Chen Wendi

Chen Qian

Chen Wendi Chen Qian

(520, 522-566), his real name was Chen TanQian, his name was Zihua, his name was quanpeng, and he was born in Changxing County, Zhejiang Province. The second emperor of the Southern Dynasty, the nephew of emperor Chen Wu, Chen Baxian, the eldest son of Chen Daotan, Emperor zhaolie of Shixing, and the eldest brother of Chen Xu, Emperor Xuandi of Chen.

During the Nanliang period, he was deeply appreciated and cultivated by his Uncle Chen Baxian, and served as the governor of Wuxing. In the first year of shaotai (555), he took part in the pacification of Du Kan and Zhang Biao, and conferred the title of Kuaiji Taishou. Emperor Chen Wu ascended the throne and was canonized as the king of Linchuan. Yongding three years (559 years), ascended to the throne as emperor, change yuan Tianjia, become a rare emperor of the Southern Dynasties. Wang Lin of Pingding Xiangzhou, Zhou Di of Linchuan, Xiong Tanlang of Yuzhang, Liu Yi of Dongyang, Chen BAOYING of Jian'an. In the period of his reign, he made great efforts to govern the country, reorganized the administration of officials, paid attention to agriculture and mulberry, and built water conservancy, which made the economy of Jiangnan recover to a certain extent. Chen Dynasty had a clear politics, rich people and strong national power, which was called "Tianjia rule" in history.

In the first year of Tiankang (566), Emperor Chen Qian died at the age of 45. His posthumous title was Wen and his temple title was Shizu. He was buried in Yongning mausoleum.

The outline drawing is taken from the painting of emperors of all dynasties by Yan Liben of Tang Dynasty.

Life of the characters

Young Yingwu

Chen Qian is the eldest son of Chen Daotan, the king of zhaolie in Shixing. Chen Daotan is the elder brother of Chen Baxian, Emperor Chen Wu. When Chen Qian was a teenager, he was calm, alert, courageous, graceful, elegant, and his behavior was in line with the code of ethics. Chen Baxian likes him very much and often praises Chen Qian as an outstanding person in his family. In the first year of Liang Taiqing (548), when Hou Jing's rebellion broke out, his father Chen Daotan served as an official of the Liang Dynasty and went to Donggong Zhige general. In the first year of Liang Taiqing (548), Hou Jing's rebellion broke out. Chen Daotan led two thousand bowmen to rescue Taicheng (located in Jiankang city) and died in the stone city. At that time, most of Chen Qian's countrymen relied on the danger of mountains and lakes to plunder and seize, but Chen Qian protected his family from invasion. When the situation became increasingly chaotic, Chen Qian moved to Lin'an.

In the first year of Liang Dabao (550), after Chen Baxian raised his army, Hou Jing sent people to capture Chen Qian and Chen Chang, the son of Chen Baxian. Chen Qian hid a sharp blade in his sleeve and wanted to assassinate Hou Jing when he entered the meeting. Because it was Hou Jing's subordinates who met them, he did not take action. Hou Jing tried to harm Chen Qian many times. It happened that in 552, Chen Baxian's army besieged the stone city. When Hou Jing was defeated, Chen Qian was able to escape to Chen Baxian's barracks.

At that time, Ji Ji, Hao Zhong and other leaders of Xuancheng (now Xuancheng in Anhui Province) gathered more than 1000 people to invade the county. Chen Qian led his troops to appease them and maintain public order in the county. In the second year of Liang Chengsheng (553), Liang Ting appointed Chen Qian as the general of Xinwu and supervised Southern Xuzhou (now Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province). In the third year of Liang Chengsheng (554), Chen Baxian went to Guangling (now Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province) and appointed Chen Qian as the former army. Chen Qian won every battle.

Famous and powerful

When Chen Baxian was going to fight against Wang Seng, he called Chen Qian to discuss with him. At that time, Wang Seng Bian's son-in-law, Du Kan, occupied Wuxing (today's Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province) and was very powerful. Chen Baxian secretly ordered Chen Qian to return to Changcheng county (today's Changxing County, Zhejiang Province) and set up a stockade to guard against Du Kan. Chen Qian recruited only a few hundred soldiers with few weapons and equipment. Du Tan sent his department Du Tai to lead 5000 elite soldiers to kill them in vain. The officers and men were disgraced when they saw each other. However, Chen Qian talked and laughed freely and deployed more wisely, so they settled down in their hearts. Du Tai learned that there were few soldiers in the village and attacked day and night. Chen Qian encouraged the soldiers to fight in person. After a stalemate for decades, Du taibing retreated. When Chen Baxian sent Zhou Wenyu to attack Du Kan, Chen Qian and he marched into Wuxing.

