How ruthless were Zhu Wen's methods when the Tang Dynasty fell?

Foreword

As the saying goes, the more ordinary people seem, the less you can look down upon him. On December 5, 852, a man of great knowledge won his third son. There is also a legend about the birth of the son. It is said that on the day he was born, there was a vision in the sky. At that time, many people thought that his son was on fire in his home. , I knew that the son was born. Although this is just an ordinary family, the birth of this son is also destined to be extraordinary in his future life. This baby is later Liang Taizu Zhu Wen . His life can be said to be a step-by-step counterattack. He personally covered the coffin board for the Tang Dynasty. From an ordinary citizen to the founding emperor, he paid a lot of hardships and pains in the counterattack. At the same time Many people died tragically on this road, so he was called the licentious and cruel emperor.

How did Zhu Wen become emperor?

Zhu Wen, also known as Zhu Quanzhong, was born in an educated family, ranked third, and there are two older brothers, the eldest is called Zhu Quanyu, and the second is called Zhu Cun. Their father and grandfather had never been officials. Although they were not very wealthy, they were not small, and they were all famous scholars and teachers. Unfortunately, Zhu Quanzhong hadn’t grown up yet, so his father died. Poor Zhu Quanzhong could only depend on his mother and two brothers. At that time, their family was poor and they could be said to be poor, so they wanted to sustain them. The mother of the family’s livelihood took them to earn a living as a hired worker at Liu Chong’s house.

▲Zhu Wen

After Zhu Quanzhong grows up, although he is strong and has a fierce personality, he does nothing all day long, is idle, is very lazy, does not engage in production, and brags about how much he is. The hero is brave, he sees himself as a hero, and he is lazy. It can be said that everyone hates him. Many people hated him extremely, including their landlord Liu Chong. However, there are people who treat such an unpleasant person well. That person is Liu Chong’s mother. Zhu Quanzhong is often punished because of his lazy personality. Many people will only insult him.Only Liu Chong's mother took great care of him, protecting him many times when Zhu Quanzhong was about to be punished, and often helped him comb his hair. Liu Chong's mother knew that Zhu Quanzhong was not an ordinary person and would definitely do something in the future, but how could those people believe it? After all, Zhu Quanzhong's laziness is obvious to all.

Later, from 874 to 879, there was a famine in Shandong. The famines for several years have killed countless people. There is a ration that is eaten by several people, and people are in a state of hunger for a long time. The famine in those few years also led to many small thieves and robbers. The social situation was in turmoil. Huangchao took advantage of the fire and looted, and the forces began to rise in Caozhou and Puzhou. Tens of thousands of people who suffered from the famine have all risen. Go follow.

In 877, Zhu Quanzhong and his second brother also followed Huang Chao. Not long afterwards, his second brother died on the battlefield. Zhu Quanzhong also made a contribution and was replaced as the captain. In 880, the Huang Chao rebels marched bravely all the way and went straight to Chang'an. Chang'an was captured because of this, and Tang Xizong fled. After the fall of Chang'an, Zhu Quanzhong was ordered to lead troops to station at Dongwei Bridge, and Zhuge Shuang, a general of the Tang Dynasty stationed at Liyang , persuaded him to return to Huangchao. The power of the Huangchao Uprising Army gradually expanded, and Zhu Quanzhong’s position was gradually rising. In 881, the Tang Army attacked the Jingxiang area northward, and Zhu Quanzhong was appointed as Duyuhou. He led the army to capture Dengzhou and also captured them. The governor Zhao Jie blocked the offensive of Tang Jun. Later, he fought against the Tang army transferred from various places in Xingping.

▲The Huangchao in the film and television drama

The following year, Zhu Quanzhong was appointed as . Huang Chao asked for support,Unexpectedly, his request for support from Huang Chao was concealed by and Meng Kai and not reported. At that time, many of the troops led by Zhu Quanzhong were already in a state of exhaustion. It can be said that the army was broken. So Zhu Quanzhong's cronies persuaded Zhu Quanzhong to surrender to Tang, Zhu Quanzhong I also reasoned that the Huang Chao rebels would definitely go the way of failure, so he was also prepared to surrender.

