The era of Shihu has begun, and everyone in the world will hate this name, because of the tyranny and excess; The whole world will be afraid of this name, because of the cruelty and cold-bloodedness, and the murder of countless people.

The first person to express displeasure with Shi Hu's actions was Yao Yizhong, the governor of Xiqiang. Yao Yizhong, no character, was a native of Nan'an Chiting (now southeast of Longxi, Gansu), and his ancestors were the leaders of the Qiang people. Originally, he was not a very influential figure, but because he had a very promising son named Yao Chang, the founder of the Later Qin Empire, although it was a short-lived dynasty, he was the founding king after all, and it was rare in history, so the story about Yao Yizhong was remembered in the annals of history.

At that time, Yao Yizhong was still a subordinate of Later Zhao, and when Shi Hu, the king of Zhao Tianwang, ascended the throne and ruled the world, as a subordinate, Yao Yizhong wanted to express his congratulations, such as Shi Le, who was so strong that he still wanted to send an envoy to congratulate Liu Yao when he ascended the throne and became emperor, but Yao Yizhong did not do so. People are doing it, the sky is watching, Yao Yizhong knows what happened to the Zhao royal family.

Shi Hu after Da Shuang is very unhappy, don't you know that I am very bullish and cruel? I want you to come! After that, after about more than the twelve gold medals, Yao Yizhong finally came (he couldn't resist Shi Hu), but he didn't have a good face: "The king is a hero, how can he hold his arm and take the throne of the king?" "This is a curse, what a fart hero, a whole ungrateful, despicable villain! Shi Hu was very annoyed, but the excuse was very far-fetched and weak: "King Haiyang (Shi Hong) is young, and I am afraid that he will not be able to take care of family affairs." So take your place! When everyone else is "young"? So easy to deceive!

In fact, the throne has been taken away, and it no longer matters what kind of excuse, Yao Yizhong is just venting his dissatisfaction, and he can't change anything. The cattle thief steals, and the country thief is king. Shi Hu is already the king! As for Yao Yizhong, who scolded him, he was naturally fine, and he had an official to seal. Because of the king's bearing, Shi Hu still needs to perform; Because of the Qiang forces behind Yao Yizhong, Shi Hu still needs to be wooed.

Shi Hu, who was born in the military, is the best at fighting and killing, and is not very good at governing the country, in his eyes, the king should be "drunk and lying on the knees of beauty, waking up and ruling the world", living in the best and best house, sleeping with the most handsome and handsome girl. That kind of life is the life that a generation of kings should have, as for things like worrying about the country and the people, taking the world as his own responsibility, Shi Hu didn't think about it carefully, after I die, he will be flooded, as long as he can live comfortably in this life!

That's what Shi Hu did!

In September 335, after all, it was inevitable that the Yecheng plot that had been stationed in Yecheng would occur, and Shi Hu moved the capital to Yecheng.

Moving the capital is a big project, especially when Later Zhao has become a Central Plains regime, and it is no longer a grassland tribe that can roll up the cover and leave. The people who dragged their families with their mouths, the powerful and powerful, and the dignitaries and dignitaries who were full of gold and silver, as many people followed Shi Hu, how many people suffered. At the worst, it will ruin wealth and avoid disasters, and at worst, it will ruin the family and ruin the family. Later generations such as Song Qinzong, such as Emperor Chongzhen, did not reach a consensus with his subordinates to move the capital when the country was ruined, but Shi Hu succeeded, which is amazing. As for the people's grievances, under the power, the small people, how can they be Nai Shihu?

After moving the capital, Shi Hu immediately devoted himself to the great cause of building a house for himself, and the people moved and wanted to buy some new belongings. In November 336, Shi Hu built the Taiwu Palace in Xiangguo, and built the East and West Palaces in Yecheng, which were all completed in December of that year.

What kind of house can be built in two months?

"The Taiwu Hall is two feet eight feet high, broken with aragonite, through the ambush room, and placed five hundred guards in it. Seventy-five steps from east to west, sixty-five steps from north to south. All lacquered tiles, gold bells, silver wings, gold pillars, bead curtains, jade walls, exhaustive skills. (The Book of Jin and the Chronicles of Shi Jilong)

Comrades who are accustomed to seeing the Great Hall of the People are not interested in the big house with "75 steps from east to west and 65 steps from north to south"? Seventeen hundred years ago, China was an extremely huge project for a country like the Later Zhao Dynasty, requiring tens of thousands of craftsmen to work day and night for a long time - two months!

This is in the original capital of Xiangguo, so what about Shihu's new capital Yecheng? In addition to the east and west palaces, there are nine halls of Lingfengtai, and more than 10,000 beauties are enriched. In fact, we can almost guess the grandeur and luxury of Shihu's new capital city based on the description of Xiangguo Palace alone.

This is in the palace, Shi Hu is extremely poor and luxurious. When going out of the palace to play, the pomp and circumstance of Zhao Tianwang Shihu is also very different, with more than 1,000 female cavalry guards wearing pants (hakama), which is quite magnificent.