At that time, there were a lot of soldiers in DUKAN, occupying the main road. The water army and the infantry array joined each other. Chen Qian ordered generals Liu Cheng and Jiang YuanJu to lead the attack on DUKAN. DUKAN's army was defeated and had no choice but to surrender. Zhang Biao, the governor of Eastern Yangzhou, launched a siege against Wang huaizhen, the prefect of Linhai. Wang huaizhen sent for help. Chen Qian and Zhou Wenyu LED light soldiers to attack Zhang Biao in Kuaiji (now Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province). Later, Shen Tai, Zhang Biao's Ministry, opened the door to welcome Chen Qian. Chen Qian collected all Zhang Biao's private soldiers and family property. Zhang Biao came to rescue him and was defeated and fled. The people of RUOYE village killed Zhang Biao and sent him his head. Chen Qian was awarded the military titles of Chijie, Kuaiji, Xuanyi general and Kuaiji prefect. Shanyue area is an old forest in the deep mountains, and the environment is dangerous. It has not been attached to the southern court, and it often goes out to invade. Chen Qian then divided his forces to attack and pacify all the departments of Shanyue. Since then, Chen Qian's reputation and moral voice have been greatly improved.

Inherit the throne

In the second year of Taiping (557), Chen Baxian usurped the throne and established the Chen Dynasty for emperor Chen Wu. Chen Qian was granted the title of Linchuan county king, eating 2000 households in the city, and worshipped as the minister and general Anton. When Xiao Bo, the governor of Guangzhou, raised his troops against Chen Baxian and Zhou Wenyu and Hou an were defeated in the battle of Zhuankou, Emperor Chen Wu ordered Chen Qian to enter the capital to escort him. He was in charge of the military reserve and guard affairs. Soon he was ordered to lead his troops to build a city in southern Anhui.

On June 21, the third year of Yongding (August 17, 559), Emperor Chen Wu died, and the crown prince Chen Chang was held hostage in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. At that time, there was a strong enemy outside the border, and there was no important minister inside. Empress Xuan Zhang Yaoer discussed with CAI Jingli and others, and decided not to mourn. She quickly recruited Chen Qian, the king of Linchuan, into the palace to succeed him. On June 29, Chen Qian returned to the capital from southern Anhui and lived in Zhongshu province. After Chen Qian entered the palace, she refused to succeed to the throne many times. Because of her son Chen Chang, empress Xuan refused to give orders, so the officials hesitated. The general of Zhenxi and Hou an, the governor of Southern Yuzhou, said: "now the world is uncertain and there is no time for hesitation. The king of Linchuan has made great contributions to the country, so he should be jointly elected to the throne." With that, he went to the hall and told empress Xuan to take out the jade seal. So Chen Qian succeeded to the throne in the front hall of Taiji, that is, the throne of emperor Chen Wen. On the first day of July, Emperor Chen Wen respected Emperor Wu and declared empress Zhang Yaoer as empress dowager. The palace was called cixun palace. On the fourth day of July, he was promoted to Zhennan general, Kaifu Yitong third division, and Guangzhou governor Ouyang he as the general of Zhengnan, and Pingnan general, Kaifu Yitong third division Zhou Di as Zhennan general. On August 26, Chen bomao, Prince of Shixing, was granted the title of king of Shixing, followed by Chen Daotan, king of zhaolie of Shixing. Chen Xu, the successor of Shi Xing, was renamed king an Cheng. On the seventh day of September, the prince Chen bozong was appointed as the crown prince, and the silk given by the princes had equal differences. On September 21, Shen Miaolong, the imperial concubine, was made queen.

