In ancient times, when the power was in hand, what was it like to be a powerful minister who was in charge of the court?For example, Hu Weiyong, the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, Cai Jing, the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, Cao Cao and Zhuge Liang during the Three Kingdoms, etc., were all powerful ministers of the government and the opposition.
The ministers not only firmly grasped the power of the court, but sometimes even the emperor had to fear them for three points;Not only are theyhas a huge influence in the DPRK and China, and also has a kinship relationship with the royal familyIf you or your family members are related to the royal family by marriage, you can also brand yourself as a relative, and your status is more precious.
Among the courtiers in ancient times, there was probably only one person who took nepotism to the extreme. He isYan Timur, the greatest minister of the Yuan Dynasty
His power is so great that he even overrides the imperial power, openly marrying the queen as his wife, taking the princess as his concubine, and even the prince has to respect him as his father.
In ancient times, only the Qin Dynasty experienced similar thingsThe power of Lu Buwei is monstrous, and Qin Shi Huang will call him his middle father. But compared with Yan Timur, Lü Buwei is not even a little witch.
Although the Mongol Xi of a new king taking the wives and concubines and all the possessions of the previous king when he succeeded to the throne, Yan Timur was a courtier and did not have this privilege, but he still exercised this privilege to the fullest.
Yan Timur wasKipchak royal family, his father is the ** of the Yuan Dynasty, heHe was originally the guard of the Yuan Wuzong Haishan。After Kublai Khan's death, his imperial grandson Timur succeeded to the throne, but Timur died after 12 years of reign, and the throne fell into the hands of his nephew Haishan.
Yan Timur served as a close guard by his side for more than ten years, laying a solid foundation for his future power.
After the death of Emperor Taiding of Yuan, Yan Timur staged a coup d'état in DaduSupporting the enthronement of TutimurYesYuan Wenzong
After Yuan Wenzong ascended the throne, he wouldRen Yan Timur was the right prime minister of Zhongshu and was named the king of peace。Later, Yuan Wenzong's brother Yuan Mingzong returned to the dynasty to succeed to the throne, Yan Timur killed Yuan Mingzong, and then supported Yuan Wenzong to restore the throne, and was crowned as a Taishi by Wenzong.
It seems that the ministers lived longer than the emperor, Yuan Wenzong and Yuan Ningzong died one after another, and Yan Timur was still alive and strong, and continued to control the government.
Yan Timur's family has made a lot of contributions to the Yuan Dynasty, and has a lot of power in the court, when Yuan Wenzong wants to succeed to the throne, other royal families and ministers feel unreasonable, because Tutimur is the second son of Yuan Wuzong, and he has a brother on his head.
However, Yuan Wuzong's eldest son was exiled in his early years because of his involvement in the rebellion, so he did not inherit the throne.
After Yuan Wenzong succeeded to the throne, in order to block the mouth of Youyou, he promised that his brother would return the throne to him when he returned. Wenzong ascended the throne, but it turned out that several confidants of Emperor Taiding were not convinced and thoughtA second son can succeed to the throne, and the eldest son of Emperor Taiding, Asujiba, should be established as emperor
So the ministers in Shangdu quickly put Asujiba on the throne and confronted Yuanwenzong Tutimur in Dadu.
Naturally, there could not be two emperors at one timeShangdu and Dadu started a battle for the throneA month later, Shangdu was defeated, Azugiba was killed, and Tutimur secured the throne。And this is all the credit of the brave and warlike Yan Timur.
But not long after I took the capital,Tutimur's brother who had been exiled from exile had returned, and Tutimur had no choice but to stay with his brother as he had promised, became the crown prince himself.
After He Shi succeeded to the throne, he showed the posture of an emperor who made great achievements, installed cronies, and standardized various systems, all kinds of performances made Yan Timur very uneasy.
Only half a year after he ascended the throne, Yan Timur poisoned him and supported Tutimur to restore the throne。After returning to the center of power, Yan Timur began to indulge in female sex, evenset his sights on the empress and two imperial concubines of the late Emperor Taiding, and took the three of them as wives and concubines.
Yuan Wenzong grew up in Han land since he was a child, and he was Xi used to the Xi customs of the Han people, and felt that this matter was inappropriate, but his throne was given by Yan Timur, Yan Timur has been a powerful minister for several generations, and now he is the only master in the court, Yuan Wenzong is not good to say. It's just that a former emperor Empress Zhenggong became the wife of a minister, which is rare in all dynasties.
No one dared to talk much about Yan Timur's behavior, and he became more and more unscrupulous, alsowent to the daughters of the Yuan Dynasty clan and selected forty princesses as concubines
Most of the clan women are used as marriages between tribes or countries, and sometimes they also marry powerful ministers in order to consolidate imperial power, but like Yan Timur, who accepted more than 40 clan women in one go, he is probably the only one in the past dynasties who is so arrogant. He also appropriated a large amount of land and wealth, and was extremely extravagant and lascivious.
But he covered the sky in the court, he was able to support Yuan Wenzong to ascend the throne twice, and get rid of Asuji Ba, poison and kill Heshi, and still have a way to drive Yuan Wenzong to the next position.
Tutimur could only let Yan Timur make waves, and in order to stabilize the throne, he also let goHis own prince recognized Yan Timur as his adoptive father
survived Yuan Wenzong and Yuan Ningzong, Yan Timur in order to continue to control the government, unexpectedlyprevented Yuan Huizong from succeeding to the throne, because he was afraid that he would investigate the murder of Yuan Mingzong, and the throne was dragged by Yan Timur for six months。During this period, all state affairs were under the control of Yan Timur, and he actually held the imperial power.
Later, Yan Timur died due to excessive prostitution, and Yuan Huizong finally ascended the throne in Shangdu.