"Romance of the Three Kingdoms" once said that the world "has been united for a long time, and will be united for a long time". There is no banquet that will never end. Under the promotion of the long river of history, no matter how great the dynasty is, it will eventually collapse one day, and the Tang Dynasty is no exception.
With the corruption of the regime at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the central government's control over the local area gradually decreased, local governors held their own troops, and peasant uprisings frequently occurred, All this means that the Tang Dynasty at this time was in a turmoil, and this drama that had been performed for a hundred years on the historical stage is about to end.
And all of this ended with the emergence of a person. is the founding emperor of the Houliang of , Zhu Wen . It ended the "staying in the storm" of Tang and opened a new era of "Five Generations and Ten Kingdoms".
was born in poverty and joined the army. Zhu Wen was born in poverty. His ancestors had neither high-ranking officials nor wealthy gentry and landlords. But it is interesting. Although no one of Zhu Wen's ancestors embarked on the career path, his father and ancestors were the few scholars in the countryside. Therefore, Zhu Wen's family is also quite famous in the local area.
But it is strange. In theory, Zhu Wen's family is also a scholarly family. In this environment, Zhu Wen should have read poetry and started a career in the officialdom to serve the country. However, Zhu Wen had no ambition to study since he was a child. Instead, he was keen on the goofs to show off himself as heroes and heroes. Therefore, many people in the countryside were very disgusted with Zhu Wen and believed that Zhu Wen could bring disaster.
Starting from 874 AD, Shandong ushered in several years of famine. For a time, bandits were everywhere, and the people were living in poverty. Some people started to rob families. . At this time, a scholar named Huang Chao waved his arms and carried the banner of peasant uprising with a group of bandits.
Zhu Wen saw the world chaos, and he had already yearned for the life of a wanderer, resolutely joined Huang Chao's uprising army. In the next few battles, Zhu Wen relied on his extraordinary courage to become bigger and bigger in the uprising army.
For the purpose, surrendered to the Tang Dynasty
Although the rebel army achieved great successes at the beginning, the lean camel was bigger than a horse, let alone the Tang Dynasty, which once reached the peak of the feudal dynasty?
So after the Tang Dynasty reacted, the Huang Chao uprising army was in a dilemma. For a time, the internal relations between the rebels were full of contradictions and the morale of the army was disintegrated.
Therefore, Zhu Wen’s confidant advised Zhu Wen to surrender to the Tang Dynasty. After Zhu Wen thought for a while, killed Huang Chao’s military inspector Yan Shi and surrendered to Wang Chongrong.
At first, some people thought that Zhu Wen's rebellion would be killed directly. After all, Zhu Wen's trip was a sign of infidelity, and staying by his side was always a disaster, and it was possible to "stab the knife in the back" at any time.
However, at that time, , Emperor Xizong of Tang, , believed that , Zhu Wen was a rare powerful general and could be used with a little bit, , so Emperor Xizong of Tang issued an edict to give him the name "Quanzhong" and named him the General of Jinwu Guard. But it was precisely this idea that laid the foreshadowing for the demise of , the Tang Dynasty, . After gaining the trust of Tang army , Zhu Wen became bigger and bigger. Through years of war annexation and planning, became the most powerful governor of the Tang Dynasty at that time. In 903 AD, he even played the drama of "holding the emperor to command the princes" and took Zhaozong hostage.
In addition, in order to eliminate future troubles, he even killed Zhaozong by entering the palace to report the matter as an excuse to kill Zhaozong and issued an edict to make 13-year-old Li Jian the emperor. But Zhu Wen's ambition not only stopped here. In a few years, he once again used his old trick to murder the new emperor Li Jian, and called the empire Daliang in Kaifeng .
loses Jingzhou carelessly, and the decline gradually becomes
. After Zhu Wen became emperor, his power can be said to have reached its peak. In the eyes of many outsiders, Zhu Wen had the possibility of winning the world at this time. What made Zhu Wen even more happy was his old opponent, namely King Jin Li Keyong , but at this critical period he reached the end of his life.
At this time, except for a few local forces that used th issue of the Tang Zhaozong html, basically all fell into the hands of Zhu Wen.
, Zhu Wen, who was about to unify, took advantage of the opportunity of King Li Ke of Jin to launch the famous "Luzhou Battle". , and the string that Zhu Wen's mind was always tense also loosened. After all, those opponents who had passed away were either dead or shrank in a corner, surviving, and did not pose a threat to him at all.
Zhu Wen didn't take it seriously at all about Jin Wang Li Keyong's successor Li Cunxu . thinks he is just a young boy with a stinky and has any military talent, but this time underestimating the enemy made Zhu Wen fall into the quagmire.
