Erzhu Rong, known as the superstitious little prince, learned that the 19-year-old Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei, Yuan Xue, was poisoned by his birth mother, Empress Dowager Hu Chonghua. Without saying a word, he led his troops into Luoyang, intending to destroy Empress Dowager Hu.
However, it was a prerequisite to be famous, and Erzhu Rong planned to establish an emperor. But who should be established? Erzhu Rong couldn't make up his mind for a moment, because there were too many members of the old Yuan family's clan. So he entrusted such an important matter to Heaven.
The old rule is to set the son of heaven in a bronze statue. Erzhu Rong found a bunch of clan chambers and erected bronze statues for them one after another, but the first few failed, until the third son of Pengcheng Wang Yuanxun, Yuan Ziyou, was actually cast!
It seems that it was The Lord of Heaven who made Yuan Ziyou ascend the throne as emperor, and coupled with the high prestige of Yuanxun the King of Pengcheng in Northern Wei, Erzhu Rong made up his mind to make Yuan Ziyou emperor. Since then, Yuan Ziyou's ups and downs as a puppet have begun.
First, it was a bronze statue again, which saved Yuan Ziyou's life.
Erzhu Rong was a tyrant, and he was from a tribal chief, and he had no culture. But fighting a war is a good thing, such a person is in the prosperous world, that is a street wanderer, but in the chaotic world, he can achieve a great cause.
After Erzhu Rong invaded Luoyang, he took the lead in making Yuan Ziyou emperor, and then began to question him. Empress Dowager Hu and the 3-year-old young emperor Yuan Zhao were both thrown into the Yellow River by Erzhu Rong.
This was not enough, and his men gave Erzhu Rong a bad idea, and they suggested that Erzhu Rong destroy all the Hundred Officials of Northern Wei. Erzhu Rong did not know which tendon was not right, and actually approved of this behavior.
So in 528 AD, the year that Yuan Ziyou ascended the throne, Erzhu Rong tricked all the civil and military officials into reaching the bottom of the Yellow River and surrounded them with cavalry, and then these more than 2,000 officials and Northern Wei relatives were all killed by Erzhu Rong and thrown into the Yellow River.
Among these people were Yuan Ziyou's two brothers, Yuan Shao and Yuan ZiZheng. This can scare Yuan Ziyou stupid: what is this operation? Erzhu Rong, if you want to be emperor, will you do it? You can't do that!
At that time, the vast majority of Erzhu Rong's men were persuading Erzhu Rong to become emperor. Erzhu Rong of course thought the same thing, but at the crucial moment, He Bayue objected, for the simple reason that he would build a high wall, accumulate grain in a wide area, and slowly claim the throne.
Erzhu Rong, who was not very happy, had to give this multiple choice question to God again, so he began to cast the bronze statue again. Unfortunately, he cast a bronze statue for himself 4 times in a row, all of which ended in failure. In addition, the wizard also advised him: Big brother, this is Providence, and it must not be violated!
Erzhu Rong suddenly realized that the Mandate of Heaven could not be violated, so he immediately re-found Yuan Ziyou, who had just been driven away, and cried for Yuan Ziyou to continue to be emperor.
But Erzhu Rong had a request, that is, to move the capital to Jinyang, which was Erzhu Rong's base camp. At this time, Yuan Ziyou had already learned about divination, so he immediately hardened his temper: even if the emperor didn't do it, it was absolutely impossible to move!
Erzhu Rong saw that Yuan Ziyou, the son of Tianxuan, insisted on this, so he had to leave Luoyang with tears in his eyes and return to his base area of Jinyang. Yuan Zi sighed with a long sigh of relief, estimating that there was no less benefit to the wizard.
Second, this puppet is not easy to manage!
In the eyes of ordinary people, Yuan Ziyou is just a puppet emperor. He originally had no right to inherit, but colluded with Zhu Rong, a foreign vassal, which seized the throne.
After that, he was controlled by Erzhu Rong, and that was what he deserved. At least at that time, the subjects of Luoyang all thought so, after all, the tragedy of the change in Heyin, Yuan Ziyou was also responsible.
However, Yuan Ziyou himself was very personal, and after he saw Erzhu Rong's viciousness, he did not compromise on it. So how wonderful is Yuan Ziyou's rebellion?
First, refuse to move the capital.
Emperor Yuanhong of the Northern Wei Dynasty, when he was carrying out Sinicization reforms, in order to make the Xianbei people more integrated into the Central Plains, he moved the capital from Pingcheng to Luoyang. Since then, the capital of Northern Wei has been in Luoyang for a long time.
