Chapter 6 6. Reject and welcome: Yuwenhuaji's dream road

Although Sui Yangdi's excessive lust caused chaos in the world, and everyone wanted to get it and punish him, the rebels took killing the tyrant as their ultimate goal.Emperor Sui Yang also thought about what kind of ending he would end up in. He often touched his neck and said to his concubine: "Such a good head, I don't know who will cut it off." But no one would have thought of it. Yes, the person who killed him was the closest person around him. It can be said that the Yuwen family and the Yang family are inextricably linked.Yu Wenshu followed Sui Wen Emperor Yang Jian all his life, and assisted Yang Emperor Yang Guang for many years, and worked hard for the great Sui Dynasty.Before he died, he asked Emperor Yang to take good care of his son, and Emperor Yang did not break his promise. He gave Yu Wenhua and his brothers extraordinary glory and wealth. Princess Nanyang was married.In fact, even without Yu Wenshu's last words, Yu Wenhuaji would still be favored by Emperor Yangdi.Yu Wenhuaji became friends with Yang Guang when he was young, and was deeply favored and trusted. The two had similar temperaments, and they were called "frivolous sons" in Chang'an.The two people who got along so well ended up facing each other with swords and swords.

In the 14th year of Daye (618), the general situation in the world was over. Yang Guang hid in Jiangdu and dared not go back to Chang'an, but only wanted to be drunk and dreamy in the Jiangnan water town, and to have the last joy.But all the soldiers who followed him were from the north, and they were not acclimatized to the environment. In addition, they missed their homeland and did not know whether their relatives were safe in the flames of war. Sima Dekan, the general of Wu Benlang who was in charge of the personal guards, saw that chaos was about to break out, so he came to Yuwen Zhiji's mansion and plotted a rebellion with him.

Sima Dekan said: "Nowadays in the court, there is only one person who can command all the ministers, and that is your elder brother Yu Wenhuaji. If he issues orders in his position, all officials will definitely obey them." But Yuwen Zhiji said: "My elder brother Zhai has a kind heart. He and Yang Guang have been friends since childhood. I'm afraid he doesn't want to participate in these things!" Sima Dekan insisted again and again: "Anyway, please go to pay a visit and explain the determination of the soldiers to follow. This is not my wish alone." Yu Wenzhiji came to Yu Wenhuaji with Sima Dekan's entrustment, and after explaining his purpose, Yu Wenhuaji flatly rejected him as expected.He said: "The emperor's kindness is mighty, how can my Yuwen family do such a rebellious thing!"

Yu Wenzhi hurriedly explained: "Brother, now that the world is over, the emperor is hiding in Jiangdu, and he has no desire to win. What's the point of us staying here?" Yu Wenhuaji said: "Even if this is the case, it shouldn't be up to our Yuwen family to do this! If something happens, the family will be wiped out! Besides, even if the thing is successful, people in the world will laugh at it." !" Yu Wenzhiji said: "Brother, you have always been so timid, but now there is no time for us to hesitate. If we don't do it, others will not wait. Look at Li Mi in Wagangzhai, Du Fuwei in Huaibei, Hebei Dou Jiande, which one is not here for the emperor? I am afraid that if you keep shrinking like this, one day, we will become the ghosts of these people!"

After hearing these words, Yu Wenhuaji thought about it hesitantly, and then asked: "Then... what do other people think?" Yu Wenzhiji said: "Although Sima Dekan came to discuss with me alone, I am sure that he is not the only one involved in this matter. Everyone recommended you, and I hope you can lead everyone to achieve this achievement." Yu Wenhuaji still asked uncertainly: "Is that true? If things are successful, will they recommend me?" Yu Wenzhi nodded affirmatively, and the words came to this point.Yu Wenhuaji slowly stabilized his emotions and began to seriously think about this matter: "So, what are you going to do?"

Yuwen Zhiji said: "The generals plan to kill Yang Guang first, and then elect you as emperor. I hope you can lead everyone to put down the rebellion." Yu Wenhuaji shook his head and said: "It's absolutely impossible. Although Yang Guang has no way, he is kind to my Yuwen family. Anyone in the world can kill him, but I can't kill him. And killing a king is like killing a father. It would be a heinous crime to replace it!" Seeing the situation, Yu Wenzhi had no choice but to ask him: "Then what should we do according to your idea?" Yu Wenhuaji said: "As planned, go to Jiangdu Palace and kill Yang Guang quickly, but don't say it's my intention."

Yu Wenzhi asked: "What's next?" Yu Wenhuaji said: "Next, the generals will inevitably elect me as emperor, which I cannot accept. We can find a good control among the princes and make him emperor. In this way, we will not be infamous, and we will not be infamous." Can control the government." Listening to his strict arrangements, Yu Wenzhiji couldn't help but said: "People say that brother is timid, but today I know that you are not really timid!" Yu Wenhuaji smiled helplessly. With Yu Wenhuaji's arrangement, Sima Dekan led the crowd into the Jiangdu Palace, and after a righteous and stern reprimand, he threw a three-foot white silk to Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty and ordered him to commit suicide.Emperor Sui Yang put his hand on Bai Ling and looked up to the sky with a long smile. He questioned the leader Sima Dekan: "Even if I have failed the people of the world, I have not failed you. Why are you here to force me to die?"

