Chapter 146: Cushman & Wakefield is the emperor
Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty Yuwen Yong is an outstanding master of talents in Chinese history, he and the soldiers share weal and woe, take the lead, he is diligent in political affairs, life is simple, and there are only more than ten beauties in the harem. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
After Yuwentai's death, the power quickly fell into the hands of Yuwen Hu, who killed three emperors one after another. After Yuwen Yong ascended the throne, called Emperor Wu, his position was extremely unstable at the beginning of his accession, Yuwen Hu held real power, and Yuwen Yong only had patience. In order to show his trust in Yuwen Hu, Yu Wenyong pretended not to care about having fun, and did not take any precautions against Yu Wen Hu, and did everything according to Yu Wen Hu's wishes.
Once Chen Chong and Yu Wenyong went to Yuanzhou, he insisted on going back, and no one else understood the meaning. Chen Chong pretended to be smart and said to everyone around him that this year's Jin Gong was not good, and Jin Gong should die. After Yuwen Yong heard about it, he scolded him in front of all the ministers, and Chen Chong was forced to commit suicide by Yuwen Hu that night, which shows that Yu Wenyong's Taoguang is obscure.
Yuwen Yong waited for thirteen years, Yuwen Hu returned to Chang'an from Tongzhou, Yu Wen Yong went with him to see the Queen Mother, Yu Wen Yong said that the Queen Mother has been drinking a lot recently, and hopes that Yu Wen Hu can read the "Wine Letter" to the Queen Mother and let her quit drinking. Yuwen Hu didn't know that this was Yuwen Yong's ploy, so he agreed, and while he was reading, Yu Wen Yong slammed him on the head, killing Yu Wen Hu with the help of the eunuch He Quan and Wei Gong Yu Wenzhi, and seized real power.
In order to increase income and expand the army, Yu Wenyong forcibly returned to the lay people and destroyed the Buddha. From the Western Wei Dynasty to the establishment of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, due to the continuous wars, many strong men died in the war, the number of people is getting fewer and fewer, natural disasters are also constantly attacking, and the peasants are forced to ask for food. The monks and monks in those monasteries, not only did they not serve as soldiers, did not pay taxes, and did not give relief to the victims, but they took the opportunity to annex the land of the peasants.
These unearned parasites made the lives of the peasants even more miserable, and also seriously threatened the regime of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and Yu Wenyong felt that it was imperative to reform politics and abolish Buddhism. A monk named Wei Yuansong came to Yu Wenyong and told him the suggestion of destroying the Buddha and establishing the Tao, Yu Wenyong was very happy to hear it, and ordered Wei Yuansong to return to the vulgar and gave him a high position, but Wei Yuansong did not ask for it. Soon after, a peasant uprising made him decide to abolish Buddhism.
Yu Wenyong began to look for an excuse to destroy the Buddha, so he convened hundreds of civil and military officials, monks, Taoist priests, etc., to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the Buddha, Taoism, and the two religions, and finally found an excuse to destroy the Buddha.
A bold monk once asked Yu Wenyong: "The Buddha is the savior, giving grace and preaching, Your Majesty cancels Buddhism, is he not afraid of punishment?"
Yu Wenyong said: "As long as the people are happy and the country rises and falls, I would rather suffer a lot." ”
What a mind this is, these measures have greatly enhanced the national strength of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yuwen Yong can share weal and woe with the soldiers, take the lead, he is diligent in political affairs, and lives a simple life. The reform of the Northern Zhou Dynasty left a name in history, and he let his compatriots see wisdom, but history is always so accidental and inevitable, so that a generation of people can become stronger, and then let the next generation of people complete a more sacred mission.
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In the previous life, Xie An, who was incarnated by Xu Fu, did not treat Gu Ying who was reincarnated by Yuzi well, and finally made Gu Ying leave him. He decided that in Yuko's life, he would treat Yuko well, love Yuko with all his love, and never let Yuko leave him again.
Xu Fu, under the pseudonym Gao Wei, became the successor of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and by the time he ascended the throne, the rotten Northern Qi regime was already crumbling.
Because of his beautiful appearance, he was favored by Gao Zhan, adopted him as an adopted son, and Gao Zhan gave him a Zen position. Cushman liked literature, but he had no ambitions, no desire to be emperor, and no desire to meet courtiers. He favored Lu Lingxuan, He Shikai, Gao Anaqiu, Mu Tipo, Han Changluan and others.
