Chapter 25 Father and Son Turn Against Other

In July 337 AD, in the east palace of Yecheng, the capital of the Later Zhao Kingdom, the prince Shi Di was drinking and having fun with the minister Li Yan, just when the wine was hot, Shi Di said to Li Yan: "Since my father ascended the throne, although I have been the prince, but I have been pampered by my brother Shi Xuan and others, and sometimes have been praised for the seal, and I am an auxiliary government in the court, and I am exhausted, but I am often reprimanded by my father, so I have to say that I am sick and not in the court, and the position of the prince is not guaranteed!" ”

Li Yan was shocked and persuaded: "The emperor's admonition is really for training, and he will reward Shi Xuan and others to show the emperor's grace and make it better to assist His Royal Highness in the future." ”

However, when the prince Shi Di heard this, he drank all the wine in his hand, and said hatefully: "Sir, you don't need to say much, see that I don't kill Shi Xuan today, and I have been relieved of my hatred for many days." ”

After that, he pulled out his sword, got up and beckoned to the guards of the East Palace, Li Yan hurriedly knelt down when he saw this, hugged the prince's thigh, and said again and again: "The prince is angry, don't do it!" ”

Shi Di kicked Li Yan away and scolded: "If you dare to stop it, you will kill your whole family!" ”

Immediately led four or five hundred guards to run out of the East Palace, Li Yan saw this, hurriedly ran to the palace of his biological mother Zheng Guifei, and told everything about Shi Di, Zheng Guifei was shocked, anxious, and personally led people to dissuade him. Shi Di led the troops before he could go far, he was chased by Zheng Guifei and Li Yan and persuaded him, and the guards also knew that this matter was like child's play, so they all dispersed, Shi Di was even more drunk, drowsy, and then returned to the East Palace, and fell asleep.

However, at this time, someone had already reported the matter of the prince to the emperor Shi Hu, and Shi Hu immediately arrested Li Yan for interrogation, Li Yan was so frightened that he didn't know what to do, so he told Shi Hu what Shi Di said truthfully. Shi Hu was furious, first beheaded Li Yan and more than 30 members of his family, and then ordered Shi Yan to be imprisoned in the East Palace.

Soon, Shi Hu remembered the relationship between father and son, and ordered to restore the position of the prince of Shi Di, but he didn't want to, Shi Di still did not want to repent, and when he met the emperor's father, he didn't say a word, he didn't apologize, and left immediately, Shi Hu saw this, so he sent someone to catch up with Shi Di, and said: "The prince has been imprisoned for many days, and the ban is lifted today, and he should see the queen, how can he leave quickly!"

Shi Di was indignant, didn't look back, and went straight out of the palace. Shi Hu was furious and ordered the abolition of the position of Prince Shi Di, and executed Shi Di and more than 200 of his subordinates, and sent his mother Zheng Guifei into the cold palace. At the same time, the second son Shi Xuan was appointed as the crown prince, entered the East Palace, and sealed the third son Shi Tao to control the military and political power, originally wanted to achieve a certain balance between Shi Xuan and Shi Tao, and there would be no more Shi Xuan, however, it backfired, but it caused a new round of infighting.

In August 348 AD, more than ten years have passed since Shi Di was killed, and the country of Zhao is still stable, but Shi Tao, who presided over the government, saw that his father was dying, so he had the idea of overthrowing the prince and replacing him, so above the court, every political affairs must insinuate to attack the prince Shi Xuan, but Shi Hu listened to and believed partially, and often blamed Shi Xuan, so that Shi Xuan was often embarrassed and abnormal, and he was afraid that the prince's position would not be guaranteed, so he remembered his brother's matter, and secretly raised the dead in the East Palace, taking advantage of Shi Tao's unpreparedness, attacked Shi Tao's palace at night, and tortured and killed him. When Shi Xuan saw that the matter was successful, he knew that the paper could not contain the fire, so he immediately summoned his subordinates to plot to kill his father and usurp the throne.

However, before Shi Xuan and others could conspire, Emperor Shi Hu knew that Shi Tao's death was the work of the crown prince. Shi Hu beat his chest, angry and resentful, and then sent people to arrest Shi Xuan and his henchmen, like he tortured Shi Tao, plucked out his hair and tongue, cut off his hands and feet, gouged out his eyes, threw him into the pyre, and burned Shi Xuan alive. and beheaded all Shi Xuan's wives and concubines. Thousands of officials in the East Palace were all torn apart, and the East Palace was demolished and converted into a pigsty.

Shi Hu knew that the position of the crown prince could not be vacant, so he decided to set up his young son Shi Shi as the crown prince, and the minister Cao Mo advised: "Now the world is uncertain, Zhang's Liang State is entrenched in the northwest, the Jin Dynasty is partial to the south of the Yangtze River and is always waiting for the opportunity to go north, and Murong Xianbei in the north is even more coveting the Central Plains, and the emperor should not choose the youngest son, thinking that he is the prince of the country."

Shi Hu sighed and said: "Aiqing is a loyal minister, and it makes sense, but now, I really want to use lime to clean my stomach and intestines, how can I give birth to so many evil obstacles?" As soon as the prince grew up, he wanted to take the throne. Let's set up a young son, who is only ten years old, and when he grows up, I will be a hundred years old, and the country will still be able to stabilize for some time. ”

When Cao Mozhi heard the emperor's heartfelt words, he stopped speaking, and immediately helped Shi Hu write an edict, appointing Shi Shi as the crown prince and the minister Zhang Jackal as an assistant.

After Emperor Shi Hu tortured and killed the prince and burned down the East Palace, he was still indignant, and issued an edict ordering more than 100,000 guards and their families to invade the northwest border. However, on the long road to the west, the yellow sand road, the cold wind is biting, the difficulties and obstacles are many, and there are many difficulties, and everyone eats and sleeps in the open, and there are many dead and injured.

At the end of 348 A.D., the westward migration procession, more than 10,000 of them traveled to Yongcheng, at this time the guards complained, the original East Palace belonged to Liang Calf took the opportunity to incite everyone to stir up trouble, in order to return to the east, the crowd responded, and then snatched the local peasant farm tools as weapons, occupied Yongcheng, the soldiers originally guarded the East Palace, each skill is extraordinary, after killing Guanzhong, the Zhao army was defeated and retreated, the people of all ethnic groups in Guanzhong have participated, the righteous army was greatly inspired, Liang Qian led the army east to Chang'an, the troops expanded to 100,000, defeated Zhao Chang'an guard, occupied Chang'an, and then went out of Tongguan in the east, Entering the Central Plains.

In 349 AD, Emperor Shi Hu heard that Guanzhong had been lost, and hurriedly appointed his adopted grandson Ran Min to lead a large army to meet the battle, and summoned the Di chieftain Fu Hong and the Qiang chieftain Yao Yizhong to lead the tribal armed forces, and Ran Min joined forces to encircle and suppress, Liang Qian led the army in Xingyang and the Later Zhao army to fight, the result was outnumbered, Liang Qian was killed in battle, and the righteous army was slaughtered.

Soon, Emperor Shi Hu learned that the Liangli uprising had been exterminated, and remembered the three sons who had been killed, and immediately fell ill.

If you know what Shi Hu's life is, will his youngest son Shi Shi follow in the footsteps of the first two princes, and watch the next episode.