 Around the new year 942, Shi Jingtang the emperor of Later Jin, to whom he was formally a vassal, formally created him the King of Wuyue, the military governor of Zhenhai and Zhendong, and honorary chancellor with the title of "Zhongshu Ling" ().By fall 943, however, the commander of the headquarter corps, Kan Fan (), was said to be so dominant at Qian's court such that, even though Zhang De'an and another officer, Li Wenqing (), tried to counterbalance his power, they could not do so, and Zhang and Li ended up being sent out to be prefects of Chu (處州, in modern Lishui, Zhejiang) and Mu (睦州, in modern Hangzhou), respectively, such that Kan and Hu Jinsi became particularly dominant after that.Later in the year, Qian married the daughter of the senior general Yang Renquan as his wife.