Chapter 11: The Fall of the Northern Zhou Dynasty (2)
When the ministers saw the emperor's attitude, they only sighed in their hearts, they knew Yuwen Yong's scruples, so they had to wait for Yu Wenyong's other sons to grow up, fortunately, the current Yuwen Yong is still upright and prime, and the ministers are not particularly worried. But who knows? Emperor Wu of Zhou, who was in the prime of life, died like this, and the prince who ate, drank and had fun became the ruler of the entire Northern Zhou Dynasty. So there was the scene of Yuwenyun in front of Yuwenyong Lingtang, unexpected but reasonable, in a word, this Yuwenyun ascended the throne.
After Yuwenyun ascended the throne, he first made the good ones who played with him, that is, Zheng Yi and Liu Fang mentioned earlier, as the Duke of Peiguo and the Governor of Dadu, although this Yuwenyun is a faint monarch, but he is indeed not stupid. He also knew that there were many ministers who did not like him, so the first thing he did after ascending the throne was to cultivate his own power. Of course, he also knew that Zheng Yi and Liu Fang were not the Eight Pillars Kingdom or nobles, even if their official positions were very high, they were really useless. Therefore, Yu Wenyun had to find a prestige and upright Guanlong nobleman who could help him suppress the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, so he saw his father-in-law Yang Jian.
His father-in-law Yang Jian, a Guanlong nobleman who is a serious child, is very prestigious in the court, and there is a Yang family behind him to support him, and he did not oppose the issue of abolishing the prince before, Yu Wenyun said that this kind of person is needed. So Yang Jian was immediately promoted to Shangzhu State and in charge of the country's soldiers and horses, but Yang Jian was not happy at all in his heart, why? Because Yang Jian understands his son-in-law, this son-in-law is really not a Ming Jun, but a faint Jun who can't be fainted anymore, and he is moody, don't look at your promotion today, maybe I will kill your whole family tomorrow. But no matter what, the power of the soldiers and horses was handed over to Yang Jian, and Yang Jian was still very happy, after all, no matter which dynasty, military power is the most important.
Cultivate your own power and promote people who are pleasing to the eye, but you can't forget to take revenge, Yu Wenyun thought to herself that she didn't like me one by one before, and persuaded my father to change the prince. Okay, you can all go and see my father, so Yu Wenyun killed all the people who persuaded the emperor to abolish the crown prince before. Even though these people are the most solid supporters of the Yuwen family, Yuwen Yun said that I am a faint monarch, and I don't care about these, so the most solid supporters of the Yuwen family, such as Yuwen Xian, Wang Liang and Yuwen Xiaobo, are the most prestigious ministers among the people who proposed to abolish the prince before, and they were killed by Yuwen Yun one by one. Here is a mention, why Yang Jian can steal the country so easily and happily, a very important reason is that Yuwenyun killed all these solid supporters of the Yuwen family and the prestigious and powerful ministers, so there is no one in the court behind who can wrestle with Yang Jian, how can such a Northern Zhou not be surnamed Yang?
After these things were done, Yu Wenyun carried out a series of reforms, but to put it bluntly, this reform was just the opposite of his father. We all know a saying now, in troubled times, we should use heavy canons. This code is the criminal code, that is, the law, in the turbulent and turbulent times of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, it is necessary to use heavy codes, only in this way can the society be stable, so Yu Wenyong promulgated the "Criminal Book System" is a heavy code for the social environment at that time. But after Yu Wenyun came to power, he said no, this thing is too harsh, I am a benevolent monarch, how can I treat my people like this. So it was decided to rewrite the criminal law and give amnesty to the world before that, but this group of criminals was not influenced by this benevolent monarch, and the crime rate in the Northern Zhou Dynasty was even higher. So, this Renjun waved his pen and changed it for me, and changed it more strictly, so the "Holy System of the Criminal Scriptures", which was stricter than the "Criminal Book System", appeared, this criminal law is a more severe criminal law than before, so Yang Jian, a very low-key old man at that time, couldn't look at it, and said to Yu Wenyun that this criminal law was too heavy and not good for the people. But Yu Wenyun just became the emperor, and this person is a faint monarch, to put it bluntly, the faint monarch is a villain, everyone knows that a villain can remember you for a lifetime, so just like that, Yu Wenyun began to alienate Yang Jian. Yang Jian also felt it, but if he didn't say no, the ministers were all dead, he was the only one, if he didn't let go of, then other officials were not allowed to directly scold him for being a traitor. However, this incident made Yang Jian's reputation among the ministers rise again, which provided a mass base for him to steal the country in the future. This is also something that Yang Jian could not have imagined.
