Chen Xuandi Chen Xuan Portrait).
In the fourteenth year of Taijian, in 582 AD, the fourth emperor of Southern Chen, Emperor Chen Xuan, was seriously ill and was about to die.
The news of the emperor's death soon spread throughout the Nanchen court and the opposition, and a very uneasy aura began to brew in the deep palace.
In front of the old emperor's bed, when he was dying, there were three people who served the old man's daily life.
The first one is the crown prince Chen Shubao, the second is Chen Shuling, the king of Shixing, and the third is Chen Shujian, the king of Changsha.
As the crown prince, Chen Shubao knew that this was the critical moment to decide his fate, he was the prince, the heir of the imperial empire, and at this juncture when the old emperor was about to breathe, he must not leave the first scene.
And Chen Shuling, the king of Shixing, as Chen Shubao's younger brother, has always had different ambitions and wants to seek the throne, so he refused to leave, but insisted on waiting until the last moment when the old emperor's eyes were closed.
In Chen Shuling's opinion, he is brave and calm, good at calculation, he is the most suitable emperor, if it weren't for this damn primogeniture inheritance system, if he wasn't born too late, what would be the matter with Chen Shubao?
To be honest, Chen Shuling thinks highly of himself, but in fact, his usual performance is not very good.
Because he is a person who is really different from ordinary people, he has a very special hobby, that is, he likes to dig other people's graves.
Of course, he didn't just dig the graves of the common people, but picked the graves of famous people in the Northern and Southern Dynasties to dig, and if the burial goods dug out were antique jade, he would inevitably take them for himself, and even, he would take away the bones of the owner in the tomb, and usually hide them in the house as treasures, and take them out to fiddle with when he was idle.
What is it? This is**.
A person with a distorted psychology will definitely do anything in the face of what he can't get, so after Emperor Chen Xuandi just died, Chen Shuling couldn't sit still immediately.
When Emperor Chen Xuan was not dead, Chen Shuling bought off the medical officer who was responsible for boiling water and decoction medicine beside the emperor, and asked him to prepare a sharp blade in advance and carry it with him, just waiting for Emperor Chen Xuan's front foot to die, and the back foot directly assassinated Chen Shubao under the imperial couch.
King of Siheung, Chen Shuling, image).
The theory is beautiful, but it is difficult to implement.
This time, Emperor Chen Xuandi's condition was good and bad, no one knew when the old emperor would die, and the medical officer had the heart to carry the knife in his arms every day, but he couldn't do it, because if one of them was accidentally exposed, or someone else found an abnormality, it would immediately be a crime of assassinating the king and killing the driver.
But don't say it, this medical officer is also a master of art and bold, he really hid a short sword in his cuff all day long, and no one noticed it for a month, but it was a coincidence that he usually carried it, just today Emperor Chen Xuan suddenly died, and he was lazy for a day, and he didn't carry a weapon with him.
As soon as Emperor Chen Xuan died, Chen Shuling gave the medical officer a look and asked him to act quickly.
I said brother, haven't we discussed it, you suddenly turned around, pulled out your short sword, and stabbed the defenseless Chen Shubao to death with one sword, what are you still hesitating about?
Chen Shuling almost stunned the medical officer to death with his eyes, and the medical officer was always indifferent.
Big brother, it's not that I don't want to move, but I really can't move, because the weapon left me at home this morning.
Seeing that the medical officer didn't move, Chen Shuling probably figured out what was going on, but fortunately, this guy had also bought off the waiter who was standing guard at the entrance of the main hall before.
This servant is also his own person.
So, Chen Shuling immediately understood the inner attendant and asked the inner attendant to take weapons from the outside to give him.
In the era of cold weapons, whoever has weapons has the initiative.
The hall where Emperor Chen Xuan lives is either a palace maid or a eunuch, they must not be equipped with **, and Chen Shuling, Chen Shubao, and Chen Shujian are the emperor's sons, but the problem is that they also have to abide by the palace rules and access control system, and they will be strictly inspected before entering the palace, and all the ** equipment will be removed.
In the era of feudal monarchy, the relationship between the father and the son in the royal family was often deformed, even if it was not deformed, even if it was just an ordinary family, who would dare to come to see his father with a weapon?
However, there were guards outside the palace gate, and the guards had weapons in their hands, and Chen Shuling, the guard outside the palace, had also bought a lot, so he asked the little yellow door standing guard at the door to get weapons, which was really safe.
