China has a long history, there have been many chaotic times in history, five generations and ten countries are typical of them, during that period, domestic turmoil, there have been many regimes, and the change of political power is also very rapid.
At that time, there was also a most pitiful emperor, in order to keep his throne, he even pretended not to see, and pretended to be disguised for three years, and the empress even openly had an affair with people.
Grassroots Emperor
Yang Xingmi was born in 852 AD, he was the Taizu Emperor of Southern Wu, his hometown was in the Luzhou area, his family was poor, he only relied on a few acres of land to survive, and as he grew up, he also showed his ability, the strength was very large, and he could easily lift hundreds of pounds of objects.
One day he could approach the Hundred Mile Road, and then there was a peasant uprising in the Jianghuai area, he joined it, and after the defeat of the army, he was arrested, and the assassin Shi saw that he was good-looking before releasing him. Later, he joined the army, because of his bravery in battle, he was quickly promoted, and in 883 he became the Assassin of Luzhou.
Gradually, he also had a group of subordinates around him, and he had a certain prestige in the Jianghuai region, his team encountered Sun Ru's army in the Chuzhou area, the other side was very brave, and he would also use the fleeing displaced people to let them walk at the forefront of the team to resist the enemy's attack, Yang Xingmi also thought about wanting to retreat, and was persuaded by his subordinates.
After heroic resistance, Sun Ru was short of grain and grass, and he successfully annexed the other side's forces. His sphere of influence already covered numerous areas south of the Huai River and east of the Yangtze River, where he had great prestige, established the Southern Wu regime, and became emperor in a grassroots counterattack.
Pretend to be blind and hide
In the process of conquest, there was another minister who accompanied him all the time, and this person was Zhu Yanshou. With extremely strong abilities and ambitions, he hopes to use his power to suppress the people at the bottom and further expand his power.
However, after Occupying the land, Yang Xingmi hoped to recuperate and reduce the war, the two sides disagreed, and they could not convince each other, and gradually Zhu Yanshou also had other thoughts. His sister is also married to Yang Xingmi, and with the special relationship between the two, Zhu Yanshou is also very easy to shoot.
Yang Xingmi realized after noticing that the other party was very powerful, and if he wanted to eradicate it, he must find a good time, otherwise he would be easily repulsed. So Yang Xingmi first pretended not to know the other party's thoughts, and repeatedly persuaded Zhu Yanshou to recuperate, hoping that he could change.
However, the other side did not listen to it at all, and still scolded his subordinates, and often led troops to training, hoping to continue to advance on the battlefield. Unable to convince the other party, Yang Xingmi thought of a way, he pretended to be sick and his eyes could not see. In 900 AD, after a diagnosis, the Taiyi doctor concluded that Yang Xingmi was blind.
His men couldn't believe it, Zhu Yanshou was also a little surprised to learn the news, originally only thought that after treatment, he would recover quickly, and even doubted whether Yang Xingmi was pretending. In order not to be suspected, Yang Xingmi deliberately said the wrong thing and recognized the wrong person when he met the envoy.
Gradually, the people around him also believed that he really couldn't see it, and Zhu Yanshou realized that this was a good time to sneak away Yang Xingmi's rights.
The Queen had an affair
After Yang Xingmi pretended to be blind, Zhu Yanshou began to secretly seize power, often entering the palace to communicate with his sister, who learned of his plan, and her courage became more and more bold, and she did not have particularly deep feelings for Yang Xingmi, and later developed into a relationship with the palace guards.
In particular, seeing that Yang Xingmi's eyes could not be restored, he acted more and more boldly, and later he actually had an affair with the guards directly in front of him. Yang Xingmi still couldn't have a seizure when he saw this scene, and he had to pretend to be blind and avoid the suspicion of the other party, and he was definitely a very pitiful emperor.
In this way, in order to keep the throne, he pretended to be blind for three years, until three years later, he collected enough evidence, and his power also developed, and he was ready to take over Zhu Yanshou. In 903, he crashed into a pillar in front of the empress and woke up to say to those around him.
Now although I have gained the world, but I have done too many wrong things, I have been punished by the heavens and become blind, this is the heavens want to abandon me, and now my descendants have no ability, can not achieve great things, hope to entrust Jiangshan to Zhu Yanshou, only in this way can I have no regrets.
The queen was very happy to hear this, and hurriedly contacted her brother. Zhu Yanshou was assassinated after entering the palace, and his henchmen were completely eliminated by the emperor. When the empress heard the news, she also understood that Yang Xingmi was pretending to be blind before, and the purpose was to capture her brother.
Thinking back to the ridiculous things he had done in front of him, he begged for forgiveness in fear, hoping to save his life. Yang Xingmi later deposed the empress and left her with one life.
epilogue
Want to achieve a great cause, not only on the battlefield, when facing the courtiers must also have a certain means, let them help themselves to achieve a great cause, Yang Xingmi single-mindedly for the people, in order to sit on his throne, pretended to be blind for three years, very pitiful, fortunately in the end to eliminate the traitors, the empress was also deposed by him, the regime was stabilized.