Chapter 217: Later Liang perishes

Liu Shouguang, the male of the north, was brutal and a strong enemy of the Jin State, he was named the King of Yan by Later Liang and established the Yan State, known as Ji Yan in history. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info In the coming year, Li Cunmiao sent Zhou Dewei to crusade against Liu Shouguang, and Zhu Wen personally led the army to the rescue, but was defeated by the Jin army, and Liu Shouguang was finally defeated by Li Cunmiao.

Zhu Wen was critically ill after retreating to Luoyang, and his second son Zhu Youqi was dissatisfied with Zhu Wen's intention to set up his adopted son Zhu Youwen as the crown prince, so he took the opportunity to assassinate Zhu Wen and succeed to the throne. However, Zhu Youzhen was absurd and unpopular, and his younger brother Zhu Youzhen united with Yang Shihou of the Tianxiong Army to seize the throne, and was known as the late emperor of the Later Liang Dynasty.

Zhu Youqi is the third son of Zhu Wen, the Taizu of the Later Liang Dynasty, and his mother is a prostitute in Bozhou. After Zhu Youqi succeeded to the throne, a large number of soldiers were rewarded in an attempt to buy people's hearts, but many veterans were quite unfair, and Zhu Youqi was also absurd, so people's hearts were boiling and the people were dissatisfied.

Zhu Wen's grandson Yuan Xiangxian, son-in-law Zhao Yan, son Zhu Youzhen and general Yang Shihou conspired a coup d'état. After Zhu Youzhen succeeded to the throne, he posthumously abolished Zhu Youzhen as a concubine.

Zhu Youqi's mother was a camp prostitute in Bozhou, Zhu Wen was guarding Xuanwu in the town, and when he went to Songzhou and Bozhou to expand his territory, he once led an army through Bozhou, called his mother to accompany him, and became pregnant. After Zhu Wen left, his mother sent someone to tell Zhu Wen that he had given birth to a boy, and Zhu Wen was overjoyed, so he took the nickname Yaoxi, and was later taken by Zhu Wen.

When Zhu Youqi grew up, he was cunning and resourceful. Zhu Wen's adopted son, Bowang Zhu Youwen, is versatile and older, and Zhu Wen loves him very much. Zhu Wen usurped the throne and became the emperor, established the Later Liang, was the Taizu of the Later Liang, and Zhu Wen named Zhu Youqi as the king of Ying. At that time, Zhu Wen did not establish a prince, and he wanted to make Zhu Youwen the heir.

Since the death of his wife, Empress Yuanzhen Zhang Hui, Zhu Wen has begun to indulge in sensuality and absurdity, and often summons the wives of his sons to the palace to accompany him. Zhu Wen's eldest son, Chenwang Zhu Youyu, died early, and the second son, Bowang Zhu Youwen, whose real name is Kang Qin, is Zhu Wen's adopted son, the third son is Zhu Youqi, and the fourth son is Zhu Youzhen. Zhu Youwen's wife, Wang, is beautiful and is especially favored by Zhu Wen.

Zhu Wen has been ill for a long time, and Wang and Zhu Youqi's wife Zhang often serve, Zhu Wen said to Wang: "I know that my illness will not be cured, you go to the eastern capital to summon Zhu Youwen, and I will say parting words to him." ”

Zhu Wen planned to pass on the throne to Zhu Youwen, so he said to Jing Xiang: "Zhu Youqi can give him a county and urge him to take office." So Zhu Youqi was appointed as the assassin of Laizhou.

Zhu Wen usually has a strong and brutal personality, and is moody during his illness, and those who are demoted at that time are often dealt with quickly, and Zhu Youqi is very afraid. Zhu Youqi's wife Zhang also served by Zhu Wen's side, and when she learned that Zhu Wen wanted to pass on the throne to Zhu Youwen, she told Zhu Youwen about it and said: "The emperor passed on the national treasure to the Wang family and asked her to summon Zhu Youwen in Tokyo, and you will be in trouble." ”

The couple cried relatively closely, and the people on the left and right persuaded Zhu Youqi: "The matter is urgent, why don't you think of a way earlier?"

Zhu Youqi changed his clothes and secretly went to the Zuolong Tiger Army to discuss with Han Qing, the commander of the army, and Han Qing led 500 tooth soldiers to enter the palace with Zhu Youqi mixed in the crane control guards overnight. At night, after the third watch, he entered the Wanchun Gate and came to Zhu Wen's dormitory, and the people who served him were scared away.

Zhu Wen was so frightened that he sat up and shouted: "I have suspected this thief for a long time, I hate to kill him earlier, and the traitor has the heart to kill his father?"

Zhu Youqi's official Feng Tingge stabbed Zhu Wen with a sword, Zhu Wen circled around the pillar, the sword hit the pillar three times, Zhu Wen was tired and fell on the bed, Feng Tingge stabbed Zhu Wen with a sword, passed through Zhu Wen's abdomen, and the stomach flowed out. Zhu Youqi wrapped his body in a mosquito net and bedding and placed it in the dormitory, where he remained mournful for four days. took out the money from the treasury, rewarded the ministers and the army, and sent Ding Zhaopu to the eastern capital to send a fake edict to kill Zhu Youwen.