But Chen Shuling never expected that the IQ of Xiao Huangmen, who was standing guard, was really not high, he came and went in a hurry, and in two or three minutes, he actually got a wooden sword back for Chen Shuling from outside the palace.
In Xiaohuangmen's understanding, Chen Shuling asked for weapons when Emperor Lao Tzu died, probably because he needed that kind of formal ** to drive away evil spirits and relieve disasters, or to engage in some sacrificial ceremony, so he retrieved a peachwood sword.
Seeing the wooden sword handed over, Chen Shuling was completely speechless, his face was gloomy, he was angry, and immediately began to brainstorm, thinking of some other way to kill Chen Shubao.
The crown prince Chen Shubao, we are all familiar with it, after this assassination incident, he will become the fifth and last emperor of Nan Chen.
Regarding this emperor, due to the interpretation of some film and television works, we often think that he is a faint monarch like the last emperors of the Southern Dynasties, mediocre and incompetent, greedy for pleasure, not enterprising, and pro-Yuanxian, which eventually led to the demise of Nan Chen.
However, if viewed from the perspective of future generations, Chen Shubao is actually not a complete essential faint king, and his mediocrity shows a curve of inertia, because in the early and even middle of his administration, his performance was remarkable.
First of all, when he first ascended the throne, he cherished the people's power, and often issued edicts for self-reflection, or self-criticism in words and deeds, which reflected his benevolent state of mind, but the problem is that Chen Shubao Huiji people only fell on the surface, he would only shout slogans and write endorsements, while saying that it was not easy for the people, on the other hand, he was engaged in infrastructure projects, the palace was covered in pieces, life was extremely extravagant, spending money like flowing water, and the flashiness was simply stunned.
Chen Houzhu Chen Shubao portrait).
Secondly, Chen Shubao is not tyrannical, and he is not thirsty for killing, but he is an emperor who cherishes talents very much, and can give full appointment to the virtuous and capable **, but the problem is that Chen Shubao knows how to use people, but he does not listen to persuasion, the minister advises him not to be so lustful, he does not listen, the minister advises him to spend money too ruthlessly to save the province, he does not listen, the army of the Sui Dynasty has hit the doorstep, the ministers said that the emperor you hurry up and preside over the overall situation, but Chen Shubao still turned a deaf ear, just didn't listen.
What is this called, this is called the emperor understands everything, the emperor understands everything, but the emperor just does nothing.
I have heard a lot of truths, but Chen Shubao still can't live his life well.
Then, Chen Shubao is still very benevolent, he reigned for only seven years, but ten times amnesty the world, you know, the emperor ascended the throne to amnesty the world, this is a common thing, the purpose is to make the people grateful to the emperor, but like Chen Shubao, the last emperor frequently forgave the people, but it is not common in history.
Finally, Chen Shubao also has his own experience in politics, he developed agriculture, extensively sought talents, banned folk extravagance, and appeased the people in the north in Nanchen, so he should actually know a lot of principles of governing the country.
Let's take a look at those famous tyrants of the Southern Dynasty, Liu Ziye, the former emperor of the Song Dynasty, who was murderous, and Xiao Baojuan, the Marquis of the Eastern Dynasty, was obsessed. Anyway, in summary, except for the short and long peaceful era during the reign of Emperor Xiao Yan of Liangwu, the Southern Dynasty has always been in turmoil and unrest, and the level and character of a large part of the emperors of the Southern Dynasty are not much to talk about.
In such an emperor sequence, can we think that Chen Shubao's performance is good enough?
Of course, his performance is not good, because if he is really as good and powerful as the author says, if he is really wise enough, Nan Chen will not perish at all.
But we also need to know that the actual area of control of the four Southern Dynasties of Song, Qi, Liang and Chen was the smallest, and it could only control the areas east of Jiangling, south of the Yangtze River, and north of Jiaozhi.
Nan Chen Jiangshan) So, for the demise of Nan Chen, is Chen Shubao fully responsible?
To answer this question, we need to finish the assassination.
After Chen Shuling failed to obtain the **, he decided not to hide, but stood up, planning to fight to the death.
We know that although the medical officer did not carry a short sword, the medical officer usually had to wear a medicine hoe when he boiled medicine.
This medicine hoe is cumbersome and blunt, it can only be used as a pharmaceutical tool, and it is basically lethal, but at the moment this is the only ** in the palace, Chen Shuling has no choice, he can only pick up the medicine hoe hard, and then smash it heavily at the back of Chen Shubao's head.
This blow was not very good, and it did not hit Chen Shubao, who was crying in front of the emperor's bed, but it hurt Chen Shubao's neck.
