Fujian was called Minyue in ancient times, and was a residential area for the Minyue and Shanyue people. Later, with the migration of a large number of immigrants in the Central Plains, the Minyue and Shanyue people were gradually migrated into the Chinese, and together with the Central Plains immigrants, they became the main ethnic group in Fujian.

By the end of the Tang Dynasty, a considerable number of original indigenous residents in the mountainous areas of Fujian were not affected by the sinicization. Since most of them lived in mountainous areas, they were called Dongman by the Tang government. Huanglian Dongman in Wuyi Mountains was one of the ethnic minority tribes with a large number of people.

Chen Yan, the former Fujian Observer, was from Jianning. In the early days of his rebellion, he relied on the help of the Huangliandong barbarians to expel Huang Chao's army and successfully occupied Fuzhou City. Chen Yan died of illness and Fan Hui succeeded as Fuzhou Observer. Huangliandongman was one of the few forces that continued to support Fan Hui, but after Jianzhou was occupied by Xu Guifan, Huangliandongman also lost the opportunity to rescue Fan Hui.

During the process of unifying Fujian, Wang Chao did not pay enough attention to the issue of Huangliandongman. Huangliandongman was not interested in Wang Chao, but did not immediately show an unscrupulous attitude. Moreover, he lived in the deep mountains and old ridges, so everyone seemed to be at peace in the short term.

In the first year of Ganning, the Huangliandongman was finally unwilling to be lonely and sent troops to attack Tingzhou City. Wang Chao naturally would not take small characters like Huangliandongman seriously. He immediately sent general Li Chengxun to lead an army of 10,000 to fight against Huangliandongman. Huangliandongman was just an armed force in ethnic minority townships, relying on the large number of people to bully Tingzhou City, which had weak defenses. When Li Chengxun's reinforcements came to Tingzhou City, they were already scared and fled everywhere.

Li Chengxun led his troops to pursue him, arrived at the mouth of Jingshui, and defeated the Huangliandong Man, completely attacking the Huangliandong Man's arrogance. From then on, Huangliandong Man was in a slump and never dared to make trouble again. Huangliandong Man was pacified, and Fujian no longer dared to compete with the challenge. Wang Chao could finally let go and govern Fujian according to his own ideas and ideas.

Wang Chao had his own methods and routines to govern Fujian, which can be summarized as the eight characters "protect the country and safeguard the people and develop the economy". The specific measures were to establish four charity schools, recruit and go into exile, be able to guarantee rent and taxes, and send officials to inspect prefectures and counties at all levels, encourage farming and sericulture, and make good friends with neighboring roads.

In the chaotic times of the late Tang Dynasty, if any vassal force could take Wang Chao's measures, then the area he ruled would be a paradise for ordinary civilians. Wang Chao planned to make Fujian a paradise on earth in the late Tang Dynasty. Under his governance, Fujian finally bid farewell to the war. The people were at peace and business, and the economy developed rapidly. Even many famous scholars from the Central Plains came to Fujian to take refuge.

Wang Chao's actions in Fujian naturally attracted the attention of the court. Although Wang Chao had a lot of ideas, he still obeyed and surrendered to the Tang Dynasty government. He paid a lot of tribute and had a lot of titles, which made Li Ye very satisfied. You should know that at this time, there were no more feudal states that could take the Tang Dynasty government seriously.

In September of the third year of Ganning, the Tang Dynasty upgraded Fujian to the Weiwu Army. Wang Chao was appointed as the governor of the Weiwu Army and the procurator-in-chief Zuo Pushe. His personal honor and official title were upgraded again. Just as Wang Chao was about to show off his great fortune in the position of the Weiwu Army's governor, the disease invaded Wang Chao with inappropriate illness. Wang Chao was only fifty-two years old and less than sixty years old. The beautiful and happy life in Fujian had just begun, but he wanted to bid farewell to his hometown elders.

