In history, there have been many discussions about Chen Baxian's nephew Chen Qian and son Chen Chang, who is the heir personally selected by Chen Baxian, but as far as personal opinions are concerned, Chen Baxian still has the idea of passing the throne to his own son.

At that time, the social situation faced by the Southern Chen regime was very complicated, and Chen Baxian's heart should have been quite contradictory, on the one hand, it was faced with the strong military pressure of the Western Wei and Northern Qi and the strong and powerful of a large number of divided places, which required a strong heir.

From an intellectual point of view, it is most appropriate to pass the throne to his nephew Chen Qian, who has made great contributions to his crusade and west, but in the past of paying attention to the family and the world, and in the case of having a son, passing the throne to a nephew of his own family, Chen Baxian is a little unwilling after all.

But if he wants to pass it on to his son, Chen Baxian has to choose a qualified son, at least not too much worse than Chen Qian, otherwise he can't afford to pick up such a heavy burden as Nan Chen at that time, otherwise he just gave his life in vain.

First of all, the big guy must know that it is not a good job to be an emperor in a troubled period like the Northern and Southern Dynasties, not to mention that he can only get this job by suffering and suffering, and he must also do it with his children and grandchildren.

Just like the royal families of the Song, Qi, and Liang dynasties before the Chen Dynasty, they did not end up very well when they changed dynasties, especially when the Eastern Jin Dynasty was replaced by Liu Song, the Eastern Jin Dynasty royal family Sima was almost killed by Liu Jinu.

In fact, the fate of most of the Xiao Liang royal family was much better than that of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Liu Song, and Southern Qi clans, because they were lucky to meet the tolerant Chen Baxian than the royal families of several other dynasties, but the cannibalism of their own people within the Xiao Liang royal family was even more cruel.

After several years of Hou Jing's rebellion was finally quelled, the entire Southern Dynasty was still in a precarious situation, with powerful forces in various parts of the country taking control of the prefectures and counties and separating the localities, and externally facing two large-scale attacks by the Western Wei Dynasty, the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty, the overlord of the world at that time.

At the most critical time, the Northern Qi army crossed the dangerous river of the Southern Dynasty with the help of Xiao Liang's army, and even Jiankang, the capital of Xiao Liang at that time, was occupied by the Northern Qi, and the situation was extremely critical.

At this time, many people in the Southern Dynasty, including a large number of high-ranking officials, thought that the Southern Dynasty was no longer good, and took the initiative to defect to the Northern Qi or the Western Wei Dynasty.

When Chen Baxian finally decided to replace Xiao Liang in Jiankang and ascend the throne as emperor to establish the Chen regime, he knew very well in his heart that he was not because of power, but because he wanted to maintain the only remaining fruits of the Han dynasty that had crossed south since the Wuhu Rebellion, and that he could only control the power of the entire country to maintain this country.

Because of this, Chen Baxian knows very well what the consequences of taking on a country are, which is not only a symbol of power, but also a responsibility.

If he just wanted to pass the throne to his own son for the sake of power, then there was no need to wait for the Northern Zhou to release Chen Chang back, and he could still pass the throne to his other sons.

According to historical records, Chen Baxian actually had six sons, and Chen Chang, the king of Hengyang who was detained in Chang'an by the Northern Zhou Dynasty, was only the sixth son.

According to historical records, Chen Baxian's son was the first to be his ex-wife Empress Zhao's son, Chen Ke, the prince of filial piety, in addition to Chen Li, the king of Yuzhangxian, Chen Quan, the king of Changsha, and two other princes who did not leave their names.

Although these princes may be weaker, they all have the possibility of becoming Chen Baxian's heirs after all, and there is no need to pass it on to Chen Qian, but it is a bit far-fetched to say that Chen Qian is the heir personally determined by Chen Baxian, because Chen Baxian did not make Chen Qian the crown prince in the end.

After analysis, we can know that among Chen Baxian's sons, in addition to Chen Chang is son-in-law, there is also Chen Ke, who is known as Prince Xiaohuai in the history books, but Chen Ke is no longer alive when Chen Baxian established Nanchen, and the name of this prince is only a posthumous gift, of course, there is no possibility of inheriting the throne!

On the one hand, the other princes have limited talents and no merits, they must not be able to suppress these courtiers, if they reluctantly give up the throne to these sons, then I am afraid that sooner or later they will also die, and the most capable of Chen Ba's first sons to inherit the throne is only the more talented Hengyang Xianwang Chen Chang.

However, Chen Chang has been following Emperor Liang Yuan's side as an official since Chen Baxian raised troops from Guangzhou and surrendered to Emperor Liang Yuan, and was not by Chen Baxian's side, and later Chen Baxian established Southern Chen and was detained in Chang'an by the Northern Zhou Dynasty and could not return to Southern Chen, so he had no relationship with many civil and military generals around Chen Baxian at all.

And Chen Qian is fifteen years older than Chen Chang, far more sophisticated than Chen Chang, since Hou Jing's demise, he has been following Chen Baxian and made a lot of contributions, in addition, Chen Qian and Hou Andu, Wu Mingche and many other fathers who co-founded Nanchen have a deep relationship.

As we all know, the Southern Dynasty from the establishment of the Eastern Jin Dynasty is the Shi clan gate lord to control the power, although in the Southern Dynasty the emperors of the past want to weaken the influence of the Shi clan, but after the old Shi clan is defeated, there will always be a new Shi clan gate valve to replace the original Shi clan.

In the process of Chen Baxian's expedition to the east and west to establish Southern Chen, there is no doubt that the new gate lords headed by Hou Andu, Wu Mingche and other generals have been established, and most of these people are close to Chen Qian.

