1. The Southern Han Dynasty took the lead in attacking. In April 936 AD, it sent troops to attack Mengzhou (now Mengshan County, Guangxi) and Guizhou (now Guilin, Guangxi) under the rule of Nanchu. Ma Xifan went on a personal expedition, and the Southern Han army retreated. Mahifan's personal expedition also had another purpose, which will be explained later.
2. In August 939, Peng Shiran, the governor of Later Shu Xizhou, colluded with more than 10,000 barbarians in Hunan to attack Chenzhou and Lizhou under the rule of Southern Chu. He also went to Mengchang of Later Shu and asked for military support.
This military operation was a personal act of the feudal official and did not receive official approval. Meng Chang refused. The reason is not to maintain the relationship between Shu and Chu, but because the road is far away and rugged. Even if it is captured, it will be difficult to effectively control it, and the gain outweighs the loss.
Ma Xifan sent generals Liu Qing and Liao Kuangqi to support him. In the end, Liao Kuangqi died in battle, and Peng Shiran sent his son Peng Shihao to surrender to Nanchu.
Please pay attention to this Peng Shihao. He is in sharp contrast to Xu Dexun's son. Although Peng Shihao was detained in Tanzhou as a hostage, he would become one of the few loyal ministers of Southern Chu in the future, and his loyalty and integrity impressed the enemy.
After this battle, Ma Xifan went to the Later Jin Dynasty and announced that Peng Shiran was appointed as the governor of Xizhou and Liu Qing was appointed as the governor of Jinzhou. At this point, the barbarian tribes in the west allied themselves to Nan Chu.
Ma Xifan is "stubborn and likes to exaggerate."
It is said that he had offended Sang Weihan. According to "Sanchu New Records", when Sang Weihan failed to succeed, he once visited Ma Xifan and asked him for money. When Mahifan saw that Sang Weihan looked like a freak and spoke absurdly, he actually laughed on the spot, and then threw him hundreds of dollars like a beggar. Sang Weihan was so proud that he threw up his sleeves and left without picking up the money.
Later Sang Weihan became the prime minister of the Later Jin Dynasty, and Ma Xifan also became the ruler of Southern Chu. When the later Jin Dynasty awarded Ma Xifan a reward, Sang Weihan tried his best to dissuade him and "cut off half of the battle."
This matter has been questioned, and historians of the Song Dynasty believed that this was a deliberate smear against Sang Weihan.
Although half of Ma Xifan's ceremonial guard was cut off, he was still a closed-door emperor in Nanchu, and the ceremonial guard system was all in accordance with the emperor's standards.
After defeating the barbarians in Xizhou, Ma Xifan claimed that he was a descendant of Ma Yuan, the general of Fubo of the Han Dynasty. For this purpose, he did not hesitate to spend 5,000 kilograms of copper to cast a one-foot-two-foot-tall bronze pillar after the famous "Ma Yuan Bronze Pillar" in history. Bronze pillars erected in Xizhou. This copper pillar is called the "Xizhou Bronze Pillar" and was listed as one of the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units by China on March 4, 1961. It is now located in the "Wangcun Xiangxi Folk Customs and Scenery Museum" in Furong Town, Yongshun County, Hunan Province. .
Ma Xifan carried out extensive construction work and built Tiance Mansion. He built a "Nine Dragon Hall" in the mansion and carved eight hundred-foot-long dragons out of precious agarwood. The eight dragons were coiled around eight pillars, and the dragon heads all tended to be held toward the center. In the middle is Ma Xifan's throne. This is the true meaning of "Nine Dragon Palace", and the ninth dragon is Ma Xifan himself.
Before going to the temple every day, people were sent to burn incense in the dragon's belly. The smoke slowly came out from the dragon's mouth, just like breathing smoke from the mouth. The Kowloon Hall was like a fairyland.
Historical records comment that "the extravagance and arrogance of princes and kings has never been so prosperous."
