According to the Records of the Ten Kingdoms in the Spring and Autumn Period in the New Tang Dynasty, the Wang brothers of Langya were born in a noble family. Wang Jian, the 34th grandson of General Qin. Yip Wong, the fifth-generation ancestor, was a native of Gushi and was good at governing the country. People love him and keep him. Because he moved here, he became a Gushi person. Wang Chao, the word letter minister, "Shen Yong is wise and resourceful"; Brother's criticism is the second word, "like Confucianism, be good at being an official"; He is famous for his careful observation, careful choice of words, meticulous counting, dignified appearance, accurate square mouth, love of reading and good riding and shooting. He often rides a white horse and is called "White Horse Saburo Tai". At that time, "the four seas were exhausted" and "the Central Plains suffered from disability". Knowing that "you are generous, you lose your talents", every time you are in a daze, you bend the arc and swear to yourself: "A gentleman can't save people and things, it's in vain!" At the end of the Tang dynasty, Nuo religion entered Shu, and thieves started in Jianghuai. Shouzhou people Wang Xu, Huang Chao Rebel Army and eldest sister-in-law Liu Xingquan gathered more than 10,000 people. According to Shouzhou, they call themselves generals. Take Gwangju, accept the people and broaden the team. At that time, Wang Chao was the assistant history of Gushi county magistrate, and he was famous for his materials and knowledge with his younger brother. His nickname is "Three Dragons". Wang Xu, a network talent, conspired to let the Wangs lead 5,000 villagers to join the army and appointed Wang Chao as the army leader. At that time, Qin Zongquan, Cai Zhou Festival history, recruiting talents, Wang Xu attached it. Patriarchal clan forces appointed Wang Xu as the secretariat of Gwangju, and called his soldiers to attack Huang Chao, but Wang Xuchi could not stay. Patriarchal anger, he sent his troops to attack Xu, and Wang Xu led his troops to the south. To the border of Jiangxi, Xunyang and Ganshui are short; Into Fujian, Tingzhou, Zhangpu, but there is no evidence. Wang Xu is jealous of his talent, and he can't guess. Anyone who is more talented than him will be secretly eliminated. Everyone in the army feared for themselves and "failed to seize the day", which aroused a mutiny and was driven to commit suicide by the Ministry. The masses pushed Wang Chao as the main force. "The tide made the army say," The son of heaven is in trouble. Now it's time to make friends and join the Bashu dry royal family. Therefore, the teacher will do it. "Wang Chao running, strict military discipline. The people of Quanzhou, who are deeply victimized by Liao Yanruo's greed and tyranny, like to listen to the righteous teacher going south and welcome the tide with wine. Wang Chao led his troops around Quanzhou, and it took him a year from August of the first year of Guangqi to Laquan, so he got his position and was appointed as the secretariat. " There is a tide in Quanzhou, recruiting soldiers and dispersing generals, all of whom are endowed with soldiers, and the officials and the people all like it. "In the second year of Tang Zhaozong's Dashun (89 1)," the tide was dominated by Yan Fu, and the younger brother knew the governor, and Fu Zhou was attacked, which lasted more than a year ". The rebel army won the hearts of the people, and all walks of life donated food and boats to help the army. As the "Mirror" said, "The people invited themselves to lose the rice army, and Pinghu Cave and the coastal barbarians all helped the tide with warships. "In May of the second year of Jingfu (893)," Chao entered Fuzhou and claimed to stay behind. " Xu Guifan, a native of Jianzhou, said that the state should respond to the tide. "Tingzhou secretariat clock is in a hurry, and thieves between mountains and seas have collapsed for more than 20 generations, and the tide is the land of five States." At the beginning of Gan Ningchu (894), Huanglian Cave surrounded Tingzhou with 20,000 barbarians, and Wang Chao sent his troops to break it, so the land of Fujian was settled.
The Wang brothers led the rebels to the north and south, which lasted for nine years. Since then, Fujian has been pacified, the whole of Fujian has been unified, and the situation of local separatism and rampant thieves has ended. Zhao Zong established a powerful army in Fuzhou, and Wang Chao was appointed as our special envoy to observe the history of Fujian, and was called the deputy ambassador. At the end of the fourth year of Gan Ning (897), Wang Chao died. The judge knew that he was going to give the sword seal to the second brother for trial and said, "The second brother will accept it according to his generation." Guan Gu said firmly, "If I can manage Quanzhou well, my wish will be enough. I can only serve my brother. Fortunately, I will not give up my brother's last wish! " In peacetime, a temple was built for the tide, and it was called "the king of water west". The following year, the court was appointed as the envoy of our army.
