In the third year of the Southern Dynasty Song Dynasty (479), Xiao Daocheng, who was about to become the founding emperor of Southern Qi, was in a very good mood.
Just two years ago, he killed his political enemies Yuan Yue, Shen Youzhi, and others, and cleared the wayblocks for his usurpation.
In order to prove that he was destined for heaven, Xiao Daocheng had to put a fig leaf on his usurpation. Therefore, the Zen ritual is essential.
I don't know if Xiao Daocheng was too happy to forget something, or did not rehearse in advance, in short, this Zen ritual from beginning to end was filled with a discordant atmosphere.
The first to create discord is the indispensable supporting role in this Zen renunciation ceremony- Liu Zhun, the Song Shun Emperor.
As a puppet of Xiao Daocheng who stood up to the stage, Liu Zhun was only a teenager at this time, and he had long been a tool man.
Emperor Xiao Daocheng's famous words - let me rule the world for ten years, and make gold and dung at the same price!
However, although he is a tool man, Liu Zhun is not a fool who doesn't know anything after all. At the very least, he had an instinctive intuition about the impending danger.
On the 21st day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, Liu Zhun should go to the front hall to participate in the Zen concession ceremony, declare the demise of Liu Song, and cede the world to Xiao Daocheng's State of Qi. However, he hid.
The palace people searched for half a day, and finally found the little emperor under the Buddha cover somewhere in the palace.
Then, Xiao Daocheng's dog-legged son Wang Jingze ordered someone to forcibly lead Liu Zhun into the car and prepare to take him out to participate in the ceremony.
Liu Zhun, who had been crying non-stop, put away his tears and asked Wang Jingze, "Want to see and kill?"
Of course, Wang Jingze would not tell Liu Zhun the truth, so he deceived him: "Go out and live in another palace." The same is true of the Sima family when the officials take the first place. ”
Wang Jingze's lie is really perfunctory, even if it is to deceive children, it is too careless.
After all, the time gap is so close, how did Sima Dewen, the Emperor Gong of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, finally die, who does not know the inside story?
Therefore, after listening to this "comfort", the little emperor Liu Zhun did not put his mind at ease, but cried and left a famous sentence:
"May the future generations not be reborn in the Heavenly King's Family!"
However, Liu Zhun still had a fluke in his heart, and said a word to Wang Jingze: "We will have no worries, and we will pay the auxiliary country with 100,000 yuan." This means that if he is all right, he will reward Wang Jingze with 100,000 yuan.
Wang Jingze did not take it to heart. As Xiao Daocheng's confidant, he would not know his master's attitude towards the little emperor.
Therefore, this money, he is doomed to not get. Even if he could get it, he wouldn't ask for it.
Sure enough, in May of that year, the month after Liu Zhun's throne, Liu Zhun, who had already been demoted to the rank of King of Ruyin, died in a "sudden" assassination. And Xiao Daocheng directly pressed this matter, did not check it, and even the face project was not willing to do.
At the same time that the weeping little emperor was forcibly taken away, the whole palace also cried together, and there was a desolate and sad atmosphere everywhere.
After the little emperor was settled, the crowd had not yet had time to breathe a sigh of relief, and the Zen ritual almost could not continue.
Liu Zhun: He Bitter was born in the imperial family!
This time, the person who made trouble was called Xie Shuo.
Xie Shu was from the Xie clan of Chen County, and in the Eastern Jin Dynasty was a high-ranking monk clan that was called the Langya Wang clan.
Xie Yuan's fifth ancestor was Xie Wan, the younger brother of Xie An, the famous minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. However, since Xie Yuan's grandfather Xie Hongwei succeeded Xie An's grandson Xie Jun, in the patriarchal system, Xie Yu was actually a descendant of Xie An.
Xie Shuo's extraordinary life, coupled with his own reputation, Xiao Daocheng wanted to recruit him very early on, so he appointed him as his own zuo changshi and asked him to give advice for his great cause.
