Okay, it's time to say something else, let's take a look at Shi Hu's second prince - Shi Xuan.

Needless to say, Shi Xuan is a bad guy. There are fathers and brothers such as Shi Hu and Shi Di, and it is difficult for Shi Xuan to think that it is not bad! This situation is called: large-scale environmental edification, small-scale guidance! The history books record him as follows: tyrannical, lewd, and unscrupulous! Once because of a joke that "the eye socket is deeply sunken, it can be used to hold urine", Shi Xuan killed a provincial minister. In fact, that sentence didn't mean him, but it just happened that Shi Xuan himself was a typical beard with deep eye sockets, so under the deliberate instigation of people with ulterior motives, Shi Xuan ended up with the life of a high-ranking official of Later Zhao.

We often say that without investigation, there is no voice. Shi Xuan's violence lies in power, and under power, Shi Xuan, who did not investigate and did not speak, had the power to do it.

Shi Xuan once engaged in civil engineering construction by the Zhangshui River (now known as Zhanghe, which originates from Shanxi and flows between Hebei and Henan, with two sources of Qing and turbidity), and the specific purpose is unknown, only that it was a winter, it was very cold, and tens of thousands of people froze to death and died. Seeing the corpses and bones all over the road, Shi Xuan's expression was as usual, turning a blind eye, without a trace of pity.

Of course, the project must go on as usual!

This may be due to the influence of Shi Hong, who is "not like a general", Shi Hu's princes are all like snakes and scorpions, cold and vicious, but they are very similar to "generals". It's just a pity that as the prince of the country, he lacks the feelings of flesh and blood of all the people in the world, and lacks the bearing that many people who rule the world should have.

Have you ever had that kind of bearing? It's just that standing in that position, playing the smart that he thinks he is, and enjoying the power under the shadow of his father. Perhaps, in his eyes, "The people of the world are all grassy, and all directions come to me to respect me." "It's the real king! Xiaomin Er, where is he worthy of bothering about it.

Such a person should be cursed, and a vicious person will never end well. Shi Di has already had retribution, and Shi Xuan will not be an exception.

As explained above, the fire was planted by Shi Hu himself. Once ignited, it was enough to burn Shi Xuan, and it was enough to harm Shi Hu, and then destroy the entire Hou Zhao.

Shi Tao and Shi Xuan are brothers, the closest kind, a mother and compatriots! But the position of the crown prince can only be the only one, and the contradiction between Shi Xuan and Shi Tao, who are in charge of the government, has arisen because of this. When Shi Xuan's position as the crown prince was threatened by Shi Tao, that was the moment when he launched a life-and-death attack on Shi Tao. There is no scruples, and there is no hesitation. The power struggle of the imperial family has always exceeded family affection. Even if both parents are alive and wide, their eyes are open!

Someone once specifically advised Shi Hu: "The reward and punishment are powerful, and the name is of the utmost importance, and it is advisable for His Majesty to hold it himself, and not to give it to others lightly." The prince of the princely kingdom should be based on filial piety, and should not decide the government early. Now the prince and Shi Tao are divided, and there is a gap in the struggle for power, which is bound to cause disaster to the country and relatives. May Your Majesty wake up and be alert. ”

Shi Hu didn't wake up and didn't warn him! It's still the same, and I'm very willful!

In fact, for Shi Hu, he was not wrong, the palms and backs of his hands were full of meat, and no matter which side he cut with a knife, it would make him feel distressed. However, the development of things later must have made Shi Hu understand a truth: willfulness has to pay a price! Heavy and painful! It took his old life.

The hatred between Shi Xuan and Shi Tao was caused by the "pomp" during a trip, and we can call it "a bloody case caused by a trip".

While endless wealth and pleasure, Shi Hu felt that the days should last and be long, and it was best to live with heaven and earth, and shine with the sun and the moon. So he sent the crown prince Shi Xuan to pray to the mountains and rivers, that is, to climb to the top of the mountain, offer sacrifices, and say something such as "Heaven, earth, let our old Shi family rule the Central Plains forever and rule the universe!" Something like that.

