In the 13th year of Yuanhe (8 18), Zheng Zhu went to Xiangyang. At that time, our days in Xiangyang made Li Su suffer from flaccidity, and Zheng Zhu used a folk prescription, namely Li Su's "Boiling Gold and Taking fesr". Li Su took it, and it was very effective, so he greeted it with deep feelings. He took it as the official promotion of our times. After Li Su moved to Xuzhou, Zheng Zhu went with him, and he was appointed minister. Li Su participated in all military and political affairs with him. He is also very talented. "It's not surprising to plan with you." Zheng Zhu's medical skills were highly valued by Li Su, which caused some people's criticism. Some people say that he is "specializing in Wei Fu".
Wang Shoucheng, the eunuch at that time, was an army supervisor in Xuzhou. When he heard about it, he also resented Zheng Zhu and told Li Su that he wanted to get rid of him. Li Su claimed that Zheng Zhu was a genius, which is rare in the world. Li Su immediately invited Zheng Zhulai to visit the army. Wang Shoucheng was reluctant at first, but after talking with Zheng Zhu, he saw that he was "arguing and balancing" and what he said was in line with his own wishes, so he immediately invited him into the back room to have a heart-to-heart talk and meet each other. The next day, Wang Shoucheng said to Li Su, "Indeed, as you said, he is really a wizard." From then on, Zheng Zhu often went in and out of Wang Shoucheng's house, and the relationship was very harmonious. Li Su also appointed him as a patrolman and listed him as one of the guests. In the fifteenth year of Yuanhe (820), Wang Shoucheng was transferred and Zheng Zhu also went to Beijing. Soon, Wang Shoucheng, Chen Hongzhi and other eunuchs killed Xianzong and made Hengli emperor, namely Mu Zong. Wang Shoucheng specializes in the post of envoy of the Tang Dynasty, introducing Zheng Zhu to the DPRK. "Mu Zong is also very good to him." . Wang Shoucheng attaches great importance to Zheng Zhu, and the two often "chat until the evening." Zheng Zhu relied on the power of Wang Shoucheng to make courtiers. "A few years later, he reached out to the powerful minister and fought for his own door." Later, he worked as an adjutant in Shandong and Jingxi. He served as Zuo Wei, judge, suggestion, and doctor of the Ministry of Finance, and served as Zhao Yijie's deputy.
After Tang Wenzong acceded to the throne, Wang Shoucheng was promoted to a title of generals in ancient times and became a lieutenant in the right army. In the fifth year of Taihe (83 1), Tang Wenzong and Song, the prime minister, wanted to behead eunuchs, and Jing conspired to leak them to Zheng Zhu. Guarding the city was also informed of the plan, and even military official Dou Lu falsely accused the rebel king Zhang. Therefore, Song was demoted, which led to the bankruptcy of Wenzong's plan to get rid of eunuchs.
In September of the seventh year of Taihe (833), Li Kuan, an imperial envoy, saw that Zheng Zhuzheng was leaning against Wang Shoucheng and was "low-paying", so he played Zheng Zhuzhi's crime in the pavilion. Guarding the city hid Zheng Zhu in the right army to protect him. Zuo Jun's lieutenant Wei and Tang made Yang and Wang Jian at odds and hated Zheng Zhu. Zuo Jun made a plan for Li Hongchu and Wei: he lied that the lieutenant was ill, asked Zheng Zhu to treat him, and took the opportunity to kill him with a stick alive. However, after Zheng Zhu came, he was eloquent in Kan Kan and talked about it in Kan Kan. Wei Suyuan "unconsciously held his hand and listened attentively, but forgot to be tired". Li Hongchu repeatedly indicated that Wei Susu ignored it and finally "sent it with a thick gold and silk note". Wang Ya, the prime minister, also temporarily refused to appoint Li Kuan, and appointed Zheng Zhu as a command adviser and a judge of the right policy. In December of the same year, Tang Wenzong suffered from wind disease and was speechless. Under the recommendation of Wang Shoucheng, Zheng Zhu was able to treat literate Sect. Tang Wenzong took the medicine prepared by Zheng Zhu, and the effect was very good, so Zheng Zhu was favored by Tang Wenzong.
In September of the eighth year of Taihe (834), Zheng Zhu summed up his experience in treating diseases and produced a volume of prescriptions. Tang Wenzong summoned Zheng Zhu at the gate of the bathing hall, and also consulted the technique of rich countries. Zheng Zhu suggested resuming the policy of monopolizing tea. Monopoly of tea is a measure to collect tea tax, control tea production and obtain patents. Its method is to "use the tea gardens of the people in the rivers and lakes, make them by the officials themselves, give them directly according to the quantity, and ask the messengers to be responsible." At that time, tea drinking was popular and tea production developed greatly. Zheng Zhu suggested that the government increase fiscal revenue by selling tea. The literati adopted his suggestion, appointed the Prime Minister Wang Ya as the tea envoy, and gave A Zheng many notes and prizes.
