Chapter 42 Chapter 41: The Last Emperor Sun Hao

Sun Hao's character is Yuanzong.Father and grandson and grandparents and grandchildren.During the reign of Emperor Wu Jing's grandson Xiu, Hao was granted the title of Marquis of Wu Cheng.During his stay in the country, he had an excellent relationship with Zuo Dian's army.In the first year of Cao Wei's Chengxi (264 A.D.), after the death of Sun Xiu, there were frequent rebellions in Soochow. In addition to the new death of Western Shu, Cao Wei was covetous, and wanted to use the remaining prestige of destroying Shu to pacify Soochow in one fell swoop.Therefore, the whole country of Soochow was terrified and hoped that an older monarch would be in power so as to strengthen the country and protect itself.At this time, Wan Yu repeatedly praised Sun Hao in front of Prime Minister Pu Yangxing and Zuo General Zhang Bu, saying that Hao was only 23 years old, young and promising, smart and studious, obeyed the law, wise and decisive, and had the appearance of a wise king.For a moment, Pu Yangxing and Zhang Bu's hearts were also moved.So the three of them went together to persuade Sun Xiufei, Queen Mother Zhu, to make Sun Hao his successor.Empress Dowager Zhu said: "I am a widow. I know the important affairs of the country, as long as you think it is beneficial to the country." So everyone welcomed Sun Hao and made him Emperor Wu.Change Yuan to Yuan Xing, and amnesty the world.

After Sun Hao came to the throne, he seemed to be revitalized.He issued excellent edicts, opened warehouses to distribute grain, and helped the poor. He also released the maids in the harem to match those who had no wives.So there was praise from the government and the public, and people secretly rejoiced: Wu Guo got Ming Jun again. Who knows that good times don't last long.Not long after Sun Hao ascended the throne, he revealed his arrogant and obscene nature, indulged in wine and sex all day long, and ignored political affairs.In this way, even Pu Yangxing and Zhang Bu regretted it.Someone took the opportunity to slander the two of them, and Sun Hao also forgot the kindness of the two of them, so he took the opportunity to kill them and exterminate the three clans.

In July of the first year of Ganlu in the Eastern Wu Dynasty (265 A.D.), Sun Hao sent people to kill Empress Dowager Zhu again.After the death of Empress Dowager Zhu, Sun Hao refused to let her coffin rest in the main hall, but ordered her body to be parked in a hut in the garden.Originally, Empress Dowager Zhu agreed with Zhang Bu and others on the matter of welcoming Sun Hao as emperor, so Sun Hao was able to ascend the throne as emperor.Now Sun Hao is avenging his kindness.At the time of the funeral, all the ministers knew that Queen Mother Zhu had died unexpectedly, they felt sorry for her and hated Sun Hao's tyranny.Soon, Sun Hao sent Sun Xiu's four sons to a remote town, and immediately killed two of the older ones.

In summer and June of the second year, Sun Hao ordered craftsmen to build Zhaoming official.Building a palace requires a lot of huge wood, so Hao ordered all the officials under 2,000 stone to go into the mountains, and supervised the laborers to cut the wood.In winter and December, the palace was completed, and Sun Haozhi moved into the palace with satisfaction.The Zhaoming Palace is magnificent and magnificent, with a square meter of 500 zhang. The interior of the palace is magnificent, and there are many rockery buildings outside the palace. The entire project cost tens of trillions. During this period, the treacherous minister He Ding was famous for his filth, but he was highly valued.He Ding is good at flattering superiors and deceiving inferiors, flattering the Lord with all kinds of tricks, although he is only a general in the palace, he pleases Sun Hao in every possible way, and soon won Sun Hao's trust, and keeps entrusting him with various things.He Ding also used this to gain power and authority.He Ding once begged Li Xu's daughter-in-law for his son to be his daughter-in-law. Li Xu looked down on such a treacherous villain as He Ding and resolutely refused.He Ding was greatly annoyed, so he slandered Li Xu in front of Sun Hao with his personal anger.Sun Hao killed Li Xu's family and burned Li Xu's body indiscriminately.He Dingxing likes to keep dogs, and often asks the generals to find good dogs for him in the name of searching for royal dogs.The generals were afraid of He Ding's power, and wanted to please He Ding, so they traveled thousands of miles away, spending a lot of money to search for good dogs.As a result, the price of dogs soared, and some dogs were worth thousands of pieces of silk.Only the tassels worn by the imperial dog are worth ten thousand.He Ding stipulated that a royal dog should be paired with a soldier, and specially catch hares to feed the dogs. The crowd was in an uproar, but Sun Hao thought that He Ding was loyal and diligent, so he awarded him the title of Marquis.Later, He Ding's misdeeds were obvious, and the filth was heard far and wide, and the ruling and opposition parties condemned him.Seeing that the anger of the public was hard to offend, Sun Hao had no choice but to order him to be executed.

