【Quanzhou Incident】
There are several popular theories about the transfer of the highest power in Quanzhou.
For example, there is a saying that when Liu Congxiao was dying, he had completely lost control of his generals, and the generals' hearts were shaken. A general named Wang took the opportunity to defraud his official seal. The generals elected Zhang Hansi as the new commander and Chen Hongjin as his deputy, and then sent General Wang to Zhangzhou. General Wang refused to go, and everyone planned to let him go to Putian to garrison, but Lao Wang still refused to listen. So the generals surrounded him and beat him half to death, and then sent him to Tong'an County for detention. As a result, Lao Wang died of his injuries.
Why not recommend Liu Congxiao's son as the new coach? Because Liu Congxiao had no sons...no biological sons, Liu Congxiao adopted his younger brother (sometimes said elder brother) Liu Congyuan's two sons, Liu Shaoji and Liu Shaotan, as his adopted sons.
In fact, when Liu Congxiao was critically ill, Liu Congyuan was sitting in Zhangzhou, and his eldest son Liu Shaoji went to the Southern Tang Dynasty as a hostage. Only his youngest son Liu Congxiao stayed with him, so it was indeed Liu Shaofan's child who took the throne at first.
The core members of the Liucongxiao Group are Chen Hongjin, Wang Zhongshun, Dong Si'an, Zhang Hansi, etc. In the early days of the business, Liu Congxiao was the commander of the scattered troops in Quanzhou, and Chen Hongjin was his deputy, the deputy military envoy; Wang Zhongshun and Dong Si'an were Liu Congxiao's generals; Zhang Hansi was Chen Hongjin's general.
The relationship network of the five people is very simple. If we have to divide them into factions, then Liu Congxiao, Chen Hongjin, Wang Zhongshun, and Dong Sian are the "core faction", and Chen Hongjin and Zhang Hansi are the "common faction". Pay attention to the key figure - Chen Hongjin, who Liu Congxiao's immediate boss is Liu Congxiao, and he is also Zhang Hansi's immediate boss. He becomes the link between the two factions.
Or follow the seating arrangements:
Keep the leader in charge and follow the lead;
Second-in-command Chen Hongjin;
Third-in-command Wang Zhongshun and Dong Sian;
The fourth in command is Zhang Hansi.
In the process of team development, Liu Congxiao's management ideas were very traditional. He promoted the third-in-command Wang Zhongshun and Dong Si'an, suppressed the second-in-command Chen Hongjin, and asked the fourth-in-command Zhang Hansi to "kill" the second-in-command Chen Hongjin. Let’s look at the specific operations:
When the team first achieved results, that is, after separatizing Quanzhou and Zhangzhou, Liu Congxiao had to occupy the old revolutionary area of Quanzhou. The newly acquired Zhangzhou was headed by the third-in-command Dong Sian instead of the second-in-command Chen Hongjin; when the second-in-command Chen Hongjin was appointed When he was the commander-in-chief of the unified army, Zhang Hansi, the fourth in command, was subsequently appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of the unified army.
If the second-in-command is dishonest and wants to rebel against the boss, then the boss can instigate the fourth-in-command to rebel against the second-in-command; at the same time, the third-in-command can be promoted to check and balance the second-in-command. It's all a routine.
Man's calculation is not as good as God's calculation. Wang Zhongshun lived up to his name and died in Zhongshun. He died for Fujian when he attacked Wang Yanzheng of Jianzhou in the Southern Tang Dynasty. After Dong Si'an took control of Zhangzhou, Liu Congxiao's brother Liu Congyuan had him killed and replaced him, but Liu Congxiao did not blame Liu Congyuan. Obviously Liu Congyuan was secretly instigated by Liu Congxiao.
As a result, only Congxiao is left in the "core department", while Chen Hongjin and Zhang Hansi of the "common people" are growing silently.
Of course, strictly speaking, one more person should be added to the "core department", and that is Liu Congxiao's brother Liu Congyuan. He is based in Zhangzhou and occupies half of southern Fujian.
A blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise. Precisely because the "common people" have been suppressed and have been "guarded" by Liu Congxiao, they have always stayed with Liu Congxiao and hovered near the highest power. When Liu Congxiao was critically ill, he realized that he had made a mistake - "one of his own people" fled to death, and none of them were around! Therefore, there are intriguing records in historical records, saying that when Liu Congxiao was seriously ill, "Chinese and foreign languages cannot be understood", Liu Congxiao was placed under house arrest by some people, and his contact with the outside world was cut off.
