It is said that being an emperor is the most beautiful thing in ancient times. It is the most noble one, has endless glory and wealth, and can control the destiny of the world. But if he unfortunately becomes the king of a subjugated country, the so-called successor of a certain

It is said that being an emperor is the most beautiful thing in ancient times. It is the most noble one, has endless glory and wealth, and can control the destiny of the world. But if he unfortunately becomes the king of a subjugated country, the so-called successor of a certain dynasty, then the emperor's fate will be completely opposite.

Some were killed directly, which was quite neat and tidy, while others were taken captive to the enemy's emperor and became prisoners or under strict surveillance. They were always in fear and humiliation, and they might one day offend the powerful. To the point of losing one's life.

There are also several special queens in history who not only received courtesy from the emperor of the enemy country, but also lived a happy life in a foreign country. For example, during the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Chan, the queen of the Shu Kingdom, and the protagonist of today's story, Chen Chao, , the queen , Chen Shubao, .

Chen Shubao was the fifth emperor of the Chen Dynasty and the last emperor of the Chen Dynasty. According to records, Chen Shubao was debauched and neglected the government, so much so that Yang Jian directly destroyed the Chen Dynasty in just one year.

After Chen Shubao was brought to the Sui capital, Yang Jian treated him with courtesy and often held banquets to entertain him. Chen Shubao never thought about revenge, and even asked Yang Jian to give him an official position. However, Yang Jian only answered with four words.

Pampered and greedy for women

Chen Shubao was born in 511 AD. At this time, the Southern Dynasty Chen had not yet been established, and The Southern Dynasty Liang was experiencing the " Hou Jing's Rebellion ". The Northern Qi and The Western Wei took advantage of the chaos to seize it. There were many territories in the Southern Dynasties, and Chen Shubao's great-uncle Chen Baxian basically controlled the power of Liang.

In the second year after Chen Shubao was born, the Western Wei Dynasty captured Jiangling, the capital of Liang Dynasty. Chen Shubao's father Chen Xu was abducted by the Wei army and brought to Chang'an , while he, his mother Liu Jingyan and his younger brother Chen Shuling were detained. In Rangcheng .

Chen Shubao spent his childhood in a foreign country. Although he was a hostage, Chen Shubao's living conditions were still very good, and freedom was not that important to a child of a few years old.

The most important thing is that his father is not around, and his mother has no intention to cultivate his values ​​​​and outlook on life. This makes Chen Shubao have a "luxurious style" at a young age. In 557 AD, Chen Shubao's great-uncle Chen Ba descended from Liang Jianchen. , but died after more than two years in office.

His nephew Chen Qian (Chen Shubao's uncle and Chen Xu's sibling brother) came to the throne. Five years later, he also brought his younger brother Chen Xu and his family back. But what Chen Qian didn't expect was that her kind act would actually attract a wolf into the house.

After his death, Chen Xu launched a coup in 568 AD, deposing Chen Qian's son Chen Bozong and proclaimed himself emperor. In the next year, Chen Shubao, who was under 16 years old, became the prince. Although Chen Xu's method of usurping the throne is not worth advocating, during his reign the country was stable, the politics was clear, and the strength of Liang in the Southern Dynasties also increased.

Chen Xu also attached great importance to the education and training of his successor Chen Shubao. He did not want his son to usurp power due to incompetence after his death. Therefore, he ordered Zhou Hongzheng and other great Confucian professors Chen Shubao to study Confucian classics, and found opportunities to practice Chen Shubao many times.

In 582 AD, Chen Xu was seriously ill. Prince Chen Shubao and several brothers stayed by his father's side to accompany him. Chen Shubao's second brother has always wanted to find an opportunity to usurp the crown prince's position. Now he is waiting for Chen Xu's death so that he can take advantage of the chaos to eliminate Chen Shubao.

After Chen Xu passed away, Chen Shubao and his brothers all cried bitterly in front of the soul. Chen Shuling took advantage of Chen Shubao's inattention and hacked Chen Shubao's neck with a file from behind. However, because the power of the file was too weak, Chen Shubao was only injured but not killed.

Chen Shubao escaped under the cover of everyone, and then sent people to kill Chen Shuling and his children. After getting rid of his rebellious brothers and other hidden dangers, Chen Shubao could finally ascend the throne comfortably.