Shi Xuan's ceremony out of the city can be called a big military parade, "take the big chariot, feather bao, canopy, build the flag of the son of heaven", 180,000 soldiers of fine armor and spears, from the Jinming Gate fish out, the flag covers the sun, the smoke and dust show the sky, and the golden drum rings in unison.

Shi Hu sat on the Lingxiao Treasure Hall (a high-platform building, please distinguish it from the Lingxiao Treasure Hall of the Jade Emperor) made of countless lives, looking at the grand scene from afar, and was very satisfied: "My father and son are like this, since the sky is not falling, why worry?" But hugging the son and making the grandson day is fun! ”

The danger of rivers is not enough to rely on, the iron cavalry is not enough to fear, and the most important factor in the strength of a political power is the people's hearts. Under the monstrous power of Shi Hu's father and son, they could not hide the background of the dying struggle of the Li people on the death line, and could not hide the reality that the entire Later Zhao Empire was on the verge of collapse. Although the Later Zhao Dynasty died in the internal power struggle, it was even more perished in the perverse tyranny of Shi Hu's reign, when the people could not make a living, the hearts of the scholars were scattered, and the country was in decline. Although there is a strong army, it has already become the end of the strong crossbow.

However, the army was more than one way, and soon, Shi Tao also did the same, leading more than 100,000 troops to "come from Bingzhou and swim in Qin and Jin".

This matter can't be hidden from Shi Xuan, Shi Tao's courtesy is comparable to that of the prince! This is not a good signal for Shi Xuan, although the place where the butt sits determines the treatment, but does the treatment also reflect where the butt should sit? Who is the real prince of Hou Zhao? This is an issue that cannot be discussed and cannot be discussed, Shi Xuan can tolerate Shi Tao sharing his power, but he will never allow Shi Tao to threaten his position as the crown prince and kill Shi Tao's heart.

In 348, Shi Hu lit the fuse.

One day, Shi Hu and the prince Shi Xuan had a little conflict, which was not a big deal, but it happened that Shi Hu was in a bad mood that day, and you also know that there are always a few days of discomfort every month, everyone can understand, but Shi Hu shouted something like this when he was angry: "Regret not establishing Shi Tao as the prince!"

It's really angry, this is clearly pushing Shi Tao into the fire pit. You can't abolish the crown prince right away, as the king of a country, what's the use of saying such things? I really don't understand. Shi Hu is always like that...... Inscrutable.

After that, things developed unexpectedly for Shi Hu. It's just that even Shi Hu, who is powerful and rich all over the world, can't buy regret medicine.

This sentence was spread out after a while, and the so-called one stone stirred up a thousand waves, and everyone reacted differently! Shi Tao and Shi Xuan began to fight each other, one to defend the crown prince to the death, and the other to desperately seize the throne of the prince. The contradictions between the two sides began to become clear and intensified.

Immediately after, the barrel of explosives was revealed, very thick and strong!

In fact, it is also the fault of willfulness, it is said that Shi Tao built a big house at home after being happy, named "Xuanguang Palace", the beam is nine zhang long, please note this. In ancient times, there was a limit to the size of a house that could be built depending on status. Liang Kuan's nine-zhang house, Shi Tao's current identity can't afford to live in it, at least, before becoming the prince, it is illegal to live in such a house. However, I think Shi Tao felt that he was about to become a prince, so he had to prepare in advance, so he built his own house according to the standards of the prince's East Palace. In the future, it will be necessary to renovate and rebuild.

The ancients were quite particular about taboos, and in addition to not building a house nine zhang wide, the princes and ministers were not allowed to use the words contained in the name of the emperor or the crown prince. This is called for the elderly, for the venerable. Li He, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, only because his father's name has the word "Jin", he has never been to take the Jinshi exam in his life.

Shi Tao not only built a house nine zhang wide, but also named it after the character "Xuan" of the prince Shi Xuan. At that time, this was a great disrespect, which was tantamount to treating the prince as nothing.

