In 556, the Western Wei chancellor Yuwen Tai suddenly fell seriously ill, only fifty years old, he did not train a successor in advance like Gao Huan, the fifteen-year-old eldest son Yuwen Jue had no experience in struggle, from becoming the son of the world to Yuwen Tai's serious illness and death, it was only seven months, Yu Wen jue could not control the complicated situation in Chang'an.
In order to prevent the power from falling into his family, Yuwen Tai could only choose an older and prestigious person in the Yuwen family to assist the young lord, Gong Wei Yuwen Clan.
From following Yuwen Tai's eastern expedition to the west to being a man with his tail between his legs in Chang'an City, Yuwen Hu has been imitating Yu Wentai, but he has always only gotten his face and does not understand it, but this is enough, Yu Wentai needs a capable subject who can suppress the generals of the dynasty, not a demon.
Yuwen Hu
Yuwen Hu took power
Yuwen Hu's road to power was not smooth, yuwen tai was gone, the elder-level six-pillar state did not take Yuwen hu in his eyes, and Yuwen Hu, who had been struggling and wandering in the vortex of power for a long time, finally chose to rely on Yu Jin, one of the six pillar states, and he quietly visited Yu Jin.
Yu Jin and Yuwen Tai were brothers and sisters, in the early years when He Bayue was killed, Yu Jin urged Yuwen Tai to enter Chang'an, and now that Yuwen Tai has died of illness, the responsibility of regaining power for the Yuwen family is unyielding, in the council of courtiers, Yu Jin and Yuwen Hu staged a play, Yu Jin declared that Yu Wen Hu was ordered to inherit the military power, Yu Wen Hu did not hesitate to take over the scepter, without waiting for the crowd to react, Yu Jin and his subordinates had already bowed to the ground, and it was impossible for everyone to think about who would inherit the power, and could only kneel with Yu Jin.
Yuwen Hu took power, Western Wei had no use value, Gao Yang had already claimed the title of emperor in the east, in order to stabilize the position of the young Yuwen Jue, Yuwen Hu killed Yuan Qin after he drove him off the throne, and supported his cousin Yuwen Jue to take the throne, known as the Heavenly King.
Yuwen Jue
The struggle of the Six Pillars
Although the Six Pillar Kingdoms were forced to bow to Yuwen Hu under the impetus of Jing, the Six Pillar State system that represented the foundation of the Northern Zhou Dynasty was the lifeblood of Northern Zhou, and even though Yuwen Hu was in charge of all the military powers, he did not dare to kill the Six Pillars at will, and he could only wait and wait for the dissatisfied Six Pillars to attack him.
Li Hu, the leader of the Six Pillars State, had already died of illness at this time, Li Bi was sick in bed, and Yu Jin had turned to Yuwen Hu because of his in-law relationship with the Yuwen family, and only Zhao Gui and DuGuxin became the most suspicious candidates.
Eight Pillar Kingdom (Yuwen Tai is the main one, Yuan Xin has no right)
Zhao Gui was the first person to support Yuwen Tai, but this could not negate the identity of He Bayue's pro-company with the old ministry, and Zhao Gui, who represented the interests of Guanzhong, was always silent under the perennial suppression of Yuwen Tai. Dugu Xin was neither Yuwen Tai's personal follower, nor was he he he was the one who followed Emperor Xiaowu into the customs, and his heart was toward Wei Room, although he fought in the south under Yuwen Tai and made great military achievements, he could not be accepted by Yu Wentai, and put him in the northwest frontier for many years, guarding against Gao Huan at the same time, but also guarding against Du Lonely Xin.
As soon as Yuwen Tai died, Zhao Gui and DuGuxin's mentality exploded.
Zhao Gui advocated killing Yuwen Hu and reshuffling the power of Northern Zhou, but DuGuxin hesitated, not advocating the use of force, but also wanted to force Yuwen Clan to step down, and the two sides always failed to reach an agreement, so that they ripped each other and missed the wind.
