One day in the eighth year of the Song Dynasty (1048), Li Yuanhao, the founding emperor of the Western Xia Dynasty, was drinking in his arms with a beautiful woman in his arms. Under the woman's service, Li Yuanhao drank more and more wine, and when he was drunk and confused, a man walked in from outside the door.
Although Li Yuanhao was already drunk, he did not care too much, there were many guards standing outside his palace gate, and since the guards did not pass on the news, presumably the people who came were the people he knew well. What Li Yuanhao did not expect was that after the man came to him, he actually took out a knife and stabbed himself in the face.
Li Yuanhao could not dodge, and was directly cut off by the other party's knife, severe pain coupled with excessive bleeding, Li Yuanhao soon fell unconscious. The man who attacked Li Yuanhao did not leave in a hurry, but stared at the beautiful woman who had been held in Li Yuanhao's arms before with a complicated look.
After a moment's hesitation, the man walked away quickly.
And Li Yuanhao also died on the 2nd day because of excessive blood loss, so who killed him? Who is the woman in his arms?
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The answer surprised everyone.
The murderer who killed Li Yuanhao turned out to be his own son Li Ningling's brother! It was precisely because of this assassination that the era of female rule in the Western Xia Dynasty was opened.
On October 11, 1038, Li Yuanhao, with the support of the general Norihitoshi Renrong and others, officially ascended the throne as emperor, and the state name was Bactria (historically known as Western Xia). In the chaotic world, Li Yuanhao can be regarded as a generation of tyrants, but this person's personality has a very fatal shortcoming. Since we want to understand why Li Yuanhao was killed by his own son, we must first understand what kind of a person he is.
Mother-killer, son-killer!
After Li Yuanhao established the Western Xia Empire, the power of his own mother, Wei Mushi, and his family also swelled rapidly, and at that time, the leader of the Wei Mu clan was named Wei Mushanxi, who was blinded by lard and even wanted to usurp the throne!
Li Yuanhao was indeed born to a woman of the Wei Mu clan, but the Jiangshan that Li Yuanhao laid down was something that the Wei Mu clan could touch?
After Wei Mushanxi contacted some Korean forces, he plotted to get rid of Li Yuanhao, but unfortunately Wei Mushanxi had not yet moved, the plan was revealed, and then the people of wei Mu's clan were drowned in the river.
In this matter, Li Yuanhao did not do wrong. Although the rebels were his mother's people, since he wanted to take the throne, he deserved to be exterminated! But Li Yuanhao's mother was innocent, she did not participate in the rebellion, even so, Li Yuanhao still poisoned his own mother with poisoned wine.
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Later, Li Yuanhao's empress gave birth to a prince for him, but no matter how Li Yuanhao looked at it, he felt that this child did not look like himself, so he ordered someone to kill his own flesh and bones.
This is true for one's own family, not to mention for the court ministers.
We mentioned earlier that Li Yuanhao was able to ascend the throne as emperor without the support of a group of generals and courtiers, one of whom was a meritorious general, yeli Renrong from the Yeli clan. The Yeli family was a famous general and was the staunchest supporter and guardian of the Western Xia regime.
However, after the Song Dynasty used a counter-plan, Li Yuanhao immediately killed his right and left arms, Yeli Wangrong and Yeli Yu beg. These two brothers were not only famous generals in Western Xia, but also the brothers of Empress Yeli!
Through these few things that Li Yuanhao did, we can see what kind of person this is. Because of the rebellion of his mother's people, he poisoned his own mother with his own hands. Because his son did not look like himself, he killed his own son. In the case of himself being deceived by the Song Dynasty generals, he even removed The Left Arm of Western Xia, the Empress's brother.
It seems normal for such a person to be killed by his own son.
Conflicts between parents and children
Because the eldest son, Li Ningming, did not look like himself, he was killed by Li Yuanhao, and soon his second son Li Ningling was born.
Brother Li Ningling is lucky and unfortunate.
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Fortunately, he looked very much like his father, so he did not suffer from his father's poisonous hands. Unfortunately, his father was too horny! Once, Empress Yeli selected a princess concubine with outstanding appearance for the crown prince Li Ninglingge. According to the rules of the Western Xia royal family, the crown princess must enter the palace to face the saint. In other words, if the crown princess wants to be officially canonized, she must have the emperor's nod.
But when Li Yuanhao saw his daughter-in-law,he was instantly attracted by her beauty. In this way, the black cloud (strange name) who was crowned as the crown princess did not serve the prince, but was held in the arms of Li Yuanhao all day long.
We can imagine what a great insult this is for Prince Li Ninglingge! Is his father still a man? He killed his biological mother, killed his most trusted minister, killed his eldest son, and now robbed his second son's daughter-in-law!
Although he couldn't bear it, Li Ninglingge still put up with it.
However, the next two things that happened made Li Ning Lingge make up his mind to kill his father!
