In 572, the year after Heshikai and Gao Yu were killed, Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou killed Yuwen Hu in the same year, and the important ministers of the Northern Qi court at this time were: Zuo Xiang Hu Luguang, Right Xiang Ren Cheng Cheng Wang Gao Qian, Dazai Feng Yi Wang Gao Run, Taifu Shangluo Wang Gao Sizong, Grand Sima Lanling King Gao Changgong, Grand General Guangning Wang Gao Xiaoheng, Tai wei Bodhisattva, Situ Ande Wang Gao Yanzong, sikong Wuxing Wang Gao Pu. Most of the above-mentioned important ministers were important ministers of the clan and did not handle the daily affairs of the imperial court, and had no real power.
The real center was Shang Shu Ling Xu Zhicai, who was reappointed as Shizhong in February, succeeded by Tang Yong, and in August was replaced by Gao Zhen (Gao Wei's fifth brother) the Prince of Beiping. Shang Shu left servant Tang Yong, promoted to Shang Shu Ling in February, succeeded by Zu Ban, and in August, he was replaced by Xu Huan. Shang Shu's right servant Gao Yuanhai, in August, was succeeded by Gao Baode, the King of Pengcheng. Zhongshu Supervisor Yang Xiuzhi and Zhongshu Ling Cui Jie.
Waiters: Mu Tiba, Cui Jishu, Xu Zhicai, Huo Luxiaoqing, Zhang Jingren, etc. Leading General: Xianyu Peach Branch; Leading generals: Han Changluan, He Bafuen, Feng Fu and so on.
Since He Shikai was killed and Empress Dowager Hu was placed under house arrest, Zu Jue began to curry favor with Lu Lingxuan in order to climb to a high position, mentioning to Lu Lingying the precedent of northern Wei nannies as empress dowagers, intending to push Lu Lingxuan to the position of empress dowager, and he also created public opinion, saying that Lu Lingxuan had never had another woman since Nuwa. In return for li, Lu Lingxuan also boasted that Zu Jue was a national treasure and national teacher of Northern Qi, and Zu Jue was thus appointed as the left servant of Shangshu. Despite this, the Hou Lord did not promote Lu Lingxuan to empress dowager, which was probably based on the following considerations: First, he did not want to hurt his mother Empress Dowager Hu too deeply, which can be seen from the fact that after he executed his brother Gao Yu, he posthumously awarded him emperor; Second, they do not want to see that Lu Lingxuan's group is too powerful; Third, the deep-rooted Distinction between Huayi and Yi within the Northern Qi ruling clique brooks no longer any extraneous branches and contradictions.
The entire history of Northern Qi has not solved the problem of Hu-Han relations. Emperor Wenxuan reused a large number of Hanchen in the era of Gao Yang, but in the Qianming Rebellion led by Gao Yan twelve years ago, the Hanchen clique headed by Yang Bao was completely destroyed, and the Xianbei Wu general clique controlled the imperial court, and Emperor Xiaozhao Gao Yan did not even dare to show his excessive affinity for the Han people's cronies Wang Xi in order to take care of the feelings of the Xianbei nobles after he came to power, and Wang Xi also retreated in frustration and was very low-key. During the reign of Emperor Gao Zhan of Wucheng, the tradition of Xianbei Xungui controlling the government of the dynasty was continued, and the power of the Han scholars in the dynasty was attacked, and only Zu Jue was favored by Zu Jue, who had tried to woo him when Gao Zhan was unsatisfied.
In the specific political environment of Northern Qi at that time, if the Han scholars wanted to make their children stand out, they had to let their children learn xianbei dialect and go to the humble nobles. Since the Qianming Dynasty, the political environment of Northern Qi has undergone tremendous changes, and if the Northern Qi Han scholars and masters want to ascend to high positions, they can only succeed by relying on means such as flattery and swearing like Zu Jue.
Before the death of Emperor Gao Zhan of Wucheng, the Northern Qi court seemed to have become a Huhua regime, although he and Shikai were quite measured, but did not learn no techniques, did not know the general body, since he came to power, Northern Qi politics fell into chaos, there were no rules to speak of, and after the death of Shi Kai, Zu Jue was gradually valued, and he began to introduce some real talents to the imperial court. For a while, the Northern Qi dynasty and the public all had high hopes for him, and the people here were naturally those Han scholars and masters who had lost their power. Among the people introduced by Zu Jue, there were mainly Cui Jishu and Feng Xiaoyan.
