Speaking of the powerful ministers in history, the first thing that comes to mind is definitely Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao, Ao Bai, Yuan Shikai and others, but to tell the truth, although these people were very powerful at that time, compared with the one to be talked about today, they are not in the same grade at all.
Today I want to talk about the Northern Zhou Dynasty minister Yuwen Hu, he has been hanging all his life, although he did not sit on the throne, but he was powerful, killing the three emperors in a row, the means were fierce, and he was simply the male protagonist who opened the gold finger in the male frequency Shuangwen.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > First, first kill: Emperor Gong of Western Wei Tuoba Kuo established the Northern Zhou regime</h1>
Regarding Yuwen Hu's birth, he was the younger son of Yuwen Hao, the son of Yuwen Tai's brother of the Northern Zhou Dynasty Taizu, and was Yuwen Tai's nephew.
Yuwen Hu's father died when he was eleven years old, when Yuwen Hu and his father were in Ge Rong's army, Ge Rong was the leader of the peasant rebel army during the Northern Wei Dynasty, after Whichge Rong failed, and Yuwen Hu moved to Jinyang.
When Taizu Yuwentai entered the customs, Yuwen Tai did not follow him because of his young age, and when he was seventeen years old, he came from Jinyang to Pingliang, And Yuwen Tai's sons were still very young, and Yuwen Tai let Yuwen Tai take care of the housekeeper.
Yuwen Tai managed the inside and outside very well, Yuwen Tai liked him very much, and felt that Yuwen Hu's temperament was very similar to his own, and when Yuwen Tai left the town of Xiazhou, he left Yu Wenhu to follow He Bayue, who was a famous general in the Northern Wei Dynasty.
After He Bayue was killed, Taizu went to Pingliang and made Yuwen The Governor.
After that, Yuwen Hu followed Yuwen Tai to beg Hou Mo Chen Yue, and this Hou Mo Chen Yue was renamed Hou Mo Chen, and it was he who killed He Bayue. After Hou Mo Chen Yue was defeated, Yuwen Hu was awarded the title of Uncle of Jichi County for his meritorious service in greeting Emperor Wei.
Yuwen Hu was promoted to the rank of Duke of Jin, and there were a thousand households in Yiyi.
After that, Yuwen Hu continued to follow Yu Wentai to fight everywhere, and his power also grew all the way, from the general of Zhendong, the governor of Dadu to the general of Cheqi, Yi Tongsansi to the general of HunQi, the Duke of Zhongshan in Jinfeng, and then to the fifteenth year of the unification, promoted to the great general, Yuwen Hu all the way high, relying on the big tree of Yuwen Tai, Yuwen Hu's career was prosperous.
However, hiding under the wings of others will never grow up, only by being alone can you become the real Shuangwen male protagonist, so after Yuwen Tai's death, Yuwen Hu opened the ultimate plug-in and stepped towards the peak of power.
Yuwen Tai went on a tour of the west, fell ill in the middle of the way, and sent someone to summon Yuwen Hu, this meeting was the last meeting between Yuwen Tai and Yu Wen Hu, Yu Wen Tai confessed his last words to Yu Wen Hu, and also handed over the power in his hands to Yu Wen Hu.
When Yuwen Tai died, his eldest son was still young, with strong enemies on his side, and people's hearts were uneasy, and it was only after Yuwen Hu's appeasement that people's hearts gradually settled down.
After Yuwen Tai's death, Yuwen Hu took over the power of Yuwen Tai.
The Western Wei Emperor Tuoba Kuo made Yuwen Jue the Prince of Taishi, Ōtsuka Zai, and the Duke of Anding, and Yuwen Hu felt that the time had come, so he forced Tuoba Kuo to take the throne and supported Yuwen Tai's son Yuwen Jue to ascend to the throne, thus establishing the Northern Zhou regime.
