Shi Hong, as the eldest son of Shi Le, was born in 314 AD. At this time, Shi Le had already taken refuge in Liu Yuan of Han Zhao and had already gained a firm foothold in Han Zhao. Shi Hong, who was born under such conditions, is naturally different from his father's poor background. Shi Hong still has a good growth environment since he was a child. History books say that Shi Hong was very filial when he was a child, and he was able to observe the festival. People who come from poor backgrounds, once they have the conditions, will never be stingy in the cultivation of future generations. The same is true of Shi Le, who hired the best teacher for Shi Hong, who has been studying scriptures and poetry since he was a child. In fact, classics were some of the doctrines of Confucianism, which were the main body of scholarship at that time. Faced with this situation, Schler had an opinion, saying: "This world is not a peaceful age, and we cannot teach him exclusively in articles and scriptures. ”
Obviously, Shi Le hopes that his son can develop in an all-round way and not be biased, not to mention that Shi Le at this time already has the ambition of the emperor, and he will do his best to cultivate his son. Therefore, Shi Le found someone to teach Shi Hong's assassination and the art of war. Schle wanted his son to inherit his military talents. For this reason, when Shi Le was the son of Shi Hong, he also asked Shi Hong to concurrently serve as a military officer in the army. Later, he also appointed Shi Hong as the general of Wei, and opened the mansion to summon him, and let Shi Hong guard Yecheng. This is to fully improve Shi Hong's military literacy. In Shile's heart, Shihiro is the only heir.
After Shi Le became emperor, Shi Hong was made the crown prince, and at this time Later Zhao had unified most of the northern regions. Compared with Shi Le's eloquence, Shi Hong has a humble love for his people, likes to write poetry, and the people he is close to are all people with Confucian moral conduct. There is no problem with this, this is clearly what a master of accomplishment should have. However, Shi Le was not satisfied with this, and said to the prime minister Xu Guang: "It is too elegant, easy-going, and too quiet, not like the children of Jiangmen." ”
Xu Guang persuaded Shi Le and said: "Han Gaozu seized the world with his immediate military exploits, and Emperor Wen of Han kept it by quiet and inaction, and after the sage, it must be a dynasty where violent people no longer do evil, which is God's arrangement." ”
Shi Le still agreed with this statement, and he was very happy to listen to Xu Guang's words. In view of the situation that Shi Hu's power was too large at that time, Xu Guang advised Shi Le so that the crown prince Shi Hong could get close to the government. In this way, on the one hand, Shi Hong can become familiar with government affairs as soon as possible, and on the other hand, it can also allow Shi Hong to deal with Shi Hu's threat in advance. Shi Le also followed this advice and let Shi Hong get close to the government.
Immediately afterwards, the ministers, mainly Prime Minister Xu Guang and Cheng Yao, repeatedly suggested to Shi Le that for the safety of the crown prince Shi Hong, they would either deal with Shi Hu or let Shi Le take back Shi Hu's military power. Shi Le took Sima's infighting as a lesson and did not accept such a suggestion. This shows two points, first, Shi Le is not a very cruel Hu man, he at least still thinks of family affection. So it is not entirely correct to say that Shile was cruel. Second, Shi Le is still very filial to his mother. Shi Hu was raised by Shi Le's mother, and Shi Le's mother was still very close to this grandson. In this case, the old queen mother will naturally speak for her son by Shi Le's side, and if Shi Le is not filial, he can completely disobey his mother. This shows that although Shi Le is a Hu person, like Liu Yuan, he is still deeply influenced by Han thought.
Regarding Shi Hong's ability to inherit the throne of his father Shi Le, he was completely forced. Some people will ask, he was originally the crown prince, and it was reasonable to inherit the throne, but how could he be forced?
In the fourth year of Zhao Jianping, in July 333 AD, as soon as Shi Le died, the situation of the Later Zhao court immediately began to change. Shang Shu ordered Shi Hu to quickly kidnap the crown prince Shi Hong, and it was obvious that Shi Hu had thoughts about the throne. But although Shi Hu kidnapped Shi Hong, the purpose was to allow Shi Hong to succeed him. Someone asked, Shi Hu has ideas about the throne, why didn't he kill the crown prince Liu and succeed himself to the throne like Liu Cong?Shi Hu issued an order in the court of Later Zhao to arrest Cheng Yao and Xu Guang, who were not dealing with him, and handed them over to Tingwei for trial. At this time, Shi Hu had already controlled the court, even if the two were not guilty, I am afraid they would not be able to escape the responsibility. As a result, there is no doubt that both ministers were killed by Shi Hu. Shi Hu's second order was to let Shi Hu's own son Shi Di lead his troops to attack the palace guards. In this way, the court will be in chaos all of a sudden, and all the civil and military officials will not do it, so let's run for our lives together. Even the officials began to flee, and the common people could only continue to suffer if they were so good that they could only continue to suffer. Of course, this is just the beginning for the people of the North.
In this situation, Shi Hongwei was scared, so he was ready to give up the throne to Shi Hu, and he just wanted to save his life. However, surprisingly, Shi Hu did not do it. Why not do it?Isn't Shi Hu working so hard and creating such a big mess just for this throne?Shi Hu said: "When the king dies and the prince ascends the throne, how dare I break the regulations!."”
In this way, Shi Hu is not lawless to the point of having no scruples, he is at least afraid of the patriarchal system. Shi Hong continued to give way, Shi Hu insisted on resigning, and said angrily: "If the prince is not competent, there will be discussions in the world, how can it be decided in advance!."”
Only then did Shi Hu say his thoughts, which was to let Shi Hong prove that he was not suitable to be an emperor, and then give way to him. It seems that this Shi Hu not only has a lot of power in his hands, but also an actor-level actor, he is asking Shi Hong to cooperate with him in a play. Shi Hong had no choice but to take the throne under the persecution of Shi Hu.
Will Ishihiro, who has inherited the throne, be able to secure this position?Please continue to watch the next episode of the series "Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms"!