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Chapter 61 List of Historical Sinners 2
  [Fifth, regicide and seizing power, Sui Dynasty culture and
  Yu Wenhuaji came from a prominent family. When he was young, he relied on his father's power and acted recklessly without being punished. Therefore, he was called a frivolous young man by the people in the city.

When Yang Guang was the crown prince, Yu Wenhuaji was the palace guard, so the two got along very close.

After Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty came to the throne, Yu Wenhuaji also relied on the friendship between the two to intensify.

During the years of war between the Sui Dynasty and the Turks, he directly violated the ban on trade with the Turks.

Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was furious when he learned about it and wanted to kill him. However, due to Yu Wenhua's identity and status, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty finally spared him from the death penalty.

However, Yu Wenhuaji's road of betrayal did not stop there.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, warlords were fighting, and a massive peasant uprising swept the country. When the Sui court fell into chaos, Yu Wenhuaji once again chose to betray.

After he and the rebels killed Emperor Sui Yang who was traveling in Jiangdu, he supported Yang Hao as the puppet emperor.

Later, he killed Yang Hao and proclaimed himself emperor, but he was killed by the rebels not long after. 】

"Yang Guang died at the hands of Yu Wenji, which can be regarded as the biggest mockery of Yang Guang. Perhaps it is his most worthy destination."

"The Yang family destroyed the Yuwen family's country, and the Yuwen family destroyed the Yang family's country. This can be regarded as the reincarnation of heaven."

"Yu Wenhuaji is a good player who has been beaten to pieces. Unless Yang Guang dies, Yu Wenhuaji's family will live well. Once Yang Guang dies, everyone in the world will attack him under the banner of revenge for Yang Guang."

"If Yu Wenhuaji hadn't killed Yang Guang, he might have lived a few more years."

"Yuwen Culture and this stupid pig might as well develop in the south of the Yangtze River, and there is still a world left to rule by dividing the river."

Yang Guang: What? Did I die at the hands of Yu Wenhuaji?
  He stared at Yu Wenhuaji angrily, his eyes were cold and piercing, and contained a hint of murderous intent.

He never imagined that he would die at the hands of the person he trusted most. Before, he thought he was killed by the rebel Li Shimin army.

He was very kind to Yu Wenhuaji, and he never expected that Yu Wenhuaji would end up doing evil things.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I have no intention of betraying Your Majesty. It's all because of future generations who slander me. Please understand what's going on. I am loyal to Your Majesty."

The moment Tianmu talked about Yu Wenhuaji, he was so frightened that he quickly knelt down and begged for mercy.

He swore that he really had no intention of betrayal.

But Yang Guang will not give Yu Wenhuaji another chance. He hates people who betray him the most in his life.

"Come here, put Yu Wenhuaji on death row and behead him later."

No matter how Yu Wenhuaji cried and begged for mercy, he ignored him.

It's not like he hasn't given Yu Wenhuaji a chance before, but he didn't expect to raise an unfamiliar white-eyed wolf.

If he was gentler this time, there was no guarantee that he would be stabbed in the back.

In order to avoid future troubles, we must eliminate them.

[Six, foreign relative and powerful minister, Yang Guozhong of the Tang Dynasty

Yang Guozhong is the clan brother of Concubine Yang. He was addicted to drinking and gambling in his early years and behaved badly. He was ostracized by his clan for his bad conduct.

After Yang Guifei became favored, her elder brother and younger sister began to prosper and became a powerful minister in the court.

Yang Guozhong launched two wars against Nanzhao while he was still prime minister, but both times ended in failure, causing a great loss of prestige for the court and damage to the country's vitality.

However, Yang Guozhong did not curb his ambitions. Instead, he became more and more arrogant. He competed with An Lushan for power, intending to hold more power in his hands.

The power struggle between the two became increasingly fierce, and as a result, there were overt and covert struggles within the court.

As the political struggle intensified, the situation gradually got out of control. In the end, the flames of the struggle for power ignited the famous Anshi Rebellion in history.

Yang Guozhong's greed and intrigue plunged the entire Tang Dynasty into turmoil and disaster.

The Anshi Rebellion ravaged the entire Tang Dynasty, severely damaging the country's vitality and displacing the people. The glorious age of the Tang Dynasty disappeared, heading toward decline and division. 】

"The decline of the Tang Dynasty was the fuse that had been prepared for social development long ago, and Yang Guozhong was just the ignition"

"Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty favored Yang Guozhong, which caused the Tang Dynasty to turn from prosperity to decline. You can see how outrageous it is if the Anshi Rebellion has been going on for eight years."

