Author: Our special guest author Nine Fish Pavilion
The Sui Dynasty Emperor Yang Guang has always been notorious for his future generations, and his conquests are excessive, he abuses the people's power, refuses to accept advice, and extravagance and absurdity, which can be described as "the bamboo of the South Mountain, the book is endless; the waves of the East China Sea are decided, and the evil is difficult to exhaust." The name of Emperor Sui was determined, but it was not useless in Yang Guang's ruling career.
For example, the construction of Luoyang City, the repair of the Sui Dynasty Grand Canal, the northern tour of turks, and the inspection of the western regions, the Sui Dynasty was once unprecedentedly powerful in the hands of the Sui Emperor. At the beginning of his reign, Yang Guang was full of vigor and arrogance, a series of government decrees were continuous, and he was quite a bit of a heroic and heroic Ming Jun, but with the momentum of the uprising, Yang Guang also fled from Luoyang to Jiangdu, from high morale to sluggishness.
However, Yang Guang was not killed by the rebels, but died at the hands of the closest Janissaries. At the last moment, Yang Guang wanted to preserve the dignity of the emperor and commit suicide by drinking poisonous wine, but the poisonous wine could not be found, and he could only let people strangle him to death.
Theoretically, the emperor was heavily guarded around him, and even if the forbidden army rebelled against the emperor, he should also have a back hand, but as a result, Yang Guang was easily captured by the forbidden army. Is the rebels too strong, or has Yang Guang given up resistance?
First, Yang Guang looked in the mirror and admired the good head
In the twelfth year of Daye (616 AD), Yang Guang came from Luoyang to Jiangdu, and the outside world said that he was touring Jiangdu, in fact, Yang Guang did not want to leave when he arrived in Jiangdu.
Historical records record that "Fengxin Lang Cui Minxiang was filled with thieves, and he gave advice at the Jianguo Gate; the emperor was furious, and first relieved him of his duties, and then beheaded him." ”
At that time, thieves were rampant, rebel armies were rising and falling, as the emperor should have sat in the capital and stabilized the overall situation, but Yang Guang wanted to leave, and the ministers tried to persuade each other, but Yang Guang did not listen at all, and even killed Cui Minxiang and other people who advised him, so in order to save his life, no one dared to go to the advice anymore.
Some people say that Yang Guang is greedy and lustful, but in fact this is not the case, Yang Guang's professionalism is very heavy, before he ascended the throne, in order to please Emperor Wen of Sui and Empress Dugu, he was extremely restrained in his female sex, even after becoming emperor, his eldest son and second son were also born to Empress Xiao.
However, after arriving in Jiangdu, Yang Guang changed into a person, he was no longer keen on political affairs, and he was devoted to the embrace of beautiful women. In the palace of Jiangdu, Yang Guang set up more than a hundred rooms, each room has a beautiful woman, and every night Yang Guang will choose one to stay overnight. In addition, Yang Guangjiu did not leave his hand, drunk all day and dreamed of death, no matter how you looked at it, the Sui Emperor at this time was already a proper emperor.
Historical records record that "Emperor Zixiao was waiting for The Emperor to divinate, so that he could speak wu; he often drank wine at night and looked up at the astronomy, which was said to be Xiao Hou: There are many people in the outside world, and Ranong is not a great Duke of the Great Wall, and Qing is not a queen of Shen, and they drink together!" ”
Yang Guang was the first to sit in Jiangdu, and also liked to speak Jiangsu and Zhejiang dialect, once, after drinking, Yang Guang said to Empress Xiao: "There are many people outside who are calculating me, but at most I have become Chen Shubao, and you have become Shen Hou, although drinking and enjoying it!" ”
At the time of Pingnan Chen, Yang Guang was the commander-in-chief, but now, Yang Guang compared himself to Chen Shubao, the lord of Chen Hou, which showed that his heart was already like ashes, and he could no longer arouse a ripple.
In addition to drinking, Yang Guang once looked in the mirror and said to himself: "A good head, I don't know who to cut off?" In fact, after Yang Guang arrived in Jiangdu, he had been completely eroded by pessimism, except for pleasure, only waiting for death.
