Chapter 46 137 Empress Chen dies

When Emperor Wu of Chen established the Southern Chen Dynasty, the Eastern Wei and Western Wei in the north had been replaced by the Northern Qi and Northern Zhou respectively.In 550 AD, Gao Yang, the son of Gao Huan in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, established the Northern Qi Dynasty, and in 557 AD, Yu Wenjue, the son of Yu Wentai in the Western Wei Dynasty, established the Northern Zhou Dynasty.Northern Qi and Northern Zhou fought against each other. By the time of Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou, Northern Qi was destroyed and the north was unified. Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty was a more accomplished emperor, but Emperor Xuan of Zhou who succeeded him was a licentious and tyrannical person.After the death of Emperor Xuan of Zhou, his father-in-law Yang Jian seized power.In 581 AD, Yang Jian ascended the throne and established the Sui Dynasty.This is Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty.

During the political turmoil in the north, the Southern Chen Dynasty achieved a temporary stable situation, and the economy ashamedly recovered.But when it was passed on to the fifth emperor, it was a ridiculous empress Chen. Chen Houzhu's name is Chen Shubao, he is a person who doesn't understand state affairs at all, and only knows how to drink and enjoy himself.He made a lot of construction and built three luxurious pavilions for his concubines to live in.His subordinates, Prime Minister Jiang Zong, Shangshu Kong Fan, etc., are all a group of decadent literati.Empress Chen and Concubine Chong often hold banquets in the palace, and they are asked to attend together during the banquet.Everyone drank and wrote poems all night long, and you sang him and their poems with tunes. More than a thousand court ladies were selected to sing for them.

Empress Chen is so extravagant, his raids on the people are of course very cruel.The people were forced to live a miserable life, displaced, and dead bodies could be seen everywhere.A minister Fu Hao (sound zai) wrote a memorial saying: "Now we have reached the stage of anger and resentment, and rebellion and rebellion. If this continues, the dynasty in the southeast will probably come to an end." Master Chen became angry when he saw the memorial, and sent someone to say to Fu Hao, "Can you correct your mistakes and admit your mistakes? If you are willing to correct your mistakes, I will forgive you."

Fu Hao said: "My heart is the same as my appearance. If my appearance can be changed, then my heart can be changed." Empress Chen killed Fu Xuan. Empress Chen lived a ridiculous life for five years.At this time, the Sui Dynasty in the north gradually became stronger and determined to destroy the Chen Dynasty in the south. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty followed the advice of his counselors. Whenever the crops in the south of the Yangtze River were about to be harvested, he gathered troops on the border between the two countries and threatened to attack the Chen Dynasty, so that the people in Nanchen could not harvest.When Nanchen gathered his troops and prepared to resist the Sui soldiers, the Sui soldiers stopped attacking again.For several years in a row, Nanchen's agricultural production was greatly affected, and the morale of the defenders also relaxed.Sui soldiers often sent small groups of troops to attack Chen Jun's granary and set fire to the grain, which caused great losses to the Chen Dynasty.

In 588 A.D., Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty built a large number of large and small warships. He appointed his son Yang Guang, the king of Jin, and Yang Su, the prime minister, as marshals. He Ruobi and Han Qinhu were the generals. Chen Dynasty. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty personally issued an edict to crusade against the Chen Dynasty, announcing 20 crimes against Empress Chen. He also copied 300,000 copies of the edict and sent people to distribute it to various places in the south of the Yangtze River.The people of the Chen Dynasty hated Empress Chen to the core, but when they saw the edict of Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty, their hearts became even more shaken.

The navy led by Yang Su set off from Yong'an and sailed eastward along the Yangtze River in thousands of yellow dragon boats. The river was full of flags, and the armor of the soldiers gleamed in the sun.Nanchen's Jiang defenders were stunned when they saw it. They didn't have the courage to resist. Several other groups of Sui troops also drove to the riverside smoothly.He Ruobi's men from the North Road arrived at Jingkou, and Han Qinhu's men arrived at Gushu.Jiangbian Chen Jun sent emergency alarms to Jiankang one after another. Empress Chen was getting drunk with his favorite concubine and literati, when he received the alarm, he didn't even take it apart, so he threw it under the bed.

Later, the alarm got tighter and tighter.Some ministers repeatedly asked to discuss the matter of resisting the Sui soldiers, and Chen Houzhu called the ministers to discuss. Chen Houzhu said: "Southeast is a blessed land. In the past, the Northern Qi came to attack three times, and the Northern Zhou Dynasty also came twice, but they all failed. This time when the Sui soldiers came, they didn't come to die in the same way. There is nothing to be afraid of." His favorite minister Kong Fan also echoed and said: "Your Majesty is right. We have the natural danger of the Yangtze River, and the Sui soldiers don't have wings. How could they fly over here! information comes"

Everyone said something, and I said nothing, and they didn't take the Sui soldiers' attack seriously at all. They laughed for a while, and then asked the singer to play music and started drinking. In the first month of 589 A.D., He Ruobi's troops crossed the river from Guangling and conquered Jingkou; It was at this time that the fire was imminent, and Empress Chen woke up with a start.There are hundreds of thousands of Chen Jun in the city, but Mr. Jiang and Kong Fan, the favorite ministers of Empress Chen, don't know how to command.Chen Houzhu was so anxious that he was crying and crying, at a loss.The Sui army successfully attacked Jiankang City. The soldiers of the Chen army were captured and those who surrendered surrendered.

The Sui army broke into the palace and could not find Empress Chen everywhere.Later, after several eunuchs were caught, it was known that Empress Chen fled to the back hall and threw himself into a well. Soldiers of the Sui Army found the apse, and there was indeed a well.Looking down, it was a dry well. I vaguely saw someone in the well, so I shouted loudly.No one in the well answered.The soldiers shouted threateningly: "If you don't answer, we are going to throw stones." Then, they really picked up a big stone and put it at the mouth of the well, pretending to throw it. Empress Chen in the well screamed in fright.The soldiers threw the rope into the well, and then pulled up Empress Chen and the two concubines.

The last dynasty of the Southern Dynasties, the Chen Dynasty, perished.Since the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty in 316 AD, China has regained unity after more than 270 years of division.