Early experience
Zhu Wen was born in a literati family, but he liked heroes since childhood. Although no one in the village likes him, he can make friends with Jianghu strongmen. During Tang Xizong's period, due to successive years of famine, the problem of thieves and refugees became more and more serious, which eventually led to the peasant uprising.
At this time, Zhu Wen also gathered tens of thousands of refugees to go to Huang Chao, the most prestigious rebel army. After that, he followed Huang Chao to the north and south, and when he attacked Chang 'an in Huang Chao, Zhu Wen had grown into a valiant soldier under Huang Chao, and conquered many Tang Jun generals for him.
However, after Huang Chao entered Chang 'an, the corruption of military discipline was exposed, which led to the loss of popular support. Coupled with the mobilization of more and more loyal ministers by the Tang government, Zhu Wen began to feel the pressure. In particular, after Tongzhou was defeated by Wang Chongrong, he resolutely surrendered to Wang Chongrong and recognized him as an uncle.
Later, on the recommendation of Wang Chongrong, Zhu Wen was not only pardoned, but also appointed as China's ambassador to China, deputy ambassador of the Bank of China, and was given a name by Tang Xizong? Zhu Quanzhong? . Zhu Wen changed from a general of the Rebel Army to a fierce general to suppress the Rebel Army. He knew the insurgents like the back of his hand, and he was invincible wherever he went. He repeatedly defeated the Huang Chao Uprising Army.
Go to the office with a bad check
Because of Zhu Wen's meritorious service in fighting against the Huang Chao Uprising Army, Tang Xizong appointed Zhu Wen as Bianzhou secretariat and Xuanwu Army. That is to say, Zhu Wen, as our envoy in Kaifeng, Henan Province, sealed Bianzhou to Zhu Wen in a sense according to the practice of the late Tang Dynasty.
Of course, this appointment, which sounds very good, is actually a bad check, because at that time, Tang Jun had not even recovered Chang 'an, and Zhu Wen had to win it himself in Bianzhou, Henan Province. Of course, with the appointment of the Tang government, at least in name, Zhu Wen is qualified to become a separatist party, but whether he has strength or not depends on himself.
Zhu Wen, who got a bad check, worked harder. He and other loyal ministers stormed Huang Chao, which occupied Chang 'an, and finally Huang Chao had to quit Chang 'an and return to Shandong.
In 883, 32-year-old Zhu Wen pursued the Huang Chao Uprising Army all the way, and then officially entered Bianzhou to take office. It was under the management of Zhu Wen that Bianzhou became one of the most important cities in China. From the Five Dynasties to the Northern Song Dynasty, it often became the capital of the Central Plains Dynasty.
Murder? Man-eating demon?
After the Huang Chao Uprising Army was suppressed, a powerful and brutal separatist force appeared near Cai Zhou, which was based on? Eating people? The famous Qin Zongquan.
Qin Zongquan was also a lean man who rose from the mutiny in the late Tang Dynasty, but his character was too cruel. Although his military strength is very strong, he is unpopular. He often plunders soldiers and pursues the "three light" policy. It is shocking to kill civilians and pickle them into rations.
It's a pity that Zhu Wen walked on the road of Qin Zongquan's northward expansion, so Qin Zongquan frequently attacked Zhu Wen and other Central Plains forces from the beginning.
Because of Qin Zongquan's brutality and unpopularity, Zhu Wen gradually combined with other buffer regions to reverse Qin Zongquan's disadvantage, and finally defeated Qin Zongquan, taking him prisoner and sending him to Chang 'an, Tang Dou, for disposal by Tang Xizong. After this campaign, Zhu Wen not only won the appreciation of the Tang Dynasty, but also became the king of Dongping again, and became one of the most powerful buffer regions in the Central Plains.