Yuwen Yun was the eldest son of Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou, Yuwen Yong, and the fourth emperor of Northern Zhou.
Yuwen Yun was made crown prince at the age of thirteen, and Yuwen Yong, emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, taught him very strictly.
Worried that he could not assume the responsibilities of the emperor, every time he went to court, the requirements for Yuwen Yun's behavior were the same as those of the chancellor.
Even in the cold winter and heat, no rest is allowed.
Yuwen Yunsheng liked to drink, and Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty forbade the sending of wine or things that were related to wine to the Eastern Palace.
Every time Yuwen Yun made a mistake, Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou beat him fiercely with a wooden stick or whip.
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Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty once hated iron and steel and said to him: "There were many examples of the prince being deposed in the past, and if you don't argue, can't I make other sons the crown prince instead?"
Therefore, Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou ordered the officials of the Eastern Palace to record Yuwen Yun's words and deeds and report to him every month.
Because Yuwen Yun was afraid of the majesty of Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou, he performed his words and deeds according to the rules every day, hiding his true feelings in his heart and never showing them, so he had many serious evil deeds that were not known to outsiders.
The crown prince Yuwen Yun once led an army to conquer Tuguhun, and Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou ordered Wang Lu and Yuwen Xiaobo to follow.
The conquest of the army was commanded by Wang Rail, and Yuwen Yun relied heavily on him.
At that time, Gong Yin Zhengyi, Wang Duan, and others were favored by Yuwen Yun, and because of their misleading, the crown prince Yuwen Yun committed a mistake.
After the return of the army, Wang Rail and others reported Yuwen Yun's mistakes in the army to Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou.
Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou was furious, so he beat Yuwen Yun and dismissed Zheng Yi and other officials and reprimanded him. Yuwen Yun therefore held a grudge against Wang Lu.
Later, Wang Lu accompanied Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou and said to him: "The crown prince has no heart of benevolence and filial piety, and his virtue is shallow, and I am afraid that he will not be able to bear your majesty's family affairs and shoulder the heavy responsibilities of the state."
Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou also deeply agreed with Wang Lu's views, but his second son Yuwen Zan also had no talent, and the other sons were relatively young, so in the end they did not change the crown prince.
After the death of Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, according to the custom of successive emperors, filial piety was observed for about a month.
Yuwen Yun, however, was limited by the situation and ascended the throne the day after Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou's death; ten days later, yuwen Yun buried Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou and took off his filial piety to celebrate his ascension to the throne.
After Yuwen Yun succeeded to the throne, he indulged in wine, and ordered that women of the same officials as above were not allowed to marry, so that they could choose to enter the harem.
When Yuwen Yun was crown prince, he married Yang Lihua, the eldest daughter of Yang Jian, the Duke of Sui.
Later, after ascending the throne, Yuwen Yun elected beautiful women in the national election, which was used to enrich the harem, and eventually five empresses were crowned at the same time, a move that broke the record of the former Zhao Emperor Zhao Cong's "three queens standing side by side".
Yuwen Yun lived in the harem for many years, close to the appointment of eunuchs. At the same time, he also built a large number of civil engineering and extensively renovated the palace. Poverty and extravagance, indiscriminate punishment.
Yuwen Yun also often sent his cronies to monitor the words and deeds of the ministers, and even the ministers who wrote mistakes in them were punished.
Yuwen Yun's uncle Yuwen Xian was of high rank and great fame, always good at scheming and strategy, especially good at appeasing and controlling subordinates, knowing people and doing good job, charging into battle, being a pioneer, and the people were happy to serve him.
So Yuwen Yun was worried that he would become the second Yuwen Protector, and he was very jealous and afraid of him.
Yuwen Yun then sent Kozuka Zai Yuwen Takashi to tentatively say to Yuwen Xian, "The position of the Three Dukes should be held by a virtuous person among the relatives." Now I plan to appoint your uncle you as Taishi, Uncle Nine as Taifu, and Uncle Eleven as Taibao, what do you think of uncle? ”
Yuwen Xian replied, "Wei Chen is often worried that his talent is inferior, but he is in a high position. The heavy responsibility of the Three Dukes is not something I dare to undertake, and the heroes of the Taizu period should assume this responsibility. If we only use our brothers, I am afraid that we will attract criticism. ”
Yuwen Xiaobo went back to report to Yuwen Yun and then rushed back and said, "The emperor ordered the great king and the other kings to come to the palace gate together."