But even though Yang Jian knew that Yuwenyun was starting to look at him unpleasantly, he still worked for Yuwen's family, until something happened, which made Yang Jian panic and began to change. What's going on here? It is said that Yang Jian was very uncomfortable in the court because of the punishment of the court. I just became an emperor, and I just did a foolish thing to increase the crime rate in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, isn't it just a slap in the face for you to give your opinion at this time? You hit me in the face, I'm sorry, I'm a dumbfounder, I'm going to start trying to figure out how to you now. But Yang Jian is a serious Guanlong nobleman, there is a huge Yang Jian behind him, and there are many courtiers in the court who support him, and he has not made a big mistake, his daughter Yang Lihua is still a decent queen given to Xu by his father Yuwenyong, which is quite difficult. But if it's not good, it doesn't mean that it can't be done, so he began to try, he wanted to kill Yang Lihua, his temptation was very straightforward and dim, but the message was obvious. In history, it is basically impossible for the emperor to kill the queen, even if the queen does something angry and resentful, such as supporting her son to seize power, the queen will only be beaten into the cold palace, and it is impossible to kill. Because killing the queen is not just killing the queen, you have to give an explanation to the ministers, to the people, and to the queen's family, and this kind of explanation is easily unbearable for the emperor. But once the emperor has this thought, there is only one explanation, that is, he is dissatisfied with your family, what your family has done and violated my bottom line, I will not only kill you, but also your entire family. Wanting to kill his whole family just because Yang Jian recommended him seems to be an incredible thing for our current people, but for that era when the whole world is not the emperor's land and the emperor has the power of life and death, it is normal for this kind of thing to appear on the head of a faint monarch.
Although this is a temptation, Yu Wenyun still let the news reach the Yang family, and the meaning is obvious, see what the Yang family is going to do. The matter soon spread to the Yang family, but at this time, Yang Jian was not at home, the matter was urgent, and Dugu Jialuo knew that she couldn't wait, so she said a word, got up and drove into the palace, she was ready to face this matter by herself. When Dugu Jialuo came to the palace, Yu Wenyun was drinking, in fact, he was waiting for Yang Jian, but he didn't expect Dugu Jialuo to come. What kind of person is this Dugu Jialuo, I said before that he is a very powerful person, but I didn't say how powerful it is, I just prepared to put it here to say it. This Dugu Jialuo was called the "two saints" together with Yang Jian after the establishment of the Great Sui, Dugu Jialuo's political mind is very powerful, and he has his own unique views on handling political affairs. There is no detailed record of this history in the history books, we only know that Dugu Jialuo went to the palace immediately after receiving the news, but what was specifically said, although there is no record, but we can not be difficult to guess. As a very politically minded strong woman, she can't just kowtow and cry like in the TV series, to be honest, if she can fool the past by crying, how can there be so many unjust, false and wrongful cases in history. So Dugu Jialuo must be kowtowing and talking, and what he said must be a statement of pros and cons, but what kind of statement and what is stated, we don't know, in short, the result of this matter is that Yang Lihua is not dead, Dugu Jialuo is not dead, and this matter is over.
After coming back, Yang Jian knew about it, and he instantly broke out in a cold sweat, he knew that he had to do something, not for anything else, just to survive, he needed to do something.