Chen Shubao
Chen Shubao, also known as Yuanxiu or Huang Nu, was born in Jiangling in November of the second year of Chengsheng (553) of Emperor Yuan of Liang Dynasty. He was the eldest son of Emperor Chen Xuan and Chen Xu. His mother is Queen Liu Jingyan. In the third year of Tianjia (562), he was established as the crown prince of Ancheng. In the first year of Tiankang (566), he was awarded General Ningyuan. In the first year of Guangda (567), he became the prince's concubine and moved to serve as his minister. In the first month of the first year of Taijian (569), he was established as the crown prince.
Ascension to the throne
Although Chen Shubao is the prince, his throne was not easy to come by. Emperor Chen Xuan's second son, Chen Shubao's younger brother, Chen Shuling, had always wanted to usurp the throne and planned to assassinate Chen Shubao. After the death of Emperor Xuan, Chen Shubao cried loudly in front of Emperor Xuan's coffin. Shuling took the opportunity to slash Shubao with a sharpened knife, hitting his neck, but it did not cause fatal damage. Shubao escaped under the protection of the left and right, and sent General Xiao Mo. He attacked Shuling. In the end Shuling was killed. Shubao is the emperor, the last emperor of the Chen Dynasty - Empress Chen. Shen Wuhua is the queen and Zhang Lihua is the noble concubine. When Shu Ling rebelled, the queen was injured in the neck and recuperated in the Chengxiang Hall. She removed all the concubines and left only Zhang Guifei to accompany her. The queen recovered from her illness and fell in love with Zhang Lihua even more. Since Emperor Wu founded the country, the furnishings in the inner court have been very simple. The later master thought that the residence was simple and crude and could not be used as a golden house to hide his beloved, so he built three pavilions, Linchun, Jieqi and Wangxian, in front of Linguang Hall. The pavilion is tens of feet high and stretches for dozens of rooms. It shows the wonders of earth and wood and the ingenuity of man-made work. The windows, walls, and railings are all made of sandalwood and decorated with gold, jade, and pearls. There is a pearl curtain hanging at the door, and there is a treasure bed and treasure tent inside. The clothes are rare and the utensils are magnificent, all of which have never been seen in recent times. Your Excellency built mountains with stones, diverted water into ponds, and planted rare trees and famous flowers. Whenever the breeze blows, the fragrance can be smelled for dozens of miles. The later master lived in Linchun Pavilion, Zhang Guifei lived in Jieqi Pavilion, and the two noble concubines Gong and Kong lived in Wangxian Pavilion, which was connected by a complex road. There are also beauties Wang and Ji, Zhang and Xue Shuyuan, Yuan Zhaoyi, He Jieyu, Jiang Xiurong and other seven people. They are all lucky because of their talent and beauty. They take turns to summon the lucky ones and get to swim on it. Zhang Lihua once dressed up in the pavilion, sometimes sitting alone in the pavilion, sometimes leaning on the railing and looking into the distance. Everyone who saw it thought that the fairy was coming to earth, and she was in the misty sky, just beyond your reach.
Died
During the reign of Chen Shubao, it was the reign of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty originally had the ambition to level the world, so the officials of the Sui Dynasty tried to persuade Emperor Wen to attack Chen. Emperor Wen issued an edict to enumerate the 20 major crimes committed by the empress, and wrote 200,000 pieces of edicts scattered across the Yangtze River. Some people advised Emperor Wen that the military should be conducted secretly and there was no need to be so public. Emperor Wen said: "If he is afraid and changes his ways, what do I ask for? I will show off and punish the gods, so why keep secrets?" So he built many warships, and appointed King Yang Jun of Jin and King Qin and Yang Su, Duke of Qinghe, as marching marshals and general managers. Han Qinhu, He Ruobi and others led their troops to separate routes and march directly to the south of the Yangtze River. The Sui army numbered 518,000 people, bordering Canghai in the east and Bashu in the west. They covered thousands of miles with flags and boats, and they all fought bravely to destroy the Chen Dynasty. But he lives in a high palace, spending his days drinking and drinking, and doesn't hear anything about foreign affairs. He ordered the construction of the Dahuang Temple, with seven-level pagodas built inside. However, before the work was completed, it was burned by fire. The border states and counties reported the news of the Sui invasion to the DPRK. However, the whole court did not take it seriously. Only the servant shot Yuan Xian and asked him to send troops to resist, but his master did not listen. As the Sui army advanced further and the prefectures and counties were in danger one after another, the master Shu Bao still played music and drank wine, wrote poems non-stop, and said to his attendants with a smile: "Qi soldiers came three times, and Zhou troops came again, all of them were defeated and left. What is it?" Kong Fan said: "The natural chasm of the Yangtze River was limited in ancient times and separated the north and the south. How can the Sui army fly across it today? The border generals want to take credit, but they say that every time I have an official position, I will be like a prisoner crossing the river. , I ordered you to be the Grand Lieutenant." Some people falsely reported that many of the horses of the Northern Army died on the road. Kong Fan said: "What a pity, this is my horse, why did it die?" The queen laughed and thought it was true. The king and his ministers were drinking and singing and writing poems as before, as if the threat of national subjugation did not exist. In the first month of the third year of Zhenming (589), Sui soldiers crossed the Yangtze River from Guangling. He Ruobi, a wily and scheming man, used a strategy that was never tired of