This year, another event that stunned all officials happened.Sun Hao's concubine often ordered people to go to the market to openly plunder the people's property, and the people dared to be angry but did not dare to speak out.Sishi Zhonglang General Chen Sheng, who was also one of Sun Hao's lucky ministers, relied on Sun Hao's favor and wanted to establish an image of himself as strict in law enforcement and upright, so he brought the looters to justice.The concubine cried and told Sun Hao, who was furious when Sun Hao heard about it, found an excuse to capture Chen Sheng, ordered Chen Sheng's head to be sawed off cruelly, and threw his body elsewhere so that his love The concubine relieved her hatred.

In the first year of Wu Tianchi (275 A.D.), there was a severe drought in Kuaiji County, and the people received very little food. The hungry people had to jointly request the government to provide relief.Che Jun, the prefect of Kuaiji, has always been honest and upright in government. Seeing that the people's sentiments are sympathetic at this time, he ordered to open a storehouse for disaster relief.Sun Hao was extremely violent, but he said that Che Jun wanted to show personal favors, so he sent someone to behead Che Jun and pass it on to the capital.Shangshu Xiong Mu saw that Sun Hao was too tyrannical, so he gave some words of remonstrance, so Sun Hao immediately sent someone to kill him with a knife and ring.After Xiong Mu's death, his body was completely shattered.

Sun Hao has a jealous temperament, is fatuous and suspicious, and often kills loyal ministers and those who are better than himself indiscriminately.The servant Zhang Shang, because of his versatility and quick speech, made Sun Hao jealous every time, and was eventually killed because of his disobedient words. The Zhongchang servant Lou Xuan set an example, obeyed the law, and often spoke out righteously, earnestly admonishing Sun Hao.Hao Su was jealous of Lou Xuan's reputation, and later, because others falsely accused Lou Xuan of slandering current affairs, Hao then took the opportunity to issue an imperial edict and send it to Guangzhou.Lou Xuan was forced to commit suicide soon after.The Zhongshu ordered He Shao to be honest and upright, and he was afraid of Hao's closeness to villains.Later, the group of small gangs quarreled with each other, and Sun Hao dismissed him from his post.Later, He Shao was reinstated, but unfortunately he suffered from wind disease again and could not speak.Sun Hao suspected that he was pretending to be sick, and was tortured in every possible way. Shao never said a word, and he was killed.

Sun Haohuang is lustful.At the beginning, Zhang Bu's daughter was regarded as a beauty, and she was very favored.One day, Sun Hao deliberately asked Zhang Meiren, "Where did your father go?" Because Zhang Buyuan was killed by Sun Hao, Zhang Meiren replied angrily, "I was killed by a traitor." The stick beat him to death.Later, Sun Hao fell in love with Zhang Meiren's beauty again, and ordered someone to carve a wooden statue of her, and put it next to the seat all day long.Once, Hao asked his left and right: "Does Zhang Bu have any daughters?" Someone reported that another daughter was married.Hao immediately ordered someone to snatch her into the palace, doted on her greatly, worshiped her as Mrs. Zuo, feasted with her day and night, and ignored the government affairs.Hao also ordered craftsmen to make all kinds of gold jewelry, numbering in the thousands. He ordered the palace people to wear these jewelry to wrestle and wrestle sumo. Sun Hao and others watched for joy.These jewelry are often put on in the morning, and they will be broken at night. If they are broken, they will be replaced immediately. In addition, the craftsmen took the opportunity to steal, and the treasury of Wu State was completely empty.

