With a super Buddhist heart, Huang Wei was sent to Beibianguan because the conditions here are relatively difficult.
What happens to Huang Yan at Beibianguan? That's his business. Let's take a look at Wei State.
During the reign of Emperor Sejong Xuanwu and Yuan Ke, the Wei State took advantage of the internal turmoil in Southern Qi to expand a lot of territory, and the country was at its peak. However, few of the courtiers at that time had the emperor in their hearts.
In this situation, there was a relative named Gao Zhao who was different from these people and stood out.
Who is Gao Zhao? He is the elder brother of Yuan Ke's mother, Empress Wen Zhao. His ancestors entered Goryeo to avoid the Yongjia Rebellion. Gao Zhao's father, Gao Yang, entered the Wei Dynasty during the reign of Emperor Gaozong Xiaowen and Emperor Yuanhong.
In other words, the Gao Zhao clan, with a very shallow foundation in the Wei Kingdom, could send their daughter to the palace, become Yuan Hong's queen, and give birth to the prince Yuan Ke. It seems that the means are very high.
Yuan Ke's first queen, Yu Shi, was posthumously named Shun. Queen Shun died in 504, and her son died in March 508. In July, Yuan Ke named Gao Zhao's niece Gao as her queen.
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Let me complain, no wonder the members of the ancient royal family were frail and sickly. They loved incest marriage so much. Will the offspring they gave birth to be good? No wonder none of them live long. They are not in good health to begin with, and if they have sex early, they can live longer.
That's really a miracle.
Not only are they in poor health, but there are probably many princes and princesses who are mentally impaired or disabled. However, these disabled royal descendants are probably buried in darkness, and future generations will not even know their existence.
Since the Gao family was established, everyone in the Gao family celebrated each other with their crowns, and all members of the Gao family were appointed to high positions.
Perhaps, Queen Shun's death had nothing to do with the Gao family, but such a coincidence makes people think more. Not only did later historians suspect that Queen Shun's death was caused by the Gao family, but even the people at that time,
Everyone also has this idea.
Regardless of whether it is related or not, the fact is: Gao became the step-empress.
Because the Gao family had a shallow foundation in the Northern Wei Dynasty, Gao Zhao had no relatives, so he made friends and dependents, and was promoted to a higher rank in ten months. Those who disobeyed would be framed for serious crimes. Typically, those who obey me will prosper and those who go against me will perish.
At that time, the royal family was also internally unstable. Yuan Ke was very wary of the princes, and acquiesced in Gao Zhao's frame-up and killing of Pengcheng Wang Yuan Xie and others. His son Yuan Ziyou became emperor and respected him as Emperor Wenmu, with the temple name Suzu.
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There was also Yuan Yu, the king of Jingzhao, who was dissatisfied with his relative Gao Zhao's manipulation of power and launched a rebellion in Jizhou. He was defeated and captured, and was eventually killed by Gao Zhao at the age of 21. Empress Dowager Hu took power and granted the title of Prince of Lintao County, and his son
Nanyang Wang Yuanbaoju proclaimed himself emperor, established the Western Wei Dynasty, and was posthumously named Emperor Wenjing.
Also killed by Gao Zhao was Beihai Wang Yuanxiang, but he was also tacitly approved by Yuan Ke.
Gao Zhao is mostly derogatory in historical books, and Yuan Ke lived in the shadow of Gao Zhao. However, a closer look at its content shows that Gao Zhao is not without merit.
For example: Yuan Xiang and Yuan Yu. According to historical records, Yuan Yu was "arrogant, extravagant, indulgent, and unlawful," while Yuan Xiang was even worse.
"Take away people's homes", these cancers should be eliminated!
Another example: reducing the rank and suppressing the honorary people. It can be seen that Gao Zhao is not a person without ideas.
Yuan Ke's evaluation in "Book of Wei" is: He was an emperor who knew how to be thrifty because he was elegant and frugal. However, it can be seen from other records that "if there is no political affairs, there will be insufficient funds." There is nothing but daily expenses, and there will be insufficient funds.
It can be seen that the Wei State's treasury was already in trouble at that time, and Yuan Ke's frugality may have been forced out.
