Chapter 3 3. Nest

An organization is generally united and aggressive at the beginning.But when it grows up, internal conflicts begin to increase and emerge, and fighting in the nest is a typical manifestation, which is the fate of organizational growth.After the Zhubian Fanzhen grew into the Zhuliang Empire, internal conflicts were still brewing and intensifying, gradually shaking the foundation of this young kingdom. In the first month of the third year of Liang Kaiping (909 A.D.), Zhu Quanzhong decided to move the capital to Luoyang. History books do not record in detail Zhu Quanzhong’s motivation for moving the capital to Luoyang. It is estimated that there were two purposes. Under the management of Zhu Quanzhong’s old ally Zhang Quanyi, Luoyang’s imperial capital gradually recovered; In Luoyang, it is easier to command the war against Hedong and Fengxiang, and it is convenient to enter and exit the battlefield of both sides.After Zhu Quanzhong moved his capital to Luoyang, he named Kaifeng the Eastern Capital, and left his son Bowang Zhu Youwen as the Eastern Capital.

At this time, there was a situation, "Slightly charged with expenses, and full salaries for all officials at the beginning", that is to say, at this time, the fiscal revenue of the Liang Empire gradually improved, or it was really rich.In the past, due to limited financial resources, the salaries of all civil and military officials could not be fully paid.This situation also reflects that after years of wars and chaos, the Liang Empire was finally able to stabilize the social life order on a relatively unified territory, the economy was restored, agricultural and commercial activities gradually prospered, and taxation also had a sustainable basis.

Zhu Liang can be said to have corrected the disadvantages of the late Tang Dynasty to a certain extent. Under Zhu Quanzhong's strong leadership, a large number of subjects were opened to recruit scholars, which restored the order of the imperial examinations, which had been abandoned for a long time due to the chaos in the world. Not only did the exams every year, but also expanded the number of exams every year. The power of the group also eases the contradictions between social classes. Zhuliang's tax burden is relatively light, which is conducive to the recovery and survival of agriculture and commerce in the territory.

Zhu Liang also redefined the legal system and promulgated the "Daliang Legal Order Format", which effectively rectified the social order. Zhu Quanzhong practiced it himself. In order to maintain the implementation of the law, he did not hesitate to break resistance and punish meritorious ministers.It should be said that Zhu Liang was a correction of the great history after it went astray in the late Tang Dynasty. Of course, this correction is still relatively weak. With the prosperity of the empire, the expansion of its territory, and the complexity of its organizational system, conflicts within the Liang Empire also began to ferment, and finally entered a period of intensive outbreaks.After an organizational system expands, internal friction and internal conflicts of interests will also escalate, which is almost the fate of any organization in its growth without exception.

Zhu Quanzhong ruled the army very strictly. He never entrusted generals with full-time duties for a long time.Therefore, in that era when warlords supported their own self-respect and the relationship between superiors and superiors could be subverted at any time, Zhu Quanzhong's weird and unpredictable control technique effectively restrained and drove the generals, and no one dared to think of rebellion.While Zhu Quanzhong was strict in governing the army, he did not hesitate to reward, and all those who made meritorious deeds were promoted to rank, which was beyond the reach of other warlords. Under this powerful incentive mechanism, Liang Jun was willing to fight hard.Zhu Quanzhong, who is not good for the war, will never forgive those who violate military discipline.It can be said that Zhu Quanzhong established a set of military discipline with clear rewards and punishments and equal emphasis on incentives and restraints. This is also one of the core elements for Liang Jun to grow from weak to strong and win many times with less.

Zhu Quanzhong's management of the soldiers was even more unbelievable. He established a mutual protection system in the army. As long as they were defeated, the officers and soldiers of a battalion would be punished.As long as the general is killed in battle, all soldiers may face the penalty of beheading, which is called "beheading the team".As a result, most of the soldiers who lost their general fled and did not dare to return to the army.In order to prevent deserters, Bian soldiers tattooed their foreheads to mark them. If they deserted, they could easily be caught and sent back by the checkpoints in the prefectural capital and county, and they would be beheaded immediately.

