Chapter 49 Chapter 49: Fifteen-year-old founding emperor Yu Wenjue

Throughout the history of China, the founding emperors of all dynasties and generations, whether they are military and horse-fighting, battle-tested, or authoritarian and arbitrarily forced to abdicate, all were middle-aged when they established their foundations, or even old generals. So, the former is like Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, and the latter is like Han Gaozu Liu Bang and Tang Gaozu Li Yuan. However, the founding emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty during the Southern and Northern Dynasties was a fifteen-year-old ignorant boy who was still immature. He was Emperor Xiaomin. Yu Wenjue.

Yu Wenjue was the third son of Yu Wentai, the prime minister of the Western Wei Dynasty and the founder of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. His mother was Princess Feng Yi of the Northern Wei Dynasty.It is said that there was Shi Yuanhua who was good at looking at Yu Wenjue's face at that time. Afterwards, Shi Yuanhua told Yu Wenjue's relatives in private: "This young man has the most noble appearance, but the hateful thing is that he does not live long." In 556 AD, Yuwentai died of illness. His nephew Yuwenhu supported the 15-year-old Yuwenjue to inherit his father's throne, and Yuwenhu assisted him.In the first month of the second year, Yu Wenhu forced Tuoba Kuo, Emperor Gong of the Western Wei Dynasty, to abdicate the throne to Yu Wenjue.

After Yu Wenjue proclaimed himself emperor, all the military and political power was actually in the hands of his cousin Da Sima Yuwen Huo.Yu Wenhu was domineering and domineering, and some elders and ministers were dissatisfied with him.Grand Tutor Zhao Gui conspired to assassinate Yu Wenhu, and consulted with Dugu Xin of the Taibao. Dugu Xin stopped him, but did not report him.Later, when someone reported this incident, Yu Wenhu immediately killed Zhao Gui, and Dugu Xin was also dismissed from office, and was sentenced to death soon after. Yu Wenjue, who looks gentle on the outside, has a resolute and courageous character, and is quite dissatisfied with Yu Wenhu's dictatorship.Although he is still underage, he also wants to govern in person, and Li Zhi of the Secretary and Sun Heng, the military commander, are also deeply angry at Yuwenhu's arbitrary power.In April 557 AD, the two, together with Yi Fufeng, He Bati and others, privately asked Yu Wenjue to kill Yu Wenhu.Yu Wenjue agreed, and planned to hunt and kill Yu Wenhu by taking the opportunity of entertaining the minister.They found Zhang Guangluo to work with them again, but Zhang Guangluo reported the matter to Yu Wenhu.Yu Wenhu didn't go on a killing spree this time, but changed Li Zhi to be the governor of Liangzhou and Sun Heng to the governor of Tongzhou. They were transferred from Yu Wenjue's side and demoted to local officials.

Yi Fufeng, who was lucky enough to stay, did not give up, stepped up her plans, and planned to have Yu Wenjue set up a royal banquet to entertain the officials again, and took the opportunity to kill Yu Wenhu, but Zhang Guangluo, who was still lurking beside them without being exposed, told Yu Wenhu about it. This time Yu Wenhu was no longer merciful, and immediately summoned his confidants to hunt and kill Yi Fufeng and others one by one, leaving Yu Wenjue without guards around him.Then, Yuwenhu sent He Lanxiang to force Yuwenjue to abdicate, demoted him to Lueyang Duke and put him under house arrest. A month later, Yuwenhu sent someone to poison Yuwenjue, who was only sixteen years old, to death.

In 572 A.D., Yu Wenyong, Yu Wenjue's younger brother and Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, killed Yu Wenhu and ordered Yu Wenjue to be given the emblem.Therefore, Yu Chijiong, the Duke of Shu, was ordered by the emperor to posthumously posthumously posthumously Yu Wenjue as Emperor Xiaomin in the southern suburbs, honoring him as the founding emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and calling his mausoleum Jingling.