Speaking of rogue emperors in history, there are many. But if we were to name the number one rogue emperor, it would undoubtedly be Zhu Wen, the founder of the Later Liang Dynasty. Of course, Zhu Wen is also a legendary figure in Chinese history. Mao Zedong once commented on him: "Zhu Wen was in a place where battles took place frequently, similar to Cao Cao in some ways, but more cunning." More cunning than Cao Cao, which shows how treacherous and sly Zhu Wen really was?
Zhu Wen was from Dangshan in Songzhou, and he was the third among three brothers. When Zhu Wen was still a minor, his father passed away, so his mother had to take her three children to work as laborers for the landlord Liu Chong in Xiao County. Zhu's mother wove cloth and washed clothes for the Liu family, while the elder two brothers herded cattle and farmed, and Zhu Wen raised pigs. At that time, no one would have thought that this pig-herding child would later become the founding emperor of the Later Liang Dynasty.