<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="1" > preface</h1>
As the saying goes, the more ordinary a person looks, the more you can't underestimate him. On December 5, 852, a learned man was delighted to receive a third son, and there is a legend about the birth of the son, saying that on the day of his birth, there was a vision in the sky, and many people thought that his son's house was on fire, and he went to know that the son was born. Although this is just an ordinary family, the birth of the son is also doomed to his future life is extraordinary, this baby is the 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 people to the founding emperor, his counterattack road paid a lot of hardships and sufferings, but also many people died tragically on this road, so he is known as an absurd and brutal emperor.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" how did Zhu Wen become emperor >? </h1>
Zhu Wen, also known as Zhu Quanzhong, was born in an educational family, ranked third, and there are two older brothers on it, the eldest brother is called Zhu Quanyu, and the second brother is called Zhu Cun. Their father and grandfather never served as officials, and although they were not very wealthy, they were not small in status, and they were both famous scholars and teachers. Unfortunately, Zhu Quanzhong had not yet grown up, his father died, and poor Zhu Quanzhong could only rely on his mother and two brothers for his life, at that time, their family was poor, it can be said that the family was surrounded by disciples, so in order to maintain the livelihood of their family, their mother took them and worked as a hired worker in Liu Chong's house to make a living.
▲ Zhu Wen
After Zhu Quanzhong grew up, although he was strong and strong, and his personality was relatively fierce, he was idle all day, idle, very lazy, and did not engage in production, bragging all day about how heroic and heroic he was, seeing himself as a hero Haojie, and eating and lazy, which can be said to be the object that everyone hates. Many people hated him to the extreme, including their landlord Liu Chong. But such a nasty person, there are also people who treat him kindly, that person is Liu Chong's mother, Zhu Quanzhong because of his lazy personality, often punished, many people will only add oil and vinegar to insult him, only Liu Chong's mother loves and cares for him, many times when Zhu Quanzhong is going to be punished, and often helps him comb his hair. Liu Chong's mother knew that Zhu Quanzhong was not an ordinary person and would definitely make a difference in the future, but how could those people believe it, after all, Zhu Quanzhong's laziness was obvious to all.
Later, from 874 to 879, there was a famine in the Shandong region, and the famine for several consecutive years starved countless people, and there was a ration that was eaten by several people, and people were in a state of hunger for a long time. The famine of those years also attracted many thieves and robbers, the social situation was turbulent, Huangchao took advantage of the fire to loot, and the power began to rise in Caozhou and Puzhou, and tens of thousands of people who suffered famine followed.
In 877, Zhu Quanzhong and his second brother also went to follow Huang Chao, and it was not long before his second brother was killed on the battlefield, and Zhu Quanzhong also made meritorious contributions and was made captain. In 880, the Huangchao rebel army marched all the way to Chang'an, and Chang'an was captured, and Emperor Tang fled. After the capture of Chang'an, Zhu Quanzhong was ordered to lead troops at Dongwei Bridge, and also persuaded Zhuge Shuang, a Tang dynasty general stationed at Liyang, to surrender to Huangchao. The power of the Huangchao rebel army gradually expanded, and Zhu Quanzhong's position was gradually rising, in 881, the Tang army had a northern attack on the Jingxiang area, Zhu Quanzhong was appointed as the capital Yu Hou, he led the army to capture Dengzhou, and also captured Shi Zhaojing, blocking the Tang army's attack. Later, he fought in Xingping against the Tang army transferred from various places.
▲ The yellow nest in the film and television drama
The following year, Zhu Quanzhong was again appointed as the history of the defense of Tongzhou, and fought with Wang Chongrong, who had tens of thousands of troops in Tunza, in the river, and unfortunately failed miserably, so he asked Huang Chao for support, who expected that his request for support from Huang Chao was concealed by Meng Kai and not reported, at that time, many of the troops led by Zhu Quanzhong were already in a state of fatigue, which can be said to be a military collapse, so Zhu Quanzhong's cronies persuaded Zhu Quanzhong to surrender to Tang, and Zhu Quanzhong also reasoned that the Huangchao rebel army would inevitably go to the road of defeat, so he also had the preparation for surrender.
