Since ancient times, the royal family relationship has been very indifferent. In order to fight for the highest power, it is not uncommon for the tragedies of flesh and blood to occur in Chinese history. Of course, there are more tragedies of cannibalism between brothers, and it is not uncommon for fathers to usurp the throne.
Southern Song Dynasty Liu Shao
Liu Shao (424-May 27, 453), the word Xiuyuan, the fourth emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, the eldest son of Wendi Liu 8span _span. Liu Shao was established as the crown prince when he was six years old, and he was favored by Emperor Wen for more than 20 years. Later, because of his opposition to the Northern Expedition and conflict with Emperor Wen, he practiced the witchcraft technique privately under the instigation of the witch Yan Daoyu, which gave Emperor Wen the intention to abolish the prince. He then conspired with Liu Jun, the king of Siheung, and in February in the thirtieth year of Yuanjia (453 years), he took the lead in launching a court coup and led the East Palace Guards to go to the palace to kill his father. Then he established himself as an emperor and changed the Yuan Dynasty to the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty. But after only three months in power, he was defeated and killed under the crusade of Emperor Xiaowu of Liu Jun. He was thirty years old.
Liu Shao was the emperor who seized the throne by "killing his father" in Chinese history. His rebellious actions were unanimously denounced at that time and later generations. Emperor Xiaowu Liu Jun said that "Since the people were born, there has been no misfortune", and Xie Zhuang said that "the poverty is extremely rebellious, and the development is unheard of". Shen Yue called Liu Shao the "primal culprit" in "Song Shu", and included him and Liu Jun in the "Biography of the Two Killers". Later generations of historians also referred to him as the "primal culprit", "thief shao", and "ni shao", and did not recognize him as the orthodox emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty.
Zhu Yougui kills his father Liang Taizu to usurp the throne
Zhu Yougui is the second son of Liang Taizu Zhu Wen and the second emperor of Houli. Zhu Wen was the founding emperor, but he was a full of eroticism, especially after the death of his wife, Yuanzhen, Queen Zhang Hui. Summoned into the palace to accompany. Not only did his sons not object to this, they used their wives to fight for favor in front of their fathers.Win the favor of Zhu Wen and compete for the crown prince.
At that time, Zhu Wen was cunning and resourceful because of Zhu Yougui, and his adopted son Zhu Youwen was not only older but also versatile, so he liked Zhu Youwen more. At the same time, Zhu Youwen's wife, Wang Clan, is extremely beautiful, and she is also loved by Zhu Wen. In the second year of Qianhua, when Zhu Wen was seriously ill, he wanted to pass on the throne to Zhu Youwen, but the matter was learned by the wife of Zhu Yougui , who was also serving in the palace. Zhang also informed Zhu Yougui about the matter and advised him to plan early.
Zhu Yougui immediately negotiated with the Zuolonghujun to lead Han Cheng, and he led five hundred people to enter the palace with Zhu Yougui in the crane control guard, taking advantage of the night to enter the Wanchunmen. , Entered the bedroom and killed Zhu Wen, and on June 16, the second year of Qianhua (July 27, 912), he usurped the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, and changed the Yuanfeng calendar.
After succeeding to the throne, a large number of rewards were given to soldiers in an attempt to buy people's hearts. However, many veterans are quite unfair, and Zhu Yougui is also licentious, so the hearts of the people are boiling and people's grievances arose. In 913, Zhu Wen's son Zhu Youzhen , son-in-law Zhao Yan, grandson Yuan Xiangxian and general Yang Shihou and others conspired to plot a coup. Zhu Yougui escaped unsuccessfully, so he ordered Feng Tingye to kill him and Empress Zhang.
Sui Yang Emperor Yang Guang
Yang Emperor Yang Guang (569-April 11, 618), an English, small Aqi, Huayin (now Huayin, Shaanxi) , Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty and the second son of Dugu Jialuo, the second emperor of the Sui Dynasty. Born in Daxing, he became the king of Jin in the first year of Emperor Kaihuang (581), he became the prince in November in the 20th year of Emperor Kaihuang (600), and he succeeded in July in the fourth year of Renshou (604).
Yang Guang made a lot of merits when he founded the country in the Sui Dynasty. But as the credit grew, Yang Guang had the ambition to win the crown prince.So Yang Guang designed the prince and Yang Yong to frame the prince. After that, Yang Guang’s evil deeds were exposed. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty deliberately abolished Yang Guang and re-established Prince Yang Yong, but Yang Guang stepped up time to seize power. Under the cover of Nei Ying, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian, was lying sick in bed. Strangled alive, he ascended to the throne and proclaimed himself emperor.
During his reign, he pioneered the imperial examination system, repaired the Grand Canal, built the eastern capital, moved the capital Luoyang , all of which had a profound influence on later generations, but he frequently waged wars, such as personally conquering Tuyuhun and three campaigns against Goguryeo , Coupled with the abuse of people's power, causing people to change their lives. It caused great chaos in the world and directly led to the fall of the Sui Dynasty. Yang Guang reigned for 15 years, tyranny continued, abuse of people's power, causing great chaos in the world, he himself was strangled to death by the Ministry of Culture and the dispatch of people, which can be described as karma, he was 50 years old at the time of his death.
Northern Wei Tuoba Shao
Tuoba Shao is Northern Wei Dao Wu Emperor Tuoba Gui's second son, the half brother of Ming Yuan Emperor Tuoba Si. Tuoba Shao was vicious and cruel, insidious and rebellious. He did not abide by the teachings. He once committed the evil of "carving the abdomen of a woman to test her child". Since then, Tuoba Shao’s mother, Mrs. He, was imprisoned in the palace due to negligence, and Emperor Tao Wu will order her to be killed.
At this time, Mrs. He secretly sent someone to tell Tuoba Shao to ask him to save herself. That night, Tuoba Shao led the men and horses into the palace with the cooperation of the liaison. Emperor Daowu woke up, and he was not there when he touched the bow, arrow, and knives, so Tuoba Shao beheaded him. After that, Tuoba Shao threatened to lure his officials to support himself as emperor, but not long after, another son of Emperor Dao Wu, Tuoba Si, rose up to rebel against him and broke Tuoba Shao's body into thousands of pieces. He was only 16 years old when he died. year old.
In the ancient imperial power society, although the temptation of the emperor's throne, the family relationship between father and son will be weakened a lot, but because the ancient times attached great importance to loyalty and filial piety,In addition, the power of the emperor is far superior to that of the prince. Therefore, there are not many cases of father killing and usurping the throne in history. Do you still know which father killing took the throne?