Perhaps it was precisely because of this that Gao Zhaocai made the decision to "reduce the ranks and depose the honorable men", and Yuan Ke reused him. Except for the fact that few of the courtiers had their hearts set on the emperor, Gao Zhao himself was also a talented person.
However, Yuan Xie firmly opposed his relatives' monopolization of power. His concerns were not unreasonable. Although Gao Zhao had done some things, his practice of letting those who follow me prosper and those who go against me would perish still led to the increasingly dark government. Coupled with Yuan Ke's neglect, the national power gradually declined.
Weak, unfortunately, Yuan Xie's concerns ran counter to Yuan Ke's, and eventually led to his death.
Yuan Ke reigned for fifteen years and died in 515 at the age of thirty-three. His son Yuan Xu succeeded him as Emperor Suzong Xiaoming.
The new emperor ascended the throne and a new round of power struggle began.
He welcomed Yu Zhong, Yuan Xu's leading general, cleared the roadblocks, and killed Gao Zhao. He gained power over the government and the opposition, killed courtiers indiscriminately, and took control of the imperial edicts and the power of life and death.
What kind of god is this Yu Zhong?
Yuan Ke's first empress, Empress Shun, was born to Yu's father, Yu Jin, who was the younger brother of Yu Zhong's father, Yu Lie. Yu Zhong was Empress Shun's cousin and a relative.
After Yuan Ke's death, Empress Gao became the Queen Mother, and Yuan Xu's biological mother Hu became the Crown Princess. However, after Gao Zhao was killed, Gao became a nun, and she was probably forced by Yu Zhong.
Well, in this case, the Crown Princess Hu would take the position of the Queen Mother and be called the Queen Mother Hu. Because Emperor Suzong Xiaoming and Emperor Yuanxu were only five years old, the Queen Mother Hu would be called the Queen Mother.
The first thing Empress Dowager Hu did when she came to the throne was to dismiss Yu Zhong from his post, and then demoted him.
However, the question arises, since the power is overwhelming, how can one be dismissed or demoted so easily? Looking at the powerful officials in Chinese history, when it was time to get rid of them, which one did not go through the hardships of giving birth to a child? Let’s talk about it more recently.
Yes, during the Qing Dynasty, to get rid of Obai, it can be said that all the agencies were exhausted, and every step was shocking. But to get rid of Yu Zhong, it was settled by the words of the Empress Dowager Hu and a few ministers?! I'm afraid that the historical materials have nothing to do with it!
Isn't Zhong's record biased?
Anyway, after Empress Dowager Hu came to power, Yu Zhong withdrew from the stage of history. However, Yu Zhong finally had a good death and was not killed or framed. He died at the age of fifty-seven.
After Yu Zhong was eliminated, Empress Dowager Hu thought that she finally had the world under her control, but unexpectedly another Yuan Cha appeared.
Yuan Cha was the great-great-grandson of Taizu Daowu Emperor Tuoba Gui and the brother-in-law of Empress Dowager Hu. He won the trust of Empress Dowager Hu.
As the saying goes, shrimps look for shrimps and crabs look for crabs. They are not the same kind of people and cannot get together. Therefore, Yuan Cha, who was deeply trusted by the Empress Dowager Hu, had an affair with the Empress Dowager Hu and moved into the palace. He gained power in the government and the public, relying on his favor and arrogance.
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Yuan Ke's half-brother, Yuanyi, the king of Qinghe, was very famous for his talent in politics, decision-making, and analysis of various affairs. Empress Dowager Hu also admired his virtues and entrusted the government to him, treating him like the Duke of Zhou and Huo Guang.
Generally speaking, Yuan Yi tried his best to assist the government.
Because of this, Yuan Yi judged Yuan Cha according to the law and often suppressed him, which earned him Yuan Cha's resentment.
Yuan Cha falsely accused Yuan Yi of treason, but failed to frame Yuan Yi. Many officials defended Yuan Yi, and Yuan Yi was released.
