Throughout the next five thousand years of Chinese history, the traitors of power and courtiers are like carps crossing the river, and the famous ones such as Wang Mang, Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao, Sima Yi, etc. There are very few who dare to kill the king, but there is only one person who kills the three emperors.
Yuwen Hu (513 – 572 CE), courtesy name Sabao, was a native of Wuchuan, Dai Commandery, a member of the Xianbei clan, and a nephew of Yuwen Tai, Emperor Wen of Northern Zhou. After Yuwen Tai's death, he became Ōtsuka Zai, and his power fell to the opposition.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > the dying orphan and killed Emperor Gong</h1>
When Yuwen Hu was young, he was dignified and upright, and had great ambitions, and successively served Ge Rong and Erzhu Rong with his father's ancestors. After the defeat of the Erzhu clan, Yuwen Hu came to Pingliang to manage the internal affairs and housekeeping for Yuwen Tai.
Later, in the Battle of Shayuan, the Battle of Heqiao, and the Battle of Qiushan with Eastern Wei, Yuwen Hu had extraordinary performances, and was promoted to the rank of Grand General of CheQi and Kaifu Yi Tongsan Division because of his military merits.
In the third year of The Western Wei Gong Emperor, Yuwen Tai traveled west to inspect, and when he arrived at The Qitun Mountain, he suddenly fell ill and was bedridden. Yuwen Tai knew that he was in danger and would soon die, and began to prepare for the matter of orphanage.
Considering that his four sons were still young and could not hold down the civil and military officials, Yuwen Tai hurriedly summoned his nephew Yuwen Hu, took his hand and said, "I know that I will soon die, but my sons are still young, undecided inside and outside, and everything is not peaceful, I hope you will assist them and fulfill my last wish!" ”
Yuwen Hu accepted the heavy responsibility of entrusting himself in tears, and in the same year deposed Emperor Gong of Western Wei as the Duke of Song, and installed Yuwen Tai's third son Yuwen Jue as emperor and established Northern Zhou. Yuwen Hu was given the title of Grand Sima and Duke of Jin, with 10,000 households.
The following year, Yuwen Hu sent people to kill the deposed emperor Tuoba Kuo, leaving him with the notoriety of being a murderer.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > re-kill Emperor Xiaomin</h1>
After Emperor Xiaomin succeeded to the throne, the elder pillar generals Zhao Gui and DuGuxin, who were the same generation as Yuwen Tai, began to look at Yuwen Hu's flying and fierce, and decided to kill this powerful descendant.
Unexpectedly, the conspiracy of the two was revealed, and Yuwen Hu preemptively killed Zhao Gui on the way to the upper court, and forced DuGuxin to commit suicide.
The killing of the Two Pillar States made Sihui Li Wei and Sima Sun Huan begin to worry about their fate, so they joined forces with Gong Bo yifufeng, Zhang Guangluo, He Batti, Yuan Jin and others to tell Emperor Xiaomin about Yuwen Hu's stubbornness and cruelty, and demanded that Yuwen Hu be killed.
Emperor Xiaomin Yuwen Jue was also dissatisfied with Yuwen Hu's killing ministers, but before the plan was planned, he was informed by Zhang Guangluo to Yuwen Hu.
Therefore, Yuwen Hu sent Wei Chi Gang to lead his troops into the palace, captured Yi Fufeng, Zhang Guangluo, He Bati, Yuan Jin and others, and ordered HeLanxiang to force Emperor Xiaomin to abdicate and imprison him.
Yuwen Hu denounced their plot to the Wenwu Hundred Officials, beheaded Yi Fufeng and the others one by one, and also captured and killed Li Wei and Sun Huan. Not long after, the Xiaomin Emperor Yuwen Jue was also killed by Yuwen Hu, who died at the age of nineteen and reigned for only nine months, becoming the shortest-lived founding emperor in history.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > also killed Emperor Xiaoming</h1>
After Emperor Xiaomin's death, Yuwen Hu feared that his wings were not yet full and did not dare to claim the title of emperor, so he made Yuwen Taishu's eldest son Yuwen Yu emperor for Emperor Xiaoming. Emperor Xiaoming made Yuwen Hu the Prince of Taishi and rewarded him with a chariot and a crown, and his son Yuwen Zhi was also made the Duke of Chongye County.
In the first year of Wucheng, Yuwen Hu pretended to write a letter to return the power of the imperial government to Emperor Xiaoming in order to test his ambitions, but Emperor Xiaoming was relieved to accept it. However, the military and political power was still firmly in the hands of Yuwen Hu.
Yuwen Yu was talented and courageous, and unlike Emperor Gong of Western Wei and Emperor Xiaomin, he always opposed Yuwen Hu in the affairs of the imperial court and often had the upper hand, which made Yu Wen Hu start to worry and worry.
Of course, Yuwen Hu could not sit idly by and watch Yuwen Yu grow bigger, and he would die without a place to bury himself. It happened that there was a diner named Li An, who was originally promoted by Yuwen Hu to be a doctor under the catering department because of his superb cooking skills.
In the second year of Wucheng, Yuwen Hu secretly ordered Li An to poison Emperor Xiaoming's diet, and Emperor Xiaoming was poisoned and fell ill after eating, but before he died, he endured great pain and issued a will, which was passed on to Yuwen Yong, the king of Lu.
On the second day, Emperor Xiaoming died of poisoning at the age of twenty-seven.
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Emperor Xiaoming's edict was read out in full view of everyone, and Yuwen Tai had no choice but to do so, so he welcomed Yuwen Yong as emperor, for Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou.
After Yuwen Yong succeeded to the throne, he learned the lessons of the first three emperors and began to try his best to curry favor with Yuwen Hu in order to paralyze him. He began to appoint Yuwen Hudu as the governor of various Chinese and foreign militaries, and compared him to the Duke of Zhou, adding his title to "Otsuka Zai".
Yu Wenhu was confused by Yuwen Yong's endless stream of sugar-coated shells, and began to flutter, gradually relaxing his vigilance and surveillance of Yuwen Yong. Yuwen Yong also began to plot to kill Yuwen Hu.
Shi Yuwen hu returned from Northern Qi in Tongzhou and entered the palace to meet the empress dowager. Yuwen Yong reminded him: "The empress dowager has recently liked to drink, and her temper is capricious, and people who are not close to her dare not go to see him. I hope you can persuade the empress dowager to drink less. ”
Saying that, Yuwen Yong took out a "Wine Curse" from his sleeve and said to Yu Wen Yong, "Read this "Wine Curse" to the Empress Dowager, maybe it will be good." ”
Yuwen Hu took the article, entered the temple and began to read it, and behind him Yuwen Yong took the opportunity to take a wat board and smashEd Yu Wen Hu to the ground, causing the eunuch He Quan to take a knife and slash it, He Quan did not dare. At this time, Yuwen The Prince of Wei rushed straight out and killed Yuwen Hu.
Yuwen Hu, who controlled Northern Zhou for fifteen years and four years to kill the Three Emperors, began to withdraw from the stage of history, leaving Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou to display his talents and ambitions!