"The destruction of Yang Guozhong, the famous prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, was so evil that it was pure and hopeless"

"Yang Guozhong deserved death, Li Longji deserved to be cut into pieces"

"Yang Guozhong's behavior greatly satisfied Li Longji's personal sense of honor, but unfortunately it shook the foundation of the Tang Dynasty"

"Concubine Yang was tricked by Yang Guozhong. Concubine Yang made a huge mistake by supporting Yang Guozhong"

Li Longji: Yang Guozhong, you are a sinner of the Tang Dynasty. Someone, pull Yang Guozhong down and execute him!

He shouted angrily and asked the guards to drag Yang Guozhong down to execute him.

Seeing that it was Yang Guozhong who caused the Tang Dynasty to turn from prosperity to decline, and that the glory of the Tang Dynasty ceased and began to decline, he was so angry that he trembled all over and wished that Yang Guozhong would kill the nine tribes.

People in the world have been scolding him for living too long, wishing he would die early, and saying that he caused the great decline of the Tang Dynasty.

At that time, he was filled with panic and lived in extreme fear.

He led the Tang Dynasty to the prosperous age of Kaiyuan, and all nations came to court. If the prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty perished in his hands, he would never forgive himself.

Since then, he has been keeping an eye on the sky, hoping to learn something from later generations about the reasons for the rapid decline of the Tang Dynasty.

Now, he finally found out the truth.

It turns out that the reason why the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty turned from prosperity to decline was all due to Yang Guozhong's struggle for power, which plunged the Tang Dynasty into turmoil and disaster.

Anyone who harms the country of the Tang Dynasty, even his favorites, must be put to death to avoid future troubles.

Compared with the country of Tang Dynasty, no one is insignificant.

Concubine Yang: Your Majesty...

Li Longji: My beloved, please stop talking. I have already shown mercy. Otherwise, I would have killed the nine tribes long ago.

He glanced at his beloved concubine with cold eyes, which made her silent and did not dare to plead for mercy.

If it weren't for the sake of his beloved concubine, he wouldn't have just vented his anger on Yang Guozhong, and would have killed the entire family.

Although he dotes on his beloved concubine, he will not ignore the country and the country.

After the depression in his heart gradually subsided, he noticed that there was another person who caused turmoil in the Tang Dynasty, causing the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty to decline rapidly.

The Anshi Rebellion should be the turmoil caused by An Lushan, which plunged the Tang Dynasty into an irreversible situation.

Thinking that An Lushan happened to be in Chang'an City, he immediately ordered his arrest and put him in prison.

After dealing with Yang Guozhong and An Lushan, he finally felt relieved.

Without these two people, the prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty would not have taken a turn for the worse!

However, he knew very well that although without Yang Guozhong and An Lushan, the Tang Dynasty would not fall into turmoil like in history, but he knew that the crisis in the Tang Dynasty still existed, and he still needed to find it and eliminate it.

After all, if Datang had no problems of its own, even if Yang Guozhong and An Lushan were wreaking havoc, Datang would not fall into turmoil.

It can only be said that the foundation of the Tang Dynasty has long been rotten, and Yang Guozhong and An Lushan were just the triggers of the explosion.

He also needs to think carefully about how to bring order to the chaos and allow the Tang Dynasty to continue its prosperity.

[7, Cruel Zhongliang, Cai Jing of the Northern Song Dynasty
  Cai Jing was born into a relatively poor family, but he became a local official after passing the imperial examination.

During the reign of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, Cai Jing was impeached and took away his power and lived in Hangzhou.

Soon after, Song Huizong assigned the eunuch Tong Guan to go to Hangzhou to obtain skilled calligraphy and painting. Cai Jing also took the opportunity to collude with Tong Guan, and was re-appointed soon after.

In 1102, Cai Jing took advantage of the opportunity and tried his best to squeeze out prime ministers Han Zhongyan, Zeng Bu and others, and got the position of right prime minister. When Cai Jing was the prime minister, he colluded with the eunuchs to control the government. At the same time, he tried his best to collect people's money and squandered it, and spent huge sums of money to build Yanfu Palace.

In order to make up for the deficit in the national treasury, Cai Jing changed the Salt Law and the Tea Law, tried every means to get the people to pay taxes, and also advocated ten pieces of money, which resulted in a very chaotic currency system and put the people into a serious life and death crisis.