At this time, in order to facilitate the control of Yuan Ziyou, Erzhu Rong naturally suggested moving the capital to Jinyang, after all, he had run into a big disaster in Luoyang! However, Yuan Ziyou insisted on staying in the capital Luoyang, and if he had to go to Jinyang, then he would not do it!
This personality, for the first time, let the powerful minister Erzhu Rong touch a nose of ash, and Erzhu Rong had to compromise on this. This was Yuan Ziyou's first victory against Erzhu Rong, which showed that he was not impressed by the bloody butcher knife.
Second, refuse to be canonized.
Since it was impossible to move the capital, Erzhu Rong wanted to control Yuan Ziyou. Narzhu Rong had no choice but to arrange for his own people to come to Yuan Ziyou's side.
First of all, her daughter Erzhu Ying'e, who was originally a concubine of Emperor Xiaoming, has now become the empress of Emperor Xiaozhuang's Yuanziyou.
The second is his confidant Yuan Tianmu, who was appointed as Dazai and Lu Shang Shushi, and became a figure of power and opposition, always hanging around Yuan Ziyou, and was erzhu Rong's microphone.
Then there is Erzhu Rong's clan brother Erzhu Shilong. He was appointed as a general on horseback, a left-hander, and a thorn in the state, and he held military power at any time, and was able to stabilize the situation in the DPRK at any time.
In addition, Erzhu Rong's other confidants were also placed in various key positions in the DPRK, which meant that there were few people around Yuan Ziyou who could be trusted by himself.
In this way, is Yuan Ziyou not at the mercy of others? Not really! He knew that Guanzhong, Shandong, Hebei, Shanxi and other places were all Erzhu Rong's territory, and the only thing he could fight for was the strength of Luoyang and Henan.
So when Erzhu Rong recommended his own people to go to Henan to become officials, Yuan Ziyou rejected his letter. This can blind Erzhu Rong: Big brother, don't you know your identity? Are you a puppet who knows how to cut? Why is it so unprofessional?
Yuan Ziyou was dead or alive or not, so Erzhu Rong asked his confidant Yuan Tianmu to force Yuan Ziyou to take the domain many times, but Yuan Ziyou kept shaking his head. In the end, there was no way, Yuan Tianmu had to have a showdown with Yuan Ziyou: Young man, know each other, Erzhu Rong is in charge!
Yuan Ziyou was angry at Yuan Tianmu: Erzhu Rong wants to be emperor, just let him do it, as long as I am still the emperor, I will never agree to this! Want me to be a puppet? Dream about it!
These words reached Erzhu Rong's ears, and he was so angry that he almost led his troops back to Luoyang. Fortunately, there were too many rebellions at that time, and he didn't have time to be angry with Yuanzi.
Third, pretend not to understand!
At that time, Erzhu Rong was already a great general of the Heavenly Pillar, but he still wanted to go one step further, that is, to add nine tins, to be made a duke, and by the way, he won a three-piece set of usurpers: the sword was on the temple, the entry into the dynasty was not trendy, and the praise was not named.
So Erzhu Rong tentatively told Yuan Ziyou: Everyone advised me to add nine tin, which made me angry, am I the one who wants to add nine tin?
This hint could not be more obvious, Erzhu Rong just wanted to add nine tin, just waiting for Yuan Ziyou to take the initiative. As a result, Yuan Ziyou pretended not to understand: Oh, Ai Qing is really loyal, absolutely the most loyal minister ever, then we will not add nine tin!
Third, the peak duel, Yuan Ziyou let go.
Erzhu Rong had already hinted at it so obviously, but Yuan Ziyou just wouldn't take the move. When he met such an ignorant emperor, Na'er Zhu Rong naturally had to personally tutor him in his homework.
Therefore, after his nephew Erzhu Tianguang pacified Guanlong, Erzhu Rong took several thousand people and horses to Luoyang on the grounds that the empress was about to give birth and that he was going to Luoyang to take care of him.
This can scare the northern Wei courtiers stupid, the last time Erzhu Rong came to make a trip, creating a tragic change in Heyin, resulting in the death of more than 2,000 nobles and ministers, this time is it necessary to repeat the same trick?
Therefore, people with a little bit of identity have begun to flee Luoyang. Yuan Ziyou knew that there was not much time left for him on the field. With the support of Yuanhui the Prince of Chengyang and Li Yu (李彧), the prince of Chengyang, Yuan Ziyou (元子佑) planned to kill Erzhu Rong.
