Zhou postérieurs
Late in 958, Gao Baorong the ruler of Jingnan, which was then formally a vassal of Later Zhou (which, by that time, ruled central China and which had just dealt Southern Tang a major blow in a campaign, forcing Southern Tang to cede the territory between the Yangtze River and Huai River to Later Zhou), wrote Meng to try to persuade him to also formally submit to Later Zhou as a vassal. Meng gathered his high-level officials and generals for a meeting to discuss the situation, as he was concerned about a Later Zhou invasion, with Li Hao presiding over the meeting. When the generals opposed submitting to Later Zhou, Meng had Li write a letter back to Gao, rejecting the proposal. Subsequently, Later Zhou did consider an invasion, but the Later Zhou emperor Guo Rong subsequently fell ill and died, ending those plans. Subsequently, the Later Zhou general Zhao Kuangyin seized power in a coup, establishing his own Song Dynasty as its Emperor Taizu.)