He is also known as one of the most incompetent prime ministers in the history of the Northern Song Dynasty. 】

"Song Huizong was very powerful for being able to gather so many treacherous ministers at the same time."

"Cai Jing himself is the prime minister, his younger brother has also been the prime minister, and his son has also been the prime minister."

"Cai Jing's calligraphy achievements are very high. Sure enough, what the ancients said is not necessarily correct if a person is just like his calligraphy."

"A dynasty can be subjugated if it has only one treacherous minister. Unexpectedly, Song Huizong had three, Cai Jing, Tong Guan, and Gao Qiu. It would be difficult for the country not to be subjugated."

Song Huizong: According to my decree, Cai Jing, Tong Guan, and Gao Qiu are dismissed from their positions and will never be hired.

He was really shocked to see that later generations said that there were three traitorous ministers in his court.

He didn't even know that Cai Jing, Tong Guan, and Gao Qiu were the traitorous officials who were criticized by later generations. No wonder the Northern Song Dynasty perished.

He finally found the reason for the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty. It was all the fault of Cai Jing, Tong Guan, and Gao Qiu. It had nothing to do with him. He was deceived by the three treacherous ministers.

Now that the three traitorous ministers have been dismissed from their official positions, the shame of Jingkang in history will probably never happen again!

Without treacherous ministers causing trouble, the political environment in the court took on a completely new look, which should have prevented the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Even if it cannot be avoided, it would be good to delay the demise of the dynasty.

[Eight, traitor and traitor, Qin Hui in the Southern Song Dynasty

After the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Gou fled south and established the Southern Song Dynasty.

As for Qin Hui, this eternal sinner, everyone knows that he pursues a peace policy of ceding territory, claiming vassal status, and paying tribute.

During his second visit to the prime minister, he tried his best to belittle the anti-Jin soldiers. At the same time, he accepted private parties, rejected dissidents, and repeatedly caused jails. He also regarded Yue Fei, who was the main battler, as a thorn in his side.

So he falsely accused Yue Fei in front of Zhao Gou, saying that he intended to rebel. Later, he encouraged the emperor to recall Yue Fei and had him die in prison for unfounded reasons.

After Yue Fei's death, Qin Hui was still dissatisfied, so he took action to clean up Yue Fei's faction.

He was finally satisfied until the last person who persisted in resisting the Jin soldiers was killed by him.

A loyal minister dies unjustly, and a treacherous minister is in power.

After that, the Southern Song Dynasty completely lost the ability to regain the lost territory, and the Southern Song Dynasty also sank. 】

"It cannot be famous for a hundred years, but it must be infamous for thousands of years."

"Yue Fei's idea of ​​regaining the north is right, but welcoming back the Second Emperor will trigger Zhao Gou's rebellion. If Yue Fei does not mention welcoming back the Second Emperor, but only mentions recovering the northern territory, it will not bring about a fatal disaster."

"Qin Hui is Zhao Gou's unspeakable shadow, Qin Hui is a traitor, and Zhao Gou is not a good monarch."

"Qin Hui's actions in his life satisfied everyone's imagination of a treacherous official"

"Qin Hui was majestic for a while, but was infamous for thousands of years. Yue Fei died aggrieved and became a hero respected by thousands of people."

"Qin Hui and his wife have been kneeling in front of Yue Fei's tomb for nearly a thousand years, and they are still beaten by tourists to this day"

Yue Fei: Okay, I understand. His Majesty has been talking about welcoming back the Second Emperor. I thought that Your Majesty really wanted to welcome back the Second Emperor. Unexpectedly, it was just a talk, and I took it seriously.

At this moment, he was quite embarrassed, and he never understood His Majesty's deep meaning.

Now that later generations have awakened him, he finally discovered that his political consciousness was too low.

This cannot be blamed on him. Your Majesty has publicly stated that he will welcome back the Second Emperor. As a minister, of course he must obey His Majesty's orders.

How could he have imagined that His Majesty was just talking and didn't actually want to welcome back Emperors Qinzong and Huizong of the Song Dynasty.

Now that he knows the cause of his death in history, as long as he doesn't welcome back the Second Emperor and just regains the lost territory, I guess His Majesty won't want to kill him again!
  Knowing that Qin Hui had collaborated with the enemy and betrayed his country and wanted to frame Yue Fei, the people in the capital were all furious and headed towards the Qin Mansion, hoping to find an explanation from Qin Hui.

