In March of the fourth year of Tianyou's reign in the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Ai of the Tang Dynasty, Li Jue, was forced to abdicate the throne to Zhu Quanzhong. After several hypocritical refusals, Zhu Quanzhong finally formally accepted the abdication and changed his name to Zhu

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In March of the fourth year of Tianyou in the Tang Dynasty (AD 907), Emperor Ai of the Tang Dynasty Li Kai was forced to abdicate the throne to Zhu Quanzhong. After several hypocritical refusals, Zhu Quanzhong finally formally accepted the abdication and changed his name to Zhu Huang, the founding beam of the country. Renamed Kaiping. After the demise of the Tang Dynasty that was founded 289 years ago, Chinese history entered the chaotic period of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.

It was Zhu Quanzhong who ended the rule of the Tang Dynasty. After becoming emperor, he changed his name to Zhu Huang. In fact, everyone is more familiar with his other name, Zhu Wen, the ancestor of the Later Liang Dynasty Zhu Wen. It was this poor boy Zhu Wen who personally ended the rule of the Tang Dynasty and established a new dynasty. It is said that times make heroes. Although future generations do not speak highly of Zhu Wen, and most of them are negative, it must be said that in that turbulent era, Zhu Wen stepped up from a poor boy to the throne and had to let go. People admire.

In March of the fourth year of Tianyou's reign in the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Ai of the Tang Dynasty, Li Jue, was forced to abdicate the throne to Zhu Quanzhong. After several hypocritical refusals, Zhu Quanzhong finally formally accepted the abdication and changed his name to Zhu  - DayDayNews

However, if we look at Zhu Wen’s life, he rose to prominence by opposing the rule of the Tang Dynasty. Because of the surrender, the Tang Dynasty’s officers and soldiers were reused and began to become stronger. Of course, he became emperor on behalf of the Tang Dynasty, which brought his life to the top, but his last series The inhuman operation finally brought him to death. Let's take a look at how Zhu Wen changed from a poor boy to the founding emperor, and how he evolved from the founding emperor into a human tragedy of father and son killing each other.

The rise of the anti-Tang Dynasty

On the night of October 21, the sixth year of Emperor Xuanzong’s reign in the Tang Dynasty (i.e. December 5, 852 AD), in Wugou, Dangshan County, Songzhou, the Zhu family had a new young master. This Zhu Although his family was not an official family, there were many scholars in his family. Scholars had a high status at that time, so Zhu Wen was born into a scholarly family.

Since he comes from a scholarly family, how can we say he is a poor boy? This is also easy to explain. His father Zhu Cheng died young, and the Zhu family became poor and could no longer survive. Zhu Wen's mother and Zhu Wen's brothers worked in the house of and Liu Chong to make a living. It could be said that they were dependent on others.

But Zhu Wen was lazy and didn't work, so Liu Chong humiliated him many times, and people around him were also very disgusted with him. This was quite normal, lazy people were not welcome in that era. But Liu Chong's mother said that the third son of the Zhu family was not an ordinary person and everyone should treat him well.

In March of the fourth year of Tianyou's reign in the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Ai of the Tang Dynasty, Li Jue, was forced to abdicate the throne to Zhu Quanzhong. After several hypocritical refusals, Zhu Quanzhong finally formally accepted the abdication and changed his name to Zhu  - DayDayNews

"Zizhi Tongjian·Volume 254": Wen Shao was lonely and poor. He lived with his brother Yu and his mother Wang's family in Liu Chong's family in Xiao County. He worshiped him several times and humiliated him, but his mother only took pity on him. He warned his family: "Zhu San is a very human being, and you and Cao are kind to meet him."

I have to say that every old man in a family has a treasure. The old lady of the Liu family has a really accurate eye for people. The Liu family really got into Zhu Wen's favor later. If Zhu Wen Wen had been living like this, and the major events in the world had nothing to do with him. The situation of the special envoy was that the Tang Dynasty was already declining at this time, and during the Qianfu period, there was a severe drought in Shandong. At this time, a salt dealer appeared on the stage of history. He can also be regarded as Zhu Wen's revolutionary leader. His name is Huang Chao .

Huang Chao was born into a wealthy businessman's family. He was good at riding, shooting and writing. He originally had a good life and wanted to take the imperial examination. However, he failed in the imperial examination several times, which made him feel discouraged. He wrote a song " Not Ranked" The poem "Fu Ju " broke with the Tang Dynasty imperial examination. Of course, the content of this poem was actually realized by him later.

