In China's more than 2,000 years of feudal history, if the most dangerous profession is selected, it is to be an emperor. The profession is far more dangerous than South Korea's president, and the lure of power makes everyone dare to take risks. In the court of deceit, everyone who has the opportunity is full of ambition. Especially in the traditional society of the agrarian era, there were many people who coveted imperial power, both powerful ministers and brothers, foreign relatives who controlled the imperial government, and eunuchs who controlled the life and death of the inner palace. The imperial politics of feudal society determined the sword and shadow of the emperor before ascending the throne, after ascending the throne, and in the exercise.
Today we summarize the emperors who died mysteriously in vain.
Jealous of talent, died young
Han Zhao Emperor Liu Fuling
Han Zhao Emperor Liu Fuling was a talented emperor in history, ascending the throne at the age of eight. At the age of fourteen, he made a clear judgment on Sang Hongyang, Shangguan Huo, Liu Dan and other slanderous auxiliary ministers Huo Guang, and exposed the fact that the three rebelled in one fell swoop. In fact, at that time, Shangguan Huo was taking the opportunity of Huo Guang to bathe in the book to Emperor Han Zhao, if Emperor Han Zhao gave an order, Shangguan Huo immediately took Huo Guang's unprepared opportunity to take it down, Huo Guang's life and death were completely in the hands of Emperor Han Zhao, but Emperor Han Zhao's clear thoughts and wise judgment impressed the courtiers. Although it led to the rebellion of Shangguan Huan, Sang Hongyang, and Liu Dan. However, it also left Huo Guang the opportunity to monopolize the imperial government, and from then on, Huo Guangquan fell into the opposition, and his son Huo Yu and nephew Huo Yun commanded the lieutenant generals of the palace guards; Huo Yun's younger brother Huo Shan was appointed as the captain of Fengche Duwei; The two sons-in-law served as the guards of the East Palace and the West Palace respectively, and were in charge of the guards of the entire palace; Cousins and others held important positions in the imperial court, forming a huge network of influence that was intertwined and spread throughout the government and the public. In 74 BC, Liu Fuling died in Weiyang Palace at the age of 21. According to historical records, Emperor Wudi of Han believed that Liu Fuling was physically strong and quite like himself, but Liu Fuling, who was so well in physique, died mysteriously at the age of 21 at the age of young adulthood, which is incredible. Later, Huo Guang abolished Liu He and saw that Huo Guang had become the actual ruler of the Western Han Dynasty at that time, and the young and promising Emperor Han Zhao had become a stumbling block to his desire for power, but in the feudal society of imperial power, Huo Guang was a little jealous, but it was easy for Huo Guang to get rid of an emperor who was pinched in the palm of his hand, because at this time Huo Guang completely controlled the military power inside and outside the palace, and also controlled all opposition voices in the court. Liu Fuling has become his "puppet". Liu Fuling, a young and accomplished emperor, died at the age of twenty-one, which is really ridiculous. If Liu Fuling reigned, he would definitely be able to make merits no worse than his father Emperor Wudi of Han. Because during his reign, he was able to work with Huo Guang to reverse the policy of Emperor Wudi of Han to use military force, adopted a relationship with the people, and created a good situation of "Zhaoxuan's rule".
The prince fought for power and died mysteriously
Sui Emperor Yang Jian
Sui Wen Emperor Yang Jian was one of the most accomplished emperors in Chinese history, he single-handedly unified the turbulent China, and also introduced the three-province and six-part system, which lasted for more than a thousand years, and formulated the prototype of the imperial examination system, breaking the old mechanism of a family family that had been an official all his life and that the promotion of the son of the cold family was hopeless. The policy of lightly dispensing with the meagre endowments and resting with the people led to the rapid growth of the population of the Central Plains, and the situation of national prosperity and people's strength was created, laying a solid foundation for the establishment of the later Sheng Tang Dynasty. Unfortunately, he died mysteriously at the age of sixty-three. His death was related to his establishment of the crown prince, according to the order of heirs of the feudal dynasty, the eldest son of Yang Jian was the first heir, but Yang Jian's eldest son Yang Yong was an honest man who was generous and benevolent, lacking in scheming, under the secret operation of the second son Yang Guang the King of Jin, he wooed Yang Su and other old ministers, and finally forced Yang Jian to abolish Yang Yong's position as crown prince. In the fourth year of Renshou (604), Yang Jian fell ill and lived in Renshou Palace, and Shangshu's left servant Yang Su, Bingbu Shangshu Liu Shu, and Huangmen Attendant Yuan Yan all entered Renshou Palace to serve in the palace. Emperor Yang Jian of Sui summoned Yang Guang into the inner residence to live in the Great Treasure Hall. After Yang Guang's original appearance was revealed, so that Yang Jian, who was seriously ill, had the intention of abolishing the establishment, Yang Guang, who had already controlled the power inside and outside the palace, used extraordinary methods to let the seriously ill Yang Jian die and take the throne.
