Chapter 71 Chapter 70 Wei Gong Zhang Zuo

In October of the ninth year of Jin Yonghe (353 A.D.), Zhang Chonghua, the former ruler of Liang, fell ill, and made his 10-year-old son Zhang Yaoling the crown prince, intending to let him take over the throne. After the news came out, Zhang Chonghua's elder brother Zhang Zuo was extremely dissatisfied.However, Zhang Zuocheng's mansion was very deep, and he didn't show dissatisfaction on the surface, but secretly he frequently communicated with Zhang Chonghua's trusted ministers Zhao Chang and Wei Ji, sworn brothers, plotted to abolish Yaoling after Chonghua's death, and usurped the throne.In November, Zhang Chonghua died of illness, and Zhang Yaoling succeeded to the throne. Zhao Chang and others forged Zhang Chonghua's will and made Zhang Zuo the governor of Chinese and foreign military forces and the general of Fujun.Not long after, Zhao Chang and others sent a request for instructions to Zhang Chonghua's mother Ma Shi, saying: "The current political situation is unstable, and Yaoling is too young to deal with this situation. Zhang Zuo should be made King of Liang." Mrs. Ma and Mrs. Zhang have had an affair for a long time. At this moment, Zhang Zuo quietly walked into Mrs. Ma's bedroom, and after being tender to Mrs. Ma, he asked her to quickly abolish Yao Ling.Mrs. Ma fully agreed, and abolished Zhang Yaoling on the same day, and made Zhang Zuo the shepherd of Liangzhou.In January of the following year, Zhang Zuo called himself the King of Liang, changed Yuan Heping, and adopted the emperor's rites and music.

Zhang Zuo knew very well that his throne came very disgracefully, and he was afraid that others would make irresponsible remarks about him, and he was even more afraid that others would have unreasonable thoughts about his throne.When he first came to the throne, he sent people to Jiuquan to kill Xie Ai. In the second year of his accession (355 AD), he was afraid that Zhang Guan, the governor of Hezhou, would be too powerful, so he sent Suofu, the prefect of Zhangye, to Hezhou to replace him.Zhang Guan happily followed Zhang Zuo's order and asked his younger brother Zhang Ju to leave Fuhan (now Linxia, ​​Gansu Province) and lead troops to crusade against the Hu people who opposed Qianliang.However, Zhang Zuo asked Zhang Guan to crusade against the Hu people just as a cover, the purpose was to let Zhang Ju leave Nanhan. After Zhang Ju left Nanhan, Zhang Zuo sent Yi Chuai and Zhang Ling with 13,000 people to attack Zhang Yu.Wang Luan from Zhangye seemed to have a foresight. After hearing the news that Zhang Zuo sent troops to attack Zhang Guan, he found Zhang Zuo and said: "After this army goes out, it will definitely not come back. Liangguo is in danger!" He said three things about Zhang Zuo The crime of fornication and injustice.When Zhang Zuo heard this, he jumped into a rage and ordered the guards to pull him out and kill him.When Wang Luan went to the execution ground, he shouted loudly: "Zhang Zuo, you whore, you have raped all of Zhang Chonghua's unmarried daughters, and now you are threatening your father again. To tell you the truth, after I die, you will I won't live long, just wait and see if you don't believe me!"

Besides, when Zhang Guan heard the news that Zhang Zuo sent troops to attack, he immediately killed Suofu, and spread the message to all states and counties to abolish Zhang Zuo and support Zhang Yaoling as the king of Liang.Then he mobilized soldiers and horses to attack Yi Chuai and Zhang Ling head-on, and beat them into a panic and fled back to Guzang.In August of the same year, Xiaoqi general Song Hun and his younger brother Song Cheng had conflicts between their elder brother Song Xiu and Zhang Zuo, and they expected that Zhang Zuo would kill them sooner or later, so they united more than 10,000 people to respond to Zhang Guan.Seeing that Zhang Zuo had fallen to the point of betrayal, he had no choice but to vent his anger on Zhang Yaoling, and ordered Yang Qiuhu to kill him alive and bury him in a sandpit.Soon, the army of the Song Dynasty arrived at the city of Guzang. Seeing this, Zhang Zuo prepared to kill Zhang Juan's younger brother Zhang Ju and his son Zhang Song. , Welcome the army of Song Hun into the city.Until this time, Zhang Zuo was still showing off his coquettish power, holding a sword in the hall and ordering the soldiers to fight.The soldiers usually did not get any benefits from Zhang Zuo, and no one was willing to work for him at critical moments.Zhang Zuosui was killed by Song Hun's soldiers, and the people in the city applauded when they heard that the tyrant had been killed.Zhang Zuo was posthumously named "Wei Gong" after his death.