Yuwen Hu finally waited for a good opportunity, Zhao Gui's rebellion was already a matter of certainty, he immediately arrested Zhao Gui and his henchmen, executed them all, and then spread to Du Guxin, taking advantage of Zhao Gui's rebellion, and killed Du Guxin who disobeyed his leadership.
Lonely Letter (third from left)
Zhao Gui's position of Ōtsuka Zai was replaced by Yuwen Hu, the Grand Sima who was in charge of the military power was controlled by Yuwen Hu's confidant He Lanxiang, while taibao, who had no real power, was left to Hou Mochenchong, the last of He Bayue's relatives.
Yuwen Hu successfully handled the problem of the Six Pillar Kingdom, and the rest was the Yuwen family's own affairs.
Yuwen Hu killed Yuwen Jue
Yuwen Jue, the supreme ruler of Northern Zhou and the flesh-and-blood King of Heaven, was not satisfied with Yuwen Hu's monopoly, in his opinion, Northern Zhou was his Yu Wen Jue's world, and the courtiers should balance each other, and should not only obey Yuwen Hu's orders. But he has become a transparent son of heaven, and although he is not a puppet, he is doing the things of a puppet.
The chancellor was also very dissatisfied with Yuwen Hu's monopoly, and Li Yuan's sons Li Zhi and Sun Heng, as courtiers whom Yuwen Tai trusted very much during his lifetime, advised Yuwen Jue to kill Yuwen Jue, and Yu Wen Jue was very agreeable, and adopted the most old-fashioned way to ambush the sword and axe hand.
Yuwen Hu's eyeliner was all over the country, and with a little wind and grass, the news reached his palace, Li Zhi and Sun Heng were doing the thing of losing their heads, everything was ready, just wait for Yuwen Hu to enter the palace, but Li Zhi and the two of them contacted Zhang Guangluo, who was in charge of the affairs of the palace, to tell him the detailed plan and invite him to participate in the assassination of Yu Wenhu.
Zhang Guangluo was Yuwen Hu's person, Li Zhi's front foot had just left, and Zhang Guangluo's back foot told Yu Wenhu everything.
Yuwen Hu may not be willing, or perhaps he does not dare to move Yuwen Jue, he just put Li Zhi and Sun Hengwai on the local area to do the history of assassination, in order to make the imperial court peaceful.
However, Yuwen Jue was not satisfied, he did not understand Yuwen Hu's meaning, and he did not realize the weakness of his own strength, still delusionally wanted to kill Yu Wen Hu at the banquet, the person invited by Yu Wen Jue to participate in the assassination incident still had Zhang Guangluo's name, and the person who did great things fell on the hands of a traitor again and again.
Yuwen Hu couldn't bear it this time, he and Yu Wenjue had reached the point of death and death, and He Lanxiang, as Yuwen Hu's number one thug, took the lead in rushing into the palace and capturing the Heavenly King Yuwen Jue alive. Yuwen Hu invited Yuwen Yu, the Duke of Ningdu, to enter the dynasty and killed Li Zhi and Sun Heng, and Li Zhi's father, Li Yuan, was also forced to commit suicide.
Yuwen Jue, as the Heavenly King who was forced to abdicate, could not escape death after all.
Capture Yuwen Jue
Poison Yuwen Yu
Yuwen Yu was Yuwen Tai's eldest son, and his father-in-law was dugu Xin who had been killed for a long time.
This was a major mistake by Yuwen Yu, who thought that yuwen Yu, who was honest and responsible, was easy to control, but he did not know that Yuwen Yu's dunhou was not fear, and benevolence was not cowardice. Yuwen Yu is not a flesh-and-blood Yu Wen jue, he knows how to be patient, knows when to advance and when to retreat, the ability to govern the country is superb, looking at the entire history of China, there are few emperors who can compete with him in governing the country.
Unfortunately, this first-class heavenly king unfortunately encountered a second-rate ruler, a third-rate military, but a first-class courtier, even if Yuwen Yu forced Yuwen Yu to hand over his power step by step, and attracted the courtiers to his side, he did not let Yuwen Hu leave the army, but the disparity in their abilities was well known, and it was only a matter of time before Yuwen Yu finally seized the military power, so Yuwen Yu thought of a very vicious trick and poisoned him.
