After the sixteenth year of Liang Guozuo, why did the three emperors not die well?
In April of the fourth year of Tang Kaiyuan (907), Zhu Wen, the king of Liang, accepted the abdication of Emperor Ai of Tang and became emperor, known as Daliang or Later Liang in history. As the first regime to end the Tang Dynasty and usher in the turmoil of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the Later Liang not only lasted a short time, only 16 years, but also went through three emperors, none of whom died well, what happened?
Juwen, the great ancestor: founded in a state of desolation, was eventually killed by his son.
Zhu Wen participated in the Huangchao Rebellion in his early years, but later due to disagreement in the army, he thought that the uprising would be defeated, so he switched to the Tang Army and was given the title"Zhu Quanzhong"。At the time of the Huangchao Rebellion and the suppression of Qin Zongquan, Zhu Wen not only ascended to the throne by virtue of his own merits, but also took the opportunity to expand his power and became a force to be reckoned with in the Central Plains. Later, Zhu Wen intervened in the government through Prime Minister Cui Yin, and also defeated Fengxiang Li Maozhen, so that the forces infiltrated Guanzhong.
In April of the fourth year of Tang Tianyou (907), Zhu Quanzhong changed his name to Zhu Huang, accepted the resignation of Emperor Tang Ai, and established Houliang. As the founding emperor, Zhu Wen was extremely brutal and murderous, especially after the death of his wife Zhang in the first year of Tianyou (904), Zhu Wen completely abandoned himself.
In the second year of Ganhua (912), Zhu Wen was defeated and fell ill on the road. After returning to Luoyang, he took advantage of the summer vacation to hide in the house of the minister Zhang Quanyi, and raped Zhang Quanyi's wife and daughter after only a few days. This behavior of Zhu Wen annoyed Zhang Quanyi's son, and he wanted to kill Zhu Wen, but Zhang Quanyi had a hard time convincing him to stop this behavior.
Zhu Wen not only used the minister's wife, but even used his daughter-in-law, because his sons were always not in the army, so Zhu Wen often encouraged his daughter-in-law to enter the palace to compete for favor. And his sons not only oppose this ** relationship, but also use their wives to compete for favor in order to win Zhu Wen's favor, and then compete for the crown prince.
Zhu Wen eventually paid a terrible price for his debauchery. At that time, because Zhu Youwen's adoptive wife Wang was very beautiful, Zhu Wen was more sympathetic, and Zhu Youwen was indeed more promising than many sons, Zhu Wen intended to make Zhu Youwen the prince, so Wang asked people to make a jade seal to remind Zhu Youwen. Zhu Youqi's wife, Zhang, who lives in the palace, found out about this and revealed the news to Zhu Youqi.
Zhu Youyu is the second son of Zhu Wen and is said to be the first heir to the throne after the early death of his brother Zhu Youyu. Zhu Youqi was very angry when he heard the news, and joined forces with Han Mei, who was then the commander of the Crane Control Division and the chief of the palace guard, to launch a rebellion. When Zhu Wen learned that his son had rebelled, he said angrily:"If you rebel and kill your father and usurp the throne, will God forgive you? "
Zhu Youqi immediately ordered the knight Feng Tingling"Break the old thief into pieces", Feng Tingling picked up the knife and chased it, Zhu Wen stood up and bypassed the pillar in the hall, Feng Tingling swung three knives in a row, Zhu Wen finally lost his strength and fell on the sofa, Feng Tingling found the opportunity and stabbed Zhu Wen in the abdomen, the knife was inserted from behind, and Zhu Wen was killed on the spot. The knife stabbed in from behind, and Zhu Wen was killed instantly.
Zhu Youzhen: The emperor of **, who was killed by his brother in August of his reign.
Zhu Youqi is Zhu Wen's second son, and his mother is a Bozhou prostitute. When Zhu Wen was guarding Xuanwu, he went to Songzhou, Bozhou and other places to expand his territory, and called his mother to accompany him, so he became pregnant. After Zhu Wen usurped the throne and became emperor, Zhu Youqi was named King Ying, and in the fourth year of Kaiping (910), he was named the left and right hussar generals.
