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Chapter 96 Qian Hongchu Governs Wu Yue

Whether Qian Hongnei's life can be saved depends on his own fortune. However, what Qian Hongchu said to Xue Wen before leaving made everyone look at Qian Hongchu with admiration, "If there is an extraordinary punishment, you should refuse to die." This means that if you encounter a very emergency, you must protect Qian Hongnei with death.

Qian Hongchu was extremely kind to ask his own personal army to protect the deposed former emperor with death. Hu Jinsi was completely disappointed. He vaguely felt that Qian Hongnei's existence would pose a huge threat to him. He no longer cared about any infamy or infamousness, and came forward to solve Qian Hongnei.

Hu Jinsi decided to bribe Xue Wen. Since Xue Wen is protecting Qian Hongnai, why not bribe Xue Wen directly and let Xue Wen cause an accident to save trouble! Hu Jinsi's plan directly failed. Since Xue Wen is Qian Hongchu's confidant, he is naturally very loyal to Qian Hongchu. Xue Wen directly rejected Hu Jinsi's bribery.

Hu Jinsi was not willing to give up and implemented another plan. Hu Jinsi secretly hired a professional killer named Fang An and asked Fang An to sneak into Qian Hong's mansion and assassinate Qian Hong's mansion. On a dark and windy night, Fang An sneaked into Qian Hong's mansion with an assistant and prepared to assassinate. However, the assassination skills of the killer Fang An were not professional, and Xue Wen was very vigilant. Fang An and the other two were discovered. Xue Wen immediately led their troops to surround Fang An and others. After a fierce battle, they killed Fang An and his character.

All plans failed, Hu Jinsi became depressed and finally died of illness in March of the first year of Qianyou, ending his short career as a powerful minister. Hu Jinsi was also a lucky person. As a traitor, he did not receive the evil reward he deserved, but died in a good life. He was extremely lucky. With Qian Hongchu's style of conduct, sooner or later he would eradicate Hu Jinsi.

Although Hu Jinsi slipped away, he also saved a life-and-death struggle. Qian Hongchu successfully controlled the government power for more than three months after he succeeded to the throne and consolidated the country of Wu and Yue. Although Hu Jinsi died, his minions and gangs continued to be arrogant and domineering in the court, so they must be completely eliminated!

In May of the second year of Qianyou, the commander of the Neiya Army, Xie Tao, was abolished and was sent to Chuzhou. In October, Zhu Wen, the commander of the Neiya Army, was abolished and was sent to Wenzhou. Xie Tao and Zhu Wen were both Hu Jinsi's close friends. In addition, He Chengxun, who had been executed before, the Hu Jinsi group completely disappeared. The political turmoil of Wu Yue Kingdom ended in less than a year, and Qian Hongchu, the new king of Wu Yue Kingdom, successfully preserved the country of the Qian family.

The former king Qian Hongnei, who had a legendary life experience, also created a new record of good endings in the Five Dynasties. As the deposed former monarch, not only saved his life, but also received generous treatment. Two years later, Qian Hongnei moved to Yuezhou, the East Prefecture, and received countless rewards from Qian Hongchu. Qian Hongchu built a luxurious pavilion for Qian Hongnei in Wolong Mountain, Yuezhou, planting flowers and trees all over the mountain to provide Qian Hongye with rest and play. Qian Hongnei completely put aside his mind, forgot his former identity, no longer had any fantasies, and became a carefree and carefree rich child.

On holiday nights, Qian Hongnei would dress up lights on Wolong Mountain and sing wine, making it a huge and lively sound, which made the local officials very frightened. When the officials reported Qian Hongnei's arrogance to Qian Hongchu, Qian Hongchu laughed it out and didn't care. Although Qian Hongnei's life still exists, his political life has ended.

Always

Qian Hongchu, who valued the unity of the family, inherited the traditions of his fathers and treated Qian Hongnai with tolerance. More than 20 years later, Qian Hongnai died normally without any conspiracy. At the age of 44, he was posthumously named King Zhongxun or King Jean.