Zhu Quanzhong was also merciless towards the enemy. Whenever he attacked the fallen city by force, Zhu Quanzhong slaughtered the city to vent his anger.When attacking Yunzhou, he had already won, but suddenly a sandstorm blew up. Zhu Quanzhong said: "This is because the killings were not enough!" Under Zhu Quanzhong's cruel and strict military discipline, the combat effectiveness of the army was significantly higher than that of the armies in Zhuzhen. The hero looks strong on the outside, but in fact he is extremely insecure inside.Zhu Quanzhong is cunning and resourceful, very suspicious, and doesn't trust anyone.Especially after becoming emperor, he was always suspicious, and the eunuchs around him would die because of minor mistakes.The attendants who are on duty in the palace must bid farewell to their families before going to their posts, because they don’t know if they will survive after this duty. If they survive, they will celebrate with their families, as if they escaped a catastrophe and were reborn. .When Zhu Quanzhong went out, the attendants were even less willing to follow, and often slipped away with excuses.

After Zhu Quanzhong learned that the people around him treated him like this, he became more irritable and depressed.Once, Zhu Quanzhong went to a place called Baimapo and stopped to rest and gave meals to the officials. As a result, the order was issued, and no one was seen to set up the tableware for the meal, and no one came to eat.In a rage, Zhu Quanzhong sent cavalry to search around. After a lot of searching, the officials, servants, maids, maids, guards of honor, etc. came one after another in twos and threes. Jun Shang arrived last, out of breath.Zhu Quanzhong was so angry that he raised ignorance and karma for three thousand feet, and without saying a word, he directly ordered the warriors to charge forward and hacked randomly, and the corpses were scattered all over the ground in an instant.That Zhang Yan was the nephew of Zhang Quanyi, Zhu Quanzhong's best ally, and he was not spared this time either.

Zhu Quanzhong can rebel against Li Tang, and others will still rebel against him.Zhu Quanzhong is very aware of this truth, and is also very afraid.The people who are most likely to have the most convenient conditions to oppose Zhu Quanzhong are the people around Zhu Quanzhong, not the enemies under the sun on the battlefield.It is the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs who is most likely to be suspected and suspected.The contradictions between Zhu Quanzhong and civil servants and the contradictions between civil servants and civil officials had appeared in the early days of the establishment of the Liang Empire, but the contradictions between Zhu Quanzhong and generals were mainly intensified after the establishment of the Liang Empire.This has a lot to do with Zhu Quanzhong's psychological changes.

Zhu Quanzhong's psychological changes are mainly manifested in two aspects. On the one hand, he feels that Yang Xingmi, Li Keyong, Liu Rengong and others of his generation have passed away or abdicated one after another. After finishing it, I couldn’t help feeling anxious; on the other hand, after Zhu Quanzhong sat on the emperor’s chair, he realized that it was really not easy to sit on, and only then did he realize the difficulties of the emperor in the late Tang Dynasty. One day when you wake up in the morning, you will find that your head is suddenly gone.Zhu Quanzhong's quick success and suspicion catalyzed the conflict between him and the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs.

