Chapter 159 Chapter 158 Emperor Wen Chen Qian

Chen Qian is the eldest son of Chen Baxian's elder brother Chen Daotan. Chen Qian showed extraordinary military talent when she first entered the official career.At that time, Ji Ji and Hao Zhong in Xuancheng under the jurisdiction of Wu Xing gathered more than a thousand people each to harass the people. After Chen Qian took office, he led the army to conquer and immediately succeeded.In the second year of Chengsheng (553 A.D.), Emperor Xiao Yi of Liang Yuan awarded Chen Qian the title of General Xinwu, and supervised the affairs of Xuzhou in the south.In the third year of Chengsheng, Chen Ba first marched north to Guangling, with Chen Qian as the vanguard, winning every battle.Baxian thinks highly of Chen Qian even more, and always discusses with him in case of problems.

In the first year of Shaotai (AD 555), Wang Seng argued that Xiao Fangzhi was abolished, and Xiao Yuanming, Marquis of Zhenyang, was established.Chen Baxian decided to argue with Wang Seng and called Chen Qian to discuss.Chen Qian said: "Sengbian's son-in-law Du Kan is now the prefect of Wuxing. If he hears that Jiankang has changed, he will definitely invade our hometown and harm the people there." Build fortifications to guard against du niches.In October, Wang Sengbian was killed, and Du Kan sent troops to attack the Great Wall.At that time, there were only a few hundred people under Chen Qian's command, and there were few combat preparations. The soldiers were very scared, but Chen Qian talked and laughed freely, deployed calmly, without panic, and immediately calmed everyone's emotions.Knowing that there were not many soldiers in the gate, Du Tai, the general of Du Kan's Ministry, led his people to attack day and night with all their strength. Chen Qian encouraged the soldiers to hold on for dozens of days.Chen Qian couldn't take advantage of it, so she had to lead the troops back.Later, Chen Baxian sent Zhou Wenyu to attack Du Kan, and Chen Qian went with the army.Du Kan has a strong army and occupies an important terrain, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack.Chen Qian sent generals Liu Cheng and Jiang Yuanju to take the lead in attacking and defeated the Kan army, making a great contribution to the elimination of Du Kan.

In February of the first year of Taiping (556 AD), Wang Sengbian's party member Zhang Biao, the governor of Dongyangzhou, also rebelled and besieged Wang Huaizhen, the prefect of Linhai.Huaizhen sent for help, and Chen Qian and Zhou Wenyu were ordered to go to help.The two light soldiers went straight to Zhang Biao's lair in Kuaiji.When the army arrived in Kuaiji, Zhang Biao's general Shen Tai opened the city gate and surrendered, and Chen Qian entered the city to collect all Zhang Biao's family.Zhang Biao came after hearing the letter, was defeated by Chen Qian, and fled into Ruoye Mountain.Chen Qian sent Zhang Zhaoda into the mountain to search and arrest him. With the help of the mountain people, he killed Zhang Biao and passed it on to Jiankang.Because of her meritorious service, Chen Qian conferred Chijie, the governor of Kuaiji and other ten counties' military forces, general Xuan Yi, and prefect of Kuaiji.Chen Qian sent troops to level the mountains and forests in the deep mountains and old forests, and her reputation was greatly enhanced.

After Chen Baxian received Zen and established Chen, Chen Qian was named the king of Linchuan County, with two thousand households in the town, worshiped as servant, and general Anton. In June of the third year of Yongding (559 A.D.), Chen Qian was stationed in Nanwan, and Hou Andu, who had returned from Yuzhang's victory, came to visit.When the two met, they were chatting affectionately, when suddenly the sad news of Mr. Chen Ba's death came.Both Chen Qian and Hou An were astonished, and immediately packed up and rushed back to Jiankang. Chen Qian returned to Jiankang and entered the Ministry of Education.Hou Andu discussed with the ministers about making Chen Qian the emperor, but Chen Qian insisted on resigning. Hou Andu went to see Chen Qian and said, "Who else can inherit the great power today, except you? Sticking to the small details and missed the important affairs of the country!" Chen Qian then nodded in agreement, and officially proclaimed herself emperor.

Wang Lin, who is entrenched in Changsha, heard that Chen Baxian was dead, his successor Chen Qian was established, and the state affairs were undecided, so she decided to take the opportunity to make a big move.Qi Yi and Liu Boqiu of the third division also led more than ten thousand sailors to help the battle. Murong Zihui, the son of Murong Shide, also led two thousand cavalry to station on the west bank of Wuhu. Potential.Chen general Hou Qi responded to the battle calmly and won a complete victory. The enemy either surrendered or fled.So far, all the land in the south of the Yangtze River has been owned by Chen.

Less than half a year had passed since Chen Qian's peaceful life, and Chen Chao had another conflict with Bei Zhou.In August of the first year of Tianjia (560 A.D.), Sima He Ruodun of the Northern Zhou Dynasty led a crowd of 10,000 to attack Wuling.Wu Mingche, the governor of Wuzhou, couldn't resist, so he withdrew to Baling, and He Ruodun didn't chase after him. He led the army to rescue Ba and Xiangzhou, which were being attacked by Chen Jun.In December, the Zhou army began to waver, and Yu Chixian, the lord of Baling City, surrendered to the Chen Dynasty; then, Dugu Sheng led his troops to abscond from Yang Yezhou.He Ruodun became a lone army and had no choice but to leave the camp and return north in the first month of the following year.So far, the counties of Wuling, Tianmen, Nanping, Yiyang, Hedong, and Xuandu have all been pacified, and the Baling area returned to the Southern Dynasty after being controlled by the Northern Zhou Dynasty for several years.

