CHAPTER 1 When Opportunity Knocks on the Door 22.Seize power
The seizure of power was due to the young age of the crown prince.
The deaths of Shi Xuan and Shi Tao dealt a huge blow to Shi Hu, and he was unconscious, but the bastards of his sons were vivid. "I want to wash my belly with pure gray three dendrobs, and my belly is filthy and evil, so I gave birth to a murderous son, and I wanted to kill my husband when I was more than 20 years old." Shi Hu himself felt that he was full of filth, so he gave birth to so many bastard sons.
People are not born to do evil, the instinct of newborns is to breastfeed, and then they grow up under the words and deeds of their parents. Shi Hu was born like this, and it was his soul that should be cleansed, not his body. When he kills the Son of Man when he is entrusted with the weight of loneliness, when he treats all the people like grass and mustard in the construction of a large number of buildings, when he indulges in lust in his arms, his heart is filthy, his soul is full of dirt, and his temperance is ...... We can only find it from the ground. How could the sons of Shi Hu, who had been exposed to it, become humble gentlemen and sages? It's just a devil under the rule of power and desire.
There are two reasons why Shi Hu decided to make Lishi the crown prince:
One of them: young, only ten years old. Shi Hu's reason is very simple, when the little bastard grew up, I was already old. Don't see him come and kill me.
Second: good background. Shi Shi's mother was the youngest daughter of the former Zhao Emperor Liu Yao, Princess Anding. In 329, the Later Zhao Rongzhao general Zhang Jackal conquered Shangqi, captured the former Zhao Anding princess, and presented it to Shi Hu. At that time, that princess was only twelve years old, and she was definitely a pure, cute and beautiful little Lori! Shi Hu accepted her. It was also since then that Zhang Jackal and Princess Liu of Anding had a friendship. In 339, Liu was born in Shishi. The bloodline of the two generations of kings, Shi Shi's bloodline is naturally more noble than Shi Hu's other sons.
In fact, this was instigated by Zhang Jackal, the son is bad because his mother is not good, and he is "born to advocate excellence", while Liu Yao's daughter is a good born (princess), so she naturally gives birth to a good son.
Should he make a sound, "The prince will be Xiangning, there is a kind of it?" I sighed, except for thinking that Zhang Jackal helped his own people for personal gain, I couldn't understand his logic. But at that time, Shi Hu was convinced.
Well, let's stand up to the stone world.
The big mistake was made!
Judging from the later situation, where is there any noble and not noble! The greed and obscenity of human nature are always revealed in the face of supreme power! Everyone who is near that throne wants to feel the glory that it brings. Whether it is the Xiongnu, the Qian, or the Han, everyone is the same.
Zhang's suggestion cut off the hope of Shi Hu's other sons succeeding to the throne as emperor, and laid the groundwork for the disaster that would soon follow. The most important thing is that Shi Hu himself did not expect that he would only live for less than a year. And Shi Shi, who did not grow up, was the cause of the turmoil in Later Zhao, and it was also one of the important reasons why the entire clan of the Qian clan was destroyed later. History has proven time and time again: In fact, the tyranny of a strong army will only arouse resentment, and the decline of no successor will attract backlash.
In the first month of 349, Shi Hu became emperor. On April 23, 349, Shi Hu died of illness, Emperor Zhenwu, and the temple name was Taizu. The edict ordered Shi Zun to be the general and guard the right side of the pass; Shi Bin is the prime minister and the secretary of the book; Zhang Jackal is the general of the town guard, the leading general, and the secretary of the ministry, and the three of them jointly assist the government.
There should be a lot of comments about Shi Hu, but after I think about it, I can't write it, just give one sentence!
Why die now!
Without a father, will the older brothers bow down to Shi Shi?
From the Xiongnu Han Kingdom to the present, this is the fourth power struggle after the death of the emperor. The old emperor's hopes before his death were always good, the plans were always good, and the arrangements were always good, but the actual results were always bad.
Because, people's hearts are changing every moment!
Surrounded by robbers, the young Shi Shi is full of jewels!
Shi Shi was only eleven years old when he succeeded to the throne, and his young age meant that he couldn't manage the government, and he had to ask his mother for instructions on big and small things. Of course, at that time, Empress Dowager Liu felt very sorry for her son, and even asked Shi Shi to be exempted, and directly took over the authority and took charge of the government. Who would have thought that the first robber to rob Shi Shi was his mother?
We should have thought of it a long time ago. A long, long time ago, when Emperor Wu of Han killed Mrs. Gou Yi before his death, we should have thought about it.
The three auxiliary ministers left behind by Shi Hu did not serve as expected, and Empress Dowager Liu and Zhang Yu usurped the power of the imperial court. Shi Bin, who was supposed to become the prime minister and record the Shangshu, was killed because the Empress Dowager Liu suspected that Shi Bin would kill her son after he became an assistant. There is no evidence that Shi Bin has this motive, but there is no need to investigate the real reason, Shi Shi's fucking suspicion is enough.
