The two emperors of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian, the Sui Wen Emperor, and Yang Guang, the Sui Emperor, were father and son, one afraid of his wife and the other good at disguise.
Emperor Wen of Sui's empress Dowager Dugu was the daughter of Sima Duguxin of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and married Emperor Wen of Sui at the age of fourteen. On the day of marriage, DuGushi showed her strong style, forcing Yang Jian to swear that she would not marry another woman in this life and would never have children with other women.
The reason why dugu clan dared to do this was because her father had a heavy army, and second, she herself was also quite courageous. When Emperor Xuan of Northern Zhou died that year, and Yang Jian was in the palace as the prime minister of the imperial government as the father-in-law of the young lord Jing Emperor, she said to her husband: "Now that the overall situation is like this, you are already riding a tiger, so you might as well let go of your hands and feet and do your best!" So Yang Jian accepted The Zen Concession, ascended to the emperor's throne, and then made her empress.
The solitary is also reflected in another thing. Once, Yin Shou, the governor of Youzhou, reported that in the trade with the Turks, there was a box of pearls worth eight million, and persuaded her to buy them. Du Lonely said: "I don't need these jewels, today Rong Di has repeatedly invaded our country, and the soldiers on the side have worked hard and shed blood and sacrificed, so it is better to reward these eight million to the meritorious ministers." ”
Emperor Yang Jian of Sui favored and feared Empress Dugu, and listened to her in many things. Every time Emperor Wen ascended to the throne, the Lone Empress always rode with him and stopped in front of the palace gate. When the emperor retreated, she waited in front of the palace gate to return together, and then set up a banquet to rest and get along very well. The Dugu Empress also often discussed political affairs with Emperor Yang Jian, and the two agreed on the past, and were known as the "Second Saint" in the palace.
In the thirteenth year of the reign of Emperor Kai, Emperor Wen ordered the construction of Renshou Palace in the north of Qizhou, and ordered Zuo Bu to supervise yang Su to build it. Yang Su made the scale very large, to build palaces, and even fill in the valleys of the mountains. Throughout his life, Emperor Wen of Sui advocated frugality and opposed luxury. Fifteen years after the opening of the emperor, Renshou Palace was completed. When Emperor Wen arrived there, he saw that the palace was very magnificent, and said angrily: "Yang Su did his best to build the palace, so that I could resent the people of the world." ”
Yang Su was very scared when he heard this, worried that he would be punished. However, after being alone, he was very satisfied with this palace, and Emperor Wen's attitude changed. The next day, yang Su was summoned, and instead of blaming him, he gave him millions of dollars and three thousand pieces of silk.
Lonely and jealous, yang jian cannot be tolerated to have other women. The granddaughter of lieutenant Chi Yi was very beautiful, and had grown up in the palace in her early years. Emperor Wen met her one day at Renshou Palace and was very fond of her, so he got close to her.
The poor girl was killed because of this. When Emperor Wen ascended to the throne, he quietly ordered someone to kill Wei Chiyi's granddaughter. When Emperor Wen heard about the situation, he was almost mad with anger. Even so, the emperor, who was afraid of his wife, did not dare to tell the empress what to do, nor even to ask her face to face. The result of the emperor's anger was to ride out of the palace garden on his horse alone, and he chose no road to enter the deep mountains and valleys for more than twenty miles.
The ministers Gao Hao and Yang Su were frightened, and then chased after them in a hurry, grabbed the reins of the horse and persuaded them, Emperor Wen sighed and complained bitterly: "As a son of heaven, I have no freedom!" Gao Hao then persuaded, "Your Majesty, how can you despise the world because of a woman?" The two ministers persuaded for a long time, and Emperor Wen's anger calmed down a little, and he stayed in the horse for a long time, and only returned to the palace in the middle of the night.
Later, after being alone, she heard Gao Hao say that she was a woman, and she held a grudge in her heart, so she often slandered him in front of Emperor Wen, and Gao Hao was eventually framed and removed from the government.
Emperor Wen of Sui and the empress had five sons. Emperor Wen of Sui once said: "In the past, emperors had too many wives, and their sons were different from mothers, so there was a dispute. Unlike my five sons, a mother and siblings, there will be no such thing as a quarrel in the future. But it was just one of his wishes.
Soon after the Sui Dynasty unified China, Emperor Wen's second son, Yang Guang, began to brew a concubine. His brother Prince Yang Yong was a standard playboy, rough and brash, informal. The lone queen is not only jealous of herself, but also jealous of other women, and hates men to beg for their wives the most. Crown Prince Yang Yong had many young wives, and his wife Yuan Shi died suddenly, and the Dugu Empress suspected that Yang Yong's concubine Yun Shi had caused harm, so she became more and more dissatisfied with Yang Yong. Emperor Wen Yang Jian advocated frugality, opposed extravagance, and hated spending time and wine, and Prince Yang Yong preferred music, singing, and drinking and feasting all night.