Shi Xuanben didn't know that he went to Shi Tao's house because he wanted to find fault, and Shi Hu's words made him frightened and uneasy! As an elder brother, beating Shi Tao is something he has to do. Entering the gate of Shi Tao's house, Shi Xuan saw the three big characters at first sight: Xuanguang Palace. Glittering, shining, dazzling! But he committed Shi Xuan's name. It turned out that there was no need to look for it, and when I entered the door of my brother's house, I could see it.

The furious Shi Xuan smashed the Xuanguang Palace, demolished the nine-zhang long beam, and specially cut it off a few meters, Shi Tao was not at home at the time, and hid. Otherwise, according to Shi Xuan's temper, he must have beaten him up before he stopped.

Shi Tao was very quiet when he went home, he didn't say anything, he just rebuilt his house, which was bigger, more imposing and more unruly than the previous one! Effective action is always better than hysterical roar, and Shi Tao practices the truth of "actions speak louder than words" with actions. Shi Xuan, if you have the ability, you will smash it again!

Shi Tao is very rich and capricious. But reality tells us that when you are faced with a richer and more headstrong Lord. You have to pay for your willfulness.

Shi Xuan didn't come to smash it again, there was no need for it. Shi Tao's actions completely angered him, and Shi Xuan's next smash was no longer the house, but Shi Tao himself!

"Dare to be so arrogant! Whoever dares to kill Shi Tao, I call the emperor and queen to transfer Shi Tao's feudal state. As soon as Shi Tao dies, the Lord will definitely be mourned, and then we will do great things together (do bad things), and the success will be successful! The mad Shi Xuan gave an assassination order to his cronies. A crazy plan that even my father was unwilling to let go was formed.

On the day of the assassination, there are yellow and black clouds in the southeast, the east and west pass through the sky, the color is black and green, the unitary time (five o'clock in the afternoon to seven o'clock) runs through the sun, and the sun is divided into seven paths after the sun is gone, and there are white clouds such as fish scales between them, and the child is extinguished.

Shi Tao actually understands astronomy, and unlike today's Galileo who holds a telescope and watches endlessly, he is good at telling fortunes by relying on weather changes. In ancient times, this was called "the study of emperors", which was very mysterious, very weird, and very remarkable. The great Shi Tao naturally saw the yellow and black cloud, and when he saw it, he was evil, "There is a great change in the sky, when there is an assassin from Jingshi, I don't know who it should be?" ”

Naturally, it should be on himself, Shi Tao should know, how could a person who can predict the future not think of the disaster on his head. Shi Tao, it's a big deal, it's a big deal!

That night, Shi Tao was drunk and sighed: "People live in impermanence, don't be easy, it's difficult." Pay a cup for each, and drink it for me, and I will be drunk today. When will you return to the future, and not drink? After saying that, he even drank a few cups, and he was sobbing suddenly. On the last night, there was a premonition, but he was not sure, Shi Tao never thought that he would never wake up again. That night, the assassins sent by Shi Xuan ran away after stabbing nine hundred and ninety-nine holes in him.

There is no one in the world who can really calculate fate, psychological analysis and behavioral speculation. After Shi Tao did so many things that made His Royal Highness the Crown Prince unhappy, could he have thought about Shi Xuan's revenge? Brothers are heart-to-heart, how could Shi Tao not know Shi Xuan's temperament, there must be. What's more, thinking about the Shi Di who yelled at the banquet, we should know that when Shi Xuan was in office, he was not airtight.

The first to report to Shi Hu was Shi Xuan, the thief shouted that catching the thief was a must, which could not only wash away his innocence but also win filial piety, Shi Xuan felt that he had done a good job. Of course, you can't laugh out loud when you report the crime, if you die your brother, you naturally have to be full of grief, and you have to swear that you can't stand up to the murderer.

Shi Hu was really sad, the story of the Sima family finally happened to him. "Saddened and frightened, a long time is Su". After crying, Shi Hu decided to go to his son's funeral. Sikong Li Nong persuaded: "I am afraid that the person who harms the Duke of Qin is within Xiao Qiang, and he is very worried, so he can't come out." "The one who killed your son is actually your other son, who dares to go out of the palace and be careful to slaughter you. Onlookers can always see everything clearly, and it is inconvenient for Li Nong to say the murderer clearly, but this sentence is enough to mention Shi Hu.

