Wang Yanxi sent his nephew Wang Jiye and his men to pursue him until they reached Wang Jipeng's hiding place.
According to records, Wang Jipeng bent his bow and arrows, resisted tenaciously, and shot several people to death in succession. It seems that he had practiced his archery skills hard after shooting Sha Gong. Afterwards, the pursuers gradually gathered. Wang Jipeng knew that the situation was over, so he threw his bow to the ground, pointed at Wang Jiye, and angrily shouted: "Where is your moral integrity as a minister? (Qingchen Jie'an)"
Wang Jiye made Wang Jipeng speechless with one sentence, "The king has no virtue, how can I have integrity for my ministers?"
The king is dim and the ministers are dark, but the master is bright and the ministers are straight. What kind of emperor are you, don't you have any secrets in your heart? You are a foolish king, and I am a sycophant. We both eat meat with open mouths - let alone fat.
Wang Jiye's next words made Wang Jipeng break his guard instantly, "The new king is my uncle, and the old king is my cousin. Of course, the uncle is closer than the cousin. Don't say anything else and come with me."
Wang Jipeng sighed and surrendered.
When they arrived at Tuozhuang (north of Fuzhou), the team stopped to rest. Wang Jiye entertained Wang Jipeng with good wine and food, saying, "Eat well before you hit the road." After getting Wang Jipeng drunk, Wang Jiye strangled him to death with a rope, and then killed Li Chunyan and Zhu Zhu. The prince, his brother Wang Jigong and others were all executed.
The remaining tribesmen of Chenweidu fled to Wuyue Kingdom.
"Expert" Chen Shouyuan failed to escape and was killed; Lin Xing was sent to Quanzhou because of his deceptive tactics, and Wang Yanxi sent people to kill him.
Lian Chongyu arrested Cai Shoumeng, the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and sentenced him to death for selling his official position and conferring a title. Cai Shoumeng was corrupt according to the order, and his death was a little unjust.
Wang Yanxi claimed to be the military governor of Fuzhou and the king of Fujian. He granted amnesty and changed the Yuan Dynasty, changing the "fourth year of Tongwen" to the "first year of Yonglong". He announced that all Chen Wei were the culprits of the mutiny and regicide, and gave Wang Jipeng the posthumous title: Shengshenying. Rui Wenming Guangwu Yingdao Dahongxiao Emperor, the temple name is Kangzong. He sent envoys to his neighbors to express his condolences, and at the same time sent merchants to take a small road to submit to the Later Jin Dynasty, expressing his willingness to become a vassal town of the Later Jin Dynasty and pay tribute.
Fujian officially entered the Wang Yanxi period.
Wang Jipeng is the upgraded and advanced version of Wang Yanjun, and Wang Yanxi is the ultimate advanced version of Wang Jipeng. Weasels and mice are nesting together, one wave after another. At the beginning of taking office, Wang Yanxi staged the Metamorphosis.
【The emperor behind closed doors】
There is a saying that in terms of diplomacy, Wang Yanxi is slightly stronger than Wang Jipeng. Different from Wang Jipeng's capriciousness, Wang Yanxi is a yin and a yang.
At the beginning of his accession to the throne, Wang Yanxi took the initiative to dissolve the Central Plains Dynasty (Later Jin Dynasty), requested to restore relations, and expressed his willingness to call himself a vassal. However, in fact, Wang Yanxi was a closed-door emperor, setting up hundreds of officials in Fujian, and all cultural relics and systems were like the emperor's system.
But this is his cleverness. Big countries want face, while small countries want inner content. As long as he surrenders to the Central Plains on the surface, he will gain the recognition and support of the Central Plains Dynasty. Although this support is only superficial, the recognition of the Central Plains Dynasty is an extremely huge political wealth for the Fujian country, and it is Wang Yanxi's Legal basis.
Previously, Wang Jipeng sent Zheng Yuanbi back to the Central Plains with Lu Shen, and cynicized Shi Jingtang, damaging the relationship between the two countries. Diplomatic relations between Shanxi and Fujian were severed, and Zheng Yuanbi was also detained.
Precisely because the two countries lost formal diplomatic channels, Wang Yanxi could only send businessmen to take small routes to secretly contact the officials of the Later Jin Dynasty, admit his mistakes, and take the initiative to show goodwill.
