In the five thousand years of China's history, there have been many faint emperors. They all have their own "famous deeds", such as the "child emperor" who recognized the thief as his father, the Sui Emperor who coveted women, the extravagant and corrupt Shang Yu King, and so on. They have been left in the history books for thousands of years, and during the Wei and Jin Dynasties, there was another person who took into account the shortcomings of great rebellion and lust for beauty, because of his fainting and incompetence, and even destroyed the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
(Stills of Emperor Xuan of Zhou)
This man was Emperor Xuan of Zhou, who ascended the throne at the age of 13 and seized his father's harem beauties out of lust for beauty and forced them to serve him. But what is unexpected is that such a rebellious and unscrupulous emperor has achieved a famous monarch for thousands of years.
1. Emperor Wen of Sui
Speaking of Yang Jian, many people may be more familiar with it, during the reign of Emperor Yang Jian of Sui, he created the first emperor's rule of the Sui Dynasty, and changed the Nine Pins Zhongzheng system to the Five Provinces and Six Cao System, which is known as the Five Provinces and Six Ministries System in later generations. In later generations, the five-province and six-part system had a very great impact on history, and basically all the dynasties in later generations adopted this system to regulate the imperial court.
(Sui Wendi stills)
Yang Jian is known in history as the Ming Emperor of the Ages. During his reign, he sympathized with the suffering of the people and repeatedly implemented tax reduction policies to reduce the burden on the people. Later, in order to promote the development of national agriculture, he also implemented the equalization system. With the equalization system, the people's lives have become richer, and the whole country has shown a thriving state.
In addition, in order to stabilize people's minds, Emperor Wen of Sui also abolished several major tortures, and the five major tortures only left hanging and beheading. To a certain extent, this practice narrowed the distance between the imperial court and the people. It is said that during the Sui Dynasty, the people lived in abundance and the population soared, and the number of new people increased to more than two million households every year.
(Yang Jian)
It seems that Emperor Wen of Sui was indeed a very wise emperor, and it was indeed very powerful to lead the Sui Dynasty towards the rule of the Kai Emperor. But people familiar with history know that the throne of Emperor Wen of Sui was not justifiably inherited like the emperors of other dynasties, so how was the Sui Dynasty established?
2. The 13-year-old emperor
Speaking of Yang Jian, we have to mention another person, that is, Emperor Xuan of Zhou. When Emperor Xuan of Zhou was 13 years old, he inherited the throne of his old father and became the emperor of Northern Zhou, but the 13-year-old King Xuan of Zhou not only had no talent for governing the country, but also was very absurd.
After the death of King Wu of Zhou, he was not only not sad in the slightest, but also very happy. Because in his opinion, after his father died, no one could take care of himself, and anyway, the Zhou Dynasty was also his world, and he could do whatever he wanted. But the 13-year-old Emperor Xuan of Zhou was completely unaware that if he did not have enough deterrence to deter his courtiers from dominating the world, then he would not be able to stay in this position for a long time.
The young Emperor Xuan of Zhou was very, and after he ascended the throne, he could not wait to occupy his father's harem. Yes, it was the harem concubines who could be said to be his harem. Because since the dynasties and dynasties, the emperor's harem has to constantly enter new people, so some concubines are not very old, and the flowers and moons are born, which makes the young Zhou Xuan Emperor have bad thoughts.
He thought that his father and king had already gone, and that these concubines were not widows in the palace, but that they might as well serve him, and that he had taken action after this idea. At that time, Emperor Xuan of Zhou also had an empress, that is, Yang Lihua. Yang Lihua was the daughter of Yang Jian, who could be said to have been a very loyal minister when King Wu of Zhou was still alive.
Especially after his daughter entered the palace as an imperial concubine, he was even more conscientious in seeking the welfare of the Zhou Dynasty. But what he didn't expect was that King Wu of Zhou would disappear so quickly, and the new emperor, Emperor Xuan of Zhou, was a bear child who couldn't support the wall in mud, which caused Yang Jian's heart to feel extremely uncomfortable.
However, it was uncomfortable to feel uncomfortable, yang Jian also had no way, who let the emperor at that time be Emperor Xuan of Zhou? After Emperor Xuan of Zhou succeeded to the throne, Yang Jian was immediately promoted to the rank of state abbot and enjoyed the treatment of a state abbot. However, Yang Jian, who enjoyed the treatment of the state chancellor, did not dare to slacken off by half a point, because he knew that Emperor Zhou Xuandi was deeply jealous of the Yang family in his heart, and the Yang family's great cause had already made Emperor Zhou Xuandi kill. In order to avoid the scourge of killing, Yang Jian had even decided to take refuge outside the seychelles.
But what Yang Jian did not expect was that this still did not dispel Emperor Zhou Xuan's determination to get rid of the Yang family. Once, after three rounds of drinking at a banquet, Emperor Xuan of Zhou accidentally blurted out that he wanted to destroy Yang Zhaomanmen, and this sentence made Yang Jian tremble with fear and panic, and his heart kept thinking.
Later, Yang Jian felt that it was better for yang jian to be in his own hands, so he began to collude with his daughter to start taking over Emperor Xuan of Zhou. Yang Lihua and Emperor Xuan of Zhou were not harmonious at all, and often saw each other unfavorably, so they gladly agreed to their father's proposal. Later, most of the military power in the hands of Emperor Xuan of Zhou fell under Yang Jian's hands, but just when Yang Jian and Yang Lihua were preparing to attack Emperor Xuan of Zhou, Emperor Xuan of Zhou died of a sudden illness due to long-term addiction to alcohol.
3. Establishment of the Sui Dynasty
Emperor Xuan of Zhou was dead, and Yang Jian was not embarrassed about his grandson, so he naturally pushed his grandson to the throne, but because he was still young, Yang Jian pushed the boat along the water to become the prime minister. During this period, Yang Jian's grandson was a puppet emperor who listened to his grandfather.
After Yang Jian became chancellor, he used his power to buy people's hearts and minds to summarize courtiers, and finally replaced his grandson to establish the Sui Dynasty under the circumstances of public expectations. The Sui Dynasty also became better and better under the administration of Yang Jian, and smoothly ushered in the rule of the Kai Emperor.
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The establishment of the Sui Dynasty can be described as the people's will, and as long as the people can live a good life in peace and contentment, then they are a good king. King Wu of Zhou used to govern Zhou Tianxia very well when he was alive, but perhaps because state affairs were too busy, his discipline of Emperor Xuan of Zhou did not have a practical effect, and Emperor Xuan of Zhou could not support Zhou Tianxia.
For Emperor Xuan of Zhou, his life was extravagant and lascivious, rebellious, and although he left a bad reputation in history, he created an ancient Ming Emperor because of his absurdity. If he did not have any merit in his life, then it was also a merit that he was able to create Emperor Wen of Sui.