When Gao Wei ascended the throne, the rotten Northern Qi regime was already crumbling, he didn't like to be the emperor, he hung out with the palace maids every day, just eating, drinking and having fun, and he didn't go to court for ten days and half a month, and there was never a country and people in his heart. Those who flattered him, built him magnificent palaces for his amusement, such people were promoted and reused by him.
In less than ten years of his reign, more than a dozen luxurious palaces were built, and there were nearly twice as many monasteries in Yecheng as there were during Gao Zhan's reign. Once, the ministers had something important to do to him, and they went to many monasteries to find him, and the people at the bottom were already struggling to make a living, but the upper classes were becoming more and more corrupt day by day, and the whole country had reached the point where it was about to be annexed at any time.
Gao Wei has a wet nurse, named Lu Lingxuan, her husband was sentenced to death for treason, Lu Lingxuan also became a palace maid, she became a wet nurse for a short time, she used speculative tricks to curry favor with Empress Dowager Hu, and formed a party for personal gain. After Gao Wei came to power, Lu Lingxuan was appointed as a maid, and Lu Lingxuan, He Shikai, Gao Anaqiu, Mu Tipo, Han Changluan and other fortunate villains controlled the government, seduced pro-party, bribed public banks, unfair prison lawsuits, and indiscriminate use of officials.
Lu Lingxuan was a female official in the Northern Qi Dynasty, and was named a waitress and was called Taiji. She is the wife of Luo Chao, the general of Gao Huan's department, because her husband rebelled and was married to the court, became a nurse in the palace, and was loved by the Empress Dowager Hu. Lu Lingxuan is witty and shrewd, capable of doing things, speaks decently, and is good at flattering Gao Zhan and Empress Hu, and has been trusted in the palace since then.
Gao Zhanchan gave the throne to Gao Wei, Gao Wei inherited the throne, and the power of the court was controlled in the hands of the Empress Dowager Hu and the left servant of the monk Shangshu and Shikai. Cushman & Wakefield has a very good relationship with Lu Lingxuan, and he is also obedient to Lu Lingxuan's words. With the administration of Gao Wei, Lu Lingxuan's power has also increased, becoming the head of the palace and occupying a pivotal position in the harem.
All of a sudden, slaves, eunuchs, prostitutes and others were all knighted, and there were more than 1,000 officials in the world, and it was difficult to count the official positions. The number of leading leaders alone has increased to 20, and due to the complexity of personnel and the lack of clarity of authority and authority, the 20 leading troops have written the word "Yi" on the documents according to the gourd and drawn the scoop and thrown aside, and no one wants to carry them out.
There were 500 palace maids in the palace, and Gao Wei made each of them a county official, and each palace maid was rewarded with a dress worth 10,000 gold and a priceless mirror platform. In addition to the civil engineering project in Yedu, and in Jinyang Guang built twelve palaces, Danqing carving, ingenious workmanship, more gorgeous than Yecheng. The treasures in the palace are often loved in the morning and discarded at night.
Cushman & Wakefield once carved two big Buddhas on two mountains in Jinyang, telling the craftsmen to work day and night, and use oil as fuel at night, and tens of thousands of boxes of oil burned at the same time overnight, and the light was like day within dozens of miles. Cushman & Wakefield's status is the same as that of the ministers, and his beloved horses are named Chibiao Yitong, Xiaoyao Junjun, and Lingxiao Junjun. The titles of cockfighting include Kaifu cockfighting, Junjun cockfighting, etc.
Gao Wei didn't take all this to heart at all, he often composed music, called himself the son of heaven, picked up the sepa, played and sang by himself. Nearly 1,000 eunuchs, slaves and maids in the palace sang together, and the whole palace sang loudly, a scene of peace and prosperity.
Gao Wei was very honest when he was the emperor, and Gao Zhan did all the bad things, when Gao Zhan died, Gao Wei had been the emperor for five years, Gao Wei loved to read, Gao Zhan died violently, he really became the emperor, but he was almost overthrown by Gao Yan.
Gao Yan is very favored by Gao Zhan, and often replaces Gao Zhan himself in the Hanguang Palace, a twelve or thirteen-year-old young man is old and generous, and the princes and ministers are all bowing down and afraid. When Gao Zhan was not dead, Gao Yan's costumes and accessories were exactly the same as Gao Wei, who was the emperor. Once he saw Xin Bingzao Li at Gao Wei, who had paid tribute, and was furious: "Gao Wei has such a thing, why don't I have it?"
