"Under the whole world, there can be no royal land, and the coast of the land can not be a king's subject."
It is reasonable to say that the emperor or monarch of a country should have no worries about food and clothing, but the profession of the emperor is like a double-edged sword, some of them live a life of extreme luxury, and some of them eventually starve to death.
Here are three kings who starved to death.
1. Duke Huan of Qi
Duke Huan of Qi, the first monarch to dominate during the Spring and Autumn Period, put forward the politically correct slogan of "Honoring the King and Destroying The Prince", "Princes of the Nine Unions", and led the Huaxia people to resist the Four Fangs and save The Chinese from danger.
Such a ming monarch reigned for 42 years, and in his later years he also suffered from the common disease of most elderly monarchs - content with pleasure and favoring adultery.
He favored Yi Ya, Shu Diao, Gongzi Kaifang and other adulterers, but at that time, Guan Zhong was there, and there was no big problem.
In 645 BC, Guan Zhong became seriously ill, and before his death, Qi Huangong asked who could succeed him as Qi Xiang.
Perhaps out of political sensitivity, or perhaps there are indeed no suitable talents, in short, Guan Zhong let Qi Huangong choose himself on the grounds that "no one knows his subjects better than the monarch".
Duke Huan of Qi first nominated Yi Ya, and Guan Zhong believed that he "killed the child to please the monarch and was not kind to the child"
Huan Gong also nominated Kaifang, but was rejected by Guan Zhong because he "turned his back on his relatives, served the monarch, and had no filial piety to his parents".
In the end, Duke Huan also nominated Shu Diao ( Chu Diao ) , and Guan Zhong " castrated himself , pleasing the monarch , and being ruthless to himself." "Not suitable for the prime.
In the end, who Qi Huangong chose to be the minister of state is not recorded in history.
But this time, it was the rare time that Qi Huangong did not heed Guan Zhong's advice.
Duke Huan of Qi, after a brief stay away from them after Guan Zhong's death, quickly activated them again.
As a result, after Qi Huangong became seriously ill, they united with the sons they supported and fought with each other, but instead put Qi Huan in a room, cut off food and drink, and cut off contact with the outside world.
Qi Huangong, who had achieved great hegemony, actually starved to death. Ten days after his death, he was found and the maggots crawled out.
At that time, several princes were busy competing for the throne, and they had no time to take care of their father, until the body of Duke Qi Huan was buried nine months later.
2. King Wuling of Zhao
King Wuling of Zhao was also a king of the Zhao Dynasty, who learned from the ethnic minorities in the north and practiced Hufu riding and shooting, which greatly improved the military strength of the Zhao State.
In order to fully promote military reform and concentrate on destroying the Zhongshan state in the north, he simply gave way to his son Zhao He in the later period and declared himself the main father (similar to the later Emperor Taishang).
Originally, King Wuling of Zhao was the son of Prince Zhang, and Zhao He was the son of his favorite concubine Wu Wa. Before her death, Wu Wa pleaded with Zhao He to be crown prince.
King Wuling of Zhao already liked Zhao He, and coupled with his love for his mother and son, he abolished the Gongzi Chapter and made Zhao He the crown prince.
During his three years as the main father, Zhao He gradually consolidated his power with the assistance of Xiang Bang Feiyi. In contrast, after Zhao Zhang was deposed, he was still filial to Zhao's father as before.
Zhao Zhang was originally innocent and deposed, and now Zhao Zhang's father gradually felt guilty about Zhao Zhang in his heart, not only raising Zhao Zhang's etiquette to a level with the monarch Zhao He, but also having the idea of making Zhao Zhang also king.
So he consulted with Fei Yi first, but he was rejected, which was greatly unexpected by Lord Zhao's father.
He turned his head and informed Zhao Zhang of the original situation, causing him to resent Zhao He and Fei Yi.
Subsequently, Zhao's father, in the name of seeing the site of the mausoleum, ordered Zhao He and Zhao Zhang to accompany him.
They lived in the sand dunes, where Master Zhao and Zhao Zhang had a palace, and Zhao He had a palace.
Zhao Zhang wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of Zhao He, so he let Fei Yi and Zhao He come to the palace of The Lord Father in the name of Zhao Lord's father.
Fei Yi was worried that something would happen to him, and before he went, he told Zhao He that if he did not return, he would order his men to lead troops to serve the king.
Sure enough, Fei Yi did not see Zhao Zhang's father in the main father's palace, and only Zhao Zhang and his relatives were greeted.