Huang Chao, who did not take the imperial examination, started to become a salt dealer. Originally, this was nothing, but in the year of severe drought, people could no longer survive, and thieves were everywhere. Huang Chao was very prestigious, so he gathered many refugees. At this time, a man named Wang Xianzhi began to rebel. Huang Chao also took the opportunity to respond.

In March of the fourth year of Tianyou's reign in the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Ai of the Tang Dynasty, Li Jue, was forced to abdicate the throne to Zhu Quanzhong. After several hypocritical refusals, Zhu Quanzhong finally formally accepted the abdication and changed his name to Zhu  - DayDayNews

Huang Chao gathered a lot of people in the Caozhou and Puzhou areas. Many hungry people rebelled and followed Huang Chao. In the blink of an eye, there were tens of thousands of people in Huang Chao, and the momentum was huge. Later, Wang Xianzhi died in battle, and Huang Chao was elected as the leader of the rebel army. Huang Chao became the Huang King, calling himself General Soaring to Heaven. In the fourth year of Qianfu (877 AD), Zhu Wen and his second brother left the Liu family together and directly joined Huang Chao's army.

The Zhu brothers are indeed capable. They followed Huang Chao into Lingnan and other places and had many military exploits. However, Zhu Wen's second brother Zhu Cun died in battle, and Zhu Wen became the captain because of his military exploits. Although this military position is not high, it represents Zhu Wen's No longer a top soldier, he fought bravely in Huang Chao's army and quickly gained a great reputation.

Especially on December 5, the first year of Guangming, Huang Chao's army captured Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty. Tang Xizong fled to Chengdu. Chang'an was controlled by Huang Chao. Zhu Wen was entrusted with important tasks by Huang Chao because of his better performance. At that time, Huang Chao asked Zhu Wen to lead his troops and stationed them at East Wei Bridge . This was considered a strategic location, which shows Huang Chao's appreciation for Zhu Wen.

Of course Zhu Wen was indeed capable, and even Huang Chao was impressed. At that time, the Tang Dynasty rewarded Zhuge Shuang and led his troops to station in Yueyang. He was originally here to deal with Zhu Wen, but Zhu Wen sent people to recruit Zhuge Shuang. , Unexpectedly, Zhuge Shuang actually surrendered. Huang Chao took a look and realized that Zhu Wen was capable.

So in February of the first year of Zhonghe (881), Zhu Wen was appointed by Huang Chao as Marquis of Yu, the capital of the southeast camp. He was a general. Zhu Wen followed Huang Chao's order to attack Dengzhou . Dengzhou was the choke point guarding the Jingxiang region and was crucial to the new "Da Qi" regime. Zhu Wen lived up to Huang Chao's trust in him. He captured Dengzhou in one fell swoop and captured the then governor of Dengzhou.

Therefore, when Zhu Wen returned to Chang'an, Huang Chao personally went to Ba Shang to reward Zhu Wen for his deployment. Since then, Zhu Wen has been fighting on the front line against the Tang army. He is one of the few brave generals in the rebel army. Since then, his series of achievements in the Huang Chao Army have established his status as a warrior in the rebel army.

In March of the fourth year of Tianyou's reign in the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Ai of the Tang Dynasty, Li Jue, was forced to abdicate the throne to Zhu Quanzhong. After several hypocritical refusals, Zhu Quanzhong finally formally accepted the abdication and changed his name to Zhu  - DayDayNews

Zhu Wen defeated Tang generals Li Sigong , Li Xiaochang and other troops in the East Wei Bridge area. In November of the first year of Zhonghe, Zhu Wen took advantage of his victory to defeat the troops of Li Xiaochang in Yanzhou and Li Sigong in Xiazhou in Fuping. The two Li were defeated and fled back to their original feudal town. Zhu Wen was also very famous among the Tang army. All the generals in the court knew that there was a strong general named Zhu Wen in Huang Chao's army.

No one would have thought that a poor boy who was despised by others would now become a person who could stir up troubles. It can be said that Huang Chao was Zhu Wen's nobleman. Without Huang Chao to shake the rule of the Tang Dynasty, Zhu Wen would not have risen in the war, and his fame would not have spread all over the world. Without this Huang Chao, Zhu Wen would probably be just an ordinary person.

