▁forced ▁to ▁withdraw . ▁ ▁In ▁ 8 0 5 , ▁Emperor ▁Dez ong ▁died ▁and ▁was ▁succeeded ▁by ▁his ▁sever ely ▁ill ▁son ▁Emperor ▁Sh un z ong . ▁ ▁Emperor ▁Sh un z ong ▁gave ▁Wei ▁the ▁honor ific ▁title ▁of ▁acting ▁Tai wei ▁( 太 <0xE5> <0xB0> <0x89> , ▁also ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁Three ▁Ex cell encies ). ▁ ▁Meanwhile , ▁Emperor ▁Sh un z ong ' s ▁close ▁associate ▁Wang ▁Sh uw en ▁became ▁powerful , ▁and ▁Wei ▁sent ▁his ▁deput y ▁military ▁governor , ▁Li u ▁Pi , ▁to ▁Ch ang ' an , ▁to ▁meet ▁with ▁Wang , ▁request ing ▁that ▁Wei ▁be ▁put ▁in ▁charge ▁of ▁not ▁only ▁X ich uan , ▁but ▁also ▁two ▁neighbor ing ▁circ uits ▁— ▁D ong ch uan ▁( 東 川 , ▁head qu arter ed ▁in ▁modern ▁M ian y ang , ▁S ich uan ) ▁and ▁Sh ann an ▁West ▁( 山 南 西 道 , ▁head qu arter ed ▁in ▁modern ▁H anz h ong , ▁Sh a an xi ). ▁ ▁Li u , ▁apparently ▁under ▁Wei ' s ▁instruction , ▁informed ▁Wang : ▁ ▁Wang , ▁in ▁anger , ▁wanted ▁to ▁kill ▁Li u , ▁but ▁was ▁stopped ▁by ▁the ▁ch an cell or ▁Wei ▁Z hi yi . ▁ ▁Meanwhile , ▁when ▁Yang ▁Sh i ' e ▁( <0xE7> <0xBE> <0x8A> 士 <0xE8> <0xAB> <0xA4> ), ▁an ▁official ▁from ▁X u ans he ▁Circ uit ▁( <0xE5> <0xAE> <0xA3> <0xE6> <0xAD> <0x99> , ▁head