Is there a reincarnation of history? Although the Northern Zhou Emperor Yuwen Yong and the Later Zhou Emperor Chai Rong were not in the same time and space, they had a surprisingly similar fate. The two have many similarities: born in a chaotic world, they are both heroic and ambitious, the lord of chaos and prosperity, looking at the world at that time, they are invincible beings. Unfortunately, the timing is not good, and they are all violent deaths in their prime. If the heavens give a little more time, they are all unified emperors, beyond the existence of the Sui Emperor Song Zu.
During his reign, he was politically clear-minded, the people were rich, the country was strong, and the military was invincible. Both men laid a solid foundation for the unification of the later period. Both died of illness on the way to the crusade against the minority regime.
Yuwen Yong was emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, who took the throne at a young age, was good at concealing patience, pretended to be stupid for twelve years, and finally cut off the powerful minister Yuwen Hu and his henchmen in one fell swoop. After taking sole control of the government, the Juntian system was implemented, the system of prefectural soldiers was improved and developed, the military strength was enriched, northern Qi was destroyed, and the north was unified. In May 578, Emperor Wu of Zhou led an army to attack the Turks, and died of illness in June at the age of 36. If you live for an extra ten years, or go beyond the existence of the reign of Emperor Wen of Sui.
TV stills Yuwen Yong
Chai Rong was the adopted son of Emperor Shizong of Zhou after the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and Guo Wei. During Chai Rong's reign, politically: to appease exile, reduce taxes, and make Later Zhou politically clear and the people rich; militarily: training troops in the whole army, marching south to the north, breaking the Northern Han, defeating the Later Shu in the west, attacking the Southern Tang in the south, breaking the Khitan in the north, and lianke two states and three passes. He died of illness while preparing to receive Youzhou at the age of 39. If Chai Rong lived a few more years, the Khitan estimated that it would only be destroyed, and the unification of China would at least surpass the Northern Song Dynasty in terms of national strength.
Portrait of Chai Rong
Both are a generation of heroes, but unfortunately, fate has made people, both died of illness suddenly before reunification, their ambitions were not rewarded, and they were robbed of the fruits of victory, which is really "to die before they are successful, and to make the hero cry"!