Since then, as long as there are things in Gao Wei Palace, which Gao Yan thinks are novel, his subordinates and craftsmen will definitely be punished. Gao Yan is fierce by nature, often suffering from throat disease, the doctor pierced the throat with a steel needle for treatment, although Gao Yan was in pain, he didn't even blink his eyelashes. He often said to Gao Zhan: "Gao Wei is such a cowardly person, how can he control his subordinates?"
Gao Zhan has been wanting to abolish Gao Wei for a long time and establish Gao Yan as the emperor. After Gao Zhan's violent death, Gao Yan was renamed King Langya.
Gao Wei's favored retainer and Shikai were very afraid of Gao Yan, and he said to people: "King Langya's eyes are bright, shooting people in a few steps, I was scared to sweat profusely when I stood in front of him just now, and I didn't feel this way in front of the emperor." ”
Gao Yan also hated the monk Kai, and when he saw the monk Kaisheng repairing the first house, he sarcastically said: "If you can't wait for the big mansion to be repaired, you may have finished playing." ”
Under suspicion, the monk opened a slander in front of the queen Gao Wei, asking Gao Wei to remove Gao Yan from military power.
Gao Yan was shocked by Feng Zicong in the waiter, and after hearing the news, he preemptively struck a preemptive action, pretending to be Gao Wei's will, and deceived the monk to the Yushitai and beheaded. Originally, Gao Yan's original intention was just to kill He Shikai, but he couldn't clean it up as soon as he started, and his subordinates forced him to kill Gao Wei, and Gao Yan led more than 3,000 Praetorian Guards to the palace.
After Gao Wei heard the news, he said to Empress Dowager Feng: "If there is fate, I can see you again, and if I don't, I will say goodbye forever." ”
At the same time, he issued an order to urgently summon the minister Hu Luguang, and Gao Yan also sent someone to summon Hu Luguang. Hu Luguang's daughter was originally the concubine of Gao Bainian, the crown prince of Emperor Xiaozhao, and Gao Bainian also died of hunger strike after being killed. But the feudal patriarchal society respects Zhengshuo, Hu Luguang still works hard for the Gao family, and Hu Luguang also hates and Shikai, and laughed after hearing that Gao Yan killed Heshikai: "The dragon son is different from mortals." ”
When he saw Gao Wei, Gao Wei and four hundred soldiers were in a panic and were about to go out to resist. Hu Luguang persuaded Gao Wei and said: "These teenagers dance and rob with knives, and they kill indiscriminately as soon as they fight, regardless of dignity or inferiority. As soon as your emperor shows up, those people will die. ”
Sure enough, as soon as Gao Wei appeared, Gao Yan's disciples scattered in all directions, and Gao Yan had no idea and stood still in place. Hu Luguang stepped forward to hold hands and pull him and said, "What is the point of the younger brother of the Son of Heaven killing someone?" brought the troublesome Gao Yan to the palace, and Hu Luguang said to Gao Wei again: "King Langya is young and ignorant, and he will not be like this when he becomes an adult." ”
Gao Wei suddenly had a spirit at this time, pulled out Gao Yan's saber, and struck the bold young man's head with the hilt, gritting his teeth for a long time before letting Gao Yan go. Empress Dowager Hu was afraid that Gao Wei would kill Gao Yan, so she locked Gao Yan in her palace, and every time Gao Yan ate, the Queen Mother tried it herself.
A few months later, Gao Wei took advantage of Empress Dowager Hu's sleep and tricked Gao Yan into getting up early to hunt. The little prince who lost power didn't know if it was a ploy, and as soon as he walked into the palace, he was tied up by the guard Liu Taozhi, gagged his mouth with his sleeve, and carried him to his palace and beheaded, at the age of fourteen.
Gao Cheng, who was known as Emperor Wenxiang, had six sons, and the fourth son was Gao Changgong, the king of Lanling. Gao Changgong is as beautiful as a delicate woman, and often wears an iron mask to intimidate enemies. In the battle of Bishan, he assisted Gao Zhan to achieve a great victory, and the warriors sang a ballad, called "Lanling King's Entrance Song", which was sung by the Chinese people, and became famous.
Cushman & Wakefield once asked him: "When you go deep into the enemy line when you fight, if you lose, it's too late to regret it." ”
King Lanling replied: "The family matter is kind, and before I knew it, I rushed in." ”
Originally, it was a word of loyalty to the emperor, but Gao Wei was deeply taboo about the family affairs of the king of Lanling, and gradually became suspicious. In order to avoid a violent death, the famous King of Lanling did not heal when he was sick, and waited at home to die.