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——Chen Empress Chen Shubao Emperor Chen Xuan died, and his prince Chen Shubao succeeded to the throne. This is the famous Chen Empress in Chinese history. Empress Chen's name is Shubao, his courtesy name is Zhixiu, and his nickname is Huang Nu. He is the eldest son of Emperor Chen Xuan. When it comes to Empress Chen, there is a lot of discussion in later generations. Most people will immediately think of licentiousness, wine and sex, Zhang Lihua, Yushu Houyuanhua, etc. Those who know some words will immediately think of Wei Zheng's comment: "The Empress was born in a deep palace. If it grows in the hands of a woman, since it belongs to the country, it will be exhausted, and it will not know how difficult it is to harvest." And so on.In fact, Empress Chen had a lot of fate since she was a child. When she was two years old, the city of Jiangling fell, and Empress Chen, along with her father and mother, was taken away by the Western Wei Dynasty.Later, when Emperor Chen Wen succeeded to the throne, the Western Wei Dynasty also released Chen Xu first, and still kept Chen Shubao and his younger brother Chen Shuling, mother and son, as hostages (Chen Shuling and Chen Shubao had half mothers), and did not return to Jiankang until Chen Shubao was about ten years old.Therefore, the seeds of hardship, bitterness and hatred should be planted in Chen Shubao's young heart after wars and chaos.For some reason, the sufferings of childhood seemed to have no memory in Chen Houzhu's brain. This person was born with a passionate seed and a genius poet.

When the great poet succeeded to the throne, he was thirty years old, and he was definitely the "Elder King".Moreover, just as Emperor Chen Xuan kicked his legs to die, before Chen Shubao burst into tears, he was almost hacked to death by his half-brother Shixing King Chen Shuling. Emperor Chen Xuan died of serious illness, Chen Shubao, Chen Shuling and another brother Chen Shujian three "difficult brothers and sisters" entered the palace to serve the sick.Chen Shuling had long since "had different ambitions", and asked the officials of the classic medicine to sharpen the medicine cutting knife faster.No matter how fast the medicine knife is, it doesn't work well. Chen Shuling tried it a few times, but it didn't go well.

Emperor Xuan swallowed his last breath, and when the news came, Chen Shuling ordered people to go outside to get the sword. "If you don't understand the left and right, take the wooden sword of the court to advance", which made the king of Shixing stamp his feet and curse.Chen Shubao's other younger brother, Changsha King Chen Shujian, became suspicious and kept secretly monitoring the second brother.When Emperor Xuan was young, Chen Shuling took out a medicine cutting knife and slashed at the neck of Chen Shubao, who was kneeling and crying bitterly.Chen Shubao's biological mother, Empress Liu, ran over, and Chen Shuling beheaded the empress several times.Wu Shi, the prince's nurse, was also present, and grabbed Chen Shuling's arm from behind. Chen Shubao woke up in time, and was able to get up and run outside.Chen Shuling grabbed elder brother's clothes and raised his knife, Chen Shubao managed to break free.While chasing, Changsha King Chen Shujian rushed into the hall, strangled the fierce second elder brother by the neck, took the medicine knife from his hand, and tied him to the pillar of the hall with his belt.

Chen Shujian hurriedly looked for the eldest brother of the prince, and wanted to listen to his instructions on how to deal with his second brother Chen Shuling. "Shuling was so strong that he took off his sleeves and walked out of Yunlongmen."The mad king rushed back to the East Mansion, pardoned the prisoners to serve as soldiers, distributed gold and silk, put on armor and carried knives, and summoned the kings and generals in Jiankang to attack the palace with him, but none of the princes and ministers listened to the call, only Xin'an Wang Chen Bogu "went to it alone".This King Xin'an is the son of Emperor Chen Wen. He is ugly and sinister, good at ridiculing, and has a good relationship with the queen's brothers.Due to the same hobby of shooting pheasants, the relationship between Chen Bogu and Chen Shuling became better and better, and they "conspired with each other".

At the beginning, in the first year of Emperor Chen Xuan's Taijian, Chen Shuling, who was only 16 years old at the time, was named the military governor of the three prefectures of Jiang, Ying, and Jin.This person is young and mature, with a severe nature and a very violent nature.In the third year of Taijian, he was moved by his father to be the governor of the four prefectures of Hunan, Heng, Guangxi, and Wu, and the general of Pingnan.He did whatever he wanted while in office, and from time to time he plundered the local ethnic minorities in the name of conquest and solicited servants.Chen Shuling abused his subordinates to the extreme, flattered those who flattered them, and got promoted and made a fortune.Those who are upright and honest will be humiliated to death.Just such a villain, because of the favor of Emperor Chen Xuan, in the ninth year of Taijian, he was awarded the governor of Yangzhou, and the military governors of the four states of Yang, Xu, Dongyang, and Nanyu.In the tenth year of Taijian, he was conscripted into Jiankang and managed affairs in the East Mansion. He was almost the first person under the emperor.Although the crown prince Chen Shubao was the crown prince, when the emperor was alive, the crown prince was like the vice president of the United States, a complete display, with no army, no land, and no actual ruling power.

Whether Chen Shuling is working abroad or in Dongfu, he likes to sleep during the day and have fun at night.It can be seen that this prince is a lover of folk folk art.He doesn't like drinking by nature, "he only buys more food and eats day and night."Whenever he went to court, Chen Shuling also loved acting. He often read books immediately in the car, recited aloud, complacently, and pretended to be a great Confucian who couldn't put down the book.As soon as the old man returned to his mansion, he immediately took off his clothes, held a big ax in his hand, and "played all kinds of tricks for the monkey", and he had to personally participate in any acrobatics.

In addition, one of Chen Shuling's greatest hobbies in his life is to be a tomb robber.There are many ancient tombs around Jiankang. He often leads one or two hundred people to swim among the earthen buns and ride horses to watch them. As long as he sees that the tomb owner on the epitaph is a famous person, he will definitely stop on his horse and order to dig left and right. "Its stone records and ancient implements" and took the "cultural relics" as its own.It's worth mentioning that this prince also likes to play with the "skeletal elbows and shins" of dead celebrities, to watch and play with, and to take them home and hide them in the warehouse.On the way to play, as long as you see folk "young wives and virgins, people with a little lust" on the way, you will be forced to prostitute immediately.Not only that, but the wives and daughters of his left and right officials also often went to "on duty" at Chen Shuling's place for their father and husband to provide for their lewd pleasures.Emperor Chen Xuan has always heard about all kinds of scandals, but "Su loves (Chen) Shuling, and is not brought to justice, but only blamed."