Zheng Yuanbi also cleverly shifted the responsibility for severing diplomatic relations to Wang Jipeng. So since Wang Jipeng has been overthrown and the new ruler of Fujian intends to improve relations, why not just let the donkey go?
Shi Jingtang gave Zheng Yuanbi a generous gift and sent it back home, which gave him a positive response to Wang Yanxi.
So Wang Yanxi sent someone to contact the Later Jin Dynasty again, denying that he claimed to be emperor, and claiming that it was Wang Jipeng who didn't know the heights of the world. I was different from him, and I was very obedient.
In the later Jin Dynasty, Wang Yanxi was granted the title of Mighty Military Military Envoy of Fuzhou, Zhongshu Ling, and King of Fujian. Since then, diplomatic relations between the two countries have been normalized (940).
In October of the following year (941), Wang Yanxi paid a tribute of 4,000 taels of platinum, 20 ivory stalks, agarwood, tortoise shells and other gifts to the Later Jin Dynasty as a thank-you gift to thank the Later Jin Dynasty for the reward. Ingots and other items were given as tribute during the Double Ninth Festival; another tribute of 8,880 ingots was given as a "due tax", that is, the "national tax" that local feudal towns should pay to the central government.
In terms of pretending to be good, if Wang Yanxi is ranked second, no one would dare to be ranked first.
But before that, Wang Yanxi claimed to be the Emperor of Fujian. In the same month when he paid tribute to the Later Jin Dynasty, Wang Yanxi announced that he was the emperor. Later Jin could only turn a blind eye.
Another year later (942), Shi Jingtang died in the Later Jin Dynasty and Shi Chonggui ascended the throne. Wang Yanxi presented gifts such as two thousand taels of silver ingots, six flower drums, ten ivory plants, two hundred pieces of cicada yarn, agarwood, pepper and cardamom. He also presented four thousand taels of platinum, ten catties of sea clams, etc. as tributes for the Dragon Boat Festival...
Wang Yanxi spent a lot of money on maintaining the relationship between Jin and Fujian.
Of course, the smart thing about Wang Yanxi is that he is not an infatuated man with single-minded love, but a scumbag who flirts with women. Not only did he pay tribute to the later Jin Dynasty, he also looked at Huainan. However, the relationship between Fujian, Huainan and Wuyue is slightly more complicated, which will be mentioned later.
In general, in terms of diplomacy, Wang Yanxi behaved as a small country should, with the purpose of being two-faced, three-named domestic slaves, and having breasts is a mother.
【Financial Fraud】
The maintenance of diplomatic relations requires real money and silver. As listed above, platinum and silver are often measured in units of one thousand taels. Wang Yanxi's personal extravagance will be mentioned later. In short, whether it is external public relations or personal expenses, it is a bottomless pit. Therefore, the financial problems faced by Wang Yanxi during the period were only more prominent than during the Wang Yanjun and Wang Jipeng periods, and Wang Yanxi's solution was also to pass on oppression and plunder the people.
Wang Yanxi asked Chen Kuangfan, Minister of Finance (National Economic Envoy), if he had any solution to the fiscal deficit. Chen Kuangfan made a flag on the spot: Guaranteed daily income of ten thousand yuan.
Wang Yanxi was very happy and immediately awarded him the title of Minister of Rites.
Chen Kuangfan does not produce wealth, he is just a transporter of wealth. In fact, he did not have very clever economic means. He just raised taxes simply and crudely. He increased the commercial tax several times, making the people miserable.
Once, Wang Yanxi held a banquet for his ministers. During the banquet, Wang Yanxi personally toasted to Chen Kuangfan and praised: "Pearls and jade can be obtained if you ask for them. But people like Chen Kuangfan are simply living treasures among people and cannot be obtained!"
Not long after, Chen Kuangfan was doing his calculations and broke out in a cold sweat, because even if he raised the commercial tax several times, he still could not achieve the FLAG of "making ten thousand dollars a day".
Then, Chen Kuangfan came up with another bad idea: embezzling public funds. Misappropriating funds from various government departments and concealing the truth by making false accounts.