As the successor of King Li Keyong of Jin, he was influenced by King Li Keyong of Jin since childhood and had long been familiar with military tactics and military affairs. Therefore, the young Li Cunxu was by no means a "soft persimmon", but a tough guy.
When facing Zhu Wen's army, Li Cunxu knew very well that the importance of Luzhou was related to the fact that the world must win this battle. If Luzhou was lost, then Zhu Wen would be able to unify the world at will. However, due to his insufficient power, Li Cunxu chose to take the lead.
First, it used the environment and launched a surprise attack when dawn was about to dawn, directly cutting off the supply route of Zhu Wen's army. Then, it divided into three groups to surround Zhu Wen's army in Luzhou, and spread negative news of its defeat.
For a moment, Zhu Wen's army, who was cut off from supply, was panicked and eventually defeated and lost tens of thousands of troops in vain. General Fu Daozhao unfortunately died in battle. After this battle, Zhu Wen was seriously injured and his momentum to unify the world was also frustrated. The Liang and Jin fought for the dominance of for several years and entered a short stalemate.
defeated Weizhou , sunset in the west
After this battle, Zhu Wen no longer had any underestimation for Li Cunxu and always regarded him as a big trouble. After several years of restoring his energy, in 912 AD, Zhu Wen made a comeback again, and this time he was in charge of the imperial army, claiming to have more than 500,000 troops. intends to fight Li Cunxu to the death.
But at this time, even though Zhu Wen was careful to prevent Li Cunxu's surprise attack, Li Cunxu still found the right opportunity to launch the surprise attack. He directly led more than a hundred cavalry to break into the barracks of Zhuwen's army, and a fire lit the tents and food for the march.
After learning this news, Zhu Wen was furious and caused an old disease. After all, Zhu Wen was no longer young at this time. In addition, the bumpy journey of the imperial army in this in-person expedition, his body would inevitably be unable to bear it.
When Zhu Wen was defeated and returned to Luoyang , his injuries became more and more serious, and he was even more heartbroken.
First, I am sad about my hard work for decades of . First, I defected by the seller, and then usurped the Tang Dynasty and killed the emperor. All of this was unfaithful and unrighteous deeds. I had been burdened with a thousand years of infatuation, but I ended up in vain and unable to turn the world back.
The second is to be sad that he has no successor . His sons are obviously not Li Cunxu's opponents. After a hundred years of return, the huge family business will fall into the hands of others. At this time, Zhu Wen became sadder the more he thought about it, and finally he was almost fainted. Fortunately, the imperial doctor in the palace treated him in time, so he stabilized his condition and saved his life.
After two consecutive failures, Zhu Wen's power also moved from peak to decline. , for example, the Tang Dynasty that year was experiencing the "Anshi Rebellion", from extreme prosperity to decline.
In his early years, he was overwhelmed by his dominance and was addicted to beauty in his later years. As Zhu Wen, who had been in a military life, the best way to die was to wear a corpse with his horse. However, in his later years, he was eroded by power and wine, and made a fatal mistake.
In the early years, Zhu Wen was diligent and worked diligently for the great achievements in his heart. Especially after usurping the Tang Dynasty and becoming emperor, he showed his ambitions to the fullest. Zhu Wen was full of energy and worked hard to govern.
He learned from the experience of the demise of the Tang Dynasty and attracted heroes from all over the world. Anyone with ability can enter the court to become an official. Zhu Wen personally took a look at the suggestions given by the ministers in the court, as long as it was beneficial to the country. For a time, the court was quite clear and the generals who had made meritorious services were even stricter.
For example, Zhu Wen's beloved general Kou Yanqing On a way to court, a people failed to give in time and were beaten to death by Kou Yanqing's entourage in the street. Zhu Wen was very angry after hearing this and directly ordered Kou Yanqing to be severely punished to serve as a warning to others. Their entourage was even executed directly to repay the people with justice.
In terms of economy, due to the chaos in the late Tang Dynasty, people entered the mountains in order to avoid war and labor taxes, and many fertile land was desolate for a long time and their population was sharply reduced.
In order to improve this situation, after the founding of the country, Zhu Wen stabilized agricultural development and ordered the pardons who became bandits due to war, and rewarded farming in China and reduced taxes. This move attracted the people who hid in the mountains and returned to their homes to work.
Therefore, in the early days of Daliang, the country was booming, which is also an important reason why the people followed Zhu Wen.
