World history is very interesting: Yuan Tengfei talks about Japanese history

Chapter 6 The Japanese version of "The Change of Xuanwu Gate"

Another heroine

When Emperor Tuiko was dying, he summoned the two princes who were qualified to inherit the throne at that time to the imperial couch to explain his funeral. One was Prince Shotoku's son, Yamabeo, and the other was Emperor Minda's eldest grandson, Prince Tamura.

But the old lady was already confused at this time, and she couldn't speak clearly. The two princes misunderstood the meaning of the old lady, and each thought that the old lady wanted to pass on the throne to themselves.Both of them were elated after they went back, preparing for the dragon robe and crown to be enthroned.At this time, the old lady also passed away, and now no one can figure out who she wants to inherit the throne.

The two princes had a good idea and planned to ascend the throne, but in fact the decision was not in the hands of the two brothers, but in the hands of Su Wo.At that time, the head of the Suga family was Suga Ezo, the son of Suga Mako, who originally didn't care who the two brothers were emperors, since they were all dolls in their hands anyway.Unexpectedly, someone came out to disrupt the situation at this time. This person was Suga Eizo's uncle, and he jumped out to support the big brother Shanbei with a clear banner.He thought that in the future, after Big Brother Shanbei ascended the throne, he would be the hero of Saomyo and be able to manipulate Big Brother Shanbei.This time, Su and I will quit. Originally, the emperor is a doll in my hands. If you come out and stretch your legs, what kind of behavior is this?Suga Ezo immediately killed his uncle.

In order to protect his own power, Su Wo didn't hesitate to kill his own uncle, so naturally he couldn't let his uncle's valued brother king at the back of the mountain ascend the throne.Therefore, Prince Tamura was crowned emperor, and this was Emperor Shuming.

There is another important reason for Su Wo Ezo to support Emperor Shu Ming, that is, after Ezo married his younger sister to Shu Ming, Emperor Shu Ming can be regarded as Ezo's own brother-in-law.Of course, when a girl from the Suga family married the emperor to be the empress, the main reason was to arrange a big spy by the emperor's side to inquire about information by the pillow.Emperor Shu Ming was well aware of the queen's multiple missions, so it was of course unlikely that he would get close to the queen.

The emperor had a niece, Empress Bao, who was born with a beautiful face and beautiful appearance, which was loved by others, and she had just become a widow, so Emperor Shu Ming took her into the palace and made her a concubine.This scene is not uncommon in the Japanese royal family.After Emperor Shu Ming married his niece to be his concubine, the empress of the Su'er clan died of illness.Princess Bao was very lucky, and it was a matter of course that she was established as the queen.

Emperor Shuming and Su Wo's empress gave birth to a boy, the ancient prince, and Baohuang, two girls, a boy and a girl.Brother Zhongda and Hairen were later Emperor Tenchi and Tenmu.

At that time, the government was completely in the hands of the Suga family, and Emperor Shu Ming was happy to be the shopkeeper, worshiping the Buddha with peace of mind every day, and building Buddhist temples on a large scale.Emperor Shu Ming lived peacefully at the age of 49 and reigned for 13 years.When he died, because the prince hadn't grown up, he didn't have time to establish a prince.

A country cannot be without a king for a day. Under such circumstances, Princess Bao became the second female emperor in Japanese history-Emperor Kogoku.

Su I am too ruthless

Emperor Shuming has a son, and the history of the young prince's succession is endless. Why did the queen succeed him?This has something to do with Prince Shotoku's son Yamabee.

Shanbei's big brother Wang and Shu Minghuang had fought for the throne back then, and Shanbei's backstage, that is, the uncle of Suer Eizo, was killed, but Shanbei himself was safe and sound.Moreover, the legacy of Prince Shotoku is everywhere, and many ministers in the court are former disciples of the prince, and it is the popular desire to stand on the back of the mountain.Of course Su Wo Eizo didn't want to see this, so he carried out Princess Bao to block the way on the back of the mountain.

Who came up with the idea that the Su Wo family supported the Empress Huangji?It is Suga, the son of Suga Ezo.Su Wo is young and mature, resourceful and resourceful.At that time, the children of the Japanese nobles all worked hard to study Sinology. There was an eminent monk from China, Seng Min, who was revered by everyone, and the Japanese nobles all worshiped him as their teacher.Rulu also worshiped under Seng Min's sect.