Now when I look back and think about why I sent my eldest son to stay in the Southern Tang Dynasty with Shaoji as hostage, do I feel like something is wrong? When feudal vassals send hostages to the court or other powerful vassals, they usually do not send their eldest son, or rather they do not send heirs. They usually send other sons, and sometimes even nephews. Once something happens to him, the heirs around him will immediately become full-time employees and take over. How can he take over if they are all taken hostage in other countries? Why did Liu Congxiao not send his youngest son to stay with Shaofan, but send his eldest son to stay with Shaoji? Is it really Liu Chongxiao's order to let Liu Shaoji take hostage in the Southern Tang Dynasty?
I personally think that it is very likely that Chen Hongjin and Zhang Hansi "corrected the imperial edict" and that they had been eliminated at the end of the Liu Cong Effect.
The history books only say that Liu Shaoban was young, but their exact age is not clear. Chen Hongjin and Zhang Hansi only allowed Liu Shaofan to be a puppet for a month, then kidnapped him to Shengzhou and gave him a certificate of submission to Nantang Na. Subsequently, Chen Hongjin recommended Zhang Hansi as his post.
Zhang Hansi has always been Chen Hongjin's deputy. Why would Chen Hongjin settle for second best and be willing to be Zhang Hansi's deputy? This is because the nature of this change of commanders has changed. The previous "mutiny" was based on the support of the son of Liu Chongxiao, which was recognized as a hereditary vassal in the Five Dynasties, but this time it is a true rebellion of different surnames.
Chen Hongjin did not dare to be the first person, so he asked his deputy Zhang Hansi to test the waters for him and test Nan Tang's attitude. History books also say that Zhang Hansi "is too old to be governed, and all military affairs depend on Hong Jin." This clarifies Zhang Hansi's status as a puppet.
Under the intimidation of the Song Dynasty, Li Yu, the late leader of the Southern Tang Dynasty, had no time to look south and would compromise without any bottom line on any action taken by Quanzhou.
Since the Southern Tang Dynasty had no objection to replacing the Liu family in Quanzhou, the conflicts between Chen Hongjin and Zhang Hansi began to surface.
Chen Hongjin originally wanted to use Zhang Hansi as a guidepost. If the Southern Tang Dynasty took a tough stance, then Zhang Hansi would become the scapegoat for the Quanzhou Incident; if the Southern Tang Dynasty softened its attitude, then Zhang Hansi should abdicate and make way for someone more worthy. This is Chen Hongjin's wishful thinking.
As an entrepreneurial veteran, could Zhang Hansi not see through this? Their team started by supporting puppets. From Wang Jixun to Liu Shaofan, they first supported the puppets to observe, and then eliminated the puppets. Path dependence has long been formed. Now they still want to follow the prescription? They are all monks in the same temple, except Amitabha.
Zhang Hansi planned to strike first and get rid of Chen Hongjin behind him. Zhang Hansi's sons are all tooth generals, which are equivalent to the "Central Forbidden Army" in Quanzhou. In Zhang Hansi's view, it is very simple to get rid of Chen Hongjin. It is nothing more than waiting for Chen Hongjin to clock in at work. The guards swarmed up and started chaotically. Kill him with a knife, it's simple, crude and effective; or hold a Hongmen banquet... In short, there are countless ways to kill him, so let's do it!
One day in April 963, Zhang Hansi held a Hongmen banquet and invited the generals to drink at the commander's house. He secretly ambush the swordsman and axe, just waiting to break the cup as a signal. Chen Hongjin went to the banquet very foolishly and naively, without any awareness of the approaching danger.
It stands to reason that although Zhang Hansi's plan is simple, it is absolutely watertight. If nothing happens, Chen Hongjin will leave us prematurely. However, the funny thing about history is that it is impossible to avoid accidents. This simple assassination plan did not go wrong without accidents.
At the banquet, Zhang Hansi and several generals who conspired secretly exchanged glances and were about to take action. Suddenly, an earthquake occurred. The ground shook instantly, the house collapsed, and the guests at the banquet were also shaken and rolled around climb.
People at that time believed deeply in the telepathy of heaven and man. Several generals involved in the conspiracy believed that this was a warning from heaven, indicating that Chen Hongjin's life should not be cut off, and that with the help of gods, it was not possible. So someone secretly leaked the conspiracy to Chen Hongjin. Chen Hongjin was frightened and fled in a hurry.
