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The news of Zhu Youlun's accidental death was like a bolt from the blue. Zhu Wen didn't speak for a long time. The expression on his face was first surprise, then sadness and self-blame, and finally anger.
Zhu Wen cried.
The tragic situation of his second brother Zhu Cun before his death reappeared in front of him. It was the haze that had lingered for many years. It was Zhu Wen's eternal nightmare and the knot in his heart all his life.
At that time, Zhu Cun fell into Zhu Wen's arms, holding Zhu Wen's collar tightly with both hands, his eyes as wide as copper bells, staring at Zhu Wen with expectation, anxiety and despair in his eyes. His lips moved, trying to speak, but nothing came out. Thick, thick blood foam gurgled out from around the arrow wound in his throat. Until he died, Zhu Cun did not leave a single word. He did not close his eyes until he died, and there was still infinite regret in his frozen eyes.
Zhu Wen and Zhu Cun had the deepest relationship, and Zhu Cun's tragic situation greatly stimulated Zhu Wen. Zhu Wen didn't know his second brother's last wish, but he secretly vowed to take good care of his children for his brother.
Zhu Cun only has two children, Zhu Youning and Zhu Youlun.
After all, Zhu Wen took great care of his two nephews. When he captured Qin Zongquan in Caizhou alive, he sent Zhu Youning to escort Qin Zongquan to Chang'an to ask for merit and receive rewards. When he welcomed Zhaozong back to Luan, he also sent Zhu Youlun to lead Zhaozong's horse and whip.
The two nephews are also very competitive. According to historical records, Zhu Youning was good at both civil and military arts, he was suave, broad-minded, and intangible with emotion and anger. He was especially good at bow and sword. Zhu Youlun was known as a "little prodigy". He was not only good at both civil and military skills, but also had a good command of music. Among all his nephews, , Zhu Wen’s favorite is this Zhu Youlun. He once said that Zhu Youlun is “my horse that is thousands of miles away”.
By reviewing historical materials, it is not difficult to find that among Zhu Wen's nephews, Zhu Wen's eldest son Zhu Youyu is probably the only one who can rival Zhu Youning and Zhu Youlun. The other nephews are more bearish than the last, and more assholes than the other.
History is a joke. Good people don't live long, but disasters last for thousands of years. Zhu Youyu died young, Zhu Youning died in battle in Qingzhou, and Zhu Youlun accidentally fell to his death. All the qualified successors in Zhu Wen's mind died in front of him.
In particular, the deaths of Zhu Youning and Zhu Youlun meant the end of the second brother Zhu Cun's lineage. Zhu Wen originally vowed to take good care of his second brother's heirs, but now he wants his second brother to cut off his descendants...
If Zhu Youlun died of political murder, which is excusable, then Zhu Youning's death was completely forced by Zhu Wen. If it weren't for his "war supervision" and urging, Zhu Youning would not have gone crazy and attacked desperately. It is not so much that Zhu Youning died in the hands of Qingzhou King Normal School, but rather that he died under the high pressure given by Zhu Wen.
"Second brother, I can't help you..." Zhu Wen was distraught, with tears streaming down his face and gnashing his teeth, "Cui Yin!"
Zhu Wen sent his nephew Zhu Youliang (son of his eldest brother Zhu Quanyu) to Chang'an to take over Zhu Youlun's position and prevent power from falling to Cui Yin's party.
After Zhu Youliang arrived in Chang'an, he immediately launched an investigation into the "Zhu Youlun's Horse Falling Case" with Zhu Wen's three cronies in the capital - the "Three Envoys" Zhang Tingfan, Wang Yin, and Jiang Xuanhui. However, what they want to investigate is not the truth of the fall and death, but to obtain the list of all parties involved, and arrest and execute all those who played with Zhu Youlun that day.
"Zhu Youlun's horse-falling case" has become a historical unsolved case that will never be solved.
Because Zhu Wen doesn't need the truth, he already has the "truth".
