Chapter 263: The ceiling of powerful officials! The dragon slayer made three consecutive kills!

【Yuwen Hu also became one of Yuwen Tai's most capable and trusted generals. 】

【Participated in many battles between the Eastern and Western Wei. 】

[His greatest military achievement was conquering Jiangling City and destroying the Southern Liang regime.]

[When Yuwen Tai died, his successor, Yuwen Jue, was still too young to rule the country.]

[So Yuwen Tai entrusted the heavy responsibility of the world, including his own son, to Yuwen Hu, hoping that he could support the Western Wei Dynasty.]

[It was also Yuwen Hu who accepted the order with tears in his eyes and kept the news of Yuwen Tai's death a secret until he returned to Chang'an.]

【At that time, the Western Wei Dynasty also had powerful enemies such as the Northern Qi Dynasty. 】

【At the same time, the internal factions were fighting fiercely. 】

[The Eight Pillars of the Western Wei Dynasty, to put it simply, are several major shareholders of the Western Wei Dynasty. They have started a business together and temporarily elected your Yuwen family as the big brother.]

[Faced with the situation of a young ruler and a country in doubt, Yuwen Hu managed the internal affairs of the country in an orderly manner, which quickly calmed people's hearts. ]

[And in the second year after Yuwen Tai's death, he fulfilled Yuwen Tai's lifelong wish, which was to usurp the throne.]

[Yuwen Hu forced Emperor Gong of the Western Wei Dynasty, Tuoba Kuo, to abdicate the throne to Yuwen Tai's son, Yuwen Jue.]

【Yuwen Jue proclaimed himself the Heavenly King of the Great Zhou Dynasty and established the Northern Zhou regime.】

【Yuwen Hu was granted the title of Duke of Jin and Grand Marshal.】

【And soon Yuwen Hu also killed Tuoba Kuo. 】

[This was also the first emperor he killed.]

[Yuwen Hu's power was too great, causing dissatisfaction among the emperor and the pillars of state.]

[In the internal struggle, Yuwen Hu successfully defeated Zhao Gui, Dugu Xin and other eight pillars of the state. ]

【From then on, he gained more power in the court and was promoted to the position of Grand Chancellor.】

[When Yuwen Hu became a powerful official with overwhelming power and lost the external checks and balances represented by the Eight Pillars of the State, such as Zhao Gui and Dugu Xin.]

【The emperor couldn't sleep. 】

[Yuwen Jue did not think at all that Yuwen Hu would return the power to him after he came of age.]

[So Yuwen Jue secretly trained his troops in the palace, preparing to find an opportunity to kill Yuwen Hu. ]

[After Yuwen Hu learned of this news, he first killed several of the emperor's favorite ministers, and then earnestly advised Yuwen Jue to be honest.]

[Yuwen Hu said: I was personally entrusted by Yuwen Tai, and it was Yuwen Tai who decided that I would be in charge of the Great Zhou! ]

[Please Emperor, be a good mascot and don't do anything tricky. Don't force your brothers to kill each other. ]

[But in this situation, how can Yuwen Jue sleep well? ]

[Not only did he not stop, but he was still planning to assassinate Yuwen Hu.]

【So Yuwen Hu led his troops to launch a coup d'état, forcing Yuwen Jue to abdicate. 】

【He was later killed.】

[Yuwen Tai's eldest son, Yuwen Yu, was made emperor.]

When Ying Zheng, who was outside the sky, saw this, his anger subsided a lot.

Although Ying Zheng, as the emperor, naturally did not want to see powerful officials kill the emperor at will.

But after the story told by Tianmu.

Even Ying Zheng, who was completely on the emperor's side, had to admit and said with emotion:
"In my opinion, Yuwen Hu's actions seem to be justifiable."

"First of all, he didn't rise to the pinnacle of power purely through connections."

"It was earned through my own merits."

"In the early days of Yuwen Tai's business, he was able to help Yuwen Tai manage his family, which was already a great achievement."

"In the middle period, he also participated in many wars and destroyed many countries."

"Even when he took over the overall power after Yuwen Tai's death, it was actually Yuwen Tai himself who gave the order."

"He was the one who respected Yuwen Tai's will and took charge of the entire country."

"The other two Eight Pillars, Zhao Gui and Dugu Xin, I wonder how good they are?"

"But he shouldn't be as strong as Yuwen Hu anyway."

"They are internal struggles among powerful officials. It is normal for some to win and some to lose."

"But with Yuwen Hu's victory, his authority increased further."

"It's really not going to end well at this point."

Ying Zheng paused speaking.

Because he didn't want to say anything more about what happened next, but Ying Zheng knew it very well in his mind.

Although Ying Zheng was the first emperor in Chinese history, he had relatively little experience from the ancients to refer to.

But Ying Zheng could see it after a little analysis.

After Yuwen Hu killed Zhao Gui and Dugu Xin, his power was further strengthened.

The awkward relationship between him and the emperor.

First of all, the emperor must want to take power himself.

There is nothing much to say about this.

This is also what the emperor should do.

Including Ying Zheng himself, before he took power, he was dreaming about gaining power day and night.

However, before Ying Zheng took power, he did not take too many extreme measures.

The emperor wants power, that's fine.

It is natural for an emperor who wants power to be very wary of the extremely powerful Yuwen Hu.

After all, in this world, how many powerful ministers can reach the level of Zhou Gong and Yi Yin?
And even if Yuwen Hu was really Yi Yin.

