Six emperors killed by their sons

Mondo History Updated on 2024-02-18

On October 13, 409 AD, the founding emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Daowu Emperor Tuoba Jue, imprisoned the mother of his second son, King Tuoba Shao of Qinghe, in the palace and prepared to order her to be killed.

However, due to the late weather, Emperor Daowu decided to postpone the execution to the next day.

Before being beheaded, Mrs. He decided to secretly contact Tuoba Shao to save her. After plotting with the samurai, eunuchs and others, they climbed over the wall and entered the palace in the middle of the night and came to the Tian'an Temple.

Although they were cautious, they were discovered by Emperor Daowu's attendants on the left and right, and a hurried alarm sounded in the Tian'an Temple. Emperor Daowu broke out in a cold sweat when he heard the voice, and hurriedly got up, but it was too late.

He found that the bow and arrow and the waist knife were gone, and at this time, Tuoba Shao was already standing in front of him, and he killed Emperor Daowu quickly and cleanly. In the early years of his reign, Emperor Daowu actively expanded his territory and made great efforts to promote the Xianbei regime into a feudal society.

However, in his later years, he indulged in wine, was stubborn, and quarreled with others, which eventually led to his tragic end. Emperor Daowu was Chinese New Year's Eve nine years old and reigned for twenty-four years.

During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, in the thirtieth year of Yuanjia (453) of the Liu Song Dynasty of the Southern Dynasty, because of the witch incident, the third emperor of the Song Dynasty, Liu Yilong (small character Che'er), considered abolishing the crown prince of the eldest son Liu Shao.

After Liu Shao learned the news, he conspired with his younger brother Liu Jun, the king of Shixing, to lead troops to attack the palace at night, kill his father, and set himself up as the emperor.

However, due to his father's abolition, he rebelled and died, and after only three months of reign, he was defeated and killed by an army led by his younger brother Liu Jun. Subsequently, Liu Shao was beheaded.

Emperor Wen of Song reigned for thirty years and died at the age of forty-six.

In July of the fourth year of Renshou (604) of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Wen of Sui Emperor Yang Jian was bedridden due to illness. His beloved Mrs. Xuanhua came to cry and complained that Yang Guang was molesting her, and asked Yang Jian to administer justice for her.

Emperor Wen of Sui was furious, accused Yang Guang of being rebellious, and immediately ordered his ministers Liu Shu and Yuan Yan to draft an edict to abolish Yang Guang's position as crown prince and re-establish Yang Yong as crown prince.

However, he didn't realize that he was already a step too late, because the services around him had been completely replaced by Yang Guang. On the same day, Emperor Wen of Sui died at the age of sixty-four, having ruled for twenty-four years.

Although there is no clear record in history of the cause of Emperor Wen of Sui's death, later generations generally believe that he was killed by Yang Guang. After that, Yang Guang succeeded to the throne and became Emperor Yang of Sui.

Later Liang Taizu Zhu Wen was assassinated by his third son Zhu Yougui in the second year of Qianhua (912) at the age of sixty-one. In his later years, he had a brutal temperament, killed people like mustard, indulged in lust, and even had ** behavior.

In the palace, he even has to go to the palace to sleep in his daughter-in-law. However, in June of the second year of Qianhua, Zhu Yougui used the palace guards under his control to launch a palace coup, broke into Wanchun Gate in the middle of the night, and went straight to the dormitory.

The servants were all scared away, and Zhu Wen shouted in terror: "I have suspected this thief for a long time, but I hate that I didn't kill him earlier!" However, Zhu Yougui's personal servant Feng Tingge stabbed Zhu Wen with a sword, forcing him to run around the pillar.

After several rounds of fighting, Zhu Wen collapsed on the bed due to physical exhaustion and was stabbed to death by Feng Tingge with a sword. The sharp sword passed through Zhu Wen's abdomen, and his intestines flowed out. In the end, Zhu Yougui wrapped him in a mosquito net and placed him in the dormitory.

In the first year of Yonghe of the Min Kingdom (935), Wang Yanjun, the third monarch of the Min Kingdom, was killed by his eldest son Wang Jipeng in a palace coup. When he was alive, he was called Emperor Hui, and his temple name was Taizong, and some people said that his temple name was Huizong, and his nickname was Emperor Qisu Mingkao.

Wang Yanjun, formerly known as Wang Lu (also written as Wang Luan), was a native of Gushi, Gwangju (now Henan). He killed his brother in 927 A.D. and became emperor in 933 A.D., changing his name to Longqi and his country name to Damin. In 06, the Western Summer Rite Law was extended for ten years, and Xia Jingzong Li Yuanhao married his second son Li Ningling's brother and did not move his wife. However, Li Yuanhao saw that his daughter-in-law was as beautiful as a flower, so he took it for himself, abolished Queen Yeli, and made her the new queen.

This move made Li Ning Lingge unbearable, and the careerist did not hide the instigation of Pang, he entered the palace with a spear to assassinate Li Yuanhao, resulting in Li Yuanhao's nose being cut off.

Li Yuanhao died of a nasal wound and died in the first month of the following year. In the end, Li Ningling's brother was killed by the brothers and sisters of the Empress Wuzang with a "counter-plot", while Li Yuanhao's youngest son Li Liangzuo inherited the throne.

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