Zhu Youqi issued an edict for Zhu Wen and said: "I have been working hard for more than 30 years, and I have been the emperor for six years, and everyone has worked hard to achieve a well-off life. Unexpectedly, Zhu Youwen conspired and would go against the grain. On the night of last two days, the armor soldiers entered the palace, thanks to Zhu Youqi's loyalty and filial piety, leading the troops to suppress the thieves and protect the body. However, the sick body was shocked and in danger, Zhu Youqi eliminated the rebellion, and his contribution was incomparable, and he should be entrusted to preside over military affairs. Then he mourned.

Zhu Youzhen took the throne of the emperor in front of Zhu Wen's coffin, promoted Han Qing to the envoy of the Loyal Army, appointed his younger brother Zhu Youzhen as the queen of Bianzhou, and Zhu Youqian in the river as the Zhongshu Order, Zhu Youqian did not accept the order. After Zhu Youqi ascended the throne, although a large number of generals and soldiers were rewarded in an attempt to buy people's hearts, many veterans were still quite unhappy, and Zhu Youqi himself was absurd, so people's hearts were boiling and the people were dissatisfied.

Huaizhou Longxiang army of 3,000 people, kidnapped his general Liu Chongba, occupied Huaizhou, and claimed to be a thief. Zhu Youqi sacrificed to the sky in the southern suburbs of Luoyang, and changed the year name to Fengli. Zhu Wen's grandson Yuan Xiangxian, son-in-law Ma Duwei Zhao Yan, fourth son Jun Wang Zhu Youzhen and general Yang Shihou conspired to coup d'état.

Yuan Xiang first attacked, led thousands of forbidden troops into the palace, Zhu Youqi and his wife Empress Zhang ran to the north wall downstairs, ready to climb the city wall to escape, so he ordered Feng Tingge to kill himself and Empress Zhang, and then Feng Tingge also committed suicide and died. Zhu Youzhen ascended the throne for the late Emperor of the Later Liang Dynasty, and after Zhu Youzhen ascended the throne, he restored Zhu Youwen's official position and title, and posthumously abolished Zhu Youzhen as a concubine.

After the death of Yang Shihou, the Tianxiong Army and other Hebei towns were successively attached to the Jin State, coupled with the defeat of the Liang army at the Jin army in the Battle of Weizhou, the territory of the northern Liang could only barely maintain south of the Yellow River. Li Cunmiao led the army to the south and held the Liang army in the Puzhou area. The Liang army was defeated, but the Jin general Zhou Dewei was killed, and the Liang-Jin war was silent for a while.

Zhang Wenli killed the envoy of Chengde Jiedu and Wang Rong of Zhao, controlled the Chengde army, united the Khitan State and the Later Liang State, and fought against the Jin State, but Li Cunqiao led the army to defeat the Liang-Zhao coalition army in Zhenzhou, and captured the three towns of Hebei.

Liang general Wang Yanzhang adopted the method of containing Yunzhou, and successfully surrounded the Tang army near Yang Liu, and the two sides confronted each other for a long time, and the Tang army was short of food and showed signs of imminent retreat. However, Liang Ting, Zhao Yan, Zhang Hanjie and others slandered, so that Wang Yanzhang was replaced, and then Tang Zhuangzong led the army to attack Bianzhou, which was empty and empty, through Yunzhou. On the day of the city's destruction, the late Emperor of Later Liang had no choice but to order Emperor Fulin to kill him, and Later Liang perished.

Thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, for the five generations of regime change, any regime in the long history is like a flash in the pan, and it will soon disappear in the years. In the later period of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Zhou Shizong Chai Rong had great ambitions and was determined to unify China, and of course he also had this strength. But before Zhou Shizong, there was another person who also had the strength to unify China, and that was Li Cunmiao, the Later Tang Dynasty Zhuangzong.

Why was he ridiculed for his once strong strength: "In three years, Hedong has changed to Hexi, and Li Cunmiao has been wise first and then fainted?"

Tang Zhuangzong Li Cunxuan, Shatuo nationality, Shanxi Yingxian people, the eldest son of Li Keyong, Taizu of the Later Tang Dynasty, and the founding emperor of the Later Tang Dynasty. Li Cunmiao is the eldest son of Li Keyong and Empress Cao, it is said that when Mrs. Cao was about to give birth to Li Cunmiao, she once dreamed of a god, black-clothed fan, sandwiched on the left and right, carrying the birthday, purple gas out of the window.

Li Cunmiao has shown extraordinary talent since he was a child, he has been good at riding horses and archery since he was a child, and he is very courageous, and he is favored by Li Keyong. When he was a teenager, he fought with his father, and at the age of eleven, he went to Chang'an with his father to report to the Tang Dynasty, and was rewarded and praised by Tang Zhaozong.

