Sometimes he rode out alone, his followers running about the streets, their destination unknown. Zhang Hao and Xu Wen, commanders of the Left and Right Armies, wept in protest, but Wu angrily said, "You think I'm incompetent? Why don't you kill me and do it yourself?" The two men were terrified. Wu selected strong men, dubbed them the "Eastern Courtyard Cavalry," and appointed his trusted associates as officers. These appointees, relying on their power, were arrogant and disrespectful of veterans. Hao and Wen secretly plotted rebellion. Wu's father, Xing Mi, had been exiled and used his land as a shooting range, giving Hao and Wen no fear.
He selected strong men, named the "Eastern Court Horse Army," and appointed his trusted associates as officers and officials. These appointees relied on their power and became arrogant and tyrannical, disrespecting veterans. Hao and Wen secretly plotted a rebellion.
Yang Wo's behavior after his verbal attack is also completely understandable. He was too young and lacked prestige, so he could only seize power from Xu Wen and the others, but was killed by them. If there is a flaw, it is that he was young and inexperienced, and it was not the "suspicion" described in the Five Dynasties History. His men were all sharpening their knives, and if he didn't take action, he would be at the mercy of others. Because that era was an era when the lower class rebelled against the upper class, even as strong as Chai Rong and Li Cunxu faced the problem of the lower class rebelling against the upper class, and it was not the fault of any one person.
Romance of the Five Dynasties:
When King Yang Longyan of Wu became critically ill, Xu Wen arrived from Shengzhou (Nanjing) to discuss the succession with the court officials. The officials all said, "The former Shu ruler (Liu Bei) once said to Marquis Wu (Zhuge Liang) that if his descendants lacked virtue and talent, you could replace them..." Before they could finish, Xu Wen angrily shouted, "What do you mean? If I wanted to steal this throne, I could have done it the same time I executed Zhang Hao (also the minister entrusted by Yang Xingmi before his death). Why wait until today? The Yang family has already had three successors. Even if there were no sons or daughters left in the Yang family, I would still support them. Anyone who speaks nonsense again will be executed without mercy!"
Such a shameless person, I am curious about how Yang Xingmi chose the minister to be entrusted with the care of the young prince. It is not surprising that the 19-year-old Yang Wo was marginalized, insulted, and murdered by Xu Wen...
Because Yang Wo's behavior was unruly, Zhang Hao and Xu Wen, the two people Yang Xingmi entrusted with his son, wrote a letter to Yang Wo crying and trying to dissuade him. What kind of crying was that? As a senior official, you should be happy that he's playing around, right? Only loyal officials like Zhuge Liang and Dong Yun would react like this, right? And he was murderous just because he liked to play around?
Yang Wo's reaction: Yang Wo said angrily: "You say I am incompetent, why don't you kill me and do it yourself?" My first impression was that he was a stubborn second-generation, but when I think about it carefully, with Yang Wo's brain, he almost succeeded in inciting the soldiers to kill him before he died. It is likely that he said such a thing for no reason. The generals of Southern Wu took advantage of the death of the old King of Wu to bully the young master, such as the Observer Wang Maozhang.
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