A person who is not suitable for being a king has achieved the position of emperor is a tragedy in itself, and Chen Shubao is such a person.
Chen Shubao
When the emperor basically had to understand the government of the dynasty, although Chen Shubao was taken as a hostage in the early years and wandered away from home, his living conditions have always been very superior, and later after returning to the Chen Dynasty, he grew up in the deep palace, and the sufferings of the people he was completely incomprehensible, and he was not old but indulged in a luxurious life, which was also a common disease of most of the emperors.
Later, as Chen Shubao's father, Chen Hao, gradually seized power, he launched a coup d'état in 568 and established himself as emperor. Chen Shubao, as the eldest son, was also made crown prince a year later. Chen Shubao was well educated, but he was completely out of touch with the social environment, and he could understand some of the political propositions and ideological concepts in the Analects, but understanding and practice were completely different concepts.
Southern dynasties
Chen Shubao was very talented in literature, but in the chaotic world of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, this talent was equivalent to chicken help for the emperor, if he was in a stable time in the country, this would not have much influence, but his era was chaotic, Chen Shubao ascended the throne in 582 AD, and Yang Jian also forced the Northern Zhou Jing Emperor to take the throne a year ago and established the Sui Dynasty.
In the era of division of the masses, if you do not advance or retreat, Chen Shubao did not perceive the threat from the outside, but instead built a large number of buildings in the palace, built the Wangxian Three Pavilions, for himself and his concubines to have fun in it, collected a lot of rare treasures from all over the world, and when Chen Shubao was indulging in pleasure, Yang Jian led the Sui Dynasty to continuously expand its territory.
Yang Jian
Yang Jian quickly targeted the Chen Dynasty, he ordered chen Shubao to be reprimanded for twenty major crimes, sent half a million troops to attack the Chen Dynasty, Chen Shubao did not take this seriously at all, and continued to stay in the palace to indulge in wine, Chen Shubao believed that with the Yangtze River Graben, the Sui army lacked water divisions, as long as the army was sent to intercept the river road, the Sui army wanted to attack the Chen Dynasty was a complete fool's dream.
As a result, when the Chen army was defenseless, the Sui army easily crossed the Yangtze River, and when the Sui army began to attack the capital of the Chen Dynasty, Chen Shubao thought of organizing an army defense. Chen Jun's general Xiao Maha was defending at the front, but Chen Shubao favored Xiao Maha's wife in the rear, and Xiao Maha surrendered to the Sui Dynasty in anger. The chancellor Ren Zhong encouraged Chen Shubao to go out of the palace to fight with the army, and after Chen Shubao acted according to the plan, Ren Zhong took the initiative to surrender to the Sui Dynasty, and Chen Shubao was also captured.
Ren Zhong
Chen Shubao only lasted a short period of seven years from the ascension to the throne to the fall of the country, although he left me with an impression of absurdity and immorality, but in these seven years, Chen Shubao rarely let the officials expropriate and tyrannical, but was able to listen to the opinions of officials at all levels with great humility, and also attached great importance to agriculture and economic development.
From this point of view, he should not become a king of the subjugated country, which goes back to the original mention, he is very familiar with how to govern the world in the books, but he knows very little about the country he rules, so Chen Shubao seems to have performed well in the ruling measures, but many of these measures are completely out of touch with reality, and the practical significance for the development of the Chen Dynasty is not great.
Chen Shubao was obsessed with women, spoiled concubines, drunk as fate, it is said that there is not much time to be sober in a day, the courtiers reminded him when the border pass was invaded, he did not pay attention at all, the Sui army has been fighting outside the palace, the reported folds he did not have time to see, just hurried to fight, such a monarch does not perish the country, heaven is difficult to tolerate.
After becoming the king of the fallen country, Chen Shubao still drank and enjoyed himself all day in Luoyang, and only died of illness sixteen years later, and from the end, Chen Shubao was also lucky.