Second, cover their ears and steal the bell, the palace maid reported that the forbidden army wanted to rebel, but was killed by Yang Guang
Yang Guang brought a large number of men and horses with him to Jiangdu, including his SS Xiaoguo Army, which was formed as a result of the conquest of Goguryeo. At this moment, the soldiers of the Xiaoguo Army were homesick, and one after another people were fleeing, and even if the emperor sent people to pursue and kill, they could not stop the momentum of escape.
In 618 AD, Guanzhong fell, the rebel army in the north was unstoppable, and the generals of the Xiaoguo Army were also panicked, after all, everyone was a Guanzhong person, their parents, wives and children were in their hometown, if someone in the family surrendered to the rebel army, these generals would not be able to escape death.
In view of the rebellion of the Sui Emperor, Hu Benlang was worried about his future, and escaping was a death, and not running was also death, so Sima Dejian found his cronies Yuan Li and Pei Qiantong to discuss, with only one purpose, that is, everyone running together.
Yuan Li and Pei Qiantong agreed to run together, and immediately called on more people to organize, and more and more generals joined the "Escape Association", and due to the large number of people, the secret plot also became semi-public.
There is no impermeable wall in the world, so many forbidden troops gather together every day, how can they not be discovered. A palace maid discovered the abnormality of the forbidden army and reported the matter to Empress Xiao.
After receiving information, Empress Xiao should have personally informed Yang Guang, but Empress Xiao left an eye on her, and she asked the palace maid to report to the emperor herself. Yang Guang was indeed very annoyed when he heard that the Forbidden Army was going to rebel, but instead of going to the General of the Forbidden Army, he scolded the palace maid for taking care of things that should not be managed, and put the palace maid to death.
Such a big movement outside, is Yang Guang not clear, but at this time, Yang Guang chose to be an ostrich, even if the huge waves outside are monstrous, he also has to deceive himself that everything is fine.
Yang Guang may have reached the highest realm of covering his ears and stealing bells, before that the imperial spirit of the Eastern Expedition to the West had long disappeared, and he gave up the country, the army, and even himself.
Third, the "envoy" was on holiday, and the Sui Emperor lost the last barrier
Huya Lang involved Zhao Xingshu in the escape plan, and told the general Yuwen Zhihe about it, and Yu Wenzhi and the next few words turned the escape into a coup d'état.
The forbidden general originally only planned to escape, and Yuwen Zhiji said: "Although the emperor is faint, but the will is still there, if you run, it will be difficult to escape death, now the crowd is chasing deer, if we take the opportunity to cause trouble, it is the emperor's business!" ”
At the instigation of Yuwen Zhihe, the generals of the Forbidden Army gave up their escape and instead aimed their spearhead at the Sui Emperor. Just as the so-called wall is pushed by everyone, and the drum is broken, among them, Yuwen Zhihe, Yu Wenhuahe, Pei Qiantong and others have turned against each other.
Yuwen Zhihe and Yu Wenhua were the sons of Yuwen Shu, and the Sui Emperor treated them well, while Pei Qiantong was regarded as a close confidant by the Sui Emperor, on the one hand, we saw the world was cold, on the other hand, we also saw the difference in the reputation of the Sui Emperor.
Tens of thousands of Xiaoguo troops gathered, took up swords and guns, and poisoned their masters. Among them, the most unexpected thing is that the coup d'état went too smoothly, and the rebels were almost unhindered and captured the Sui Emperor.
Yang Guang had a back hand in the palace, and he had selected hundreds of officials and slaves in the palace to guard at Xuanwu Gate, known as "envoys", and on the day of the coup, these people suddenly all disappeared.
It was not that these people were disloyal to the emperor, but yu wenhua and the supervisor who had been bribed to the envoy in advance, all the people on the day were on holiday, and the last barrier of the Sui Emperor disappeared in such a confused way.
Before dying, the Sui Emperor shouted loudly, "The Son of Heaven has his own way of dying, so why should he be sharpened!" Take the sake! It turned out that the Sui Emperor had long anticipated this day and had already prepared the poisonous wine. But at the critical moment, the palace ladies had already run out, who gave him the poisoned wine? In order to die with some dignity, the Sui Emperor tied up a practice towel and asked the guards to hang him.
Xiao Guojun has been treated favorably by the emperor for many years, is there such unity within it? Even if the Sui Emperor fainted again, if he wanted to protect himself for a while, couldn't he do it? We can only get one answer, the Sui Emperor gave up resistance, gave up himself and everything.
Reference: Zizhi Tongjian, Vol. 185