Please pay attention to Li Nong, who was the most important assistant to Ran Min's usurpation of power later, and in that earth-shattering story, he has a strong stroke.

Shi Hu, who had lost his son, was in no mood to continue entertaining activities, so he held a funeral for Shi Tao in the palace with full grief. Invisibly, Shi Xuan's plan to stab Shi Hu at the funeral was declared bankrupt. Not only could he not attract Shi Hu, but he also had to go to the palace to bid farewell to Shi Tao.

In fact, Shi Xuan is still very particular, and came on a white horse in a plain car. It's just that the performance is not good, "Lin (Shi) Tao mourns, don't cry, say bluntly, hehe", hehe is hehe, onomatopoeia, expressing a happy mood. Without a big trouble, Shi Xuan should really hehe, it's just that the occasion is wrong. In addition, he uncovered the corpse cloth from the corpse, looked closely at Shi Tao's mutilated corpse, and then "laughed and left". This is called the smug color after the conspiracy succeeded, and after killing someone and watching a joke, Shi Xuan was very satisfied.

It's too arrogant, but it's more of the ruthlessness of the human face and beast's heart, and the brothers of the same father and mother can kill each other so far, aren't the people of the world more like grass mustard in Shi Xuan's heart? Don't doubt the authenticity of the violent acts of Shi Hu's father and son described earlier, perhaps, my description is too gentle. The real them are more ferocious and cold-blooded than those recorded in the history books.

Shi Xuan went out of the palace gate to avenge Shi Tao and killed a minister who usually didn't deal with him. In fact, he was ready to blame others, kill the enemy and then blame the enemy, and destroy all the enemies in one fell swoop. Shi Xuan's wishful thinking was very subtle, but he ignored the most critical person in the whole incident - Shi Hu.

As the number one person in Hou Zhao (all the people who are better than him are dead), Shi Hu's IQ is undoubted, you must know that Shi Le still believed that he could do the things of Yin and Huo before he died.

How can such a person be so easy to deceive?

At the same time as he learned that Shi Tao had been killed, Shi Hu already suspected Shi Xuan (Li Nong also hinted). Who has the courage to kill Shi Hu's son? Only Shi Xuan is not only courageous, but also powerful and motivated. Combined with Shi Xuan's performance at the funeral, Shi Hu affirmed his judgment.

The process of arresting Shi Xuan was very simple, Shi Hu just made up an excuse that the child was critically ill and tricked Shi Xuan into the palace. Then it is the arrest of the same party and the torture of them one by one. Facts have proved that the guy who has no eggs is the most unreliable, when all of Shi Xuan's subordinates gritted their teeth and died, one of his most cronies betrayed him, under the punishment, all confessed, without reservation, and the description of the wonderful part was quite suspicious of adding oil and vinegar.

knew that this was the result, but when he really knew, Shi Hu was still very sad! "Grief and anger are very great, and the secluded (stone) is proclaimed in Xiku".

How deep is the love for Shi Tao, how deep is the hatred for Shi Xuan. It should be deeper, because Shi Xuan is a guy who even wants to kill his biological father, and he directly threatens Shi Hu's life.

In order to prevent Shi Xuan from escaping, Shi Hu sent people to use iron rings to penetrate Shi Xuan's cheeks, and his limbs were locked with shackles. Moreover, "make a few buckets of wooden troughs, and soup and rice, and eat them with pigs and dogs." The cheeks were hooked by the iron ring, and it was estimated that even if Shi Xuan wanted to eat like a pig and a dog, he wouldn't be able to eat much.

After finding the real murderer, he can finally comfort the soul of his beloved son, and in addition to grief, Shi Hu picked up the sword stained with his beloved son's blood, licked and licked it non-stop, "wailing and shaking the palace". The smell of blood emanated from Shi Hu's mouth to the entire palace!

