Five Dynasties and Ten States

From enlightened to fatuous

Young villain

Wang Jian is a native of Xuzhou (now Wuyang, Henan). When he was young, he was a hooligan, killing cows, stealing donkeys and selling illicit salt. In people's eyes, he is an unscrupulous person. Everyone hates him. It happened that his surname was Wang, ranking eighth, and the villagers gave him an ugly nickname: thief bastard.

Although his reputation is extremely bad, Wang Jian is outstanding in appearance and strong. During the war, he joined the army like others. He first joined the local Zhongwu Army, and when Qin Zongquan recruited warriors, he defected to Qin Zongquan, and was soon promoted to captain.

Escort meritorious service

After Huang Chao captured Chang 'an, he was forced to flee to Shu. Qin Zongquan began to let Yang, a military supervisor, lead Lu and other generals to suppress the Huang Chao Uprising Army. After defeating Huang Chao, Yang divided his 8,000-strong army into eight capitals, each with 1,000 people. Both Wang Jianhe were appointed generals. After Yang's death, Lu Zhishen sent troops to Chengdu to escort him. Later, there was a conflict between Wang Jianhe, and Lu led some troops to develop eastward. Wang Jian foresight, and Hui Jin, Han Jian led troops straight to Tang Xizong. The emperor, who was worried that there was no one to rescue him, was overjoyed. He rewarded them first, and then divided the army they led into five capitals, giving them the title of "five capitals with the army", and put them under the command of Guan Junrong, the supreme commander, and let Tian command them. Tian is a powerful eunuch. In order to expand his influence, he adopted all five of them as adopted sons.

After recovering Chang 'an, Tang Xizong returned to his old capital, and Wang Jian and others were appointed generals of the imperial army, who were responsible for guarding the palace. At first, going to Tang Xizong was the right step. Wang Jian has accumulated rich military and political experience around the emperor.

The days of stability are not too long. Because Tian and Wang Chongrong were fighting, our time was in the river, and Wang Chongrong and Hedong soldiers joined forces to attack Chang 'an. Tang Xizong had to flee again, first to Fengxiang (now Fengxiang, Shaanxi) and then to Xingyuan (now Hanzhong, Shaanxi). Wang Jian was appointed as a comprehensive envoy, shouldering the heavy responsibility of protecting the law and Tang Xizong. On the way to escape, the plank road in the mountain was almost destroyed by fire, and the middle road in the smoke could not be seen clearly, so Wang Jianchong made way for Tang Xizong in front. During the rest, Tang Xizong was so tired that he put Wang Jian's leg on the pillow and fell asleep. When Tang Xizong woke up, he saw that Wang Jianwei didn't rest himself, so he was moved to tears and immediately took off his royal clothes for him.

Occupy nishikawa

When he arrived in Xingyuan, Tian was afraid of punishing him. Because he felt that the emperor's escape had a lot to do with him, he offered to go to his brother. Unexpectedly, he was a supervisor in the Chen army. After Tian left, eunuch Yang Fuguong took over Guan Junrong's position. Wang Jian was regarded as a member of Hetian group by him, so he was transferred from Beijing and became a small secretariat in other places. Wang Jian's secretariat was in Bizhou (now Tongjiang, Sichuan), a place where many nationalities lived together. There is a cave tribe who is brave and good at fighting. Wang Jian took them under his command and expanded them into an army of 8,000 people. Taking this as the capital, Wang Jian captured two nearby states: Langzhou (now Langzhong, Sichuan) and Lizhou (now Guangyuan, Sichuan).

At that time, Sichuan and Sichuan were divided into Dongchuan and Xichuan. Dongchuan is controlled by Gu Yanlang, and Xichuan is the territory of Chen, the younger brother of Wang Jian's adoptive father Tian. If Wang Jian wants to develop everywhere, he is bound to have friction with them. But he and Gu Yanlang had some friendship as early as when they were fighting in Chang 'an, so Wang Jian couldn't fight for the time being, so he had to wait and see.

Before Wang Jian acted, Chen couldn't sit still. He was very worried about Wang Jian's threat to surprisingly, so Hotan discussed countermeasures. Tian said unhurriedly, "The tortoise is my son, so there is nothing to worry about. He is now forced to be a thief. As long as I write a letter and send it to a person, he will come with you. " Wang Jian, who was worried that he had no chance to develop, was very happy to see the letter from his adoptive father. He immediately sent someone to tell Gu Yanlang: "My father is in charge of the army and wrote to recruit me. I really want to visit my father in Chengdu. As long as I can get a big county under Chen, I am very satisfied. "Wang Jian entrusted his family to Gu Yanlang for care and set off with three thousand troops.