After Fei Yi's death, Zhao Zhang sent emissaries to urge Zhao He to enter the palace. Zhao He saw that Fei Yi had not returned, and the messenger came again, so he guessed the result.
After interrogating the emissaries and learning of Zhao Zhang's plot, Feiyi's cronies Li Dui and Gongzi Cheng led troops to quell the rebellion, and Gongzi Zhang fled to the main father's palace, and the main father accepted him.
Li Dui and Gongzi Cheng led the soldiers into the main father's palace, and after killing the rebels and Zhao Zhang, they drove out all the attendants of the main father of Zhao and did not let the main father out of the palace.
Not long after this, the palace was cut off from water and grain, and the generation of male lords Zhao Wuling King starved to death.
3. Emperor Wu of Liang
Emperor Wu of Liang was the founding emperor of Southern Liang, who had been emperor for forty years, but in his later years he almost destroyed the state of Liang because of an incident, and he himself starved to death.
This incident stemmed from Hou Jing's judgment of Northern Qi to Return to Liang. As for Hou Jing's defection to Southern Liang, many ministers in Southern Liang did not agree to accept it, because he rebelled just after the death of the founder of Northern Qi, and only defected to the south when he was cornered.
However, Emperor Wu of Liang took a fancy to Hou Jing's military ability and sent troops to hand over.
Hou Jing saw that Emperor Wu of Liang was planning to make peace with Northern Qi, and wanted to test him. Hou Jing forged an official Northern Qi letter saying that Hou Jing could be exchanged for Xiao Yuanming, the Liangwu Emperor who had been captured by Northern Qi.
Emperor Wu of Liang readily replied in agreement. This letter went directly to Hou Jing's hands, and seeing that he had no future in throwing himself into Liang, he simply rebelled.
Hou Jing's rebels successfully besieged the Southern Liang capital Jiankang.
After a five-month siege, The City of Health was breached.
Because Emperor Wu of Liang repeatedly rejected Hou Jing's various requests, and Hou Jing was unwilling to bear the notoriety of being a murderer, he thought of other methods.
Hou Jing deliberately reduced the diet in the palace, hoping that Emperor Wu of Liang would starve to death.
After some time, Emperor Wu of Liang was worried and resentful, and he could not afford to be ill. Before he died, he lay in the jingju shop, his mouth was dry and bitter, and he wanted to drink a cup of honey water, but no one paid attention to it.
In the end, the mouth can only make a "ho, ho" sound, and then close the eyes forever.
Old No Historical View:
Most of these three monarchs can be regarded as a generation of British lords, and the Duke of Qi Huan reused Guan Zhong and implemented a series of reforms, making the State of Qi the first hegemon of the Spring and Autumn Period; the Zhao Wuling King Hufu reformed, making the Zhao State the only powerful country that could compete with the Qin State at that time; Emperor Wu of Liang was the founding emperor of Southern Liang, who had repeatedly northern expeditions during his reign, basically maintaining a balanced situation between the south and the north. During his reign, the country was relatively stable.
However, in their later years, they were all unfortunate, and the king of a great country was besieged and starved to death by traitors and contrarian sons, and it seems that the reasons for their starvation are different, but in fact, they all have a common cause for their deaths - failure in choosing an heir.
Duke Huan of Qi did not establish a crown prince before his death, and several sons had the strength to seize the throne. He did not choose one of them to be crown prince early, but instead resigned himself to it. The history books attribute the suffering of Duke Huan of Qi huan in his later years to the favor of the courtiers, but if the orthodox name had been settled early, when the duke of Qi Huan was seriously ill, the princes would not have ignored the life and death of their father because of the struggle for the throne.
It was a mistake for King Wuling of Zhao to change the crown prince for no reason, and it was a mistake to make up for the abolition of the prince after changing the crown prince and then making up for the abolition of the prince at the expense of etiquette, and it was three mistakes to give the throne to the prince early, hoping to realize the dual politics of himself and his son, one in charge of the army and one in charge of the government.
If he does not change the prince at will, or if he does not give the illusion of the deposed prince after he changes, he will not fall into the situation of being indirectly besieged by his son.
Although the direct cause of Emperor Wu's tragic experience was Hou Jing's rebellion, when Hou Jinggang rebelled, he only had tens of thousands of his own soldiers and horses.
However, the royals and generals who held military power everywhere chose to wait and watch Hou Jing besiege Health for several months.
Even his nephew Xiao Zhengde colluded with Hou Jing to open the palace door and let the rebels enter the city smoothly.
All this is related to Emperor Liangwu's policy of excessive tolerance of the imperial family in his later years.