In the eleventh year of Taijian (579) of Emperor Chen Xuan, Chen Shuling's biological mother Peng died.Since the Eastern Jin Dynasty, most of the princes and nobles were buried in Meiling (now south of Nanjing) near Jiankang after their death, just like the Beiman area near Luoyang.Therefore, Chen Shuling also wanted to bury his biological mother on such a "geomantic treasure land".After looking around, he found that the cemetery of Xie An, the Grand Master of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was in a good location, so he ordered someone to smash the tomb of Grand Master Xie An, and carried out a huge coffin that was not completely decomposed, and found a nearby place to put the famous Xie An The dead bones were thrown away, and then the tomb was rebuilt and Peng's body was buried in it.Thinking back to the end of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, when Huan Xuan entered Jiankang, he wanted to occupy Xie An's old house as his "headquarters". At that time, Xie An's grandson, Xie Hun, fought hard to protest. Now that he is the "emperor", he still has respect for Wang Xie's family, and finally made a big step, and the Xie family's mansion is safe and sound.In the Chen Dynasty, Chen Shuling dug out the body of such a "great man from Jiangzuo" and discarded it without asking any questions. However, he did not even dare to let go of a fart, even though the tomb of the great ancestor was destroyed, and Xie An's bones were scattered all over the place.This incident also hinted at the news that the Gaomen gentry, together with the fate of the Southern Dynasty, was dying, and the sun was dying.Xie Zhen, a direct descendant of the Xie family, had a good literary talent and was later admired by Empress Chen. However, there is only one line of poem handed down by this person. The title of the poem is "Dwelling in Spring Day". The flowers are still falling!

Back to Chen Shuling.On the day of his mother's funeral, he pretended to be mourning too much, and presented a "Nirvana Sutra" to the imperial court, claiming that it was written with the blood on his own body, but in fact it was written by his subordinates with dog blood.It would be more appropriate if he used bastard's blood.At the funeral, Chen Shuling looked sad, and when he returned to the inner room, he ate and drank, laughed and sang happily, typical of a double-faced man and a hypocrite. After careful analysis, Chen Shuling was not a rebellious adolescent. He was already twenty-nine years old when he killed his brother Chen Shubao with a big medicine knife.This person is not mentally ill, and he is very skillful in managing his subordinates in Outer Town and Dongfu.There is no deep hatred with the prince's brother, and the two were detained together as hostages by the Western Wei people when they were young. Such an adult, even after the death of his father, has the audacity to murder his prince's brother in public. I really don't know what it is. The biggest possibility is that Emperor Chen Xuan pampered him too much, which made him always feel that he was the heart and soul of his father, and that he should be the heir of the emperor for granted.

Chen Shuling released prisoners and recruited soldiers. After a long time, there were only more than a thousand soldiers and horses.However, there were not many soldiers and horses in Jiankang City at that time. "All the troops defended along the river, and the platform was empty."Changsha King Chen Shujian was quite calm, so he asked Empress Liu for instructions, and sent Sima Shen, the crown prince, out of the palace.Although Xiao Mahe had only a few hundred soldiers and horses at that time, this man was a famous general who was born in a professional soldier. He was ordered by the emperor, so he put on his horse immediately and went straight to the east mansion to kill him, and stationed troops at the west gate of the city.

Hearing that General Xiao was leading troops, Chen Shuling was flustered, and hurriedly sent someone to preach all his guards of honor over there, promising that he would immediately promote Xiao Mahe to be the "minister" when he became the empress.Xiao Mohe was both wise and brave, and reported back: "My lord, you sent your confidants here, so I dare not believe it." Chen Shuling was overjoyed, and hurriedly sent two of his confidantes, Dai Wen and Tan Qilu, to General Xiao at full speed. The two men got off their horses, and the soldiers immediately stepped forward and tied them up, escorted them to the pavilion, cut their heads twice, and beheaded them for public display. Hearing that his "left and right hand" had been killed, Chen Shuling knew that something was wrong, so he rushed into the inner house, called his princess Zhang and the six most favored beauties to the well, and without further ado, he did it himself. Throw them headfirst into the well and drown them.Then, he got on his horse and led hundreds of soldiers around, trying to gallop to Xinlin outside the city, where his direct subordinates were.If he could reach Xinlin, Chen Shuling could enter the waterway by boat and escape to the Sui Dynasty in the north. The group of people just ran to Baiyang Road, Xiao Mahe's soldiers were already waiting there, shouting in unison and wielding swords.As soon as the two sides fought, many of Chen Shuling's men were hacked to death.Chen Bogu, the king of Xin'an who followed Chen Shuling, saw that the situation was not good, turned his horse's head and ran into the alley by the side of the road.Seeing this, Chen Shuling was also angry, and "pushed his sword to chase after him". Uncle Chen Bogu had no choice but to return to Chen Shuling's side.After fighting for about ten minutes, Chen Shuling's soldiers died and fled. The remaining dozens of people also threw away their armor and threw their knives, and raised their hands to express their surrender.In a panic, Chen Shuling stood