In addition to entering the deer, there was also a young prince in Japan at that time, Nakatomi Kamazu, who also worshiped under Seng Min.The Nakatomi Kamazu family has served as sacrificial officials for generations, and they are very close to the royal family, so they are loyal to the royal family, so they are naturally very dissatisfied with Soga's domineering disobedience.Seng Min once said to Zhongchen Kamatsu that although I have many disciples under my name, no one can compare to Su Errui except you.It can be seen that Iriga and Kamazu are the students most valued by the teacher.

Su Wolu saw that Nakatomi Kamazu was so respected by the teacher, so he tried his best to make friends with Kamazu, and wanted to exchange posts with Kamazu, ask for someone, and be a brother with a different surname.However, due to his dissatisfaction with the monopoly of the Soga family, Kamazu has always been lukewarm about the invitation to enter the deer.

One day Seng Min finished his class, and secretly called Lianzu into his room and told him, you are an extraordinary person, and you will become a great talent in the future. You must be cautious when making friends now, and don't associate with others lightly.Nakatomi Kamazu is so smart, he immediately understood what it meant: the teacher is persuading me not to make friends with Su Worulu.Therefore, Zhongchen Kamazu resigned from his official position in the court, rejected Suga's invitation to join the deer, and went to live in seclusion in the countryside.

After Nakatomi went to the countryside, the younger brother of Emperor Kogoku, Prince Qing, was recuperating in the countryside. The two chatted freely, and they were very dissatisfied with Soga's dictatorship.What is even more indignant is that in order to eradicate future troubles, the Suer family sent troops to attack Prince Shotoku's son Shanbei Daxie Wang, forcing Shanbei Daxie Wang's family to set themselves on fire.This is not over, Su Worulu actually burned down the Ikaruga Palace where the eldest brother King Shanbei lived and the Ikaruga Temple built by Prince Shotoku back then.

At this time, not only the ministers of the imperial court were angry, but even ordinary Japanese people were very upset.In the eyes of the Japanese, Prince Shotoku is equivalent to Duke Zhou and Confucius in China. He is a figure who makes rituals and music, and the common people love him very much.Su Worulu now dares to attack the descendants of the saint, it is simply insane.In the thousands of years of Chinese history, there have been many dynasties and dynasties. Who would dare to do anything to the descendants of Confucius?

Even Su Woru's father, Su Wo Yezo, was shocked when he heard that his son had burned the Turtle Dove Temple, saying why is this kid so nonsense?This is a good time, the retribution is not good, people are doing what the sky is watching, in the future my father and son will die without a place to bury them.

Underground Worker Nakatomi Kamazu

Emperor Koji's younger brother, Prince Qing, was dissatisfied with Soga's dictatorship, but he lacked wisdom and courage, so he just complained.And his nephew (it can also be counted as a nephew, depending on where you come from), that is, the eldest son of the eldest son of Emperor Huangji, has grown up at this time, with extraordinary appearance and great ambitions. The power was taken back to the hands of the royal family.The young prince introduced his nephew to Nakatomi Kamazu.

The two hit it off right away, just like Jiang Taigong met Zhou Wenwang, Zhuge Liang met Liu Bei, and they were very speculative.Since then, Nakatomi Kamazu and the eldest brother, the prince, are in the relationship of Yun Conglong and Feng Conghu, and their relationship is very good.

Nakatomi Kamazu told the eldest brother, the prince, that the fortress is the easiest to break through from the inside. If you want to deal with the Soga family, you must first separate the relationship between Soga and other people.Nakatomi Kamatsu urged the eldest brother, the prince, to win over Suga Rulu's cousin Suga Ishikawa, which is equivalent to planting a spy in Suga's family and driving a nail.

Su Wo Ishikawa is an honest person, seeing that the royal family values ​​him so much, we can't be shameless.To show his sincerity, he betrothed his beloved daughter to the eldest brother, the prince.In this way, the eldest brother, the prince, also became the son-in-law of the Su Wo family.Su Worulu didn't know that Su Wo Shichuan had already betrayed him at this time, so in his eyes, the eldest brother and the prince became his own.