Soon, Zhu Wen personally led 70,000 troops to the river and impeached Cui Yin on the occasion of the Spring Festival, saying that he "authorized the country and alienated the monarch and his ministers." He also demanded that "Cui Yin's rebellious party" be completely eradicated. , Chen Ban et al.
Zheng Yuangui's official position in the central government is Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, he is also the mayor of the capital (Jing Zhaoyin), and he is also the deputy commander-in-chief of the Central Forbidden Army. He is the undisputed second figure in the "Cui Yin Rebellion Party"; Chen Ban is the general of the Forbidden Army and the leader of Cui Yin. One of the important confidantes promoted by Yin.
On the ninth day of the first lunar month in the fourth year of Emperor Tianfu of the Tang Dynasty (904), Emperor Zhaozong issued an edict: Cui Yin was demoted to the title of Prince Shaofu and was assigned to the Eastern Capital; Zheng Yuangui was demoted to be the Sihu of Xunzhou (now Huizhou City, Guangdong Province); Chen Ban was demoted to Qinzhou (now Huizhou City, Guangdong Province) Today's Qijiang County, Chongqing City) Sihu.
Immediately afterwards, he issued an edict to dismiss Cui Yin's newly recruited troops.
According to the usual practice, the three people should enjoy the treatment of being demoted again and again, Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan, and "suicide in search of gifts". However, Zhu Wen did not want to wait until the end of the world. He only wanted to pay now without credit.
Zhu Wen instructed his nephew Zhu Youliang to take action immediately.
Zhu Youliang led his troops to surround Kaihuafang in Chang'an City. Just when Cui Yin was desperate, he was pleased to find that the new troops he had recruited arrived in time. Before he could be happy, his whole family was killed by his "direct lineage" troops. Subsequently, Zheng Yuangui, Chen Ban and other party cronies were also executed.
Cui Yin, who once dominated the government and the public, and could cover the sky with one hand, was easily killed by Zhu Wen. Zhu Wen used practical actions to show the world who is the real boss.
After Cui Yin's death, Zhu Wen made a series of personnel transfers and took over all the fruits of Cui Yin's political purge. The Central Court of the Tang Dynasty became a puppet that obeyed orders. On the tenth day after Cui Yin's death, , Zhu Wen officially started the capital relocation mode.
The Bian army used violent means to forcibly demolish the entire city of Chang'an, forcing the people to move to Luoyang, the eastern capital. Wails and cries filled the entire city of Chang'an. The people were forced to move while scolding Cui Yin for causing harm to the country and the people. People supported the old and the young and headed to Luoyang one after another. The painful migration process lasted for a month.
Of course, Zhaozong was also among the forced demolitions and was forced to move out of Chang'an again. Zhang Tingfan, a close confidant of Zhu Wen, was in charge of the demolition work, responsible for destroying all the palaces and buildings in Chang'an City, and throwing the dismantled timber into the Wei River and the Yellow River, allowing them to flow eastward. The city of Chang'an was razed to the ground.
When Zhaozong arrived in Huazhou, the people of Huazhou lined the streets to welcome him. They knelt on both sides of the road to pay homage to the emperor's face and shouted long live the emperor. Zhaozong was both moved and sad. He couldn't help but burst into tears with mixed emotions. He said sadly to his people: "Stop shouting Long Live. I will no longer be Long Live soon."
The attendants on the left and right were equally sad, lowered their heads and sobbed.
Since the palace in Luoyang had not yet been completed, Zhaozong temporarily stayed in Shaanzhou (today's Sanmenxia City, Henan Province) to wait.
Zhu Wen came to Shaanzhou for an audience. Zhaozong invited Zhu Wen into the bedroom to meet Queen He. Queen He cried to Zhu Wen and said: "From today on, the lives of our couple will be entrusted to you!"
Cui Yin was the mediator between Zhaozong and Zhu Wen. After Cui Yin's death, the contradiction between Zhaozong and Zhu Wen became increasingly prominent. As the capital relocation work progressed, Zhu Wen finally came up with a solution.
Zhaozong has been struggling in the turbulent political field for most of his life. He will not sit still and wait for death. He will make a final struggle for the sake of the Tang Dynasty, the country, and his own life.
