The ancient emperor was the most powerful person under the heavens, as long as he said it, the ministers and the people had to obediently listen, the money in the treasury could also be spent by the emperor at will, plus he could sit on three thousand beautiful women, so the emperor became the ultimate dream of the ancients, and there was no difference between not wanting to be an emperor and salted fish.
During the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms period, Later Zhao had an emperor, who was forced to take the throne by force. The founding monarch of Later Zhao was Shi Le, who was a lowly slave when he was young, but Shi Le was not willing to live this life since he was a child, and when he grew up, he threw himself into the rebel army and became the leader of the rebel army by his own ability.
Later, he led his troops to overthrow Former Zhao and establish Later Zhao. It is also very difficult for Shi Le to accomplish something in a chaotic world. After becoming emperor, he put his mind on his son Shi Hong, and he wanted to give all his skills to Shi Hong, so that he could keep the throne of the family from being robbed.
As a prince, Shi Hong is diligent and inquisitive, and his personality is also very humble, but it is because of these two points that Shi Le is very worried. If you want to survive in the chaotic world, the most important thing is to be fierce, his benevolent character is easy to be calculated by others, but unfortunately, Shi Le did not teach Shi Hong this before he died.
After Shi Le's death, Shi Hong completely lost his dependence, and in his opinion, he was not enough to take on the emperor's great responsibility, at which time Shi Le's nephew Shi Hu stood up. When he fought in the world, he gave a lot of credit to Hou Zhao, and his ambitions were also very large. At first, Shi Hong refused to take the throne, and it was Shi Hu who put the knife on his neck and forced him to become emperor.
In fact, Shi Hu did this, but also only shi Hong as a puppet, although Shi Hong is the nominal emperor, but the power is in the hands of Shi Hu, the emperor's orders are not listened to at all. Later, Shi Hu became tired of being a powerful courtier, and directly forced Shi Hong to abdicate, and he successfully sat on the emperor's throne.
Shi Hu was cruel by nature, and after he became the emperor of Later Zhao, the entire court was full of intrigues and quarrels, and if he did not pay attention, he would be killed by Shi Hu for reasons. The originally powerful Hou Zhao weakened under his management, and finally existed for only thirty-two years before being destroyed by other countries.
Not only that, but his descendants also inherited his cruelty, and the brothers fought for the throne, and Shi Hu's two sons lost their lives. However, the most pitiful thing should be Hong, whose experience of being forced to ascend to the throne has only appeared once in history, which can be regarded as a good achievement