In the film and television drama about the late Sui and early Tang dynasties, there is a notorious traitor and rebel minister, who reverts to his surname Yuwen and is named Huahe. Yu culture and cunning and treachery, jealousy and jealousy, vicious heart... He is the second most famous villain after the Sui Emperor Yang Guang. Yu Wenhua and a second son of the world's martial arts, Yuwen Chengdu, Yuwen Chengdu fights all over the world, unless he encounters Li Yuanba, the son of Tang Gaozu Li Yuan. All in all, Yu Wenhua is a super bad guy like Dong Zhuo at the end of the Han Dynasty.
Modern Sui and Tang film and television dramas were born out of the Sui and Tang novels of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the Sui and Tang novels of the Ming and Qing dynasties were born out of the real History of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, so in the real history of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, what kind of character is Yu Culture and what kind of character is it? I think many people will be curious about this. In fact, Yu culture and literary image blend the experiences and stories of the two generations of the Yuwen family, and the rise and fall of him alone is the rise and fall of the entire family.
Yuwen Chengdu's film and television drama image
<h1>A family of military merit</h1>
Don't look at Yu Wenhua and also surname Yuwen, he and the famous Yuwen Tai are not related by blood. Yu Wenhuahe's ancestral home was a native of Wuchuan, Northern Wei Dynasty County, whose ancestors had served as the military lord of Woye Town for generations, and his original surname was Broken Wild Head, and then changed his surname to Yuwen.
In the last year of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Yu Wenhua and his grandfather Yuwen Sheng followed Yuwen Tai on the battlefield, pacified Marquis Mo Chenyue, and made a battle for Yuwen Tai to stand on Guanzhong. After the establishment of Western Wei, Yuwen Sheng followed Yuwen Tai against The Eastern Wei vassal Gao Huan, and made military achievements in various wars such as Xiaoguan, Hongnong, and Shayuan. After the establishment of Northern Zhou, Yuwen Sheng followed Helan Xiang in defeating Tuguhun in 559, Yu Wenxian in his campaign against Northern Qi in 571, and Yuwen Yong in Northern Qi in 576, all of whom made military merits.
Yuwen Sheng relied on his various military achievements and political wisdom to be able to carry out official luck and prosperity, and finally the official was the supreme pillar state, and was knighted as the Duke of Zhongcheng County, with 4,600 households. The reason why Yuwen Sheng has political wisdom is because he did not bring the style of confronting the enemy on the battlefield to politics.
After the establishment of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the real power was controlled by Yuwen Tai's nephew Yuwen Hu, and his sons became puppets, and Yuwen Hu became the "uncrowned king". Yuwen Hu's monopoly on power and soaring naturally attracted the opposition of many political enemies, and Zhao Gui, the founding hero of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the same "Eight Pillars of Western Wei" as Yuwen Tai, was one of them. When Zhao Gui was about to murder Yuwen Hu, Yu Wensheng found Yu Wenhu and exposed Zhao Gui's crimes, and then Zhao Gui was killed, so Yuwen sheng gained Yuwen Hu's trust, and Yu Wensheng's son Yuwen Shu also gained Yuwen Hu's favor.
Yuwen Hu's film and television drama image
After Emperor Wu of Zhou removed the powerful minister Yuwen Hu, he did not pursue the fault of Yu Wensheng's father and son party for attaching Yu Wenhu, but continued to reuse Yu Wensheng's father and son, and Yu Wensheng's father and son once again avoided the political storm that was vital to life and death. Yuwen Sheng died during the reign of Emperor Wu of Zhou's son Yuwen Yun of Zhou, and after Emperor Xuan of Zhou's death, Yang Jian took the throne as Emperor Xuan of Zhou's father-in-law, and Yuwen Shu fell to Yang Jian and followed Wei Xiaokuan to suppress Wei Chi's rebellion, laying a military foundation for Emperor Wen of Sui to seize the throne.
In 588, Yuwen Shu participated in the Sui Dynasty's war to pacify Southern Chen, leading 30,000 Sui troops to cross the river from Liuhe and occupy Shicheng in support of Han Huhu and He Ruobi. In the first month of the following year, after Han Captured Tiger occupied Jiankang, Chen's generals Xiao Yong and Xiao Yan still occupied the land of the Three Wus to resist the Sui Dynasty, and Yuwen Shu soon used the autumn wind to sweep away the fallen leaves to pacify Xiao Yan and Xiao Yan, making a great contribution to the unification of the world by the Sui Emperor Yang Jian.
After the fall of Southern Chen, Emperor Wen of Sui appointed Yuwen Shu as the governor of Anzhou. Soon after, Yuwen Shu was transferred to Shouzhou Assassin History. Yuwen Shu's transfer is of great significance, in a sense, this transfer changed the direction of the history of the Sui Dynasty. Yuwen Shu and Yang Guang, the King of Jin, were a pair of friends who were close friends, and Yang Guang, the King of Jin, not only served as a marching marshal in the Battle of Pingchen and restrained the generals on the front line, but also served as the governor of Yangzhou after the war, and the town guarded Jiangdu. In order to get Yuwen Shu to come to his side, Yang Guang asked Emperor Wen of Sui to transfer Yuwen Shu to Shouzhou Assassin History.
