As mentioned earlier, in the Southern Dynasties, Chen Baxian took advantage of the chaos in the Southern Liang Dynasty and established the Chen State in 557, which was called Nanchen in history. As a result, there were two regimes in the Southern Dynasties: one was the Chen State, the other was the Western Wei Dynasty, and the Great Zhou Dynasty/
The Northern Zhou Dynasty supported Xiao Qi, the grandson of Emperor Wu Xiao Yan, and established the puppet regime Xi Liang/Back Liang in Jiangling.
From the previous introduction, we also know that the chaos in Nanliang was stirred up by Hou Jing. Although Chen Baxian established the Chen Kingdom, not all the remaining forces in Nanliang surrendered. In addition, there was also the threat of Northern Qi. In the early days of the founding of the country, Chen Baxian had the problem of "not being able to give orders."
In the helpless and embarrassing state of "Jiankang thousands of miles away", Chen Baxian won over the wealthy families of Jiangzuo and restored the economy of Jiangnan. At the same time, he went to fight for peace everywhere and regained the lost land of Huainan from the Northern Qi Dynasty.
Chen Baxian was born in a grassroots family. After becoming an emperor, he did not forget to spend money. History said that he "regular meals were only a few items, and private banquets were all made of earthenware and clam plates. The food was shameful. The decree was enough, so it was not wasted."
Pinghou Jing, and Li Shaotai, their children, jade and silk were all awarded to officers and men. Those who serve as palaces, their clothes are not rich in color, there is no gold and green ornaments, their brothers are bells and daughters' music, not listed above. As for Jian Zuo, they are extremely diligent, courteous and thrifty." In short
, that is, living a simple life.
Unfortunately, Chen Baxian only reigned for three years and died in 559 (the third year of Yongding in the Southern Chen Dynasty, the tenth year of Tianbao in the Northern Qi Dynasty, the first year of Wucheng in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the fifth year of Dading in the Western Liang Dynasty, and the second year of Tianqi in the Southern Liang Dynasty) at the age of fifty-seven. His posthumous title was Wu.
Emperor, temple name Gaozu.
Chen Baxian had four sons, but only the fourth son-Chen Chang survived. After the fall of Jingzhou, Chen Baxian's brother Chen Daotan's second son Chen Xu was captured by the Northern Zhou Dynasty together with Chen Chang. Therefore, when Chen Baxian established the Chen Kingdom
, his only son was a prisoner in the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
There is a bit of talk about Chen Xu, but remember this man.
Chen Baxian came to the throne and frequently sent envoys to ask the Northern Zhou Dynasty to release Chen Xu and Chen Chang. The Northern Zhou Dynasty expressed its agreement to release Chen Xu and Chen Chang, but never took action. After Chen Baxian died, the Chen Kingdom had no heir. Therefore, Chen Baxian's nephew and Chen Daotan's eldest son
Chen Qian took over the throne and changed the name to "Tianjia" in the first month of 560. In order to create some civil strife for Chen Guo, the Northern Zhou Dynasty released Chen Chang back.
History books say: Chen Chang believed that he was the legitimate son of Chen Baxian, and wrote a letter to his cousin Chen Qian while on the way. His words were very rude and he asked his cousin to give up his throne, which made Chen Qian very unhappy. Let's just take a look at the plot.
Is that so? Let’s figure out the tricks in it.
The result was that when Chen Chang was crossing the river, Chen Qian's confidant Hou Andu pushed Chen Chang into the Yangtze River and drowned when no one was around. It was announced that Chen Chang had drowned in the river due to a broken boat. He was twenty years old.
Four years old.
In April of the first year of Tianjia (560), when the coffin arrived in the capital, Chen Qian came to see it in person and cried, presented it with a posthumous title and gave it a generous burial. And Hou Andu was even more trusted by Chen Qian.
After Chen Qian won the throne, she worked hard to govern internally: rectifying officialdom, focusing on farming and mulberry cultivation, and building water conservancy projects, which restored the economy of Jiangnan to a certain extent. During Chen Qian's period, the Chen Dynasty had clear politics, wealthy people, and a relatively strong country. It was known in history as "
The Rule of Tianjia".
foreign:
Clean up the remnants of Nanliang:
In October 559, Wang Lin learned that Chen Ba had died, so she led her army eastward and supported Xiaozhuang out of Ruxukou (now Chaoxian County, Anhui). The Northern Qi Dynasty sent Murong Yan to lead his army to attack the Yangtze River to support him. In November,
Wang Lin invaded Dalei (now Wangjiang County, Anhui), and Chen Qian joined forces with Hou Qi, Hou Andu, and Xu Du to resist. In the first year of Tianjia (560), when Wang Lin and Hou Qi fought in Wuhu, the Northern Zhou Dynasty sent troops
After attacking Jingzhou, Wang Lin was defeated. Wang Lin and Xiao Zhuang fled to the Northern Qi Dynasty, and the Chen Dynasty became the orthodoxy of the Southern Dynasty.