According to common sense, if a son kills another son, the law of the country and the law of the family, should pay for his life. Besides, Shi Tao has a father's favor like this, how can Shi Xuan not die? According to common sense, Shi Xuan was executed in private, and it was a hundred. Minimizing the effects of royal fratricide is the most appropriate thing to do. However, Shi Hu, who was furious, held a public trial meeting. In the midst of all the attention, he tortured and killed Shi Xuan.

Next, let's talk about the word "abuse" in this torture and killing.

Place of execution: Yecheng, an open field in Tongque Taipei.

Torture equipment: a large firewood stack several zhang high (after ignition can make Shi Xuan turn into ashes), there are large wooden stakes on the stacks, and the horizontal wood stretched out of the wooden piles is equipped with special wheels, which are used to turn in circles and wrap ropes, the purpose is to tighten.

Executioner: Instead of being a professional with a ghost-headed knife, Shi Hu found two eunuchs, the two most favored eunuchs in the Shi Tao family (you can imagine how much they hated Shi Xuan).

The process is as follows:

Step 1: Use a quick knife to pierce a hole in Shi Xuan's cheeks, thread a thick rope into the prince's cheek, and hang Shi Xuan on the firewood stack with a reel (with a thick rope through the cheek).

Step 2: One person carefully gouges out Shi Xuan's eyes with a knife, and at the same time, the other person pulls out his hair.

Step 3: Use a large iron hook to hook out Shi Xuan's tongue, and then cut it off by the roots.

Step 4: Cut off Shi Xuan's hands and feet, one by one, the process should be careful, and the unfavorable parts of the cut should be re-cut until the truncated position is the same as Shi Tao.

Step 5: Dissect Shi Xuan's abdomen, the size of the wound must be consistent with Shi Tao, as for the intestines, the organs must flow out of the ground to be completed, the intestines can not be broken, and the organs cannot be damaged.

Step 6: Light the stack of wood. This is very in line with the custom of cremation, but at that time, when the fire was burning, Shi Xuan was still alive and strong like an immortal Xiaoqiang.

The execution is complete.

Afterwards, Shi Xuan's ashes were scattered at various intersections in the city, trampled on.

Shi Hu watched the whole process of the execution, and at the same time there were thousands of concubines and palace maids in the harem. To set an example or to watch a big show? How should the beautiful eyebrows of the flower and moon feel after watching such an exciting death? …… Shi Hu's ideas are always extraordinarily surprising and fascinating!

As for Shi Xuan's small family, naturally he could not be spared, his wife and son, a total of nine people, all escorted to the firewood stack, after enjoying Shi Xuan's punishment, the steel knife chopped off his head and threw it into the firewood stack that was still burning.

At that time, Shi Xuan's youngest son was only five years old, and Shi Hu "hugged him and cried", but the royal family had royal rules, and Shi Hu's tears seemed meaningless at that time. The executing eunuch snatched the child from Shi Hu's arms, and stabbed him in the head, "the child still grabbed Ji Long's (Shi Hu) clothes and screamed." The surrounding palace maids and concubines "don't shed tears for it". Soon, Shi Hu also had a serious illness due to fright and mourning, and he didn't get better!

The sons and grandsons were killed, and Shi Hu naturally didn't care about the lives of those princes and close ministers. There were 50 eunuchs and 300 officers in the East Palace. The dismembered corpses were all thrown into Zhangshui to feed the fish. Shi Hu also ordered that all the more than 100,000 guards of the East Palace be sent to Liangzhou for "labor reform". As the saying goes: hating monks and hating robes refers to this.

Soon after, part of the troops sent to the labor camp led an uprising led by an officer named Liang Qian, and although it was finally suppressed, the entire foundation of Later Zhao's rule was shaken by it. Shi Hu, who relied on the army to gain a foothold, even the army began to oppose him.

Shi Xuan and Shi Tao's biological mother Du Shi was also deposed as a concubine because of her son's mutual killing.

It's a bloody storm.

There are no winners!

In September 348, Shihu Lishi became the crown prince.