Yang Guang transferred his good friend Yuwen Shu to his side, not only to talk about the world, but also to let Yu Wenshu help him do a big thing - to seize the position of prince. Yang Guang did not hesitate to gold and silver treasures, and asked Yuwen Shu to contact the korean and Chinese magnates on his behalf. Yuwen Shu used a ruse to persuade Yang Yue, the younger brother of Yang Su, the chancellor of the dynasty, and then through Yang Yue to persuade Yang Su to persuade the powerful people in the court to support Yang Guang to replace Yang Yong. Yang Su took people's money, did things for people, and cooperated with Yang Guangli, and finally overthrew Yang Yong, making Yang Guang a prince. After Yang Guang became crown prince and emperor as he wished, he constantly promoted Yuwen Shu and made Yu Wenshu the Duke of Xu, and Yuwen Shu thus became a favorite of the Sui Emperor.
The film and television drama image of the Sui Dynasty Emperor
Yuwen recounted that he would enter the xiang and successively participated in the western conquest of Tuguhun, the eastern conquest of Goguryeo, and the suppression of Yang Xuangan. Yuwen Shu won a great victory during the Western Expedition to Tuguhun, but was defeated in the Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo, and regained a great victory when suppressing Yang Xuangan, and his military career rose and fell greatly, but this did not affect his position in the heart of the Sui Emperor. Yuwen Shuqu meant flattering the Sui Emperor, who was very fond of Yuwen Shu, and Yuwen Shu was therefore flying around and amassing money everywhere, so that "hundreds of people in the backyard dragged Luo Qi, and thousands of people in the family were all controlled by good horses and were served with gold and jade."
At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world was in chaos, and Yuwen Shu persuaded the Sui Emperor to take refuge in Jiangdu, and the Sui Emperor readily agreed, and from then on, the Sui Emperor stayed in Jiangdu. When Yuwen Shu was seriously ill, the Sui Emperor sent someone to comfort Yu Wenshu: "There must be something to be said, what do you want to say?" Yuwen Shu replied, "Hua Ji is the eldest son of a courtier, and he has already prepared for the mansion, and may His Majesty have mercy on him." When the Sui Emperor heard about it, he assured Yuwen Shu, "I will not forget." After Yuwen Shu received an answer from the Sui Emperor, he no longer worried about the aftermath, so he died peacefully. The Sui Emperor gave Yuwen Shu situ, Shang Shu Ling, and the title of Ten Counties Taishou, gave Gong the title of Gong, buried Yu Wenshu thickly, appointed Yu Wenhua and made him a general of right tun wei, and kept his promise.
<h1>Towards destruction</h1>
Yuwen Shusheng had Yu Wenhua, Yuwen Zhihe, Yu Wenshi and three sons. The Yuwen family was rich and noble, and Yu Wenshi and his wife were princess Nanyang, the daughter of the Sui Emperor, so Yu Wenhua and Yuwen Zhi, relying on their father's power and brother's relationship, did not follow the law and acted recklessly in Chang'an, so the people called Yu Wenhua and "light and thin prince".
Although Yu Wenhua and it attracted the hatred of the people, this did not affect his career. As early as when the Sui Emperor was crown prince, Yu Wenhuahe served as a subordinate official of the crown prince, and was transferred to the prince's servant, and was later dismissed several times for accepting bribes, but was soon reinstated as an official. The Sui Dynasty Emperor did not punish Yu Wenhua and his guilt, and Yu Wenhua became more arrogant and bullied Gongqing. After the Sui Emperor succeeded to the throne, Yu Wenhua and the official fortunes were prosperous, but they knew that the law was broken, which completely angered the Sui Emperor, who did not pardon Yu Wenhua this time, but punished Yu Culture and enslaved it, interrupting Yu Culture and career. If it were not for his father Yuwen Shu's intercession for Yu Wenhua before his death, Yu Wenhua and his comeback road would have been very difficult. After Yu Wenhua became a general of the Right Tun Wei, Yuwen Zhihe was also pardoned and appointed by the Sui Emperor as a general as a minor prisoner.
The Sui Emperor stayed in Jiangdu and was reluctant to return to the Central Plains, which made the homesick Janissary generals dissatisfied, and the Janissaries generals plotted to launch a rebellion. The Janissary generals Sima Dejie, Zhao Xingshu, pei Qiantong, and others first persuaded Yuwen Zhi, who had inferior character, to join him, and then joined forces with Liyu culture and dominated, and set an appointment date to launch a rebellion. After Yu Wenhua learned of his brother Yuwen Zhi and the conspiracy with the Janissary generals, he was frightened and sweaty at first, but only later settled down and accepted the established facts.
In March 618, the Janissaries launched a fierce rebellion, and after a successful attack, they imprisoned the Sui Emperor, supported the Liyu culture, and became the chancellor. After Yu Wenhua and sent LingHu Xingda to kill the Sui Emperor, Yang Hao, the nephew of the Sui Emperor, became emperor and led the Janissaries on a journey back to the Central Plains.