▲Tang Dynasty
In September of the same year, he and his cronies secretly murdered the overseers of the Huangchao rebel army and led his army to surrender to Wang Chongrong, who believed that this man was brave and good at war and had something to use, so at that time Yang Fuguang wanted to take advantage of this to kill Zhu Quanzhong and he stopped it. Zhu Quanzhong, who surrendered to Wang Chongrong, made Wang Chongrong his uncle, and when Emperor Tang learned of this, he was overjoyed and thought that Zhu Quanzhong was a great general given to him by heaven, so he issued an edict appointing Zhu Quanzhong as the general of Zuo Jinwuwei and giving him a name, from which Zhu Quanzhong's name was derived. Later, Zhu Quanzhong led his old troops to serve Emperor Tang, cutting thorns along the way, and his power gradually expanded, becoming the largest divided force in the late Tang Dynasty.
Perhaps because of Zhu Quanzhong's ambitions, although his power gradually expanded, although he had heavy troops, he was dissatisfied with the status quo and wanted more, so Zhu Quanzhong began to covet the imperial throne, designed to kill Tang Zhaozong, who later ascended to the throne, and then made the young Li Zhu the emperor, and gradually grasped the imperial power, and later he seized the position of Emperor Li Zhu through the form of Zen Concession, called himself emperor, and changed the name of the country to Liang. Unfortunately, Zhu Quanzhong's position as emperor had not yet been enough, and it was not long before he became emperor, and he died at the age of 61 at the hands of his own son Zhu Youjue.
▲ Li Zhu in film and television dramas
Since Zhu Quanzhong's surrender, he has made a lot of contributions to Emperor Tang. Pacifying the Yellow Nest was Tang Quanzong's wish all along, so Tang Xianzong entrusted this heavy responsibility to Zhu Quanzhong, the strength of the Huangchao rebel army at that time was still very strong, if you want to say strong attack, Zhu Quanzhong may not be able to win, so later Zhu Quanzhong felt that it was difficult to resist when he was fighting the Huangchao rebel army, so he asked Hedong Jiedu to make Li Ke use it to help them, the troops of the Huangchao rebel army were attacked by Zhu Quanzhong in Wazizhai, and thus they were captured, Zhu Quanzhong not only contributed to The Huangchao Rebel Army, but also gained two generals. Later, Zhu Quanzhong led an army to capture Xihuazhai, causing the Huangchao rebel army to be defeated and flee. Zhu Quanzhong, with the assistance of Li Keyong, led thousands of people to suppress the remnants of the Huangchao rebel army, the Huangchao rebel army died more than 10,000 people, the vast majority of whom soon surrendered to Zhu Quanzhong, Zhu Quanzhong also took them in regardless of their previous suspicions, and later Zhu Quanzhong defeated Qin Zongquan and made a contribution to pacifying CaiZhou.
▲ Tang Zhaozong
Militarily, Zhu Quanzhong was also a relatively strict person, his warlords were very strict, but they also reduced the number of bandits. Politically, Zhu Quanzhong is actually more fond of talents, and he is also a person who is thirsty for talents, and he especially hopes to find many thousands of horses to use for him, and he is also a meticulous person. Economically, Zhu Quanzhong, who had done nothing and did not do production work, vigorously grasped agricultural production, and also rewarded farming, reduced the people's taxes, and returned the people's means of production so that they could produce with peace of mind. In short, this policy was very tolerant for the people, and Liang's economy began to become stronger and stronger.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="13" > where Zhu Wen's means are</h1>
Although Zhu Quanzhong had made achievements both militarily, economically and politically during his reign, he was still called the beast-like emperor by many people in later generations.
According to historical records, Zhu Quanzhong's methods used when he usurped power and seized the throne were extremely cruel, and in order to achieve his goals, he did not hesitate at all costs. In order not to let his plan to become emperor be affected, he killed all the remaining sons of Tang Zhaozong and those loyal to the Li Tang royal family, and once killed 30 ministers in one night, throwing their bodies into the Yellow River, staining the turbid Yellow River red, and the means were extremely cruel.
