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Today we will continue to tell the historical story that happened between the Tang and Song dynasties in the past 53 years: Zhu Youqi and Zhu Youzhen's brothers killed each other, and Zhu Youzhen faced defeat and had to order his cronies Feng Tingge to kill himself, just like when he ordered Feng Tingge to kill his father, Zhu Wen and Zhu Youzhen father and son died at the hands of Feng Tinger.
As mentioned earlier, in 912 AD, Zhu Youqi killed his father and became the second emperor of Later Liang. However, Zhu Youqi is a pig intestine that can't be supported, and after being called the emperor, he doesn't think about governing the country, but he learns from his father Zhu Wen's shamelessness and misconduct. Originally, everyone was very unconvinced that Zhu Youqi killed his father, killed his brother, and became the emperor, but now they are even more disappointed.
Although Zhu Youqi is Zhu Wen's own son, his mother was born in a camp prostitute, and the camp prostitute was an official prostitute in the ancient army. At that time, Zhu Wen led the army through Bozhou, called his mother to accompany him, and became pregnant, and later gave birth to Zhu Youqi. When Zhu Youqi grew up, he was cunning and resourceful. After he became emperor, he rewarded his generals and soldiers with a large number of people to buy people's hearts. But many veterans are not convinced.
Zhu Youzhen ordered his younger brother Zhu Youzhen to stay in Bianzhou, this Zhu Youzhen is Zhu Wen's son-in-law, and his mother is Zhu Wen's wife Zhang, he is rooted in Miao Hong, and his appearance is handsome, calm and quiet, he likes to make friends with Confucianism, Zhu Youzhen as the prince, was named the king of Jun, the official to the inspection school Sikong, Zuo Tianxing military envoy, Tokyo Mabu army are all commanders, holding heavy troops.
Zhu Youqi's extravagance led to the boiling of the hearts of the people in the Later Liang Dynasty, the resentment of the people, the mutiny in Huaizhou, and the denunciation of thieves. At this time, Zhu Youzhen was eager to try, and he conspired with his brother-in-law Zhao Yan and cousin Yuan Xiangxian to overthrow Zhu Youzhen. He sent an envoy to Weizhou, now the Hebei Daimyo, to obtain the support of Yang Shihou, the envoy of Wei Bojiedu.
In 913 AD, Yuan Xiangxian led thousands of forbidden troops into the palace, and Zhu Youqi and his wife Empress Zhang ran downstairs to the north wall, preparing to climb the city wall to escape, but they were unsuccessful. So Zhu Youqi ordered Feng Tingge to kill himself and Empress Zhang. Feng Tingge killed Zhu Wen that year, and felt so guilty that he killed the emperor and empress, and also committed suicide.
After Zhu Youqi was killed, Zhu Youzhen ascended the throne and became the third emperor of Later Liang and the last emperor of Later Liang. After Zhu Youzhen ascended the throne, he restored the official position and title of Zhu Wenyi's son and the deceased Zhu Youwen, and posthumously abolished Zhu Youzhen as a concubine. Here is an explanation, Zhu Youzhen is the third oldest among Zhu Wen's own sons, and counting his righteous son Zhu Youwen, he is the fourth.
Zhu Youzhen was proclaimed emperor, and everyone expected it, and since then Liang has entered a period of relative peace and stability. That's all for today, we will continue to tell the next story, welcome to leave a message in the comment area.