In the second year of Ganhua (912), Zhu Wen became increasingly ill, and Zhu Youqi was dissatisfied with his desire to pass on the throne to the versatile Zhu Youwen, organized a rebel army to kill his father, and proclaimed himself emperor on his deathbed on June 16 of the same year.
After Zhu Youqi ascended the throne, although a large number of rewards were given to generals at all levels, in order to win the hearts of the people, his behavior of killing his father and killing Zhu Youwen after his accession to the throne still caused the dissatisfaction of many senior generals and brothers.
Zhu Wen's eldest son, Zhu Youzhen, was very dissatisfied with his brother Zhu Youzhen, and actively allied with Zhu Wen's nephew Yuan Xiangxian, son-in-law Zhao Yan, and general Yang Shihou, plotting a coup d'état and usurping the throne.
February 17 early morning 3In the first year of Ganhua (913), just eight months after Zhu Youqi ascended the throne, Yuan Xiangxian led the forbidden army into the palace, Zhu Youqi and his wife Zhang Huangyan went down the north wall, ready to escape over the wall, so Feng Tingling was ordered to commit suicide with Zhang Huangyan, and then Feng Tingling also committed suicide.
The last emperor, Zhu Youzhen: After ascending the throne, the country declined, and died after the defeat of the Later Jin.
Zhu Youzhen is Zhu Wen's third son and only biological son, and his mother is Zhu Wen's original partner Zhang. When Zhu Wen established the Later Liang, Zhu Youzhen was named the King of Spring. Zhu Wen set up another Tianxing Army in the forbidden army, and Zhu Youzhen was the left envoy of the Tianxing Army. After Zhu Youzhen killed his father and became emperor, Zhu Youzhen was appointed as the superintendent of Tokyo and served as the prefect of Kaifeng.
In February of the third year of Ganhua (913), Yuan Xiangxian and others took advantage of the conflict between Zhu Youzhen and the forbidden army Long Xiang stationed in Kaifeng to organize a rebellion in Luoyang, killing Zhu Youqi, who was proclaimed emperor in Kaifeng, and removing him as a commoner.
From the beginning of its establishment, the Later Liang had a bad relationship with the Jin king, who ruled Hedong. It was during the civil strife in Later Liang that the Jin king Li Cunqiao annexed Youzhou and united Chengde, Yiwu and other cities against Later Liang. At the same time, the Later Liang Wei Bo Jiedu made Yang Shihou also have his own army, and the Later Liang gradually became at a disadvantage in the competition with the Later Jin.
In the first year of the Zhengming Dynasty (915), after Yang Shihou fell ill and died, Zhu Youzhen took the opportunity to weaken the power of the clan, which led to the rebellion of Wei Bo, and Li Cunqiao took the opportunity to annex Wei Bo City. Since then, Li Cunmiao has continued to encroach on Houliang's territory, and Zhu Youzhen has reused incompetent people such as Zhao Yan and Zhang Hanjie, and has lost step by step.
In April of the third year of Longde (923), Li Cunqiao proclaimed himself emperor in Weizhou and established the Later Tang Dynasty. Li Cunqiao took advantage of Zhu Youzhen's use of troops against Zhaoyi to attack Houliang. In October of the same year, Li Cunqiao crossed the central capital, captured Wang Yanzhang, Zhang Hanjie, and Liu Zhibin, and then traveled to Kaifeng, Tokyo, via Caozhou.
At that time, some people persuaded Zhu Youzhen to flee west to Luoyang and mobilize a large army to fight a decisive battle with the late Tang Dynasty, but Zhu Youzhen felt that no one would be loyal to him after fleeing west. Zhu Youzhen faced the army of the late Tang Dynasty and knew that Tokyo was difficult to defend, so he ordered the crane general Huang Fulin to commit suicide, and after Huang Fulin committed suicide, the late Liang perished.