Ma Xifan also ordered the casting of an oversized spear, which was completely wrapped in gold sheets and held by a burly warrior. It was of great ornamental value, but could not be used at all.
Due to Ma Xifan's unbridled extravagance and waste, Nanchu also faced the problem of fiscal deficit. And Ma Xifan's solution is also a cliché: increase taxes and sell off officials.
Ma Xifan stipulated that in addition to the original taxes, an additional tribute of 2,000 dendrobium of rice should be paid every year in large counties, 1,000 dendrobium in middle counties, and 700 dendrobium in small counties. The tribute could be paid in the form of cotton, silk, satin, etc. at a discount.
Heavy taxes gave rise to the emergence of refugees. Farmers supported the old and young and left their homes. The once prosperous Nanchu was filled with refugees in the blink of an eye, and was in a state of depression.
Regarding the domestic refugee problem, Ma Xifan’s solution is jaw-dropping. Ma Xifan said: "People are gone, but the land is still there; if the land is still there, why are there no harvests?" So Ma Xifan ordered relevant departments to investigate the ownerless fields and then rent them to farmers who are willing to immigrate here for cultivation.
The land is made of iron and the farmers have flowing water. Whoever sows is a sow, and there is no place where the loess does not bury people.
The refugees in Nanchu moved from one place to another to settle down, and the land was not deserted. However, the large-scale and frequent migration of people still had a negative impact on production and labor, causing Nanchu's economy to begin to decline.
Ma Xifan encouraged the people to pay for officials. The monarch personally acted as the anchor to bring goods, and the official position trading economy quickly emerged in Nanchu. Rich businessmen surrounded the government gates, vying to buy officials first.
"I think it will work!"
Seeing that the business of selling government officials and titles was booming, Ma Xifan suddenly had an idea and started an upgraded version of the title: if local officials wanted to be transferred back to the central government, they had to pay bribes; criminals could also avoid punishment by spending money, so in Nanchu, the law It has become an exclusive treatment for the poor. Only the poor who cannot afford to pay will accept the sanctions of the law, while the rich get away with it reasonably and legally.
At the same time, in order to expand the extortion business, Ma Xifan set up a "whistleblower box" to encourage people to report each other. Even if it was false accusations, as long as someone was complained, the government could carry out business openly. Some people suffered genocide as a result.
Feeling warm and full. Mahi Fan advocates a luxurious and decadent life, which of course involves indescribable depravity.
Ma Xifan's wife is Peng, the daughter of Peng Gan. Peng Gan was a general under Zhong Chuan of Hongzhou. After Zhong Chuan's death, his son Zhong Kuangshi fought with Zhong Kuangfan and was eventually annexed by Huainan. Peng Gan, who was the governor of Jizhou at the time, did not want to surrender to Huainan, so he defected to Ma Yin of Tanzhou and was severely punished. Ma Yin married Peng Gan's daughter for his son Ma Xifan, consolidating his power through political marriage.
Peng's appearance is not very good, but she manages the family well, and Ma Xifan is very afraid of her. In 938 AD, Peng died. Ma Xifan finally let himself go and liberated his nature. From then on, he indulged in sex and often stayed up all night drinking and having fun.
Historical records record that Ma Xifan was "promiscuous and rude". He first extended his clutches to his father's concubines and maids, which was contrary to human ethics; he asked nuns to act as "sex detectives" and used their special status to get close to the eldest women of wealthy families and boudoir courtyards, all of them beautiful and pretty. "They are all taken by force." He used this method to seize hundreds of women. Still feeling unsatisfied, he even brazenly said to the people around him: "I heard that Emperor Xuanyuan was able to ascend to heaven with 500 women. I still have to work hard! "
There was a businessman whose wife was very beautiful, so Ma Xifan killed the businessman and then wanted to take possession of the businessman's wife. The merchant's wife had a strong character and vowed not to be humiliated, so she hanged herself.