The rise of Zu Jue made The representative of Xianbei Xungui, Zuo Cheng Xiang Hu Luguang, very dissatisfied. Huo Luguang was naturally a famous general of Northern Qi, he did not speak much, he was short-tempered, and he was very strict with his subordinates, and his dislike of Zu Jue was directly related to the serious estrangement between Hu Han and Hu Han in addition to looking down on his character. Huo Luguang took the initiative to attack Zu Jue, and whenever he saw Zu Jue from a distance, he always scolded. Once Hu Luguang was sitting in a curtain hanging down in the imperial court office, Zu Luguang rode past from outside, because he didn't know where Huo Luguang was, so he didn't get off his horse, Huo Luguang said angrily, "The little man dares to be so rude!" Another time, Zu Jue spoke in the inner court, his voice was very high, his speech was arrogant, and it happened that Huo Luguang passed by, and when he heard it, he lost his temper again. Although Zu Hu couldn't see it, he slowly learned about Huo Luguang's hostility toward him, and he privately bribed Huo Luguang's slaves to inquire, and the slaves replied: "Since the adults came to power, King Xiang (referring to Huo Luguang) has held his knees and sighed every night, saying, 'When blind people rule, the country will inevitably perish'!"
At this time, Zu Hu did not want to go to Huo Luguang, prompting him to decide to get rid of Huo Luguang, as well as a huge Group of Han People behind him. A man named Chu Shida, a subordinate of Zu Jue, told Zu Jue that he dreamed that someone leaning against the window recited a poem to himself, the content of the poem was: "Nine liters of eight millet, the gladiatorial battle is not true, but the weir is in the water, where will be left." Zu Jue explained the dream: "Gladiatorial fighting, is a word; Jin but water, He Liu ren, synthesize a law word; Not true means that this law is not true to me. Chu Shida then said the appearance of the bard in the dream, which was similar to Zu Jue's father. Since then, Zu Hu was really scared and determined to get rid of Huo Luguang. Obviously, what Chu Shida did represented the common will of the Han scholars, and if Huo Luguang was still like this to Zu Jue, it would certainly not be much better for other Han scholars.
Qu Yan, a soldier of Northern Zhou Xun Prefecture who assassinated Shi Wei Xiaokuan, was proficient in divination, and after the Battle of Northern Zhou Qi, he said to Wei Xiaokuan: "In the coming year, there will definitely be a lot of killing within the Northern Qi court. Wei Xiaokuan then ordered him to make up a song, saying: "A hundred liters fly into the sky, and the bright moon shines on Chang'an." Also known as: "The mountain does not destroy itself, and the quercus tree does not support itself." "Let the spies spread in Yecheng, and the children in Yecheng play and sing on the road." Zu Ban listened and continued: "The blind husband has a big axe on his back, and the old mother cannot speak." "Let the brother-in-law Zheng Dao cover the lord after playing."
After the lord asked Zu Jue, both Zu Jue and Lu Lingxuan said, "I have indeed heard this nursery rhyme." Zu Jun further explained: "A hundred liters is a hu; Blind husband, it is me, sharing weal and woe with the country; The rap old mother seemed to be talking about the maid Lu Lingxuan. He also said, "The Huo Lu family has been a great general for several generations, Huo Lu Mingyue (Huo Luguang's character) threatens Tonsai, his younger brother Huo Lu Fengle (Huo Lu Xian) makes the Turks afraid, Huo Luguang's daughter is the current empress, and his son marries a princess, this nursery rhyme is really worrying!" He then suggested killing Huo Luguang.
Later, the lord also consulted Han Changluan. Han Changluan was a humble nobleman and a military general, and this person especially hated the Han Tu dafu, and the relationship with Zu Jue was not harmonious. Once, the two men discussed matters in front of the Queen Lord, and the two had different opinions, and Zu Ban said: "Strong bow and spear (referring to fighting), I do not interject, the military strategy, you also do not argue." Han Changluan said, "If each of them says something different, how can they say that there are advantages and disadvantages in opinions because they are civilian ministers and military generals?" Han Changluan listened and thought it was impossible, so the lord put the matter down again. In the Enxing group of the later lords, there was also a hidden dispute between Hu and Han, which was probably the reason why Han Changluan did not agree.