Once when the two were drinking and talking about the old affairs of Wei and Jin, Xiao Daocheng suddenly threw out a sentence: "Shi Bao did not persuade Jin Wen earlier, and he wept in death, and Fang Zhifeng was different, and he did not know the opportunity."
Feng Yi advised Liu Xiu, the Emperor of Han Guangwu, to take the throne as soon as possible, so that he could become the founding hero of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Shi Bao did not persuade Sima Zhao, the Emperor of Jin, to engage in Zen concessions earlier, and waited until Sima Zhao's death to cry and regret it. Therefore, compared to Feng Yi, Shi Bao was not a person who was good at grasping luck.
Xiao Daocheng's implication was to imply that Xie Shuo had prepared for his ascension to the throne as emperor earlier.
Xie Shuo has been intelligent since childhood, and was proudly praised by his father Xie Zhuang as "true my family's thousand gold", naturally he would not be unable to hear the sound of this word.
Xie Yu understood even more that under the circumstance that Xiao Daocheng was already in control of the military and political power at that time, turning to the other party was the most beneficial choice for himself and the Xie family.
However, Xie Shu was not an inflamed and powerful person after all, so he unceremoniously confronted him: "Wei Bao, the affairs of the Jin Dynasty, will surely die in the north; by using the stories of Wei Yitang and Yu, he should also let Migao go."
Xie Shuo meant that Sima Zhao's father and son, who had been subjects to Cao Wei for two generations, would be subjects for life; even if Cao Wei made concessions according to the story of Tang Yao and Yu Shun, Sima Zhao would have to resign many times to show his nobliness. (Otherwise, it will not be able to escape the criticism of the people of the world!) Therefore, you are screaming and implying that I persuaded you to ascend the throne and become emperor, is it because you want to be a chaotic thief shouted and beaten by everyone? ）
"Qianjin" was originally used to describe an outstanding young man like Xie Shuo, and was only used to refer to a young girl after Yuan Ming
Xiao Daocheng understood that Xie Shu did not want to cooperate with him, so he had to dismiss him from the position of Zuo Changshi and let him serve as a waiter. However, what Xiao Daocheng did not expect was that this move once again created trouble for himself.
It is a day, and a hundred officers accompany the seat. Xie Shuo was in the middle of the service, and when xie Xi was silken, Yang Wei did not know, "What is the official matter?" Chuan Zhaoyun: "Xie Xi was given to the King of Qi." "Qi Zi should have a waiter." "It is to lead the pillow to lie down." Preaching fear, making Shu call himself sick, and wanting to take advantage of others, he said, "I have no disease, what is the way!" So he stepped out of the East Gate and still boarded the car and returned to the house.
According to the ceremonial system, Xie Shuo, who was serving as a servant, should untie the seal of the little emperor Liu Zhun, and then respectfully grant Xiao Daocheng, the king of Qi, and declare Liu Zhun the official Zen throne Of Xiao Daocheng.
However, Xie Shuo deliberately pretended not to know, and under the reminder of others, he also said that he was Liu Song's attendant, and did not do this kind of traitorous and prosperous thing, and let the servants of the State of Qi do it, and when he finished, he was ready to sleep.
The emissary of the edict had no choice but to ask him to claim that he was not ill, and then find someone else to temporarily replace him to complete the work.
Unexpectedly, Xie Shu did not appreciate it, not only insisted that he was not ill, but also very arrogantly wore a court dress to go to the East Gate for a walk, and then took the car home.
Xie Shuo's move was to tell everyone plainly: Grandpa is not sick, and Grandpa just doesn't want to give Xiao Daocheng a platform for such a person! Can you put grandpa drops?
Xiao Daocheng's qi was not bad, and he was so embarrassed for Xie Shuo in public, even if he was displeased in his heart, he did not kill him, but he was idle. If this were exchanged for such unreasonable tyrants as Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, a crime of "Huan Sergeant Doctor is not used by the king", it would be enough to curse the Ten Tribes.
Of course, Xie Shuo's refusal does not change anything. Therefore, Xiao Daocheng immediately ordered Wang Jian to serve as a waiter and take over Xie Shuo's position, and finally completed the Zen concession ceremony.