there staring blankly, not knowing what to do.One of Xiao Mahe's cavalry captain named Chen Zhishen greeted him with a spear, and immediately picked the prince off his horse.The little eunuch Wang Feiqin who originally followed Chen Shuling was quick-witted, and he chopped it up with a knife, "chopped more than a dozen times".Another cavalry captain named Chen Zhonghua galloped forward, chopped off Chen Shuling's head with one blow, and galloped off to Miyagi.The king of Xin'an, Chen Bogu, didn't need to make a detailed statement. He was chopped into several sections by the rebel soldiers on the spot. Therefore, the eight ministers discussed the crimes of Chen Shuling and Chen Bogu, and according to "Song's story (the culprit Liu Shao), exiled corpses in the river", they destroyed Chen Shuling's palace as a pigsty, punished all his sons, and dug up his biological mother Peng's family. Tomb, "return Xie's tomb".Chen Bogu was better off, his wife and children were only deposed as ordinary people, so that they would not die or be killed.The two captains of the cavalry, Chen Zhishen and Chen Zhonghua, were conferred the posts of internal historian and prefect respectively, and the young eunuch Wang Feiqin was also conferred the title of General Fubo, a blessing in disguise. Changsha King Chen Shujian made the greatest contribution, and Chen Shuling's duties were transferred to him almost unchanged: General Hussars, Kaifu Yitong Sansi, and Yangzhou Governor.A few days later, he moved to Sikong again.At that time, Empress Chen's neck was seriously injured, and he couldn't take matters seriously. Chen Shujian had the final say on all important affairs of state affairs, "so the power turned to the court", and the king of Changsha didn't know who he was as soon as he felt it. . Power corrupts, and totalitarianism corrupts extremely.Chen Shujian, the king of Changsha, "due to his arrogance and indulgence, he did many illegal things, so the master of the future avoided it because of his negligence."Moreover, when Chen Shubao was the crown prince, the former ministers of the East Palace, Kong Fan, Guan Bin, Shi Wenqing and others were jealous and resentful of Chen Shujian. In the first year of Zhide (583), the emperor issued an edict to appoint Chen Shujian as the governor of Jiangzhou.Before leaving the town, some people might persuade the queen master not to let the tiger go out, and issued an imperial edict to restore Chen Shujian as Sikong, but remove all the real power in his hands of soldiers, horses and personnel appointments. Chen Shujian was "not at ease, a little resentful and hopeful", and when he was disgruntled, he used heresy ways to ask craftsmen to make puppets, which were life-sized and dressed in Taoist clothes. ", cursing Empress Chen's early death.Obviously, during the Chen Dynasty, China’s technology has been very advanced. Without electricity or clockwork, the robot can be as flexible as a real person, and can also "permanently move". Unfortunately, it was not used in production, life and military affairs, and good intentions were wasted. In terms of these messy heresy witchcraft. There are no impenetrable walls.In the winter of the same year, someone wrote to report the curse of the King of Changsha.Chen Houzhu was furious, and sent someone to investigate the Changsha palace. The witnesses and material evidence were complete, "the case was verified and confirmed", and Chen Shujian was imprisoned in the palace for self-reflection, and he was about to be sentenced to death. That night, Empress Chen ordered the eunuch to read out the amnesty order and enumerate the crimes of King Changsha.Chen Shujian knelt down, cried loudly, and said he deserved to die.However, the prince also had a scheming plan. After pleading guilty, he wept and said: "I have no heart, no other reason, but I want to be close to you. I have committed a crime of the king's constitution. I must die. Seeing Shu Ling, I would like to proclaim an edict to punish him under Jiuquan." The king of Changsha understood very well that he broke the law, not trying to usurp the throne or something, but just wanting to flatter his master, and since he was about to be killed by his elder brother, he had to die clearly. Take a message to the underground sinner Chen Shuling, and then denounce him for the crime of rebellion in the past.This "excellence" was really in charge, Empress Chen was grateful for the previous achievements of the fourth brother, pardoned his crimes, and returned home as a prince.Soon, he was appointed again and named as Shizhong and Zhenzuo general. Chen Shujian is also very obedient, he never dared to make trouble again, nor dared to play bullshit in front of the queen's favored ministers, he should be a grandson, change his mind, and abide by the law.After the fall of the Chen Dynasty, Chen Shujian entered the customs as the king of the subjugated country, moved to Guazhou, and changed his name to Chen Shuxian.Having been a noble prince for most of his life, "I don't know how his family gave birth", and now he has become a commoner. This prince and his first wife, Shen Shi, opened a tavern, where they served glutinous rice wine and "served as servants" and became a well-reformed Forward to the template.During the Daye period of Emperor Yangdi of Sui Dynasty, this prince also served as the prefect of Suining County, and he finally came home. It's time to talk about Empress Chen. "Chen Shu·Mao Xi Biography" records, "The empress was injured by King Shixing (Chen Shuling), and celebrated himself when the sore healed. He put wine in the apse, led Jiang Zong, and exhibited music and wrote poems..." It can be seen that the old man As soon as my brother's neck injury healed, he exposed his middle-aged nature in literature and started to create.At that time, his father Chen Xuandi died less than a year ago, and according to the etiquette system, sons were not