It is estimated that Chen Baxian also saw this, on the one hand, he may also fantasize that one day his sixth son Chen Chang, who can inherit his position, can suddenly appear in front of him, and on the other hand, in order to prevent it, he still cultivates his nephew Chen Qian, who has been valued by him since childhood. Twenty fifty thousand

Since Chen Baxian replaced Xiao Liang to establish the Chen Dynasty, he also sent envoys to the Northern Zhou Dynasty many times to ask the Northern Zhou to release his son Chen Chang and nephew Chen Ji (Chen Qian's younger brother).

In the following time, Chen Baxian neither mentioned the matter of letting Chen Chang ascend the throne, nor did he say that Chen Qian would be determined as the heir in this way, but carefully taught Chen Qian to handle government affairs, probably thinking that it would be best if Chen Chang could come back before he died, and if he couldn't come back, he would pass on the position to Chen Qian.

In the original history, after Chen Baxian died, because Chen Qian finally took over the throne because there was no heir to Southern Chen, at that time, in order to create civil strife for Southern Chen, the Northern Zhou Dynasty learned that Chen Baxian died of illness and quickly returned Chen Chang and others back to Southern Chen.

It was only because Wang Lin, the remnant of the Southern Liang Dynasty, was guarding the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and fighting with the Southern Chen army at that time, Chen Chang was afraid of Wang Lin's strength and did not dare to continue to move forward, so he stopped in Anlu. After Wang Lin was pacified by Nan Chen led by Chen Qian, he set off from Anlu again in February of the first year of Tianjia.

When he set out from Anlu, Chen Chang believed that he was Chen Baxian's son-in-law, and wrote a letter to his cousin Chen Qian on the way, and he was very unkind in his words, asking his cousin to give way to him.

Chen Qian, who had just become the emperor, was of course very unhappy when she saw the letter written by Chen Chang, so she said to many confidant ministers: "The prince is coming back soon, I have to find a place to continue to be a vassal king to retire." ”

At this time, Hou Andu, the general who supported Chen Qian the most, stood up and said, 'How can he be replaced by the Son of Heaven since ancient times? So he took the initiative to ask to meet Chen Chang. Chen Chang took the land route all the way for safety, and it took more than a month to enter the border of the Chen Dynasty.

At this time, Hou Andu waited for him on the north bank of the Yangtze River as a messenger to welcome Chen Chang, and saw that the most qualified generals under his father's command were supporting him, Chen Chang was very relieved to follow Hou Andu and set off together.

As a result, when crossing the river, Hou Andu suddenly pushed Chen Chang into the Yangtze River and drowned when there was no one around, and announced to the outside world that Chen Chang had drowned due to a boat wreck in the river.

Although when Chen Chang's coffin was sent to Jiankang City in Beijing, Chen Qian personally went outside the city to greet Chen Chang and cried for Chen Chang's misfortune, and buried Chen Chang beautifully, but after all, there was no one to compete with Chen Qian for the throne.

But Wang Ze didn't know what was going to happen, and he was still having a headache about how to express his opinion on the power struggle between Chen Chang and Chen Qian, and he didn't know how to show his attitude.

Wang Ze thought carefully for a few days, during which he quietly met with the Kuyi envoys, and then sent Cao An, one of his gold medal fighters, to lead thousands of soldiers from the Blue Wolf Battalion to Kuyi Island, accompanied by a group of ships led by Qu Liulang carrying a large number of young men and hundreds of good horses.

Of course, the young men were prepared for Zhao Qin in Zhenhai, and the war horses were prepared to be sent to the vicinity of the stronghold established by Ling Cheng on Whale Island (Hokkaido) for stocking.

After waiting for three or four days, Wu Qiong finally couldn't bear it anymore and was about to urge Wang Ze to set off again, Wang Ze finally made up his mind to agree to accompany Wu Qiong to Jiankang for another trip.

This time, there will be at least more people to carry than the last time, because this time Chen Qian called Wang Ze to support the scene with him, if the number of people brought is less, it will not be a loss of face for the two of them.

So this time Liu Wancheng's five hundred ironclad troops have to be brought, anyway, it is not necessary to fight with the Japanese people now, Zhu Bofu also has to follow, the last time Wang Ze went to Nanchen and did not bring him back, he was broken by Zhu Bofu in front of him I don't know how many times.

In addition, the infantry army has to bring at least a few thousand people, and Cao An, who went back, can't go anymore, Wang Ze thought about it and decided to let Zhang Hang, who was as brave and resourceful as Cao An, set off with him, and Zhang Hang was much older than Cao An, and he was better at dealing with some things.

At the beginning of November, the cold wind blew every land in Qinjin City, and the noise in Qinjin Port continued, and Wang Ze, the owner of the islands in the East China Sea, was about to visit Nanchen again.

Seeing that the thick canvas was pulled up by the sailors, Wang Ze waved goodbye to the crowd on the shore, and at this moment, a few more clippers suddenly came in the distance, and it didn't take much effort to come to Qinjin Port.

After they saw Wang Ze's flag, they couldn't even wait for the pilot ship to be sent out in the port and forcibly broke in, and the sailors in the port were immediately ready for battle, but those ships actually played the banner of the Jiaozhou Port Sailors.

'Why did the ships from Jiaozhou Port suddenly run to the East China Sea?' Although Wang Ze was strange, he still asked the people on those boats to meet him.

Although Wang Ze, the person who got off the boat, didn't know him, he looked a little familiar, and when the person saw Wang Ze, he immediately fell to the ground and said: "Little Hou Ye is not good, the Qi army attacked the hinterland of Sanqi from the direction of North Xuzhou and South Qingzhou in a roundabout way, Captain Shen Sanshui Shen has led his troops to the rescue, and my captain specially sent me to ask for help!" ”