Before he arrived in Chengdu, Chen went back on his word. Li Yi, the staff officer of Xichuan, reminded Chen: "Wang Jian is a treacherous man with a heart of a tiger and a wolf. He is bent on grabbing other people's land. How will the public appoint him when he comes? If he comes, he won't live in public for long. If you let him go to a prestigious school, I am afraid it will be extremely unfavorable to you! " Chen listened to Yi Li and ordered Wang Jian to be stopped ahead. When Wang Jian, who was exhausted in other places, heard about it, he flew into a rage, led his troops to capture Hanzhou (now Guanghan, Sichuan), and then directed his troops at Chengdu. At the city gate, Tian Shangcheng Wall comforted Wang Jian. Wang Jian knelt on the wall and said loudly, "There is no way out now. I bid farewell to my father today and become a thief! "

Wang Jian sent someone to ask Gu Yanlang for help. After the Dongchuan army arrived, Wang Jian commanded a massive siege, but the walls of Chengdu were strong and difficult to attack. After three days of hard struggle, Wang Jian failed to attack the city. Wang Jian did not continue to fight and ordered to retreat. Based in Hangzhou, develop everywhere. Later, Wang Jian came to Chengdu again, but Gu Yanlang was afraid that Wang Jian would pose a threat to himself after occupying Chengdu, so he came up with an idea. He said to Wang Jian: "When I was in the army, I saw that it would be difficult for everyone to unite if the soldiers did not use the name of the son of heaven. Now it's better to report Chen's crimes to the emperor and let the court send another minister as commander in chief. We can help him together, and maybe we can gain something. "

After Prime Minister Wei Zhaodu was ordered to arrive, Chen refused to hand over the military power. Wei Zhaodu commanded Wang Jian and Gu Yanlang to attack Chengdu and failed. Wang Jian didn't get what he wanted when he saw Wei Zhao. He didn't want to be controlled by him, so he advised him to go back and help the emperor do great things. Chen is just a small problem, and it is enough for him to deal with it himself. Just when Wei Zhaodu hesitated, Wang Jian resorted to hooliganism: secretly ordered people to arrest and kill Wei Zhaodu's cronies, and then dismember them and eat them. Wang Jian told Wei Zhaodu that the sergeant was hungry and wanted to eat it. Wei Zhaodu handed the seal to Wang Jian and set off for home. Wang Jian personally saw me off again and said goodbye to Wei Zhaodu with tears. The play is very similar. Many people who claimed to be emperors of the Five Dynasties cried. For example, Zhu Wen sent someone to kill Tang Di, crying that he was innocent.

With the imprint of our times, Wang Jian sent his troops to conquer everywhere and fight confidently. After solving the surrounding area, Wang Jian led his troops to attack Chengdu, which was already an isolated city. Under Tian's compromise, Chen had to go out of the city and surrender. Wang Jian finally entered Chengdu as he wished. He didn't forgive Chen, so he was killed on the charge of rebellion. Even his adoptive father Tian didn't let go. First he denounced Li for having an affair with Fengxiang, and then he was imprisoned and starved to death.

Surprisingly, Wang Jian was not satisfied with his idea of Dongchuan. But after all, Gu Yanlang was good to himself and helped him attack Chengdu. Besides, he and Gu Yanlang are related by marriage, which makes it even more difficult to send troops. But before long, Gu Yanlang died, and his younger brother Gu Yan Hui succeeded him to the throne. Li and Gu, who were separated in Fengxiang, formed an alliance to jointly deal with Wang Jian, which provided Wang Jian with the opportunity to send troops, so he sent troops to attack Dongchuan. However, with Li's support, Wang Jian could not win at the moment, so the two sides confronted each other.

Dominate two rivers

Wang Jianyi has developed production. On the one hand, seek the opportunity to annex Dongchuan. A few years later, the time really came. Li and Gu were at odds, and Gu turned to Wang Jian for help. Wang Jian rushed into the war. After defeating Li's army, he occupied Zizhou (now Santai, Sichuan), the ruling center of Dongchuan, and Gu committed suicide after being captured.

Giving up and Dongchuan is just around the corner, and Wang Jian's goal has finally been achieved. Wang Jian's army is very effective, disciplined and invincible. Interestingly, there are many argots in his army. For example, the sword is called the dead dragon, the gun is called Shouer II, the crossbow is called the King of Hundred Steps, the arrow is called Fei Lang, the drum is called the sacred cow, and the gong is called eight.

At this time, it was time for Zhu Wen and Lee to compete for control. Zhu Wen sent troops to besiege Fengxiang, and Li held it hostage in Fengxiang to resist. Wang Jian also took the opportunity to make a fortune. He denounced Li to Zhu Wen and encouraged him to stick to Li. Wang Jian will send troops to help when necessary. In fact, he took advantage of Li's incompetence to take care of him and occupied many of Li's territories. After Zhu Wen retreated, Li could never get it back.