So Yuwen Xian was led into the palace alone, And Yuwen Yun ambushed the strong man in another room in advance, and Yu Wenxian was immediately arrested as soon as he arrived.
Yuwen Xian looked unyielding, and Chen reasoned. Yuwen Yun asked his minister Yu Zhi to confront him.
Yuwen Xian's eyes burned, and he and Yu Zhi confronted each other.
Someone said to Yuwen Xian, "With the situation of the Great King today, do you still need to say more?"
Yuwen Xian replied, "I am in a very high rank, once I reach such a point, life and death are left to the destiny of heaven, do you still fantasize about being able to live?" It's just that my mother is still alive, and I'm afraid I'm leaving regrets. "When he finished, he threw the wat board to the ground.
So Yuwen Yun sent someone to strangle Yuwen Xian to death, and he was only thirty-five years old when he died.
In the same year, Yuwen Yun also ordered all the princes in the capital to leave Chang'an and go to their respective fiefdoms.
This also led to the decline of the imperial clan power, leaving an opportunity for Yang Jian's usurpation of power in the future.
Yuwen Yun grew up in the palace from an early age, did not ask about the government, indulged in wine, and the Manchu Minister of Culture and Military Affairs dared to be angry but did not dare to speak.
Yuwen Yun not only did not listen to the advice of his loyalists, but felt that the emperor was too unsatisfactory.
In 579, Yuwen Yun 's edict was passed down to his eldest son Yuwen Yan , and he changed his era name to Elephant , proclaiming himself Emperor Tianyuan and giving Yang Lihua the title of Empress Tianyuan.
He lived in the harem and ate and drank with his concubines all day long.
When the minister came to see him, he had to fast for three days beforehand and cleanse himself for one day.
Empress Yang Lihua of Tianyuan had a soft personality and was not jealous, so the other four empresses and other concubines in the harem loved and respected her.
Yuwen Yun later fainted and was more violent and moody, and once blamed Yang Lihua for no reason and wanted to impose a charge on her.
However, Yang Lihua behaved peacefully, and her verbal attitude did not bend and be soft.
Yuwen Yun was furious, so he gave Yang Lihua the death penalty and forced her to commit suicide.
When Yang Lihua's mother, Lonely Garo, heard about it, she hurried into the palace to intercede for Yang Lihua, so that she prostrated her head and bled, and Yuwen Yun calmed down her anger and pardoned Yang Lihua for her death.
Because Yang Jian was the father of Empress Yang Lihua, he was promoted to the rank of Grand General of the Pillar State and Grand Sima Of the Great.
Every time Yuwen Yun went out to inspect, he asked Yang Jian to stay in the imperial court.
Yang Jian's status and prestige grew day by day, and Yuwen Yun was very jealous.
Yuwen Yun had four favored concubines, and together with Yang Lihua, he was made empress, and each family competed for favors and denigrated each other.
The so-called tree big move, Yang Lihua as the most senior empress, her father Yang Jian is also a high-powered, jealous of the other four empresses, and the wind and rumors continue to flock to Yuwen Yun's ears.
Once, Yuwen Yun said to Yang Lihua very angrily, "You will definitely exterminate your family."
So he immediately summoned Yang Jian to the palace, and Yuwen Yun instructed his followers: "After Yang Jian came, his face changed slightly, so he killed him."
Unexpectedly, Yang Jian arrived at the palace, his expression and face were at ease, and he escaped the disaster.
After this incident, Yang Jian felt very uneasy in his heart.
In the end, Yang Jian came up with the best of both worlds. Through Zheng Yi, the Great Physician of Internal History, he reveals to Yuwen Yun that he has always had plans to leave the domain.