allowed to play music and drink alcohol.As for the full text of the posthumous poem, it has been lost. Minister Mao was displeased, and pretended to have angina pectoris and suddenly passed out, disturbing the Queen's Yaxing.This Mao Xi was the "timely rain" who advised Emperor Chen Xuan, the father of the successor, not to go out. Emperor Chen Xuan's ability to become emperor was all due to this person's plan. After Chen Houzhu sobered up, he said to his cronies: "I regret calling Mao Xi into the palace. He is definitely not sick. He pretended to fall to prevent me from having a feast! This man is angry and is not used by me. I am going to hand him over to the palace. For the brothers of Poyang King (referring to the sons of Emperor Wen, Chen Bomao, brother of Poyang King Chen Boshan, and Chen Feidi were killed by Emperor Chen Xuan on Mao Xi's idea), let them take revenge. Is this good?" Sima Shen and others echoed, But Fu NFDAE, the general secretary of Zhongshu, disagreed: "You can't do this! If Mao Xi is handed over to the Poyang King brothers to kill, what will the former emperor think if there is a spirit in the underground!" Mao Xi abandoned it and was sent to a small place as an official.It can be seen that although Empress Chen is faint, his temperament is not poisonous.Even so, he started to have fun as soon as he succeeded to the throne, and the ministers persuaded him to kill people again, and the face of the king of subjugation has been vaguely revealed. Chen Shubao's "Great Chen" dynasty had a narrow territory, with a population of only 2 million people and 500,000 households.Compared with the nearly one million households and 4.7 million population in the Liu and Song Dynasties, it is basically a half discount.Of course, the real population and number of households should be higher than the statistical figures, but these figures also give away the news that each generation in the Southern Dynasties is not as good as the previous generation, and the bankruptcy of the self-cultivating farmers is getting worse, and the government registered households will of course drop sharply.By the time of the Chen Dynasty, heavy corvee service, military service, and layers of exploitation by officials made the lives of the people at the bottom even more miserable, with no food and clothing, and the status of soldiers was getting lower and lower. Under such circumstances, it is conceivable that the combat effectiveness of the Southern Dynasty How weak it is!In addition, the establishment of the Sui Dynasty in northern China, the emperor Yang Jian himself was of Han nationality, and the people in the Northern Dynasties were basically completely Sinicized. The northern army has been difficult to work.Since the Western Wei Dynasty, the soldiers in the north have creatively invented the "fubing system" on the basis of the land equalization system. The pride, sense of honor and their status have improved day by day, making the fighting power of the northern army stronger and stronger. Therefore, the demise of the Chen Dynasty , is just a matter of a few years earlier and a few years later in time. In fact, at the beginning of Yang Jian's "receiving Zen" in the Sui Dynasty, he and the Chen family in the Southern Dynasty really wanted to have a "good-neighborly and friendly relationship". , nor restrain Chen Bing from invading the northern border.The Sui army once sent troops to the south, and when Emperor Chen Xuan died of illness, "soldiers will not fight and mourn", Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty ordered the squadron and sent envoys to mourn.Chen Houzhu felt good about himself, thinking that the Sui soldiers were "retreating" instead of "withdrawing", and relying on his literary talent, seeing Yang Jian's letter so "polite", he was even more proud. Qingtai" and other arrogant words made Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty angry. At the end of 583 AD, Chen Shubao sent an envoy to the Sui Dynasty. He heard that Yang Jian had "a strange appearance", so he sent Yuan Yan, who was good at painting, to paint a "portrait" of the Sui Emperor for himself.After unfolding the painting, Chen Shubao was "horrified" when he saw Yang Jian's Shen Yi Kuaiqi appearance. He covered his face and said, "I don't want to see this person", and asked someone to take the portrait away.The ridiculous thing is that Empress Chen had to "see this person" several times in the future, and "visited" this person as a king of subjugation. More than two years after Chen Houzhu succeeded to the throne, he built three magnificent and tall pavilions in front of the Guangguang Hall, named Linchun Pavilion, Jieqi Pavilion and Wangxian Pavilion respectively.At the beginning, Empress Chen was wounded by Chen Shuling and lived in Chengxiang Pavilion. His married wife, Empress Shen, was not favored. Only Zhang Guifei Zhang Lihua served and was doted on throughout the harem. Zhang Lihua was born in a military family, and entered the womb of the imperial concubine at the age of eight or nine, serving as Gong Guipin's maid.When she was ten years old, Empress Chen took the initiative and was pleased with it. She broke the melon immediately, and when she was about to conceive, she gave birth to the prince Chen Shen.The queen succeeded to the throne, and immediately worshiped this beloved concubine as a noble concubine.Due to her poor and humble background, Concubine Zhang's intelligent disposition was brought to the extreme, and she also possessed the virtue that men are most fascinated by: not being jealous.She often recommends the beautiful maids of her acquaintance to the harem for "use", so "the harem waits for the virtues, and competes for the goodness of the noble concubine, so she loves the harem".In addition, Concubine Zhang Guifei, who was born in Hutong Chuanzi, also likes the art of dispelling ghosts. She often summons witches and gods to