Some people said that they wanted to assassinate Erzhu Rong, some people felt that the risk of assassination was too high, and some people felt that they should destroy Erzhu Rong's henchmen in Luoyang City first and forcibly confront them. Because there were too many people participating in the discussion, this matter actually made a lot of noise in the city, and everyone knew about it.
I have never seen the conspiracy so bright and just, even the little girl who sells matches on the side of the road knows that Yuan Ziyou is going to kill Erzhu Rong: Lord, buy a match, the emperor is going to get rid of Erzhu Rong, and the family needs to light a fire to celebrate.
At this time, Yuan Ziyou did not panic, but continued to plan his own assassination activities.
First of all, Yuan Ziyou felt that if he killed Erzhu Rong, it would definitely lead Yuan Tianmu, who was in Hezhou, to march to Luoyang, so Yuan Ziyou also took this opportunity to find a reason to call Yuan Tianmu to Luoyang together, and the family was to be neat and tidy!
Secondly, Yuan Ziyou had limited numbers of people and horses he could mobilize, so he took a fancy to the Wuwei general Xi Yi. Xi Yi was the person erzhu Rong had placed next to Yuan Ziyou, but his relationship with Yuan Ziyou was actually better, and he even swore that he would rather die his majesty than do anything to Qi Hu. With Xi Yi's help, Yuan Ziyou had a certain number of soldiers and horses in his hands.
Moreover, Yuan Ziyou began to arrange things after the removal of Erzhu Rong. After picking up a copy of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and reading it carefully, he planned to learn from Situ Wang Yun's deeds of getting rid of Dong Zhuo. However, he did not want to end up with Wang Yun, so in the killing operation, only Erzhu Rong and Yuan Tianmu were disposed of, and Erzhu Shilong, Sima Ziru and others could be pardoned.
Finally, Motoko begins to discuss the details of the assassination with everyone. Erzhu Rong and Yuan Tianmu were first tricked into the palace, and then the soldiers were ambushed and cut off the two men. Yuan Ziyou should also be prepared with both hands, prepare a knife on his body, once the assassination begins, Yuan Ziyou will run first, so as not to be held hostage by Erzhu Rong.
The first time Erzhu Rong entered the palace, Yuan Ziyou and the others were frightened by his momentum, and they did not dare to move. Erzhu Rong also realized that the atmosphere was not right and hurried away. Missing this opportunity, Yuan Ziyou was extremely remorseful, and had to summon Erzhu Rong again in the name of the empress's birth.
After Erzhu Rong came this time, he happened to meet Wen Zisheng head-on, and he was holding an edict pardoning Erzhu Shilong and others. This is going to be replaced by someone else, I'm afraid I'm already trembling. But Wen Zisheng is an old jianghu, Erzhu Rong asked him what he was holding in his hand, and he smiled lightly: Heavenly Son forgives the book!
Good fellow, in a word, directly let Erzhu Rong lose his temper. Erzhu Rong didn't check it out either, and went straight into the main hall. As soon as he entered, yuanziyou's ambushed people rushed to kill him, and Erzhu Rong still wanted to hold Yuanziyou hostage, but was killed by Yuanziyou on the spot. A generation of tyrants, Erzhu Rong, is gone.
Ending: Unable to end, Yuan Zi shuddered.
I thought that if I killed Erzhu Rong, the world would return to the hands of Yuan Ziyou. The pardon had also been promulgated, but unfortunately none of the Erzhu family's gang had fallen to Yuan Ziyou, even if it was a high-ranking official Houlu, it would not work.
The incident surprised Yuan Ziyou, Erzhu Shilong, Erzhu Dulu, Erzhu Zhao, Erzhu Tianguang, Erzhu Zhongyuan and others, and killed Luoyang one after another, without giving Yuan Ziyou any chance to breathe.
Yuan Ziyou knew that there was no hope of surrender, but he did not lose the face of their ancestors. He chose to fight the Erzhu family to the end. Yuan Ziyou took out all the treasures in the palace, recruited tens of thousands of warriors, and killed Erzhu Shilong and others in the dark.
Unfortunately, the Erzhu family was strong, and Yuan Ziyou had no capital in his hands, and he was eventually defeated and captured. Three months later, Yuan Ziyou was strangled to death by Erzhu Zhao, at the third-level Buddhist temple in Jinyang. This year, Yuan Ziyou was only 24 years old. It can be said that Yuan Ziyou can be regarded as the most rigid puppet emperor in history.
Reference: Book of Wei