Yu culture and film and television drama image
Yu Wenhua and once he gained power, he regarded himself as emperor, but he did not have the military talents of his grandfather Yuwen Sheng and his father Yuwen Shu, and he would only use his power to strengthen his authority and let the Janissaries serve his selfish desires. Soon, the Janissaries generals broke out into dissatisfaction with Yu Wenhua and, they continued to rebel on the way, even Sima Deshu and Zhao Xingshu, who had originally supported Yu Wenhua, were ready to lead an attack on Yu Wenhua and Zhao Xingshu, but Sima Dejian and Zhao Xingshu also had opponents, and their opponents found Yu Wenhua and whistleblowers, Yu Wenhua and preemptive action, killed Sima Dehua and Zhao Xingshu and their henchmen, and consolidated their position. In this way, the janissaries who launched the rebellion went all the way to the west, and then killed each other on the way, and finally crossed the Yellow River, approached Liyang, and set foot on the land of the Central Plains.
At this time in the Central Plains, Li Mi of Wagangzhai and Yang Tong, the Yue king of Luoyang, were fighting fiercely. Li Yang was Li Mi's territory, and for Li Mi, Yu Wenhua and the elite soldiers leading the Sui Dynasty took the initiative to attack themselves, undoubtedly dispersing their own forces to attack Luoyang. And Yang Tong was the grandson of the Sui Emperor, that is to say, Yu Wenhua and Yang Tong's killing of relatives and enemies, for Yang Tong, the revenge of killing relatives could not be repaid, but he had to guard against Li Mi's attack. Yu Wenhua and the large army suppressed the situation, so that Li Mi and Yang Tong were caught in a dilemma, and the best way to solve this situation was to first join forces to defeat Yu Wenhua and then continue to dominate the Central Plains. Therefore, Yang Tong and Li Mi made Gange a jade warrior, appointed Li Mi as a lieutenant, and asked Li Mi to send troops to attack Yu Wenhua, and Li Mi gladly accepted the appointment.
After Li Mi launched an attack on Yu Wenhua, the two sides engaged in a fierce battle at Liyang. Yu culture and combat were unfavorable, and The general Hongda was captured by Li Misheng and sent to Luoyang to be tortured. Yu Wenhua was defeated and ran out of food, so he had to cross the Yongji Canal and fight with Li Mi at Tongshan while gathering the front line of food supply in Dong County. Dongjun Taishou Wang lu was blackmailed too fiercely and could not bear it, so he surrendered to Li Mi. After Yu Wenhua learned that Wang Ji had surrendered to Li Mi, he hurriedly withdrew his troops from Ji County, at this time, Yu Wenhua and his generals saw that the general situation had gone, and also led their troops to surrender to Li Mi, Yu Wenhua and yu Wenhua lost ground, and finally led the remnants north to Wei County.
In Wei County, Yu Wenhua and his generals launched a rebellion, and Although Yu Wenhua used cruel repression to quell the rebellion, it also weakened its own strength. Yu Wenhua, knowing that his future is pessimistic, complains that his younger brother Yuwen Zhi and the Janissary generals originally supported him as the mastermind of the rebellion, and Yu Wenzhi and Yu Wenzhi also refuted it, and the brothers also had a conflict. Since then, Yu Wenhua and every day to borrow wine to dispel their sorrows, mixed to live a day.
Yu Wenhua and in the absence of hope in life, made a decision with a self-amusing nature - poisoning Yang Hao, declaring himself emperor, giving the name of the country Xu and jiannian the name of Tianshou, and becoming the emperor of a city.
In 619, the Tang general Li Shentong led the army to attack Yu Wenhua and, Yu Wenhua and the Tang army were defeated, retreating to Liaocheng, Li Shentong took advantage of the victory to pursue, besieged Liaocheng, but could not be overcome, so withdrew. Li Shentong's front foot had just retired, Dou Jiande's back foot came, and Yu Wenhua used gold and silver treasures to attract Shandong thief Wang Bo to help him defend the city. After Wang Bo entered Liaocheng and obtained the gold and silver treasures, he immediately turned his face and did not recognize anyone, opened the city gate and put dou Jiande's army, which Dou Jiande then captured Yu Wenhua and Yu Wenzhi and his brothers and their henchmen, and destroyed xu guo.
Yu Culture and The Road Map to the North to the Central Plains
In real history, Yu Wenhua was not cunning and treacherous, nor did he have the brave and warlike son of Yuwen Chengdu, although he was born in a family of military merit, he did not have any military talent, just a clumsy son with inferior morals. The Janissaries used Yu culture and launched a rebellion to eliminate the Sui Emperor, but only valued the yuwen family's prominent reputation. Yu Wenhua and neither the ability to control the Janissary generals nor the ability to deal with the Central Plains Qunxiong, his defeat is inevitable. Yu Wenhua and in the case of despair of life, once again killed the king, established themselves as emperors, completely entertaining themselves, which is undoubtedly a wonderful irony.
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