Hu Jinsi's problem was completely solved, and the former king's problem was also peacefully resolved. Qian Hongchu began to lead Wu Yue and once again on normal track, and the basic national policies of his fathers must be followed. The Central Plains dynasty inadvertently changed its masters. In the first month of the first year of Qianyou, the Later Han emperor Liu Zhiyuan became the leader of the martial arts world for half a year, and died of illness. His son Liu Chengyou, who was only eighteen years old, inherited the throne. Liu Chengyou was the eleventh emperor of the Central Plains dynasty since the fall of the Tang Dynasty and the youngest emperor.

In terms of age, Qian Hongchu was one year older than Liu Chengyou, but Qian Hongchu still had to bow to Liu Chengyou and give tribute to him. In March of the second year of Qianyou, Qian Hongchu obtained a formal title for his sanctions. Liu Chengyou appointed Qian Hongchu as the Marshal of the Military and Horse Capital in the southeast, the Jiedushi of the East Army in Zhenhai Town, the Inspector of the East and West Railways of Zhejiang, the Institution of the Salt and Iron System of the Liangzhe, the Chief of the Lieutenant, the Chief of the Secretariat, the Chief of the Secretary of the Central Secretariat, the Grand Commander of Yuezhou, Hangzhou, the King of Wuyue, and the Fifth Fifth, and the Meritorious Official of Kuangsheng Guangyun Tongde Baoding.

Since the founding of Wu Yue Kingdom, neither Qian Liu nor Qian Chuan had received so many honorary titles. Liu Chengyou was very interested. He completely regarded Wu Yue Kingdom as his back garden and Qian Hongchu as his subordinate command. Of course, this was just Liu Chengyou's wishful thinking. No matter how Liu Chengyou enthroned and how he rewarded it, Wu Yue Kingdom or Qian Hongchu had the final say!

For Qian Hongchu, a title is a must, but real power is more important! Now everything is determined, and we will start the journey of governing the country by ourselves. First, we must solve the problem of people's livelihood. Ascending the throne, the new king usually holds some preferential activities, and Qian Hongchu is no exception. In the first month of the first year of Qianyou, in the month when Qian Hongchu ascended the throne, he ordered the pardon of the taxes in Wuyue. Of course, this is just a conventional practice, and generally the new king will do so.

In November of the first year of Qianyou, Qian Hongchu issued an important edict ordering that all the backlog of rents and taxes were exempted every year, and that this edict should be implemented for several consecutive years. As soon as the edict was issued, the people of the entire Wuyue Kingdom sang and danced to celebrate! In November of the second year of Qianyou, Qian Hongchu issued another important edict ordering the recruitment of farmers to reclaim wasteland across the country, and those who reclaim land could be exempted from taxes. Everyone wanted to do such a good thing, and for a time, there was no wasteland in the territory of Wuyue Kingdom.

Some officials who were good at doing this thought it was too cheap for the common people, so they suggested to Qian Hongchu: "Officials should be arranged to collect certain taxes on these people who reclaim wasteland." Qian Hongchu's answer to this was very straightforward, and he directly spanked the good at doing so as to show a warning! There are a lot of wastelands in the Songjiang area. In addition to encouraging the people to actively participate in the land reclamation, Qian Hongchu also assigned thousands of soldiers from the land reclamation to participate.

Everything is to allow the Wu Yue Kingdom to eliminate wasteland, increase arable land, and revitalize agriculture. As for the people's taxes, they are originally their own people. So what if they collect less money? As soon as this edict was issued, the people of Wu Yue all over the country were very happy!

The solution to the people's livelihood problem is only part of it. In Qian Hongchu's view, the problem of the army is a problem that cannot be ignored. Only the strong can save themselves in troubled times. Although the Wu Yue Kingdom has always liked to bow down and surrender, it does not mean that the Wu Yue Kingdom is just a soft persimmon that can only be controlled by others!