Tang Wenzong likes poetry. He once read Du Fu's "Qu Jiang Ci", in which there is a sentence, "The palace on the shore is sealed with thousands of doors, and the willows are new rushes. Who are you green for?" . When he knew that there were towers, palaces and government offices along the Qujiang River before Tianbao, he was envious. Zheng Zhu guessed that literate Sect wanted to build pavilions in Qujiang. In the first month of the ninth year of Taihe (835), Zheng Zhu said that there was a disaster in the middle of the Qin Dynasty, and he had to start fighting to eliminate the disaster. According to Zheng Zhu, literate admired this as a reason, that is, ordered the left and right Ce Shen armies to send people to dredge Qujiang and Kunming Pond, and build Ziyun Building and Cai Xiating. Zheng Zhu also let or let on the levee, which made Tang Wenzong very happy.
In April, Tang Wenzong appointed Zheng Zhu as a teacher and an ancient adviser. After Zheng Zhu was appointed, he recommended Li Kuan from the Warehouse Department to take his original position. Although Li had the crime of impeaching Zheng Zhu before, he didn't care about personal grievances and thought that "the crime of adding ministers, though reasonable, was not guilty;" In the sincerity of money, it is a matter of doing things. "
In September, Zheng Zhu was appointed minister of the Ministry of Industry and served as a bachelor of Hanlin. Tang Wenzong personally summoned him at Brewmaster Gate and gave him a confession face to face. Since then, Zheng Zhu can serve as a page, which is highly valued by Tang Wenzong. After gaining Tang Wenzong's love and trust, Zheng Zhu did whatever he wanted, selling officials and profiteering, taking bribes and breaking the law, and bribing people. After his death, he spent a lot of money on his family property and got more than one million silks. No one can compare with the mansion he built in good harmony and fly over the wall. At the same time, Zheng Zhu colluded with the frivolous fugitives in Beijing and the local town officials, and often gathered at home for a show. In North Korea, Zheng Zhu went in and out of the Shence Army, and no one dared to ask. Whispering with eunuch Wang Shoucheng day and night, no one can know.
Later, Zheng Zhu and his henchmen, Li Xun, were in charge of state affairs, singing together in front of Emperor Wen day and night to discuss the strategy of governing the country. Claiming: "Get rid of eunuchs first, then restore Hehuang, then clear Hebei, and start a government like the palm of your hand." Tang Wenzong was puzzled by it and believed in it. Therefore, Zheng Zhu and Li Xun "are at loggerheads, discussing day and night, and everything is theoretically extraordinary." Note that most of them are in the restricted area, or sometimes have a rest, and the guests fill the door and leave the mountain behind. "Moreover, relatives and friends removed the minister, undermining the laws and regulations of state affairs with hobbies, and" the power was greatly shaken ". "
In order to strengthen his power, Zheng Zhu also formed a gang. Among them, Wang Ya, Li Xun and others are the main members he planted around him. At the same time, Zheng Zhu excluded dissidents and published personal vendetta. Anyone who is slightly dissatisfied with himself will die soon.
After Zheng Zhu promoted Li Xun to an important position, Prime Minister Li Deyu objected, saying that Li Xun was evil and should not be a courtier, which opposed Zheng Zhu and Wang Shoucheng. After Li Deyu was hated by Zheng Zhu and others, he was often rejected. When Zheng Zhu learned that Zongmin Li, my special envoy to Shannan West Road, was at odds with Li Deyu, he elected Zongmin Li as the prime minister, forcing Li Deyu to fall from power and become my special envoy to Shannan West Road.
Prime Minister Lu Sui interceded for Li Deyu. As a result, Zheng Zhu held a grudge against Lu Sui, beat Tang Wenzong, drove Lu Sui out of the dynasty and became our minister in Zhenhai. Zheng Zhu wanted to be an official of the two provinces, but Li Zongmin, the prime minister, thought it impossible. Zheng Zhu vilified Zongmin Li in front of Tang Wenzong. For this reason, Li Zongmin was demoted to the secretariat of Mingzhou and later to the history of the governor.
Zheng Zhu not only used his power to chase the three phases, but also spared those who had no complaints with him on weekdays. For example, Zheng Zhu framed Wei, Zuo Lieutenant, Tang Ambassador Yang and Wang Jianyan as Li Zongmin's private party and were demoted to Huainan, Xichuan and Hedong respectively. Li Gan, an adviser to the imperial court, opposed Zheng Zhu as prime minister and was demoted to State Sima. Li Yu, assistant minister of the Ministry of Finance, once said that Zheng Zhuxie was demoted to Jiangzhou Secretariat. Zheng Zhu was demoted as the secretariat of Langzhou because he said that he took medicine to serve the king. There is a saying in history that "there is no virtual day in exile, and the class is almost empty." In Tang Wenzong, Shang Youcheng, Tong Pingzhang, Song, and Yu Yushi issued a secret edict to kill Zheng Zhu, which was also a bad scene and covered up the party. Wang Kun let the cat out of the bag and was told by Zheng Zhu and Wang Shoucheng. Zheng Zhu set up a god to fight Lu, falsely accusing Song of conspiring to be emperor. Tang Wenzong took it for granted and immediately ordered Wang Shoucheng to capture Dou Lvzhu. As a result, Song was demoted to Kaizhou Sima, and soon died with great pains. Participants, such as Yan Jingze, were punished or exiled, and 100 people were persecuted. After the conviction of Song Dynasty, eunuch forces became more rampant, and Tang Wenzong regretted it.