▲Tang Dynasty

In September of the same year, he and his cronies conspired to murder the supervising envoy of the Huangchao Rebel Army, and led his army to surrender to Wang Chongrong. Wang Chongrong believed that this man was brave and good at fighting and was useful. At that time, Yang Fuguang wanted to take advantage of this to kill Zhu Quanzhong and he stopped him. Zhu Quanzhong, who surrendered to Wang Chongrong, appointed Wang Chongrong as his uncle. Tang Xizong was very happy to learn of this. He believed that Zhu Quanzhong was a general bestowed on him by heaven, so he issued an order to appoint Zhu Quanzhong as general Zuo Jinwuwei and gave him the gift. Name, Zhu Quanzhong's name is derived from this. Later, Zhu Quanzhong led his old ministry to work for Tang Xizong, overcoming obstacles along the way, and his power gradually expanded, becoming the largest separatist power in the late Tang Dynasty.

may be because of Zhu Quanzhong’s ambition. Although his power gradually expanded, he was dissatisfied with the status quo and wanted more. So Zhu Quanzhong began to covet the throne and designed to kill the later superior Tang Zhaozong After he died, he made the young Li Zhu the emperor and mastered the imperial power step by step. Later, he seized the position of Emperor Li Zhu through the form of renunciation, proclaimed himself emperor, and changed the country's name to Liang. Unfortunately, Zhu Quanzhong did not have enough seats for the emperor, and it was not long before he became the emperor. At the age of 61, he died under his own son, Zhu Yougui .

▲Li Zhu in the film and television drama

Since Zhu Quanzhong returned, he has made a lot of credit for Tang Xizong. It was Tang Xizong’s long-cherished wish to quell Huang Chao, so Tang Xizong assigned this important task to Zhu Quanzhong.At that time, the strength of the Huangchao uprising army was still very strong. If you want to talk about a strong attack, Zhu Quanzhong might not be able to win. So later when Zhu Quanzhong crusades the Huangchao uprising army, he felt that he could not resist, so he asked Hedong Jiedu to make Li Keyong help them. At Wazizhai, the troops of the Huangchao Rebel Army were attacked by Zhu Quanzhong and were captured as a result. Zhu Quanzhong not only contributed to Wazizhai, but also gained two generals. Later, Zhu Quanzhong led the army to capture Xihuazhai, causing the Huangchao uprising army to be defeated and fled. With the assistance of Li Keyong, Zhu Quanzhong led thousands of people to suppress the remnants of the Huangchao Uprising Army. More than 10,000 people died in the Huangchao Uprising Army. Most of them quickly surrendered to Zhu Quanzhong. Later, Zhu Quanzhong defeated Qin Zongquan again and made the credit for the suppression of Caizhou.

▲ Tang Zhaozong

In the military, Zhu Quanzhong is also a relatively strict person, his warlord is very strict, but also Let the robbers reduce a lot. In politics, Zhu Quanzhong actually loves talents, and he is also a thirsty person. He especially hopes to find many thousands of horses to use for him, and he is still meticulous. Economically, Zhu Quanzhong, who once did nothing to do production work, paid close attention to agricultural production. He also rewarded farming, reduced taxes on the people, and gave them production tools so that they could produce with confidence. In short, this policy is very tolerant to the people, and Liang's economy has also begun to become stronger.

Where are Zhu Wen’s methods?

Even though Zhu Quanzhong has done a lot in terms of military, economics and politics when he was in office, he is still called a beast-like emperor by many people in later generations. He is a beast. Where is the place?

According to historical records, Zhu Quanzhong used extremely cruel methods when usurping power and seizing power. In order to prevent his plan to become emperor from being affected, he killed all the remaining sons of Tang Zhaozong and those who were loyal to the Li Tang imperial family. Once, he killed 30 ministers in a single night and threw their bodies into them. In the Yellow River,The turbid Yellow River was stained red, and the methods were extremely cruel.

