Chapter 160 Chapter 159 Deposed Emperor Chen Bozong

Chen Bozong, with the word Fengye and the small word Yaowang, was the son of Emperor Chen Wen. He was established as the crown prince when Emperor Wen came to the throne.Chen Bozong was not very intelligent since he was a child, and Emperor Wen was deeply worried.In April of the first year of Tiankang (566 A.D.), Emperor Chen Wen was critically ill. He was worried that the prince Bozong was too young and weak to keep the throne, so he took Kong Huan as the prince Zhan Shi and Chen Xu as Sikong and Shang Shuling, and let them Together with Liu Shizhi from Zhongshushe and Shangshu Pushe to Zhongju, he assisted Bozong together.A few days later, Emperor Chen Wen died, and Prince Bozong ascended the throne under the support of his ministers.

In the first month of the second year, Chen Bozong changed Yuan Guangda.Soon, a power struggle broke out among the three assistant ministers.Since Chen Bozong came to the throne, Liu Shihe and Dao Zhongju have often lived in the palace and participated in the decision-making of all affairs as prime ministers.Ancheng Wang Chen Xu also brought 300 people to the Shangshu Province, and his power was overwhelming.Therefore, Chen Bozong was nothing more than a puppet emperor. In the first month of the third year of Tiankang (568 A.D.), Chen Xu became the Taifu, led Situ, and enjoyed special treatment. He could go to the temple with a sword and enter the court without worshiping.When Chen Bomao, king of Shixing, saw Chen Xu's dictatorship, he was very angry and often abused him.Chen Xu didn't do anything, he simply usurped the throne and became emperor himself.In November of the second year of Guangda (AD 568), Chen Xu, in the name of the Empress Dowager, summoned a group of ministers and issued an edict.Chen Bozong was deposed as Linhai King that day and moved out of the palace.His younger brother Chen Bomao was also deposed as Marquis Wenmao, and was then assassinated by Chen Xiang.In April of the second year (AD 569), Chen Bozong died for no apparent reason at the age of 19.Because he has neither a posthumous title nor a temple title, he is known as the "Deposed Emperor" in history.