Since then, the contradiction between Yang Fugong and Zhaozong has gradually become public. Yang Fugong wrote to his godsons in various places, asking them to support their own troops and not pay tribute to the imperial court. Zhaozong also did not show weakness, in the second year of Dashun (891),

seized Yang Fugong's military power, and sent him to Fengxiang to be a supervisor. Yang Fugong was-for-tat, staying in Chang'an and refusing to take office, and at the same time, Shanggong asked to go home to retire,

In this way, Zhaozong was blackmailed. Zhaozong didn't like him either, and immediately agreed to his request, removed him from his official position, and only left him a vacant position as a general. Yang Fugong was angry when he saw that stealing chickens had failed to defeat rice, and sent someone to kill the envoy who announced the emperor's will on the way home, and then fled to Shangshan to live in seclusion.

Soon after, he returned to the official residence of Zhaohuafang in Chang'an, which was very close to the Yushan military camp, and his godson Yang Shouxin was a military envoy of Yushan and often visited his home.

Yang Fugong also wrote a letter to his nephew Xingyuan Jiedu envoy Yang Shouliang, instructing Yang Shouliang to "accumulate Su to train the army, not to enter Feng", and openly contend with Zhaozong.

At this time, someone secretly reported to Zhaozong that Yang Fugong and Yang Shouxin conspired to rebel. Zhaozong was waiting for the most favorable opportunity, so he took the opportunity to publish the evidence of Yang Fugong's crimes collected in the past along with the news of the rebellion.

Send Yang Shouli and others to lead troops to arrest Yang Fugong. Yang Fugong ordered his family to resist the officers and soldiers, and Yang Shouxin also led troops to help in the war, and the two sides had a big battle and fought for a day and a night.

At this time, the forbidden army guarding the city gate wanted to take advantage of the chaos to loot, and Zhaozong ordered the prime minister Liu Chongwang to lead the army to protect the property.

Prevent robbery. Liu Chongwang saw that the forbidden army wanted to make a move, and reprimanded: "The emperor is personally supervising the war, you are all the emperor's guards, you should go to kill the thief and make meritorious contributions.

Instead of taking advantage of the fire. All the sergeants expressed their willingness to obey. Follow Liu Chongwang to help in the battle. Yang Fugong saw that Liu Chongwang led troops to reinforce, and he expected that it would be difficult to continue the confrontation.

So he led the whole family to flee and went straight to Xingyuan. After Yang Fugong arrived in Xingyuan, he gathered his troops and went to war against the imperial court. Zhaozong also used the power of the envoys of various festivals to fight against it. After more than a year of fighting, Yang Fugong's army was defeated by Li Maozhen.

In the end, Yang Fugong was captured on the way to escape and was immediately beheaded.

After Yang Fugong fled, Yang Shouli also lost its use value. Zhaozong ordered the lieutenants of the two armies to eliminate him.

The lieutenants of the two armies ordered him to enter the palace in the name of Zhaozong, and Yang Shouli brought three hundred soldiers to the palace gate, but the palace gate guards stopped the accompanying sergeants and let him enter the palace alone. As soon as Yang Shouli entered the palace, he was killed by the soldiers in ambush.

Yang Fugong's affairs have just been settled. A new danger has arisen again. At this time, Li Maozhen had been crowned the king of Longxi County, and his power had developed greater.

He began to meddle in the affairs of the court and had the intention of becoming an emperor. In July of the second year of Gyeongbok (893), Li Maozhen ridiculed the weakness of the imperial court in a letter to Zhaozong, and the letter ended with the famous sentence, "Before the trial, the public opinion is broadcast, and since then, what has happened!" ”。

Tang Zhaozong was furious and discussed with Prime Minister Du Rangneng how to punish Li Maozhen. Du Rangneng admonished: "Your Majesty has first ascended to the great treasure, the national disaster has not been settled, and Maozhen is close to the country,

It is not advisable to grudge with him, in case he does not resist, it will be difficult to regret it. Zhaozong scolded Du Rangneng: "The royal family is inferior." The order not to go abroad, when the righteous people are angry,

I can't sit idly by and watch Lingyi, but I will transfer troops and lose salaries for me, and I will entrust the kings to use troops. Success or failure has nothing to do with it. "The war has begun, but the army of the imperial court still ended in defeat,

Li Maozhen led his troops into Chang'an to ask for the guilt. Although the emperor said that Qing would lose his salary for the transfer of troops for me, and I entrusted the kings to use troops, and the success or failure had nothing to do with Qing, Prime Minister Du Rangneng still stood up and used his life to solve a difficult problem for Zhaozong.