The Tang Dynasty fell and became strong

Huang Chao saw that Zhu Wen, this little brother, was very capable. He had a good way of fighting and could be entrusted with important tasks. So in February of the second year of Zhonghe (882), Huang Chao appointed Zhu Wen as the defense envoy of Tongzhou . Tongzhou's geographical location is very important, entering the barrier of Chang'an from east to west, but Tongzhou is still in the hands of the Tang army, Huang Chao This appointment was to allow Zhu Wen to capture Tongzhou by himself.

When Zhu Wen saw that this was a territory given to him, of course he had to take it smoothly. He led his troops and quickly conquered Tongzhou. However, Wang Chongrong, the military governor of Tanghezhong, united with other vassal towns to prepare to attack Zhu Wen and regain Tongzhou. As soon as they fought, Zhu Wen was defeated by Wang Chongrong. This kid made Zhu Wen panic.

In March of the fourth year of Tianyou's reign in the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Ai of the Tang Dynasty, Li Jue, was forced to abdicate the throne to Zhu Quanzhong. After several hypocritical refusals, Zhu Quanzhong finally formally accepted the abdication and changed his name to Zhu  - DayDayNews

Zhu Wen immediately asked for help from his eldest brother Huang Chao, but all his letters for help were concealed by Huang Chao, and the Zuo Army envoy Meng Kai hid them. This made Zhu Wen very angry, but the situation became increasingly unfavorable to Huang Chao, so Zhu Wen listened to the dissuasion of his cronies and decided to surrender to the Tang Dynasty.

Zhu Wen originally relied on Huang Chao's army to make his fortune. Now that he wants to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, it's easy to get together and disperse. No, Zhu Wen also wants to give the Tang Dynasty a big gift. He led his men to kill Huang Chao's supervisors. Then he led the soldiers and civilians of Tongzhou to surrender to Wang Chongrong, and Zhu Wen also recognized Wang Chongrong (Zhu Wen's mother's surname was Wang) as his uncle. With this relationship, Wang Chongrong strongly recommended Zhu Wen and personally wrote a memorial to Emperor Xizong of Tang Dynasty recommending Zhu Wen.

Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty was in a state of chaos. Unexpectedly, Zhu Wen surrendered. He was very happy, so he only made Zhu Wen the deputy recruiter of the Hezhong camp, and named him Quanzhong, and also asked him to command his old department.

When Zhu Wen saw this new eldest brother, he thought he was on the right track, so he showed off his skills. Zhu Wen led his men and pointed the butcher knife at his former comrades. He led his troops to attack the Huangchao tribe very hard, and used the blood of his former comrades to help him. Get yourself into a high position.

In February of the third year of Zhonghe (883), the Tang court appointed Zhu Wen as the governor of Bianzhou and the military governor of the Xuanwu Army. This was a position of real power. The military governors of the Tang Dynasty were all local emperors, but the Tang court There is also a trick left, that is, you have to wait until Chang'an is recovered before you can take office.

This was related to his own vital interests, so Zhu Wen was very anxious and stepped up the siege of Chang'an with other troops. Finally, Huang Chao gave up Chang'an and fled, and the Tang Dynasty regained the capital.

In July of the third year of Zhonghe (883), Zhu Wen entered Bianzhou and took up the post of Jiedushi. This officially became Zhu Wen's base camp, which meant that Zhu Wen finally had his own base in the troubled times. This year he Only 32 years old, his power in this land is growing, which laid the foundation for him to later become a gravedigger in the Tang Dynasty.

It took Zhu Wen six years to go from a poor boy living under someone else's roof to becoming the overlord of a party. Zhu Wen was undoubtedly very dazzling in that era. In order to consolidate his position, he worked harder to deal with Huang Chaojun. In the process of dealing with Huang Chaojun, Zhu Wen and Li Keyong gradually became stronger.

In March of the fourth year of Tianyou's reign in the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Ai of the Tang Dynasty, Li Jue, was forced to abdicate the throne to Zhu Quanzhong. After several hypocritical refusals, Zhu Quanzhong finally formally accepted the abdication and changed his name to Zhu  - DayDayNews

And Huang Chao also died in Langhu Valley, and a generation of heroes fell into despair. This man who shook the foundation of the Tang Dynasty would never have imagined that a younger brother would rise with him, betray him, and then become powerful. I believe that if history holds true, he will not reuse Zhu Wen.