But with the stability of the regime, Zhu Wen was gradually tempted by power and beauty, and was sinking into beauty, especially after the death of Queen Zhang, who was "more and more popular".
According to records, Zhu Wen had an old minister named Zhang Quanyi . He was responsible under Zhu Wen's command. However, when he defeated Li Cunxu in 912 AD and returned to Luoyang to recuperate, he passed by Zhang Quanyi's home and directly occupied Zhang Quanyi's wife and daughter. Zhang Quanyi's son was extremely angry and intended to lead someone to assassinate Zhu Wen, but due to the huge gap in strength, he was stopped by Zhang Quanyi.
But this is not the most outrageous. In his later years, Zhu Wen knew that his life was not long, and it can be said that he had completely sunk between beauty. Zhu Wen's adopted son Zhu Youwen's wife Wang is extremely beautiful. Zhu Wen has been peeping at him for a long time, but due to his "daughter-in-law", he has never succeeded. However, in order to win Zhu Wen's favor, Zhu Youwen directly presented him to the throne.
Wang's wife was fascinated by Zhu Wen and almost no longer involved in major affairs in the court. She left the full power to Zhu Youwen. It can be seen that Zhu Wen had extremely trust in his adopted son Zhu Youwen for a time.
The princes who saw this situation could no longer sit still. For the sake of the throne, these princes also imitated and presented their wives and daughters to Zhu Wen. It seemed that in terms of dignity and dignity, they were far inferior to the favor given by Zhu Wen.
Father and son died of unfaithful death
The successor of the Daliang Dynasty royal family in the late period, basically uses any means to make the throne, and there is no morality, loyalty, and shame. Therefore, I have long been dissatisfied with the elderly Zhu Wen, especially the concubine's son, , Zhu Yougui, and I knew that I had no chance to be with the throne. If I didn't fight for it, then the end of the matter would be a dead end.
And he sent Zhu Wen's wife Zhang, who was next to Zhu Wen, privately revealed that Zhu Wen intended to pass the throne to Zhu Youwen, which made Zhu Yougui unable to sit still.
So, he summoned his subordinate Han Xie overnight, intending to usurp the throne by force. Han Xie has always been Zhu Yougui's subordinate, and he was afraid that other princes would implicate him after taking the throne. After some careful consideration, Han Xie agreed to Zhu Yougui.
In 912 AD, the prince Zhu Yougui led his subordinate Han Jie to lead more than 200 dead soldiers, disguised himself as the guards on duty, and attacked quietly in the night, swung his sword to kill Zhu Wen, who was still sleeping, and asked someone to write forgery and kill Zhu Youwen overnight. After completing this series of operations, Zhu Yougui was crowned ascended the throne without any scruples.
Zhu Yougui killed his father and usurped the throne, which is well known to everyone in the court. Therefore, the ministers did not like this new emperor, and they always delayed their work. For a time, the relationship between the ministers in the court and Zhu Yougui was quite subtle.
Plus Zhu Yougui is always a concubine, has not received good royal education, has no lofty vision, and has no warning to those princes guarding outside.
result, both king Zhu Youzhen , so he took this opportunity to contact the ministers who were dissatisfied in the court center, especially the old subordinates of the prince Zhu Youwen. After everything was ready, Zhu Youzhen directly raised an army to attack. Zhu Yougui, who had long been disloyal in the court, was naturally no match for Zhu Youzhen, the king of Jun, and died in war in 913 AD.
was written at the end
After King Jun Zhu Youzhen came to power, everyone thought that he would welcome a wise monarch, but after Zhu Youzhen came to power, he was like Zhu Yougui, even more than that: he harmed the royal family, appointed trustees, and killed loyal and kind people indiscriminately. Liang Guo also greatly reduced his national strength, and his accumulation in the early years was gradually consumed due to internal friction.
The balance that was originally stalemate with Li Cunxu was once again broken and was eventually destroyed by Li Cunxu.
In short, Zhu Wen was originally a hero of a generation and was the one who had the most chance to unify the world and create great achievements in the late Tang Dynasty. However, after achieving a brief success, he was fascinated by beauty and gradually sinking, especially in his later years, he was extremely debauchery and ended up in a tragic end. It is really regrettable.
However, perhaps this is the real history. Everyone has its complexity, and everything is full of variables and unknowns. Until the moment the dust settles, no one knows what tomorrow will be.
I have to say that "power" will make people fascinated by their minds and will use any means to climb up desperately for power.
However, the word "color" is a knife, which easily "cuts off" everything that has been obtained through endless hardships.
Zhu Wen is an example. Uncontrollable desires will be backfired.
#I am creating the second issue of Toutiao#
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