Yuwen Yu was a gentleman, he did not think of executing Yuwen Hu, but Yuwen Hu was a villain, a naked villain, a rising Ming jun was murdered by him in this way, before dying, Yuwen Yu left the throne to his fourth brother Yuwen Yong, and asked his murderer Yu Wen Hu to continue to assist.
Yuwen Yong smashed the courtiers to death
Yuwen Yong and Yuwen Yu are somewhat different, although both are heroic and ambitious, But Yuwen Yong knows how to delegate power, and even the power is lost to Yuwen Hu, except for the title of an emperor, Yuwen Yong has nothing. It was precisely this decentralization that protected Yuwen Yong, an emperor who was willing to be a puppet was far better controlled than an emperor who made a stumbling block everywhere.
Yuwen Yong's disregard for not asking made Yuwen Hu even more lawless, and the Northern Zhou Dynasty Hall had actually become Yuwen Hu's Hall of Words, and Mo Chen Chong, the Marquis of the Pillar State, was forced to commit suicide by Yuwen Hu because he spread rumors unfavorable to Yuwen Hu, and Yuwen Hu offended He Bayue's old department.
For the sake of a higher ideal, Yuwen Hu stepped up preparations for foreign war, but he was a third-rate military general, and there were no outstanding achievements in the Yuwentai period, and now, even with famous generals such as Wei Xiaokuan, the two consecutive battles against Northern Qi have been defeated, and the attack on Southern Chen has been even more damaged, and Yuwen Hu, who wants to gain more status and power through foreign wars, has become a loser overnight, and his reputation has declined sharply.
And Yuwen Hu is also a second-rate level in governance, Northern Zhou in his sixteen years of rule, completely supported by the reform legacy left by Yuwen Tai and Yuwen Yu's father and son, Yuwen Hu's Northern Zhou, corruption, corruption, and power abound, as if it is another Northern Qi.
If Yuwen Hu is given a positive credit, it should be to welcome back his biological mother Yan Shi, it is this Yan clan that allows Yuwen Yong, who has been dormant for many years, to find a breakthrough, and has always asked nothing, only to play chess Yuwen Yong after Yan's return to the dynasty, he has made great dedication, treating Yan like he treats his biological mother as filial piety.
A puppet emperor who can do nothing to curry favor with the mother of the courtiers is only for the sake of saving his life in the eyes of outsiders, but it is very important to Yuwen Yong, from the Yan family, Yuwen Yong can listen to more news and collect more talents for his own use.
When Yuwen Hu was defeated at Southern Chen, Yuwen Yong's brother Yuwen Zhi,000, the general who conquered Southern Chen, suggested to Yuwen Yong that Yuwen Hu be killed, and at this time, Yuwen Hu was no longer as famous as after poisoning Yuwen Yu, and now he was like a dog that lost his family and was disliked by various forces.
Yuwen Yong
In 572, Yuwen Yong finally waited for a good opportunity. Yuwen Hu returned to Chang'an from Tongzhou, and Yuwen Yong couldn't wait to drag him to meet Yan Shi, and gave Him Yuwen Hu the "Wine Curse" he had written by his own hand, hoping that he would read this mantra to advise Yan Shi, who liked to drink, Yu Wen Hu did not think much about it, this was a sparse and ordinary thing, perhaps Yuwen Yong had already practiced it countless times.
Just when Yuwen Hu was seriously reading the "Wine Curse", Yuwen Yong walked behind him and slammed the back of Yu Wen Hu's head with a jade sword, Yu Wen Hu struggled to get up from the ground, frightening the eunuchs around Yu Yu Wen Yong who did not dare to move, and Yu Wen, who was hiding behind the door, broke into the empress dowager's residence and stabbed the powerful minister Yu Wen Hu.
Killing three emperors in a row, a generation of powerful ministers Yuwen Hu was so confused that yuwen yong brothers were beaten to death in front of his mother.