Destruction of the Tang Dynasty and reaching its peak

Huang Chao died, Chang'an was recovered, and Tang Xizong returned from Chengdu. Looking at Chang'an that was so harmed by Huang Chao, Tang Xizong wanted to cry without tears. In order to express his ambition, he changed his reign name. For Guangqi, he wanted to restore the glory of the Tang Dynasty, but this was just wishful thinking.

At this time, the Tang Dynasty was just a symbol. People like Zhu Wen, Li Keyong, and others were more influential than the Tang Dynasty. With the return of Tang Xizong, Zhu Wen's status was becoming more and more stable. On March 1, the second year of Guangqi's reign, Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty issued an edict to confer Zhu Wen as the King of Pei County, and Zhu Wen entered the ranks of the king from then on.

In December of the same year, Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty issued an edict to appoint Zhu Wen as the Grand Tutor of the School, and changed his title to the Prince of Wuxing County. He had a settlement of 3,000 households, which can be said to be a very high status. While Zhu Wen holds these titles, the places he actually controls are also increasing. At this time, Tang Xizong finally went offline. His younger brother, Li Jie, inherited the throne and changed his name to , Li Ye, which is , Emperor Zhaozong of the Tang Dynasty.

In March of the fourth year of Tianyou's reign in the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Ai of the Tang Dynasty, Li Jue, was forced to abdicate the throne to Zhu Quanzhong. After several hypocritical refusals, Zhu Quanzhong finally formally accepted the abdication and changed his name to Zhu  - DayDayNews

This emperor can be regarded as one of the better emperors in the late Tang Dynasty. He wanted to reorganize the country, but time did not wait for us. Although he dealt with the eunuchs who caused chaos, he failed to rectify the feudal towns. For example, he wanted to kill Li Keyong, Not only did he not succeed, he almost died.

At this time, our protagonist Zhu Wen took advantage of Tang Zhaozong and Li Keyong's quarrel to make a fortune. Starting from the second year of Jingfu (893 AD), Zhu Wen successively annexed Xuzhou. , Yunzhou and Yanzhou, the scope of strength continues to expand, this is not enough, he had a grudge with Li Keyong before.

So he took advantage of the moment when Li Keyong had just fought with Tang Zhaozong and immediately attacked Li Keyong. Li Keyong's Xingzhou, Mingzhou and Cizhou were all occupied by Zhu Wen. A few months later Li Keyong's Luzhou also voluntarily surrendered. Zhu Wen's territory was constantly expanding, but his target was the entire Hebei, and he was also very coveted in Weibo.

In the second year of Guanghua (899), Youzhou Jiedushi Liu Rengong raised 100,000 troops to attack Wei Bo. Wei Bo's Jiedushi Luo Shaowei knew that he was defeated and asked Xuanwu Jiedushi Zhu Wen for help. Zhu Wen sent troops to help Wei Bo. After defeating the Youzhou Army, he got in touch with Wei Bo and married his daughter to Luo Shaowei's son.

In March of the fourth year of Tianyou's reign in the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Ai of the Tang Dynasty, Li Jue, was forced to abdicate the throne to Zhu Quanzhong. After several hypocritical refusals, Zhu Quanzhong finally formally accepted the abdication and changed his name to Zhu  - DayDayNews

In the first month of the third year of Tianyou (906), Zhu Wen helped Luo Shaowei completely eradicate Wei Bo's Yabing. Since then, Wei Bo had lost all power and had to rely on Zhu Wen, and Hebei fell into Zhu Wen's hands.

But Zhu Wen did not stop at this time. He led his troops to attack Hezhong in person, and finally successfully captured Hezhong, becoming the controller of half of the Tang Dynasty . Of course, something happened to him at this time, which made him the leader of the Tang Dynasty. Zhu Wen was very happy.

In November of the third year of Guanghua (900), eunuchs Liu Jishu and others imprisoned Emperor Zhaozong of the Tang Dynasty and established Prince Li Yu as emperor. This is an opportunity for Zhu Wen. Zhu Wen=Prime Minister Cui Yin and escort Dutou Sun Dezhao and others killed Liu Jishu, Tang Zhaozong was restored to power, and the reign name was changed to Tianfu. Thanks to Zhu Wen who had made great contributions, Tang Zhaozong gave Zhu Wen the title with a wave of his hand. As King of Dongping, of course this was a false position and of no use to Zhu Wen, but what happened next gave him complete control over the royal family of the Tang Dynasty.