After the Xiangzhou War, the Northern Zhou Dynasty saw that Chen Guo was powerful and strong, and did not want to start another war. In June of the following year (561 AD), Yin Buhai was sent to Jiankang to discuss peace with Chen, and promised to return Ancheng King Chen Xu, Chen Xu, and Chen Xu. Then the central Guizhou and Lushan counties were ceded to the Zhou Dynasty.At the same time as Zhou Yanhe, the friction between Chen and Qi gradually eased. While adopting the policy of "peace" against Zhou and Qi in the Northern Dynasty, Chen Qian continued to implement the policy of "war" against the local forces in the Southern Dynasty.In December of the second year of Tianjia (561), Chen Qian sent Hou Andu, the governor of South Xuzhou, to crusade against the governor of Jinzhou, and led the governor of Dongyang to stay different.Liuyi had sent Chief Shi Wang Li to the court many times. Every time Wang Li went back, he said that the court was weak. Secretly communicating with Wang Lin.After Wang Lin's defeat, Chen Qian sent Shen Ke, the general of the left guard, to replace Liuyi. Liuyi sent troops to the Huai River to resist, and Shen Ke was defeated and returned to Qiantang.Later, although Liu Yi expressed his apology, he also knew that the imperial court would send troops to conquer, so he stepped up preparations for the war.At that time, Liuyi believed that the officers and soldiers must go west along the river from Qiantang, so the defense focused on the waterway.Unexpectedly, in March of the third year of Tianjia (562 A.D.), Hou Andu took the land route from Zhuji to Yongkang, only a hundred miles away from Dongyang County.Surprised by Liuyi, he rushed to Taozhiling, and stood up at Dangkou to resist.The governor of Hou Andu attacked and was hit by a stray arrow, blood flowed to the ankle, but he was still commanding freely and his color remained unchanged.In the summer of this year, Andu built a weir because of the mountains, so that the water level rose, and the ships entered, just as high as the walls of Liuyi, and ordered the soldiers to smash the battlements with bat poles and enter the city.Liuyi and his second son Zhongchen fled to Jin'an and took refuge with their son-in-law Chen Baoying.Xiang Wenzheng, a member of the Liuyi Party, defended Xin'an. Chen Qian sent General Zhenyi Cheng Wenji to lead 300 cavalry to attack. Wenzheng was defeated and surrendered.

In December of the fourth year of Tianjia (563 A.D.), Chen Qian ordered the guard Zhang Zhaoda to march into Jian'an to challenge Chen Baoying;In October of the second year, Chen Baoying defended the two counties of Jin'an and Jian'an, and set up fences on land and water to resist Zhaoda.Zhaoda's attack on Chen Baoying was unsuccessful in the first battle, so he stationed troops upstream and ordered his soldiers to cut wood and make rafts, waiting for the opportunity to move.It happened to be raining heavily and the river swelled sharply. The Zhaoda governor launched a raft attack and repeatedly pulled out the Baoying water barrier.They also sent troops to attack the army. Just after the confrontation, Yu Xiaoqing led his troops to rush to them, and they joined forces to attack Baoying. Sent to Jiankang, they were all executed.Only Liuyi's eldest son, Zhenchen, was saved from death because he was Chen Qian's son-in-law.

While Chen Qian was working hard to win over Chen Baoying and other local forces, the conflict between him and Hou Andu also intensified rapidly.Andu thinks he has meritorious support, so he is becoming more and more arrogant. He often gathers guests to ride, shoot and write poems, and thousands of people are at every turn.The generals under his command also had many eyes and no rules, bullied the weak, and ran to Andu's house to hide when something went wrong.Chen Qian is a very scrupulous person, and when she heard that An Du sheltered criminals, she inevitably became suspicious, but An Du didn't realize it.After Hou Andu returned to the town, Chen Qian repeatedly sent people to interrogate Andu's subordinates and search for fugitives and rebels.Hou Andu felt uneasy when he heard the letter, so he sent Zhou Hongshi to go to the back door of Cai Jingli, a member of Zhongshushe, to ask him to take care of him and ask him for news.Unexpectedly, Cai Jingli reported all of this situation to Chen Qian, and in order to please Chen Qian, he added jealousy and said that Hou An was going to rebel.Chen Qian seized the handle and waited for the opportunity to deal with Hou Andu.In May of the fourth year of Tianjia (563 A.D.), Hou An returned to Jiankang from Jingkou and stationed his troops in Stone City.In June, Chen Qian summoned Andu to have a banquet in the Jiade Hall, and spread the news that his subordinates and generals gathered in Shangshu Province to listen to orders.At the banquet, Chen Qian ordered the imperial army to take down Andu, and confiscated the horses and weapons of his subordinate generals.Afterwards, Chen Qian showed Cai Jingli's statement to the officials, and issued an edict to expose the crimes in Andu.The next day, Chen Qian Ci Andu committed suicide.

So far, the Chen Dynasty has lived in peace with the Northern Qi and Northern Zhou Dynasties outside, while all rebels have been peaceful inside, and there is nothing wrong with the ruling and opposition parties.Chen Qian is expected to be a Taiping emperor.Unexpectedly, the good times didn't last long. In April of the seventh year of Tianjia (566 AD), Chen Qian's old illness suddenly became serious, and the medicine stone was ineffective. After a few days, he passed away at the age of 45. In June of that year, Chen Qian was buried in Yongding Mausoleum, with the posthumous title of "Emperor Wen" and the temple title of "Shizu".