Governing Fujian and prospering Fujian and benefiting eight people: Before the Tang Dynasty, Fujian's economy and culture were backward, but in the Five Dynasties and the Song Dynasty, the economy was prosperous, the society was stable and the humanities were rich. Fuzhou, in particular, has a prosperous scene and is called "Zou Lu by the Sea". The historical turning point of Fujian towards a civilized country began with the Wang brothers leading the rebel army into Fujian and pacifying Fujian. Its core figure is Wang, the founder of Fujian in the Five Dynasties.
The Wang brothers are not only excellent generals with both wisdom and courage, but also heroes with great strategies and talents who run the country and benefit Fujian and Xinjiang. Wang Chao (846-698), the younger brother of Shen Zhi, said in "The Ten Kingdoms in the Spring and Autumn Period, Sikong Family", "Zhi Qian, a country song with a good reputation, is kind and harmonious, and many scholars return to it." After Fujian was pacified and unified, Wang Chao was in power for more than ten years. "He founded Yisi School, exiled to other places, fixed rents and taxes, sent officials to patrol the county, advised farmers to teach mulberry, made good neighbors, protected the environment and kept the people safe." In the Ming Dynasty, Yu Zhou's deputy envoy and Quanzhou people wrote poems praising Wang Chao's achievements: "The drums were boiling like waves, but the generals still fought." "If you don't fight for a thousand years, every family in Manchu has a string song."
"The Book of the New Tang Dynasty" contains: Kao Zhong Xiong Kao Luan (858-904) "Ren Quanzhou secretariat, proofreading Si Tuleideng. I like Confucianism and am good at official management. Broad appearance, generosity, kindness and love for the people. Refugees returning to their homes borrow oxen plows to help them farm; Help repair the house and help it live in peace; Repair bridges and roads to facilitate travel; Benefit farmers and workers and reward production; Establish a voluntary school to educate children; Innovate the system and change the customs. When the Central Plains was in turmoil, many officials and scholars came to defect, and the judge sent Yan Bin to run a recruiting school, which was accepted one by one and treated with courtesy. Such as Yang Chengxiu, Han Wo, Gui Chuanyi, Yang Zantu, Jian Zheng and other Li Tang court officials and celebrities, all returned to Fujian with their families around the demise of Li Tang, and were treated with courtesy and reuse. Therefore, they are extremely grateful, seriously participate in state discussions, offer advice and suggestions, and become Wang Shenluan's think tank for governing the country and keeping the country safe. It can be seen that Wang Shenluan's brothers recruited talented people in order to win the heart of the great cause. During the trial and trial, when we deal with politics together, we "shovel its abuses and rectify its rules. There is no dispute among the three armed forces and each surname is Feng." "In the end, those who accumulate evil will be screened out, and good people will be safe and sound. "Wang Shenluan assisted Wang Chao in managing Quanzhou. Later, his father and son successively served as the secretariat of Quanzhou, which lasted for 44 years and set a milestone in the development history of Quanzhou. Quanzhou and Song and Yuan Dynasties became the largest seaport cities in the world, and the foundation work of their brothers and fathers was magnificent.
The king who ruled Fujian (860-925) was full of praise for his outstanding achievements, so generations praised his achievements. Politically, first, respect the central authorities and safeguard unity; First, we should implement the political strategy of "being good to our neighbors, protecting the environment, and attaching importance to people's livelihood with light taxes" to consolidate border defense and coastal defense, so that Fujian will be spared from the disaster of war and the people will be spared from the suffering of exorbitant taxes. Especially in the "four thieves", when the people were rich and the soldiers were strong, he pushed his way through the crowd and refused to be emperor. He firmly insisted that "it is better to open the door than to close the door and claim the throne". Sincerely respect the Tang Dynasty and Hou Liang Dynasty with central political power. "The more diligent, the more diligent. Wan Li lost tribute, and Sichuan and Shandong did not compensate; Respect and wear with one heart, and the wind and rain will not change their ambitions. " At the same time, we should rectify the bureaucracy, recruit talents and consolidate the political power. In Fuzhou, Quanzhou and other places, we set up "recruiting halls" to accept intellectuals from all over the Central Plains to avoid chaos, or entrust them with important tasks, or serve as aides or coaches. During his 30-odd years in power, it was the early period of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, when there was a group dispute and a military separatist regime. Fujian, on the other hand, has never used force against foreign countries, nor has it been insulted by foreign aggression. The territory has become a peaceful region with the fastest economic and social development, the biggest change and the most peace in the country. Economically, attach importance to and encourage the development of production. For example, encourage agriculture to build water conservancy projects and develop agriculture. I personally presided over the construction or expansion of Fuqing and Changle coastal levees, Quanzhou Liulippi, Jiuxi 18 levees, Lianjiang East Lake and Jinjiang Huali irrigation canals, and dredged a large number of key water conservancy projects such as Fuzhou West Lake, benefiting 25 square kilometers. At the same time, reclaim land from the sea and expand cultivated land. Popularize