China has a history of "five thousand years", and in such a long history, there have been many emperors. Some of these emperors were wise monarchs such as Emperor Wu of Han and Emperor Taizong of Tang, and some were absurd and unscrupulous tyrants such as King You of Zhou and King Huan. However, in addition to being at two extremes, there is also a strange and bitterly laughable emperor, such as Li Yu, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, who can be called a generation of word emperors, but he does not ask about the government, resulting in himself becoming the king of the subjugated country and being trapped by people. For example, the Emperor of the Apocalypse of Daming was even more proficient in carpentry, and the abandonment of the government was incomprehensible.
But what I want to introduce to you is a more distinctive monarch, Xiao Yan, the Emperor of Liangwu. Buddhism flourished to a great extent during the Southern and Northern Dynasties in China, and the reason for this is because of this Liangwu Emperor Xiao Yan, who was a fanatical Buddhist believer who believed in the tenets of Buddhism. Although when Emperor Wu of Liang first ascended the throne, he was also determined to be a good emperor, he was diligent and loved the people, thrifty and courteous corporal, like a Ming Jun. However, in his later years, he slowly indulged in Buddhism and ignored the government and politics, and even ignored the affairs of the DPRK and the GOVERNMENT, and has been immersed in his own spiritual world and unable to extricate himself, which has led to the wailing and complaining of the government and the public, and the people are miserable.
Later, emperor Wu of Liang's deeds were simply crazy, and as emperor, he became a monk four times in order to pursue the Buddhist path! From 527 AD, when he first went to Tongtai Temple to become a monk, and three days later he returned to the world and pardoned the world, he became a monk three times in succession, but because of the bitter pleas of the ministers, he had to return to the dynasty. However, since the Buddhists needed to redeem themselves for their return, the ministers spent hundreds of millions of dollars to redeem the "Bodhisattva Emperor".
After studying the Buddhist scriptures for a long time, Emperor Wu of Liang ordered monks to eat vegetarian food and not kill, and not to think about lust, resulting in a very thin royal bloodline. That is, when he had no intention of ruling the government, the dynasty also slowly went into decline. Later, he also lured wolves into the room, and accepted the Eastern Wei rebel general Hou Jing despite the opposition of the people, causing the other side to launch the "Hou Jing Rebellion", resulting in the loss of Jiankang. It was only at this time that Emperor Xiao Yan of Liangwu woke up from his dream, and it turned out that Buddhism was useless, and the Buddha would not save him. But by this time it was too late, and emperor Wu of Liang, who had fainted, was starved to death after being captured at the age of eighty-six.
However, I have to say that it may be due to the long-term vegetarian diet, he can actually live to the age of eighty-six, which is considered to be a high-life old man in modern times, not to mention the backward medical conditions in ancient times, maybe this is the benefit of his eating fasting and praying Buddha. However, his "bodhisattva heart" has caused the country to be destroyed and has become the laughing stock of a thousand years.
Then it is worth mentioning that Emperor Wu of Liang was indeed an all-rounder of literature and martial arts, and before he became emperor, he also repelled the Northern Wei as a general, and then after the age of thirty-eight, he was also called a generation of tyrants. But the fanatical superstition of Buddhism not only led to the demise of his country, but also made people forget his past exploits.