Before 329 AD, emperor Liu Yao of Zhao was captured and his son Liu Xi ascended the throne, and Shi Hu created a tragic situation of "corpses sleeping in thousands of miles" in the process of pursuing Liu Xi, who fled west. When Liu Xi and other cadres of the former Zhao court were all captured by Shi Hu, more than 3,000 people, from Liu Xi himself to the key members of the imperial court below, including various generals, princes, and lieutenants, were all killed.
Since the complete demise of Zhao before that, except for three or four remaining forces in the north, it has basically been The territory of Later Zhao. In 330 AD, Shi Le claimed to be the Great Zhao Heavenly King, although he did not claim the title of emperor, but his title was more than half a level higher than that of the king, and all regulations were handled according to the emperor's specifications. His own son Shi Hong was made crown prince, Shi Hu was made a lieutenant and Shang Shu Ling, and even Shi Hu's son Shi Yi was made the King of Qi.
It is reasonable to say that the lieutenant is in charge of the army, Shang Shuling is in charge of political affairs, and two important official positions have been given to Shi Hu, and Shi Hu should be satisfied, but this is not the case. For them from the Xiongnu branch, Dadan yu was extremely favored by this title, and Shi Le gave this title to his other son, which made Shi Hu very dissatisfied. The most crucial thing is that Shi Hu held these two important positions on his head, but he was slowly vacated by Shi Le, who listened to Cheng Li's words and let the prince and Zhongchang shi to jointly manage the government, and the others could not intervene at all.
Shi Hu once said something like this to his son Shi Xiao personally: "The Lord started from the beginning, he was only responsible for carrying his hands and waiting for the results, it was I who shielded him from the wind and rain, and then charged for him, Pingqilu and Ding Qinyong, before and after taking 13 counties, the big single yu did not give me, but gave a yellow mouth child, you wait and see, wait for the Lord to wait for a hundred years, will let his descendants have no survival!" "
Shi Le had a consistent trust in him, and just before he died, he also let Shi Hu be the head of the guard beside him, waiting for him. Of course, since Shi Hu had this convenience, then Shi Le's family would not want to see Shi Le again, until Shi Le died, and the imperial relatives and civil and military officials in the palace did not know the progress of Shi Le's condition. As soon as Shi Le died, Shi Hu sent someone to control the crown prince, and of course, the minister who had made a promise to Shi Le to elevate Shi Hu was also killed.
In fact, Shi Le's crown prince Shi Hong had seen some history, and knew in his heart that it would be good if his situation could save his life, so he took the initiative to give way to Shi Hu when he had not yet held the enthronement ceremony. However, Shi Hu's statement was very interesting, he did not have any false attitude, but said: "The king dies, and the prince takes the throne, this is the rule of interest." "Meaning that since the king has died, what stubble do I have to take over?" As a prince, you must at least do things according to etiquette, and then say after you succeed to the throne!
When Shi Hong heard this, it was as if he had been sentenced to death, crying and shouting that Shi Hu should be the monarch for him, which could be seen that Shi Hong's desire to save his life was urgent. However, at this time, Shi Hu was furious and rushed to the crown, and his next words were not fake, but really cruel. He said to the weeping Shi Hong: "If you are not suitable to be this monarch, then people will naturally act according to the great principles, and what kind of person has not done this and proposed to abdicate the throne in advance?" "This means that in the future, I will do it for you later, and now I have no reason to do you, because you haven't even sat on the throne for a day, at least until you make any mistakes on the throne, I will do you again!"
This basically sentenced Shi Hong to a two-year suspension of execution, and from then on, the state affairs were taken over from Shi Hu, and Shi Hong was responsible for arranging his own future life. Sure enough, later Shi Hu not only abolished Shi Hong, but also executed all his family members.