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In Chinese history, countless ministers have been executed by kings for various strange reasons. However, no father and son like He Ruodun and He Ruobi brought about the disaster of killing themselves because of their complaints. The key point is that He Ruodun and He Ruobi are both famous generals in the world, and they did not die on the battlefield, but died in a battle of words, which is indeed regrettable.
Let's start with Herroton. He was born in 517 in luoyang, the capital of Western Wei, to a family of warriors. From elementary school, he acquired the ability to march and fight, and when he became an adult, he defected to the Western Wei power minister Yuwen Tai, and spent half his life on horseback, and by the time Yuwen Jue established the Northern Zhou, he had already served as a high-ranking official in the History of the Golden State.
Many historical articles record one thing: in 565, He Ruodun was ordered to commit suicide because he had offended the Northern Zhou chancellor Yuwen Hu for complaining. However, what Exactly He ruodun said that offended people and eventually brought himself the disaster of killing himself is not recorded in detail. Xiao Bian examined some historical materials of the Northern Zhou Dynasty minister Yuwen Hu and briefly introduced the events to the reader.
The nominal founding emperor of Northern Zhou was Yuwen Jue, but in fact that was not the case. In 556, when Yuwen Tai died, several of his sons were still young, so he handed over power to his nephew Yuwen Hu, who assisted his son Yu Wenjue in managing the affairs of the imperial court. In the same year, Yuwen Hu coerced Emperor Gong of Western Wei to give yuwen jue the throne and establish Northern Zhou, which was emperor Min of Northern Zhou. It can be seen from this that although the nominal emperor of Northern Zhou was Yuwen Jue, power was in the hands of Yuwen Jue. After Emperor Min ascended the throne, Feng Yuwen hu was made the King of Zhou, meaning that like the King of Zhou in Western Zhou, he did his best to help him achieve hegemony.
Yuwen Huwen was talented and proficient in everything, and had governed Northern Zhou for more than ten years, which could also be regarded as a dedicated effort. However, his power was taken from the emperor, and as Yuwen Jue grew, it was inevitable that there would be political conflicts with Yuwen Jue. Yuwen Hu took the initiative to act strongly, deposed The Northern Zhou Emperor Yuwen Jue, poisoned and killed the Northern Zhou Ming Emperor Yuwen Yu, and established the Northern Zhou Emperor Yuwen as emperor. Yuwen Jue, Yuwen Yu, and Yuwen Yu were all Yuwen Tai's sons and Yuwen Hu's cousins. Therefore, when Yuwen Hu was doing these things, the ministers who knew each other all shirked: "These are the family affairs of the great king, and the great king can handle them himself, and outsiders are not suitable for participation!" "
At the end of 563, the Turks led an army to attack, and the Northern Zhou King Yuwen Hu led a large army of 200,000 to attack the Turks. The campaign lasted for nearly two years, and ended with Yuwen Hu's command error and the retreat of the Northern Zhou army on the front line. After returning to Luoyang, Yuwen Hu and his generals prostrated themselves to Emperor Yuwen of northern Zhou, and the atmosphere in the court was extremely awkward. At this time, As one of the leading commanders, He Ruodun was dismissed by his colleagues and accused of provoking the relationship between the monarch and the subject. So what exactly did Horodun say? According to ye shi records, after the retreat of the Northern Zhou army, the unarmed He Ruodun and some of his subordinates gathered together to drink and relieve their boredom. After three rounds of drinking, a somewhat drunken He Ruodun complained: "The Great King (referring to The King of Zhou Yuwen Hu) does not understand military affairs, if I had led the army to attack at that time, I would have won full credit!" "
Later, these words were added to Yuwen Hu by a general, and it became that He Ruodun opposed the Zhou King's abuse of power and had a bad heart. Although He Ruodun was Yuwen Hu's old subordinate, not long ago, Zhao Gui, Du Guxin, and others joined forces with the emperor to plot to eliminate himself, which still made him feel uneasy. So in order to prevent trouble, he ordered Thatradon commit suicide.