sing and dance in the harem, and Empress Chen often joins in watching for fun.Because her family was born in the private market, Concubine Zhang loves to investigate foreign affairs, "There is a word and a thing in the world, and the concubine must know it first, and she will be the queen. Because of the Yizhong concubine, the internal and external clans are often cited." Zhang Guifei's "hair is seven feet long, her temples are as black as lacquer, and her light can be discerned", she is probably more intoxicating than the stars who advertise shampoo on TV today.What's more, the female models in the commercials pour oil on their heads to create special effects. Concubine Zhang Guifei is naturally beautiful, and she doesn't need any makeup powder, she is already full of demeanor.This noble concubine has a particularly good temperament, "has a good spirit, walks in and out of leisure, and has a beautiful complexion. Every time she looks at her, her brilliance overflows her eyes and shines on her left and right."Such a stunning woman, even if she had given birth to a child, her figure is not out of shape in any way, "often with beautiful makeup on the pavilion, standing on the threshold of the pavilion, looking into the distance in the palace, floating like a fairy".It can be said that Zhang Lihua is the flawless gem among women. She doesn't need to pose in any poses and turn in any angles to show off a good-looking side. She is all-round glamorous.What is even more enviable is that Concubine Zhang Guifei is not the kind of person with big breasts and no brains, who "is able to argue and memorize, and is good at waiting for the color of others".At that time, Empress Chen was tired of political affairs, and two eunuchs submitted all the memorials to the imperial court for imperial reading. Empress Chen often held Concubine Zhang Guifei on her knees and "judged it together". Nothing is left."Empress Chen is not a mediocre gentleman who knows nothing, but a great writer and poet. Seeing that Concubine Zhang is so clever, she "dotes on others more and more" and "listens to everything she says". Body, can't wait for the two of them to knead together day and night. In addition to Zhang Lihua, Empress Chen also had two noble concubines, Gong and Kong, two beauties Wang and Li, two Shuyuan Zhang and Xue, Yuan Zhaoyi, He Jieyu, Jiang Xiurong and others. Chen Shubao is busy enough.It is estimated that Chen Shuling's knife, wrongly hit by mistake, cut some nerve, and made Chen Houzhu hypersexual, grinding guns with so many beauties every day.Not only that, Chen Houzhu is also a high-level mental worker, and the poems and songs are not missing. Every day, he takes the group of beautiful concubines and ministers in the harem to have a feast, compose new poems, and give each other gifts. Those who are especially beautiful think that the lyrics are used as new voices, and thousands of those who are attractive in the palace are selected to sing them. "Spring Music" and so on, the main purpose is to beautify the looks of Zhang Guifei and Kong Guifei."It can be seen that several song and dance divertimentos with large and luxurious lineups are all composed for beauties. Empress Chen is really the number one person who loves and praises beauty. As for the three new pavilions built for the beauties and the Empress himself, they are even more extravagant. "The pavilion is several feet high, and there are dozens of rooms. The windows, wall belts, hanging lintels, and sills are made of sandalwood, decorated with gold and jade, with pearls and emeralds in between. Treasure beds, treasure tents, and their clothing and play, are rare and precious, unprecedented in modern times.”It is conceivable that such a luxurious decoration is made of real materials, and with the limited imagination of modern people, it is impossible to imagine that kind of frightening extravagant scene.Moreover, the sun is shining at the beginning of the morning, the wind in the south of the Yangtze River is warm, and the light of gems, pearls, gold and silver is reflected in the palace. "The breeze comes temporarily, and the fragrance smells for miles." Now there is a nanmu hall in Chengde Mountain Resort, where the cool breeze blows in summer, and visitors will have a refreshing feeling when entering.The series of palaces and pavilions of Chen Houzhu are all made of high-quality sandalwood, whose luxury and luxury we can only imagine with closed eyes.Moreover, "the rocks piled up under it form a mountain, the water is diverted into a pool, and strange trees are planted, mixed with anthers", a magnificent and rich garden pool garden, "this scene should only exist in the sky". Most of the literati recite poems and compose Fu, shaking their heads and shaking their heads is very boring, and it takes a group of people to flatter each other and beat the table to get the Jedi to agree to be enjoyable.Uncle Chen is the master of the people, so naturally he doesn't have to worry about the lack of "friends for wine and meat" and "friends for poetry and prose".Servant President Jiang, although he is named Zaifu, is actually an old playboy, a man in his sixties, with a big gray beard, and he is not close to government affairs. "There is no order of respect and inferiority", gagging, laughing and drinking, people at that time called these people "sexy guests".Kong Fan was more likely to follow others, and became a "brother and sister" with Kong Guipin, and he couldn't write two words of Kong in one stroke.At the same time, Shi Wenqing, an official of the later lord when he was the prince, and Shen Keqing, an old friend of Shi Wenqing, were in charge of the financial power, constantly increasing the taxation and exploitation of the people, in order to satisfy the emperor's extravagant desire, "supervise and blame Severely crushed, endlessly amassing, scholars and people complain." If it's just a bunch of