After Qian Liu's son and successor Qian Yuanguan (King Wenmu) succeeded Qian Liu in 932,[REF] he found it difficult to find people to draft his orders for him.
In 946, when Li Da, the former Min general then occupying Min's capital Fú Prefecture (福州, in modern Fuzhou, Jiangsu, note different tone than Yuan's ancestral prefecture) was being attacked by Southern Tang forces, sought aid from Qian Hongzuo, Qian Hongzuo decided to send an army to aid Li Da.