Qin Hui harmed the country and harmed the people. Countless people in the capital Hangzhou have long been resentful of him.

Now that they learned that this traitor wanted to kill the great hero Yue Fei, tens of thousands of people couldn't sit still. They all gathered and rushed to the Qin Mansion to knock Qin Hui to the ground.

Yue Fei's name is unknown to everyone in the world. He was a famous general who fought against the Jin Dynasty and was a great hero of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Now that the traitorous minister wants to assassinate the great hero Yue Fei, how can anyone agree?
  What if Yue Fei dies and the Jin soldiers invade from the south? Who will save the people of the world at that time?
  Zhao Gou, Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty: The reputation of Prime Minister Qin has been ruined and he can no longer stay in the court, lest the people in the world will be dissatisfied and spread my decree to remove Qin Hui from the position of prime minister.

Qin Hui's notoriety has spread all over the world. In order not to arouse the anger of the people all over the world, he must depose Qin Hui and can no longer appoint him.

He also noticed that Qin Hui was notorious for killing Yue Fei.

After thinking about it for a moment, he understood why he would instruct Qin Hui to execute Yue Fei in the future.

As people later said, if Yue Fei welcomed back the Second Emperor, he would have touched his reverse scale.

Although he came up with the idea of ​​welcoming back the Second Emperor, he said it for the people of the world to hear, and he didn't really want to welcome back the Second Emperor.

The Jin people captured the second emperor. Out of filial piety, he had to offer to welcome the second emperor back, which was to show his attitude to the world.

But in his heart, he was extremely unwilling to welcome the second emperor back. If the second emperor came back, what would he, the emperor, do? Give way?
  He was just talking. All the ministers in the court knew what he meant, and only Yue Fei couldn't wrap his head around it.

Now Yue Fei should understand everything when he sees the sky, and he probably won't be stupid enough to welcome back the Second Emperor!
  As long as Yue Fei didn't clamor to welcome back the Second Emperor, he didn't want to have to kill Yue Fei.

While he was thinking, a young eunuch ran over in a panic.

"Your Majesty, something bad happened. The people in the city rushed to Prime Minister Qin's house and beat him to death."

[Nine, corrupting Chao Gang, Yan Song of the Ming Dynasty
  Yan Song was a famous powerful official in the Ming Dynasty. His father was obsessed with fame, but failed to pass the exam for a long time, so he placed all his hopes on his son Yan Song.

By 1505, Yan Song finally passed the Jinshi examination, but a serious illness caused him to retire from office for ten years.

In 1542, Yan Song served as a bachelor of Wuyingdian in the imperial court and concurrently served as the Minister of Rites.

At this time, Emperor Shizong Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty was indifferent to political affairs, but he was obsessed with Taoism and hoped to seek the art of immortality.

In order to gain the emperor's favor, Yan Song flattered and tried his best to win over the ministers who were trusted by Jiajing. He also gained Jiajing's trust and love because his son was good at writing Qingci.

By September, he was promoted to chief assistant.

When Yan Song served as the chief minister, he monopolized the power of the government and tried his best to eliminate dissidents.

He framed loyal ministers and took bribes, which made the Ming Dynasty very dark and made the Ming Dynasty's border defenses lax. 】

"To put it bluntly, Yan Song is essentially Jiajing's sword, and his badness is equated to Jiajing's badness to a certain extent."

"Yan Song's calligraphy is first-class and he gets things done properly. Unfortunately, all bad things happen to him. Emperor Jiajing throws the mess to him and makes him take the blame."

"Yan Song did the dirty work for Jiajing, but he didn't get a good ending in the end"

"Jiajing alone manipulated Yan Song, Xu Jie, Gao Gong, Yan Shifan and other ministers into applause, and Yan Song took all the blame."

"Jiajing is so unkind. No matter what, he has to provide for Yan Song until the end of his life. Having a dog for more than ten years has become a bit emotional. The most ruthless emperor's family"

"Jiajing needs Yan Song, but he is old, so it would be a pity to abandon him if the food is tasteless"

Yan Song: The most ruthless emperor's family, that's all. I will resign from your majesty right now!
  Seeing that he had taken the blame for His Majesty, but did not end up well in the end, he sighed deeply.

He did so much dirty work and suffered so much infamy, but what was the result?
  There is not even a person who will take care of himself until his death!
  So what's the point of him doing all this?

Before it causes a big disaster and you can get out in time, resign and go home, and don't wade into this muddy water again.

(End of this chapter)