Late night blood
The night of July 22, 912. The moon was obscured by dark clouds, and the inner courtyard of the palace was dark except for a few oil lamps on duty, and there were only the slight cries of small insects in the grass in the corners, and the earth was in a quiet place. Suddenly, in Emperor Zhu Wen's bedroom, Zhu Youjue scolded in a hoarse voice: "Feng Tingchen, you stupid fool, to the point of slashing three knives, this old immortal is unscathed, kill him and I will destroy your whole family." At this time, Feng Tingchen raised the dagger in his hand, gritted his teeth, used all his strength, aimed at the tired, sat on the edge of the bed and gasped for breath on the front chest of the old man, struggling to stab, this time it was really fierce, the dagger penetrated the chest, and the tip of the knife leaked out from the back. Suddenly, blood spurted out, and he slowly lay down on the dragon bed, without breath. The emperor who was stabbed to death was Zhu Wen, the taizu of Later Liang, and it was none other than Zhu Wen's own son Zhu Youjue who was shouting from the side.
Legend born
Zhu Youjue can do amazing things, and his birth is also very legendary. When Zhu Wen was guarding xuanwu in the town and inspecting the work of expanding the territory in Bozhou, the local officials of Bozhou, in order to express a solemn welcome and also to curry favor with this powerful figure, lined up on both sides of zhu Wenlai's intersection to greet him. Zhu Wen saw that the beautiful women had flowed down, and looked closely, one of them really didn't look stupid, enough to taste. Well, don't report back, I'll give this little sister a separate exchange. Who is this beautiful woman, a camp prostitute who comforts the soldiers, fortunately let Lao Zhu see it and make this encounter. This magistrate is also wise, the eldest woman we have to raise like a grandmother, but do not dare to move again. More fortunately, soon after, we reported good news to Old Zhu, and after you left, we have been waiting, and according to the imperial doctor's diagnosis, she has joy. Zhu Wen was overjoyed to hear this, and there were people who followed him, and he also rewarded this magistrate heavily. Soon after, a baby boy was born, nicknamed Haruka, and was later picked up by Zhu Wen. This baby boy is Zhu Youjue, the mother is expensive, and the chicks turn into phoenixes when they are picked up to Zhu Wen's side.
You scramble for it
All the princes of all dynasties and generations have the conditions to covet the throne and have thought of addicting the emperor, which is also the common sentiment of people. Zhu Wen's eldest son died of illness, and Zhu Youjue became the titular eldest son, but Zhu Wen looked at Zhu Youwen, an adopted son who was better than Zhu Youjue in all aspects, and it was difficult to judge whether he was excellent or not, or just when he was a father's preference, he looked at Zhu Youwen in the eye. After Zhu Wenyuan and Zhang Hui died, no one restrained him in his private life, and he did whatever he wanted. When looking at Zhu Youwen's wife Wang Shi's seductive beauty, looking at Zhu Youwen's wife is beautiful and beautiful, non-negotiable, come over at night, the three of us will play cards and fight with the landlord, and spend a long night together (this father-in-law is absurd enough). According to the traditional rules of succession, the old Zhu Youjue will definitely be Zhu Youjue after a hundred years. However, the direction of the wind is getting more and more wrong, from the specific work of fiefdom and management, the various news revealed by my father has not been passed on to Zhu Youjue's movements, more is the meaning of passing on the adopted son Zhu Youwen, is his name Wen more literary than I have, if so at that time I also changed my name. Most crucially, there was no princely ceremony. Zhu Youjue was sullen and unhappy every day, he did not want to fly this cooked duck, in addition to actively cashing out at work, secretly he also prepared all kinds of preparations for armed seizure of power, courted key high-ranking officials, trained his own tooth army, trained loyal personal guards, they all had special skills. Zhu Youjue thought to himself, it is better to prepare than not to use, and it is resolutely not to be available and not to be prepared.