Zu Jue saw that the Lord did not act, and went to see the Lord again, and asked for a secret conversation between the people. At that time, the Hou Lord was left with only his close confidant He Hongzhen, and he said to Zu Jue: "Some time ago, when I received your report that I wanted to take action, Han Changluan believed that Huo Luguang would never defect. Before Zu Jue could speak, He Hongzhen said, "If the Lord has no such intention, then it is not enough, since the Lord has already thought of this matter, but hesitates, once it is leaked out, how can it be good?" Then the Lord said, "You're right. "But it's still not settled. Zu Hu also asked Yan Xuan, the brother of Huo Luwudu's concubine, to accuse Huo Luguang of plotting against him, and also had people write a letter saying that the admiral's star was too bright, and if he did not kill, he was afraid that there would be disaster.
On July 28, Feng Shirang, an official of the Chancellor's Mansion, secretly reported: "Hu Luguang returned from a expedition last year, and the emperor ordered him to disband the army, but he led his troops to approach the capital and was about to plot against him, and for some reason he was suspended." His family hid a lot of bow and arrow armor, as well as thousands of slaves, often sent people to secretly contact Huo Lu Fengle and Huo Lu wudu, if not early, the consequences may be unpredictable. After reading this secret report, the lord finally believed it, and he said to He Hongzhen: "People really have telepathy, and at that time I suspected that he would rebel.
Hou Lord was very timid, and after seeing Feng Shirang's secret report, he was afraid that Huo Luguang would launch a coup now, so he quickly ordered He Hongzhen to summon Zu Jue, and after seeing Zu Jue, he said: "I plan to summon Huo Luguang into the palace, but I am worried that he will disobey." Zu Jue said, "Your Majesty sent someone to Hu Luguang, rewarded him with a horse, and said, 'Tomorrow I will go to Dongshan to play, and the king can ride this horse.' Huo Luguang would definitely enter the palace to thank him and seize the opportunity to catch him. The Lord agreed.
After a while, Huo Luguang did indeed enter the palace to thank him. When he came to the Liangfeng Hall, Liu Taozhi suddenly pounced on him from behind him, but did not throw Huo Luguang down. Huo Luguang turned back and said, "Peach Branch, you often do this kind of thing, I have not betrayed the country." Liu Taozhi, together with three other brave men, wrapped a bowstring around Huo Luguang's neck and strangled him to death, and the blood flowed to the ground, and no matter how he rubbed it later, he could not wipe it off the ground. Huo Luguang was fifty-eight years old when he died.
According to history, Huo Luguang was "a horse-faced man with a cool and majestic body", with a horse face and a tiger's back and a bear's waist. He was silent and taciturn, rarely laughed, and was with his children as if they were kings; Although very rich, but frugal personality, do not love sound, do not covet goods, refuse bribery; There were no visitors at home, and there was little conversation with the courtiers, and every meeting was always the last to speak, and the words must be reasonable; Every time you go to the book, order someone to write it, dictate it yourself, and be sure to be simple and clear. Marching and fighting to imitate the method of his father Huo Lujin, divination was fierce, did not set up a camp, always refused to enter the tent to rest, and even refused to sit down all day, often wearing armor and being a soldier. Soldiers who broke the law were punished only with sticks and never killed people at will, but for the migrant workers who built the city and the soldiers who were recruited, they were whipped at will and severely brutal. Since he joined the army as a young man, Huo Luguang had never lost a battle, which made the enemy feel frightened.
After killing Huo Luguang, the Later Lord issued an edict announcing that Huo Luguang was plotting against him, and killed his two sons Huo Lushixiong and Huo Lu Hengjia. The youngest son, Huo Luzhong, was only a few years old and avoided death.
Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou had only been in power for a few months, and the Northern Qi court had killed Huo Luguang, which was nothing less than a shocking happy event for Emperor Wu Yuwen Yong, and when he learned of this news, he immediately ordered a general amnesty for the world. The Book of Northern Qi and the History of the North deplorably compare The killing of Hu Luguang with the murder of Zhao Guoliang's general Li Mu by Guo Kaiyan during the Warring States period, calling Northern Qi "the lord's dark time is difficult, and the solidification of the self-destruction barrier" is recorded. "The internal orders will disintegrate, and the outer will avenge their strong neighbors."