Wuyue's surrender to the Song Dynasty was called "seizing the land and returning it to the Song Dynasty". Why did he leave a good reputation in later generations?

When the Northern Song Dynasty unified China, a country in southern Zhejiang resolutely dedicated all its 13 states, one army and 86 counties to the Northern Song Dynasty. This country is Wu Yueguo.

At that time, the territory of wuyue included Zhejiang, Shanghai and Jiangsu, and its domestic economy was developed and people's livelihood was stable. Wu Yueguo's kindness of "returning farmland to Song Dynasty" saved the people here from the slaughter of war, guaranteed the economy and culture, and left a great reputation in later generations.

However, Wu Yueguo defected after all. In history, many small countries voluntarily defected to the strong. Why did only wuyue leave such a good name? What's so special about wuyue's Returning Fields to Song Dynasty? I think there are three main reasons.

First, it is wuyue's basic national policy to respect the orthodoxy of the Central Plains Dynasty.

The founder of Wu Yueguo is Qian Liu. He was originally a general in the Tang Dynasty. After occupying the territory of Zhejiang, it began to manage Zhejiang as its own separatist forces.

After the Later Liang Dynasty destroyed the Tang Dynasty, Zhu Wen was unable to conquer Qian Liu, which was far away from Zhejiang, and formally conferred the title of Yue on Qian Liu. In fact, at that time, Wu Yueguo was already an independent small court, so many courtiers suggested that Qian Liu proclaimed himself. After all, there were many small countries in the south at that time.

But Qian Liu knew that she was weak and had to find a backer to rely on. He refused to proclaim himself emperor, and at the same time firmly regarded the Central Plains dynasty as the new moon. Since then, all the dynasties of the Central Plains Dynasty and the king of wuyue have gone to pay tribute to receive conferment.

It is precisely because of Qian Liu's strategy that Wu Yueguo had a stable backer during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, and there were few wars at home, and wuyue's economic and cultural strength also developed greatly.

What is even more rare is that Qian Liu, the king of wuyue, told later generations in his teachings that Wu Yue Guoying had always regarded the Central Plains dynasty as the new moon, and if he met a real monarch, he would conform to the trend of China's reunification.

Therefore, successive kings of wuyue continued to take the Central Plains Dynasty as their orthodoxy, and even removed their titles and changed them to the titles of the Central Plains Dynasty.

It was this consistent thought that made King Qian Chu of wuyue voluntarily dedicate his territory and people to the Northern Song Dynasty in the face of the unified form of the Northern Song Dynasty, thus saving the people of China from the suffering of the war.

Second, Wu Yueguo did not resist voluntary surrender.

When Wu Yueguo was in Zhao Kuangyin, Song Taizu, he helped Zhao Kuangyin a lot economically. At that time, wuyue got along well with the Northern Song Dynasty. When Zhao Kuangyin adopted the policy of "south before north" to unify the south of China, Jingchu, Houshu and other places were the first to attack, followed by Nantang and wuyue.

After Zhao Kuangyin conquered Hunan and Houshu, he had the weather and strength to unify the whole country. South Tang and wuyue expressed their submission. However, Li Houzhu of the Southern Tang Dynasty was unwilling to be inferior, and secretly mobilized the army to organize resistance. However, he gave Zhao Kuangyin an excuse to attack and destroy Nantang, was attacked and destroyed Jiangning in one fell swoop, and Nantang also perished.

At this time, only wuyue in the south was still an independent regime. Because Zhao Kuangyin unified the whole country, wuyue gave a lot of economic assistance. Even when Zhao Kuangyin conquered Nantang, Qian Chu refused Li Houzhu's help, but sent troops to help the Northern Song Dynasty conquer Nantang. Therefore, Qian Chu had hoped to be loyal to the Northern Song Dynasty by submission, but Zhao Kuangyin refused.

Zhao Kuangyin obviously didn't want other small imperial courts to exist in his unified regime, so Wu Yueguo was bound to be unified to the Northern Song Dynasty. At this time, King Qian Chu of wuyue had no choice but to voluntarily return his territory and people to the Northern Song Dynasty, so as to avoid the suffering of the people in his territory.

Therefore, in Zhao Kuangyin's war to reunify China, Wu Yueguo was the only one who offered land voluntarily. Although forced, he also inherited the teachings of his ancestors and protected the people of China, which is also worthy of recognition.

Third, the children of money are famous in all dynasties.

The Qian family can be said to be an enduring family in the history of China. Since Qian Liu, there have been many celebrities named Qian. After "returning farmland to Song Dynasty", there were many people in high positions in Song Dynasty, including more than 20 people who sealed the county king and lord protector, and as many as 100 people who sealed the marquis to worship the prime minister and enter the DPRK as an official.

After the Song Dynasty, there were famous historical figures such as Qian in the Ming Dynasty and Qian Daxin in the Qing Dynasty. The Qian family can be said to be a very prominent family after the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, the story of wuyue's "Returning Farmland to Song Dynasty" is even more valuable. It is precisely because of Yue's choice that so many celebrities have been left in the history of China.