In the winter of the fourth year of Ganning, Wang Chao was critically ill. Before his death, he arranged his third brother Wang Shenzhi as the successor of the mighty army governor, etc.

So he handed over all the military and political powers of Fujian to Wang Shenzhi. After the funeral arrangement was completed, Wang Chao passed away in tears, ending his fifty-two-year-old life.

Regarding the successor of the Fujian Weiwu Army Jiedushi, Wang Chao had many choices when he was critically ill. After all, Wang Chao was in his fifties, and his sons, such as Wang Yanxing, Wang Yanhong, Wang Yanfeng, Wang Yanxiu, etc., had already grown up. According to convention, one of them should be chosen from the sons.

Even if Wang Chao was not satisfied with his son, he had the second brother Wang Shenqi. In terms of seniority, it should be Wang Shenqi's turn, no matter how old Wang Shenzhi was, it was not the youngest Wang Shenzhi. But Wang Chao had unique eyes and resolutely handed over the full power of military and political power to Wang Shenzhi. In the next twenty years, Wang Shenzhi successfully took root and sprouted Wang Chao's hegemony and flourished. Later generations admired Wang Chao's knowledge for his good use and outstanding vision.

Wang Shenzhi, who shined in the "Sword Worship Election", has inadvertently become the second-person figure in Fujian. His prestige and charm among the military and civilians are second only to Wang Chao. He was originally designated as a leader by God, but because of Wang Shenzhi's noble character, Wang Chao became the leader. Everyone took it for granted that Wang Chao's successor must be Wang Shenzhi.

Wang Shenzhi was also very successful and performed very well in his usual manner. He was well received in both the army and the people. Wang Shenzhi was responsible for making great contributions to major events such as attacking Quanzhou, attacking Fuzhou, and appeaseing the powerful. After Wang Chao took power in Fuzhou, a very interesting nursery rhyme appeared on the streets of Fuzhou.

The nursery rhyme in Fuzhou City is, "The tide comes, the rock head is gone, the tide goes, and the arrow comes out." The tide naturally refers to Wang Chao. Yantou implies Chen Yan. The arrow head combines the word "zhi", which implies Wang Shenzhi. The whole sentence means that Wang Chao is here, so Chen Yan is gone. When Wang Chao goes, it is Wang Shenzhi.

In the early years of Ganning, Wang Shenzhi served as the deputy envoy of Fuzhou Observation Envoy. At a temple fair, a monk suddenly pointed at Wang Shenzhi in the crowd and said, "The third son of the Golden Wheel King descended to the world and devoted himself to killing his life." The so-called nursery rhymes and the so-called monks are of course just a performance. The director of this performance may not be Wang Shenzhi himself. With Wang Chao still alive, director Wang Shenzhi's play is purely seeking death. It should be Wang Chao and Wang Shenzhi's brothers who directed this drama together again, with the purpose of creating political and public opinion and momentum for Wang Shenzhi's smooth succession!

While Wang Shenzhi performed extremely well, the performance of Wang Chao's sons can only be described as mediocre. Mediocre people cannot survive in troubled times. As for Wang Chao's second brother Wang Shenzhi, although he is not described as mediocre, his advantage is that he has no knowledge of military affairs, has no prestige in the army, and is completely unable to compare with Wang Shenzhi.

All social and public opinion points to Wang Shenzhi, and everyone seems to unanimously support Wang Shenzhi as Wang Chao's successor. Under the guidance of this historical trend, even if Wang Chao has some ideas, he dare not choose other successors other than Wang Shenzhi.

Almost no one in Fujian opposes Wang Chao's choice. But there is one person who opposes Wang Chao's choice, that is, Wang Shenzhi himself. After Wang Shenzhi was appointed by Wang Chao, he refused to accept the order, but instead elected his brother Wang Shenzhi as the successor of the new mighty army governor.

Wang Shenzhi dared not accept his younger brother's recommendation. He refused to accept it and kicked the ball to Wang Shenzhi. The performance should not be too much. After Wang Shenzhi gave it a little, he finally accepted the appointment and claimed to be the mighty military festival of Fujian.

