Since ancient times, the most humble and widowed is the imperial family. Imperial power can make people lose their nature, lose their minds, become cold-blooded, ruthless, cruel and violent. Therefore, the throne has been a royal throne for fathers and sons and brothers since ancient times. If you want to stand on the top of power, you must go through many dangers and bloody killings. Like the Fusu Huhai brothers of the Qin Dynasty, the Yang Yong and Yang Guang brothers of the Sui Dynasty fought each other.
The change of Xuanwumen in the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin killed his brother, the Nine Sons of the Qing Dynasty took the concubine during the Kangxi Dynasty, and Yongzheng coldly ruthlessly imprisoned his brothers. This kind of countless imperial family seizures of the throne was really everywhere in any dynasty at that time. And what is even worse is that my grandfather killed his own grandson for the throne, which absolutely subverted the imagination of human nature.
First, Taoguang cultivates obscurity
This maternal grandfather was Yang Jian, the founding emperor of the Sui Dynasty known as the First Emperor of the Ages. His father was a major vassal of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, he came from an aristocratic family, and after his father's death, he inherited his father's business and inherited the title of Duke of Guo, and was a very popular subject in the dynasty. The emperors of the Northern Zhou Dynasty were all quite strange, and the six emperors were all evaluated by later generations as a hereditary psychotic family.
Several emperors were violent and cold-blooded, and extremely perverted. Under the rule of such an emperor, the people of the Northern Zhou Dynasty at that time also had a very hard time. At that time, Yang Guang was a heavy minister in the DPRK, with strong ability, high prestige, and great power of his own, so in fact, he himself was also very planned. Yang Jianxian married his daughter to Yuwen Yun, the Emperor Xuan of Northern Zhou, and on the one hand, he showed his loyalty to the imperial family.
On the other hand, in this way, he naturally became Yuwen Yun's old man, and his power was more stable. In fact, Yuwen Yun did not fully trust Yang Jian, after all, a courtier with extremely high prestige and power would always be a threat to a king.
Yuwen Yun also repeatedly told Yang Jian's daughter, his own empress, that he would exterminate the Yang family. He also asked the left and right guards to see if Yang Jian at that time would change his face when he heard these words, and if he would take him down immediately. Unexpectedly, Yang Jian did not have any ups and downs after listening to it, and he still looked as calm as ever.
After that, in order to protect himself, Yang Jian found someone to express to Yuwen Yun that he wanted to send an envoy to the state, but in fact, he wanted to stay away from the imperial court, on the one hand, he could taoguang and cultivate obscurity, and protect himself; on the other hand, he could make Yuwen Yun completely reassure him. And Yang Jian can also recuperate well and prepare to take the Northern Zhou in one fell swoop.
Second, bloodthirsty to kill grandchildren
After Yuwen Yun on this side drove his confidants to the outside of the domain, he felt that the big stone in his heart had landed, and he was even more unscrupulous and happy. Later, he also felt that this position of emperor was restricting his pleasures, because he still had to go to the court from time to time and accept the advice of the minister of culture and military affairs, and he felt extremely bored.
He actually came up with a way to become emperor himself and pass the throne to his eldest son Yuwen Yan, who was Yang Jian's grandson. Then Yuwen Yun himself proclaimed himself Emperor Tianyuan, and spent every day and night with the concubines for pleasure and happiness. The year after he immersed himself in Gentle Township, Yang Jian was ripe to return to the capital.
At this time, Yuwen Yun also died not long after because of excessive eroticism, lack of physical strength, and lack of medicine stone. In the palace, Yang Jian's confidants Liu Fang and Zheng Yi forged edicts, saying that the new emperor was young and needed Yang Jian to return to Beijing to assist. Yang Jian was appointed as the Grand Chancellor and assisted his grandson, Emperor Yuwen of Zhou.
During the reign of Emperor Yuwen Yun of Zhou, he paid harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, the people did not have a good life, the people were miserable, and it was difficult to have a meal to feed. After Yang Jian became the chancellor, he immediately abolished the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and implemented a policy of leniency, streamlining and strict laws, practicing frugality, vigorously promoting agriculture, and rectifying the rule of officials. The people loved and supported him.
In order to put an end to his attempt to change the dynasty, Yang Jian recruited the influential daiwang Yuwen da, Chen Wang Yuwenchun, Teng wang Yuwen Kui, Zhao Wang Yuwenzhao, and Yue Wang Yuwensheng into the palace, and immediately took down all five kings on the charge of great disrespect, removing his last obstacle. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Jing of Zhou wanted to abdicate three times to give way to Xian, and Yang Jian resigned.
It was not until the last time that he gladly accepted, changing Northern Zhou to Sui and himself as Emperor Wen of Sui. Finally realized his ideals and founded the Great Sui Dynasty. As for his own grandson, Yang Jian always felt that he was a descendant of the Yuwen family, and there would be troubles in the future when he was older, so he decided not to do anything and take Yuwen Xian to a secret place to be killed.
The glorious and rich imperial family is really not something that everyone can bear, and behind this seeming glory, there is more helplessness and sadness, cold-bloodedness and ruthlessness.
Since ancient times, those who want to achieve great things must first break their feelings, not to mention to achieve a dynasty and an emperor, they don't know how many corpses and bones they step on, even their own relatives can't let go. Yang Jian's killing of his own grandson for his own throne shows even more clearly that the heart of the feudal ruling class is fierce and ruthless.