenjie was chopped into pieces amidst the screams, leaving only a pair of bones.
As he expected, on the third day, Wang Yanjun sent people to rush to deliver the amnesty edict.
It only took about half a year between the time Xue Wenjie came to power and his death. In the past six months, he has basically done nothing human. In addition to extorting money and framing Zhongliang, he also transformed into an inventor and improved torture instruments, such as prison cars.
Xue Wenjie believed that the traditional prison van was too spacious and prisoners would not receive the punishment they deserve inside, so he personally designed the drawings, supervised the construction, and transformed the prison van into a very narrow one, like a small wooden cabinet. Prisoners could neither stand up nor squat inside. It was very uncomfortable to go down, and there were iron nails all around. As long as the car was slightly bumpy, the prisoner would be pierced completely by the iron nails and bleed.
The first user of this improved prison car was Xue Wenjie himself.
After eating Xue Wenjie alive, the officers and soldiers killed the "master" Sheng Tao, avenging the old officer Wu Xu.
Jiang Yanhui in Huainan stormed Jianzhou. Just when he was about to fall, he was suddenly recalled urgently by Xu Zhigao, and his success fell short. The reasons for this retreat will be detailed in the later series about Huainan.
After Huainan retreated, envoys were sent to make peace.
This year, a wild muntjac (pronounced the same as "ji", a kind of deer) broke into the east gate of Fuzhou City. Wang Yanjun was very unhappy and said: "Although my land is small, it cannot belong to the east gate."
In Fujian at that time, people called Zhejiang and Zhejiang "Eastern Meng". Later, Fuzhou was indeed annexed by the Wuyue Kingdom in both Zhejiang and Zhejiang. People said that this was a sign that wild muntjacs entered the east gate.
Wang Yanjun, like many feudal princes, on the one hand was very devout in superstitious Buddhism, Taoism and even other miscellaneous evil ways; on the other hand, he pursued a decadent life of extravagance and enjoyment. They do not really believe in a certain sect, and it is impossible for them to be pure in their desires. Instead, they want to live forever so that they can enjoy corruption forever. Favoring "experts" and "masters" because of advocating heresy is also a common path for such people to perish. In the past, there was Gao Pian who favored and trusted Lu Yongzhi, and now there is Wang Yanjun who favors and trusts Chen Shouyuan;
Wang Yanjun, like all the "second generation" people who came to power through unfair means, was suspicious of and suppressed the meritorious old ministers.
The trigger that led to Wang Yanjun's downfall was not favoring sycophants and being suspicious of meritorious deeds, but the word "sex".
Wang Yanjun's first wife was Princess Qingyuan, the second daughter of Liu Yin of the Southern Han Dynasty. The couple got married in 917. Although it was a political marriage between the two major vassals of Guangdong and Fujian, the relationship between the couple was very harmonious because Princess Qingyuan looked so beautiful. very beautiful. Unfortunately, in 930, Princess Qingyuan died of illness at the age of only 35. Three years later (933), Wang Yanjun proclaimed himself emperor and named Liu the queen.
Later, Wang Yanjun married another Jin family. Jin family was very talented, but Wang Yanjun didn't like her very much because he was madly infatuated with another woman-Chen Jinfeng.
Here, let me first mention a small misunderstanding in the history books. According to "Zi Zhi Tong Jian", "The Lord of Fujian married the Liu family twice, both were nobles, beautiful but not favored." Therefore, there was some error in the translation of an authoritative humanities master. The key lies in the "two marriages to the Liu family" , the old man’s translation is “Wang Yanjun married two wives, both surnamed Liu.”
First of all, I would like to state that I respect this scholar very much and made extensive reference to his works when writing this book. However, authority does not mean correctness. I raise reasonable doubts about the old man’s words.
According to the "New History of the Five Dynasties", "Liao's wife died early, and her step-sibling, the Jin family, was a virtuous person but did not respond. After the trial, she learned that her maid Jinfeng, whose surname was Chen, fell in love with her and made her his queen." "黻" refers to Wang Yanjun.
Look again at the records in "Ten Kingdoms Spring and Autumn":
"Both emperors married the Liu family, both of whom were beautiful but unfavored."
"Later Liu family, Princess Qingyuan of the Southern Han Dynasty... Successor Jin family, virtuous but never answered... Later Chen family..."
Obviously, Wang Yanjun married three wives. First, Princess Liu of Qingyuan, the second daughter of Liu Yin of the Southern Han Dynasty. After Liu's death, he married Jin as his stepmother, and then married Chen Jinfeng. The old man said that Wang Yanjun married two wives, both surnamed Liu, which is obviously not accurate. He probably misunderstood "two wives married to the Liu family".
My personal guess is that there are no punctuation marks in the ancient books. As recorded in the "Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms" I selected, "both emperors married the Liu family, both of whom were beautiful but unfavored." Therefore, "Zizhi Tongjian" also retains the statement of "two marriages to the Liu family". There should be a comma between "two marriages" and "Liu family".
Therefore, after comprehensive analysis, it should be "Wang Yanjun married twice, the Liu family was beautiful but not favored, and the Jin family was virtuous but did not respond." As for the word "Jie" that causes ambiguity, it may be a clerical error during copying, or it may be a misrepresentation of modal particles, because these two situations are relatively common in ancient books.
The real situation should be that although Princess Liu of Qingyuan is very beautiful, Wang Yanjun does not like her; Princess Jin is very talented, but Wang Yanjun still does not like her. So who does Wang Yanjun like? The "vulgar and obscene" Chen Jinfeng.
Some history books say that Princess Qingyuan and Wang Yanjun were very affectionate, and some can't say. As for Chen Jinfeng, "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" said that it is "ugly and obscene". Although it is ugly, it is very... open, so Wang Yanjun liked her very much, but "Ten Kingdoms Spring and Autumn" recorded that Chen Jinfeng was very beautiful, "very graceful and good at singing and dancing."
"Wang Yanjun does not love the beautiful Princess Qingyuan, but is crazy about the ugly and dissolute Chen Jinfeng, who was born as a maid." This should be a malicious smear against Wang Yanjun to show that he is absurd, dissolute, and a bastard.
Who is Chen Jinfeng? How could she turn the country of Fujian upside down?
It is said that before the "Three Kings of Fujian" came to Fujian, Chen Yan, the Fujian Taoist observer, had a small hobby, that is, he was male and liked men. It was known as "the habit of cutting sleeves" and "the hobby of Longyang". His boyfriend's name is Hou Lun.
Hou Lun was very favored and could freely enter and leave Comrade Chen Yan's bedroom. Comrade Chen Yan also had a young and beautiful concubine named Lu. Hou Lun took advantage of his position to have an affair with Lu. Soon after, Lu became pregnant with Hou Lun's child.
Coincidentally, Comrade Chen Yan fell ill, and his brother-in-law Fan Hui took the opportunity to seize power and claimed to be a "remaining queen." The pregnant Lu was entrusted to Fan Hui to take care of her. One day not long after, Lu dreamed of a golden phoenix flying into her arms. She gave birth to a daughter that day, so she gave the baby girl the nickname "Golden Phoenix". Then he lied to Fan Hui and said that he was the flesh and blood of Comrade Chen Yan, so he was named Chen Jinfeng.
In less than a year, the "Three Kings of Fujian" claimed that Chen Yan had a will to pass the throne to Wang Chao (Wang Shenzhi's eldest brother), accused Fan Hui of usurping power, and then conquered Fuzhou and killed Fan Hui. From then on, the "Three Kings of Fujian" occupied Fuzhou.
