Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty was repeatedly commented as "the emperor". Why didn't Yu Wenyong kill him?

Looking through the history books, we often see that the ancients wrote the birth and appearance of emperors wonderfully. However, it is understandable that historians want to add a little divinity to the monarch. However, regarding the story of Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty, the emperor of Sui Dynasty may not have invented it, and several emperors have certified it.

When Emperor Wendi and his father Yang Zhong were still working in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Taizu Yu Wentai said that Emperor Wendi didn't look like a mortal. When Emperor Yuwen Yong of the Zhou Dynasty ascended the throne, he first told Yu Wenxian, the king of Qi, that: Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty is a very good-looking person. He doesn't look like a person who has lived for a long time? , and then the civil history makes the king rail also told emperor wu of song, said Liu Wendi this person looks abnormal, must rebel in the future as a master. However, the reaction of Emperor Wu of Zhou was really indifferent: If it is really fate, you can't help it, can you? . Why has Emperor Wendi been repeatedly commented on? The picture of the emperor? But didn't Emperor Wu of Zhou just kill him?

First of all, the Zhou emperor Yu Wenyong was a king who could not protect himself. His father was Yu Wentai, the powerful minister of the Western Wei Dynasty. After his father died, he handed over power to his nephew Yuwen Hu. When Yu Wen Huyi came to power, he forced the Western Wei Emperor Tuoba Kuo to cede the throne to Yu Wenjue (the third son of Yu Wentai). However, after the establishment of Yu Wenxuan, Yuwen Hu was not satisfied and forced Yu Wenxuan to give up his Zen position. At this time, Yu Wenyong, the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty, was already the fourth emperor in Yuwen Hu.

Therefore, people around me repeatedly said that Emperor Wendi was the emperor, and Emperor Wudi of Zhou reacted indifferently. Yuwen Yong, the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty, may be thinking: I don't know when I can sit in this emperor's seat, so I don't have time to worry about Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty. Having such a powerful cousin in charge of state affairs really made Emperor Wu of Zhou have no time to take care of Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty. But in addition, there is a more important reason: because Emperor Wu of Zhou wants to win over Yang Zhong, the father of Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty.

As mentioned above, Yu Wenyong is very aware of his puppet status, but even decadent puppets have struggling ideas. What's more, Yuwen Yong, the Emperor Wu of Zhou Dynasty, has a rare aura of alert. His father Yu Wentai once said that Yu Wenyong was the most likely child to inherit his career. Yu Wenyong, who was at an absolute disadvantage at that time, first thought of self-protection. How to ensure that you are killed by Yu Wenhu at any time? Young's father and son, who are at odds with Yu Wenhu, are a good choice.

Yu Wenhu actually had the idea of wooing Yang and his son at that time. Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty became a little uncle, and Yuwen Hu released a little kindness to Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty. However, Emperor Wendi went home to discuss with his father and rejected Yuwen Hu's proposal to promote him. So Yang and his son were included in another book by Yuwen Hu. As the saying goes, my enemy is my friend. Since Yu Wenhu and Yang's father and son are at odds, that is what Yu Wenyong must fight for!

Then, as Yuwen Yong expected, Yang and his son really stood in Yuwen Yong's camp. In the early days of Yu Wenyong's accession to the throne, there was almost no record of fighting with foreigners. But when he gradually came to power, the first one to be sent to war was Emperor Yangdi Yang Zhong. In the third year of Baoding, Yang Zhongling attacked Beiqi with 65,438+10,000 cavalry. Yu Wenyong also dispatched 30,000 cavalry from Pingyang to cooperate with Yang Zhong's attack. It is conceivable that Emperor Wu of Zhou relied heavily on Yang Zhong.

So, why was Emperor Wendi of Sui repeatedly criticized as the emperor, but Emperor Wudi of Zhou didn't kill him, not only didn't kill him, but excused him, saying that he was at most a general who led the troops. This is because Yuwen Yong needs to rely on Yang and his son to balance the power of the powerful minister Yuwen Hu.