I believe many friends know that Zhu Wen, the founder of Later Liang, was the founding emperor of Later Liang. But as a founding emperor, the impression he gives to everyone is actually the most rogue emperor in history. What’s going on? Moreover, Zhu Wen’s lust is very high, even his own daughter-in-law is not spared! Let’s take a look with the editor below!
1. Why is he the most rogue emperor
In the fourth year of Tianyou (907 AD), he seized the throne of Emperor Ai of Tang through abdication, proclaimed himself emperor on behalf of Tang, established the country as Liang, changed the era name to Kaiping, and became known as Later Liang in history. Zhu Wen’s life can be said to have a brilliant record, and if he could be awarded a medal, it would probably fill a wall. In the second year of Zhonghe, he rebelled against Qi and surrendered to Tang. In the third year of Zhonghe, the siege of Chenzhou was lifted, and the people of Chenzhou even built a temple for Zhu Wen to be worshipped during his lifetime. In the fifth year of Guangqi, he pacified Caizhou, and in the second year of Qianning, Zhu Wen personally led a large army to pacify Yun and Yan. In the third year of Guanghua, Zhu Wen besieged Fengxiang again, and in the first year of Tianyou, he finally replaced Tang Jianliang
According to historical records, when Zhu Wen went to the home of Minister Zhang Quanyi to escape the summer heat, he disregarded the etiquette of the monarch and officials and allowed all the women of the Zhang family to enter the palace for more than ten days. What is even more despicable is that Zhu Wen sent his sons to serve as local guards outside, and had his daughters in law take turns entering the palace to serve the sleeping quarters. However, Zhu Wen’s sons not only did not resent their father’s incestuous behavior, but also shamelessly used their wives to compete for favor in front of their father’s bed, trying every means to please Zhu Wen and win his favor, in order to inherit the throne in the future. Zhu Wen’s adopted son Zhu Youwen’s wife Wang is stunningly beautiful and deeply loved by Zhu Wen. Due to her constant advice from the pillow, Zhu Wen promised that Zhu Youwen would ascend to the throne in the future. This method of determining who will inherit the throne based on the beauty of the daughter-in-law is unheard of in history.
Zhu Wen opened the tent and saw that Zhu Yougui had led his troops in. He cursed loudly, saying, “I have long suspected that you had rebellious intentions and regret not killing you earlier! You wicked rebel, you want to kill your father. Can you bear it? Will heaven and earth tolerate you?” Zhu Yougui also glared and cursed, “You incestuous old beast, you should have been dismembered long ago!” Zhu Wen, who was sick, had no strength to resist. Coupled with his old age and dizziness, he dodged several times before finally being stabbed in the abdomen by a sharp sword and died at the age of 61.
2. Is it true that Zhu Wen is interested in his daughter-in-law
Unfortunately, his virtuous wife Zhang Hui passed away, and as a king, he had completely gained unbridled power. As a result, he became addicted to women, and his private life was extremely decadent, even targeting his daughter-in-law. Zhu Wen had both parents and adopted children throughout his life, but unfortunately each had the right to inherit and fought fiercely. Unfortunately, in his later years as a father, he was extremely absurd and sent all his sons out to guard the area, while his daughter-in-law took turns serving in the palace.
The princes, in order to inherit the throne, have all endured such great shame and humiliation, instead allowing their wives to serve their fathers well and speak well of themselves. Among several daughters in law, Zhu Youwen’s wife Wang Shi was the most favored, and she also spoke many good words for her husband in front of her father-in-law. Later, Zhu Wen really agreed to let Zhu Youwen become the crown prince.
But before Zhu Wen drove, he not only served his daughter-in-law Wang, but also other daughters in law. Among them, Zhang, the wife of Zhu Yougui, immediately informed her husband upon receiving this news. Zhu Yougui was naturally unwilling to let the throne fall into the hands of others, so he planned to take the initiative to prevent Zhu Youwen from becoming the crown prince after his return, and then everything would be too late.
He quickly contacted the courtiers in the court who were already very resentful of Zhu Wen, and then used means to win over the Left Dragon Tiger Army’s unified army, Han Gui. As Zhu Wen became increasingly incompetent, Han Gui quickly agreed to Zhu Yougui and decided to conspire with him in order to achieve the Dragon’s merit. So the two of them joined forces and attacked the palace without anyone else being prepared, killing Emperor Zhu Wen.
When Zhu Wen died, he never imagined that he would be killed by his parents because of his daughter-in-law’s report. As a founding monarch, he did many things that benefited the country and the people. However, without the help of his wife, they could not control their cruel nature, nor could they suppress their lustful hearts. Not only did they wrongfully kill many ministers, but they also made absurd decisions about the heir to the throne, ultimately resulting in their own deaths. If he had followed his wife’s advice and stopped killing Yuan Se back then, how could he have ended up in such a situation.
