Yuwen Hu was killed!

Not only Yuwen Hu, but also Yuwen Hu's son and many henchmen were all killed in a short period of time, and this amazing news spread all over Guanzhong in a short period of time, and then continued to spread to all parts of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and even to other countries.

People were shocked not only by the sudden killing of Yuwen Go, but also by the person who succeeded in killing Yu Wengo!

Before Yuwen Yong took power, he had always behaved very mediocre, and there seemed to be no ability to do it, when he suddenly launched a coup d'état to kill Yuwen Hu and his sons, and captured and killed Yu Wen Hu and his henchmen, the entire Northern Zhou army and people were shocked.

Subsequently, after Yu Jin and Yang Zhong, the oldest generals of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, expressed their support for Yuwen Yong's actions, many leading generals such as Li Bi, Wei Chi Hui, and Da Xi Chengxing swore allegiance to Yu Wenyong, which suppressed the hearts of some people.

Killed Yuwen Hu, the whole Northern Zhou was jubilant, and many generals and ministers who had made great contributions to the elimination of Yuwen Hu were rewarded, but Yu Wenyong's heart was not as happy as it seemed on the surface, and he had a lot to do next.

The second siege of Northern Qi provoked by Yuwen Hu, although it ended in the failure of the strategic goals of various countries, also made Yuwen Yong understand that the national strength of the Northern Zhou Dynasty is still not comparable to that of the Northern Qi, and there are too many things to do to complete the goal of eliminating the Northern Qi and unifying the north.

At this time, the Northern Zhou Dynasty was still in a state of decentralization because of the military system of the Six Pillars and the Twelve Prefectures established by Yuwentai, and because of the worship of Buddha in the Northern Wei Dynasty in the past, the domestic monks in the Northern Zhou Dynasty were flooded, which not only seriously affected the economic production of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, but also the powerful Futu sect often colluded with the nobles to meddle in the politics of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

In addition to these, the various contradictions between the various ethnic groups in the Northern Zhou Dynasty made Yuwen Yong even more emaciated, and the powerful generals, ambitious royal family members, powerful enemy countries around him, and Buddhism and Taoism disputes, all of which were a mess.

The political situation in the Northern Zhou Dynasty was so chaotic, but no one could teach Yu Wenyong what to do, Yu Wenyong could only rely on some of the ways of governing the country that he learned from his eldest brother Yu Wenyu when he was a child, as well as the way he secretly observed and thought over the years, and finally sorted out his thoughts.

At any time, if you want to carry out the reform of the country, you must control the power of the country, and the army is the only element to ensure political power.

Through this reform of the military system, the position of 'Governor of the Chinese and Foreign Military', which had occupied an important position in the Northern Zhou Dynasty in the past, was completely abolished, and from then on the Northern Zhou Emperor became the direct commander of the army.

In order to strengthen his control over the army, Yu Wenyong worked tirelessly to inspect the troops frequently, and in order to win over his generals, he often rewarded and entertained senior officers above the governor level.

History said that he 'took it from the humble and kept striving for self-improvement.' With the sea is not healthy, sharp teaching. As for the military parade, walking the valley, and performing hard work, all of them are unbearable. …… At every banquet, the soldiers will bring their own cups of wine or give gifts with their hands. As for the place of conquest, bow down in the march. ’

It means that Emperor Wu of Zhou, Yuwen Yong, treated the generals and soldiers below with a modest and kind attitude, and attached great importance to the construction of the army, and insisted on training the army in the face of the general trend of the world that had not yet been unified.

Whenever Yuwen Yong invited the soldiers to a banquet, he personally picked up the cup to persuade the soldiers to drink, or when he rewarded the goods, he delivered it with his own hands, and when he was marching and fighting, he personally led the soldiers to walk in the army.

Under Yuwen Yong's actions, the generals and soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty were very moved by Yu Wenyong and became a firm supporter of Yu Wenyong.

But Yuwen Yong felt that it was not enough, because Yuwen Tai was a Xiongnu who was Xianbei, and he still paid great attention to ensuring the ruling power of the Hu people.