After the Zen concession ceremony, Wang Kun, the Right Guanglu Grand Master, even grabbed the little emperor's car and cried bitterly: "People take life as joy, and old ministers take life as their relative." Neither can the ants be pioneered, but they have seen this again! ”
Wang Kun had already been an official in the last years of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and had witnessed Liu Yu usurping the Eastern Jin Dynasty more than fifty years ago, and today he saw Xiao Daocheng usurping Liu Song Jiangshan, and only hated himself for not dying early, so that he repeatedly witnessed this change of dynasty.
The idol of the great poet Li Bai, the first appearance of Jiang Zuo - Xie An
After saying that, Wang Kun's sorrow came from his heart, and he could not help himself from crying bitterly.
The civil and military officials on the side saw the situation and were deeply infected, and tears fell like rain.
Of course, some people are sad, and naturally some people are happy. For example, Wang Jian and Chu Yuan will not feel sad about Xiao Qidai Song, but will only cheer.
Wang Jian was born in the Langya Wang clan and was the fifth grandson of Wang Dao, the founder of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The descendants of the Wang clan enjoyed the remnants of Wang Dao in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the generations of high-ranking officials Houlu. After the Liu Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty, the Wang clan was equally prosperous and did not fall.
Wang Jian's father, Wang Shengxuan, married Princess Liu Ying'e of Dongyang Xian, daughter of Emperor Wen of Song' Liu Yilong. Wang Jian himself, deeply appreciated by The Song Ming Emperor Liu Yu, married his daughter Princess Yangxian and held prominent positions at a young age.
However, when Xiao Daocheng was about to usurp the throne, Wang Jian not only did not do his best for Liu Song, but instead took the initiative to be Xiao Daocheng's accomplice and actively served him.
Xie Shu refused to be the left long history of Taifu Xiao Daocheng, and Wang Jian did it; Xie Shu was unwilling to unseal the seal in the Zen ceremony and award xiao Daocheng to the King of Qi, and it was also Wang Jian who did it.
If ordinary people do this, there is nothing wrong with it. However, Wang Jian, as an imperial relative of Liu Song, betrayed Liu Song's interests in such a way, which was really ugly.
Like Wang Jian, Chu Yuan's eating appearance is equally ugly.
Chu Yuan was born in the Chu clan of Henan, and although his reputation was not as good as that of the Wang clan of Langya, his family was also a high-ranking clan of princes for generations since the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
However, this so-called High Gate Clan, doing the work of selling the Lord's glory, is called a courtesy!
Liu Yu: Please call me "The End of the Six Emperors"
In the last year of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, with the ascension of Sima Dewen, the Emperor of Jin, Chu Shuang's daughter Chu Lingyuan became empress.
However, Chu Shuang's three sons, Chu Xiuzhi, Chu Yuzhi, and Chu Tanzhi, who took the Jin Dynasty's Feng Lu, surrendered to the powerful minister Liu Yu early and were ordered to monitor the two empresses, that is, their own sisters and brother-in-law. At the same time, according to Liu Yu's instructions, they also disguised themselves as a post-palace infanticide squad and killed Sima Dewen's sons one by one.
In the second year of the Yongchu Dynasty (421), the Song Emperor Liu Yu, who had reigned for more than a year, felt that his position was stable and was ready to kill Sima Dewen, who had been demoted to the rank of King of Lingling.
He summoned an official named Zhang Wei and gave him a bottle of poison to poison the last emperor of the former dynasty.
After Zhang Wei took the bottle of poison, he was embarrassed.
First, Zhang Wei did not dare to disobey the new emperor's orders; second, as early as when Sima Dewen was the king of Langya, he had served as the Langzhong Commander of the Langya Kingdom, and the two had long had the righteousness of a monarch, and now that the old lord was in trouble, he still had to go up and down the well and fall into the stone, so why should he bear it?
Therefore, Zhang Wei left a sad sigh, "It is better to survive than to die!" Then, he drank the bottle of poison halfway and committed suicide.