The Tang Dynasty had always had the exclusive power of eunuchs. Prime Minister Cui Yin wanted to use Zhu Wen's hand to kill the eunuchs, while Han Quanhui and other eunuchs used Fengxiang Jiedushi Li Maozhen and Xingning Jiedushi Wang Xingyu as foreign aid. They were all very powerful. , so Cui Yin issued an edict and ordered Zhu Wen to lead troops to the capital. Zhu Wen was delighted and sent out troops. He led the troops to do a lot of private work under the guise of performing official duties.

Zhu Wen led an army of 70,000 to capture Tongzhou from the river, and Huazhou led his troops directly to the outskirts of Chang'an. When these eunuchs saw that this was not going to work, they coerced Emperor Zhaozong of the Tang Dynasty to join Li Maozhen, the military governor of Fengxiang. Zhu Wen naturally would not let the emperor be in the hands of Li Maozhen. He led his troops to besiege Li Maozhen many times, and Li Zhouyi, the governor of Yifang who came to rescue Li Maozhen, was pressed to the ground and rubbed by Zhu Wen, and finally had to surrender.

Li Maozhen in the anime

In March of the fourth year of Tianyou's reign in the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Ai of the Tang Dynasty, Li Jue, was forced to abdicate the throne to Zhu Quanzhong. After several hypocritical refusals, Zhu Quanzhong finally formally accepted the abdication and changed his name to Zhu  - DayDayNews

Li Maozhen was surrounded and had no choice but to kill Han Quanjue and 20 others in the first month of the third year of Tianfu (903), which was tantamount to surrendering to Zhu Wen. At this time, Zhu Wen was really high-spirited, and from then on the world would never be the same again. No one can single out Zhu Wen, he can already do what he wants.

Zhu Wen rescued Tang Zhaozong. Anyone with a discerning eye knows that rescue is not about controlling the emperor! Zhu Wen brought Tang Zhaozong back to Chang'an. From then on, Tang Zhaozong became a puppet. From now on, the orders issued by the Central Committee of the Tang Dynasty were Zhu Wen's true expressions. Zhu Wen truly succeeded in coercing the emperor to order the princes. Soon after, Zhu Wen directly killed more than 700 eunuchs. The long-term dictatorship of eunuchs since the Tang Dynasty was gone. This was a good thing Zhu Wen did.

Good deeds must be rewarded, so under his control, Emperor Zhaozong of the Tang Dynasty appointed Zhu Wen as Shou Taiwei, Zhongshu Ling, Xuanwu and other military governors, deputy marshal of various soldiers and horses, and he was promoted to King of Liang. , and was given the honorary title of "Return to Heaven and Rebuild the Heroes of the Most Loyal and Upright Heroes". This is Zhu Wen's strength after his surrender to the Tang Dynasty, and the emperor was just his puppet.

It is estimated that when Zhu Wen betrayed Huang Chao and surrendered to the Tang army, he would not have thought that one day he would even have the emperor in his hands. Although he does not have the title of emperor, he has the status of emperor.

In March of the fourth year of Tianyou's reign in the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Ai of the Tang Dynasty, Li Jue, was forced to abdicate the throne to Zhu Quanzhong. After several hypocritical refusals, Zhu Quanzhong finally formally accepted the abdication and changed his name to Zhu  - DayDayNews

Destroying the Tang Dynasty and reaching its peak

Zhu Wen, who had already taken control of the Tang royal family, was not satisfied. He had his own small thoughts. There were still people loyal to the Tang court at that time, so in the first year of Tianyou (904), he decided to take over Tang Zhaozong. To Luoyang , that is, to move the capital to Luoyang, this move is the same as when Cao Cao moved the Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to Xuchang , which is easy for you to master.

At this time, Zhu Wen was afraid of being obstructed, so he used the name of the emperor to kill Prime Minister Cui Yin, Jing Zhaoyin Zheng Yuangui and others, and then invited Tang Zhaozong to Luoyang. In order to prevent Tang Zhaozong and others from Chang'an in the fourth year, Zhu Wen Wen ordered the demolition of palaces and houses in Chang'an and moved the people of Chang'an to Luoyang. This was tantamount to cutting off the foundation of the Tang Dynasty in Chang'an.