When the Tang Emperor Li Zhu ascended the throne, he basically emptied Li Zhu and firmly held power in his own hands, and later the 16-year-old Li Zhu also died tragically at his hands. Not only that, Zhu Quanzhong was also a person who was greedy for wine, and at the beginning he still had the constraints of Empress Zhang, so he did not do anything wrong, after all, Empress Zhang was the one who made Zhu Quanzhong obedient, so Zhu Quanzhong would listen to her words and be bound by her.
▲ Tang Zhaozong in film and television dramas
Later, Empress Zhang died of illness, and before her death, although she warned Zhu Quanzhong not to covet wine and wrongfully kill the chancellor, Zhu Quanzhong felt that there was no bondage after Empress Zhang's death, and completely left Empress Zhang's last words behind. So he began to indulge, often indulging in female sex, as long as the women he admired could not escape, even the wives of his ministers. Zhu Quanzhong's sons were even more shameless, and in order to compete for the throne, they actually used their wives to win Zhu Quanzhong's favor, which was simply absurd.
▲ Zhu Youjue
Zhu Quanzhong's cruelty was actually like Dong Zhuo's, even worse than Dong Zhuo's. Zhu Quanzhong not only insisted on going his own way, but even for his own interests, he did not hesitate to sacrifice the interests of the people, which was the same as the previous sentence of two people, when the Yellow River soared, in order to protect the walls of Huazhou from being destroyed, he disregarded the tail and desperately dug the river embankment, although he saved the city wall, but the downstream suffered great losses, making hundreds of people displaced and complaining. Not only that, the emperor moved the capital, even if he forced it, he also demolished many buildings in Chang'an City, and in a flash, those magnificent buildings instantly turned into ruins, and the devastation was incomparable, making many residents leave their hometowns, at that time, there was no one who did not scold Zhu Quanzhong.
▲ Huangchao rebel army
It can be said that the tragic demise of the Tang Dynasty has a very close relationship with Zhu Quanzhong, his methods are too cruel, countless loyal subjects have died at his hands, and many people cannot accept it. However, from a certain point of view, it can also be seen that the later decline of the Tang Dynasty also allowed Zhu Quanzhong to take advantage of it. Perhaps because Zhu Quanzhong had done too many things that had lost his conscience, retribution began to come to him, or perhaps because this was because zhu Quanzhong was destined not to die well, and later Zhu Quanzhong took the throne not long ago, the emperor's stool was not hot, he died tragically at the hands of his own son, who was 61 years old at that time, and was still in the process of illness.
It is said that if there is a father, there must be a son, the upper liang is not right and the lower liang is crooked, And Zhu Quanzhong's previous brutal thoughts were also inherited to his son, otherwise how could his son bear to kill his sick old father. Zhu Quanzhong may not have thought until his death that he had worked hard to step on the throne of so many people's corpses, and he had not sat down enough, but he had fallen into the hands of his own son, as if this Jiangshan was not for him, but for his son. He had killed so many people in his life, and there were indeed many people who wanted him to die, but he could never have imagined that it was his own son who would end his life.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="21" > conclusion</h1>
As for Zhu Quanzhong's evaluation, since ancient times, there have been good and bad, but the bad is greater than the good, although since ancient times no usurper has not had innocent blood on his hands, but his means are really too cruel, it is simply not to fold all means, and may not even be able to look at the heavens. But from a certain point of view, Zhu Quanzhong also has a good side, his second brother died in battle, he was also very sad, and later he raised his eyebrows, personally greeted his mother, took his old mother to enjoy the blessings, and later gave his nephews official positions. In addition, he is also a person who knows how to be grateful, although Liu Chong and others did not look favorably on him before, and beat and scolded him, but he still remembered that Liu Chong's favor to his family also gave Liu Chong and others a reward. For Mrs. Liu, who treated him well, that is not to mention. Then again, Zhu Quanzhong's tragic end and the fate of his short-lived emperor should be said to have a lot to do with his cruelty and absurdity, if he was a mingjun, the godson was generous, did not use such brutal means to obtain imperial power, maybe he would not have died so tragically in the end.