double-cropping rice in the plain; More than 1000 tea gardens have been reclaimed and planted in Wuyishan area; Develop textile, ceramics, metallurgy, casting and other industrial production according to local conditions. In spreading the civilization of the Central Plains, we advocated culture and education, set up schools, trained talents, and educated the people, thus achieving the goal of official learning, county learning, and state-owned private learning, making Fujian a ceremonial country with endless schools, "children come to seek, elegant morality is decadent, and Confucianism is excellent." By the Song Dynasty, Fujian Province had become a prosperous hometown of writing style and talents. The top scholar is Ya Kui, the scholar is beyond the Central Plains, and famous ministers, scientific giants and people with lofty ideals emerge one after another. "The Ten Kingdoms in the Spring and Autumn Period" said: This is the merit of promoting teaching by examining knowledge. This is unprecedented in the development of commerce and overseas trade. Exemption from miscellaneous taxes and incentive trade. Committed to exploring the bay and building docks and ports. Dredge hundreds of miles of Minjiang waterway and build a big ship that can carry six or seven hundred people. The urban area of Fuzhou has tripled, which is seven times that of the old urban area. Fuzhou and Quanzhou became important ports along the southeast coast of China and the two largest ports in China at that time. Hailu Road goes north to Silla (present-day Korea) and south to the South China Sea Islands, as well as India and Arabian Peninsula. The city scale of Quanzhou has also been expanded again and again, attracting many Arab businessmen and Muslims to do business or settle here. In the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Quanzhou has become a world-class port with the same reputation as Alexandria, and its merits are well deserved. Active overseas trade has injected great vitality into Fujian's economic and cultural prosperity and social progress.
These are the ways to make Fujian rich and strong, and the seven provinces in Fujian will bless: "The strong will suppress, the weak will caress, the old will be safe, and the young will be pregnant", "Within one year, you will have enough food and soldiers, and you will know the etiquette and justice when you are old, and you will be able to stay together within a corner" and "the chickens and dogs will hear about each other, the times will be prosperous, the family business will be sufficient, and the territory will be multiplied".
Tang Shu Zi Zhi Tong Jian describes Wang's rule over Fujian from many aspects, such as "respecting the people with benevolence, loving the people with kindness", being polite and thrifty, choosing good officials, saving punishment and expenses, paying taxes sparingly, and supporting the people with interest. For example, praise "sleeves often fail, take bags and make up for them." Once, an emissary presented a plaything and was thrown to the ground. It is said that the left and right say, "Different curiosity is the basis of luxury". According to the inscription in the Spring and Autumn Annals of Ten Kingdoms, Qian Yu's Wang Zhongyi Temple praised Wang's "five virtues" as a political figure: "Being generous outside, cautious inside, cautious in punishment, cautious in things, unforgivable in sin, and stricter than autumn frost; Grace is selfless and warm as winter. Only the people are educated and officials are bound by law. This can be called good governance. " Unofficial words don't come into Yu Cong, and unofficial things don't come into my mouth. I live in silent joy and have always been self-sustaining with courtesy and righteousness in my life. Read ten producers and practice thrift ... "This can be called a good foundation." Advocating Confucianism and Taoism, attaching importance to literature and art, establishing schools and teaching "and" strengthening the old and restraining the old "can be called good education. "With the ambition of respecting sages and loving guests, celebrities from all over the world come from Wan Li", which is a good move. Respect heaven and earth, serve God ","don't be for yourself, want to protect the people "and" within 30 years, there will be a feast in one place ",which can be called a blessing. "Work is just chaos, and I am determined to be loyal; Never forget the danger, often as a warning of adventure; Small things are big things, which goes against the way of the country ... ",this can be called being good at holding your position. Wang "passed the conferring of IV and V, but his love was engraved on the people, and his loyalty was based on the national history. The prosperity of courtiers is not too great! "
In the year of Guangfu (90 1), the king was named the king of Langya. In the third year of Liang Kaiping (909), Liang Taizu made the king of Fujian, and Fujian was formally established. In December of the third year of Tongguang (925), Wang was ill and the emperor gave him loyalty. Later, in order to commemorate the merits of the King of Min, his former mansion was converted into the Temple of the King of Min, in front of which stood a monument of merits-the Monument to the Temple of the King of Langya County in Tang Dynasty, and the inscription described the family background and life story of the King. There is a statue of the king in the ancestral hall, and there is a four-word gold-plated plaque on the forehead of the ancestral hall: "Gong Chui". The "Fujian Five Dynasties and Three Kings Cultural Relics Museum" built in Quanzhou shows the family history, life and achievements of the three kings to tourists at home and abroad. On the colonnade, such couplets are impressively written: "Taiyuan's famous families originated in Sanjin, and Gushi Rebels settled in Bamin", "Looking at Taiyuan Lide for thousands of years, it is a branch of Gushi emblem Bamin".