frivolous literati, drinking wine, composing poems, and playing cannons, there probably won't be too much harm, but there are people like Kong Fan who "proclaim themselves to be all-round talents in civil and military affairs, and they are beyond the reach of the court", and it feels very good If there is nothing in the crotch, it probably floats into the sky by itself.He said to Chen Houzhu: "All the generals in the outer town are born in the army, and they are brave. There is no foresight." Shi Wenqing, Sima Shen and others also echoed, which made Chen Houzhu disagree.In this way, as long as the generals of the Chen Dynasty made a slight mistake, the Empress Chen would issue an edict to take away the soldiers and horses of the generals, and distribute them to Kong Fan and other literati to command.Ren Zhong was a veteran of several dynasties, and his subordinates were also disbanded by the imperial edict of the later lord. They were dismantled again and then arranged, and assigned to serve as servants under a few favored "Xiao Ke". "From the disintegration of civil and military affairs." Although obscene and extravagant, Chen Shubao's poems are really good, and his literary accomplishment is very high. Just imagine, after several years of drunkenness and wealth, his literary talent cannot but be gorgeous. Here are two of his "Solitary Drinking Ballads", so that future generations will want to see him as a poet "Prestige": Drink alone ballad, drink alone and ballad alone.One drink is not Tao Shu, and the other drink breaks the wind.The third is that the mind is not smooth, and the fourth is that the discretion is boring.The five drinking bowls are easy to cover, and the six drinking bowls are easy to adjust.Seven drinks are exhausting, and eight drinks are Gao Zhichao.Nine drinks forget things and me, ten drinks suddenly soar to the sky.Ling Xiao has different wings, and he is fluttering.Ning learns that everyone is drunk, Yang Bo goes to me.Er Fei Chubo, see Prince Joe! (one) Drinking alone, drinking alone is hard to get rid of.Drink three or two bowls alone, and play two or three tunes.The tuning is not finished suddenly, and it is time to go out of the house.It's more like Youchunyuan, and it's like every Liqiao.The fragrance of clothes goes by the delicate, and the eyes and words send the cup of tenderness.Yu Zun has regained all his benefits, and he is happy with himself. (second) At first glance, Chen Houzhu's "Solitary Drinking Ballad Part One" may seem familiar to some readers.Yes, later Tang Dynasty poet Lu Tong, who was known as the Asian sage of tea, wrote "Seven Bowls of Tea Poems" (also known as "Xie Meng Jianyi Sending New Tea"), which has been passed down through the ages, and its semantic and poetic essence is derived from this poem by Chen Shubao. poem: The day is high, the five sleeps are heavy, and the general beats the door to startle Zhou Gong.Mouth Yun advised to send the letter, and the three seals were obliquely sealed with white silk.Kai Yanwan saw the remonstrance and discussed the meeting, and read the three hundred pieces of the moon group.It is said that when the New Year enters the mountains, pinworms startle the spring breeze.The son of heaven must taste Yangxian tea, and the herbs dare not bloom first.The wind of benevolence bears pearl buds secretly, and the golden buds are drawn out in early spring.Freshly picked, baked and wrapped in aromatic wrappings, the essence is the best and extravagant.In addition to being the most respected, he is with the prince and the prince, and he goes to the mountain people's house whenever he has anything to do.There are no vulgar customers in Chaimen, and the Shamao faucet is fried and eaten by itself.The green clouds attract the wind and keep blowing, and the white flowers float and coagulate the noodles in the bowl.A bowl of throat kisses.The two bowls are broken and lonely.Three bowls of searching, only five thousand volumes of text.Four bowls of light sweating, all the uneven things in his life, scattered to the pores.Five bowls of muscle bone clearing.Six bowls of Tongxianling.I can't eat seven bowls, but I feel the breeze in my armpits.Lianlai Mountain, where is it?Yuchuanzi took advantage of this custom to go back.The group of immortals in the mountains went down to the earth, and their status was high and high.Ann learned that millions of lives fell on cliffs and suffered hardships.I wrote this letter as a remonstrance and asked the common people, did they get a rest in the end? Although Lu Tong inherited the poetic flavor of Empress Chen, but Mr. Lu belongs to the "metaphysical", he used tea instead of wine, and also had the footsteps of "knowing the lives of millions of people, falling to the ground and cliffs and suffering hard work", the whole poetic scene was reversed. Decaying, becoming elegant and deep, it can be said that "copying" has its own way, turning decay into magic. Of course, when it comes to Chen Houzhu's poems, I have to mention his "Yushu Backyard Flower": Liyu Fanglin faces the high pavilion, the new makeup is beautiful and the quality is alluring.Yinghu Ningjiao didn't come in at first, and greeted her with a smile when she came out of the curtain.The face of the enchantress looks like a flower with dew, and the stream of yushu shines on the backyard. The verses are free from vulgarity, but the style of poetry is extremely vulgar. In addition, the relationship between Chen Houzhu and his first wife, Empress Shen, is very cold, and they only go there once a year or so.Even if you visit occasionally, there is no such thing as cloud and rain in Dunlun, and you will return immediately after entering temporarily.The descendants of Shen are both virtuous and forbearing, always get up and send each other sadly, and have no intention of staying with each other.The empress himself was not serious, and asked Empress Shen: "Why don't you say anything to