 After the ceremony, however, Liu Yin did not allow Zhao or Li to return to the Later Liang court, but kept them to serve on his staff.In 917, when Liu Yin's brother and successor Liu Yan declared himself emperor of a new state of Yue — whose name was shortly after changed to Han and therefore became historically known as Southern Han — Zhao, Li, and another official, Yang Dongqian, were made chancellors.Despite Zhao's service as Southern Han's chancellor, he had long longed to return to central China, as he felt that, as a member of a prominent Central Plains aristocratic family, it was shameful to serve for a regional state.