It should be said that in the process of Zhu Quanzhong's hegemony and gradually becoming stronger, there was basically no indiscriminate deployment.When Zhu Quanzhong gradually approached his peak, the massacre began.And heartless, absolutely ruthless.Zhu Quanzhong lacks a sense of security, and his subordinates lack a sense of security even more. On the one hand, it is the temptation of high-ranking officials to lick blood, and on the other hand, the boss is worried that he will turn his face and kill people at any time.How can life for this kind of subordinate be easy? General Zhu Liang's wealth index may be very high, but his happiness index will definitely not be high.People's hearts are stable, one is stable, one is stable, one is smooth, and one is smooth, but where does the stability of the Zhuliang regime come from? Zhu Yougong, Shi Shucong, Jiang Xuanhui, and Liu Can who performed the sword in the abdication were killed.When Zhu Quanzhong first started his army, Zhu Zhen, Pang Shigu, Ding Hui, Shi Shucong, Zhu Yougong, Deng Jiyun and more than 80 people were all veterans of the old tribe who followed the left and right. Zelu and Taiyuan mainly rely on his uncle Cong Ding's ability to gallop.However, when Zhu Quanzhong usurped the throne, in order to cover people's eyes and divert the audience, he resorted to the trick of deceiving his ears and stealing the bell. He exiled Zhu Yougong and Shi Shucong who had managed the usurper, and made Zhu Quanzhong's scapegoat for the mouth of the world.Later, because Jiang Xuanhui and Liu Can were ineffective in promoting Zhu Quanzhong's usurpation, they first suspected that they had ulterior motives and then killed them. There is another big event. At the end of the first year of Kaiping, Zhu Quanzhong murdered Wang Shifan's family in his first year as emperor. Wang Shifan was originally the guard of Qingzhou, and was subordinate to Zhu Xuan, so he was quite capable of governing.Zhu Quanzhong's attack on Qingzhou was the fiercest of his previous arduous battles, which shows Wang Shifan's combat effectiveness.Later, Wang Shifan was poor and was recruited by Zhu Quanzhong.Zhu Quanzhong valued Wang Shifan's talent very much and asked him to still guard Qingzhou.After being proclaimed emperor by Zen, Zhu Quanzhong appointed Wang Shifan as General Youjinwu.It was originally said that Zhu Quanzhong showed the mind and capacity of an overlord to Wang Shifan, and it was a good story in history that he surrendered first and reused later.However, this Wang Shifan died under the instigation of a woman. One day, Zhu Youning's wife wailed to Zhu Quanzhong: "During the conquest of Qingzhou, Zhu Youning died for the country, but the enemy Wang Shifan still stood proudly above the court. I am in pain!" Zhu Quanzhong said: "Well, I almost forgot about this thief!" Without saying a word, he sent people to Wang Shifan's house, first dug a big hole outside the courtyard wall, and then issued an imperial decree to bury Wang Shifan's family alive.Zhu Quanzhong wiped out more than 200 members of Wang Shifan's family with personal enemies. In the third year of Kaiping, Zhu Quanzhong killed Wang Zhongshi, the Jiedu envoy of Youguo, without any major crime.Wang Zhongshi has a good reputation. He is not only resourceful and brave, but also able to win the hearts of soldiers in the army and be able to benefit the government in the local area. He is a rare talent.Zhu Quanzhong suspected that Wang Zhongshi was secretly colluding with Li Maozhen in Chang'an. In addition, Wang Zhongshi paid less tribute, so Zhu Quanzhong launched a murderous plan against Wang Zhongshi and brutally executed him. The negative impact of killing Wang Zhongshi is far-reaching, and many heroes and generals are worried.Liu Zhijun, the Jiedu envoy of Kuang State, rebelled first and defected to Li Maozhen.Liu Zhijun was brave and good at fighting. He was once known as "Liu Kaidao". Regarding Liu Zhijun's defection, Zhu Quanzhong was very puzzled. He questioned Liu Zhijun and said: "I have always treated you well, reused me, and entrusted me with the responsibility of being alone. Why did you betray me? And you even took refuge in that old Li Maozhen?" Liu Zhijun replied: "The minister is not immoral, but he is afraid of death! Master Wang Zhong lived up to His Majesty, and he was punished by the family!" That is to say, Liu Zhijun was scared away by Zhu Quanzhong's killing spree. Liu Zhijun's rebellion directly shook Zhu Quanzhong's rule in Hezhong.Hezhong is a strategic place where Zhu Quanzhong encircled and suppressed Hedong and restricted Fengxiang.In order to retake Hezhong, Zhu Quanzhong launched many conquests, but was defeated by Liu Zhijun several times.Not only did Zhu Quanzhong lose one of his generals, but he also turned against Zhu Liang in the northwest of Hezhong, which involved a lot of Zhu Liang's energy and troops. Later, Zhu Quanzhong became more erratic in killing generals and ministers. He killed generals Li Si'an, Deng Jiyun, Huang Wenjing, Fan Jushi, etc. due to reasons such as disorganized military capacity, dissatisfied granaries, thin horses, and faulty investigations. Zhu Quanzhong's willingness to kill caused great instability among his subordinates. Everyone was afraid of offending, lost their enterprising spirit, and permeated the sense