This was exactly in line with Yuwen Yun's wishes, and he was immediately appointed as the governor of Bozhou. In this way, Yuwen Yun was relieved, and Yang Jian was also at ease.
When Yang Jian was about to be transferred to the post of governor of Bozhou, his close friend Pang Huang advised him to take the opportunity to raise an army and establish the imperial business.
Yang Jian shook Pang Huang's hand and said, "The time is not ripe yet!" At this point, Yang Jian's desire to take Zhou Zidai was overflowing with words.
Later, Yuwen Yun made Yang Jian the governor of Yangzhou, in charge of the preparation of the cutting of Chen.
When Yang Jian was about to leave, he suddenly suffered a foot attack and did not immediately go out on the expedition.
In May of the same year, Yuwen Yun suddenly fell critically ill and summoned Xiao Yuzheng Liu Fang, and Yan Zhiyi, the grand master of Yuzhengzhong, asked for the aftermath, but he could not speak.
Liu Fang, Zheng Yi, and others tried to ask Yang Jian to assist him, and forged the relevant edicts.
On the same day, Yuwen Yun died of illness at the Tiande Hall at the age of twenty-two.
The Northern Zhou Jing Emperor Yuwen Yan ascended the throne at the age of seven.
After Yang Jian became the assistant chancellor, he began the plan to usurp the power of Northern Zhou.
The Northern Zhou imperial family had many powerful feudal kings, and Yang Jian was afraid that they would change at any time, so he summoned the kings to Chang'an, the capital of the Zhao Dynasty, on the grounds that the daughter of Yuwen Zhao, the king of Zhao, was about to marry a Turk, to prevent them from rebelling.
The powerful princes of Northern Zhou all arrived in Chang'an and were under the control of Yang Jian.
The governor of Xiangzhou, Chi Yi, was the nephew of Emperor Wen of Northern Zhou, Yuwen Tai, and considered himself a major general of Northern Zhou, and seeing that Yang Jian was uneasy about power and chaos, he raised an army in Eastern Xia to resist.
Sima The governor of Yun Prefecture eliminated the difficulties, and Wang Qian, the governor of Yi Prefecture, responded with successive troops. The people of Zhao and Wei responded very much, and in just over ten days, they gathered 100,000 soldiers and horses.
Yang Jian ordered Wei Xiaokuan of the Shangzhu State to send troops to defeat Wei Chiyi and eliminate the political enemies who were a threat to him.
Sima Que fled into the Chen Dynasty, and Wang Qian was defeated and killed. This victory of Yang Jian stabilized the internal ruling order.
Bi Wang Yuwenxian and Chen, Zhao and other five kings, seeing that Yang Jian had quelled Wei Chi's rebellion, greatly increased their prestige. The Five Kings were afraid in their hearts, afraid that Yang Jian was strong and difficult to deal with, so he plotted to cause trouble.
Yang Jian captured Yuwen Xian and beheaded him, announcing the crimes of King Zhao and others.
At the same time, he also decreed that the five kings could go to the temple with their swords and enter the dynasty without tendency, so as to stabilize the hearts of the five kings.
After the situation stabilized, Yang Jian killed Yuwen Zhao and several other princes of Zhao on the charge of treason, and eliminated the opposition forces in the Xianbei clan.
At the same time, he also co-opted Yuan Huan, Yuwen Xin and some other humble nobles. In this way, the Yang Jian Group's plan to change dynasties is no longer hindered by any obstacles.
In 581, Yang Jian was created King of Jin by the Duke of Sui. In the same month, Emperor Jing of Northern Zhou announced Zen concessions with yang jian's expectations.
Yang Jian ascended the throne, the Sui Dynasty was established, and the Northern Zhou Dynasty collapsed. Yang Jian demoted The Northern Zhou Jing Emperor Yuwen Yan to the title of Duke of Jieguo, with 10,000 households.
Later, Yang Jian secretly sent someone to kill Yuwen Yan, who died at the age of nine.
At this point, the Northern Zhou, which had just swept away Northern Qi, was also usurped by Yang Jian and established the Sui Dynasty, and the history of the Northern Dynasty ended.