Chapter 247 Chapter 246 Heir Wang Yanhan

Wang Yanhan, named Ziyi, was the eldest son of Wang Shenzhi. After Shenzhi's death, Yanhan claimed to be a mighty queen.In the fourth year of Tongguang in the Later Tang Dynasty (926 A.D.), Zhuang Zong worshiped him as the envoy of the mighty army.In the same year, Tang Zhuangzong was killed and Mingzong succeeded.In October, Yanhan proclaimed himself King of Min.Palaces are set up, hundreds of officials are set up, and the majestic and cultural relics are all made by the emperor.He reigned from 925 to 926 AD. Wang Yanhan is magnanimous, likes to read, and is proficient in classics and history.But he always wanted to be emperor. One day, he showed Sima Qian's "Historical Records: Minyue King Wuzhu Biography" to the ministers, and said: "Since ancient times, Fujian has been an independent kingdom. I don't want to be king now, let alone when." ?” The ministers understood what he meant, and wrote letters to persuade him to proclaim himself emperor, and soon he proclaimed himself the king of Damin, set up a palace, set up a hundred officials, and his ministers called him your majesty, and his majesty and cultural relics were like the son of heaven.

From then on, Yanhan became more and more arrogant, extravagant and tyrannical.He ordered people to build a palace for more than 10 miles around the West Lake in the west of Fuzhou City, called the "Crystal Palace".His younger brother Yanjun wrote a letter to persuade him, and Yanhan immediately became the governor of Quanzhou. Yanzhi, a younger brother with a different surname, also wrote to persuade him to restrain himself, but every time he replied, he was rude.In this way, the conflict between brothers became more and more acute. In February of the first year of Tiancheng (926 A.D.), Yanjun and Yanzhi joined forces to attack Fuzhou City. Yanhan panicked and hid in another room, but was caught by Yanzhi. Outside Zichen's gate.Temple name, posthumous title "heir master".