Sword light axe shadow, brother death brother succession
Emperor Taizu of Song, Zhao Kuangyin
Zhao Kuangyin, who mutinied and was added to the yellow robe, was the terminator of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms and the founder of the Great Song Dynasty, and was a politician, military strategist and strategist in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty. In order to change the situation in which the towns and clans of the Tang Dynasty made the troops self-respecting, he took the military power to the central government by releasing the military power with a glass of wine, and implemented the policy of emphasizing civilization over military force, and even the Northern Song Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty had a situation in which the country was strong and the army was weak. However, he wavered in the establishment of the crown prince, and at first because his son was young, his mother tried to make him a younger brother Zhao Guangyi. Later, when his son was older, Zhao Kuangyin changed his mind about establishing a brother, but his brother Zhao Guangyi was the king of Jin and the governor of Kaifeng, holding the power of life and death of the emperor, and his personal power also swelled sharply, Zhao Kuangyin had the intention to move the capital to Luoyang, but under the opposition of his younger brother Zhao Guangyi and other ministers, Zhao Kuangyin suspended the capital. On the night of October 19, the ninth year of Kaibao (976), Zhao Kuangyin summoned his brother Zhao Guangyi to drink and stay in the palace together; In the early morning (November 14) of the next day (20th), Zhao Kuangyin was found dead in the Hall of Banzai at the age of fifty. At that time, through the candlelight in the palace, he heard the quarrel between the two, and Zhao Kuangyin had slashed the axe that was about to split his brother into the snowdrift next to him, and he probably couldn't bear to let his hard-working brother die under his hands. Unfortunately, his younger brother Zhao Guangyi killed for the sake of power, and it is rumored that using poison into alcohol made Zhao Kuangyin violently die in his prime. After Zhao Kuangyin's death, he originally asked the eunuch Wang Jien to summon Zhao Dezhao to join the imperial succession. In fact, Wang Jien had already been bought by Zhao Guangyi, and after he went out, he went directly to the Jin royal mansion, allowing Zhao Guangyi to rush into the palace as soon as possible to take power.
The emperor is weak and the mother is strong, and a puppet for life
Guangxu Emperor
Empress Dowager Cixi
Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty's father Ai Xinjuelo Yizhen was the seventh son of the Daoguang Emperor and the half-brother of the Xianfeng Emperor, and his mother was the sister of Empress Dowager Cixi. It can be said that Guangxu was both Empress Dowager Cixi's nephew and nephew, and the dual bloodline made Guangxu Cixi's first choice after the death of his son Tongzhi Emperor. Ascending the throne at the age of four, Cixi and Ci'an obeyed the government, and finally survived until the age of eighteen to become pro-government, but the actual power was completely in the hands of Empress Dowager Cixi. Empress Dowager Cixi had been in power all her life, greedy for power and obsessed with politics, and even if she retired to the background, she wanted to let Guangxu and his ministers report everything. In the court, all the ministers were loyal courtiers who Empress Dowager Cixi had plucked up, such as Ronglu and Li Hongzhang. Guangxu has no autonomy at all. In 1898, more than 100 people led by Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao wrote to the Guangxu Emperor, and Guangxu, who had long had the intention of restoring and changing the law, immediately summoned Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao and others into the dynasty, and began the Pengxu Reform Law (historically known as the 100-day Restoration). On September 21, 1898, in the early morning, Empress Dowager Cixi suddenly rushed back to the Forbidden City from the Summer Palace and went straight to the Guangxu Emperor's residence, imprisoning the Guangxu Emperor in Yingtai, Zhongnanhai; Then he issued an edict on political training, and once again came to the dynasty to "train the government" and "change the law" failed. Empress Dowager Cixi and others staged a coup d'état, the six princes were killed, and the Guangxu Emperor was imprisoned in Yingtai. In November 1908, Empress Dowager Cixi felt that time was numbered, she was afraid that after her death, no one would control Guangxu, afraid that Guangxu, who had been imprisoned for ten years by herself, would come out to take revenge on her, and Empress Dowager Cixi, who was like a poisonous scorpion, ordered her subordinates to poison Guangxu, and the day before Empress Dowager Cixi died, Guangxu died violently, and Empress Dowager Cixi could finally turn a blind eye.