In response to the likes and dislikes of the old couple, Yang Guang carefully catered to them in a planned way. Yang Guang was only his wife, Concubine Xiao, and this alone was deeply praised and loved by the old woman. The emperor and empress once went to the second son Yang Guang's house and found that all the servants were old and ugly, and the instruments on the shelves were covered with dust, and even the strings were not there, and they could not help but praise them. Every time the empress dowager sent people to her sons, Yang Yong only treated them as servants, but Yang Guang was not, he and his wife must both stand at the door, personally greet them, and send generous gifts. Therefore, there was no maid who came and went without praising him for his kindness and filial piety. All the empress dowager heard was a voice praising Yang Guang.
Yang Guang was handsome in appearance, astute and intelligent since childhood, had a high level of knowledge, had a good literary attainment, could write a good article, was very sincere to anyone, modest and courteous, especially befriended important officials of the imperial court, including Yang Jian's most trusted Shangshu Zuo servant Yang Su. What he shows is frugality, simplicity, humility, humility, tireless learning, courtesy of corporals, and no love of dogs and horses, combining human virtues.
Once Yang Guang went to watch a hunting activity, it rained, and sent raincoats to the left and right, Yang Guang said: "The soldiers are all soaked in their clothes, am I the only one wearing a raincoat?" So the order was given to take the raincoat away.
In 600, Yang Jian listened to the advice of the Dugu Empress and the chancellor Yang Su, and ordered Yang Yong to be reduced to a commoner, imprisoned in Chang'an Shengong, and made Yang Guang, the Prince of Jin, crown prince.
In 604 AD, the year after the death of Empress Dugu, Yang Jian went to Renshou Palace (Linyou, Shaanxi), one hundred and twenty kilometers northwest of Chang'an, to escape the summer, and his illness was severe, and Yang Guang entered the palace to serve. Also serving on the sickbed was Emperor Wen's favorite Lady Chen (Chen Shubao's sister).
Yang Guang had long coveted the beautiful and incomparable Lady Chen. At dawn one day, when Mrs. Chen went to the toilet, Yang Guang suddenly jumped out from behind and hugged him. Lady Chen broke free and fled back, Yang Jian looked at her in a hurry, asked what was going on, Lady Chen wept and said, "The prince is rude." ”
Emperor Wen, who was seriously ill, said angrily, "How can this beast entrust great things?" It was the lone fox who mistook me! ”
In anger, the emperor summoned two of his henchmen, Shangshu Liushu of the Bingbu And Yuanyan, the Yellow Gate Attendant, and said, "Summon my son!" The two of them thought they were going to summon the crown prince Yang Guang, and Emperor Wen groaned and said, "It is Yang Yong of Chang'an." After the two men came out and hurriedly wrote the emperor's edict, they let the left servant Shoot Yang Su look over. Yang Su immediately told Yang advertising secretly after he knew about it.
At Yang Guang's behest, Yang Su immediately arrested two close officials, dispatched troops to martial law, surrounded Renshou Palace, and cut off internal and external communications. Yang Guang sent his subordinate Zhang Heng (later killed by Yang Guang) to break into Yang Jian's bedroom, drive Lady Chen and all the palace ladies out, pick up Yang Jian, and slam him on the chest. Yang Jian spat out blood and died with a scream.
Lady Chen and several palace ladies who were driven to the other room soon heard that the emperor had died, and when they knew that something had happened, they were frightened and trembled.
That night, Crown Prince Yang Guang sent someone to send Lady Chen a personally sealed Jin Hezi to send an emissary to Jin Hezi, and Lady Chen was very frightened when she saw it, thinking that it was poison, and Yang Guang wanted to kill her, and did not dare to open Jin Hezi. At the urging of the people who came, they had to open the seal with trembling hands, and the golden hezhong was not a deadly poison, but a number of concentric knots of affection. The palace ladies who were silent and silent were also relieved and said happily, "You can avoid death!" ”
Mrs. Chen sat still with anger on her face and refused to thank her. Finally, under the common persecution of all the palace women, there was no choice but to hate and thank you. That night, he was summoned by Yang Guang and had to do whatever he wanted. At this time, it was only a few hours before Emperor Wen was killed, and he had not yet been mourned.
The second eldest who wants to continue to be on the throne is doomed not to be smooth sailing. In order to seize the big position, Yang Guangtian seamlessly disguised himself for more than ten years without being exposed, and he was indeed a master of disguise. Although the image of leaving a hypocrite is not very honorable, it is always less bloody and cruel than the noonday change launched by Li Shimin in later generations. However, at the last and most important critical moment, Yang Guang, who had been disguised for more than ten years, could no longer continue to control himself, and tore off his disguise and revealed his true nature. The incident developed to this point, so this guy simply did not stop and created the horrific RenshouGong father murder case in history.