Zhu Youjue, zhu Wen's third son, and the second emperor of Liang five generations later. Because of his birth mother' relationship, he had nothing to do with the throne. Because, his biological father, his private life is quite unruly, in the leisure time of marching and fighting, he can not forget his own happiness, and the military prostitutes have a relationship. Can marching and fighting can still prostitute? In fact, this is thanks to the Han Wudi Emperor Liu Che.
Liu Che felt that rice could not be eaten, and women could not be without. Therefore, in order to better appease those soldiers who served him, he began to set up a "camp prostitute" system. When Zhu Youjue was born, his father Zhu Wen was still serving the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, although he was guarded very strictly by his wife, he would still seize every opportunity to indulge himself, so he had this son.
By the spring of 886, the tang imperial family was already quite weak, and it was impossible to control the royals and ministers who held military power. Zhu Wen received an "assignment" from the emperor to fight those people. When the march reached Bozhou, he summoned a "military prostitute" to serve him. Zhu Wen estimated that he did not expect that the happy wind and currents of one night would "conceive" the next "emperor".
A month later, as he was about to pull out of the camp, the military prostitute ran over and said, "I'm pregnant, and the baby is yours." Zhu Wen listened, this is a disaster, but he has a good reputation of "fear of the inside", which makes his wife know, then it is not a "rebellion". In order to calm things down, Zhu Wen bought a property in Bozhou and "raised" the woman.
Ten months later, a subordinate came running up and said, "Born, it's a boy." "Adding Ding to the family is a happy event, but for Zhu Wen, it is a "hot" thing. In order not to let the matter be revealed, he did not dare to visit the mother and son again. He named his son "Haruka", and later, when he became emperor himself and had a voice in the family, the mother and son were taken home by him.
Since then, Zhu Youjue has had his own official name.
Due to the lack of fatherly love in childhood, coupled with the background of his own birth mother, it is so unbearable. All this made Zhu Youjue very unconfident, felt that he was very lowly, and his heart was always sullen, and he always felt that everyone looked down on him. His self-esteem was strong, he was quite intelligent, and he was also fond of playing tricks, so he had a terrible relationship with his brothers. Later, in order to compete for the throne, Zhu Youjue and Zhu Wen's adopted son Zhu Youwen almost became "enemies".
His father was proclaimed empress dowager, and Zhu Youjue also became the King of Yin, but due to his birth mother, he was not among the candidates for the crown prince. Originally, he had no place in his father's heart, and his father even looked down on him. More importantly, as a famous rogue emperor in history, Zhu Wen often let his daughter-in-law "serve the sick in the special room". Because Zhu Youwen's wife was beautiful and very favored by Zhu Wen, Zhu Wen had the idea of passing the throne to this adopted son.
Zhu Youjue listened, and the anger in his heart was ah! His origin is not good, the good villain is also the "eldest son of the concubine", at that time, his eldest brother Zhu Youyu is already dead, how old is this adopted son? They have no blood relationship with the Zhu family. Because of their extreme dissatisfaction with Zhu Wen's decision, the father and son made a very unpleasant quarrel, and later, they simply "became enemies". Although there was no hope of being the crown prince, Zhu Youjue did not give up.
In May 912, when Zhu Wen was seriously ill and bedridden, he told Zhu Youwen's wife: "Call your husband over, I have something to say." At that time, Zhu Youjue's wife was also present, and when she heard it, it was not good, this was the old emperor who was going to pass the throne to Zhu Youwen. She moved faster and quickly informed her husband. After Zhu Youjue got the news, he discussed with his confidants how to "seize power."
The people who can sit on the throne all have "two brushes", Zhu Wen of course did not trust his accidental son, after a few days, he lay on the bed, issued an order, zhu Youjue was degraded, demoted to a Laizhou assassin history. The intention is very obvious, that is, to clear all obstacles for Zhu Yongwen to ascend to the throne.
At that time, there was also a customary practice that these degraded people would be "given death" in the middle of the road. Zhu Youjue, who had a fierce force, sensed that the situation was very unfavorable to him, so he simply chose an extreme method - killing his father and seizing power. According to the "New History of the Five Dynasties", the scene was quite terrifying.
The night after Zhu Youjue was degraded, he rushed into the palace with 500 people, and his men killed Zhu Wen on the bed. Why was Zhu Youjue so cruel to his father? I am afraid that in his heart, he has always hated his father for bullying his mother. If Zhu Wen could "calculate" the one-night affair many years ago and actually ruined his own life, he might not have left the mother and son behind.
After Zhu Wen's death, Zhu Youjue did not announce it to the outside world, but "secretly mourned for four days", during which time he drew up a false edict and finally got rid of his opponent Zhu Youwen.
Sure enough, after Zhu Youjue became emperor, he became another late Zhu Wen, in order to give himself more time to indulge, he promoted the fourth brother Zhu Youzhen, and he ignored the government and ignored the government, messing around the harem all day. The ministers were quite disgusted by what he had done. Zhu Youzhen, on the other hand, was superficially obedient but secretly cultivated his own strength, and in February 913, he launched a coup d'état.
Zhu Youjue and his wife were blocked at the city gate, and they did not want to fall into Zhu Youzhen's hands, so they ordered "Feng Tingchen to enter and blade his wife and himself". The emperor who only served for eight months did not leave an imperial title in history, and because of his own failure, he also lost the opportunity to change the "identity" for his birth mother, and it has to be said that his life is actually a "tragedy".
Zhu Youzhen ascended the throne as the last emperor of Later Liang. After Zhu Youzhen ascended the throne, he immediately restored Zhu Youwen's official position and title, and posthumously deposed Zhu Youjue as a Shuren. Regarding Zhu Youjue's origin, many historical records are surprisingly consistent. Although he could not choose his parents, he had the opportunity to "change" his background, but in the end, he ended up with a miserable end due to his absurdity.
Resources:
[History of the Old Five Dynasties, Volume III (Book of Liang), Taizu Ji III, History of the New Five Dynasties, Volume XIII, Biography of the Liang Family, No. 1]