Counterattack on the top
Zhu Wen's body was gradually hollowed out in the temptations of the Southern Expedition to the North, the Eastern Expedition to the West, and various beauties (the age at the time of death was 60 years old, which was considered to be a high life expectancy among ancient emperors, according to statistics, the average life expectancy of ancient emperors was 39.2 years, and here is a praise for Zhu Wen's life expectancy). In the second year of Qianhua (912), Zhu Wen knew that he would soon be over, so he said to Wang Shi (Zhu Youwen's wife): "I know that my illness will not get better, you go to Dongdu to summon Zhu Youwen to come, and I will say goodbye to him." Zhu Wen planned to pass the throne to Zhu Youwen, and then said to the chancellor Jingxiang: "Zhu Youjue can give him a county and urge him to take office." ”
Zhu Wen's personality was fierce and cruel, and he was moody during his illness, and those who were demoted at that time were often quickly ordered to be dealt with, and may even be executed, and Zhu Youjue was very afraid. Fortunately, at that time, Zhu Youjue's wife Zhang Shi was also serving by Zhu Wen's side, and when he learned that Zhu Wen wanted to pass the throne to Zhu Youwen, he told Zhu Youjue about it: "The emperor passed the throne to Zhu Youwen, and you are going to be in a big disaster." The couple cried relatively. The people around zhu advised Zhu Youjue to find a way to do it sooner."
Zhu Youjue changed his clothes and secretly went to the Zuo Dragon and Tiger Army to consult with the unified army Han Xun, who led five hundred tooth soldiers into the palace with Zhu Youjue overnight. At night, he cut into the Wanchun Gate and went to the palace, and the people who served were scared away. Zhu Wen sat up in fright and shouted, "I have suspected this thief for a long time, I hate that I didn't kill it earlier, can the thief bear to kill his father?" Zhu Youjue's pro-official Feng Tingchen stabbed Zhu Wen with his sword, and Zhu Wen circled around the pillar and hit the pillar three times, so the opening scene appeared. Zhu Youjue's secret was not mourned for four days. Take out the money from the treasury and reward the courtiers and the armies. Send Ding Zhaopu to dongdu in a false edict and kill Zhu Youwen. Zhu Youjue also sent a false edict in the name of Zhu Wen to let Zhu Youjue preside over major military affairs, and then sent funerals.
Addiction is death
On July 27, 912, Zhu Youjue, who was the emperor before Zhu Wen's coffin, promoted Han Xun to the post of envoy of the Zhongwu Army, and appointed his brother Zhu Youzhen as the post of Liu of Bian Prefecture, Zhu Youqian of Hezhong as Zhongshu Ling, Zhu Youqian resolutely resigned, the Tao is not different, the intentions are different, the friends are not friends, Lao Tzu will not play for you.
There is no impermeable wall under the heavens. After Zhu Youjue ascended the throne, although a large number of rewards were given to generals and soldiers in an attempt to buy people's hearts, many veteran generals were still quite uneven, and Zhu Youjue himself was absurd and unrestrained. The point is that the throne did not come from the right path, so people's hearts boiled and people's grievances were rife.
In 913, Zhu Wen's nephew Yuan Xiangxian, son-in-law Zhao Yan (赵岩), the fourth son Zhu Youzhen (朱友贞) the Prince of Jun, plotted a coup d'état with the general Yang Shihou (杨師厚), and others. In February of the same year, Yuan Xiangxian was the first to attack and led thousands of forbidden troops into the palace, Zhu Youjue and his wife Empress Zhang ran downstairs to the north wall, ready to climb the city wall to escape, but saw that they could not escape, so they ordered Feng Tingchen to kill himself and Empress Zhang, and then Feng Tingchen also committed suicide and died. Zhu Youzhen ascended the throne as the last emperor of Later Liang.
Feng Tingchen was also famous, a minister who killed two father and son emperors, but he was notorious.
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