Western Wei perished, and Emperor Gong Tuoba Kuo's personal demise, and soon after, Yuwen Hu killed Tuoba Kuo.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="21" > second, second kill: Emperor Xiaomin Yuwen Jue, imperial power was suspended</h1>
Yuwen Jue was Yuwen Tai's third son, and after Yuwen Hu forced Tuoba Kuo to ascend the throne, Yuwen Jue ascended the throne as emperor, becoming the true first emperor of Northern Zhou.
Although Yuwen Jue sat on the throne, he was just a puppet emperor, and in fact the power was in the hands of Yuwen Hu, who granted Yuwen Jue the post of Grand Sima and made him the Duke of Jinguo, with 10,000 households.
Yuwen Hu's power was too great, dugu Xin and Zhao Gui and others plotted to get rid of Yu Wen Hu, but Yu Wen Hu took advantage of Zhao Gui's entry into the dynasty to arrest Zhao Gui and put all the participants to death.
Afterwards, Yuwen Goku was given the title of Ōtsuka Zai and continued to rule, basically no one could shake his position, but at that time, some people were upset with Yu Yu and wanted to get rid of him.
Li Zhi, Sima Sun Heng, and others were important ministers of the imperial court when Yuwen Tai was in power, and they were worried about being ostracized, so they secretly invited Gong Bo Yifufeng, Zhang Guangluo, and others to speak to Yuwen Jue, saying that after Zhao Gui's death, Yuwen Hou's power was getting stronger and stronger, and many people went to rely on him, I am afraid that he will not abide by the duties of the courtiers, and hope that Yu Wenjue will make plans as soon as possible.
Yuwen Jue felt that these words were very reasonable, and he also wanted to get rid of Yuwen Hu.
Yuwen Jue led the samurai to teach grappling moves in the back garden many times, and such a blatant action was soon known to Yuwen Hu, who released Li Zhi and others, and quickly disintegrated the plans of these people.
Yuwen Jue missed Li Zhi and the others who had been released and wanted to summon them back.
Yuwen Hu played the affection card to Yu Wenjue, he said that the feelings between the brothers were the closest, and he was entrusted by Taizu on his deathbed, and did his best to assist Yu Wenjue, hoping that Yu Wenjue would not listen to the words of the villain, and when he was deposed, then the country would also be in danger.
Although Yuwen Husheng tearfully told him that he was not easy, Yuwen Jue's suspicion of him did not diminish.
Yi Fufeng and the others were timid in their hearts, after all, the plan leaked out, and their hearts were very weak, so they began to step up their plans again, decided to arrange a time to summon the dukes to a banquet, and then took the opportunity to seize Yuwen Hu and kill him.
Before the coup was launched, things were leaked first, so these people became turtles in an urn.
Yuwen Hu summoned Zhu Guo He Lanxiang and others, and He Lanxiang and the others all suggested that Yu Wenjue be abolished. At that time, Wei Chi Gang commanded the forbidden soldiers, and Yuwen Jue let him into the palace, summoned Yi Fufeng and others, and arrested them all.
After that, Yuwen Hu sent Helan Xiang to force Yuwen Jue to abdicate.
After Yuwen Jue was forced to abdicate, Yuwen Jue imprisoned him and killed him more than a month later, when Yu Wenjue was only 16 years old.
Of course, Li Zhi, Sun Heng and others were also killed.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="39" > third, third kill: Emperor Sejongming Yuwen Yu, too clever to be poisoned</h1>
After Yuwen Jue was forced to abdicate, Yuwen Hu went to Qishan to greet Yuwen Yu and make him emperor.
Yuwen Yu is the eldest son of Taizu Yuwen Tai, he has a smart personality and is also very courageous, so Yuwen Hu is very afraid of him, afraid of him fighting with himself, such a powerful person and is a righteous emperor, Yuwen Hu is easy to end if he is not careful.