But to be honest, just this blow has caused considerable damage to Chen Shubao, making him temporarily lose the ability to resist, as long as Chen Shuling picks up the medicine hoe and continues to attack, Chen Shubao's life is only in danger.
And should I say it or not, when Chen Shuling attacked Chen Shubao, he also grabbed Chen Shubao's sleeve, and Chen Shubao couldn't run if he wanted to.
At this critical moment, Chen Shubao's other younger brother, Chen Shujian, the king of Changsha, stood up.
Chen Shujian actually discovered that something was wrong with Chen Shuling early on, and Chen Shujian saw it in the process of Chen Shuling planning to attack and assassinate Chen Shubao several times and now he began to take the initiative to attack.
However, Chen Shujian did not move.
Because, as a third party in power, he has to figure out one thing, and that is, what choice he has to make.
If he chooses to watch and ignore, then he becomes a third party, he neither helps Chen Shuling nor Chen Shubao, then no matter who can win Chen Shuling or Chen Shubao, he will not be regarded as an ally by the victor and trusted, but will be suspected of being an accomplice to the loser because he did not help at the critical moment.
Changsha Wang Chen Shujian image).
So, no one will help, this is the most undesirable.
So the question is, since you must help one of them, should you help Chen Shuling or Chen Shubao?
The current situation is that Chen Shuling has grasped the initiative, he successfully attacked Chen Shubao, and immediately intends to take the next step, Chen Shuling is about to become a vested interest, at this time to help Chen Shuling eliminate Chen Shubao, can not be regarded as a charcoal in the snow, but at least it can be called the icing on the cake, so as to express his allegiance to Chen Shuling in time.
But Uncle Chen thought about it and finally decided to help Uncle Chen, who had fallen into disadvantage.
Although Chen Shujian and Chen Shubao are brothers, they have never had old friends, and the reason why he helped Chen Shubao is not that he has any conflicts with Chen Shuling, but at this critical moment, he suddenly understood the sinister nature of human nature - Chen Shuling can do everything to eliminate Chen Shubao in front of the first emperor in order to snatch the throne, then it is possible for him to eliminate himself after rebelling and winning the throne.
Helping Chen Shuling, to put it bluntly, is digging his own grave, but helping Chen Shubao may create an almost perfect image in the eyes of the new monarch.
Therefore, Chen Shujian immediately intervened, he grabbed the white blade empty-handed, knocked down the medicine hoe in Chen Shuling's hand, and in the next fight with Chen Shuling, he also used his robe sleeves as a rope and tied Chen Shuling to the pillar of the main hall.
It was precisely because of the precious time that Chen Shujian bought for Chen Shubao that Chen Shubao was able to get out of trouble, he staggered out of the palace, and finally took the throne under the protection of the forbidden army that arrived one after another, and immediately killed Chen Shuling.
Chen Shuling - died because of his teammates' incompetence.
Such a thrilling battle for the throne is actually enough to sound the alarm for Chen Shubao, making him understand how difficult it is to survive in troubled times, and surviving in troubled times is like sailing against the current, and not making progress is a kind of retreat in disguise.
But the problem is that Chen Shubao's prerequisites have already determined his upper limit.
He grew up in a honeypot greenhouse, where he received a good education but was also cut off from the outside world.
His life is graceful and rich, his life is quiet, his life is smooth, he does not know the hunger of the people, he cannot understand the rapidity of war, he cannot understand the sinister of people's hearts, standing on the stage of the highest power, the world he has seen is so innocent, so innocent and beautiful, therefore, he will only stay in the theoretical stage of governing the country, and only show being an emperor in "words" rather than "deeds".
He is like a canary who has been kept in a beautiful cage since he was a child, he has not learned to fly, let alone learn to survive, he will only please himself, and even if one day he opens your cage, even if he can fly, he will not fly away, because he is afraid of the ups and downs outside, wet his gorgeous feathers.
In 589 AD, Nan Chen was destroyed by the Sui, Chen Shubao was forced to migrate to Luoyang in the north, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty forgave him, and gave him a rich life as usual, so he was extremely happy for the rest of his life, indulging in wine, and finally died at the age of fifty-two.
Later generations will learn from it, Chen Shubao's life, just like his only song "Yushu Backyard Flower", he thought that in the world, "Liyu Fanglin is against the high pavilion, and the new clothes are glamorous", but who knows that in an instant, "the flowers will not bloom for long, and the red will return to the silence".