However, the existence of Yuan Yi is a roadblock for people like Yuan Cha, and Yuan Yi has high prestige. Yuan Cha is worried that Yuan Yi will come to harm him one day, so he conspires with Liu Teng, the servant, in the first year of Zhengguang (520)
In July of 2016, he launched a palace coup, known as the "Xuanguang Coup" in history, and placed Empress Dowager Hu under house arrest. He once again framed Yuan Yi for treason and wanted to poison Yuan Xu. This time, Yuan Cha succeeded and Yuan Yi was imprisoned and killed.
As for Yuan Xu, although he was not under house arrest together with Empress Dowager Hu, as a ten-year-old child, whether under house arrest or not, he could not escape the control of Yuan Cha. Yuan Cha, together with Gaoyang Wang Yuanyong and other assistants, in fact,
Yuan Cha was for external defense, and Liu Teng was for internal defense, monopolizing power.
King Yuanxi of Zhongshan launched an army to attack Yuancha and Liu Teng, but they were defeated and killed. Empress Dowager Hu's sons Dutong Sengjing and Chequ launched an army to attack but still failed. As a result, most of the Hu family were deposed; and Yuancha
Xi Kangsheng, who was related by marriage, couldn't stand Yuan Cha's misbehavior and wanted to use the palace banquet where Yuan Xu met the Queen Mother Hu to kill Yuan Cha. However, Xi Kangsheng was a reckless man and failed to kill Yuan Cha. Instead, he was killed by Yuan Cha.
Yuan Cha was captured and beheaded; Yu Zhong's younger brother Yu Jing also planned to abolish Yuan Cha, but unfortunately failed.
Now, those who resisted have failed, and Yuan Cha and Liu Teng are in control.
When Yuan Cha first came to power, he could still pretend to be a good person, but after he gained his ambition, his true colors were revealed: he was arrogant, indulged in drinking and lust, took over his duties, was lazy in political affairs, and failed to uphold discipline.
Liu Teng, on the other hand, was not a good person. He was tortured and sent to the palace when he was young. Later, he found out about the rebellion of the deposed prince Yuan Xun and the adultery of Emperor Xiaowen, Emperor Yuanhong and Queen Feng.
The second after Emperor Xiaoming succeeded to the throne, he and Yuan Cha launched the "Xuanguang Coup", killing Prince Yuanyi of Qinghe and imprisoning Queen Mother Hu.
After they succeeded, the eight ministers and nine ministers in the court often went to Liu Teng's residence. After receiving Liu Teng's instructions, they acted accordingly. Some newly appointed ministers must also pay homage to Liu Teng first before going to their posts. All matters of public and private matters
Those who asked for help only valued property and ignored other things. They exploited the six towns, forced away their neighbors, opened houses widely, and built luxury houses, which made the people's livelihood miserable.
In March of the fourth year of Zhengguang (523), Liu Teng died of illness at the age of sixty.
After Liu Teng's death, the defense was slightly relaxed, and Yuan Cha himself also relaxed his vigilance. He often stayed outside, traveled to other cities every day, and Empress Dowager Hu noticed this.
In the autumn of the fifth year of Zhengguang (524), while having a court meeting with Yuan Xu, Empress Dowager Hu said to Yuan Xu, but it was actually for the ears of the officials:
"If you isolate my mother and son, and don't let me have contact with my son, then what use will I have? Let me become a monk, and I will never die in this world!"
As he spoke, he took out a pair of big scissors and prepared to cut off his hair.
Yuan Xu and all the ministers were frightened, kowtowed and cried one after another, and begged the Queen Mother Hu, but the Queen Mother Hu was resolute and stubborn, so Yuan Xu stayed in Jiafu Palace for several days, plotting with the Queen Mother Hu against Yuan Cha.
Empress Dowager Hu's angry remarks and her desire to communicate with Xianyangdian where Yuan Xu lived were all reported to Yuan Cha. Yuan Cha did not doubt that he was there and even advised Yuan Xu to follow Empress Dowager Hu's wishes and let Hu go.
The Queen Mother became a monk.
So Empress Dowager Hu went to Xianyang Palace many times, and there was no longer any obstruction between the two palaces. In other words, Empress Dowager Hu's meeting with Yuan Xu was no longer hindered. (To be continued)