Wang Ze's Rebellion

Timeline

1. 1047Beizhou (Qinghe County) · BeizhouWang Ze was originally from Zhuozhou; after fleeing to Beizhou he joined the Xuan Yi Commandery as a minor officer and entered the Maitreya sect. The original plan was to rise on New Year's Day of the eighth year of Qingli, but because sect members went to Daming to press Jia Changchao into submission the plot was exposed, and he launched prematurely on the winter solstice of the eleventh month of the seventh year of Qingli, capturing Prefect Zhang Deyi, proclaiming himself Prince of Dongping, adopting the state name Anyang and the era name Desheng.
2. 1048Beizhou (Qinghe County) · BeizhouIn the first month of the eighth year of Qingli, the Song court appointed Vice Chancellor Wen Yanbo as Pacification Commissioner of Hebei, with Ming Hao as deputy, to besiege Beizhou. Government forces dug a tunnel into the city from the south wall; Wang Ze attempted to break out but was captured, and Beizhou fell.
3. 1048Bianjing (Kaifeng Prefecture) · Kaifeng PrefectureAfter capture Wang Ze was sent in chains to Bianjing and executed at Kaifeng in the eighth year of Qingli, his followers either executed or exiled. Afterwards Beizhou was renamed Enzhou, and the Renzong court strengthened control over Hebei military garrisons and folk religions.