Wuyue King Qian Li
Qian Li, king of Wuyue, was born in 929 and reigned for 30 years. His original name was Qian Hongli (錢弘俶), and his personal name was Wende (文德), the grandson of the famous Wuyue king Qian Hao, who was the youngest son of Qian Yuanwan. Qian Li was the last emperor of the State of Wu Yue. During the Jin Kaiyuan period, he did the history of assassination in Taizhou and eventually became the king of Wuyue. When Zhao Kuangyin pacified Jiangnan, he made meritorious contributions to the army, was named the Grand Marshal of Terracotta Warriors and Horses, and after entering the imperial court, he was still named the King of Wuyue. In 978, he gave his fief to the Song Dynasty. Until his death in 988, he was buried in Luoyang.
Wuyue Wang Qian Li picture
On February 12, 948 (solar calendar), qian hong, the former king of Wuyue, hosted a night banquet at his home to entertain his courtiers, while Hu Sijin took advantage of the chaos to launch a palace coup, put King Wuyue under house arrest, and pushed Qian Yue to the throne and was made the new king of Wuyue. Qian Li reigned for more than thirty years, experiencing the succession of the three dynasties of Han, Zhou, and Song in the middle. After Qian Li became the king of Wuyue, he did not have arrogance and extravagance, but on the contrary, he made great efforts to govern and ordered all those who had previously owed taxes to be exempted, and the common people within his jurisdiction who had abandoned their fields were allowed to cultivate them, and the people of Wuyue were immediately very happy. Qian Li also led a thousand Tian Ding to loosen the soil in the abandoned fields, and since then there has been no waste land in Wuyue, and the grain is abundant, and a bucket of rice can be bought for ten yuan.
In the next three years, Wu Yueguo encountered a rare dry day, and there were many people who sold their children to live, and Qian Li immediately ordered that the government should provide grain and clothing to redeem those children and return them to their parents, and opened a national warehouse to provide disaster relief, effectively alleviating the disaster. In 998, Qian Li, the king of Wuyue, died violently in Nanyang, and in the 60th year of the tenth year, he had seven sons, and his nickname was Zhongyi.
Why did Qian Li return to the Song Dynasty?
Qian Li was born in 929 and reigned for 30 years. His original name was Qian Hongli (錢弘俶), and his character name was Wende (文德), the grandson of Qian Hao, the famous King of Wuyue, and the younger brother of Qian Hongqi. He was the last emperor of the State of WuYue. During the Jin Kaiyuan period, he did the history of assassination in Taizhou and eventually became the king of Wuyue. So why did a dignified king, Qian Li, return to the Song Dynasty?
Qian Qina returned to the Song Dynasty
There are two reasons for why Qian Li wanted to return to the Song Dynasty, the first of which was the legacy of his ancestors. During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Qian Qi's grandfather, the famous Wuyue King Qian Wei, always ruled the country with good governance and security for the people as the national policy. Even when he died of illness, he did not forget to exhort his descendants to do what they could, and even more to understand the current affairs, and if they encountered the true Lord, they should immediately surrender, so as not to lose more than they lost. And his descendants also remembered the teachings of their ancestors, and did not arrogantly claim the title of Emperor Dao, but always paid tribute to the Central Plains. This was the first reason why Qian Juna returned to the Song Dynasty, because he had to follow the teachings of his ancestors.
The second reason for this is that the enemy is forced to do so. Chen Hongjin had already returned to the Song Dynasty, and Qian Li was already the last independent regime. He saw the people around him taking the soil one after another, and he couldn't help but be terrified. So he wanted to unload his armor and return to the field, ask Taizu to release his identity and status, and even submit Wu Yue's army register, asking Taizu to retract the summons, but Taizu still did not allow it. Qian Li really didn't know what to do this time, at this time, the courtiers around him said to him: "Great King, the meaning of the imperial court is already obvious, the king might as well take the soil immediately, otherwise it will bring the disaster of killing himself!". Qian Li was still struggling, and the counselor said sharply, "We are now in the palm of the enemy's hand, unless we can grow wings and escape." Qian Li had no choice but to think of those innocent civilians, or did he return to song.
How did Qian Li die
Qian Li was once the last emperor of the Wuyue region, and during the Later Jin Dynasty, he did the history of the Taizhou region, and was later made the king of Wuyue. During Song Taizu's conquest of the Jiangnan region, he was once awarded the title of Grand Marshal of Terracotta Warriors and Horses for his meritorious service, and later submitted to the Song Dynasty, but his identity was still the king of the Wuyue region. In 978, he dedicated many regions to the Song Dynasty, but ten years later he died, and how Qian Li died is still a lot of speculation, so how did Qian Li die?
Sculpture: "Punishing Corruption and Valuing the People: Qian Li's Thoughts on Handling Internal Affairs"
The question of how Qian Li died also begins in 978, when Qian Li entered the capital of the Song Dynasty according to the will of the Song Emperor, but he was detained for no reason, and his freedom could not be guaranteed. In order to alleviate this situation and to gain the trust and recognition of the Song Emperor, Qian Li had no choice but to dedicate part of his country's territory to the Song Emperor, which was the reign of Song Taizong, so Song Taizong had given him many titles, such as King of Huaihai, King Deng, and so on. By 988, Qian Li had reached the age of sixty, and for people at that time, such a high life expectancy needed to be celebrated, and Song Taizong also sent people to celebrate in order to show his kindness, but on this night Qian Li suddenly died violently, that is to say, Qian Li died suddenly.
Some people also raised questions about Qian Li's death, believing that there was something wrong with this matter, and even some people suspected that Qian Li's sudden death at this time was because someone had poisoned him, and he had been poisoned and killed by someone. However, there is no historical basis for this claim, so it is just speculation.
Qian Li's epitaph
The epitaph of Qian Li, the last emperor of the Wuyue Kingdom, is now displayed in the Ancient Art Museum in the Luoyang area, but in the process of displaying it, some people mistakenly believe that it is Deng Li's epitaph, resulting in this historical relics that should be of very high value sinking to this day. Nowadays, many people think that Qian Li's epitaph is a national treasure level cultural relic, so it has also received widespread attention.
Qian Li's "Huayan Jing"
Qian Li was originally the last emperor of Wu Yue, he had done many things that were beneficial to the people's livelihood during his lifetime, and had always believed in Buddhism, but he died suddenly on the night of his sixtieth birthday celebration, and many people expressed great doubts about his death, and even some people suspected that he was poisoned, but because there was no evidence, it was considered a speculation. Buried in Luoyang after his death, his tomb is now discovered, and Qian Li's epitaph has also become a cultural relic, this epitaph mainly introduces the life of the Wuyue king Qian Li and his related titles, and the person who wrote the epitaph is said to have been written by an official who held important positions in the dynasty.
The total height of Qian Li's epitaph is about ninety-two centimeters, and the width is about ninety-three centimeters, and the entire epitaph reaches fifty-three lines, and each full line of words is about fifty-two. Luoyang in 1981 the owner of this epitaph as Qian Li, but the above is only referred to as Deng Li, after reviewing the history of the Five Dynasties Period, did not find the figure of Deng Li, and this epitaph and the Northern Song Dynasty for the death of the king Qian Li in the Wuyue region after comparison only two more words zhongzheng, in addition to whether it is the name or title of the owner of the epitaph, or some of the titles that have been posthumously are the same as Qian Li, and Qian Li was once named the King of Qin or The King of Deng. Therefore, it is confirmed that the owner of this epitaph is Qian Li.