Sun Hao is not only fond of Mrs. Zuo, Mrs. Zhang.There are many concubines in Zhaoming Palace, no less than thousands of them, and there are many people who wear the queen's seal.Sun Hao was still not tired of being satisfied, and made eunuchs patrol the states and counties, picking endlessly.Sun Hao stipulated that the daughters of ministers with more than 2,000 shi must sign up every year, and those who are over 15 years old must be selected one by one, and the Chinese side is not allowed to marry. Sun Hao indulged in drinking and banquets all day long, and was too drunk to wake up.At every banquet, Sun Hao would order his courtiers to mock the ministers at will, thinking it was a joke.Hao also forced the ministers who participated in the banquet to get drunk.He set up 10 members of Huang Menlang, who stood all day long, and specially prosecuted the faults of the ministers and ministers after drinking.After the banquet, Huang Menlang reported immediately, even if he talked nonsense after drinking or behaved slightly rude, he reported them all one by one.Even if someone looked at Sun Hao at the same level, it would be a serious crime.It turned out that Sun Hao hated others to look at him the most, so all the officials dared not look at him when they came to see him.And after drinking, who can guarantee not to look at Sun Hao?As a result, many officials were convicted of drunken gaffes. Those who were serious were severely punished, and those who were light were also convicted.

Sun Hao also ordered people to introduce water into the Zhaoming Palace, and if the concubines in the harem disagreed, they would be killed immediately and washed away with water.Sun Hao killed people all the way, or peeled people's skin, or gouged out people's eyes. He was extremely cruel, unprecedented in history. In addition, he favored treacherous evil, killed loyal and good people, and repeatedly worked hard, and everyone suffered.Therefore, at the end of the Wu Kingdom, there was no peace in the country, and the upper and lower sides were separated, and Sun Hao had become a loner who betrayed his relatives.

In the winter of the third year of Wu Tianji (AD 279), the Western Jin Dynasty sent a large army to attack Soochow Wu in six directions.When the Jin army arrived, the Wu army's defense line immediately fell apart, and there were almost no defenders.In March of the following year, Jin general Wang Jun led his army to Jianye.Sun Hao saw that the general situation was over, so he had to bind his hands, take the coffin, and lead all the officials to Wang Jun's camp to surrender.The Jin army immediately sent troops to escort Sun Hao's family to Luoyang, the capital of Jin.Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty, named Sun Hao the Marquis of Guiming, and gave him 30 hectares of land, 5,000 dendrobium, 500,000 money, 500 pieces of silk, and 500 catties of cotton. Sun Hao began the humiliating life of a subjugated king.Before the death of Wu, Sun Hao once sent a letter to his uncle He Zhi, admitting: "Now the country is not defended. Those who do not defend it are not because of insufficient food and weak cities, but because the soldiers are fighting back. Soldiers are fighting back, and the crime of being alone is the same. Soochow was not destroyed by heaven, it was recruited by a solitary." Hao wrote to the ministers again: "Since I came to the throne, I have lost my thoughts and replaced many things. , were all killed. I didn’t realize my mistake, and overthrew the country.” Finally, he lamented: “The overwhelmed water can’t be recovered, what else can I say? I can only throw a pen!” After Sun Hao’s death, what reflection did Shi Wuming But even repentance is too late!In this way, after Sun Hao lived in Luoyang for nearly four years, he finally died of illness and ended his life.