The key point is that the emperor at that time did not know that Yuwen Hu had such a high moral level!

Therefore, the emperor would be wary of the extremely powerful Yuwen Hu.

It is also very normal and reasonable.

What's more, Yuwen Hu is a member of the Yuwen family after all.

Compared with other powerful officials from other families, they naturally have more advantages in usurping the throne.

Even if Yuwen Hu did not usurp the throne.

But it's also frustrating to be a puppet emperor all your life.

The powerful ministers had great power, and the emperor was worried. At this point, the conflict between the two sides was irreconcilable.

We can't let the emperor be a puppet willingly, right?

The only option left is to let the powerful ministers take a step back and return power to the emperor early.

Then become an idle retiree.

But power is a man's best medicine.

Even this powerful minister, Yuwen Hu, had no intention of usurping the throne.

But he was asked to give up just like that and take charge of the power of a country.

That is indeed a bit too much to ask.

Besides, Yuwen Hu was also afraid that he would lose his life after losing power!

With Ying Zheng's wisdom.

He analyzed and thought about the issue from both the emperor and powerful ministers' perspectives.

Then we can only conclude that the conflict between these two people is unsolvable.

The best situation is that Yuwen Hu is in charge of power, but behaves respectfully and gives full respect to the emperor.

And appropriately return some of the power.

The emperor should also be more open-minded and have more trust in Yuwen Hu.

At least before Yuwen Hu truly returned all power, the emperor had to keep a low profile and maintain a harmonious coexistence attitude.

What should the emperor do?
Ying Zheng, who had similar experiences, was actually very clear about it.

It is just obvious that the situation of other emperors in later generations is still unclear.

Canopy.

[After Yuwen Yu ascended the throne, although he was already in his twenties, he could theoretically rule the country.]

【But in fact, it is still a puppet. 】

[Yuwen Yu looks weak, but he is actually strong-willed and opinionated. He is unwilling to be Yuwen Hu's puppet in many important court affairs.]

【Yuwen Hu saw that the emperor was old enough, so he pretended to return the power.】

[Some less important administrative powers were returned to the emperor.]

[However, the most critical military power and personnel power are still firmly in his own hands. ]

【During the long-term confrontation between the monarch and his subjects. 】

[Yuwen Hu regretted pushing Yuwen Yu to the throne more and more, because this puppet emperor was too difficult to control! ]

【So Yuwen Hu wanted to establish a new emperor. 】

[However, Yuwen Yu had no faults or evidence against him, so Yuwen Hu could not just depose the emperor, so he ordered people to poison his food.]

[Not long after, Yuwen Yu became critically ill.]

【And eventually died of poisoning. 】

【He is considered to be the last emperor of the Western Wei Dynasty, Tuoba Kuo.】

[Yuwen Hu has single-handedly seen off three emperors, becoming the ceiling of the powerful official world. ]

[However, when Yuwen Yu was on the verge of death, he specially selected a strong and unyielding successor. ]

【Yuwen Tai's fourth son Yuwen Yong! 】

[In fact, Yuwen Hu did not want Yuwen Yong to succeed him, because he also vaguely felt that this person was difficult to control.]

[However, because Yuwen Yu had verbally announced his choice of successor before his death, even Yuwen Hu could not change it directly.]

[They had no choice but to accept that Yuwen Yong became the new emperor.]

[Although Yuwen Yong was only seventeen years old, he was very mature and his scheming was unfathomable.]

[Faced with the powerful Yuwen Hu, Yuwen Yong remained silent. ]

[It was not until 12 years after he ascended the throne that he took advantage of Yuwen Hu's filial piety and summoned him to the palace to read the "Jiu Gao" to the empress dowager and persuade her to stop drinking.]

[When Yuwen Hu was reciting the "Jiu Gao", Yuwen Yong took advantage of his inattention and picked up the jade wrench and knocked Yuwen Hu to the ground.]

[Then the ambushed people rushed forward and killed him! ]

[The ceiling of a generation of powerful officials has come to an end! ]

[But Yuwen Hu left behind a record of a powerful official killing his king! ]

[This record has not been surpassed by anyone in the next thousands of years.]

[After Yuwen Hu's death, the Northern Zhou Empire, which was transformed from the Western Wei Dynasty, reached its peak.]

【But it quickly perished. 】

[From the moment Yuwen Hu died, the remaining time of the Northern Zhou Dynasty was less than ten years. ]

At the same time, a large number of barrages also appeared.

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"Yuwen Hu is truly capable. With him around, the Northern Zhou Dynasty would not have perished."

"The powerful minister and the emperor were in a life-and-death struggle. Why didn't Yuwen Hu take the last step?"

"With no foreign war capabilities and poor military record, how can you be the emperor?"

"When Yuwen Yong died, if there was a Yuwen Hu who could be entrusted with the task, then Yang Jian would have to step aside. "

The sky video ends.

Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng, however, did not have the kind of anger that he had at the beginning when he saw that a powerful minister could kill kings repeatedly.

Especially till the end.

It was less than ten years after Yuwen Hu's death.

The Northern Zhou regime of their Yuwen family also perished.

Ying Zheng saw Yuwen Hu, who played a key role as a powerful minister.

Ying Zheng thought for a long time.

It was only with great difficulty that I made up my mind.

Gave his own evaluation.

(End of this chapter)