In the first year of Wucheng, in order to test Yuwen Yu, Yuwen Yu demanded that the power of the government be returned to Yuwen Yu, but Yuwen Yu agreed, but the military affairs were still entrusted to Yuwen Yu.
Yuwen Hu probably smelled bad, so he began to make a cruel move, he promoted a man named Li An as a doctor under the dining department, and let him poison Yuwen Yu's meal.
In this way, Yuwen Yu was poisoned.
Yuwen Yu was the third emperor killed by Yuwen Yu, he was extremely powerful, and he had no scruples about harming the emperor, but the rise and fall of power was a historical necessity, and after Yuwen Yu's death, Yuwen Yu met his real opponent, Yuwen Yong.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="46" >4. The end of the powerful minister Yuwen Hu: prosperity and decline, towards extinction</h1>
Yuwen Yong was the fourth son of Taizu Yuwen Tai, who showed rare alertness and intelligence at an early age.
Although after Yuwen Yong sat on the throne, the major affairs of the imperial court still had to be decided by Yuwen Hu, the left and right twelve armies were also controlled by Yuwen Hu, and the army requisition only obeyed Yu Wen Hu's orders, but even so, Yu Wen Hu was finally eliminated by him.
In the third year of Baoding, that is, in 563, the Turks led troops to the appointment and wanted to unite with Northern Zhou to use troops against Northern Qi, but at this time, Yuwen Hu's mother had just been released from Northern Qi, and Yuwen Hu did not want to use troops in unison, but he was worried about the dishonesty of Fan State, afraid that there would be disasters on the border in the future.
Therefore, although the large army set out to Tongguan, Yuwen Hu also sent Wei Chiyi to lead 100,000 elite troops as the vanguard, the general Quan Jingxuan led the troops south of Mount Hua to attack Yuzhou, and the young division Yang Min sent troops from Xuanguan. However, after the siege of Luoyang, he thought that victory was in sight but did not return.
This time, Yuwen Hu's personal prestige has been greatly reduced.
Yuwen Hu did not blame him, he still wanted the wind to wind and the rain to rain, on the whole, although he was a man with a broad temperament, but there was no overall view, none of the people he appointed were competent, and his sons were also greedy and mighty.
In the seventh year of Tianhe (572), Yuwen Yong went to Wen'an Hall, met Yuwen Hu, and led him to see the empress dowager, and when Yuwen Hu was about to enter the Hanren Hall, Yuwen Yong told him that the empress dowager was old, liked to drink, and had a moody temper, hoping that he would go in and persuade the empress.
After speaking, Yuwen Yong took out a copy of the "Wine Curse", hoping that Yuwen Hu would persuade the Empress Dowager according to this, and Yu WenHu would recite the "Wine Curse" to the Empress Dowager according to Yuwen Yong's instructions, but before he could finish reading it, Yuwen Yong beat him from behind with a jade wat, and Yuwen Hu was knocked to the ground.
Yuwen Yong asked the eunuch to fight Yuwen Hu again, but the eunuch did not dare, at this time, Yuwen Hu, who had been hiding in the room beforehand, rushed out and cut Yu Wen Hu, so that Yuwen Hu, who was turning clouds and rain in the Northern Zhou Dynasty Hall, was removed.
After Yuwen Hu was removed, Yuwen Yong arrested Yuwen Yong's son Yu Wenhui of the Pillar State tanguo, the grand general Yu Wenzhi of Juguo, the chongye gong Yuwen Jing, and the Zhengping gong Yuwen Qianjia, as well as Yuwen Qianji, Yuwen Qianguang, Yuwen Qianwei, Yuwen Qianzu, Yuwen Qianwei, and others, and arrested Marquis Fuhou Longen of the Pillar State, Long En's brother The Great General Wanshou, the Great General Liu Yong, the Chinese and Foreign Governor Silu Yin Zhengyi, Yuan Jie, and Li An, the Grand Master of the Imperial Household, and killed them all.