Sima Dekan said loudly: "All the people in the world have been mistreated by you. Our parents, wives and children are also people in the world. How can you say that you have not let the people down?" Yang Guang said: "Yu Wenhuaji, oh Yu Wenhuaji, I was your young companion, and I gave you everything you had. Who knew that you died at your hands today." Sima Dekan said: "This matter is just that the generals want to complain for the people of the world, and it has nothing to do with Lord Yuwen." Yang Guang laughed loudly and said: "It has nothing to do with him? Who else in the court can order you to rush into Jiangdu Palace? He just doesn't want to bear the infamy! I know him better than you! You all think I It's a tyrant who just wants me to die quickly, but you don't know Yu Wenhuaji, if you support him, you will regret it one day!"

Yang Guang hanged himself under the coercion of everyone, and a generation of tyrants ended his life.As soon as the news came out, the world cried and laughed.The empress dowager asked Yu Wenhuaji in tears: "He treats you well, why do you treat him like this?" Yu Wenhuaji just said: "I didn't want to do this, but I was coerced by the generals and I had to do it as a last resort. I beg the Queen Mother to forgive me!" The queen mother said: "Nowadays the world is in chaos, what crime can be forgiven? I just ask you to put down the butcher knife in your hands, remember the kindness of the late emperor, and stop killing innocent people indiscriminately."

Yu Wenhuaji said: "What the Empress Dowager said is very true. Today the world is in chaos, the emperor is dead, and the world has no master. This is the most unfavorable to stability. Therefore, I ask the Empress Dowager to issue an order to make Yang Hao, the king of Qin, the emperor, so as to calm people's hearts. " The empress dowager knew that the government affairs at this time could no longer be settled by her own words, all Yu Wenhuaji needed was her to speak up.So, within a few days after Emperor Yangdi was killed, his nephew Qin Wang Yang Hao succeeded to the throne with the support of Yu Wenhuaji, who proclaimed himself the prime minister.From then on, Yu Wenhua took control of the government and began his era.While expressing that Emperor Yangdi's death was not his own fault, and he had no intention of harming the world, he happily acted as the prime minister who controlled the emperor.

But not long after, news came from Luoyang, the eastern capital.The old ministers of the Sui Dynasty all supported the Yue King Yang Yu who was stationed in Luoyang as the new emperor, and recruited Li Mi of Wagangzhai as the Taiwei, and ordered him to kill Yu Wenhuaji, a villain who killed the king and stole the country! As soon as the news came out, Yu Wenhuaji hurriedly called his younger brother.Pointing at Yuwen Zhiji, he said angrily, "It's you who caused me! I said you can't kill the king, but look at it now, the whole world regards me as a king-killing villain!" Yu Wenzhiji had no choice but to say: "The matter has come to this point, and there is no other way. When we started the incident, we should have imagined that today will happen!" Yu Wenhuaji said: "You and Sima De have trapped me in injustice, but I have been asked to clean up the mess! Li Mi's army is overwhelming, what should we do?" Seeing that Yu Wenhuaji was in such a state of anxiety, Yu Wenzhiji didn't know what to do.Yu Wenhuaji looked at the sky and said loudly: "Come on! Come on! Come on! People must die one day in life. If this is the case, I will be satisfied even if I am the emperor for a day!" At this point, Yu Wenhuaji took off his hypocritical mask, no longer hid behind the scenes to direct, ordered someone to poison Yang Hao, became emperor himself, and changed the name of the country to Xu and Yuan Tianshou, which meant that his ruling regime could be guaranteed. Live with the sky. Being the emperor under such circumstances, Yu Wenhua and himself also understand that it is impossible to live the same life as the sky.Because Li Mi's troops were in a state of invincibility, and although the Sui army he led were all elite divisions, they suffered repeated defeats due to repeated strategic mistakes.And he, who bears the name of killing the king, became the target of public criticism in the troubled times. After losing the target of Emperor Sui Yang, all the rebels turned to target Yuwenhuaji.Finally in 619 AD, Yu Wenhuaji was captured and beheaded by Dou Jiande in Liaocheng, Shandong. Yu Wenhua and the Hanging of Sui Yang Emperor is a historical tragicomedy, full of irony, let a generation of tyrants die at the hands of his most trusted person, although it makes the world heroes who can't kill him feel a bit disappointed, but it just shows that Yang The degree to which the emperor is unpopular.Judging from various historical records, Yu Wenhuaji is not only cowardly and cowardly, but also afraid of taking responsibility. He is a full-fledged treacherous villain.Even in the process of killing Emperor Yangdi, he was afraid of being charged with the crime, but he hoped very much to enjoy the privilege of controlling the government.It was such a person who personally ended the reign of Emperor Sui Yang and pushed the anti-Sui movement to a high point.