deception. He first used war horses to buy the Chen Dynasty warships to hide them, and then bought fifty or sixty broken ships and placed them in the small ports of the Yangtze River. He deliberately gave the Chen Dynasty the illusion that the Sui Dynasty had no navy; When the troops were changing defense, they gathered in Guangling with great fanfare. The Chen people thought that the enemy soldiers were going to launch an attack and hurriedly prepared. However, the Sui army did not fire a single arrow and left in a hurry. As time went by, Chen Bing knew that it was a change of defense and became slack. . He Ruobi also sent people to deliberately hunt along the river. The noise of the men and horses shook the river bank to confuse the other party. Therefore, when the Sui soldiers crossed the river, Chen Bing was not aware of it. At the same time, Han Qinhu also captured Caishi, and Yang Guangshuai's army garrisoned Taoye Mountain in Liuhe Town. The wind roared and the trees and grass were filled with soldiers. The master panicked and summoned his ministers to retreat from the enemy. The emperor issued an edict saying: "The dogs and sheep are roaming around, invading the countryside, and the bees and flies are poisonous. It is time to eliminate them. I should personally guard the six divisions, clean up the eight exteriors, and impose martial law inside and outside." On the one hand, he is as timid as a mouse. On the one hand, he is as strong as an ox, and this calligraphy vividly depicts the frightened and pitiful look of the empress on both ends. He appointed the hussar general Xiao Mohe, the guard general Fan Yi, and the central commander Lu Guangda as commanders, and Sikong Sima Xiaonan and Xiangzhou governor Shi Wenqing as chief supervisors to divide the troops to guard key points; he also ordered General Fan Meng to lead the army. The division came out of Baixia (the southern foot of Shogunate Mountain outside Beijianmen, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, and the Yangtze River in the north). Gao Wenzhuo guarded South Yuzhou (Xuancheng, Anhui Province). At the same time, he expanded his troops aggressively, and even monks, nuns, and Taoist priests were recruited into the army. The soldiers of the Sui Dynasty made great efforts and used the autumn wind to sweep the fallen leaves down to Jingkou and Gusu (Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province). The military discipline was strict and there was no offense in autumn, which won the hearts of the people. Chen Jun fought all the way to the north, but Wangfeng fled.
Chen Shubao loved poetry and prose, so he gathered a group of literati and poets around him, headed by Mr. Jiang, who was worshiped as a minister and was "a studious and capable of literature, especially good at seven-character and five-character" . These imperial officials ignored politics and drank with Chen Shubao every day, composed poems and listened to music. Chen Shubao also named more than a dozen palace maids who were talented, beautiful, and proficient in calligraphy and poetry as "female bachelors". Those who have more talents but less beauty are appointed as "girls' school clerks" and are assigned the job of pen and ink. At every banquet, concubines and concubines gathered together. The concubines, female bachelors, and guests all sat together and chanted together, gave each other answers, drank wine and drank under the moonlight, mostly with eloquent words and beautiful words. Those with slow literary skills were punished with alcohol, and those who wrote particularly colorful poems were selected to compose new songs, so that the smart palace ladies could learn new voices and sing according to the song. Songs include "Yushu *** Flower", "Linchun Music", etc. The most widely circulated cross is "The walls are full every night, and the beautiful trees are new every morning". "Yushu *** Flowers" once written by empress Chen is as follows: "The beautiful forest faces the high pavilion, and the new clothes are beautiful and beautiful; the reflected door is so charming that it doesn't come in, and the curtains come out to greet each other with a smile. The enchantress's face is like a flower. Containing dew, the eucalyptus sheds light to the sky; the flowers bloom and fall but do not last long, and fall red all over the ground and return to silence!" "The eucalyptus trees bloom, the flowers bloom and do not last long" became a famous voice for the subjugation of the country. The king and his ministers sing happily from night to day, and this is the norm. All military and state affairs were ignored.
Traitors and sycophants are in power, and internal and external ministers are dedicated to catering to others. Mr. Gu, the minister, was erudite and prolific in writing, especially in five-character and seven-character poems, and indulged in excess. The queen's master was very fond of him and would always call him during banquets. Mr. Gu likes to write erotic poems. Those who do good things copy and make fun of others, and compete to imitate them. Kong Fanrong, a native of Shanyin, was gentle and elegant, and his articles were magnificent. The queen did not like to hear others talk about his faults. Kong Fan was good at covering up his faults, so the queen treated him favorably and obeyed his advice. Kong Fan once said to his lord: "The generals from outside can't unite an enemy when they form an army. If he has the foresight and foresight, how can he achieve this?" From then on, if the generals who led the troops made the slightest mistake, they would take away their military power. , the officials with swords and pens gained power instead. As a result, border preparations became more relaxed. At this time, the civil and military affairs are slack, the scholars and common people are alienated from their hearts, and their downfall is not far away. At that time, there were ten guests in the imperial court, headed by Mr. Gu, followed by Kong Fan. The monarchs and ministers lived a luxurious and luxurious life, but the national power gradually weakened.