me?" Empress Shen was speechless.As a result, Chen Shubao also became very popular in poetry, and wrote a poem "A Play for the Queen of Shen": "Keep people but don't keep them, and go if you don't. No one is kept here, and there is a place to keep people." Isn't this a sincere and honest person! It is not that there are no upright gentlemen in the court of Empress Chen.Zhongshu Tongshi Sheren Fu NFDAE was an official of the East Palace when Chen Shubao was the crown prince.However, this person was too loyal and arrogant, and offended a group of courtiers in the court of the Empress. Therefore, Shi Wenqing and others falsely accused Fu NFDAE of accepting bribes from Korean envoys, and arrested him and put him in prison.Fu NFDAE was upright and was imprisoned, but he still wrote a letter to his master, stating his faults: "...Your Majesty poured out excessive drinking and sex, is ungodly to the gods of suburban temples, and only flatters obscene ghosts; the villain is by his side, eunuchs play tricks on power, evil Loyalty and honesty are like enemies, people are like worthless things; the harem drags embroideries, the stables and horses are left with millet, the people are displaced, zombies cover the fields, goods are bribed by the public, funds are lost, gods are angry and the people are resentful, and the people are rebellious. The fear of the southeast king will come here. all!" Afterwards, Zhu Lanzuo was furious, and turned around a few times, gnashing his teeth. Nian Fu NFDAE was an old man in the East Palace. After a little anger, he sent someone to say to this old minister: "I want to forgive you, can you change it?" NFDAE also simply replied: "A minister's heart is like a face, if a minister's face can be changed, then a minister's heart can be changed." Chen Houzhu was so angry that he asked the eunuch to "handle the matter poorly" and killed Fu NFDAE in prison at the age of fifty-five. Empress Chen is so obscene and obscene that everyone complains. Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, took the throne firmly, quelled internal opposition forces, and began to turn his attention to the Southern Dynasty.In 585 A.D., Xiao Kui, the lord of the Later Liang Dynasty, died of illness (Xiao Kui was the son of Xiao Cha, whose "land" was the city of Jiangling, which had always been a vassal of the Western Wei, Northern Zhou, and Sui), and his son Xiao Cong succeeded to the throne.Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty was worried about Xinjun and others, so he conquered Xiao Cong and entered Chang'an in September 587 AD, and sent general Cui Hongdu to lead troops to "guard" Jiangling.Xiao Cong's uncle Xiao Yan and others were afraid that the Sui army would annex their few remaining troops, so they surrendered to the Chen Dynasty, and led all the civil and military officials of the Later Liang Dynasty and more than 100,000 people in Jiangling City to rebel against Sui and Chen. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty took the opportunity to abolish the State of Liang, worshiped Xiao Cong in Chang'an as the State of Shangzhu in the Sui Dynasty, and bestowed the title of Duke Ju.Although the two uncles rebelled against the Sui Dynasty, Xiao Cong was not implicated. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty saw his relatives' respect and changed his title to Duke Liang.Because of the ridicule of "Xiao Xiao also rises again" in the later period of Sui Yang Emperor, Xiao Cong was shunned, but in the end, he was good at home. Fortune and misfortune depend on it.For the Chen Dynasty, Hou Liang's surrender was not only not a good thing, but it gave Sui Wendi Yang Jian a pretext to aggressively attack Chen.At that time, Linping Lake in Qiantang County in the Chen Dynasty had been silted up due to water and grass, and suddenly opened. There was a folk rumor: "The lake is open and the world is peaceful."According to theory, "Tianxiaping" means the unification of the world. Chen Shubao also knew that the master of the unification of the world must not be himself, so he was very depressed and worried. A set of tricks to deceive yourself. When the country was in peril, Minister Zhang Hua made a statement to empress Chen: The former Gaozu (Chen Baxian) flattened Baiyue in the south and punished the rebellious captives in the north; Shizu (Chen Qian) established Wuhui in the east and defeated Wang Lin in the west; .Your Majesty has succeeded to the throne, and in the present five years, he does not think about the hardships of the late emperor, does not know the fear of destiny, indulges in pampering, is confused by wine and sex, does not go out of the seven temples, worships the three concubines and comes to the palace, the old ministers and generals, abandon it Reckless, flattering and slandering evil, promoted to the court.Today, the battlefield is tense and the Sui army is pressing down on the border. If Your Majesty does not change course, I will see the elk return to Gusu! In the book, Chen Shubao hit the shortcoming of Empress Chen, and Chen Shubao, who was in constant panic, not only did not repent and regain his strength, but became ashamed and angry, and arrested and killed Zhang Hua that day. The great Confucian Wang Fuzhi expressed emotion about this: "If the minister does not speak, but alienates the small minister to remonstrate, the country will perish. The small minister, the power is not enough to be correct, and the relationship is not enough to connect. Leave it as if there is nothing. If you speak fiercely, you will be met with anger. Although the minister rescues you, it is inevitable, and the jealousy of the ministers will make you repel each other!" Looking at the history of later generations, this statement is very appropriate, and it has been tried repeatedly. In April 588 AD, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty issued an edict to attack Chen: According to