Flattening civil strife

At the end of Liang Dynasty and the beginning of Chen Dynasty, the South was in chaos. The aboriginal powers took the opportunity to set up their troops and took separate control of the prefectures. It posed a serious threat to the rule of Chen Dynasty in Jiangnan. In February of the first year of Tianjia (560), Gaozhou governor Ji Ji rebelled against Chen tingji and returned to Xuancheng to occupy Wang Lin who responded to the rebellion. Emperor Wen sent his Taiwei Hou Yu to defeat Wang Lin in Liangshan, and defeated the invading army of the Northern Qi Dynasty in Bowang (now Maanshan City, Anhui Province). He captured Liu boqiu, the general of the Northern Qi Dynasty, captured all the ships and materials of the Qi army, and captured tens of thousands of enemy soldiers. Wang Lin and Xiao Zhuang fled to the state of Qi. Because of Emperor Wen's victory in the war between Wang Lin and Xiao Zhuang, Sun Li, the governor of Yingzhou, who belonged to Xiao Zhuang, was transferred to the court of Chen Dynasty in March. In the same month, Chen Chang, the sixth son of Gaozu Chen Baxian, was the general of Hushi and the herdsman of Xiangzhou. Zhou Diping, the governor of Jiangzhou, killed Xiong Tanlang, the leader of the bandit army in Dingnan, and passed it down to the capital. Moreover, the war against the Northern Qi Dynasty also won the victory. The Northern Qi army guarded Lushan city and abandoned the city due to Chen's military power and difficulties. Emperor Chen Wendi ordered Cheng Lingxi, the governor of Southern Yuzhou, to guard Lushan city.

In the first month of the second year of Tianjia (561), Pei Jinghui, the governor of Hezhou, defected to the Northern Qi Dynasty. In the same month, Yin Liang, the leader of Xiangzhou in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, surrendered to the Chen Dynasty, and Xiangzhou was pacified. In February, Emperor Chen Wendi took Hou Yu, the Taiwei, as the general of the cavalry and the governor of Xiangzhou. In April, all the counties of Wuling, Tianmen, Nanping, Yiyang, Hedong and Yidu were pacified by Emperor Chen Wen. In October, the xishanman tribe in Huozhou belonged to the Chen Dynasty. In November, Gao Liguo sent envoys to contribute to the Chen Dynasty, affirming the orthodox status of the Chen Dynasty. In the same month, Emperor Chen Wendi belonged to jingling County in Wuchang and Guochuan to stabilize the refugees. Before, Jinzhou governor Liuyi responded to Wang Lin's rebellion. At this time, Wang Lin had been pacified, and Liuyi was still on the other side, not under control. Emperor Chen Wendi ordered an Du, Marquis of Sikong, to lead his troops to the crusade.

In the first month of the fourth year of Tianjia (563), Zhou Di, who ruled Linchuan County separately, abandoned the city under the attack of the Chen Dynasty and fled to Chen Baoying, the governor of minzhou. The rebellion in Linchuan county was pacified by Emperor Chen Wen. In July of the same year, Zhou Di made a comeback and set up troops to attack Linchuan again. Emperor Chen Wen ordered Zhang Zhaoda to lead the army to fight. In November, Zhang Zhaoda broke through Zhou Di's army and captured all his party members, but Zhou Di escaped alone. In December, Emperor Chen announced a general amnesty. Zhang Zhaoda, general of the Imperial Guard, marched into Jian'an and attacked Chen Baoying, governor of minzhou. Until November of the next year (564), Zhang Zhaoda defeated Chen BAOYING's army in Jian'an (today's Jian'ou City, Fujian Province), captured Chen BAOYING and the rebels of Dongyang county (today's Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province) alive and sent them to the capital.

He died in his old age

In the 565 year of the reign of emperor Taixu, the younger brother of emperor Taizhou was Emperor Wenzong. In April, Luo Wenya, the prefect of Linchuan, killed Zhou Di, the rebel leader who had fled alone. In August, Emperor Wen began to canonize the princes as kings. He made Chen Bogu king of Xin'an, Chen Bogong king of Jin'an, Chen Boren king of Luling, and Chen Boyi king of Jiangxia.

In February of the first year of Tiankang (566), the seventh year of Tianjia was changed to the first year of Tiankang. In March, he was canonized as a minister, including general Hushi, three divisions of Kaifu Yitong, governor of Yangzhou, and King Chengwang of sikong'an. Emperor Chen Wen repeatedly granted Chen Xu great power, which led to his failure

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