When Tang Aidi Li Zhu came to the throne, he basically emptied Li Zhu and took the power firmly in his own hands. Later, the 16-year-old Li Zhu also tragically died in his hands. Not only that, Zhu Quanzhong is still a person who is greedy for wine and wine. At the beginning, he was restrained by Empress Zhang, so he didn’t do anything wrong. After all, Empress Zhang was the one who convinced Zhu Quanzhong to persuade him, so Zhu Quanzhong would listen to her. Her restraint.

▲Tang Zhaozong in the film and television drama

Later Empress Zhang died of illness. Before his death, although Zhu Quanzhong was admonished not to be greedy for wine and murder the minister, Zhu Quanzhong felt no bondage after Empress Zhang died. , Completely forget about Queen Zhang's last words. So he began to indulge , is often addicted to female sex, as long as the woman he likes can't escape, even the wife of his minister will not let it go. Zhu Quanzhong's sons are even more shameless. In order to fight for a position, they used their own wives to win Zhu Quanzhong's favor, which is simply lewdness.

▲Zhu Yougui

Zhu Quanzhong's brutality is actually like Dong Zhuo , and even worse than Dong Zhuo. Zhu Quanzhong not only insisted on going his own way, he even sacrificed the interests of the people for his own benefit. This was nothing like him before. When the Yellow River surged, he ignored his head in order to protect the walls of Huazhou from being destroyed. At the end, desperately digging the river embankment, although the city wall was saved, but the downstream suffered a lot of losses, making hundreds of people displaced and complaining. Not only that, even if the emperor moved the capital, it was forced by him. He also demolished many buildings in Chang'an City. In that moment, those magnificent buildings instantly turned into ruins and were extremely destructive. Caused many residents to leave their homes,At that time, no one did not scold Zhu Quanzhong.

▲Huangchao Uprising Army

It can be said that the tragic demise of the Tang Dynasty has a very close relationship with Zhu Quanzhong. His methods were too cruel, and countless loyal officials died at his hands, and many people could not accept. But from a certain angle, it can be seen that the later decline of the Tang Dynasty also gave Zhu Quanzhong an opportunity. Perhaps it was because Zhu Quanzhong had done too many conscientious things, and the retribution began on him, or perhaps it was because it was destined that Zhu Quanzhong would not end well, and it was not long after Zhu Quanzhong came to the throne. The emperor’s stool was not hot yet, he He died tragically at the hands of his own son, who was 61 years old at that time and was still sick.

said that if there is a father, there must be a son. If the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked, Zhu Quanzhong's previous brutality was passed on to his son, otherwise his son would have the heart to kill his sick old father. Zhu Quanzhong might not have thought of it until he died. He worked so hard to step on the throne of so many people. He had not yet sat on enough, but he fell into the hands of his own son. It seemed that this country was not for him. Hit the same for his son. He has killed so many people in his life, and there are indeed many people who want him to die, but he never imagined that it was his own son who would end his life.

Concluding remarks

The evaluation of Zhu Quanzhong has been both good and bad since ancient times, but the bad is greater than the good. Although no usurper has not been stained with innocent blood since ancient times, his methods are really good. It's too cruel, it's simply not compromised by all means, and may not even be able to stand it. But from a certain point of view, Zhu Quanzhong also has a good side. His second brother died in the battle, and he was also very sad. Later, he raised his eyebrows and greeted his mother personally, and took his old mother over to enjoy the blessing. Assign all his nephews to official positions. In addition, he is also a person who knows how to be grateful. Although Liu Chong and others were not optimistic about him before, they beat and scolded him, but he still thought of Liu Chong's favor to his family and gave Liu Chong and others. People commend. For Mrs Liu who treated him kindly,Not to mention. Having said that, Zhu Quanzhong’s tragic ending and the fate of his short-lived emperor should be said to have a lot to do with his brutality and innocence. If he is a Ming emperor and a good god, he did not use such brutal means to obtain imperial power. , Maybe he won't die so miserably in the end.

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