Friends who know history know that in ancient times, if they were to do things around the emperor, they would tremble every day and always pay attention to the presence of their heads. If you are too incompetent to solve the problems for the emperor, naturally there will be no good end. But many times if you are too talented, you will also become a thorn in the eye of the emperor, and he will try his best to get rid of you for a "reasonable" reason. There are many people in history who have suffered such grievances, among which Yu Wenxian is such a person. If he hadn't died, perhaps Northern Zhou would have survived a little longer.
Yuwen Xian was born in the imperial family and was the fifth son of Emperor Wen of Northern Zhou. He was a very talented man, astute, heroic and strategic from an early age. And his father Yuwen Tai also discovered the talent of this son, so he has always loved him. But his father died when Yuwen Xian was twelve. After that, his three older brothers all ascended to the throne of the emperor. However, Yuwen Jue and Yuwen Yu did not have any real power, and it was their nephew Yuwen Hu who really controlled them.
During this period, Yuwen Hu also made a lot of military achievements. Another country that was equal to Northern Zhou was Northern Qi. Although Northern Qi was not very stable internally, it was able to take into account the borders of Northern Zhou. At that time, Yuwen Xian was ordered to lead an army to resist northern Qi's invasion. Although Yuwen Xian was defeated for the first time because of his light enemy, he made many military achievements after that, so that the people of Northern Zhou shuddered when they heard his name.
And Yuwen Hu this person is not only strategic in the military, but also attaches great importance to talents, plus when fighting with the soldiers are very close, will not put the leader's shelf, so he is very popular in the army, everyone respects him very much. When Yuwen Yong became emperor, he decided to personally take Northern Qi with his soldiers and make Yuwen Xian a general. Yu Wenxian led the soldiers to go deep into the enemy's interior, should advance, should retreat, and was at ease on the battlefield, Northern Qi did not have the slightest strength to resist, and was taken down in one fell swoop. This credit can be said to be very big for the Northern Zhou.
Emperor Wu of Zhou and Yuwen Xian were only two years apart, and their relationship was good since childhood, after northern Qi was destroyed, he also named Yu Wenxian the "King of Qi", and Yu Wenxian himself felt that he was too popular and would threaten the position of the emperor, in fact, Yuwen Yong also had suspicions about him, so he wanted to retire. Unexpectedly, however, Yuwen Yong died later, and his nephew Emperor Xuan succeeded to the throne. This Xuan Emperor can be said to be a very famous emperor in history, absurd and inactive. And also always suspect that others will threaten their own position, small belly chicken intestines. The high-ranking and powerful Yuwen Xian was naturally jealous of him, and let people frame him for rebellion and put him to death.
After Northern Zhou took Northern Qi, its power was already very strong, and it successfully completed the goal of unifying the north. But after this, Emperor Wu of Zhou and Emperor Xuan of Zhou died one by one, and the central part of Northern Zhou belonged to the form of no one ruling, the country was in chaos, and the emperor held the highest military power at that time. Therefore, the foreign invader Yang Jian waited for an opportunity to enter and launch a coup d'état, from which the Northern Zhou Dynasty was destroyed, followed by the establishment of the Sui Dynasty.
Imagine if Yuwen Xian had not been framed to death by Emperor Xuan of Zhou, would Northern Zhou have perished so early? Yuwen Xian had built up enough prestige in the army during the war. After the emperor died, although Yuwen Xian did not have real power, as soon as he gave an order, someone would inevitably follow him to the battlefield, and then Yang Jian would be able to defeat Northern Zhou so easily? In fact, the power in Yang Jian's hands was not large, and his usurpation of the throne was also a gamble, but the Northern Zhou regime at that time, the military power was not controlled, and in the end it could only end up being destroyed.
In fact, there were also people from the Yuwen family who had come out to rebel against Yang Jian, and Bi Wang Yuwenxian was one of them, but he did not know how to strategize militarily, and he did things in a very high-profile manner, and Yang Jian was simply effortless to deal with him. There were also many Grandmaster Princes who wanted to regain power, and were eventually eliminated because they did not have military ability, but Yuwen Xian was different from them. He himself is very talented, coupled with the fact that he has experienced hundreds of battles before and accumulated a lot of experience, even if he fails to defeat Yang Jian in the end, he can drag him for a while.
It is a pity that such a famous general eventually died in such a wrongful way. Do you know Yuwen Xian as a person? Do you think that if Yuwen Xian had not been framed to death, would northern Zhou have perished so early?