The fifth episode of "Telling the History of Fuzhou"
Hello everyone, I'm a shock. Today's fifth episode of Fuzhou's history: Wang Zhenzhi's brothers founded the Fujian kingdom, a 36-year short-lived dynasty, laying the cornerstone for Fuzhou's long-term development.
In order to clarify the history of Fujian, I divide it into three parts.
First, Wang Chao wang zhi brothers joined forces to create the fujian state, and Fuzhou entered a new period of prosperity.
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Huangchao Rebellion was in chaos. Wang Zhenzhi, a native of Gushi, Henan, who was born in 862 AD, joined the peasant army led by Wang Xu in 885 with his two older brothers, Wang Chao and Wang Zhenyi. Soon, they followed Wang Xu's team into Fujian.
Wang Xu was suspicious and killed innocents indiscriminately. Wang Zhizhi's brother Wang Chao joined forces with the generals and imprisoned Wang Xu, who was supported as the leader of the rebel army, and Wang Xianzhi and his second brother Wang Xianyi were made deputy generals. Wang Chao's troops grew rapidly in the area of Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Changting. In 886, the rebel army captured quanzhou city, and Wang Chao was appointed by The Fujian Observer Chen Yan as the assassin of Quanzhou, so the rebel army returned to the imperial court.
In Wang Chao's army, Wang Zhenzhi sympathized with his subordinates, shared weal and woe with the soldiers, was approachable, and had a high prestige in the army. Their ranks were disciplined and Qiu did not commit any crimes. It has won the support of the people of Fujian.
In 891, Chen Yan was critically ill. Chen Yan's brother-in-law' Fuzhou Protector made Fan Hui steal power, causing Chen Yan's subordinates to be dissatisfied and asked Wang Chao to send troops to attack Fuzhou. Wang Chao sent Wang Zhenzhi as the capital governor and conquered Fuzhou in 893. Because Wang Zhenzhi was deeply popular with the people, after invading Fuzhou, he also buried Chen Yan generously, treating Chen Yan's family and subordinates kindly, and warlords in various places followed one after another. Wang Chao's brothers soon unified the whole territory of Fujian and created the Wang Min regime.
In 897, before Wang Chao's death, wang Zhenzhi was chosen as the heir to power. On January 9, 898, Wang Chao died, and Wang Zhenzhi took the throne. In March of the same year, the Tang court appointed Wang Zhenzhi as an envoy to the mighty army and ruled over all of Fujian.
In 901, Emperor Zhaozong of Tang made him the King of Langya. In 909, Liang Taizu made Wang Zhi the King of Min, and the Min King style was established. Wang Zhizhi served as the King of Min until the third year of Later Tang Tongguang, that is, died in 925, at the age of 64, and actually ruled Fuzhou and Fujian for 27 years. After Wang Zhenzhi's death, his sons and grandchildren killed each other in order to fight for power, and with the invasion of foreign enemies, the min state quickly declined, and it was destroyed in 945.
Second, Wang Zhenzhi made great efforts to govern, and Fuzhou and Fujian achieved great development, laying the cornerstone of Fuzhou's prosperity in the next 1,000 years.
The state of Min was very brilliant in the history of Fujian and Fuzhou, mainly manifested in the twenty-seven years of Wang Zhenzhi's reign. It is manifested in the large-scale construction of Fuzhou's urban areas, the great economic development of Fuzhou and Fujian, and the people's living and working in peace and contentment. This is mainly due to Wang Zhenzhi's personal charm and life in the world.
Wang Zhenzhi knew that this person, judged by traditional Chinese moral concepts, belonged to a person with high morals. He showed compassion for his subordinates, loved the people, and protected the weak. He is also diligent and thrifty, and leads by example. From the history of Wang Zhenzhi, we can see that can a country and region prosper? Whether a leader is wise or not, and whether his morality is noble or not plays an important role in determining. It can be said that with wise and moral leadership, countries and regions will be strong.
Below we will make a brief summary of aunt Wang's main achievements and life in the world.
1. In terms of politics, Wang Zhenzhi adopted a policy of recuperation. He lowered taxes, reduced sluggers, reduced penalties, and selected and appointed talents and good officials. Under his jurisdiction, the people were safe and happy for 30 years.
2. He is strict with discipline and has a kind heart. He not only laid aside his subordinates and the people, but also adopted a policy of appeasement toward the officials of the old regime, and many officials of the old regime surrendered to him, and there was no major disturbance in unifying the whole territory of Fujian.
