<P> Zhu Wen , originally a salt smuggler who had served under the rebel Huang , surrendered to Tang forces . By helping to defeat Huang , he was granted a series of rapid military promotions . In 907 the Tang dynasty was ended when Zhu Wen , now a military governor , deposed the last emperor of Tang , Emperor Ai of Tang , and took the throne for himself ( known posthumously as Emperor Taizu of Later Liang ) . He established the Later Liang , which inaugurated the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period . A year later Zhu Wen had the deposed Emperor Ai poisoned to death . </P>
<P> Zhu Wen , originally a salt smuggler who had served under the rebel Huang , surrendered to Tang forces . By helping to defeat Huang , he was granted a series of rapid military promotions . In 907 the Tang dynasty was ended when Zhu Wen , now a military governor , deposed the last emperor of Tang , Emperor Ai of Tang , and took the throne for himself ( known posthumously as Emperor Taizu of Later Liang ) . He established the Later Liang , which inaugurated the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period . A year later Zhu Wen had the deposed Emperor Ai poisoned to death . </P>
who was the last ruler of the tang dynasty
who was the last ruler of the tang dynasty
Emperor Ai of Tang
Emperor Ai of Tang