Chapter 41 The sun is thinning

In 324 A.D., Zhang Jun, the son of Zhang Yu, the assassin of Liangzhou, took over the baton of Liangzhou from his uncle Zhang Mao, Zhang Jun followed the last words of his uncle Zhang Mao, knew that he had a great responsibility, was cautious in politics, and faced the strong national strength, the former Zhao and Hou Zhao who dominated the Central Plains, although he sent envoys several times to call the ministers, but he always insisted on the Eastern Jin Dynasty tribute indecision, even if the road was blocked, Zhang Jun also learned from his father's policy, called a minister to Cheng Han, and sent an envoy to Jianye by the way.

Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Zhang Qian to lead troops to pacify, the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, seeing the chaos in the Central Plains, have stood on their own, since Zhang Jun led Liangzhou, several times sent troops to the Western Regions, and recovered the countries again, making the Qianliang control area unprecedentedly large, Zhang Jun reduced the punishment internally, followed the father's and ancestors' political measures, so that the Qianliang national strength reached the extreme.

In 345 AD, Zhang Jun proclaimed himself the false king of Liang under the persuasion of his ministers, and the capital was Guzang (now Wuwei, Gansu).

In May 346 AD, Zhang Jun, who worked hard, died of illness, and was succeeded by his son Zhang Chonghua, who was 16 years old when he succeeded to the throne. However, the internal affairs of the Zhang family made him anxious and resentful, it turned out that his biological mother Ma was young and widowed, unwilling to be lonely, but hooked up with his eldest brother Zhang Zuo and became an adulterer, Zhang Chonghua knew about his biological mother and brother, and he didn't know how to deal with it, and he was ashamed and embarrassed, so that he became angry and sick.

In 353 AD, the 27-year-old Liang King Zhang Chonghua died, and his ten-year-old son Zhang Yaoling succeeded to the throne. In the same year, Zhang Zuo persuaded the ministers Zhao Chang, Wei Ji and others to recommend Zhang Zuo to succeed to the throne of Liang on the grounds that Zhang Yaoling was young and the country should establish a long monarch. The Empress Dowager Ma had no opinions, and ordered to abolish Zhang Yaoling and set up Zhang Zuo as the king of Liang. Soon after, Zhang Zuo sent someone to kill Zhang Yaoling.

In 354 AD, Zhang Zuo, the king of Liang, thought that he had achieved great success, adopted the suggestions of the ministers Wei Ji and Zhao Chang, granted amnesty to the world, established himself as the emperor, and set up a hundred officials. After Zhang Zuo usurped the throne, he was even more unscrupulous, extravagant, and committed adultery with his brother Zhang Chonghua's wife Pei, in the former Liang Palace, from the first princess and concubine to the women of the clan, a little bit of grace, all of them committed adultery, and the whole country recited the "Wall", and despised its bad behavior.

In July 355 AD, Zhang Huang of the former Liang clan guarded Caohan (now Linxia, Gansu), Zhang Zuo knew that he had the talent to lead the army, and Caohan was a military stronghold, and he was afraid that it would be difficult, so he sent his confidant Suo Fu to replace Zhang Qian to guard Caohan, and ordered Zhang Qian to lead troops to harass Qianqin and wait for an opportunity to exterminate it.

Zhang Zuo, the general of the Han guard, did not know Zhang Zuo's intentions, so he immediately summoned his troops to crusade against Former Qin, but before he left Liangzhou, Zhang Zuo sent his generals Yi Di and Zhang Ling to lead more than 13,000 infantry cavalry to attack Zhang Zuo from behind.

At this time, Wang Luan, the minister of the former Liang Dynasty, felt that the emperor Zhang Zuo was so sinister and persecuted the clan, which would bear evil consequences, so he advised Zhang Zuo, stating his three unrighteous crimes, and predicted that Yi Yi and Zhang Ling would lead the army to go and never return, and the Liang State would be in danger. Zhang Zuo was furious when he heard this, and beheaded him in the name of Wang Luan's demonic words to confuse the public. Before Wang Luan was about to be executed, he scolded indignantly: "After I die, the soldiers will be defeated outside, and the emperor will die inside, it will be so!"

