The quality of the rule of officials directly affects the development and survival of the country, and "officials" become commodities, how long can this dynasty exist! During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, the Min state existed for only thirty-six years, and the later sons and grandsons of the emperor competed to sell officials for money, the smoke miasma, the civil unrest coup d'état continued, and was destroyed by the Southern Tang Dynasty. Poor King Wang Zhizhi, Lao Tzu I, who was famous for thirty years, worked hard for thirty years to create the foundation of the Fujian kingdom, and was defeated by two generations of children and grandchildren, "three kings and eight lambs", and in only twenty years, he was defeated and miserable.
The new emperor, Wang Jipeng, thought about it and summoned Cai Shoumeng, who was in charge of finances, and said, "I heard that the corruption phenomenon of buying and selling officials is quite serious now. When Cai Shoumeng heard this, he thought that the emperor wanted to fight corruption and promote honesty! Because he is a good comrade who is honest and honest, he expresses his active support for governance, and at the same time vigorously confesses that he is upright and has never done such a thing as corruption. Wang Jipeng said, "Okay, I didn't say you." I mean, instead of letting them benefit from it and make money, it would be better for the imperial court to openly sell the official. From now on, I will hand over the power of employment to you, you take out some positions, engage in a standard for employing people, open a price, meet the conditions and want to buy, pay money on the line! When Cai Shoumeng heard this, he was like thunder, and the officials ruled the foundation of the country, how could they buy and sell turnips and cabbage, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you must not do this, this is not a joke." Wang Jipeng was full of anger and said firmly: "Okay, don't say it, my idea has been decided, do as I say." The Holy Order was difficult to violate, and Cai Shoumeng had no choice but to obey the order.
The emperor clearly marked the price and openly sold officials, but there were so many official positions, scarce "products", speculation flooded the phenomenon, and those who got the hands on them changed hands and followed the big fortune. All over the country, the way to get rich is to sell officials, so it is not lively. The time was not long, Wang Jipeng sold his official position for less than three years, and the government was in chaos. The North Palace caught fire, and the palace burned to the ground. Gong Chen and the Control Crane Army made Zhu Wenjin and Lian Chongyu suspected by Wang Jipeng of deliberately setting fires, and in fear, they carried out coups d'état by means of first attack. This time, the rebels really set fire to the Changchun Palace, burned away the emperor Wang Jipeng, and then supported Wang Jipeng's uncle Wang Yanxi and ascended the throne in the rubble of the Changchun Palace. The unlucky egg king Jipeng fled to Wutong Ridge, was captured, and became a ghost under the knife.
Wang Yanxi was the eighth son of Wang Zhenzhi, and the current throne, from grandchildren to sons, was renamed Yonglong, that is, in 939. This "King eight lambs" ascended to the throne even more, arrogant and lascivious, cruel and tyrannical, jealous of the clan, often looking for old grudges to take revenge. The characteristic is that he likes "troublemaker buns", is keen on fighting and killing each other between brothers, and at the same time is extravagant, so that the use of funds "can't take the next meal", what to do! A high-ranking person in the middle of the country said to Wang Yanxi: "The imperial court may wish to stipulate that in addition to the meritorious descendants of their fathers and ancestors who can make up for their officials, anyone who wants to be an official can be awarded an official if he is willing to pay money." The price of official positions is determined according to the level of office and the number of hukou in the prefecture and county, from one hundred to one thousand, and it is up to others to choose. This is wholesale sales, which is much stronger than the quantitative sales of small batches of "Little King Eight Lambs" Wang Jipeng, with a wide range of large quantities, "small profits but quick sales", and fast money. Wang Yanxi only needed money to spend, and he immediately ordered it to be done accordingly.
Woohoo! Wang Zhen knew that if there was a spirit underground, how to sigh! The great Jiangshan was actually regarded as a "farmer's market" by these three children and grandchildren, and it was a mess, a mess, a miasma of black smoke, and no system. In 944, the mischievous Wang Yanxi reigned for less than five years, and the imperial court coup was killed, and Zhu Wenjin proclaimed himself the lord of Min. In that year, Zhu Wenjin was killed by Wang Yanxi's old ministers, and then welcomed Wang Yanxi's brother Wang Yanzheng into Fuzhou, jumped for more than a year, was captured by the Southern Tang and became a prisoner, and the state of Min completely disappeared.
Here is a list of the causes of death of Wang Zhenzhi's children, for everyone to read: King Si, Wang Yanhan, killed by Wang Yanyu; Jingzong, Wang Yanxi, killed by Zhu Wenjin and Lian Chongyu; Huizong, Wang Yanjun, killed by his son Wang Jipeng; Wang Yanzheng, captured by Southern Tang; Jianzhou Assassin Shi, Wang Yanwu, killed by his nephew Wang Jipeng; Hubu Shangshu, Wang Yanwang, killed by his nephew Wang Jipeng; adopted son, Wang Yanyu, killed in a failed crusade against Wang Yanjun.
Compared with Wang Zhenzhi's old man, these things are really a world of difference. Wang Zhenzhi was revered by the Fujian people as "Kai Min Zun Wang", "Kai Min Sheng Wang" or "Zhonghui Zun Wang". On Qingcheng Road in Fuzhou City, there is also an ancestral hall building, that is, the MinWang Ancestral Hall, also known as the Zhongyi Minwang Ancestral Hall and the Minwang Temple, and the main worship is the five generations of min king Wang Zhenzhi. The original site was originally the former residence of Wang Zhenzhi, which was changed to a temple in 946, and rebuilt in 974 as the Zhongyi Minwang Temple, which has been repaired over the centuries. It is now built in the Ming Dynasty, rebuilt in the late Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the People's Republic, and restored and opened to the outside world in 1981. Wang Zhen knows, your descendants of the undead, what should it feel like to see these things! (Part 2) (Text/Cai Si Reading History Picture/From the Internet)