In the second year of Qianning, Li Maozhen instructed the eunuchs to kill another prime minister, Cui Shaowei, and moved to Chang'an again, and Zhaozong was forced to flee to Hedong to seek refuge from Li Keyong. Just halfway through, he was caught up by Li Maozhen's ally, Han Jian, the assassin of Huazhou,

Han Jian threatened Zhaozong and said: "The car crosses the river, and there is no return period." Subsequently, Zhaozong arrived in Huazhou on July 17, the third year of Qianning, and Tang Zhaozong was imprisoned for nearly three years.

In September of the third year of Qianning (896), Zhu Wen, who occupied Bianzhou, Yin Zhang Quanyi of Henan, and the princes of Kwantung came to the table one after another, saying that there was a disaster in the Guanzhong area, and asked the car to move the capital to Luoyang, and said that they had begun to renovate the Luoyang palace.

At this time, in order to ensure the safety of the royal family, Zhaozong once wanted to appoint the clan to take charge of the army, but it was not realized due to many resistances, but it brought ruin to the kings of the clan.

In the fourth year of Qianning (897), Han Jian wanted to coerce Zhaozong to imprison eight people, including King Mu, King Ji, King Shao, King Tong, King Peng, King Han, King Yi, and King Chen, and more than 20,000 people of the palace guards under their command were also forced to disband, and Zhaozong had to be at the request of Han Jian.

King De was canonized as the crown prince, and Han Jian was crowned as the king of Changli County, and was given the title of "Meritorious Hero of Zizhong Yasukuni". In August of this year, Han Jian caused a personal grudge under the pretext of the kings' soldiers.

The public opinion is uneasy", colluding with Liu Jishu to falsely spread that the emperor ordered to send troops to kill the eleven kings of Tong and Qin and their guards, both young and old, and Han Jian only told Zhaozong about the king's "rebellion". When Han Jian sent troops to besiege the residences of the kings,

The kings of the clan were so frightened that they fled for their lives, shouting along the city walls: "The official family (the name of the emperor in the palace) save the child's life." "Some even climbed the house and climbed the trees in order to get lucky.

The misery of the situation makes people sigh. Even so, Zhaozong still made a compromise, with Han Jian as the guardian of Taifu, Zhongshu Ling, Xingde Yin, the king of Yingchuan County, and the iron coupons.

And rewarded him with the word "loyalty" written in the royal pen.

In this year, Zhu Wen occupied the eastern capital of Luoyang, and the situation underwent major changes. This led to a temporary alliance between Li Maozhen, Han Jian, and Li Keyong.

They decided that they would rather let Zhaozong return to Chang'an than let him fall into the hands of Zhu Wen. So Zhaozong returned to Chang'an in August of the fifth year of Qianning, and at the same time announced the change of Yuan "Guanghua".

Celebrate.

Upon returning to Chang'an, the old contradictions between the eunuchs and the bureaucrats caused another crisis. November of the third year of Guanghua (900),

Liu Jishu locked Zhaozong in Shaoyang Courtyard, and in order to prevent Zhaozong from escaping, he poured molten iron on the lock, and the daily meal was sent through the small hole dug in the wall. Actinic for four years,

The general Sun Dezhao killed Liu Jishu, and Zhaozong was restored again, and Yuan Tianfu was restored. After that, Prime Minister Cui Yin wanted to use Zhu Wen's power to kill the eunuchs. The eunuch Han Quanzhu and Li Maozhen united,

Invite Li Maozhen's thousands of soldiers and horses to garrison the capital to protect Chang'an. Half a year later, Zhu Wen led his troops to attack Han Quanxue, and Han Quanzhu forced Zhaozong to flee to Fengxiang together. Zhu Wen chased after him and surrounded Fengxiang City.

More than a year later, Li Maozhen ran out of grain and grass. He beheaded more than 20 eunuchs including Han Quanxue, gave their heads to Zhu Wen, and handed over Zhaozong at the same time

It was given to Zhu Wen. Zhu Wen withdrew his troops to the east with the emperor in hand.

Back in Chang'an, Zhu Wen ordered his soldiers to drive the few hundred remaining eunuchs to the Inner Servant Province, where they were all killed.