At that time, Tang Wenzong hated eunuch autocracy and tried his best to punish eunuchs, but it was difficult to make it clear to the generals. Zheng Zhu knew the mind of literate Sect, and he was "diligent and secretive", and also introduced Li Xun to help him. Literati believed that Zheng Zhu and Li Xun were both introduced by Wang Shoucheng. If we could find something with them, it would not arouse the suspicion of eunuchs, so we confided in Zheng Zhu. So they "took it as their duty to punish eunuchs, holding hands with each other and consulting day and night. Everything they say is above, and the momentum is great. " Outsiders only know that Zheng Zhu and Li Xun "made a fortune by eunuchs, but they didn't know that they had a conspiracy with the top."
Zheng Zhu and Li Xun conspired to cut off eunuchs. First, they took advantage of the factions within eunuchs and their contradictions. Right-leaning captain Wang Shoucheng was at odds with left-leaning general Shiliang Zhou. Zheng Zhu advised Tang Wenzong to appoint Chou Shiliang as the left-hand lieutenant to divide Wang Shoucheng's power, and then came up with a plan to take Wang Shoucheng as the left-hand lieutenant, seize its power in name only, divide and rule, and thus kill the big eunuchs Wei Yuansu and Yang, and designed a plan. In order to catch all the eunuchs, Zheng Zhu served as Fengxiang's ambassador. Fengxiang is close to Beijing, one of the three auxiliary facilities of Beijing-Guangzhou. This is a military town.
Before Zheng Zhu entered the city, he made an agreement with Li Xun: when he arrived in the town, he would choose hundreds of warriors, each with a white shovel and a sharp axe as his own soldiers. Li Xun and Zheng Zhu agreed that 1 1 month 27, when Wang Shoucheng was buried near Lianshui, Li Xun ordered eunuchs and mid-team leaders to go to Jishui for a funeral, and Zheng Zhu invited him to attend the funeral. At that time, he ordered Qin Bing to chop the eunuch to death with an axe, so as to "make every effort".
Although Li Xun was lucky to be with Zheng Zhu, he was jealous that Zheng Zhu was stronger than himself and decided to root out the eunuch himself, so that Zheng Zhu would not steal the work, and then killed Zheng Zhu. Li Xun makes it easier for private parties to make other plans. On November 21st, the 9th year of Daiwa (835), he sent his cronies Wang Xingyu and Wang Kun to recruit strong men all over the town to perform a trilogy, and to perform the famous "The Change of Manna" in the history of the Tang Dynasty with Jin Wu and Taiwan officials. After Li Xun's failure, Shiliang Zhou ordered Shence Army to clean Li Xun Group and control Tang Wenzong and Peking. Zheng Zhu in Fengxiang Town heard that Li Xun had started to act and immediately led 500 Qin Bing to the capital to help. When Zheng Zhu and his party arrived in Fufeng County, they heard that Li Xun had failed and returned to Fengxiang.
Chou Shiliang and others sent someone with a secret letter from literate admired to reward Zhang Zhongqing, a military supervisor in Fengxiang, and ordered him to punish Zheng Zhu. Zhang Zhongqing was at a loss. Li Shuhe advised Zhang Zhongqing: "I called Zheng Zhu in your name with good words, and then designed to retreat and kill the soldiers on the table, so that the rebellion could be put down immediately!" Zhang Zhongqing agreed, so he set an ambush for Zheng Zhu. Zheng Zhu relies on his Qin Bing, so he has no doubt. He went straight to Fengxiang City to see Zhang Zhongqing. Li Shu and Qin Bing, who led Zheng Zhu, went to the door to entertain guests. Only Zheng Zhu and several followers entered the military prison. Zheng Zhugang finished drinking tea and was beheaded by Li Shuhe with a knife. Then close the outer door and kill Zheng Zhu's Qin Bing. So Zhang Zhongqing showed Tang Wenzong's secret to the soldiers and announced it to them. Then, they killed Zheng Zhu's family, as well as our assistant ambassador Qian, our judge Lu Jianneng, our observation judges Xiao Jie, Zhang Luhongmao and their companions, totaling more than 1000. At this time, the court did not know that Zheng Zhu had been killed. Ding Mao (26th) and Tang Wenzong were forced to write to remove Zheng Zhu from his post and title, and ordered the buffer region adjacent to Fengxiang to stay put and observe the movement in Fengxiang. At the same time, General Zuo was appointed as Special Envoy of Fengxiang. On the night of 27th, Zhang Zhongqing sent Li Shuhe and others to the capital to present Zheng Zhu's head, and the court ordered people to hang it on the door of Xing 'an. Later, the court seized Zheng Zhu's property and got one million silks.