After staying, the first regime alternation in Fujian was finally successfully completed.

However, the effective scope of Wang Chao's appointment was limited to Fujian. After Fujian, no one would pay attention to Wang Shenzhi, so Wang Shenzhi must be officially accepted by the Tang government. Although Li Ye survived in the cracks between the two major forces of eunuchs and vassal states, as long as the golden sign of the Tang Dynasty was still there, the emperor's words would sometimes have some effect.

At this point, Wang Shenzhi inherited the policies of his brother Wang Chao, keeping a low profile, being a low-key person, actively tribute, and respecting the emperor, thus winning the appreciation of Emperor Li Ye.

In the first year of Guanghua, Wang Shenzhi was rewarded with his humility and was officially appointed as the governor of Fujian's Powerful Army by the Tang Dynasty. He was appointed as the Jinzi Guanglu Dafu and Right Pushe, and officially became the highest military and political chief of Fujian. Wang Shenzhi's luck was really good. In the first few years when he took over the Fujian territory from his brother Wang Chao, he had no strong neighbors around him to threaten Wang Shenzhi's survival.

In the north of Fujian, Dong Chang was the territory of the Eastern Zhejiang Observer. Dong Chang originally had a bad relationship with the Wang family. When Wang Chao sent Wang Shenzhi to attack Fuzhou, as Fan Hui's children's family, Dong Chang also sent troops to aid Fan Hui. Among all Wang Shenzhi's neighbors, Dong Chang ranked first in terms of the sinister relationship and was the only external force currently that might threaten Wang Shenzhi.

However, Dong Chang became emperor in the second year of Qianning, but was betrayed by everyone. With Qian Liu's efforts, Dong Chang was defeated and died. Qian Liu became the master of eastern Zhejiang, but he fought with Yang Xing in Huainan for a long time, so he naturally had no time to take care of Wang Shenzhi in the remote mountainous areas in the south.

The west of Fujian is the east of Lingnan. Compared with Fujian, Lingnan is more poor and backward. From Fujian to Lingnan, there are deserted mountains and ridges everywhere. The governor of Lingnan is not a beautiful woman. He has been rotated continuously for several years, so he has no time to pay attention to Fujian in the East.

In the northwest, there are many heroes in Jiangxi, Zhong Chuan separatist in Hongzhou, Lu Guangchou and Tan Quanbo occupy Qianzhou, Wei Quanfeng and Wei Zaichang occupy Fu and Xin. There are many separatist forces, but because they are not strong enough, they fight endlessly, so naturally they cannot pose a threat to Wang Shenzhi.

As for the east of Fujian, it was endless waves. In such a relaxed and harmonious environment, Wang Shenzhi must seize the favorable opportunity to protect the country and the people and develop the economy. Fujian is sparsely populated, and the army in Wang Shenzhi's hands is still an army with the Guangshou Army as its core force. Even if the former Fujian army is added, Wang Shenzhi's Fujian Army's strength is still at a disadvantage.

Wang Shenzhi realized the true strength of the Fujian army, so even when facing the Lingnan Dongdao and Qianzhou, which were not strong, Wang Shenzhi did not dare to blindly expand his territory. Instead, he was honest and low-key, tightened the fence, and became a strong mountain king.

Xiyan Mountain, located west of Pucheng County, is located in the west of Pucheng. It is an important military location in northwest of Fujian and controls the important road from eastern Zhejiang to Jiangxi to Fujian. Wang Shen knew the importance of Xiyan Mountain, so he sent troops to station here, imitating military camps, reclaiming farmland, serving the people in peacetime, and serving soldiers in wartime.

After Wang Shenzhi's management, Xiyan Mountain "standing up on the flat ground and overlooking thousands of miles", becoming a solid military fortress in northwest Fujian and a frontier for the Fujian army to resist military invasions from the north and the West.
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