The first thing: The crown princess who originally belonged to Li Ningling's brother did not hide the black cloud, became pregnant with Li Yuanhao's child, and gave birth to a prince for him.
In terms of Li Yuanhao's favor for the black cloud, Li Ningling's position as crown prince will soon change hands. Even if the position of prince is lost, with Li Yuanhao's fierceness, whether he can save his life is unknown.
The second thing: When the prime minister did not hide Pang (another strange name), he actually found the crown prince Li Ningling's brother and conspired with him to kill the king!
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From the surname, it can be seen that the black cloud that gave birth to the prince for Li Yuanhao is the same family as the prime minister, and the two are brothers and sisters!
If you didn't hide the blackmail of The Crown Prince, what kindness could you have?
Unfortunately, Li Ning lingge was already unconscious, and he broke into the palace with a dagger in accordance with the agreement with the prime minister, and then cut off the nose of his father Li Yuanhao with a dagger, which eventually led to Li Yuanhao's death.
Subsequently, the crown prince Li Ning lingge fled to the chancellor's house, which was simply a way to seek his own death, and did not hide pang and immediately ordered someone to arrest the prince and arrest him and imprison him for the crime of killing the king.
Subsequently, the prime minister did not hide Pang to support his sister Li Yuzuo, the child of the black cloud, to ascend to the throne. So is the development of the next story, as the prime minister expected, that he will control the government? Non-also, the western Xia imperial power finally fell into the hands of a 20-year-old woman, she just did not hide the black cloud!
She misbehaved but became the Empress Dowager of Western Xia
As mentioned earlier, Li Yuanhao was caught in the Song Dynasty's counter-plot and killed two of his favorite generals, namely Yeli Wangrong and Yeli Yuqi. And the black cloud that did not hide was the wife of the great general Nori yu begging! Ye Li was killed by the beggar's whole family, but his wife did not hide the black cloud and survived, why is this?
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Although Heiyun is the wife of Yeli Yu begging, she secretly has an affair with her husband's subordinate Li Shougui. Everyone must remember this name, it will appear later, knock on the blackboard! Under the protection of Li Shougui, Wuzang Heiyun successfully evaded the pursuit of the imperial court, and went all the way to the capital to meet the then Empress Yeli.
Why didn't hide black clouds and go to the Queen of Nori?
His husband Ye Li Yu Begging is the brother of Queen Ye Li, and he did not hide Black Cloud to survive in such a situation, naturally inseparable from the protection of the Queen. Empress Yeli was also very powerful, and under her mediation, Wuzang Black Cloud became li Ningling's princess.
If there is no hidden black cloud to marry the prince, I believe it is also very good. But no one expected that she was actually favored by Emperor Li Yuanhao and became Li Yuanhao's harem person.
For such a thing, Empress Nori naturally did not allow it to happen, and then she expelled the black cloud from the palace and made her cut her hair as a nun. Unfortunately, even Empress Yeli was deposed by Li Yuanhao later, so what was the use of her orders?
Li Yuanhao still went his own way, and let the black cloud that was not hidden into the palace to serve. The next story is known to everyone, there is no hidden black cloud for Li Yuanhao to give birth to the crown prince Li Yuzuo, and then the crown prince Li Ning lingge entered the palace to assassinate and killEd Li Yuanhao.
In the whole thing, the brother of the prime minister who did not hide the black cloud could be said to have done a great job. After Li Yuanhao's death, the little emperor ascended the throne, did not hide the black cloud to become the empress dowager of Western Xia, and began to bow to the government. When the chancellor's brother became her assistant, the two joined forces to control the power of the Western Xia court.
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Killed!
At this time, the black cloud that did not hide was already in power, but unfortunately, her old problem was committed again!
When she was expelled from the palace by Empress Yeli and cut her hair as a nun, she was not idle, and in addition to entering the palace to serve Emperor Li Yuanhao, she also had an affair with a servant named Bao Bao (a stranger name)!
Even if he did not hide the black cloud and became the empress dowager, he still maintained an adulterous relationship with Bao Baoduo.
At this time, there is a person who is unwilling, who is it?
Li Shougui who knocked on the blackboard in front! He is also an old lover who does not hide black clouds.
At that time, the black cloud that did not hide could survive, relying on Li Shougui, but the black cloud that became the empress dowager found a new joy, which made Li Shougui very unhappy!
In October 1056, Wuzang Black Cloud and Bao Bao duo had gone out hunting, but when they returned at night, they were ambushed and assassinated by a large number of cavalry, and Wu Zang Black Cloud and Bao Bao Duo had been hacked to death by random knives.
After some investigation, the prime minister did not hide Pang and believed that Li Shougui had done it, and immediately destroyed Li Shougui's entire clan!
Just as the so-called color character has a knife on the head, if Li Yuanhao did not take a fancy to his daughter-in-law, he would not be killed by his own son. If there weren't so many lovers in the dark cloud, there wouldn't be such a chaotic relationship, and it wouldn't have invited the disaster of killing!
It's a shame to think about!