of rebellion and self-preservation.Ding Hui in the north surrendered to Li Keyong, and Gao Jichang in the south embraced Jingzhou to stand on his own.When Zhu Quanzhong's conquest of Li Maozhen was stalemate, Gao Jichang was the one who volunteered to be the captain of the death squad.Even Luo Shaowei, the governor of Wei Bo, who has been wealthy for generations, governs officials and loves the people, and is loyal to the money, is often uneasy.Wei Bo's army has always been strong, but under the governance of Luo Hongxin and Luo Shaowei and his son, there was nothing wrong with it. However, after Luo Shaowei's death, Wei Bo's army was in chaos, and it was hardly used by the Liang court. Splits and conflicts emerged within the Zhuliang Group. Zhu Quanzhong's ruling foundation and Liang Jun's combat effectiveness were weakened and shaken. Not only that, there are several groups of contradictory forces in the Zhuliang Group, and these contradictions can be intuitively said to have originated from Zhu Quanzhong's lust.Zhu Quanzhong's sexual desire is so strong that he is almost no different from an animal.Zhu Quanzhong's promiscuity not only planted the seeds of disaster between him and his ministers, but also sowed the seeds for the conflicts between Zhu Quanzhong and the princes, and finally blossomed the flowers of evil. Lust is the fault of many emperors. Zhu Quanzhong is also lustful. But Zhu Quanzhong's lust has surpassed the level of ordinary emperors and reached the peak level. Zhu Quanzhong's lust is not only at its peak, but also out of the realm of two-legged mammals. Zhu Quanzhong used to be lustful, and every time he set up a place, he first used the beautiful women who were taken away, not only used Shi Pu's concubine, but also snatched Zhu Jin's wife, not only that, he also recruited prostitutes.It's just that because Mrs. Zhang was alive, Zhu Quanzhong was a little afraid of guilt and didn't dare to make too much publicity.Later, when Mrs. Zhang passed away when he was in the middle of the river, Zhu Quanzhong's hormones secreted extremely quickly, and his lustful heart was greatly liberated. After ascending the throne and proclaiming himself emperor, he found multiple spaces to play. Zhu Quanzhong has reached the point of disregarding human relations and shame, showing his animal attributes nakedly, anytime, anywhere with people unbuttoning his pants and getting on, all "sexy". I don't know whether it was the depth of fornication since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, or Zhu Quanzhong's power. I don't know if it's the loss of social morality or personal shamelessness. Anyway, a very strange phenomenon happened. One day, Zhu Quanzhong went to the home of Zhang Quanyi, an old comrade-in-arms, old friend, king of Wei, to escape the summer heat, and stayed for a few days.As we have stated in the previous article, Zhang Quanyi is one of the important supporters for Zhu Quanzhong to gain a firm foothold in Bianliang, and he is as important as Zhao Ji.Zhang Quanyi, Han Jian, and Pei Di are powerful financial experts under Zhu Quanzhong. They are very good at adjusting taxes and organizing money and food. Zhu Quanzhong's large-scale and continuous campaigns were able to continue. During his short stay at Zhang Quanyi's house, Zhu Quanzhong felt uncomfortable, and raped all the women in Zhang Quanyi's mansion who could be called women, one by one, and the total number of rapes was not clear, and there was no record in the history books. Zhang Quanyi's son Zhang Jizuo was full of blood, how could he swallow this bad breath, he was so ashamed that he persuaded Zhang Quanyi to assassinate Zhu Quanzhong, an old pervert who was not as good as a beast.Unexpectedly, Zhang Quanyi, an honest man who has weathered the storm, calmly stopped his son and said: "When we were in Heyang, our family was persecuted by Li Hanzhi. We had nowhere to go and lived on sawdust. Fortunately, Zhu Quanzhong rescued us. We have the glory and wealth we have today, this kind of kindness and virtue should not be forgotten." I really doubt that Zhang Quanyi's words are fabricated by the historian. What kind of bastard logic is this?Not only must he know how to repay his kindness, but he must also be willing to wear a cuckold, and he must also use this perverted theory to educate his son!Really puzzling.However, later I stopped doubting the official historian, because Zhang Quanyi was not the only pervert.There is also a person with a higher status than Zhang Quanyi and a closer relationship with Zhu Quanzhong than Zhang Quanyi, Jing Xiang. The great counselor Jing Xiang is also a person who is willing to wear a cuckold.Jing Xiang is unsmiling, reserved, and good at guessing Zhu Quanzhong's thoughts, so when all the generals can't figure out Zhu Quanzhong's thoughts, Jing Xiang can often implement Zhu Quanzhong's will.If Zhu Quanzhong's decision was inappropriate, Jing Xiang would not confront the court, but hesitated a little.Zhu Quanzhong's mind is extremely sensitive, seeing Jing Xiang hesitating, he immediately wakes up, so he pays more attention to Jing Xiang.Jingxiang also worked hard and devoted all his energy and wisdom to Zhu Quanzhong. He often studied the situation of mountains and rivers, military aircraft strategies, and dispatching supplies all night