Next, Nakatomi Kamazu told the prince, the eldest brother, that the next step is to make friends with loyal, brave, talented, and talented people, and build a team that will obey the prince's orders.The two kept their work very secret, and they rarely met each other. They played football occasionally, or went to the house of Nan Yuan Qing'an, a university student at the time, to meet each other while studying.

The two of them arranged it like this for nearly a year, but there is no impenetrable wall in the world. Maybe Suga got some news and built a new house on the high hill next to the Asuka River.The new house is surrounded by mountains and rivers, so you can spy on the movement of the palace, and it is built like a cottage, with soldiers and horses stationed, fences, granaries, arsenals, and water tanks, which are easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Su Wo was very proud of himself, saying that I have such a mansion and I don’t need to be afraid of anything, and pointed to the palace under the hill with a whip, saying, as long as the old lady (Emperor Huangji) dies, my cousin, the ancient prince, will become the emperor, and I will Do whatever you want, the world belongs to us.The pride was beyond words, and he didn't know that his death was approaching.

during the coup

In the fourth year of Huangji (645), Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje entered the palace together to offer tribute.This is the most important event of the imperial court, and Su Wo Rulu, as a minister, will naturally attend.

On June 6th, Emperor Huangji ascended to the palace, the ancient prince stood beside him as the crown prince, and the minister Su Woruo took his seat proudly.Because Su Worulu is a powerful minister like Cao Cao and Wang Mang, he usually goes to the temple with a sword and has a special seat.

On this day, Zhongchen Lianzu bribed His Royal Highness and ordered him to steal Su Worulu's sword when Su Worulu was not paying attention.At the same time, the eldest brother, the prince, closed all the palace gates under the pretext of maintaining stability.Then, the eldest brother, the prince, raised his spear, and the middle minister, Kamazu, hid behind the pillars with a bow and arrow, and prepared an ambush.In addition, two warriors were ambushed beside the hall, and they made an appointment in advance that as soon as Suga Ishikawa started to read the table, he would rush out and assassinate Suga Rulu.

But until Suga Ishikawa finished reading the form, the two warriors did not act, perhaps because they were a little scared when things were about to happen.Suga Ishikawa went in without knowing it, thinking that the conspiracy had been revealed, he was trembling with fright and sweating profusely.Su Wo went into the deer and took a look, became suspicious, and asked loudly, why are you shaking like this, what happened?

The eldest brother, the prince, saw that it would be over if he didn't do anything else. The opportunity was never to be missed, and the time never came. He rushed out of the palace pillar and stabbed Su Worulu in the shoulder. , fell to the ground and died.

Emperor Huangji was dumbfounded in fright, and the prince of the ancients was so shocked that he trembled all over.The eldest brother, the prince Zhong, saw that Su Wolu was dead, and hurriedly knelt down to report to his mother, Empress Huangji, that Su Wolu deceived the emperor and committed a crime, and he deserved to die for the crime.

Empress Huangji has not recovered from the fright at this time, so how dare she say anything else?The ancient prince hurriedly hid back to his home facing the wall, and all the ministers knelt on the ground to express their allegiance to the eldest brother prince.

Although Su Worulu is dead, Su Wo Ezo is still there.Prince Zhongda made a decisive decision and immediately sent troops to attack Suga Ezo's residence.Seeing that his son was dead, and his subordinates were separated, everyone betrayed relatives and relatives, and the general situation was over, Suwo sighed, set a big fire, and died by self-immolation.

In this coup, Suga Eizo and Suga Rulu father and son were put to death.Emperor Huangji witnessed the bloody scene in the palace, and was deeply stimulated. He wanted to quit the Zen throne, and wanted to give up the throne to his son, the eldest brother, Prince Zhong.

As expected, Nakatomi Kamatsu is very resourceful. After analyzing current events, he told Prince Zhongda to take a long-term view and retreat to advance. He urged Prince Zhongda not to succeed at this time: If you are the emperor at this time , all those who are dissatisfied with the coup, as well as the remnants of the Suga family will target you, take a step back, don't worry.

Therefore, the eldest brother, the prince, recommended his uncle, the prince light, to succeed him.Thus, Prince Qing succeeded to the throne. This is the famous Emperor Kotoku in Japanese history.

(End of this chapter)