Qian Yuanguan is very strange in the history books, because almost all the records about him are his deeds before he ascended the throne, and during the ten years of his reign, there was nothing good to mention.
He attacked Wenzhou and killed Lu Ji, forcing Xu Zhigao to flee on a white mule. He killed 200 people in the battle of Guangde. The "Battle of Langshan" forced Huainan to sue for peace in exchange for twenty years of peace... When Qian Liu was deposed, Changli Xian, when he was appointed as his successor, we were full of expectations. We expected that this courageous and knowledgeable man from heaven would bring great achievements to Wu Yue Kingdom and bring Wu Yue Kingdom to a higher level. However, after he succeeded to the throne, his painting style changed drastically. He did not open up new territories externally, but promoted new innovations internally. And his death was like a joke. He was labeled as "coward" and "coward" and was dismissed History has laughed at it for more than a thousand years...
We can’t help but ask, is this still the Qian Yuan Guan we are familiar with? A stand-in, right? If the screenwriter dares to make it up like this, he will definitely be scolded to death, but this is indeed how history plays out.
What happened to Qian Yuanguan?
At the beginning of the new year in 940, civil strife broke out in the neighboring country of Fujian. King Yanzheng of Jianzhou finally met with Wang Yanxi of Fuzhou, and the civil war in Fujian began.
This war has been described in detail in the previous article on the topic of Fujian, so I will briefly mention it here. Wang Yanxi sent 40,000 troops to attack the separatist forces of Jianzhou Wang Yanzheng, and Wang Yanzheng asked Wuyue for help.
After receiving Wu Yueguo's request for help, Qian Yuanguan held an emergency meeting to discuss countermeasures. To Qian Yuanguan's expectation, all officials unanimously opposed sending troops to intervene. Even Qian Yuanguan's former vassal official, direct confidant, and prime minister Lin Ding tried their best to persuade him, and even went to court several times in a row.
Lin Ding's father was the great poet Lin Wuyin. Wang Sheng, the governor of Mingzhou at that time, respected Confucian scholars and had a reputation as a courteous and virtuous scholar, so Lin Wuyin went to rely on him. Lin Ding was influenced by his father and was a top student since he was a child. When he grew up, he defected to Qian Liu's account. Later, Qian Liu assigned him to Qian Yuanyuan and asked him to be Qian Yuanyuan's staff.
Qian Yuanyuan found that Lin Ding was a rare talent, so he repeatedly recommended Lin Ding to his father Qian Liu, saying that this person has great talents, but he is simply an inferior talent to me, and you should let him stay by your side to shine. However, Qian Liu turned a deaf ear to this. Qian Yuanguan thought that there might be a jealous person around Qian Liu, so he withheld the recommendation letter, so he found an opportunity to secretly tell Qian Liu, saying that you must reuse Lin Ding.
Qian Liu was very pleased and told his purpose of doing this: "You are right, Lin Ding has the power to become prime minister. The reason why I did not promote him for a long time was because I deliberately left him to you so that you could promote him. It’s your person.”
Qian Yuanguan suddenly realized it and thanked his father for his good intentions. After ascending to the throne, Qian Yuanguan promoted Lin Ding to the posts of Secretary of Zhenhai and Judge of Jiedu, as his chief staff, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was appointed prime minister.
Unexpectedly, such a "one of our own" would take the lead in opposing him. Qian Yuanguan was very disappointed.
Through this meeting, it is not difficult to see that even though Qian Yuanguan had been in power for more than seven years, he still had not established absolute prestige. Of course, this can only be said in two words. After all, Chai Rong and Zhao Kuangyin's many personal expeditions have also encountered unanimous opposition before.
Being opposed does not necessarily mean betrayal. This is a challenge that leaders need to face. Chai Rong and Zhao Kuangyin gradually established their absolute prestige and established a solid rule by overcoming everyone's opinions time and time again. Qian Yuanguan also chose to go against all opinions and resolutely chose to send troops to intervene, but he got the opposite result from Chai Rong and Zhao Kuangyin.
Qian Yuanguan put his direct relative Xin Renquan in command and led an army of 40,000 to support Yanzheng, the king of Jianzhou.
Before Wu Yue's reinforcements arrived, Wang Yanzheng had already severely damaged Wang Yanxi of Fuzhou on his own, and then sent envoys to the Southern Tang Dynasty to seek help from the Southern Tang Dynasty. At this time, Wang Yanzheng no longer needed Wu Yue's military assistance, not to mention that it was easy to ask the gods but difficult to send away. Wang Yanzheng was also afraid of attracting wolves into the house, so he hurriedly sent people to bring good wine and food to reward Wu Yue's reinforcements and come to them from afar. He expressed his gratitude and respectfully asked them to return the way they came.
Yang Renquan must have received secret instructions from Qian Yuanguan. Just like Wang Yanzheng, Qian Yuanguan wanted to take advantage of the chaos in Fujian and benefit from the dispute between the Fujian and Jian brothers.
Faced with Wang Yanzheng's obstruction, Yang Renquan said, "I'm here now."
Seeing that the Wu Yue Kingdom was at a loss, Wang Yanzheng made a decisive decision and quickly sent someone to contact Fuzhou, saying that no matter how much we fight, the Fujian Kingdom is also the Fujian Kingdom of the Wang family. Facing the wolfish ambition of the Wu Yue Kingdom, the two brothers should put it aside. Let's work together to protect our late father's legacy.
Wang Yanxi had no reason to refuse. If he refuses, Jianzhou may be annexed by the Wuyue Kingdom or the Southern Tang Dynasty, and in the end it will be the interests of the Min Kingdom that will be lost; if Wang Yanzheng repels the Wuyue Kingdom army, then Jianzhou will be completely separated from the Min Kingdom. In other words, once Wang Yanxi refused to reconcile, it meant that Fujian would inevitably lose Jianzhou.
Wang Yanxi was a politician. Considering the overall situation, he immediately made the option that best served the interests of Fujian. "Of course I chose to forgive him." On the one hand, he sent his nephew Wang Jiye to lead 20,000 reinforcements to support Jianzhou, and another force The surprise attack troops went to seize the grain routes of Wu Yue Kingdom. On the other hand, they wrote letters of credential to Qian Yuanguan, strongly condemning and sternly protesting Wu Yue Kingdom's blatant interference in Fujian's internal affairs, providing military aid to the rebels, and deliberately creating geopolitical conflicts. .
Qian Yuanguan is Zhu Bajie looking in the mirror - he is not a human being inside or outside. This is what he deserves. If the neighbor's two sons - Da Mao and Er Mao, or Xiong Da Xiong Er - get into a fight, would you go to break up the fight or hand over the knife?
God bless Qian Yuanguan. Wu Yue's national army was unknown, so it lost morally and lost peace; it penetrated deep into the enemy's hinterland and the food route was cut off, losing geographical advantage; it rained continuously and lost the weather. Wu Yueguo was destined to lose.
When the Wuyue army was in internal and external difficulties, Wang Yanzheng launched a sudden attack and captured thousands of people. Yang Renquan and others escaped overnight. Qian Yuanguan succeeded in stealing the chicken but losing the rice, and successfully took himself away.
Yang Renquan was a direct confidant of Qian Yuanhuang. He died of depression only one year after the defeat. Soon after, Qian Yuanguan also left us prematurely.