As a result, the ethnic groups with small populations in the Northern Zhou Dynasty could not send enough soldiers in accordance with the regulations, and the Han people with a large population could not enter the army too much.

In the past, when many Han heroes served the Northern Zhou regime, they often temporarily entered the army to fight during the war, and they still cultivated the fields as ordinary people, which led to the number of troops in the Northern Zhou Dynasty not expanding.

This time, because the Northern Zhou lost a large number of troops in the war with the Northern Qi, and the small number of other ethnic groups could not meet the expansion of the army, in order to maintain the number and combat effectiveness of the Northern Zhou army, Yuwen Yong simply abolished this restriction on the Han people to join the army, and openly recruited a large number of Han young people into the army.

Yuwen Yong's general of the Northern Zhou Dynasty as 'squire' indicates that they were directly under the emperor's command and loyal to the emperor, and the Han people were incorporated into the government soldiers in large numbers, which not only strengthened the power of the Han generals who controlled the government soldiers, but also further weakened the national characteristics of the Western Wei and Northern Zhou dynasties when they were first founded.

In addition to reforming the military system, Emperor Wu of Zhou, Yuwen Yong, also made certain adjustments to the Northern Zhou official system to make it more suitable for the needs of imperial politics.

Soon after killing Yuwen Hu, he reorganized the military attache of Suwei into the palace guard, and specially appointed the two positions of Siwu and Siwei who were directly subordinate to the emperor instead of the Xia Guanda Sima Mansion in the Zhongxia Dynasty of the Six Qings, and commanded the Suwei forbidden army. Worry-free Chinese network

From then on, the Tenguan Otsuka Zaifu no longer had the privilege of commanding the other five prefectures, and the major decisions of the imperial court often avoided the Liuqing, and the officials close to the emperor among the Liuqing's subordinates were involved.

The imperial doctor in the Tianguan Mansion actually has the authority of the Zhongshu Supervisor and the Zhongshu Order since the Wei and Jin Dynasties because of the 'Ren Zong Silk Lun'; The Nayan doctor who goes in and out of the attendant is also like the provincial attendant under the door; In the internal history of the Chunguan Dazongbo's mansion, the doctor became the de facto prime minister because of 'the secrets of the court and government, and he had to refer to it in detail, and he was like a Shangshu order'.

These reforms of Yuwen Yong caused certain changes to the original political system of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and also provided certain conditions for Emperor Wen of Sui to replace the Northern Zhou Dynasty and establish the Sui regime, abandon the Zhou official system, and restore and create the system of three provinces and six ministries.

After reforming the military system and the official system, Yu Wenyong knew that this was not enough, if he wanted to have a strong army that was brave and good at fighting, he also had to rely on the support of a strong economy, if the country's economy could not support it, no matter how strong the army was, it would be useless.

In order to further strengthen the material basis of centralized power, Yuwen Yong also ordered the removal of the slave status of the Han people of the Southern Dynasty captured by Yuwen Tai during the capture of Jiangling, and made them the household Qi people of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

Immediately after that, Yu Wenyong issued another order that local officials, scholars, heroes, and generals were strictly forbidden to conceal their household registrations, and it was strictly forbidden to embezzle and conceal land.

In ancient China, a household of five was generally calculated, with an average of about two dings, and during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there were generally hundreds or thousands of dependent people in the countryside, and it was not uncommon for some powerful scholars to have tens of thousands of domestic servants, so this decree was extremely severe.

With the reform of Yuwen Yong, the national strength of the Northern Zhou Dynasty increased rapidly, while the old rival Northern Qi was in more and more decline under the toss of Gao Wei and He Shikai, which caused the worries and indignation of many people with lofty ideals in the Northern Qi Dynasty.

So in the first year of Wuping in the Northern Qi Dynasty (570), Gao Yan, the younger brother of Gao Wei of the Northern Qi Dynasty, was not angry with the troubled government of Heshikai, and united with Feng Zicong, the brother-in-law of Empress Dowager Hu, to take advantage of the opportunity of Heshikai to enter the palace and support thousands of troops outside the gate of the divine beast and kill him.