the land in the palm of his hand, Chen Shubao indulges his desires in the streams and gullies... Drives inside and outside, labors himself; desires extravagance, makes day work night; kills outspoken guests, destroys innocent families; deceives the sky and creates evil, sacrifices to ghosts En; full of powder and daisies, but fights, drags Luo Qi and calls for police; since ancient times, it has been confused, and it is rare or comparable.The gentleman absconds, and the villain succeeds.Natural disasters and earthly evils, monsters and monsters.Clothes and jaws, roads and eyes.Emphasis on violating morality and disobedience, shaking the battlefield; day and night wandering, rats and dogs steal.The sky is overwhelmed by nothing but my ministers. Every time I listen to it, I feel sad.You can go out to be a teacher and accept the law, and be punished by the opportunity; in one fell swoop, Wuyue will be forever cleared! At the same time, they also sent people to "send 20 evil seals to the Tyrant Emperor (Chen Empress), and still scattered 300,000 papers of imperial edicts, and sent them to the left of the river", which was a sufficient propaganda offensive. All parties were fully prepared and the generals were properly arranged. In the winter of 588 A.D., Yang Guang, King of Jin, Yang Jun, King of Qin, and Yang Su, King of Qinghe were the marshals of the Sui Dynasty. There were nine generals (generals) and 518,000 soldiers. , Yang Guang served as the commander-in-chief of the attack on Chen in name, and went out in all directions.As Guo Pu of the Jin Dynasty had predicted: "Jiangdong will be divided into kings for three hundred years and will be united with China again", the Sui army, both civil and military, had the confidence to conquer. When Emperor Chen Wen heard that the northern army was coming, he comforted himself: "The king's spirit is here, and he is blessed by God. The Qi soldiers came three times, and the Zhou division came twice, and they were all destroyed. What can the Sui army do this trip!" Duguan Shangshu Kong Fan also immediately echoed: "The Yangtze River has been separated from the north and the south since ancient times. How can the captives fly across today! The school of the General Bian wants to ask for credit, and it is not a big deal! As a minister, I often worry about officials, If the northern captives cross the river, the ministers can rely on the merits of killing thieves, and they will be able to become the high officials of the Taiwei." All the ministers in the court, you and I, flattered each other, and the queen was very happy to hear it, and deeply believed that However, "play tricks, indulge in wine, and write poems without stopping." 隋文帝开皇九年(589)正月十五,隋朝大将贺若弼已从广陵渡江。同时,晋王杨广大军也在六合镇扎下大营。正月庚午,贺若弼又攻拔京口,隋军南北并进,“缘江诸戍,望风尽走”。辛未,贺若弼军又进据钟山,韩擒虎屯军新林,对建康形成合围之势。“陈人大骇,降者相继。” 当时,建康城内还有十多万军队,但陈后主不懂指挥,“唯日夜啼泣”,大权均委于施文庆。施文庆知道诸将深恨自己,更怕这些人立功后对自己不利,处处抑制军将,“诸将凡有启请,率皆不行”。 此前,陈朝大将萧摩诃数次请兵,趁隋军立足未稳出击,皆为陈后主所拒。待建康城被围成铁桶一般时,大将任忠、司马消难劝后主北据蒋山,南断淮水,坚守建康与隋军相持,待其师老兵疲后再想办法破敌。如此关键时刻,佞臣孔范不知哪里生出胆子,想要立大功,他对陈后主说:“司马消难狼子野心(此人是北来降臣),任忠淮南伧士,怎能听这两个人的话!请陛下下令,我率军与敌一决,定能成功,博取燕然勒石之青史芳名!” 陈后主好主意不听,竟听这么一个军事方面百分百业余的“狎客”之议,下令诸军出击。“诸军南北二十里,首尾进退不相知”。 隋朝大将贺若弼闻讯,率轻骑登山,观察军情后,以甲士八千人为阵,以待陈军。 陈军方面,只有大将鲁广达一人率部下两三千人进战隋兵,也杀掉隋兵近三百人,“隋师退走者数四”,吓得名将贺若弼也“纵烟以自隐”。但是,陈朝其余诸将各怀鬼胎,孔范自不必说,他由一帮亲兵围着处于陈军核心中的核心,龟缩观望;萧摩诃前计不用,又恨陈后主与自己老婆奸通(萧大将军已是年过花甲之人,其正妻年龄不会太年轻,陈后主性趣多多,连什么granny sex和mature sex也不偏废),故而一直率部下“观战”,没有出力。 刚得小胜的陈朝兵士斩杀隋兵后,纷纷拿着人头回奔建康城内向后主“领赏”,趁陈兵骄惰,贺若弼指挥隋军,直朝孔范一军杀来。两军还未交手,孔范纵马便逃,一时之间,“陈诸军望见,骑卒溃乱,不可复止,死者五千人”,连大将萧摩诃也被活捉,军败如山倒。 陈朝老将任忠跑得不慢,奔回台城,告知陈后主:“陛下您好好呆着,为臣我无所用力。”后主惶急,拖出两大箱笼黄金给任忠,让他出外募人出战。 任忠带着两大箱黄金,一出城就投降了隋将韩擒虎,并掉转头带领隋军直入朱雀门,为敌前导。陈朝残军欲战,任老将军大手一挥,“老夫尚且投降,你们还要干什么?”众人闻言,一时散走。 陈后主召集百官,根本没有人来,只有尚书仆射袁宪一个人在殿中陪侍左右。陈叔宝长叹:“我平日待卿甚薄,今日深感惭愧。非唯朕无德,也是江东衣冠道尽!” 隋兵四面八方冲入皇宫,陈后主又惊又怕,准备避匿。袁宪劝说:“请陛下正衣冠,御正殿,依梁武帝见侯景故事。”陈后主本性怯懦,表示“白刃兵锋,不知祸福,我还是避一下再说”。言毕,“下榻驰去”。他跟着一帮宫人往景阳殿跑,不大功夫就累得喘不上气,于是便想投井自尽,侍人蔽井,“陈(后)主与争,久之,乃得入”。 “既而军人(隋军)窥井,呼之,不应,欲下石,乃闻叫声;以绳引之,惊其太重,及出,(后主)乃与张贵妃、孔贵嫔同升而上。” 有关后主与两美人投井的描写,千百年来,大家一直是当作笑谈,但从未有对此产生置疑:古代宫中大多是进口狭窄的小井,怎容三人一起龟缩于其中。又有考证说“白莲阁下有小池,面方丈余”,即使如此,后主与两个美人又是如何“跳入”而不淹死,又怎样空手扒住那么湿滑的井壁或池壁的呢?这三人又不是壁虎,手脚无吸盘,井壁直上直下,根本坚持不了多久。再者,后主跳井本意“自杀”,又怎么能有时间带着两个宠妃在井水中“潜水”!种种推断,皆不能成立。因此,笔者认为,陈后主应该是举手投降,至于与两美女投井之说,可能是得胜的杨广等隋军编造的故事,一来彰显这位亡国之君的可耻与可笑,二来凸现隋军的声威。而且,这一出编造的故事,也符合陈后主香淫好色的性格。 陈后主是NFDA2蛋,其皇后沈氏却“居处如常”。张贵妃所生的太子陈深年才十五,也闭宫门而安坐,舍人孔伯鱼一旁侍立,见隋军推门闯入,这位英俊少年安坐不动,神色安祥,并向兵士道辛苦:“戎旅在途,众位辛苦。”隋军见陈朝太子如此风度,皆立于原地不敢妄动,一齐向他行军礼。 晋王杨广的长史(参谋长)高颎先入建康城,刚刚坐稳,其子高德弘就急忙入见,传杨广口讯,要高颎留下张丽华贵妃给晋王。高颎说:“从前姜太公蒙面以斩妲己,现在岂可留张丽华这样的祸水!”于是,下令斩张美人于青溪。杨广闻之大恨。这件事情,也成为日后隋炀帝杀高颎的导火索。 杨广入建康后,立刻下令,斩杀施文庆、沈客卿、阳慧朗等佞臣,“以谢三吴”。孔范等人当时“过恶未彰”,隋人未知虚实,所以逃过一劫。后来陈朝亡国君臣入长安,坏事逐渐为文帝所闻,把孔范等四个佞臣流放边地荒僻之所,坏人的下场,也不是太坏。 陈后主被俘前,在建康的陈朝宗室王侯有一百多,陈叔宝怕这些人趁乱自立,都集中在皇宫内一个地方软禁。这下倒好,后主自己被抓,这些人也一并成为俘虏。接着,隋军又持陈后主亲笔诏谕,到陈朝各地招降,一时俱下,只有陈宣帝第十六子岳阳王陈叔慎在湘州起兵抵拒,苦战数日,被隋军俘杀,小伙子时年十八。可见,陈家子弟当中,有血性的人还真不多,只有陈叔慎这一个例外,“情哀家国,竭诚赴敌,志不图生”。 至此,陈朝灭亡,隋朝得三十州、一百郡、四百县,平毁建康宫室。公元589年5月,献俘太庙,“陈叔宝及诸王侯将相并乘舆服御、天文图籍等,以次行列”,向隋文帝杨坚叩拜。隋臣宣隋帝诏书,“责以君臣不能相辅,乃至灭亡”。陈叔宝及宗室、群臣“并愧惧伏地,屏息不能对”。隋文帝统一四海,心中大悦,“既而宥之”,对陈朝亡国君臣,皆饶以不死,并好吃好喝好宅子地养起来。 虽然杨坚把他所篡夺的周朝宗室皇族杀得一个不剩,对陈叔宝一族却很宽厚,并赏他做三品官,每次朝宴时还怕陈叔宝伤心,嘱咐乐师不许演奏江南音乐。不料,陈叔宝奏称说每次朝会自己没有官号,要隋文帝给他实封一个官当当。隋文帝苦笑,对侍臣们说道:“叔宝全无心肝。” 听监守的人说陈叔宝天天喝得大醉,很少有清醒的时候,隋文帝还真为陈后主身体着想,让监守官员节制供酒,不久,又下令:“任他喜欢供酒吧,否则他不畅意喝酒,日子肯定也过不舒服。”把陈氏宗室子弟分置各州,赏赐土地衣物,派人护卫。 本性严酷的杨坚之所以能容忍陈氏子弟存活,主要是这一大家子没人能对隋朝构成威胁(如果像南唐后主李煜那样再写什么怀念故国的诗词,说不定早被弄死了)。说来也怪,在南北皇朝迭兴、杀戮至惨的时代,只有南朝陈国五个皇帝及宗室子弟皆得善终,也真是个奇迹。后来,跟随隋文帝东巡游幸,陈叔宝还献诗一首:“日用光天德,山河壮帝居,太平无以报,愿上东封书。”称颂隋文帝功德,表请封禅。隋文帝心中十分快意,他目送陈叔宝下殿时,又叹息说:“如果陈叔宝把作诗和喝酒的心思用于治国,又怎会有今天呢?” 隋文帝仁寿四年(604)年底,陈叔宝因疾善终,时年五十二,竟比隋文帝杨坚还多活了大半年。可笑却又让后人深感意味深长的是,陈叔宝死后,被刚刚继位的隋炀帝追赠为大将军、长城县公,谥曰炀。谥法:好内怠政、好内远礼、去礼远众,逆天虐民曰“炀”。谁料十来年后,隋炀帝死后自己也被谥为“炀”,这真是中国历史上的一个戏剧性事件。为此,唐代大诗人李商隐有《隋宫》诗一首,以抒幽幽怅惋之情: 紫泉宫殿锁烟霞,欲取芜城作帝家。 王玺不缘归日角,锦帆应是到天涯。 于今腐草无萤火,终古垂杨有暮鸦。 地下若逢陈后主,岂宜重问后庭花。 最后,还有一事值得一提。陈叔宝被生俘的时候,隋军中有一大将名叫王颁,时为开府仪同三司,是王僧辩之子。当夜,王颁亲自与兵士一起,挖开陈高祖的陵墓,“焚骨取灰,投水而饮之”,以报三十二年前陈霸先缢杀其父王僧辩的深仇大恨。 倘使死人有知,陈霸先在天之灵,不知作何感想?
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