He was the second emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, but he was poisoned in the end, and then the interesting history editor brought the historical truth, let's take a look at it!
Yuwen Yu, the second emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, was yuwen tai's eldest son, so the first emperor of northern Zhou was Yuwen Tai's concubine Yuwen Jue, who was supported by his cousin Yuwen Jue and killed by his cousin. And Yuwen Yu was actually the same as Yuwen Jue's experience, he was supported by his cousin Yuwen Hu as emperor, and was poisoned by his cousin.
The historical Yuwen Yu was kind and well-read, he was weak on the outside, but in fact he was very assertive in his heart. First, let's take a look at Yuwen Yu's previous official experience, at the age of fifteen, he was first enfeoffed as the Duke of Ningdu County, and there were 3,000 households in Yiyi; At the age of seventeen, he acted as the political affairs of Huazhou and served as the assassin of Yizhou; At the age of twenty-two, he served as a general and guarded the town west of Longshan Mountain. In 557, Yuwen Yu's younger brother Yuwen Jue was officially ranked emperor and became the first emperor of Northern Zhou, Yuwen Yu was promoted to the position of Pillar State and transferred to the post of Qi Prefecture Assassin, who had a lot of political achievements during his tenure in Qi Prefecture and won the hearts of the people.
Less than a year after ascending the throne, Yuwen Jue was deposed by his cousin, and Yuwen Hu sent people to Qi Prefecture to welcome Yuwen Yu back to succeed to the throne, and in September 557, Yuwen Yu took the throne and granted amnesty to the world.
As mentioned earlier, Yuwen Yu was a very assertive person, who refused to obey Yuwen Hu's orders, handled state affairs, and carried out reforms, which was deeply loved by the people, but the military power was still in The hands of Yu Wen Hu. Yuwen Yu saw that his cousin Yuwen Yu was not easy to control, so he bought the imperial kitchen to poison Yuwen Yu's meals, and Yuwen Yu died of a critical illness at the age of twenty-seven.
Yuwen Yu reigned for three years, he worked hard to govern, achieved remarkable political achievements, and was deeply loved by the ministers and the people, but unfortunately he was killed in the end. After Yuwen Yu's death, the people of Li Min missed him very much.