After that, it is time to appease those who have not been killed, you must know that there are three auxiliary ministers left by Shi Hu, and one is outside the capital, outside the control of Empress Dowager Liu and Zhang Yun.
In order to show appeasement, Feng Pengcheng Wang Shizun and Yiyang Wang Shijian are the left and right prime ministers, this is an old trick of decentralization and checks and balances, and the official is not allowed to monopolize the power, and the noble Empress Dowager Liu is not clever in playing political power, and the old cucumber is painted with tender paint! How could Shi Zun not see it? Besides, what Shi Zun wants, even a single person's prime minister can't satisfy him.
Shi Zun learned of Shi Hu's death on the way back to Beijing. The illness was too sudden, and the death was too rapid, and the time left for Shi Zun was not enough for him to rush to his father's sickbed.
Then don't go, Shi Zun, who was walking halfway down, stopped, and stationed troops in Hanoi. My father died, and there were no relatives in the imperial city! What awaits him in the capital may be a grave that has already been dug up.
Shi Zun waited like this, until he successfully joined forces with the counterinsurgency army that had returned from the crusade against Liang Li, and then began his next move. The generals who met with Shi Zun must mention that there are too many stories about them in the history after Later Zhao. They are: Yao Yizhong, Fu Hong, the general Ran Min, and the general Wang Yuan.
There is no need to elaborate on the process of the meeting, there are no flowers and applause, the emperor is dead, even if there is a great military merit, the reward is a matter of the future, at that time, if anyone remembers. After several big men hugged their heads and cried, each reminiscing about their endless admiration for Shi Hu and expressing their infinite loyalty to Shi Hu, the matter came to the most critical issue: seizing power! This is also the sole purpose of their gathering.
"His Royal Highness is long and virtuous, and the first emperor is also interested in His Royal Highness...... The sin of the jackal, the drum line and begging for it, who will not turn the door and welcome His Highness? This is the voice of the majority of generals after the meeting, attacking Jingshi (Yecheng) and seizing power. Shi Zun is the emperor, and everyone is the father,...... How can the counterinsurgency achieved through a hundred battles be compared to a single support that moves at the opportunistic opportunity? No one wants to miss the opportunity, the generals are unwilling, and Shi Zun is even more unwilling. Of course, the premise is that it must be said that "Zhang Jackal's crime", if it was suggested that Lishi should be the crown prince at that time, how could there be such a thing today!
Shi Zun's army finally set off. Declare the crime of the jackal, do the usurpation, and march forward with the drum.
After joining the rebel army, Shi Zun has strong strength, which is enough for him to beat the drum and advance to conquer Yecheng in the chaos of power transfer in a calm and calm manner.
There was no fighting, and when Shi Zun's soldiers approached the city, the soldiers of the Qian tribe defending the city turned against each other. "The Son of Heaven came to mourn, I should go out to welcome him, and I can't fight for Zhang Jackal" ("Jin Shu Shi Jilong Jiji"). Then, Shi Zun entered the city and took control of everything, beheaded the jackals, and razed the three clans.
Empress Dowager Liu once again gave Shi Zun the title of official, the prime minister, the leader of the great Sima, the governor of the Chinese and foreign military, the record of Shangshu, the addition of Huang Yue, Jiuxi, and the addition of ten counties. Compared with the prime ministers left and right, the official title given to Shi Zunfeng this time is enough to reach heaven. Shi Zun was not satisfied, 9,999 years old is not equal to 10,000 years old, and Empress Dowager Liu did not give him the seat he wanted-the throne.
Then go on, and the drama of Zen concession and resignation begins to be staged.
In order to save his life, Shi Shi began to issue an edict to give way, and Shi Zun resigned. Both sides have to show their resolute stance on this kind of thing, and only in this way can the play be easy to perform. Shi Shi couldn't take back the holy decree and said that he didn't want to give way, and Shi Zun couldn't be in a hurry, it was unwise to kick his younger brother down. The process of the performance should be like this: Shi Zun has to prevaricate verbally, write a recital, and pretend in front of the minister of civil and military affairs in the court. Then Shi Shi continued to issue an edict, and Shi Zun continued to resign, such as the third. The ministers began to write a persuasion form, the queen mother began to cry and cry, and the emperor Shi Shi also pulled her brother's sleeve and did not let her go. So, under the "helplessness", Shi Zun felt that it was difficult to disobey the will of the people, so he had to reluctantly agree.
Everyone's happy! Except for Empress Dowager Liu and her son, everyone was happy.
From his accession to the throne to his abdication, Shi Shi only served as emperor for thirty-three days.