The problem of eunuchs in the late Tang Dynasty was finally solved, but the price paid for this solution was also amazing.

From then on, Zhaozong completely fell under Zhu Wen's surveillance. Perhaps out of order to curry favor with Zhu Wen, Zhaozong appointed Zhu Wen as the deputy marshal of the Zhudao soldiers and horses.

He also crowned Zhu Wen as the king of Liang, and gave him the honorary title of "returning to heaven and rebuilding the loyal and upright hero", as well as five poems of the imperial pen "Yang Liu Ci".

Considering that the emperor was far from being reassured by his side in Chang'an, Zhu Wen was ready to move Zhaozong to Luoyang, but he was worried that the courtiers would have opinions, so he didn't do anything, and asked Zhu Youliang to pretend to trust Zhaozong's secret order and capture the prime minister Cui Yin,

Kyung Zhao Yoon, Jung Wongui and others and killed them. In addition, the armies of Pizhou and Qizhou are invading the capital. Zhu Wen took the opportunity to coerce and lure Zhaozong to move to Luoyang. Zhaozong had no choice but to obey.

On February 20 of the first year of Tianyou (904), Zhaozong arrived in Shaanzhou, and at this time the queen was in confinement, so he said to Zhu Wen: "The queen is in the puerperium and cannot go on the road immediately." I hope to stay in Shaanzhou for a while longer,

It is expected to reach Luoyang in October. Zhu Wen said: "This is okay, Shaanzhou is a small place, how can you let go of the emperor's big driver, you had better arrive in Luoyang in April." ”

Zhaozong was helpless. had to succumb again, on April 3, Zhaozong arrived at the grain water, at that time, Zhaozong was surrounded by Xiaohuangmen (eunuchs), Inner Garden Xiaoer (miscellaneous servants),

Accompanied by more than 200 people such as playing ball offerings, Zhu Wen secretly ordered the medical officer Xu Zhaoyuan to lie and change his words, set up a banquet in the tent, summoned all these people and killed them all.

Then the on-site construction was carried out, and they were all buried in the tent underground. Later, more than 200 people who were very similar in appearance to these people were found, and put on their clothes.

accompanied the emperor with fake and real, and was able to get through the trick until a long time Zhaozong didn't find out that it was boring, but at this time, Zhaozong was already Zhu Wen's people before and after. On the 20th, Zhaozong arrived in Luoyang.

In August, in order to prevent future troubles, Zhu Wen secretly ordered Zhu Yougong, Shi Shucong, Jiang Xuanhui and others to kill Zhaozong. Late at night on August 11 in the first year of Tianyou (904), Zhaozong was resting in the palace, and Jiang Xuanhui and Shi Tai led more than 100 people to the palace.

It is said that there are major events in the army. Zhaozong's concubine saw that there were many people and was hesitating, but Shi Tai killed her with a knife and broke into the palace. After Jiang Xuanhui entered the palace, he saw Zhaoyi Li Jianrong and asked her, "Where is the emperor?" ”

Li Jianrong said loudly: "It's better to kill us than to hurt the emperor!" That night, Zhaozong drank some wine and was sleeping because of the bitterness in his heart, and when he heard someone entering the palace to look for him, he secretly felt bad.

Hurriedly getting up and hiding around the pillar wearing only single clothes, Shi Tai approached and killed Emperor Zhaozong at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve. In order to protect Zhaozong, Zhaoyi Li Jianrong fell on Zhaozong,

He was also hacked to death with a knife. After the death of Zhaozong, the ninth son Li Ji succeeded to the throne, which was for Tang Aizong.

Is it over? It doesn't seem to be over yet.

Let's introduce a few of the protagonists in this event and their endings.

Zhu Yougong, whose real name is Li Yanwei, a native of Shouzhou, followed Zhu Wen in his early years and was adopted as an adopted son. Successive officials Ru and Yingzhou assassinated the history, and the official went to the left dragon and tiger to command the army. In the first month of the second year of Qianning (895), Zhu Wen sent Zhu Yougong to lead an army to besiege Yanzhou.