Moreover, almost all the guards around Tang Zhaozong died during the process of moving the capital. Zhu Wen's cruel side was exposed at that time. When Tang Zhaozong arrived in Luoyang, he had no freedom at all. There were only a few small yellow gates around him, but These people were still killed by Zhu Wen. From then on, all the people around Tang Zhaozong were arranged by Zhu Wen, and Tang Zhaozong never recovered.

In March of the fourth year of Tianyou's reign in the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Ai of the Tang Dynasty, Li Jue, was forced to abdicate the throne to Zhu Quanzhong. After several hypocritical refusals, Zhu Quanzhong finally formally accepted the abdication and changed his name to Zhu  - DayDayNews

Zhu Wen could not have killed Tang Zhaozong so quickly, but at that time Li Keyong, Li Maozhen, Wang Jian, Zhao Kuangning and other powerful warlords formed an alliance to attack Zhu Wen in the name of reviving the Tang Dynasty. Zhu Wen naturally He was not afraid, but he was afraid that Tang Zhaozong was behind the scenes when he was attacking these people, so he decided to kill the king and replace him with a real puppet.

In August of the first year of Tianyou (904), Zhu Wen finally took action. He ordered Zuo Longwu to command the army Zhu Yougong, Youlong Wutongjun's uncle Cong and Jiang Xuanhui and others to enter the palace and kill Tang Zhaozong. Tang Zhaozong did not understand Why do you still have to die when you have become a puppet? This is the sadness of being born in a royal family.

After the death of Emperor Zhaozong of the Tang Dynasty, Zhu Wen established the 13-year-old King Hui Li Zuo as the prince, inherited the throne, and changed his name to Li Wei. He was Emperor Zhaoxuan and Emperor Ai of the Tang Dynasty. Zhu Wen played a trick at this time. He killed the regicide Zhu Yougong and others, saying that they did it behind his back. In order to achieve their goals, they even betrayed their opponents. Zhu Wen could really do it.

Killing an emperor was not enough. In February of the second year of Tang Tianyou (905), Zhu Wentong held a banquet in Jiuquchi and warmly invited Tang Zhaozong's princes De Wang Li Yu, Di Wang Li Wei, Qian Wang Li Yu and Yi Wang Li Jin. , Sui Wang Li Yi, Jing Wang Li Mi, Qi Wang Li Qi, Ya Wang Li Zhen, Qiong Wang Li Xiang (brothers of Emperor Ai of the Tang Dynasty) and others participated. During the banquet, Zhu Wen ordered people to kill all the nine kings. , and threw them into the pool, and basically all the members of the Li Tang royal family were slaughtered by him.

However, Zhu Wen still did not proclaim himself emperor at this time. He felt that there were still many people loyal to the Li Tang royal family in the court at this time. His counselor Li Zhen was a person who failed many times and later followed Zhu Wen. , he hated these scholar-bureaucrats because he failed many times in the imperial examination, and suggested that Zhu Wen kill them all.

In March of the fourth year of Tianyou's reign in the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Ai of the Tang Dynasty, Li Jue, was forced to abdicate the throne to Zhu Quanzhong. After several hypocritical refusals, Zhu Quanzhong finally formally accepted the abdication and changed his name to Zhu  - DayDayNews

In the sixth month of Wuzishuo, the second year of Tang Tianyou (905), Zhu Wen's minister Zuopushe at Huazhou Baimayi Pei Shu, Jing Haijun Jiedu made Dugu Sun, Youpu shot Cui Yuan, and the official minister More than 30 "well-dressed" people including Lu Ke, Wang Pu, Minister of Industry, Zhao Chong, Minister of War, and Wang Zan, the Minister of War, were killed and their bodies were thrown into the Yellow River. It was known in history as "The Disaster of White Horse Station".

Not only that, he also threw these corpses into the Yellow River. This time, the ministers of the Tang royal family were basically gone. The Tang Dynasty lost its ruling foundation and existed in name only. However, Zhu Wen still failed to proclaim himself emperor, and was only granted the title of King of Wei in Jin Dynasty. Add nine tins. In the end, Zhu Wen resigned as King of Wei, and Emperor Ai of the Tang Dynasty named him the Grand Marshal of the World's Military and Horses.