On May 16, 349, Shi Zun sealed Shi Shi as the king of Chen, ate ten thousand households, and treated him as a courtesy, and abolished the empress dowager Liu as a concubine. Of course, these were useless things, Shi Shi could not enjoy the food of ten thousand households, and soon Shi Shi and his mother Liu were killed.
The pinnacle of Game of Thrones has always been like this, and there are many paths to climb, which can be extremely difficult or easy. But there is only one way down, and that is to fall down and be crushed. Shi Shi, who can't be the emperor, is no longer possible to be a prince and grandson, and what awaits him is only broken bones, and there will be no return. At the age of eleven, he may not understand these truths, but he never had a chance again.
Shi Hu had a total of twelve sons and one adopted son. Their names are now listed below: Shi Di, Shi Xuan, Shi Jian, Shi Bao, Shi Tao, Shi Bin, Shi Ting, Shi Kun, Shi Zun, Shi Yi, Shi Shi, Shi Chong, and the adopted son Shi Zhan (Ran Zhan, the father of Ran Min). After Shi Shi's death, there were only six people left in the world, namely: Shi Jian, Shi Bao, Shi Kun, Shi Zun, Shi Yi, and Shi Chong. The others died young! Alas! Don't be born in the emperor's house, die of illness and be assassinated. It is difficult to get rid of a life, and thirty years later, a knife is scraped. In the days after Shi Shi's death, Shi Hu's remaining sons were all killed before they could even hold out for three years. After that, we slowly elaborate.
In May and June of 349, due to Shi Hu's death, the Later Zhao, the ruling group in northern China, once again set off a bloody storm of imperial infighting, and Shi Hu's children and grandchildren fought fiercely against each other in order to compete for power. It just confirms the saying: perdition begins from within. This was the case of the military might of the Later Zhao Dynasty, whose decay was fueled by debauchery and ruthless killing, which led to the rapid demise of the country founded by force.
During those days, the sky was abnormal and the signs were frequent. For example: strong winds; For example, there was a big hailstorm; The most serious thing is that the thunder burned down the palace of the imperial palace, and the Taiwu Hall and Yehua Hall were wiped out, leaving only ashes all over the ground. The fire burned for more than a month before it was extinguished, and the Later Zhao Empire's "most of the people who took advantage of the public opinion to serve the imperial burner, and all the gold and stone were gone". What's even more terrifying is that "rain and blood are all over Yecheng", the sky is red and rainy, red as blood, like an apocalyptic scene. Now, we may be able to explain all this scientifically, but in those days, the only convincing way to say it was: Damned!
Yes, the state of the country is like this, and the crimes of the Shi family are too numerous to mention, but the poor people can only wait for God to administer justice for them.
Just like Nuwa Niangniang sent Daji to Shang, the heavens also sent Shi Chong to ignite the flame of Later Zhao's demise.
It should be said that Shi Chong is an impulsive guy, after learning that Shi Zun killed the king and usurped the throne, after half a day of "careful preparation and planning", Shi Chong's army set off, the target: Yecheng. Reason: Crusade against rebellion. I can't wait!
Shi Zun is naturally a heinous crime, and naturally everyone is punished for it. However, whether to punish or not is another big problem, in the face of strength, the strong truly represent justice.
Shi Zun wrote a letter to Shi Chong, a handwritten letter, which was very substantial, mainly to contact the feelings of brothers and tell about the deep love between flesh and blood, such as how to peek at the palace maid taking a bath together when he was a child. Then he patted his chest and packed the ticket to add an official to Shi Chong. Only in the last paragraph of the last page did he explain the purpose of his letter: to collect troops and go home.
Shi Chong was very moved, his brother's words are reasonable! After rejuvenating the army because of anger, Shi Chong wanted to rest because of a mourning.
Can't go back! The struggle of the emperor's family has always been a life-and-death battle, where to talk about brotherhood! Aren't Shi Shi and Shi Zun brothers, don't they have flesh and blood affection? Shi Chong's generals did not agree.
Then let's fight! Shi Chong's army continued to advance, and Shi Zun resolutely chose war after another touching letter to persuade Shi Chong to no avail.
Shi Zun's leading generals were Ran Min (Shi Min) and Li Nong, Ran Min was very capable of fighting, and in the battle to defend Shi Zun, Ran Min was even more capable of fighting. Because, when the army was raised to seize power, Shi Zun promised him: after the matter is completed, Lier will be the crown prince.
In the Battle of Pingjian, Shi Chong was defeated, and on the way to escape, he was captured by Ran Min in Yuanshi County (located in the south-central part of Hebei Province) and died on the spot, in addition, all 30,000 of Shi Chong's soldiers were killed by Ran Min.
What a great achievement, another stone tiger. It's just that the bloodlines in the bones are different after all, and this is destined for Ran Min's excellence and greatness in that period of history.