Later Liang's emperor Zhu Quanzhong subsequently changed Yichang's name to Shunhua (順化) and commissioned Zhang as its military governor.
It was also said that Zhu Youzhen's close associates often demanded bribes from regional governors, including Zhang Wanjin.
Liu Churang went to the threshold of Li's tent and cut off one of his own ears, wailing, "If my request is not listened to, to live is worse than to die!"
[7] Liu received an honorary minister title, and was often put in charge of delivering orders to major generals on Li Cunxu's behalf.
In 936, when Li Congke was facing two rebellions — one by his brother-in-law (Li Siyuan's son-in-law) Shi Jingtang the military governor of Hedong Circuit (河東, headquartered in modern Taiyuan, Shanxi) and the Tianxiong Circuit (天雄, headquartered in modern Handan, Hebei) officer Zhang Lingzhao (張令昭) (who had mutinied and expelled the military governor Liu Yanhao), Li Congke sent the general Fan Yanguang to attack the Tianxiong mutineers and commissioned Liu Churang as the director of supplies for the army north of the Yellow River, to aid Fan's campaign.
[9] Initially, Liu was to serve under Yang Guangyuan in attacking Fan,[1] but when shortly after, under Fan's inducement, Zhang Congbin (張從賓) also rebelled at Luoyang (by this point, Shi had moved the capital to Daliang), Liu was diverted to attack Zhang instead.
Once Fan surrendered, Yang, who was then the preeminent general of the realm, submitted a secret list of policy proposals in which he severely criticized Sang and Li.
[10] Liu spent a mourning period of over a year before being recalled to governmental service to serve as the military governor of Zhangde Circuit (彰德, headquartered in modern Anyang, Henan).
[1] It was said that while serving at Zhangde, Liu was diligent in carrying out his duties, and was not overly harsh in dealing with subordinates and the people.
One day when visiting the chancellors Feng Dao, Zhao Ying, Li Song, and He Ning, he was drunk and complained about them.
When Shi Chonggui returned from Yedu to Daliang in 943, Liu accompanied him, and took residence at Fengshan Temple (封禪寺).