 Cheng then falsely accused Kan and Du of wanting to support Qian's cousin Qian Renjun () to be the new king, and Qian Hongzuo then put Kan and Du to death and put Qian Renjun under house arrest.Cheng used this opportunity to accuse many officers of being in league with Kan and Du, and it was said that some 100 were either killed or exiled.By 946, Southern Tang's emperor Li Jing, unable to get Li Renda to yield actual control of the Fu region by himself, sent the official Chen Jue to Fu to try to persuade Li Renda to do so.