Gao Yan is Gao Wei's fourth brother, and can be said to be the most talented of Gao Zhan's sons, this child began to help his father deal with political affairs at the age of ten, and his sophistication and courage even many ministers are quite in awe.

When Gao Yan was twelve years old, he was already a powerful minister of the Northern Qi Dynasty, because Gao Yan had a disease in his throat, watching the silver needle pierce his throat, his eyes did not blink, and for a time many people compared it to Guan Gong's bone scraping and healing during the Three Kingdoms.

When Gao Yan killed He Shikai, he was only fourteen years old, but he killed the concubine of his mother, Empress Dowager Hu, which made Empress Dowager Hu very sad.

What made Empress Dowager Hu even more sad was that on one side her beloved male pet was killed, and on the other hand, her beloved son killed the person, and now there is no way to do it, but Gao Yan's approach has aroused the jealousy of his brother Gao Wei.

When Empress Dowager Hu knew that Gao Wei was going to assassinate Gao Yan, in order to protect him, she hid Gao Yan in her bedroom, no matter what she ate, she tasted it first before giving it to Gao Yan, but Gao Wei's subordinates had Liu Taozhi, who was known as the first royal killer of Northern Qi.

This person worked for the Gao family from the Gao Huan period, and his strength was extraordinary, Liu Taozhi sneaked into the Empress Dowager Hu's bedroom in the middle of the night, tied Gao Yan out, and was finally killed by Gao Wei, and even Gao Yan's four posthumous sons were finally killed by Gao Wei's seclusion, although the Empress Dowager Hu cried more than ten times after learning about it, but Gao Yan was dead after all.

Although Gao Wei was cruel, he had great respect for his mother, the Empress Dowager Hu, and was so sad to see his mother, so he buried Gao Yan in the west of Yecheng in March of the following year, and posthumously named him Emperor Chu Gongwai, in order to comfort the Empress Dowager Hu.

Gao Wei's respect for Empress Dowager Hu can't change the fact that he is a faint king, even after the death of He Shikai, Gao Wei is still dark, and Northern Qi is sliding into the abyss more and more under his toss!

Yu Wenyong was not unaware of the political changes in the Northern Qi Dynasty, but he believed that the strength of the Northern Zhou Dynasty was still not strong enough, so he continued to bury himself in his own reforms, but his reforms eventually touched the interests of too many landlords.

So at the end of this year, Yuwenzhi, who has always been quite ambitious, took advantage of the opportunity of Yuwen Yong to control Yunyang Palace, and took advantage of the opportunity of his stay in Beijing to rebel, preparing to attack Suzhangmen to control Baiguan and the national capital, so as to force Baiguan to support his seizure of power.

Unexpectedly, because Si Wuwei closed the door in time to resist, Yuwenzhi could not enter for a while. Later, because the reinforcements arrived at Yuwenzhi and failed, he could only escape, and was caught up and caught in Jingzhou, deposed as a civilian, and imprisoned in another palace. Soon Yu Wenzhi plotted to rebel again and was executed.

Yuwenzhi's rebellion could not stop Yuwenyong's reform, after the reform of the military system, the official system, and the civil system, in order to further enhance the national strength of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Emperor Wu of Zhou also 'asked for troops among the monks, and took the land under the temple tower'.

In the third year of Jiande (571), he ordered the abolition of Buddhism and Taoism, destroyed Buddha statues, burned Buddhist scriptures, and forced Shamen and Taoist priests to return to the world.

For a time, nearly one million monks, Taoist priests, and the population attached to monasteries and Taoist temples became the national households that undertook servitude, and received the effect of 'civil service is slightly scarce, rents are increasing year by year, and soldiers are flourishing'.

Although the abolition of Buddhism also has a lot to do with Emperor Wu of Zhou's promotion of Confucianism, in any case, Yuwen Yong's rise to power means that the fall of the Northern Qi Dynasty is not long, and the era of the Northern and Southern Dynasties also means that it has entered the end of the period.