[2] After Meng Zhixiang declared himself the emperor of a new independent state of Later Shu in 934,[5] he commissioned Wu Zhaoyi as the deputy chief imperial censor (御史中丞, Yushi Zhongcheng).
[7] In 948, two generals of Later Han (which was ruling the former Later Tang territory by this point), Wang Jingchong the military governor of Fengxiang Circuit (鳳翔, headquartered in modern Baoji, Shaanxi), and Zhao Siwan, who then controlled Yongxing Circuit (永興, headquartered in modern Xi'an, Shaanxi), rebelled against Later Han and entered an alliance with another rebel general, Li Shouzhen.
Meng sent An Siqian (安思謙) the military governor of Shannan West Circuit (山南西道, headquartered in modern Hanzhong, Shaanxi) to aid them.
Wu submitted a petition urging against it, pointing out the examples of Li Cunxu and Former Shu's last emperor Wang Zongyan as those who overly exerted their armies.
He also had his followers Gou Wenzheng (句文正) and Sun Jiangji (孫絳吉) reprint a number of poetic texts that he considered worthy of publication (including the Wen Xuan, the Chuxueji (初學記), and the Baishi Liutie (白氏六帖)).