3. In terms of treatment of rights, he gave way three times, reflecting his broad mind. The first time, when Wang Xu, the leader of the peasant army, was captured, the officers and soldiers had embraced him as king, and he gave way to his brother Wang Chao. The second time, when Wang Chao died, he made him his successor, and he gave way to his second brother Wang Yi, who believed that his younger brother was highly capable and did not accept the abdication. He then gave way to Wang Chao's son, who disagreed with wang chao's sons and giants. He was embraced as king.
4. In dealing with the mob, he did not adopt simple methods of repression, but deeply understood the situation. Sincerely help people solve problems. When tens of thousands of people rioted, he solved the problem without a single soldier.
5. Be diligent and thrifty in life. He often wore straw shoes and sackcloth clothes, leading by example and making the social atmosphere clean and clean.
6. Economic aspects. He vigorously developed agriculture, built water conservancy, built land around the sea, promoted double-cropping rice, and reclaimed tea gardens to make the people's lives rich. During his reign, he also opened up the "Port of Gantang" on the Huangqi Peninsula of Lianjiang River, which specialized in foreign trade, and foreign trade transactions spread throughout Japan, Goryeo and the Nanyang Islands and even as far as the Arab region. Fuzhou ceramics, metallurgy, casting, shipbuilding industry has also been widely developed.
7. In terms of culture and education, he set up a recruitment institute, and many talents from all over the country came to him. He ran schools in prefectures, counties, and townships, which greatly improved the cultural level of Fujian, and enabled Fujian to become a famous hometown of examinations.
8. Urban construction. He vigorously expanded the city of Fuzhou, and from 901 AD, he built Fuzhou Wailuo City forty kilometers, 1.8 kilometers wide from east to west, 1.7 kilometers long from north to south, set up 8 gates, and surrounded the sub-city and the old city, Wushan, Yushan, and Pingshan into the city, and at the same time added the north-south moon city, and the pattern of three squares and seven lanes was formed. At the same time, he also opened many rivers, basically laying the urban pattern of Fuzhou before 1949.
9. In terms of foreign policy, he respects the central government and pays tribute in a timely manner. They have adopted a policy of friendship with their neighbors, and even adopted a policy of marriage. During his reign, Fuzhou and the whole territory of Fujian developed peacefully and rapidly for thirty years.
Under the leadership of Wang Xianzhi, Fuzhou and the Fujian region flourished in all aspects. Accumulating a large amount of wealth and population, it laid a solid foundation for the prosperity of Fuzhou in the next 1000 years.
3. Wang Zhen knew that his children and grandchildren were fighting for power and killing each other, and the state of Min quickly perished.
In 925, Wang Zhizhi died of illness at the age of 64. After his death, his children and grandchildren killed each other in order to compete for the throne, and the min state quickly declined.
Here are several important historical nodes in the Min kingdom after Wang Zhenzhi's death.
1. In 925 AD, Wang Zhenzhi's eldest son Wang Yanhan succeeded to the throne. In 926, Wang Yanhan proclaimed himself king of Damin, and by 927 AD, he was killed by his younger brother Wang Yanjun. Wang Yanjun then succeeded to the throne.
2. In 933 AD, Wang Yanjun was proclaimed emperor, dingguo was named "Da min", the capital was Fuzhou, and Fuzhou was renamed Changle Province.
3. In 935, Wang Yanjun was murdered by his eldest son Wang Jipeng. Wang Jipeng ascended the throne. Wang Jipeng later changed his name to Wang Chang. In 939, he was hunted and killed by his uncle Wang Yanxi and his nephew Wang Jiye. Wang Zhenzhi's seventh son, Wang Yanxi, succeeded to the throne.
4. In 944, the general Lian Chongyu and Zhu Wenjin launched a mutiny, and Wang Yanxi was killed. Zhu Wenjin was proclaimed emperor. Later, Zhu Wenjin was killed by Lian Chongyu, lian Chongyu was killed by his subordinates, and power returned to Wang Yanzheng.
5. In 945 AD, Wang Yanzheng was defeated and surrendered to the Southern Tang, and the state of Min collapsed in a total of 36 years.
This is the last history of the Min kingdom after Wang Zhenzhi's death. During this period, infighting continued, the people's lives were miserable, and the News of fujian was rapidly declining. Because Wang Zhenzhi left a deep foundation and cultural connotations, although the Minguo regime died, Fuzhou in the Song Dynasty developed rapidly and became one of the most developed and affluent areas in China. The sixth episode of "Telling the History of Fuzhou" continues. Thank you friends for following, liking, favorite and forwarding, thank you!