You read that right, it's a female cavalryman with pants! Before Shi Hu, Chinese women did not wear pants, and at that time they wore something called "deep clothes", which was a kind of skirt of equal length before and after. Please remember that Chinese women wore pants from the time of Shihu. Jin and Wei dynasties and the pre-Qin Dynasty, if you look up from the heels of the women, hehe, you will find that there is nothing, at a glance.

Then the question arises, who pays? It costs a lot of money to build a lot of real estate, tens of thousands of palace maids need to be supported by fine clothes and jade food, and the female cavalry who burns money is more expensive than the real iron cavalry of the Qiang tribe.

Who's paying for all this?

The migrant workers who build houses have to come out of the common people, including engineers. So, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of strong laborers left their homes and came to Yecheng and Xiangguo to repair houses for Shi Hu. In ancient times, this was called forced labor, which was an obligation that citizens should fulfill for the country. Under the conditions of cold weather and lack of food and clothing, if you have to work continuously for two months, who can survive to the end, it is only up to the will of God, Shi Hu does not care.

As for those palace maids, let's not talk about it! It definitely didn't fall from the sky, each of them has a father and mother. Will they be given a pension to their parents? To give or not to give, Shi Hu should be punished by God, the curse of no children and grandchildren! However, this was not his last solicitation.

As for the question of money, it is naturally allocated by the treasury, so where does the money come from? I'd love to tell you that it's industrial production, it's commodity trade, but it's really not.

Shi Hu also wanted to build a Yellow River bridge over the Yellow River, but there was no steel at that time, so it could only be built with stones, and after spending millions, it was not built after all. The great project has been put on hold for 1,600 years, but this is not to be regretted.

In the early years of the Western Jin Dynasty, the population of the country was about 20 million (the Eastern Han Dynasty had a population of 60 million), and then the people of northern China did not get much recovery in the recuperation at the beginning of the founding of the country. In such an environment, how many people can there be in Hou Zhao? How much productivity? It won't be too much, it really won't be too much, behind Shi Hu's series of huge projects is almost all the blood and sweat of the people of Later Zhao.

The people have no means of making a living!

Shi Zai: When Zhao was dry, Su Erdou was worth a pound of gold. The people who had at most two copper coins in their pockets, except for grass roots and tree bark, could only be eaten.

But Shi Hu did not reduce the people's taxes and servitude, and he could not see the lives of the people, and he did not necessarily care if he saw them. At one time, no one sympathized with Shi Hu, who was struggling to survive in his misery, and some only treated him as he could sell it for money once he was caught (see Shi Le). So at this moment, why should he sympathize with others? There is no reason, Shi Hu is indifferent, as long as his own life is not affected, where can he care about the life and death of others. In his eyes, those poor grass people are really just things that deserve to die.

At this point, Shi Le's policy of resting with the people since his accession to the throne was destroyed by Shi Hu. Later, Zhao's dream of strengthening the country and the army and dominating the world became all fantasies and bubbles.

Later Zhao has the opportunity to unify the whole country, and the opportunity is in the Shi Hong, who is "not like a general", if there is no Shi Hu usurping the throne, the elegant and filial Shi Hong will definitely be able to "uphold the last wish of the first emperor", rest with the people, develop production, and enrich the country and strengthen the army. The people of the Central Plains are very industrious, and even if the land is barren, they can create endless wealth. In less than ten years, Hou Zhao will definitely be able to achieve the wealth of the country, the strength of the people, and the elite soldiers. It's a pity that in Shi Hu's hands, the powerful Hou Zhao tossed its war potential, and it was no longer possible to realize the dream of dominating the world.

In the first month of 337, four years after Shi Hu deposed Emperor Shi Hong of Later Zhao, Shi Hu felt that his great achievements could finally be worthy of the title of "emperor", and the anger of the people was enough to calm down (such as Yao Yizhong), and all the people under his rule had settled in peace (he thought of it himself). It's time to be the emperor, no matter how loud the name of King Zhao is resounding, he is not the emperor after all.

There was an accident at the juncture.

The Tingliao (indoor torch, see Olympic flame), which was supervised by Cheng Gongduan, leaked oil, causing a fire that killed more than 20 people. Shi Hu's accession to the throne is imminent, and the main hall is on fire, so there is no need to guess, it must be a bad omen. The ancients were superstitious, and Shi Hu's great cause of ascending the throne was delayed in this way, and this delay was twelve years.

Shi Hu's emperor couldn't be the emperor, so he changed it to the Great Zhao Heavenly King, and set up the queen Zheng as the queen of Tianwang, and his son Shi Di as the crown prince of Tianwang. Among the children of the clan, the king was demoted to the rank of county prince. The dignitaries are still those dignitaries, except for Cheng Gongduan (who was cut in half), everyone is very good.

At this point, Shi Hu no longer had to "live in Zhao", and became a veritable "Heavenly King" ruler of Later Zhao, completely getting rid of the influence of Shi Le and his descendants.

Although Shi Hu did not become the emperor, except for the title, everything is no different.