Cao Cao, a powerful minister who "coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes", with his ability to fight in the south and the north, emerged in the turbulent times of the Eastern Han Dynasty when the princes competed for hegemony, and finally unified northern China, laying the foundation for the establishment of Cao Wei.
However, because he was suspicious by nature, he bullied and oppressed the emperor many times, and left a "brutal" evaluation in history. However, there is a more domineering minister in Chinese history, who killed three puppet emperors in a row during his reign, and decided to kill and take life and death with a single thought, he is the Taishi of the Northern Zhou Dynasty during the Northern and Southern Dynasties - Yuwen Hu.
Less inspirational, swaying to the future. Yuwen Hu, the nephew of Yu Wentai, the prime minister of the Western Wei Dynasty, has been with the army since he was a child, and has made many meritorious achievements, and became a hussar general in his early twenties, holding military power in his hands.
Yuwentai died of illness, and his sons were young and orphaned in Yuwenhu. Inheriting his father's will, Yuwen Hu took over power and quickly controlled Yuwen Tai's power. Soon, Yuwen Hu was ambitious and forced Emperor Gong of the Western Wei Dynasty to give the throne to Yuwentai's son Yuwen Jue, the Northern Zhou Dynasty was established, and Emperor Gong was killed.
Yuwen Hu was promoted to the throne of the Great Sima, and was named the Duke of Jin, but he was actually the ruler of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
1) The emperors of the three dynasties could not escape their hands Yu Wenhu, Zi Wentai, the actual controller of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, because of his cruel and ruthless methods and powerful power, he was called "one of the most cruel ministers in Chinese history" by later generations.
He eradicated dissidents, abolished the establishment of freewheeling, killed Emperor Min and Emperor Ming, and even forced Dugu Xin, the "first father-in-law of ancient China", to commit suicide. His actions caused discontent among many ministers and the common people, but his power and prestige continued to grow.
His attitude and behavior towards Emperor Xiaomin, Emperor Ming and other three emperors all showed his cruelty and ruthlessness, and also indicated that his end was self-destruction.
Emperor Ming died, and Yuwen supported Yuwen Yong as the emperor and Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Emperor Wu was well aware of Yuwenhu's power, so he ordered hundreds of officials to perform their duties, and all affairs were under Yuwenhu's orders, and the two were safe on the surface.
However, in the third year of Baoding, the Turks invaded, and Yuwen Hu went out to defeat and returned, which was a great shame for the Northern Zhou Dynasty, which established the country by force. Yuwen Hu's prestige in the DPRK and China has plummeted, and he has always been high-flying and domineering, and the ministers of the DPRK and China have a lot of complaints about him, but they are forced by his prestige and dare not speak out.
The defeat was given to the people, and there was a lot of discussion between the DPRK and China. Emperor Wu had been secretly accumulating strength, and he believed that the time had come, so he took the opportunity to summon Yuwen Hu at the Wen'an Palace, kill him, and slaughter his close confidant Wenwu.
Yuwen Hu's life can be described as "a fierce life that does not need to be explained", and the most domineering minister deserves his name.