In April of the first year of Qianyou, Hu Jinsi had just died of illness, and Qian Hongchu held a powerful military parade. He took all the horses and infantrymen across the country to Hangzhou for inspection and demonstrated the military power of Wu Yue. In March of the second year of Qianyou, several unstable elements from Kuang Wudu jointly wrote a letter to openly demand a raise, and Qian Hongchu responded quickly to this. Hu Jinsi was dead, but he still dared to challenge the authority of the King of Wu Yue?

His handling result was very impressive: two leaders were beheaded, and more than 20 followers were deposed. The strength of the army must be strengthened, and the internal strength of the army must be stable, otherwise it will be eaten by others sooner or later. Qian Hongchu's concerns were not groundless, because not long after his king's life, a good neighbor had a military test on Qian Hongchu. This good neighbor was the Southern Tang. After the demise of the Min Kingdom, the only neighbor who bordered the territory of Wu and Yue Kingdom was the Southern Tang.

Although Li Jing of the Southern Tang Dynasty was a standard literary emperor, he was very fond of merit and liked to expand territory. He took advantage of the chaos in Fujian and sent troops to intervene, successfully eliminated the State of Min, achieving his goal of expanding territory. However, Li Jing was quite dissatisfied with the result of the Battle of Min. The State of Min was killed by the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the territory of Min should be fully accepted by the Southern Tang Dynasty, but the situation after the demise of the State of Min was not beneficial to the State of Min.

Wu Yue Kingdom rushed out in the middle and occupied Fuzhou, which had already belonged to the Southern Tang Dynasty. You should know that Fuzhou was the most prosperous and prosperous territory of the Min Kingdom. If it was not obtained, Fuzhou would not completely occupy the Fujian Kingdom. Quanzhou and Zhangzhou were not involved in the war when the internal chaos in Fujian were in chaos. After the commander of Quanzhou, Liu Congxiao, killed the governor appointed by Zhu Wenjin, and once chose to be loyal to Wang Yanzheng. With Wang Yanzheng surrender and the demise of the Min Kingdom, Liu Congxiao seized the power and escorted Wang Jixun, a member of the Wang family who was left in Quanzhou, to the Southern Tang Dynasty, expressing his willingness to belong to the Southern Tang Dynasty.

If the Southern Tang could take effective measures to control Liu Congjie, then Quan and Zhangzhou were naturally the things in the Southern Tang Dynasty. However, the smart Liu Congjie played a trick with the Southern Tang Dynasty. In name, he was completely independent and independent. He was just like Quan and Zhang’s local emperor. After the Southern Tang Dynasty was defeated in the battle for Fuzhou with Wu and Yue Kingdom, he had no intention of dealing with Liu Congjie. After giving a series of titles such as Liu Congjie's Jiedushi and Zhangquan Observation Envoy, he accused of Liu Congjie's separatist.

The original Min Kingdom formed a situation where the three forces competed for hegemony. The original Min Kingdom was the most prosperous and the wealthy Fuzhou was occupied by the Wu and Yue Kingdom. Quan and Zhang were retained to be divided. In the process of eliminating the Min Kingdom, the Southern Tang, which made the most efforts and suffered the greatest losses, only controlled the Jian and Ting states. These two places were poor mountains and rivers in western Fujian. The Southern Tang not only did not gain much profit, but also had to invest and develop.

It is conceivable that Li Jing was depressed. Since Liu Chengxiong was nominally still surrendered to the Southern Tang Dynasty, he could only attack his old enemy Wu Yue Kingdom. However, Li Jing chose to take action very well. The most chaotic and unstable thing in the country of Wu Yue should be the reign of Qian Hongnei. The ruler and ministers of Wu Yue were busy fighting openly and secretly, and eventually a palace coup occurred. Li Jing did not seize this favorable opportunity to attack Wu Yue, but he was slow and he chose to take action until three years later. The best time had been missed, so there was naturally not much chance of winning!

Qian Hongchu had already gained a firm foothold in Wuyue Kingdom, and the army had no more powerful ministers like Hu Jinsi's arrogant and domineering persons. Everyone was united and was waiting for the arrival of the Southern Tang army.

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