Forced back the Northern Zhou Dynasty and unified the south of the Yangtze River:
After defeating Wang Lin and the coalition forces of the Northern Qi Dynasty, they regained the two states of Jiang and Ying, eliminating hidden dangers in the rear. Then they marched to Baqiu (today's Yueyang, Hunan) and cut off the river route. The Northern Zhou army was under the threat caused by Chen Jun's blockade policy. , had to retreat quickly, and then the Chen State's regime was initially stabilized. Later, Ouyang Fu, the governor of Guangzhou, and Chun Yuliang, the governor of Guizhou, successively surrendered, and everything south of the Yangtze River was under the rule of the Chen State.
To put an end to Chen Baoying's rebellion:
Before talking about this, I would like to introduce two people:
The first Liuyi: Liuyi, a native of Changshan, Dongyang County, has been a prominent family in the county for generations. During the Hou Jing Rebellion, Liuyi returned to his hometown to recruit soldiers. Because Dongyang County Prime Minister had a conflict with Liuyi, Liuyi led his troops to kill him. The prefect of Dongyang County, his wife and children, and the prefect Shen Xun went to aid Taicheng and asked Liu Yi to leave the county. Liu Yi sent his brother's son Liu Chao to supervise the county affairs, and he led his troops to follow Shen Xun out of the county capital.
When the capital fell, Liu Yi followed Xiao Dalian, the Duke of Lincheng. Xiao Dalian made him Sima and entrusted him with military duties.
Liu Yi was cruel by nature and had no far-sighted strategy. When he was supervising Xiao Dalian's military commander, he treated Xiao Dalian's military commander with personal power, and everyone hated him. Just as Hou Jing's general Song Zixian was crossing Zhejiang, Liu Yi rushed back to his hometown, and soon led his troops to surrender. Yu Song Zixian. At this time, Xiao Dalian also went to Xin'an Mountain in Dongyang. He wanted to go to Poyang. Liu Yi served as Song Zixian's guide and ordered Xiao Dalian to be captured.
Hou Jing made Liu Yi the governor of Dongyang and took his wife and children as hostages. Hou Jingxingtai Liu Shenmao raised a rebel army to resist Hou Jing. Liu Yi ostensibly agreed with Liu Shenmao, but secretly formed an alliance with Hou Jing. When Liu Shenmao was defeated, he was killed by Hou Jing. , only exceptions are exempted.
After Hou Jing's rebellion was settled, Wang Sengbian sent Liu Yi to comfort Dongyang. Liu Yi still gathered the villagers and set up rock barriers to protect the stronghold. There were so many people under his command that all the prefectures and counties were afraid of him.
In the Chen Dynasty, because the political situation of the Chen Dynasty was still unstable, and Liuyi was an ambitious and powerful man, Chen Ba first betrothed his eldest daughter, Princess Feng'an, to Liuyi's third son, Liu Zhenchen, in order to win over and appease him. Zhengliu Yi served as an envoy to hold the festival, a regular attendant on scattered cavalry, the commander-in-chief of all the military affairs in South Xuzhou, the general of Pingbei, and the governor of South Xuzhou. However, Liuyi did not go to take office, but guarded his hometown in Dongyang. After Chen Qian came to the throne, he changed He was granted the title of governor of Jinzhou's military affairs, general Annan, governor of Jinzhou, and governor of Dongyang. This can be regarded as a compromise.
Liu Yiyang acted in violation of Yin's will, and showed courtesy to the Chen Dynasty as a courtier, but secretly exchanged envoys with Wang Lin. Wang Lin sent an envoy to Dongyang and temporarily appointed him as an auxiliary officer to keep the order.
After Wang Lin failed, Chen Qian sent the left guard general Shen Ke to replace Liu Yi as the county guard. This was to seize Liu Yi's rights. Of course Liu Yi refused, and sent troops to fight against Shen Ke. He was defeated and returned to Qiantang. , and expressed her apology to Chen Qian. At this time, Chen Jun was still fighting in Hunan and Ying, and it was inconvenient to argue with Liu Yi. Chen Qian issued an edict to comfort Liu Yi and temporarily win over him. Liu Yi also knew that this edict was nothing more than Chen Qian's delaying strategy was secretly deployed.
After Xiangzhou was pacified, Chen Qian was finally liberated from her shackles. She rolled up her sleeves and said to Hou Andu confidently:
"Go and kick Liu Yi's ass!"
Chen Qian said very smartly:
"The sin only lies with one person, and others don't have to worry about it."
This left Liu Yi alone.
Hou Andu led his army to clean up the remaining traces.
This chapter has been completed!