In the fourth year of Qianning (897), Zhu Yougong attacked Qingzhou. He has served Zhu Wen all his life, and he has worked hard without merit. When Zhu Wen learned of Zhaozong's death, he was shocked and cried: "The slaves bear me, and I am infamous for all generations." ”

Then kill Zhu Yougong. Before Zhu Yougong was sentenced, he said: "Sell me to stop the slander of the world, like ghosts and gods!" Acting like this, I hope there will be a future! ”

Then he said to Zhang Tingfan, who was also executed: "Reluctantly, the public can do it yourself." After Zhu Yougong's death, Zhu Wen stripped him of the name previously given to him and restored him to his original name.

Uncle Cong, a native of Henan. During the Tang Dynasty, Shi Shucong was recruited as a cavalryman, initially serving under Pang Shigu, because of his courage and courage, he continued to improve. Zhu Wen once fought with Huang Chao in Chen and Xu Erzhou, and his uncle Cong fought bravely.

Zhu Wen took him very seriously, and promoted him to the rank of general of the horse army in the backyard. At that time, Zhu Wen and other feudal towns fought for many years,

Shi Shucong was a arrow every time, desperate for his life, and was promoted to the commander, the assassin of Xuzhou and the right servant of the school. Zhu Wen attacked Xiangyang, and his uncle lost the battle and was demoted to the envoy of Yangzhai Town, but because of his meritorious service in resisting Li Keyong's Jin army, he was promoted to Caozhou Assassin.

In the first year of Tianfu, Zhu Wen ordered Shu Cong to lead the army to attack Ze and Lu Erzhou, and Shu Cong took advantage of the victory to lead troops to the north to plunder Taiyuan. In the following year, Zhu Wentun's army was under Qi, and the Jin army attacked Jiangzhou, and the front army was unfavorable. The Jin army won the attack on Linfen, and the uncle Cong was strictly equipped with the royal equipment, and two strong men were selected in the army.

The deep-eyed beard and the appearance of a sand tuo make it lurk among the horse grazing roads in Xiangling County. The Jin army saw this, and the two of them were mixed in the middle, and each captured one person back.

The Jin army was shocked, suspected of an ambush, and retreated to Pu County. Zhu Wen ordered Zhu Youning to lead tens of thousands of troops to help, and returned to Shucong's moderation. Shi Shucong thought that the Jin army would retreat, and sent an army to intercept its way back.

encountered hundreds of Jin army rangers and killed them all; So he attacked his stronghold, broke it, and slew more than 10,000 people, and took 300 horses. After Zhu Wen heard about it, he said happily: "Kill the thieves and break Taiyuan, you have to be old!" Shi Shucong then drove to recover Fenzhou and fought with the Jin people.

Arrive directly in the state. After returning to the division, he sealed the school with his merits, and in the following years, the Jin army did not dare to invade. After Zhaozong's death, Zhu Wen in order to clear himself,

He was made the head of the White Prefecture and forced him to commit suicide. When Uncle Cong was dying, he shouted: "Sell my life to stop the slander of the world, what is God's reason!" ”

Speaking of Jiang Xuanhui, Zhu Wen still needs his fast knife for the time being.

In the second year after Zhaozong's death, Zhu Wen ordered Jiang Xuanhui to kill Li Yu, Li Yu, Li Zhen, Li Yu, Li Yi, Li Yi, Li Yi, Li Yi, Li Qi, Li Qi, Li Zhen, and Li Xiang, and then sank their bodies in the water.

At this time, only Emperor Zhaoxuan was left among the sons of Zhaozong. Zhu Wen wanted to ascend to the throne, Jiang Xuanhui and Prime Minister Liu Can thought that they should follow the rules since the Han and Wei dynasties, first seal the great powers, add nine tins, and then receive Zen.

Zhu Wen thought that they were deliberately procrastinating and did not want themselves to ascend the throne, just as Xuanhui's deputy envoys Wang Yin and Zhao Yinheng falsely accused Jiang Xuanhui and Prime Minister Liu Can of being loyal to the Tang Dynasty, so Zhu Wen used this as an excuse to kill Jiang Xuanhui on December 13, chasing Jiang Xuanhui as a rebel against the people.

Outside the city gates, the corpses were burned and ashes were raised. Wang and Zhao falsely accused the Empress Dowager He of having an affair with Jiang Xuanhui, and on December 25, he killed the Empress Dowager in Jishan Palace, and posthumously abolished the Empress Dowager as a concubine.

On December 26, the queen mother was mourned and the dynasty was abolished for three days. Later, Liu Can was also sent to the execution ground to be beheaded, and shouted before the execution: "Liu Can, the thief of the country, it is better to die!" (To be continued......)