After Wang Jian went north to gain some benefits, he took advantage of the danger of others and occupied four States east of Jingnan. In this year, after the death of our envoy in Jingnan, a civil war broke out. Wang Jian took the opportunity to send troops to capture Kuizhou (now Fengjie East, Chongqing), Shizhou (now Enshi, Hubei), Zhongzhou (now Zhongxian, Chongqing) and Wanzhou (now Wanxian, Chongqing) adjacent to Dongchuan, greatly expanding the territory. The following year, Wang Jianwei was conferred the title of King of Shu in the Tang Dynasty, which was tantamount to acknowledging his position in Sichuan.

When Zhu Wen proclaimed himself emperor, he sent an envoy to see Wang Jian and wanted him to enter the DPRK. Wang Jian didn't promise, but distributed a campaign against Zhu Wen. Actually, it was just a show. He didn't send troops at all. A few months later, in September of that year, Wang Jian also learned from Zhu Wen's way, proclaimed himself emperor in Chengdu, and later changed to Han. In order to distinguish it from the post-Shu established in Meng Zhixiang in the future, the history is called pre-Shu.

Do good for the people

After Wang Jian proclaimed himself emperor, he also did some good things. He issued a letter in the middle of Shu, urging farmers to develop production, and ordered officials not to disturb the people, so that the people could live and work in peace and contentment. Political achievements come from Wang Jian's attention and reuse of civil servants. He attached great importance to the descendants of Tang Dynasty ministers and treated them with great courtesy. Some of his subordinates thought it was a bit excessive, but Wang Jian said, "What did you see? When I was in the imperial army, I was responsible for guarding the palace gate. I saw that the emperor was more intimate with Hanlin than ordinary people's friends. Now I treat civil servants only 1% of the original emperor. How can I say it is too much! " Out of courtesy to civil servants, Wang Jian often listens to their opinions. The attitude towards Fengxiang is a typical example. When the subordinate generals saw that Li's strength had weakened a lot, they strongly advocated seizing this opportunity. When Wang Jian asked Feng Juan, the priest, Feng Juan said, "Be careful when using troops, and don't arbitrarily consume national strength and make the people suffer. Now Liang and Jin are fighting for men. If the two families merge into one place in the future and send troops to attack Shu, even Zhuge Liang's rebirth can't stop it. Fengxiang is the barrier of Shu, so it is better to marry him. If he has nothing to do, he will farm and train and stick to the border. If something happens, he will sit tight and wait for it to happen, so as to be foolproof. " Wang Jian followed Feng Juan's advice and implemented the policy of protecting the environment and people. Later, Feng Juan also remonstrated with Wang Jinjin and demanded some heavy taxes. At that time, others were afraid to say, so Feng Juan took the opportunity to present a tribute table for Wang Jian's birthday, in which he praised the merits first and then talked about the sufferings of the people. After reading it, Wang Jian praised: "You are so loyal, what is there to worry about!" Then Wang Jian ordered a tax cut.

Another time, when Wang Jian boarded Xingyi Building, a monk dug out an eye and gave it to Wang Jian. Wang Jian was so moved that he ordered ten thousand monks to feed each other. Zhang Ge, a bachelor of Hanlin, stopped him and said, "Forgiving a villain for self-harm without reason is forgiveness. We should no longer reward meals like this, leading to the proliferation of bad customs. " Wang Jian woke up and withdrew his power of attorney.

Internal stability, the terrain is easy to defend but difficult to attack, Wang Neng confronted the back beam without showing weakness. Hou Liang sent envoys to the former Shu, and the official seal was "the girder entered Shu and sealed it", treating the former Shu as a backward minority such as Yidi. Wang Jian is very angry. Later, when Zhu Wen was killed, Wang Jian sent envoys to mourn, and he did not forget to avenge his original death when he held a funeral in Hou Liang. Wang Jian's signature is "Seal of Great Shu Entering Liang".

Shu perished before his son became dissolute.

Wang Jian was seventy-two years old when he died, and his temple name was Gaozu. His son Wang Zongyan succeeded to the throne, which means that he was the ruler of the former Shu. The late Lord was not as luxurious and dissolute as Wang Jian. He accompanied the empress dowager and toffee to the minister's house every day, and the empress dowager and toffee often sold officials for money. The late master liked colorful words and collected 200 poems and compiled them into Fireworks Collection. Once, he saw a beautiful woman in cloth, regardless of the fact that she was about to get married, grabbed her and gave her husband a hundred silks. Her fiance was taken away from her sweetheart and died of grief.

In the later Tang Dynasty, Li Yan went to the former Shu, saw the decline of Shu and the extravagance of Wang Zongyan, and went back to suggest attacking the former Shu. As a result, it only took Guo Chongtao 70 days to destroy the former Shu, and Wang Zongyan surrendered to the city, and was later killed in Chang 'an.