Western Wei deposed Emperor Yuanqin
Yuan Qin was the second emperor of Western Wei, and after Yuan Baoju's death, Yuan Qin, as the eldest son, ascended the throne as the new emperor. Yuan Qin's mother was Yuan Baoju's favored empress Yifu, and it seemed logical that the eldest son of Yuan Qin succeeded to the throne, but in the turbulent Western Wei at that time, Yuan Qin's end was not good, not only became the deposed emperor, but also lost his own life. What happened during the life of The Deposed Emperor Yuan Qin of the Western Wei Dynasty?
Portrait of Yuan Qin, emperor of the Western Wei Dynasty
Yuan Baoju's ascension to the throne was based on the great general Yuwen Tai, and Yuwen Tai, as the main supporter of the imperial throne, after the establishment of Western Wei, was naturally in power, and in addition to holding the main power of the country, he also monopolized the government of the dynasty, making the throne almost a fictitious. Under such circumstances, Yuan Qin's succession to the throne was very unfavorable.
Although the Western Wei deposed emperor Yuan Qin ascended the throne as emperor, but in the face of Yuwen Tai, the emptiness of imperial power became a thorn in the heart of the Western Wei deposed emperor Yuan Qin, in order to regain the actual power, with the help of the Yuan clan, Yuan Qin made a careful plan, but the matter was revealed, the suspected mastermind of seizing power yuan lie was killed, Yuwen Tai's strong posture made Yuan Qin more dissatisfied, so he took the action of seizing power again, and thus completely angered Yu Wentai, Yuwen Tai decisively deposed Yuan Qin, and established one of Yuan Qin's brothers as the new emperor.
After Yuan Qin was deposed, he was first imprisoned by Yuwen Tai in Youzhou, and then, in order to prevent the resurgence of Yuan Qin's forces, Yu Wentai carried out a major cleanup of the imperial court, and many ministers close to Yuan Qin suffered a catastrophe, which was not enough, Yuwen Tai sent people to add poison to Yuan Qin's diet, and the young emperor was eventually poisoned in his own forbidden place.
Cause of death of Yuan Qin
Yuan Qin was the second emperor of Western Wei, and Yuan Qin's father was Yuan Baoju, the founding emperor of Western Wei. After Yuan Qin succeeded to the throne, he was very passive in the face of Yuwen Tai's monopoly of power. In order to strengthen the imperial power, a series of open and secret struggles began between him and Yuwentai, and the delicate relationship between Yuanqin and Yuwentai was an important cause of Yuanqin's death.
Picture of Yuan Qin, deposed emperor of the Western Wei Dynasty
Political disunity is the most fundamental cause of Yuan Qin's death. After Yuan Qin ascended the throne, he was determined to be an emperor who worked hard to govern, and he wanted to concentrate all the power of the country in his own hands, but because Yuwen Tai had deep roots in the imperial court, if he wanted to regain power, he had to take a clever strategy. Therefore, Yuan Qin and Shangshu at that time discussed and planned to kill Yuwen Tai, but the matter was revealed, Yuwen Tai was greatly angry, Shangshu Yuanlie was killed, and Yuan Qin's safety was also affected.
Yuan qin was deposed, Yuwen Tai chose one of Yuan Qin's brothers to be the new emperor, and considering what Yuan Qin had done before, Yu Wentai still could not let go, in April of that year, Yu Wentai began to plan to kill Yuan Qin, and then he found someone to poison Yuan Qin's diet, killing Yuan Qin in the prison place of Youzhou, this ambitious emperor Yuan Qin, in this way, was poisoned by his own ministers.