Chapter 217 Chapter 216 Ying King Zhu Yougui

During the reign of Tang Guangqi (885-887 A.D.), Zhu Quanzhong's power was still small, and he fought south and north all day long.One day, when he marched to Haozhou (now Boxian County, Anhui Province), he was moved by the beauty of a local prostitute, so he ordered his subordinates to come to sleep with her.Soon, the prostitute became pregnant and gave birth to a son, who was Zhu Yougui who killed his father and usurped the throne 25 years later. Yougui grew up with his mother in Bozhou since he was a child. Later, Zhu Quanzhong persuaded Mrs. Zhang to welcome his mother and son to Bianzhou.In the second year of Qianhua (912 A.D.), he was granted the title of Marquis of Yu, the capital of all armies.

After Yougui moved to Bianzhou with his mother, his relationship with his father and brothers has not been harmonious.Especially in Quanzhong's later years, when a series of important issues such as establishing a crown prince, succeeding the emperor, and assuming national power were on the agenda, his relationship with Quanzhong's adopted son and his brother Youwen with a different surname became increasingly antagonistic.After Mrs. Zhang's death, especially after becoming emperor, Quan Zhong became more and more fond of women, and even often called his daughters-in-law into the palace to sleep, as promiscuous as animals.Among all the wives, Youwen's wife is the most beautiful, and Zhu Quanzhong loves him deeply. Because of this relationship, Zhu Quanzhong attaches great importance to Youwen, and intends to make Youwen the crown prince. Yougui is very angry about this.

At the end of May of the second year of Qianhua, Zhu Quanzhong was critically ill, so he asked Youwen's wife to call Youwen, wanting to say goodbye to him for the last time, and entrusted him with the throne.At that time, Yougui's wife was also standing by Quanzhong's side. When she heard about this, she immediately told her husband.Yougui felt that the matter was urgent, so he conspired with his left and right confidants to usurp the throne.On June 3rd, Yougui entered the barracks of the Imperial Palace Guard, the Zuolonghu Army, in a micro-clothes. He privately saw Han Qing, the commander of the imperial army, and told the truth one by one.Han Qing saw that most of the heroes and generals around him were punished for minor faults, and he was often afraid that he would not be able to protect himself.In the middle of the night, 500 soldiers of Qingyi Yabing and other soldiers were in ambush in the palace. In the middle of the night, they rushed into Zhu Quanzhong's bedroom and killed him.Afterwards, Yougui put the emperor's corpse in the bedroom and kept the funeral secret. At the same time, he sent the priest Ding Zhaopu to Kaifeng on horseback, and ordered Youzhen to get rid of the political enemy Youwen.He breathed a sigh of relief when Ji Dingfu brought Youwen's head.So he held his father's funeral in a serious manner, read out the forged edict, ascended the throne of the emperor himself, and changed the Yuanfeng calendar.

After Yougui succeeded to the throne, he ignored the government all day long and indulged in sensuality.He didn't pay attention to his gentle younger brother Youzhen, not only did not reduce his power, but promoted him to be left behind in Tokyo, acting as Kaifeng Yin, and inspector Situ.But Youzhen secretly accumulated strength, united various forces, and waited for an opportunity to overthrow his brother. In the second year of his ascension, that is, on February 8, the first year of Fengli (AD 913), Youzhen joined forces with Zhao Yan, the commander-in-law captain, Yuan Xiangxian, who commanded the army of Zuolonghu, and the northern envoy and Zhongshuling who had a large army. Yang Shihou staged a mutiny in the capital.Yuan Xiang led thousands of soldiers into the palace first.Youguiwan didn't expect the situation to develop to such an extent, he panicked for a moment and fled the palace in a hurry.But the entire Luoyang city has been controlled by the opponent.Faced with this situation, he sighed regretfully, "I hate not to kill Youzhen", and ordered his subordinates to kill him.