Speaking of the marriage system in ancient China, many people's first reaction is that men can marry many wives, especially the emperor, and the harem beauty is three thousand, which is simply not too comfortable. But in fact, this is problematic, strictly speaking, the ancient marriage system in our country was monogamous and polygamous concubines. You see so many emperors, and the empresses are only one person. If you want to change the queen, either wait for the previous queen to die, or abolish it. In short, the reigning queens are all alone.
But there was one emperor who sealed five empresses in one go. And even this is not satisfied, drinking and having fun with the beauties of the harem every day.
This emperor was Yuwen Yun of Northern Zhou.
This Yuwen Yun has never taken the normal path. When his father died, he cursed at the coffin, scolding his father for dying too late. You know, our country has always attached great importance to filial piety, especially the royal family. The normal emperor died, and although the prince was the successor of Lingqian, he also had to keep filial piety, and he had to have a very sad look. However, Yuwen Yun didn't even want to do it, and directly scolded his father's body, which was also the only one among the emperors.
Since succeeding to the throne, Yuwen Yun has elected beautiful women in the national election, enriched his harem, and also searched for his father's harem, and everyone who looked up to it laughed at it. In order to give his favored woman a name, Yuwen Yun directly crowned five empresses.
When he was crown prince, Yang Yuehua, who was married by Ming Media, was named the Grand Empress of Tianyuan, and then the other four favored concubines were named The Great Empress of Tianzuo, the Great Empress of Tianzuo, the Great Empress of Tianyou, and the Great Empress of Tianzhong. For a while, after five years, the life of the harem is simply wonderful.
After the Great Seal of The Empress, Yuwen Yun still felt that he was not very happy, so he learned an ancient Zen concession system, ceded his throne to his eight-year-old son, and then became the Emperor himself. Call the place where you live on the rooftop, and declare the sky to the outside world. All courtiers who came to see him had to fast for three days in advance and bathe and purify themselves for one day, otherwise they would be regarded as disrespectful to the emperor and immediately sent to prison for questioning.
Such a ridiculous thing may not be able to see it in the end. Yuwen Yun succeeded to the throne only two years ago, because of his absurdity, his body was destroyed, and he eventually died. At this time, Yuwen Yun was only 22 years old.
Suddenly, Yuwen Yun fooled himself, was ruthless and wanton, and played himself to death. But his father, The Northern Zhou Emperor Yuwen Yong, was also very responsible. Yuwen Yong's discipline of Yuwen Yun was very strict, often ordering people to spy on Yuwen Yun, as long as there was a little mistake, Yuwen Yun would be punished and scolded by Yuwen Yun, and even said to Yuwen Yun: In the previous dynasty, when the prince was finally deposed, there were many. Can't my other sons be princes except you? Yuwen Yun lived trembling every day, afraid that one day he would offend his father, he would be deposed as the prince, and eventually lost his life.
Think about it, a person who has lived in a state of high pressure for more than ten years, and can still be mentally normal and has not become a madman, it is impossible. Therefore, Yuwen Yun's out-of-the-ordinary behaviors were also a violent rebound after the end of the high pressure, thus becoming crazy and crazy.
However, throughout the ages, this kind of thing in the royal family has been innumerable. The temptation of power, once stained, cannot be removed.