The Hedong Army defeated Meng Fangli in Xingzhou, returned to Hedong, and passed through Sanzhui Gang in Luzhou. Li Ke used a big cocktail party to let the servants play and sing "Centennial Song", the sound was choked and sentimental, Li Keyong was repeatedly suppressed by Zhu Wen, his expression was sad, and everyone was accompanied by sad faces. At this time, Li Cunqiao was only five years old, and Li Keyong loved this son very much, asserting that he would definitely make achievements in the future.

Li Cunmiao became an adult with a majestic and magnificent appearance, learned the "Spring and Autumn Period", was open-minded and righteous, brave and good at fighting, and was familiar with strategic techniques. Not only that, Li Cunmiao was also quite familiar with music, song and dance, and the drama of haiyou, when the warlords were fighting and occupying Hedong, Li Keyong was often besieged by Zhu Quanzhong, who controlled Henan, and was very pessimistic because of his insufficient troops and narrow territory.

However, in the face of adversity, Li Cunmiao encouraged his father not to be discouraged and persuaded his father: "Zhu Quanzhong relied on his force to swallow up his neighbors and want to usurp the throne, which is self-defeating." We must not be discouraged, but gather strength and wait for the opportune moment. ”

Once, Li Cunmiao followed his father Li Keyong to visit Tang Zhaozong Li Ye, Li Ye was shocked when he saw Li Cunmiao, and said: "This little guy looks different." ”

The holder of the brand trademark Li Yazi is Li Ye, Li Ye said that this son is inferior to his father, so the world calls Li Cunqiao Li Yazi. Li Ye is Li Cunqing's Bole, because of Tang Zhaozong's appreciation of Li Ye, Li Cunqing's military talent has been fully excavated. Li Keyong died of illness, Li Cunqiao attacked the throne in the same month, and after the funeral, he designed to hunt and kill his uncle Li Kening, who tried to seize the throne, and led the army to relieve the siege of Luzhou.

Li Cunmiao's strange use of troops shocked Liang Taizu Zhu Quanzhong, he said: "Giving birth to a son should be like Li Yazi, Li Keyong will rely on his son to prosper, as for my son, he is as stupid as a pig and a dog." ”

When Li Cunmiao reached the peak of his life, he suddenly changed from a military genius to a political idiot. Before the destruction of Liang, it can be said that it was a generation of Ming Jun, good at riding and shooting, daring to fight, and the battle of Gaoyi and Weizhou was fought by the Liang army who lost his armor and forgot to flee, although there were mistakes, but he had to admit that he was a good founder of the country.

After the destruction of Liang, he was a villain, a distant virtuous minister, and incompetent. Li restored the bad government, searched for the old ministers of the Tang Dynasty, Su Xun flattered, let him lead the deputy envoy of Hedong, imitated the old Tang system to establish a hundred officials, and selected Dou Lu Ge, Wei Shuo, and Lu Cheng as the prime minister.

Reuse the resentment of the eunuchs in the army, the chaos in the streets, the robbery of the wives and daughters of the Wei army, hate, extremely dissatisfied, and reward and punishment are not divided, proud and complacent, do not reward the heroes, and use the servants to make a history of assassination, act recklessly, and insist on going their own way. Ren Kongqian was the tenant envoy, and the people in the world were in turmoil. Li Cunmiao will do his best to lay down a country, but he doesn't know how to defend a country.

Li Siyuan, who was in charge of the Ma Bu Army inside and outside the Later Tang Dynasty, rebelled during the suppression of the rebellion and refused to submit to the rule of Emperor Li Cunxuan. Li Cunmiao personally led part of the army to conquer Li Siyuan, but on the way, many soldiers ran into Li Siyuan's camp, and at the same time Li Siyuan occupied the main beam, Li Cunmiao had to return to Luoyang, preparing to unite his eldest son Li Jiqi, the king of Wei, to return from the westward expedition to join the army, and then enter to suppress Li Siyuan.

Unexpectedly, on the day of April 1, a mutiny occurred, and Li Cunqiao personally led the army to guard Bishui Pass, but to see who was rebelling, only to see that Guo Congqian, the leader of his personal soldiers, was leading his personal soldiers to rush towards him.

Guo Congqian was originally a play, but because of his good voice, he was taken in by Li Cunqing, who loves opera. Li Cunqiao saw that this person could not only sing, but also fight, so he made him a pro-army leader. Guo Congqian's rebellion actually had no purpose, Li Cunmiao took the lead in the play, leading the guards to rush over, in the chaotic battle, Li Cunmiao, who has many years of combat experience, was shot and wounded, right in his face.

The guards hurriedly ran into the palace and told Empress Liu about this, who was packing up her treasures and preparing to escape, and when she heard that her husband had been hit by an arrow, she did not go to visit, but only brought a bowl of milk and asked the guards to give her husband a drink. As a result, after Li Cunmiao drank this bowl of milk, he died with a whimper.