One day in 565, the palace of Horodun was surrounded by soldiers who suddenly arrived, and the messenger read out the holy decree to make him commit suicide and apologize. He Ruodun was too late to repent, so he asked his eldest son He Ruobi to kneel in front of him, personally pierced his tongue with an awl, and let him remember the lesson of the disaster of killing himself caused by complaining, and then committed suicide. However, he did not think that He Ruodun's encounter did not make He Ruobi remember it for a long time, and 43 years later, He Ruobi was also executed by the Sui Emperor for complaining.
He Ruobi was the eldest son of He Ruodun and was born in 544. After his father committed suicide because of his words, he defected to Yuwen Xuan, the king of Northern Zhou Qi. Later, because he helped the crown prince Yuwen Yun (Emperor Xuan of Northern Zhou) ascend to the throne, he was gradually reused and became a general of Northern Zhou.
In 581, Yang Jian, a foreign relative of Northern Zhou, forced The Northern Zhou Jing Emperor Yuwen Yan to take the throne and establish the Great Sui. He Ruobi was heavily valued because of his old relationship with the Sui Emperor Yang Jian and a rare military talent, and became one of the main military commanders of the Sui Dynasty to destroy Chen (the other being Han Huhu).
After the Sui Dynasty unified China, He Ruobi entered the Shangzhu State, was knighted the Duke of Song, and Xiangyi had three thousand households, giving him many rewards, and Emperor Wen of Sui gave Chen Shubao's sister to him as a concubine, and the official worshiped the right leading general. Logically speaking, high-ranking officials and rich people cannot enjoy the glory and wealth inexhaustibly, and they should be satisfied. However, when He Ruobi saw that his former subordinates Gao and Yang Su had taken on the role of chancellor, and the official position had been promoted even higher than his own, his heart began to be unbalanced, and he chewed his tongue among the officials of the imperial court. Even Emperor Wen of Sui could not listen to his remarks, and personally summoned He Ruobi for questioning: "Why do you say that the Cheng Xianggao and Yang Su I appointed are incompetent, calling them wine bags and rice bags?" He Ruobi was proud of his achievements, and even said to Emperor Wen of Sui slowly: "Gao he and I are old friends for decades, Yang Su is my brother-in-law, they have no ability at all." "Emperor Wen of Sui was very angry when he heard this, and according to your he Ruobi' statement, then I will not become a emperor." He Ruobi was almost ordered to be executed, considering that He Ruobi had made great contributions to the country, and demoted him to the imperial court, and the title and the title were given to him.
After the death of Emperor Wen of Sui in 604, he was succeeded by his second son Yang Guang, who was demoralized and cruel, as Emperor Jue of Sui. The Sui Emperor did not have the little mind of his father, and he looked at He Ruobi, who was complaining at home all day. Later, under the repeated recommendation of Cheng Xianggao, he was allowed to resume his position in the army.
In 607, He Ruobi accompanied the Sui Emperor on a tour of the north. After the team reached Yulin, the Turkic Qimin Khan led civil and military officials to visit the Sui Emperor. The Sui Emperor was very happy and ordered the construction of a large tent that could accommodate thousands of people on the spot to receive VIPs. He Ruobi was not satisfied with the extravagance and waste of the Sui Emperor, and privately discussed with Gao, Yuwen Bi and others, saying that the Sui Emperor was taking the state's money and throwing it into the water, and it was the behavior of the loser. The Sui Emperor had long suspected that the high-ranking people had different intentions and secretly sent people to monitor them. The spies reported the private discussions of Gao, He Ruobi, and others to the Sui Emperor. I can't find an excuse to clean you up, so I sent it to the door myself. With a stroke of his pen, Yang Guangguang killed Gao, He Ruobi, Yuwen Bi, and others in one fell swoop on the charge of slandering the imperial court.
He Ruobi was 64 years old when he died, 43 years after his father, He Ruodun, was forced to commit suicide because of his complaints. Both father and son also died of their sins, truly fulfilling the old saying: Sickness comes from the mouth, and evil comes out of the mouth!