However, the injury on his neck had not yet healed, and he was also frightened during the attack. So when he took the throne, he "was afraid of being seriously ill at first, and often issued mourning edicts."This means that at the beginning of his accession to the throne, Chen Shubao behaved like a good emperor and behaved more cautiously.

The most shocking thing is that he actually stayed away from the concubines in the harem and only doted on the queen Zhang Lihua . The ministers and the people of the Chen Dynasty were very satisfied with him. It was very rare for an emperor to be strict with himself and not lust after women.

The arrogant and extravagant Chen Shubao

However, it didn't take long before Chen Shubao's true colors were revealed and he "later settled down and resumed his extravagant style." After Chen Shubao noticed that the situation was gradually becoming more stable, he returned to the dissolute and luxurious style of his nature.

He began to play and have sex all night long. In his harem, there were not only Zhang Lihua, who was "considered by the Sui Dynasty to be a disaster for the country and the people", but also the beauties Wang and Ji, Zhang and Xue Shuyuan, Yuan Zhaoyi, He Jieyu, and Jiang Xiurong. Waiting for seven beauties.

They were all the most beautiful women at that time. Chen Shubao favored them in turn and had no interest in government affairs. In addition to being lustful, Chen Shubao also likes to make fuss and drink. This was originally a fun hobby for literati, but as an emperor, Chen Shubao seemed to be too obsessed with it.

Those who accompany him every day are not loyal civil servants and generals, but General Jiang, Chen Xuan, Kong Fan and other literati and Confucian scholars. Although they are talented, they are also content with enjoying themselves and fail to govern the country at all. make a contribution.

Speaking of drinking, Chen Shubao had an astonishing capacity for drinking. He often held banquets in the back courtyard of the palace to entertain his ministers. At the banquet, these literati were responsible for composing lyrics, and then Chen Shubao distributed the lyrics to the palace ladies and sang for the guests on the spot. Chen Shubao flirted with the concubines, drank and had fun at the same time.

Before Chen Shubao, the palaces and gardens of the Chen Dynasty were very simple, and the emperors were all accomplished and virtuous kings. Not long after Chen Shubao came to the throne, he began to dislike the simplicity of the palace, so he ordered the palace to be renovated, and built the Linchun, Jieqi and Wangxian Pavilions next to it for himself and his beauties to live.

These palaces and pavilions are tens of feet high, and every effort is made to be luxurious from craftsmen to materials and decorations. There are countless rare treasures in the attic, and there are also all rare trees and flowers in the courtyard, which can be described as extremely luxurious.

It can be seen from these performances that the Chen Dynasty's successor did not take the country seriously at all, and only focused on improving his own quality of life. It is no wonder that the Chen Dynasty was eventually destroyed by the Sui Dynasty. It was the general trend.

Yang Jian destroyed Chen and captured Chen Shubao

While Chen Shubao was enjoying life, Yang Jian, the emperor of the Sui Dynasty in the north, was still working hard to govern. He always wanted to destroy the Chen Dynasty and unify the world. At this time, the Sui Dynasty and the Chen Dynasty were governed by separate rivers, but the internal environments were completely different.

The Sui Dynasty was at the beginning of its establishment, and its military strength was on the rise. However, in the hands of the pedantic and incompetent empress Chen, it was already difficult for the Chen Dynasty to compete with the Sui Dynasty. In 588 AD, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty Yang Jian issued an edict listing 20 charges against Empress Chen.

Later, he also spread these crimes to the Chen Dynasty territory south of the Yangtze River to show his determination to destroy the Chen Dynasty. At that time, the ministers of the Sui Dynasty advised Yang Jian to keep a low profile, "After all, we are going to attack them. With such a huge momentum, don't we worry about the Chen Dynasty reorganizing the army and fighting to the death?"

Yang Jian just smiled. He passed the intelligence of the past two years. Chen Shubao is already very familiar with Chen Shubao's virtues. Let alone fighting to the death, Chen Shubao may not take the danger of national subjugation into his heart. Soon after, the Sui army was ready to go.

Yang Guang and others were the commander-in-chief of the march, and the famous generals Han Qinhu, He Ruobi and others were the general managers. With an army of 510,000, they marched towards the Chen Dynasty in three directions. On the other side, Chen Shubao was still carrying out extensive construction work, building temples and palaces, but unfortunately he encountered a fire.