long. He worked overtime almost every night, often all night, and made various preparations for Zhu Quanzhong's consultation.Only during the march did Jing Xiang doze off on horseback and take a rest.Jingxiang played a major role in the major events of defeating Yanyun, conquering Jingxiang, Dinghezhong, and Cechan. This is why Jingxiang was able to become the chief minister of the court immediately after Zhu Quanzhong proclaimed himself emperor. He was promoted to Doctor Guanglu, Marquis of Pingyang County, Minister of the Ministry of War, Bachelor of Jinluandian University, and Zhi Chongzhengyuan. Almost all civil and military affairs of the court were carried out by Jing Xiang. When Zhu Quanzhong conquered Shi Pu in his early years, Shi Pu had a singing prostitute named Liu Shi, who Shi Pu snatched from Huang Chao's subordinate Shang Rang.After Shi Pu was defeated and died, the Liu family was captured by Zhu Quanzhong again and accepted as a maidservant and concubine.Due to Mrs. Zhang's control, Zhu Quanzhong did not dare to take Mrs. Liu as his wife, but kept her by his side as a maid, in fact, to enjoy it at any time.Later, when Zhu Quanzhong learned that Jingxiang's wife had died, he gave the Liu family to Jingxiang.The reason why Zhu Quanzhong is so generous and willing to give up his love is probably due to the pressure from Mrs. Zhang because of the Dongchuang incident. Under the persecution of Mrs. Zhang's jealousy, Zhu Quanzhong had to send Mrs. Liu out of the house.Later, Zhu Quanzhong became a bigger and bigger official, and Jing Xiang also rose, and his status gradually became prominent.But Zhu Quanzhong still couldn't forget Mrs. Liu, so Mrs. Liu ran to Zhu Quanzhong's place every now and then, sleeping and having fun with Zhu Quanzhong.Jing Xiang naturally felt uncomfortable, it must be much more uncomfortable than eating a lot of flies. Although Jingxiang knew that Mrs. Liu was struggling, but under Zhu Quanzhong's coercion, she couldn't do anything to her. Therefore, Jingxiang had no choice but to adopt the method of "cold violence" in the family. He was very cold towards Mrs. Liu and ignored her all day long.Unexpectedly, Mrs. Liu was a whore and set up a memorial archway. Zhu Bajie beat him up and reprimanded Jing Xiang: "Jing Xiang, do you despise me for losing my life to a thief? Tell you, if success or failure is a matter of judgment, Shang Rang is also Huang Chao Shi Pu is also a loyal minister of the Tang Dynasty, can't you compare to you? Why do you insult me ​​so much? Since you don't like me, let's make a clean break!" Jing Xiang became nervous when he heard this, so he hurried to accompany Liu. Why is Jingxiang so afraid of this woman?In fact, Jing Xiang is not afraid of her, but Jing Xiang is afraid of Zhu Quanzhong.Liu scolded for a long time, but she didn't mention the most important person, Zhu Quanzhong. "Are you unhappy that I'm sleeping with the emperor?" Mrs. Liu didn't scold this sentence, but of course Jing Xiang understood the implication, and of course Jing Xiang didn't dare to have an opinion on Zhu Quanzhong.The Liu family was not only favored by Zhu Quanzhong, but also very cunning, accepted bribes, made friends with feudal towns, and had a great influence.The matter is far more than that, this Liu's demeanor has also played a wide-ranging demonstration effect, and the families of high-ranking officials and dignitaries have given beautiful wives and daughters to Zhu Quanzhong to enjoy, hoping to reap undivided profits.Jingxiang's green hat was so honorably and favorably worn until his death. Not only the home of the promiscuous minister, Zhu Quanzhong also further expanded his "color battlefield". Zhu Quanzhong has many sons, and even more adopted sons. With many sons, there are naturally many daughters-in-law. If the son is the prince, the princess will naturally not be ugly. The sons are no different from generals and ministers. They are all responsible for the task of leading troops to fight or pacifying foreign vassals. Naturally, the home in the capital is empty.Emptiness naturally means opportunity. Zhu Quanzhong took the opportunity to summon his daughter-in-law into the palace in the name of serving her husband, and after entering the palace, they committed adultery.It is unbelievable that Zhu Quanzhong's sons knew all this and kept silent.What's even more incredible is that these daughters-in-law not only served Zhu Quanzhong vigorously, but also competed with each other in PK, and expanded this kind of secret competition from individuals to families, uniting their husbands to fight each other.It is estimated that Zhu Youning's wife killed Wang Shifan while lying in Zhu Quanzhong's arms.Zhu Yougui's wife was not as competitive as Zhu Youwen's wife, and Zhu Yougui was not as popular with Zhu Quanzhong as Zhu Youwen, so the three-way wrestling between the two daughters-in-law and Zhu Quanzhong happened from time to time. Zhu Quanzhong certainly didn't expect that when he was playing extreme enjoyment, his color roots planted the bane that ruined himself and the Liang Dynasty.The conflicts between the princes gradually intensified and became superficial. After the prince's hatred for Zhu Quanzhong had been buried in his heart for a long time, it finally broke out and accelerated Zhu Liang's disintegration.