When Zhang Zuo heard this, he was furious, and immediately ordered the killing of Wang Luan's entire clan.

Zhang Zuo, who led the army to the expedition, heard that Wang Luan was killed, and saw that Yi Di and Zhang Ling led the army to follow him, and speculated that Zhang Zuo wanted to get rid of him as soon as possible, so he immediately led the army day and night, secretly returned to Caohan, took advantage of Suofu's unpreparedness, killed him, and at the same time raised troops, spread the word to Liangzhou, and led the army to crusade against Zhang Zuo.

At this time, Yi Qian and Zhang Ling heard that Zhang Qian had raised troops, and immediately led their troops to cross the Yellow River and crusade against Zhang Qiang, however, Zhang Qian knew that he would cross the Yellow River, so he led the army to defeat Yi Qian and Zhang Ling's army while he was halfway crossing. Yi Di and others had to lead the remnants of the defeated army to flee back to Guzang, and Zhang Qian led his troops to chase after him and took advantage of the situation to force Guzang.

In August, the Dunhuang guard Song Chao saw that Zhang Zuo was not at fault, so he was suspected by Zhang Zuo for no reason, knowing that his brother Song Xiu and Zhang Zuo were not in harmony, and fearing that Zhang Zuo would harm himself, so he and his brother Song Cheng raised troops in Dunhuang, gathering tens of thousands of people for a time, and the Song Mixed brothers immediately led the army to Guzang to respond to Zhang Zang.

Soon, Song Chao led his army to the city of Guzang, and Emperor Zhang Zuo hurriedly ordered people to search for Zhang Ju, the brother of Zhang Zang, and his son Zhang Song, and wanted to kill them in the city. Zhang Zuo's soldiers escorted Zhang Ju and others to the downtown area, hundreds of onlookers, Zhang Ju knew that he would die, so he fought desperately, shouting: "Zhang Zuo has no way, my brother's army has reached the east of the city, those who kill me will punish the three clans!"

As soon as the words fell, Sergeant Zhang Zuo looked at each other and didn't dare to make a move, Zhang Ju saw this, snatched the sergeant's weapon, and shouted: "Open the city gate with me and welcome the rebels!" ”

As a result, the soldiers and onlookers opened the city gate with him, Song Chao saw that the city gate was wide open, and then led the army into the city, Zhang Ju led everyone to the harem, found the Queen Mother Ma, and let him make a decree to set up Zhang Chonghua's youngest son Zhang Xuanliang as the emperor.

At this time, the general of the city, Yi Tui, and others saw that Zhang Zuo was unpopular and the general trend had gone, so they led their troops to defect, led troops into the palace, and killed Zhang Zuo's favored ministers Zhao Chang, Wei Ji and others.

Zhang Zuo saw that there was chaos in the palace, and Song Chao led the army to the outside of the palace hall, so he had to hold a sword to trap in the palace, and urge the left and right guards to fight and retreat from the enemy. However, it has lost the hearts of the people, no one in the guards is willing to fight, but stabbed it to death, in a moment, Song Chao led the army into the main hall, Song Chao saw that Zhang Zuo was dead, and ordered someone to show his head to the public. Soon after, Zhang Ju also led the army into the city, at this time Zhang Ju led everyone to surround Zhang Xuanliang, who was only 6 years old, to the main hall, restore the Liang throne, amnesty the world, Zhang Ju and Song Cong naturally became auxiliary ministers.

Such a big chaos has led to the chaos of Qianliang's national politics, the monarch and ministers have left Germany, what is the fate of the young Liang King Zhang Xuanliang, and where will the two ministers of Qianliang take the country to, please see the next chapter.