Just when he was troubled by this, intelligence came from the front line. The Sui army was gathering in the north of the Yangtze River in a mighty manner, and it was possible to cross the river to attack the Chen Dynasty at any time. As Yang Jian expected, Chen Shubao didn't care about this, and under his influence over the years, the entire court had no reaction to it.

At that time, only a few people requested to send troops to resist, but Chen Shubao ignored them. General He Ruobi of the Sui Army looked at Chen Jun lazily across the river. He even thought it was a trick at first, but later he realized that Chen Jun was negligent in taking precautions.

So, he took advantage of the enemy's luck, created the noise of galloping horses on this side of the river, and secretly organized the Sui army to cross the river, without Chen Jun noticing.

When the Sui army successfully crossed the river, the prefectures and counties along the Chen Dynasty issued alarms one after another. However, Chen Shubao still didn't care and continued to drink and recite poems and enjoy it endlessly.

He even said to his close ministers, "In the early years, both Qi and Zhou came to attack our Chen Dynasty many times, but we were beaten to a pulp. In my opinion, there is no need to worry about the Sui Dynasty." Until Han Qinhu also captured it. After arriving at Caishi City and Yang Guang led his army to occupy Taoye Mountain, Chen Shubao realized that the situation was not good.

He immediately called for a meeting with ministers to discuss solutions. However, Chen Shubao still employed people unkindly at this time. The favored ministers did not know how to pretend to understand and gave random orders. The capable generals were not reused, and the incompetent people gave random orders.

When the Sui army was about to attack Jiankang City, Chen Shubao was already at a loss. General Xiao Maha requested to fight, but Chen Shubao refused. In addition, Chen Shubao had raped his wife, and Xiao Mohe surrendered to the Sui Dynasty in anger.

Favorite Ren Zhong Seeing that the situation was over, he did not forget to blackmail Chen Shubao. He asked Chen Shubao for two bags of gold and lied about recruiting troops. In the end, he led the Sui army general Han Qinhu straight to Jiankang City. After Chen Shubao learned that he had betrayed his relatives, he hurriedly jumped into the well in the palace with Zhang Lihua and others.

He wanted to avoid being chased, but was discovered by Han Qinhu, who then sent someone to pull them up. At this point, the capital of the Chen Dynasty was completely breached by the Sui army, and the master Chen Shubao was also turned into a hostage and was escorted to Yang Jian by the Sui army.

He couldn't care less about Shu, and he was heartless

Yang Jian was very happy after seeing the captive Chen Shubao. He treated him politely and did not tease him because he thought he was a prisoner. At the same time, Yang Jian also took care of Chen Shubao's emotions and mood, and even allowed him to go to court as a third-rank official, but he never gave him an actual official position.

As for the reasons, first, Yang Jian was worried that after Chen Shubao gained power, it would be detrimental to his regime. Second, he discovered that Chen Shubao knew nothing about politics except poetry and poetry.

In fact, Yang Jian was worried that Chen Shubao would rebel, and Chen Shubao did not take the pain of country subjugation to heart at all. He even took the initiative to let people play Jiangnan music during the banquet, while he looked intoxicated.

The official responsible for monitoring him once reported to Yang Jian that Chen Shubao was addicted to alcohol and often got drunk alone. Yang Jian was initially worried that Chen Shubao would be in bad health due to drinking, and reminded him to exercise some restraint, but later gave up altogether.

At a banquet, Chen Shubao asked Yang Jian with great interest to give him an actual position and official title. Yang Jian avoided answering and instead asked Chen Shubao what his hobbies were. Chen Shubao readily said that he loved donkey meat and that he could "drink for one stone" with his friends every day.

After hearing this, Yang Jian didn't say anything. Instead, after leaving the table, he told the people around him that Chen Shubao was really "heartless."

This is indeed the case. Chen Shubao said this on a whim. He never mentioned it again and indulged in Wenrou Township every day.

If Chen Shubao had put his ability to drink and have fun above governing the country, the Chen Dynasty would not have been destroyed so quickly. Yang Jian's evaluation of Chen Shubao as "completely heartless" also pointedly revealed the reasons for his subjugation.

How can a person who only knows how to eat, drink and have fun and ignore government affairs manage the world well? What do you think of this?