Since ancient times, I have heard of the rebellion of courtiers, have you heard of the emperor also rebelling, in history there is really an emperor, he was suspended by the courtiers, living the life of a puppet, but he was not willing to do so, so he consulted with the close ministers, dug a tunnel, tried to escape from the palace, unexpectedly, when digging near the city gate, the defenders heard and reported to the courtiers, so the courtiers grabbed the emperor and asked: Emperor, why do you want to rebel?
This emperor also burst into tears, if he had not been forced to this point, he would not have taken this step, then who was he? He was the Emperor of Eastern Wei during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the great-grandson of Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei, the grandson of Wang Yuanyi of Qinghe Literature, and the son of Emperor Xiaojing of Eastern Wei, Emperor Yuanshan of Eastern Wei.
This Yuan Shan was very handsome, very intelligent, all-rounder in literature and martial arts, and his strength was also very large, but unfortunately, at that time, he was still young, and the government was controlled by the powerful minister Gao Huan, and the inside and outside of the imperial court were all Gao Huan's people, so it was difficult for him to make a difference. It was easy to expect Gao Huan to die, but Gao Huan's son Gao Cheng inherited his father's office and continued to control the Eastern Wei dynasty.
In order to achieve the purpose of spying on the emperor, Gao Cheng also sent his henchmen to serve as yellow door attendants to monitor Emperor Xiaojing's every move and report back at any time. After that, Emperor Xiaojing was constrained by Gao Cheng at every turn. As mentioned earlier, this Yuan Zenmi is not an incompetent person, he is very ambitious, he wants to get out of Gao Cheng's control, so he found a few of his own people, want to escape from the control of the powerful minister Gao Cheng, so he quietly dug tunnels, trying to escape through this way. No, when the tunnel was dug near the city gate, it was discovered by the defenders of the city and reported the matter to Gao Cheng.
Gao Cheng immediately led his troops to the palace, and although the emperor did not move, he killed the guards and concubines around the emperor. Motoyoshimi said, "Since ancient times, I have only heard of courtiers rebelling against the king, but I have never heard of kings rebelling against their subjects. If you want to rebel yourself, why accuse me! Gao Cheng was already in charge of the loss, and quickly knelt down to apologize to the emperor, and also deliberately set up a table to make amends, but the progress of usurping the throne increased.
When Gao Cheng was preparing to kill Emperor Xiaojing, this Gao Cheng was instead stabbed to death by his own cook, and Yuan Zenmi was still very happy, but sadly Gao Cheng's brother Gao Yang took over Gao Cheng's position, and this Gao Yang was more ruthless, leading the heavy army to abdicate than Yuan Shan mi. At the beginning of Gao Yang's reign, he was still good at Yuan Shan, and he was named the King of Zhongshan, with 10,000 households. In the fiefdom, Emperor Xiaojing could hang the Tianzi banner, use the Tianzi era name, the documents could not be called subjects, and the treatment of several sons was also good.
But later, Gao Yang gained a firm foothold and felt that Yuan Zenmi had no use value, so he brandished a butcher knife and killed Yuan Shanmi with a poisonous wine duck, and his sons were also killed.
Therefore, although Yuan Shanmi is all-rounder in literature and martial arts and has great ambitions, the power of the powerful minister is too great, and it is difficult for him to achieve things alone, and he can only mourn for a lifetime.