Zhang Wei was not willing to do the work of killing the king, it didn't matter, some people were willing to do it for Liu Yu, such as the three brothers of the Chu family in the harem infanticide squad.
After receiving Liu Yu's order, the Chu brothers pretended to visit their sister Chu Lingyuan and took the opportunity to separate her from Sima Dewen. Subsequently, the prepared Song soldiers climbed over the wall and smothered the unfortunate former emperor alive with a quilt.
It is precisely by relying on such a hard performance that the Henan Chu clan not only showed no signs of decline in the Liu Song Dynasty, but further soared.
Chu Xiuzhi's son, Chu Zhanzhi, married liu Yu's two daughters, Princess Shi'an Andai and Princess Wu Junxian. Chu Zhanzhi's two sons, Chu Yuan and Chu Cheng, married two daughters of Emperor Wen of Song, Liu Yilong, princesses of Brazil and princess Lujiang, respectively.
With the status of family power and royal in-laws, Chu Yuan was already an important minister of the imperial court at a young age. On the deathbed of Emperor Liu Yu of song, he and Yuan Yue became ministers who took care of their lives and served as assistants to the young lord.
Yuan Yue did not live up to Liu Yu's instructions, knowing that he could not do it, and died in rebellion against Xiao Daocheng's usurpation. However, Chu Yuan inherited the fine genes of his ancestors, judged the hour and sized up the situation, and was ready to sell the lord for glory in exchange for his own glory and wealth.
Chu Yuan is a famous beautiful male paper, who was once coveted by Princess Liu Chuyu of Shanyin because of his beauty, and almost lost his body!
After Yuan Cang's death, there was a folk song and ballad: "Poor Stone City, I'd rather die for Yuan Yue than be Chu Yuansheng!"
Will Chu Yuan feel ashamed?
Of course not!
After Xiao Daocheng ascended the throne as Duke of Qi, Chu Yuan immediately asked Xiao Daocheng to dismiss him from all official positions in the Liu Song Dynasty, and he was busy breaking off relations with the old dynasty and letting him change to an official position in the state of Qi, lest he not be able to catch Xiao Qi's big ship.
After Liu Zhun abdicated, Sikong and Taibao Chuyuan held the emperor's seal and immediately led the wen and military officials to the palace of the Qi king, and together with Xiao Daocheng staged the so-called "persuasion and resignation" drama.
It was also on this day that Chu Yuan said unceremoniously to his son Chu Ben from his brother Chu Yuan: "I don't know what the Ru family Sikong will do with one family!"
This kind of small episode, Chu Yuan naturally will not pay attention to it.
Shame what is that? Where are the high-ranking officials Houlu and the glory and wealth that come from reality?
After Xiao Daocheng ascended the throne, Chu Yuan, who had sought glory as a seller, received a rich reward - he was promoted to Situ and became the Duke of Nankang County.
Guests filled the door, and the sound of compliments and congratulations was endless.
However, in this lively and festive atmosphere, there is a person's voice that is so harsh -
"Yan Hui (褚元, 字彦回) is less famous, and what does it mean to be rampant to this point!" The portal is unfortunate, but it is the worship of today. Make Yan hui as Zhongshu Lang and die, not to be a soldier evil! Fame and virtue are not prosperous, with the compound of the period of life! ”
The person who spoke was still Chu Zhao.
Unlike those who came to congratulate him, Chu Zhao condemned Chu Yuan's loss of temper with an attitude of "mourning his misfortune and angering him", and almost pointed at the other party's nose and scolded "old and not dead is a thief".
Unfortunately, the history books did not record how Chu Yuan reacted to this.
However, Chu's words had a profound impact on Chu Ben.
After Chu Yuan's death, his son Chu Ben resolutely refused to inherit the title he had obtained in Southern Qi, and protested Chu Yuan's undisciplined behavior with actions.
In the first year of the Tianjian Dynasty (502), Xiao Daocheng's nephew Xiao Yan conducted a grand Zen ceremony to transform Xiao Qi into Xiao Liang.
Chu Yuan gave one family's things to another, lost all his honor, and the glory and wealth he had exchanged for only twenty-three years.