In April of the fourth year of Tianyou (907), Zhu Wen finally could not control his restless heart, accepted the abdication of Emperor Ai of the Tang Dynasty, ascended the throne and became the emperor, ending the 289-year rule of the Tang Dynasty, and established his own dynasty. Liang, known as Later Liang in history, he was Liang Taizu. He changed his name to Zhu Huang.

staged a human tragedy of father and son killing each other.

Zhu Weneng stepped up to the throne from troubled times. He indeed had his own abilities. In an era when all heroes were rising together, he finally persisted until the end. Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao were left far behind by him. Although there were There is an element of speculation. It is undeniable that he does have two brushes.

Although Zhu Wen became emperor, the world was not unified. For example, Li Keyong in Hedong was always his archenemy. Soon after he took the throne, he began to besiege Luzhou. Later, Li Keyong died of illness, Li Cunxu succeeded, and Zhu Wen The army was defeated, and later he personally conquered Hebei. Zhu Wen was also defeated in May of the second year of Qianhua. Zhu Wen was seriously ill. More than a month later, he was killed by his son, which staged a human tragedy of father and son killing each other. In fact, this Everything was Zhu Wen's own suicide, and he destroyed the human ethics first.

In March of the fourth year of Tianyou's reign in the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Ai of the Tang Dynasty, Li Jue, was forced to abdicate the throne to Zhu Quanzhong. After several hypocritical refusals, Zhu Quanzhong finally formally accepted the abdication and changed his name to Zhu  - DayDayNews

Zhu Wen's wife was a rich girl. Zhu Wen respected her very much. When she was alive, Zhu Wen was very restrained. But in the first year of Tianyou, Zhang died of illness and Zhu Wen began to indulge in sensuality. This was nothing at first, but he even His daughter-in-law also did not let go, and often recruited her daughter-in-law into the palace to have an affair.

At the same time, Zhu Wen did not spare the wives and daughters of his subordinates. For example, in the second year of Qianhua (912), Zhu Wen fell ill during the march and returned to Luoyang. He stayed in Zhang Quanyi for several days and even killed all Zhang Quanyi's wives and daughters. Adultery, by this point he has become alienated from morality.

Zhu Wen and his daughter-in-law had an affair. His sons were very happy, and they also wanted to use their wives to please Zhu Wen in order to fight for the throne. I have to say that this family is indeed weird, and their appearance Zhu Youwen has a certain His wife Wang was very beautiful, and Zhu Wen doted on her very much, so Zhu Wen made Zhu Youwen the crown prince.

This caused dissatisfaction with his son Zhu Yougui. Zhu Yougui knew that if he did not act, the throne would never be with him. Moreover, once Zhu Youwen inherited the throne, he would die without a burial place, so in the second year of Qianhua (912) ) On June 22, Zhu Yougui and his men broke into the palace, killed Zhu Wen, and then ordered Zhu Youwen to commit suicide.

After Zhu Yougui killed his father and the king, he buried Zhu Wen's body hastily and began his ascension to the throne, changing his reign name to Fengli. However, the story of his patricide still came out. Although he rewarded the generals and soldiers with money, many veteran generals were still unwilling to work for him. Moreover, after he succeeded to the throne, Zhu Yougui was extravagant and licentious, even more powerful than his father. Therefore, people were boiling and resentful. All around. He was finally killed by his younger brother Zhu Youzhen, was demoted to a commoner, and also lost his life.

In March of the fourth year of Tianyou's reign in the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Ai of the Tang Dynasty, Li Jue, was forced to abdicate the throne to Zhu Quanzhong. After several hypocritical refusals, Zhu Quanzhong finally formally accepted the abdication and changed his name to Zhu  - DayDayNews

Zhu Wen started his army from a young age and gradually became the emperor. Maybe he did work hard in the early stage, but after he became powerful, he was extravagant and licentious, regardless of human ethics, which is really disappointing. He pointed out that this was also an important reason why he was killed by his son.

Zhu Wen's life can be summarized like this: he rose up against the Tang Dynasty, conquered the Tang Dynasty and became prosperous, destroyed the Tang Dynasty and reached its peak. In the end, his dynasty was destroyed by the Tang Dynasty ( Later Tang )

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